Star.
London, England, 1823-09-20 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRE I.V BAVARIA.

• FRANKFORT, SEPTEMBER fo.
The Bavarian frontier town of Hof was nearly de-
nroved by fire on the 4th. It broke out at nine in the
Morning. and the wind being very high, all the houses
In the principal street, and in many others, the Church,
the Town-ball, &c. were consumed before midnight.
the number of houses stated to be consumed is 400.
The little town of Neubrunn, four leagues from Wurtz-
burg, was visited by a similar calamity the evening be-
fore; above one hundred buildings, with the harvest
that was just housed, and a cons►derable quantity of
cattle, were destroyed ; the unfortunate inhabitants are
sheltered in the Church, the School, and the Parsonage,
and the few houses that have escaped the flames.—
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Government has issued a Proclamation, offering a re-
of .5001. for the discovery of the murderers of tne FILINICe fa-
It is to be hoped that the cruel assassins will nut remain
Lag concealed.
Dr. BAILLIE l;es very dangerously ill, at his seat, at
buntsbcitane Abbots, near Cirencester.
The Earls of ILO-LESTER and BELMORE, Captain the
ilon. Gates Smasoways, and a distinguished party, have been en-
,joying during the last week the sports of the field at Moreton, the
seat of Jauss Fsamexon, Esq. The noble party has since pro-
eetsied to :Uabotsbury Castle, the seat of thsT•Earl of ILCIIIUTER.
The Loan LIEUTLINANT of Ireland returned to the
Vice-regal Lodge in the Oscan: Park, on Monday last, from the
county of Wicklow.
The Duke of DEVONSILIRE has taken with him the
trading part of his establishment. His Grace intends residing-in
Italy till the first week in April, when he will return to England.
Mr. ROTHSCHILD left town yesterday afternoon for
Calais, where be will wait a telegraphic dispatch from Paris, with
In account of the health of the Baron, his brother; and, if not
better, he will proceed immediately to Paris.
The Imperial Concert Room at Laxenburg, near Vi-
lma, is papered with music. •
• Miss PAToza and her sister have been performing
Ike Exeter Concerts, with success.
Little KNIGHT, of Drury Lane Theatre, is perform-
ing at Margate, with great eclat.
This morning, about nine o'clock, a Gentleman was
*town from a gig in Stamford-street. He received tittle injury;
ht the gig was dashed to pieces. -
HAYMARKET THEATRE. The musical entertain-
sent (farce they should call it—for it sets all probability at defiance)
It My Grandmother, placed Madame VISTKIS before us again in
petticoats ; and though the costume of Illy Grandmother does not
rthibit her person to the best advantage, yet we congratulate her
Iron the absence of masculine attire, and would rather see her
Its any kind of masquerade than that of Maclseath. The Public seem
to be of the same taste, for her reception in Florella was much
there hearty, and the plaudits beyond comparison more gene-
tal than those of Wednesday evening. The operetta:al Comedy
tit Sereetbearts and Wives regained all its attractions by the return of
the original Laura and Lemon kept up his reputation for inimitable
laeltadaiiircaness in 1:i,`,1; and shook the sides of the laughter-lovers,
it heretofore, by his 'Drys, in Family Jura.—The house was well
Minded; and the dress-boxes exhibited an enlivening display of
bonny well adorned:
A notorious horie-stealer, of the name of Worst'',
apprehended yesterday in Smithfield, by Matthews,
a City officer, And Limbrick of Hatton-garden, and
taken to the Compter.
- A subscription has been opened in the reformed parts
Switzerland, in behalf of the Protestant inhabitants of the val.
kys of Piedmont. The condition of this interesting population has
been rotoriously wretched for many centuries. The produce of
the subscription will be applied to the establishment of an hospital.
Tuesday last two men who were taken near Harty
Perry, in :,:tempting to land sonic contraband spirits, were brought
before a Sitting of Magistrates at Faversham, and were a long
time under examination, which terminated in one of them, who pro-
fessed and indeed appeAred to be a Dutchman, being sent elf to
Maidstone jail, and the other, a tine looking man, named Hunt, a
festive of Faversham, was bent en cc• (1 to serve iu his Majesty's Navy ;
they were taken away under a strong guard.
A man is in custody at Battle, on suspicion of being
concerned in the late rubbery of the Hastings Bank.
One of the stolen C 5 notes has been passed at Hastings.
Wednesday, Mary An* Frith, a child about a.year
old, was suffocated at Huddersfield, having crept into
the back-kitchen of her I:abet's house, and, unperceived
by the family, placed her face in a vessel containing
about a quart of broth, in which situation she is sup-
posed to have remained about a iplarter of an hour,
when she was taken up quite dead
Thursday se'nnight, John Goddard, a young man,
laving in Nottingham-street, went to bed about 11
o'clock, apparently in very good health ; but in the
course of two hours he was seized with a fit, and ea-
Fired almost immediately.
Thursday, the remains of Mr. RICARDO were removed
from Gatcomhe-park, and interred in a vault in the pa-
rish church of Harwich, about one mile and a half from
thippenham. The parish church is situated in the park
4 Mr. CLUTTERBUCX, the son-in-law of Mr. RICARDO,
ittd is mote of a private burying-place than a public
Otte, from the smallness of the parish. The funeral was
totiducted in the most ptiriate manner, but nevertbe.
less excited great interest in the was
of Min
hint
tampion, Tetbury, and Malsnsbury, through which i
Mid to pass. The attendants on the funeral were
chirpy relatives—the three sons of Mr. RICARDO, OS-
MAN, Davits, and Moirrisiza ; his six brothers, his
three brothers•in-law, three sons-in-law, and some of
ills nephews. The Rev. Mr. Constrao, Rector of Min-
thinbantoon, and Mt. Hume, M.P. intimate friends at
Gatcombe, were the only mourners not related to the
deceased. The OSA was plain, with the inscription--
'°
DAttO ItleAltbo, died at Gatcombe, on Thursday,
the 11th September, aged 61."
'Yesterday afternoon. the Champion, Livergool coach,
*hived at Newt:ate, banging, under strong suard,!
Paelve convicts, sentenced to transportation during the
last Assitcs for Lancashire. They were removed Ibis
morning by the Chatham coach, in order to be put on
board the talks, previous to their going to New South
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