Star.
London, England, 1814-08-29 00:00:00

4LARAHNG FIRE IN SOUTHWARK.

Tester(' tv evening, shortly after seven c'clrselt, a
It'eadful fir- be la forth in the Mustard Mills of
fir. Lir 7.. t d. (I.rotcrly Bingate :Ind Wale's) in
gionim rt.:, near the hank of the Thames, and 2 little
tFe ensh_west of St. Savinur's, or St. Mary Overy's
Church. and 'A ithin a few buildings west of St. Mary
avery'sDock, which created tor some hours a dreadful
alarm •'.miigh an the neighbourhood. As the dusk of
the evening increased, the sky became more and more
reddened by the blaze, which was apparent for miles
mind. It being Sunday evening, when almost every
brats was disengaged, the crowds that flocked to all
places whence any view of it could be obtained were
immense. As the fire raged with great fury, its
brightness produted the most strikingly picturesque
and magnificent effect. Bankside, Thames.street, the
Quays, and more particularly London and Black-
friars Bridges were thronged with spectators. The
latter were rendered scarcely passable. Besides the
impediments which the multitudes presented, num-
bers of carriages were stationed open them, filled and
covered with people, eager to witness this unfortunate
but superb spectacle, which we do not recollect to have
been exceeded, except, perhaps, by theatonflagration
of Drury-lane Theatre; The mass of warehouses and
other commercial buildings involved in flames, lighted
up. in the darkness of the night, the Monument, the
dome of St. Paul's, the spires and towers of the
clenches of the Metropolis, and the bridges, with an
effect tar beyond our most brilliant illuminations.
The reflection on the water was particularly fine.—
The river was covered with boats of almost all de-
scriptions. On the bank opposite to the burning
buildings, the effects of the intense beat.were sensibly
felt. The appearance of London-bridge was ex-
tremely peculiar. While hundreds were looking
through the balustrades, numbers also seated them-
selves on the top of: them, or on the entablature be-
neath them, and all seemed to preserve a sort of silent
attention to the awful progress of the devouring
flames. At first the fire appeared confined to certain
buildings; but after a while, it gained a dreadful
rapidity, and assumed a most threatening appear-
um*. From the mustard-mills, it spread to adjoin-
ing warehouses, stored with oil-cake, and theme to
other magazines, which contained fond for the pro-
gress of the destructive element. Mr. Hill's coal-
wharf presented abundant matter for ignition; and
the warehouses of Messrs. Han:mock and A yres'for
flour and grain, added to the general conflagration.
A considerable quantity, however, of valuable articles
Were s4ved, and carried awa ; in cart loads. Fortu-
nately there were few private houses on the spot;
and we ale happy to hear that there was less of fa-
mily distress than is usual on such afflicting occasions.
At one time it was strongly apprehended that the
brewhouse of Messrs. Barclay and Fetkins was in
great danger : but the fire, though extensive, was
checked. Engines mere applied both by land and
water, and every practicable assistance given, and at
twelve o',.lock the flames were so far got under, that
na further danger was apprehended.
A great number of most valuable store-houses, and
of their more valuable deposits, have been destroyed,
extending along the Thames for a considerable space,
from within a house or two of St. Mary Overy's
Dock. westwards, in which quarter the fire was first
eeck. J. It afterwards took an eastern, or rather)
sauth east. rly direction; but the wind being very
low it did net penetrate southwards, as it was ap-
prehended it would. Had it done so, the mischief
would have been prodigious, as the openings between
the warehouses on the bank cf the river, and those
snore within, are extremely narrow; and besides there
are connecting passages between each of wood-work,
in the fashien of briJgeways, which would have been'
we and quick conveyances of the fire, from building
to building. • They form part of what is called the
Clink, and some part of the old Winchester-buildings, I
once the seat of licensed debauchery, afterwards of
theatrical exhibition, and more recently of commer-
cial.utility. Happily no lives Were lost.

A tiam, containing about nine quartArs of new oats,'
with 'some outbuildings, and a stack of trefoil, upon a
farm at Great Waltham, near the Rose and Crown,
held by Mr. Marshall Straight, of Great Baddow,
were totally consumed by fire on Saturday sennight.
A dreadful accident occurred at Ramsey, near
Harwich ; a son of Mr. Girling, farmer, being in thr
bArn where the threshing.machine was at work.
stepped on one of the shafts, when the machinery
caught his pin-cloth, and he was crushed to death in
an instant.-

Thursday last Tnquisitions were taken at Hintles-I
ham, by. IVILLIAM HAMianNOI Gent. one of the Co-
roners
for Suffolk, on the bodies of Henry and James,
Brookes, two broihets, Whose deaths Were occasioned '1
as (611 ws-:—The former was a brick'ayer, employed
in sinking a well at Hintleshans Lodge, and going'
down iu a bucket the day before tor the pUipose of
wetlging np some brickwork near the bottom, was,
suffocated by the noxious air and vapours arising
therefrom, of which be Instantly. died, mid fell from
the bucket into the water: The latter being at work
in a field close by, hearing of his bratheri'S misfortune,
went immediately into the same bucket, doWn the
well to endoavoui to savihins,.atid unfortunately met
With the same fate. One has left a widow with five
children. and the other` with tbree.—Juror's verdict,
Accideotal Death.

At litirocastle Fair, tpere was a larger shew of
horses than tor many years past, and a great clear.
ante w.is made- of those of a superior sr rt. Full-
sized horses, ot, great power and good action, fit for
hunters or carriages, fetched quite as high prices as
tl.i breeders expected ; but animas of interior size,
although with blood is recommend them, were hardly
saleable. .
At Ipswich annual Mart for the sale of Lambs,
•hieh began on Monday last, the number was very
considerable, although perhaps not equal to the two
precedii g years. The lambs, generally speaking,
were at least in condition 3s. per head interior to last
year, and the seliers bring willing to comply with an
abatement of 2s. per bead, a very great quantity were
disposed of at a deduction of iron► ss. to 6s. per head
from uie pt of last year. Some of the light-fingered
tribe were at the fair, as a Gentleman's farming
steward near Ipswich, lost his pocket.book•and purse,
conui4ioß a draft fur 440, 423 in notes, and about
/cm. is sitter.