Star.
London, England, 1825-12-26 00:00:00

DtMERAR

GEORGE TOWN, OcT. C 4

We have in truth been distressed with the same un-
nsualiy hot and di y weather, to an extent that ha: on
•he sea coat de •troyed almost all the provision grounds,
and ma.erially inreaired all the cultiva:i n. To those
who have not visited the too sacs, the eif..cts that are
prodoced by a drought, under the. po • elf ,cure
of the sun, will, in most hands, by de-trip
tar short of the reality. Sh:ivelled vegetation, I).4:clird
and widely cracked earth, stint of water eves for do-
mestic purposes, testify to ourselves on the sisot the
direful consequences that d sill exemplify th, mselve-,
and the daily and sudden deaths of many •at nu: telow-
colonists, thus cut off in the mime and vigour of lite.
Even wit•tr is now sold to the poar ialtabtarit-, a! the
very high rate of 225. per puncheon. being brought
from the upper part of this river by punts. Trie injury
to vegetation has net been the only evil. As is gene-
rally the ca e, and was so in the year 1804, lar,:,e tires
have sprung up behind the back dams of the estates,
commencing in the woods, and pursuing Cher
course, even to the cultivation of canes, &c. which
ate equally ready to ignite. In some cases, the fire has
overpoaered and eluded the vigilance of the planters,
and in one paiticular instance in Essequibo, twenty
acres of canes weie bar•t. List week it was generally
nude, vont!, that the.: files extended from Surinam to
Berbice piitially, and from Berbice again, mine or
less, along the whole of Demerara to the extremity of
tt.e Essequibo coast. The West coast had an alarming
tire belied the back part of it.
Nov. Io.—We felt a severe shock of earthquake;
inched, the severest ever remembered here by the oldest
inhabitant, but providentially it did nu mischief; and
at the beginning of this mouth we discovered a comet,
which is still plainly distinguishable, although it ha,
removed with astonishing raiidity to the ssestward
since it was first perceived. Whether these phenomena
have any influential consequences on' this our planet in
respect to crops, seasons, &c. we cannot say, and it is
in vain to conjecture ; but our si!uation and prospects
are fat from satisfactory.

POLICE IN rELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

' Saturday two Gentlemen went to the Justice Room, and in-
formed the Lord Mayor that gangs of thieves were, by day as well
as by night, committing robberies in Fleet-street, notwithstanding
the boasted vigilance of the police. The substance of the complaint
was as follow,:—The chambers of one of the complainants, who
resides in Falcon-court, Fleet-street. had, on the preceding day,
been broken open, between ten and (Seven o'clock, and robbed of
every portable article ; and those who committed the robbery must
have been some time lurking about the neighbourhood. This rob-
bery reflected, in some degree, upon the character of the officers,
whose duty it wai, the complainants thought, to apprehend any
suspicious person ts born they observed lurking about the streets by
day or by night. The mention of it in the neighbourhood excited
not the smallest surprise ; on the contrary, it was said to be me of
the ordinary circumstances of the day ; but it was at the same time
declared, that all bold depredations committed within the precincts
of the City were confined to the vicinity of Fleet-street, where there
appeared to rest a complete impunity with regard to the thieves.
The respectable shopkeepers all complained of the relaxed condition
of the City system, which, in fact. rendered it mater of extreme
hazard for any person, with property about him, to walk in the
street, where, oo account of its great* populousness, there should be
abundant means of security.
The Loan Maxon admitted teat Fleet-street, public and open
as it was, was the rendelvous of the most numerous gangs of thieves
to be found in the City, and said lie would take immediate steps to
put an end to the very alarming evil complained of.