Star.
London, England, 1802-08-23 00:00:00

ieflthiNG7ol4l CANAL.

We mentioned a thort time fince that a Com-1,1
pany of Gentlemen had fuhfcrthed 4.00,0001. for
the purpofe of making a Canal ftom the Bafon of
the Grand Junction Canal, at Paddington, to the
London Docks at Wapping. We have been fa-
voured with the following defcription of the line
which it is intended this Canal (hall take :
It will commence at the Bafon at Paddington,
crofs the Edgeware Road with a little N. W. in-1
clination, palling the front of the Qeen's Head
and Artichokepublic-houles ; from ihence acrofs
Tottenham-court-road, between St. James's bury-
ing-ground and the New River refervoir ; crofs
the igew Road at the Ealt corner of Bedford Nur-
fery, and proceed in a direct line acrofs Gray's-
Inn-lane, at the Welt corner of the Welch Charity
School, over the valley at Bagnigge Wells, and
under the field South of the New River Head,
crofs St. John-ltreet, North of Taylor's Brewhoufe;
acrofs Gofwell-ltreet, South of Gofwell-place ; the
City Road talow the Turnpike-Gate North of
Lady Lumley's Ahns-houles, Hoxton; Kinglland-
road, near the Ironmengers' Alms-houfes; Hack-
ney-road, through Nliddlefexplace; Bethnal-green
New Road, Whitechapel-road at the Mount, pro-,
ceedinf; in nearly a dircet line to Wapping Docks,
at Well's Gardens. A committee has been named'
to apply to Pat liament at its Meeting, for an Aet
to carry this uleful work into immediate execution.

At a late hour on Satut day night, a fire balloon
fell in Welton's Park, Linc, tichts, which
fet fire to a quantity of dry thaw belonging to
fume tabling, and had it not been for the exertions
of a number of people pafling by, who battened
immediately to the !Pot, the whole range of (ta-
bling would probably have been dellroyed.
On Thurfd ty latt, as Captain %I/ATKINS was
returning in his curricie from South End to his
bottle at Biontfiell, in Effex, accompanied by his
Lady and Mrs. CARTER, her nruber, the pole of
the carriage broke, and they fell out at the heels
of :he horfes, which taking fright, plunged and
kicked fu violently, that all of the party:were moil
feetrely, and, it is feared, dangeroitfly wounded,
particularly Mrs. CARTER. Capt. WATKINi iS a
naval OfEeer, who acquired a c(a.fidet able fortune
by his gallant exploits in the comic of the latt
war : he was the Firth Lieutenant of the much.
'arnented Capt. FAUKEKER, who was killed in
boarding the French frigate la Pique.
About eight o'clock on Friday morning there
was a fmuke difcovered breaking out of tho win-
dows of the Banking.houfe of Meas. Foam a,
Lu snot s, Foe sv sa, and CLatt Ks, Manfion houfe-
fireet, and on fearch being made from whence it
came, it was afcertained that there was fume fire
put in the infide of the wainkoat which fronts the
hJufe, and up a wooden pipe that conveyed the
water from the top. The timely auiflance of tome
eilgines was rendered uklefs, as the fire was com-
pletely extinguifited befdie they arrived, by tear-
ing afide all the wainfeoating of the ottaide, which
was found to be burning. This infamous act way
certainly perpetrated by foam malicious perfon of
perfons not yet difcovered. Very providentially
the effeei was fo flow that it did not anfwer the
diabolical intent.

Saturday afternoon as a Gentleman and Lady,
accotnpanied by two young children, were going
through Broad.flreet, St. Giles's, in a (Ingle horfe
chaife, it was run foul of by a brewer's dray, which
nearly tore one of the wheels from the chart.—
The !hock was lb great as to throw one of the
children out, which the Lady providentiallycaught
by the arm as it was falling, and preierved the in-
fant's life at the hazard of her own, the being
nearly half out of the chaife at the time. The lady
had her left shoulder and fide very much bt uited
by the wheels of the dray, the driver of which
continued his journey without the leap conccra.
A houfe in Oxford-road, No. 333, oppofite
John-fireet, having been pulled down loon time,
for the purpoie of rebuilding, between Meffrs. Jar-
man and Attwood, (hoemakers, and MA's.
Moore and Co. bookfcllers, the props necefrary
for the fupport of the party wails were affixed;
but not being thought fufficient by Mr. Jarman,
he applied on Friday to the furveyot, to know
whether the bottle was perfeelly fare, who, after
examination, replied in the affirmative. The flack
of chimnics in the party wall, which formed the
chief fupport of the houfe, had been nearly cut
away at bottom, for the purpore of improvements,
and they were fupported only by two pieces of
wood, not very thong. About twelve o'clock on
Saturday night, this flack began to fink, and
made the houfe give Tome flight cracks, which
were repeated,till at steady two o'clock on Sunday
morning, a very violent crack was heard. Mrs.
Jarman then jumped out of bed, and gave the
alarm to the whole houfe, in which were feveral
lodgers. They jolt had time to efeape with their
lives, when the party wall gave way, and, draw-
ing with it every floor from the honk fell with a
moll violent crafh into the chafm Of the houfe
purled down; furniture, piftures, dre. of every de-
fcription, lay buried in the ruins; and on the rub-
billi occafioned by the fall, a little dog which had
crept into a corner, was feen in his perilous fitua-
lion, by the rpeCtators, which remained, with a bird
hanging againfi the wall, till releafed by the hu-
manity of thole whom the accident had colleaed
together; about two in the afternoon of Saturday,
a cart arrived with a tingle prop, to fupport the
front of the houfe, which appeared ready to fall
every moment into the ft:vet, and, among the
number of people, would have done Come mischief.
It is extraordinary, that the party wall, in falling,
should have drawn with it the whole infide of the
houfe, floors, beams, wainfcoting, every part,
leaving the back and front walls and roof (landing,
apparently uninjured, but without a thing to (up.
port them, except the brick-work. The infide of
the houfe came away as if it never had been con.
netted with the walls, which were left ftrittly a
(hell. Happily no lives were loft, nor was any
perfonal injury funained ; but the whole of the
fu niture, and the (Lock in trade, of Meas. Jarman
and Attwood, two young men, ihoemakers, who
have not been a year together in bands' were
buried in the ruins.

NAUTICAL INTELLIG.SNuE.

MAILS THIS DAY.-WIND S. E.

♦aatnei.
2 Dublin,
2 Were.Ord
I Hartiburgh
I French
I Mach

FALMOUTH, AUGUST 20.

OUT.

Arrived his Majefty's brig C;anet, of t 3 guns, Captain Bur-
rows; the Nimble cutter, Lieutenant Ci-thlati; and Clat.fina
cutter, Thomas, from a cruize aglinft the Smugglers! th•
former failed again immediately.—The Role, pilot boat, Iron
Dover, (poke, off Scilly, his :Vlajeity's (hip Ddit, of 64 CUM;
Coromandel, of 54 guns; and Melpomene, of eo guns, Irian
the Weft Indies, for Portfmouth.—The American flilp Volant,
Captain Pollard, after a paffcge of go days from Charleston.
with fugar, coffee, &c. for orders ; the bark Princefs Ru'. d.
—, from London, for the Weft Indies; the American thip
Martha, Captain Martin, front Havre de Grace, for Liroon ;
the French lugger It Suret, Captain James Cherrier; and the
French brig la Cybelic, Cept ,in J. Il,:adron, both, from Noir-
moutier, with fait for the fithery.—SaiLd the En;;lifh brig
Eclipfe, Captain Jams Henderfon, for Malaga.—Paffed this
port for:Hanturgh the American (hip James, Captain Cilanal-
ler, in 28 days from Baltimore, with tobacco, coffee, &c.—The
King Georg:: packet with two Union Mails, of the gd and toth
irritant, is Pali detained by contrary winds —The Duke of Kent
packet, with Le-ward Bland 104111, will fail on Sunday if
favourable wine.-1 he Prince Frnell, and Prineefs Charlotte
packets will take Mails of neat inonea fur Jamaica and New
York.—The Wahin:ham packet may he expedted every boor,
with Mails from Litton, the wind h blx.vn y-fterday
and all this day to the S. S. W.—Our Pilchard lithery roes on
rather flowly: about 16,000 lihd.s. only have been taken In the
county,

PLYMOUTH, ALTrUST IT.

Yetenfoy f.iled the Cancans, of i 6 guns, Capt. DELA.
roes, on a cruif,..

This morning failed the Ca rscc r, of 36 guns, Capt. CAR-
Tif E , for Chathirn.

r',v,:cl the ATALA;ITI, of 'l6 guns, Captain MA:filial".
Juft anehorrdin th.!Sound ult:Vutch nap of 74 guns ; from her
apparent good oreci., we irtugirre Mei; outwardbc.und, it havieg
blown fn:fh from the S. W. On .1:1,:r fainting, the lows and
hatterks were crow.!cd by female, under an i,lr th.at it was
Rtar Admiral Causal:Li , and the fquadron from the Welt
Indies.