The Sun.
London, England, 1811-03-21 00:00:00

AORTIC'', MARcii 19.

On Sunday morning last, about one &dock', the
inhabitants around .the market -piace, in this city,
vite re awoke by an alarm of tire, and the premises
of Messrs. Ctilley, grocers,,were discovered to bent
Haines, raging with the utmost fury. It is evident
that the tire 1144 long been kindling in the large
wereltouss, amidst the most combust kite Mate' ials j.
large caikS and I eservoirs Of oil, hogsheads of qua-
;de and sugar, netn6-onsChests Of tea; &T. all con-
tributing to increase the 'po‘Ver er the smothered
a4d confined flaine4, which soon burst into the air,
.ft rning a .eltuti of tire ascending an itinuen,c
'the w bele' city. -Full an hour
erapsed before even the city engines could begin to
;play with any'k..t6i, and then they were it such bad
selpair, that asgient part of the lA,ater was lost through
the pipes,: It wets very certain there could not tie
. arty chanCe of saving Those premises 'whence the fire
cliginated, and therefore the adjoining dwelling-
.htimse of Messrs. -Colley, on the one side, and Mr.
Freein in,' ca3inet-ataker, on the Other side; with
the-Pope's Head Lin, also adjoining, and the pre-
trikes of Messrs. Weston, -bankers, uniting with
Cullry's house, and ranging against the burning
warehouses, li,taitic the peculiar objects of atteution.
The alarm of fire soon reached the barracks, and
,the corvs of arillery, with their engine, hastened

.to the spot, and by. the excellent tepAir in•whieh it
.w.a., and the extrAorcloiary ext.rtions of those who
.workel it, some check w put upon the hitherto
appaiently devast iinb tl:tne,t. Mr. culley's
dweittin;;-hoitse was ;4c:solved, wilt) the lots of the
warehouses and .11 thuir ColFents, the Co.npting
room, and part of the sho, , wan tin.. chanthers over
the .warehou,,es (to one 01 w ic o Mr. aelij.iiniii
slept, who torinnaiely escaped, the room
being filled with smoke wt:n lie awoke).
Mr. Weston's prelitts,..s sustained but trifling in-
jury '; and beyond all. exp.:Nation, the Pope's Head
Ihn escaped - will) only little daMage, every part 'of
the furniture having been removed. Less 'forte-
04te. Was 'Mr.' FteeMail ; his house was newly
erected, 4 capital brick building three stories high,'
with a parapet. w.ilL ;-it was filled with the most ele-
gant turniture, iu value amounting to sothe. thou-
sand pounds, add at such a nature (beds 'standing
for site. large mahogany tables, stdeboards,' &c.)
that it cotild:not he moVed with the reriuired cele,
rity. Mr. Freeman' first hoped: that his Walls.
could withstand the fire, for the flames ascended
straight in the aft, 'and there %Alla 110 Wind.
everialter an hoUr and a halt had elapsed, it eO-
- necessary to remove the property,
The•roof of his dwelling began to burn, the 'upper
morns vOlitoon were iu flames, and all was con-
, fusion. 'Die fire spread so rapidly that there was
only tithe to throw out of the kiindoWs the inOre ,
Portable-atid lighter addles, and those Were greatly
damaged by the tali, and subjeeted'to the' plunder
which, alas I too often oceompatiles' sucn an event.
'the kiot.ht. the Wouse anti the upper rooms were
(441fttluied, but the' large :quantity of utiwi ought
ytutt 11l the loWerapaitments..gave increasing power
to Cit;tll63E. MI. l4'reernan's shop Was
i-qe unity it • 1 ehe"t4", acid' about six •e'clock the
flames' were sithlut:d. 11l Ilie unetool;y of man there
no,• been such a the in Norwich, and the toting
al!! i alcuiateti to front eight to ten.itibtiiiiird
ponds; huh we hear:that-Messrs. Gulley were in-'
sort tt ,it Oh:. Albion UiiiCe tot tive thun-sand pounds,
and Mi. Fr:enlail ior• one lliutisaiid six hundred
/umus to Ilia Eq,iiraole °thee at Norwich. -The
Norwic: Voliinteers, have kept
gllklrel around t he'd inolistied premises, • and home
person, are teat to prison, being th"leded in villain-
ouSly4Aundering at stick ii moment of distress.

INSOLVF,!iT Dw —.fiy roas. the Insolvent,
P gbturs
$lll, as aottlOcleil io the Committee,' where the 'cre-
ditors at the prisoner (e.clusive of those at Whose
suit he is detained) are, nut ew otli, or.t heir residence
retnote, the Court to be rinpowered to order (instead
of individo -seiviceof notice.) notice,ol. yellow') to
be inserted in the London Gazette and Ivt U or more
New.spatistitt, twt.h.ty days at befure . the clay
for bearing the of the petition. The pito iso
respetting the 4-hugs wantonly wasting. or traudu-
lently disposing of theirelfects whilst. in prawn left .
out, and a new proviso substituted, ettading that
any prisoner haViog done so, within five-years be-
fore application, *with intent to consume property
instead ofafipl)ing it to the dischsrge of debts,
not 'be. entitled to the benefit of the Clause
added giving: power to' the Court, upon the applica.
non ut prisoner or of any creditor, to requite ss-
sigilees tnreader accounts upon oath to compel the
production of books, pacers, &e.. and take such
measures as may ue nieces:sal y to compel the ren.
dering of account and proper pistributton ot effects,
anti. to have pOwer to, awaid„ cost's against any of
m
the patties as justice. ay requi;e: . Proviso add-
ed to prevent the 'Aiscliarge of tinceitificated
bankrupts for any debt 'Which. in_glit have , been'
proved nuclei . the' commission, unless • detitioerl.
in prison five years botote application, .or 'unless
certificate signed by the trojor part of trio Coin-
Missioners, and ,noly defective for wanr..af the
signature of a sufficient. proportion of .creditors.--.
Cisme added, einPoVi,"ering the Court to CetlttOit 10
the next county gaol a3,igiieeSk Or their executors or
administrators,. slot delivering over effects or paying
balance according to the order of the Coto t.. Claiee
left out respeCting persons iinprjsuned tsy prhcvssos
fioni Coatis ot ConsCience: Ciause added dire i
in that insane. prisoners (their insanity being-conj-
.
tied to the Court, after an examination by aJustice
or Justices of ttie.Peace). may -be dist:hat-get! by !lie
Court, after direciing....due orifice, and diet* of Court.
'to execute assigntnent: to the name of prisoner, ex-
cept where cotproistion, of lunacy, and then assign-
ment to be executed by ,COtuntitteti of lunatics, un-
der the direction of the Court ot Chancery.
AltaasTs. 'The objett of the_Amendoteats might
by the Committee ,in the Arrests hill, is to extend
the provisioni of die A6.1,0f 1803, so. that no per-,
son snail be arrested fur a stun which did. not ortgi;
pally IttOOtlitt to 201.,eXclusive of costs,. ehalg-s, and
expencea incurred is suing fur the Same, except on
bills of eXepange fir prOtilissory notes.
It is somewhat whimsical that the person who
'lately engaged in a Pedestrian wager at Canterbury
is a Mr. Hopper.

VOLCANO IN TIIC.P.A, Extract of a latter from
St. Isilichaers;feh. 181 For several weeks'
past the people of Ginetes, Varzes, and Caudelariii,
had -been imich;alartned by repeated convulsions of
the earth, which had rendered their lionsrs unsafe,'
and induced them to.pass the night in temporary
huts raised in their:gardens; as you know -is thual
on these occasions tor, 'since those'violent sh,cics
which we expetienced in July laSt; they had nese!,
been entirely free fthrn alarm.
" It was reported that a volcano had broke out
upon the Pico das Camarinhas, and in 'other places ;
but on Saturday, the 2d of February, being informed
by a person from Ginetes, that the, clay before a
tremendausvolume of smoke was seen constantly
issuing fro-n 'the middle of the sea, and that by
night the flames we're viaible, I resolved,' in 'ed:ri-1
ploy' with a friend,. tai' proceed to the spot. This
we did on the sth inn. When we arrived at Monte-
Gordo, just above the Feiteiras, we perceired a vast
column of- thick dense smoke ascending from t.ho sea,
which was discolonted from "GineteS down to het e
weetOod (edistance of two leagues at least), !Ind at
intervals a dark muddy substance, tesenibling the,
todo of the Furnas, was hove up •to' the height of
ten, and sometimes twenty fathoins. As yet, we
~could not distinguish any fire;, but the country
people assured us we should plainly •see it, it we
staid Ill! night ; and we accordingly continued, our
journey towards Ginetes, where we arrived just after
sun-set, and found ourselves precisely opposite the
scene of our curiosity and admiration. We kept so
bad a 100k-ant, however, that we did not happen
to be watching the first and second time it appeared
(as we learnt from Our host, who did not come in
doors all night). Bnt as morning 'approached, and
being desirous of bearing testimony, to the faa, 1 re-
solved not to withdraw myself for a moment from
the window : when, beiween five and six, o'clock,
I and my cbtnpanion were tilled with the.rnost sub-
lime sensations, at the awful appearance of these de-
vouring-elements. We saw, the fire distinelly three
several. times.'The first volutue of 'it did not a'seend.
very high perhaps not more than twenty ;,feet
abcAre the surface of the sea : but another body of
less circumference accompanied the smoke 'to a
grea'er height, carrying up with it sub Stance; rc=
sembling pieces of stone or foetal.' The third and
last explosion we beheld, was just. at 'day-break : is
Was tar more- tremendous thin either. of the others,
and ascended like
,a host of sky-rockets to an
immense height, and' the burning fluid, orlaVa;
Was not extinguished till it plunged again into the
water.

• "neing now broad day, we-walked down to the
sea‘side,M order to endeavour to ascertain as vear
as possible the distance of the Vot6atiO frinii the she, e,
It apriearrd to us to be. abcititone mile; bJt as 'we
had no mean.; ealenlating,'except by the eye, iitid
fearing themagnitude of the ohjeet might lead us
astray, we think it safest to call it emile and a hall,
sod would recommend )bur:Ointcrig it'oue" As web'
to all masters of vessels enciing tits Was, ; fur, since,-
the eruption has in some de,,,ree t,0b,..ic;c.1, the sprit
appears like a rock under Water, sea breAli
mg furiously over it. In summ,r lime it I),e
•
possible for boats 'to approach towards it, atir more
correct • othervotions than Oar's wits no' Juu.a be'
made; for it lias,been blowing a front
ever since. You Will fiod to Mr. stead's that
the shore of Ginetes is laid down in 25 deg. 44 tni;).
West-longitude constluently, if 'he ov, i;orre.,7l„
which 'we have -nra doubt he iS, this d w: ich
lies in a due westerly line frO n the Plcode pth,t,„
shoidd beset down in 25 deg. 45i min. west longi,-
Nde,- and• 37 deg: 52* min. north laiiiude. .The
fishermen say,*there are Soundings in eighty fathom
water; 'and the crater; we cone-Ave, nip; bt, about
two hundred yards in circumteience, What like-
wile struck us very forcibly was, 'hat ibis rott,t bore
been Very neirly, it not 'tL,ictly, the spot where
the unfortunate t raw of the Swift were swalloa ed
pp; and it is a question in tny mind, whether some
rock or shoal might trot have existed under water at
Iv!: time they were lost, 'add been the fatal cause of
iheir destruction. The ./U4 de'Lugar informed us
their bodies were 'washed ashore just at the foot ,of
-tire`Pieo,' and there are yet several pieces of timber
and sot.. floating ameng the rocks.
" 'We'all look upon the opening of this volcano
in tire sea as the most auspicious and providential
thing that could have happened to the' Wand, and
that ir will have the efe4l of relieving us from earth-
quakes. in lime to conic, in the same manner as
was' formerly ,experienced, when the caldeiras of
the Farm's broke our. .Frem Gatetes tound to
Rtbeira Gravede, shoals of dead fish have been Tast
ashore, supposed to .baire been killed by the
phureou,s. water.
The old legends of St, Michael's relate, that
some hundred and seventy years ago, ..an island ap-
peared. iii ibis neighbourhood,' 'but which was again
barred in the howeilsof them:can. Strange revolutions
;mit: happened in the Furnils, by .which it appears;
their copper-mines were worked there in former
times,. a_ Vast deal of orellaving: beetr-diseovel'eci,
with the apparatits for a Laboratory.

The workmen who discovered the Roman burial.
ground on Beicousti,:ld firm, have, in porhuing.
their work, arrived at' the Ituin.aitritil described, oy
PLotr, in his " Antiquities .of Oxfordshire." Uu,
11),ith was always Visible, but
,Was consldered as a
small sle', walled round with'reugh tril the,
worktnewdiscovered the tesselorod filmy near ,
Here the Roman ties and the lesselation ate us a
state. of good preservation, although in 3 wet sittla-
lion, Tire oak dug'iap is sound, black, ;Ind heavy,
Tradeaperople are .parlicularlfcautioned agai-ost a
man. of Genticmatily ippettranse and, odtlr,.ss, wit?,
has' obtained goods of diKert people, akis.l p:nd for .
iht:in by eireques on ct banktn''nt tlite-Weat„vnii of the
town. It appeals that thepervill all9ded Witaiti. a
bill of 3001. into the firui in London, driawp 'on ii
resperitable binking.house in Dublin,
,and on the
of the bill he'‘4,ll furnished' with a small book
of Cheques; but it afterwards willed out that the
person v,,aB even ,in debt at tho Dublin banking-
House, and the bill wai of course retittntd. I\.7roro
hers of cheques, plid by the person in qeesli,n,
base I;cen totitered at the honse in towo.„ and net,
only goods have been obtained fot them, but cash.
in exchange.