The National Register.
London, England, 1820-03-05 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRE AT CHATHAM.
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A firc broke out at Chatham on Friday morning, in
the house of Mt. Rills, baker, winch communicated to
the Sim Inn and Chester's htewery, all of which eeuh
twenty-fit e other houses are all totally destroyed. We have
heart' alto lives being lost ; there is no cause yet asetr-
taisied. It was nowt ter currently affirmed in the cloy
on Friday that toe Radicals had set them on tire.
The houses of Chatham are all book of wood front old
►hops broken up. The streets at that part are only wide
enough for two coaches to pass —The violence of the
wind aided the devastatine element, and when our in-
formant left, nearly thirty houses were reduced to assess ;
Ilse tire still mated with unabated tory, and great anziely
was•telt tar the safely of We at-r,,al.

It is rumoured that King Ferdinand, of Spain,
has made a pointed application to the King of PrLis-
sia ti►r a body of troops to be sent to his aid. It is
also said, that our Government has been solicited
to allow part of the garrison of Gibraltar to proceed
to Cadiz, hut, to the credit of Ministers, they i►ar►t
ticelliwd all interferoice.

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FRENCH PAPERS.

That our readers may form an idea of the reliance
they ought to place in the correctness of the French
rapers, we give them the fallowing literally trans-
lated accounts of the detection of the Cato Street
conspiracy.
rchmary 26. P. S. to u'dork at oght.
Very• important news from London, contained in
an Ertr«ordinaly Ga:ette, arrived to-night at the
English Embassy, and was immediately communi-
cated to his Nlajesty. It appears that the Radicals,
informed that all the Ministers were to dine at
Lord flarrowby's, had limited the design of assami-
stating them there, `another.: AIR Thistlewood
were at the head of this plot. The conspiracy was
discovered at the moment of execution. The con-
spirators, surprised in a tavern where they had as-
sembled, extinguished the light, and defended
themselves for a lung time with the arms with
which they were provided to attack the house of
Lord Harrowby, In the combat which took place
between them and the ag•mts of authority several
persons were ki'lcd, and among the rest two con-
stables. Nine of the conspirators arc taken ; among
the rest Smothers, Thistlewood has succeeded in
effecting his escape; a rew,-.rd of 1,001)/• is offered
fur his apprehension. The papers seized on the
conspirators contain the plan of the revolution
which the Radicals were preparing to effect in Eng-
and. Thus, from one end of Europe to the
crimes extend and assimulate. The secret
oxioisisi; and Sandlists of Germany ; the Liberates
of Spain; the Carbourtri of Italy ; the Radicals of
'England; and the Liberaux of France, all are dis-
contented, all are prep.red, and never has social
order been menaced by !greater dangers.—Journal
drs Admits. _

A courier arrived to-night at the hotel of the
English Embassy, who brings intelligence, that,
on the day of the 23d, a very serious conspiracy
was to have burst forth. Its aim was nothing less
than to rush, sword in hand, into Carlton-house,
nt the moment when Ministers were assembled
there in presence of the King, and to kill his Ma-
jesty and the principal agents of Government! The
first intimation of the conspiracy was given by tile'
Lord Mayor. The constables and Horse Guards
were sent to a house in Piccadilly, where the con_
opirators were assembled ; the latter were armed,
and ready to march upon Carlton-house. A com-
bat began ; nine of the conspirators were killed on
the spot, 26 were arrestol ; the famous Thistle-
wood, who succeeded in escaping, has since bee's
taken ; the police are in pursuit of others, and a
description of them was instantly sent to all foreign
Governments! ! ! The Lord Mayor has issued a
proclamation to the inhabitants of London to re-
move their fears, and to exhort them to watch
over the safety of the King, and the maiutenance
of the public tranquillity !—Quotidicone.