Star.
London, England, 1823-08-18 00:00:00

MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT BRUSSLL!.-",.

BRUSSELS; AUGUST L 2.
A violent fire broke out at one o'clock this irnrn.
iag at the old Hotel des Finances, in which is the rich
Cabinet. of Mineralogy* which was happily saved:
The fit*, however, destroyed a large part of the
:building. Several extiaorrrmary circumstances threw'
great doubts on the cause of this fire, wlich, havini;
[began in the apartments of M. Dekin, late Conserva-
tor of the Cabinet of Natural HistOry, &c. it was
thought he was burnt or suffocated; hi body w. h,
however, found in the line-des Pripiers.
There are many strange repot ts, says the Diacle„
respecting the late fire and The death of M. Dekin ;
some say he had received orders to remove in tl,ree
days; that there was a deficiency in his accounts;
that he set fire to his apartments, and then t.'ok
ay.:clic, and went out and expired in ,he street, thee
he was found.

The Journal de la Belgique says, Al. Dekin's bodv
lhas been opened, and there is appearance of poison ;
but his death seems to have been caused by an accu-
mulation of blood in the chest, and an inflaimnation
of the brain ; these ptincipal causes may have been
rendered more active and rapid in their operations by
moral affections, which, according to circumstances
agitated the unfortunate M. Dekin.

We invite our readers, therefore, not to cre,iit a
great number of fables, %%inch ill-informed pe:sons
circulate, not consijering what injury they do to
the memory of a man whose talents and char:l...ter
had gained him many.friends.

The KING dined :an hour sooner than nsual on his
Birth-day, that his Pages and others ot his :attend rag
might be disengaged as soon as possible, to et:able theirs
to enjoy the entertainment which Lis MA:lmi' w.is
graciously pleased to give them the occasion Ilia
ball and supper were given at Cumbet land Lodge.
Saturday was the Duke of Yoluesßirth-d.ti, u..hen
his Royal Highness completed his 60th year. in the
evening the Haymarket Theatre, the English Opera
lionse, and the Adelphi Theati 0, weir illtiminatro,
as were the houses of his Royal Highness's tradesmen.
Their Royal Highnesses tie Duchts, of Gcouczs-
-1311 and Duke of CLA ItEIICI visited the Palace and Gardens at
Kew' on Friday, and after viewing tit.: excellent Botanical Gar-
den, etc. they tont a ride to the Calcine and kichingnd Li the
Park, and then went to inspect the Royal °beet vaeury there.
The Duke of COMZEItLAND artived at Ptris on
Wednesday last.

The Duke of RAIN WEIMAR left London on Satur-
day morning ow his retina to his native country. Ills Highness.
embarked on board a steam-yacht at the Tower, to proceed to
Ostend, and from thence will inbreed to Ghent. His Duchess,
remains in England on a visit to the Duchess of CLARCHCIra
Prince ALEXANDER SOUT2O3 arrived in town or►
'Thursday evening. His Highness is, we believe, the
first Greek emigrant of distinction who has visited
this country since the commencement of the to oubles
in the Levant. He is nephew to Prince KARADZAr
one of the late flospodars of Wallachia, who so suc-
cessfully effected his escape from Bucharest, and first
cousin to the Prince SOUTZOS, the unfortunate Wai-
wode of Moldavia, who is at present prisoner of state
in Austria, together with his wife and eight children.
Saturday Lord BEXLEY transacted business at the
Foreign Oka
The Marquis of nvurroeu and Lord W. BEN-
I/sawn arrived at. Arundel Castle on Thursday, on a visit to hie
Grace the Dale of Noaress.
Baron Smoot:mon, late Ambassad.n. from Russia
to the Porte, .is expected at Amsterdam„having em-
barked at Frankfort on the 7th, to proceed down the
Maine and Rhine.
It is stated in an article from Frankfort, that the
Merchant Form, of Cologne, whose trial made soa
much noise in Germany, has been pardoned, by the
King of Prussia,. as well asHAkAcues, his accomplice
Lettersm fro Madrid say, that all persons detained
in prison are set at liberty. It is reported that an im-
portant personage said to the Regency, that it .has
made more Constitutionalists in three months than
the Constitution itself made in three pears.
It appears from a letter inserted in the Coastilm-
tionnel, of August 18, that the Comte LAinanzerrrs„
lately deceased, bequeathed part of his fortune t,b
succour and assist blind Protestants, such persons,
during a few years, having beep no longer received
in the Hospital of the Quiiaze-vingts, at Paris.
There were no prisoners for trial at Dolgelly, nor
a single cause entered. ' This is the second maiden
Assize for Merionethshire in the same year!
A.peor lad named Caunt, waiterat the Crown Ind,
Lincoln, has lately code into possession of consider-
able property, from 10004 to SOON.
The Rev. Mr. 'aim, the popular Minister• of the
Caledonian Church in London, is expected ire Glas-
gow the beginning of next month.

SINGULAR FACTS —ln the parish of Tenbury, Wor-
cestershire, only two marriages have been soletnnized
in the course of twelve months, and there were as
May christenings on one day as there bad been
burials through the previous year.—From the town of
Stockport only two cases of capital offences arc for
trial at the Chester Assises, and only .two from Man-
chester at the Lancaster Assizes.

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DANTZIC, LINCOLN, AND IMAM FICATiIIaN; BIDS,
Mserramszi, acc. at No. 41, Regent Circus, two doors front
Piccadilly; and 40, Drury-lane, corner of Long Aere,, and op-
posite to Great Queen-street.—J. K. Watiza is now supplied
with a fine Assortment of well-seasoned nearness/ which be
will sell at the following unprecedentedly low ,prices
Best White Goose Feathers, warranted '
_ sweet and well manufactured, fit for Per lb.
immediate use . 2s. 6d. to 3s. 3d.
Common ditto is. 6d. to VS.
.4d.
Best Grey Gooae, warranted is. 10d. to 24. 6d.
Common ditto is. sd. to Is. Bd.
Poultry ditto - - Os. 101 to Is. 6d.
Ticks from is. 6d. each, and all other articles equally cheap.—
Ready-made Bed Ticks sold at prime cost to those whepureta;e
Feathers, who will have the satisfaction of seeing them filled,
weighed, and sent home. Brokers and Upholders, who have
not convenience fqr dressing Feathers, may be served upon low
terms.—No connexion with the-shop next door in Drury-lane.
Such is the effect of perseverance and industry in
the science of Medicine, that great numbers, many of whom
had lingered under the must painful and obstinate disorder.,
who'were pronounced incurable by respectable practionere, and
several discharged from Hospitals, have been restored to perfect
health by the celebrated Dr. EADY, who, after a long add la-
borioUs praedce, is enabled to •retuove the most obstinate Vene-
real Complaint', however long and deeply fixed In the habit.—
Eruptions, Pains in the Limbs, obstinate Gleets. Diandeas of
Sight, Nodes on the shin-bones, Ulceration, and Sore Threats,
are among the symptoms arising out of improper treatment, and
which without "hotly assistance prove fatal. The Doctor is
consulted &Ili' by patients of, both sexes, at 38. Dean-street,
Sohu, by persons frees-neap pert a Me ceastry,and by Letter
(if pose paid) enclosing slew. - •

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