Star.
London, England, 1824-11-25 00:00:00

THE LATE Flitt IN EDLNBUR(7II:

In our Paper of 3aturday, we Mentioned that pre-,
partitions had been made on Friday night for bringing
down the mass of twins on the south side of Palliament
Square, overhanging the CoWgate, and for undermining
the wall still standing on the east side. In the course
of the day, the place was surveyed by Admiral Sir D.
Milne, Captain Head, of the Royal Engineers, and se,
veral other perions of science ; and at a meeting with
'the Magistrates and the parties interested, it was re-
solved, on the suggestion of Baron Clerk, to intrust to
Captain Head, after he gave in his report, the entire
11 management of all those difficult operations. Captuia
Hope, who arrived in the Roads on Tuesday, with the
greatest zeal, volunteered his services, and brought along
with him on shore 40 of his men. His offer being accepted,
the warrant of the Dean of Guild to sanction the pros
ceedings was immediately made out, and the operations
commenced on Friday evening, and were resume,l on
Saturday morning, and carried into effect with theinost
complete success, so that the walls, which threatened
destruction to all around, fell without the lea.t inj!;ry
to the adjacent buildings.
About twelve o'clock, the greater part of the south
gable was pulled down; 'out it happened, uniottunately,
that there was still left a detached cornet standing en-
tire, eight or nine feet in width by three in thickness,
and which presented a most singular and. dangerous
spectacle, rising as it did from the suivolinding
like a solitary column, to the height of about ISO feet.
About half an hour after this, the mining operations,
under the direction-of Mr. Miller, builder,, being com-
pleted, he proceeded to light the snatch, and so skilfully
was the position chosen for the mine, that the first bla,t
brought down at once the whole mass above, exactly
on its own scite. The success of this operation caliea
-forth general approbation. It then became necessary
to clear away the dangerous ruins on the south-side,
and particukuly the slender column already mentioned,
which was considerably inclined towards the Cow gay
The chain-cable having been again thi owls rounJ it,
near the centre, so admirably were the arrangentrA,t
contrived, that the column seemed to be cut exactly in
two, and the upper part fell directly to the gron-J, and
seemed to the mere distant spectators as it it had dis-
appeared in the earth. Before it was dark, all tl'at
portion of the ruins which appeared to threaten
was got down without any accident. In the cows:•
the day also, a considerable portion of the ruinous wails
in the Old Fish-mar ket Close were pulled down.
We understand that the name of the sail-r who East
went up to the Tron Church during the fire, is
Farnie, who commands a small vessel, the property (.f
Sir Philip Durham, of Fordel.
We are sorry to hear that James Forrest, another of
the men hurt during the late fires, died in the Royal It:-
firmary on Saturday night.—Cai;donian Mei curd.

The SPEAKER left Palace-yard this morning, on 2
visit to the Archbishop of CADITMILTRY, at Addington Pat k.
In consequence of some important ciimmunicatirns
made yesterday to the SECRETARY of STATE, respecting
the case-of Edward Harris, capitally convicted last
Sessions of highway robbery, it WAS deemed expedient
that the report of his case to the Kiri° in Council should
be postponed.
It is underAgod that the Judged were perfectly ima-
niii.ou. in their opiniiiris, with reference to the point 4.•
sued before them in the case of• Air. fauttarioy.

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_ , OVENIBI _ 23. .
This town is a scene of public melancholy. The vi-
sitation of an awful storm has presented to our view
thia day a heap of wrecks, in value and number equal
to those hurricanes which so of[en scourge the West-
India Islands. No less than twenty-five fine ships are
ashore in our harbour, and many of them only present-
ing heaps of floating ropes and staves ; and in the town
and vicinity the injury sustained is mutual. I rejoice to
say, the number of lives lost are comparatively small.
The following shipping are ashore :—Eliza, Mary Ellen,
Thompson, City of Rochester, Margaret, Ruth, Con-
cordia, John 2nd Elizabeth, Smia, Liyalty; Percy,
Sceptre, Two Sisters, Retrench, George Canning, Na-
pde, Richard, Hibernia of Waterford, Harpy's tender,
Coromandel, and five barges.