Star.
London, England, 1822-07-03 00:00:00

FIRES.

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Tuella/by fenMght, about one o'clock hi the Morilint a lig
broke out in a stable belonging to the Ilalf Moon Inn, kept 16,
Mr. LawrenCe, at St. Columb, in the County of Cornwall,
in little mote than an hour, the inn, with the whole of the fora
niture and stalk in trade, together with the adjoining bootee lei
possession of Mr. phis, saddler. Mrs. Keens, grocer, Mr. Yr.
land, baker, and Furs. George, confectioner, were totally ear.
sumed. The daughter of Mr. Lawience, aline girl of aimed
twelve years of age, and a maid-servant, perished In the Bonet
their bodies were dbg not of the ruins about six **loch. bunt
in a most shucking manner.
Monday night a fire broke out in the house of Mr. War
provision-merchant, in Old Gravel-lane, which totally de-troy4
the premises. The family had scarcely time to escape, by
scrambling, in a state of nudity, over the roofs of the adjoining
houses •in doing which one of the thildren was oats& scotched.
About two o'clock in the afternoon of Suoday, a dest:uctive
fire broke out in the little populous nano of Whitstable, in Kent.
ft commenced at a store-house adjoining the dwelling-house of
Mr. Gann, at the western end of the place on the sraerah,er4
the roof being composed of thatch, and the other part of wond,
the whole was in a short time a body of fire; oho wind, which
at the moment blew strong ,from the west, scattering lbw
burning embers almoz the whole line of th,- sea beach. On •Jae
alarm being given, numbers of the inhabitants hastened to tilt
spot, as also the ()Seers and seamen of the Blockade Service,
stationed on that part of the coast, and while engaged in er...
deavouring to arrest the progress of the devouring element, it
was perceived that a storehouse belonging to Covernmerat en the
sea wall, at the eastern extremity of the place, at least a titl.trel•
of a mile distant from where the fire originated, was In flame.
—ln the meantime, the conflagration spread front the sin:choose
above mentioned, to the dwelling-house, boaCmilel. r's shop, and
other buildings of the lute Mr. Peter Tall ; and trom theace
along the wall to several small store and boat-houses, both upon
.the beach and within the wall, till it reached a large building
with a barn and stable, belonging to Mr. W. Edernien ; all of
which being built of wood and other cremlnistible nra• rigs,
yielded successively to its fury. From hence the ignit• d e.• he;;
were carried in the direction of the wind, to a range .1 three
thatched buildings with lofts over the same. filled wah pitch,
paint, spars, eicc. the workshops of Mr. Wm.
builder, situate below the sea wall, the whole of which were
speedily consumed, with neatly an their contents. These pre-
mises Immediately abutted to the hacks of the dwelling-houses
forming the left side of Whitstable-street, bteond the Duke of
Cumberland Inn, many of which caught fire, and were much
damaged, and the communication with others was prevented by
pulling down the outbuildings. In the meantime the flames ‘,l
the store-house at the East end of the wan bad been communi-
cated to the store-house of Mr..l. Terry, and to the premiss of
Mr. T. Jarrett and of Mr. Carden, at the same end of the stretr,
which were shortly consumed, and the farther progress of the
fire was only arrested by pulling down the adjoining store-hcase
of Mr. Cambow, and by there being no other building; in :he
immediate range of the wind to which the burning flakes could
be communicated.

Attention was now directed to prevent, as speedily as possibly,
the danger which might be apprehended, lest a change of wind
_should scatter the living ashes on the adjoining is aildinge, is
which work the exertions of the inhabitants was aided tby the lie it
and Norwich engines from Canterbury, which, on the intelH-
gence arriving about three o'clock, were immediately dispatched.
as well as by numbers of the citizens of all classes, who proceeded
to the place. At five o'clock, by the perseveri ag exertions of all,
and especially of the party of the Blockade Service, of who
tt•rvices too much cannot be said, all furtha-r immediate danger
was prevented—the spectacle, however, was that of a scene of
smoking ruins towards the sea, front one extremity of the place
to the other; while in the street their. was scarcely a house nt
the left side, out of which the furt.'ture was not removed. Tht
total of buildings destroyed is forty-six, ••i z.. i
four boatbuilders' shops, and thirty-three storehouses, ant very
many others were partially injured. The estimate of the loss a:al
danuage of buildings and furniture, from the most moderate ca'-
culation, will amount to nearly £7OOO, of which sum little wort
than £llOO is insured ; but the most serious deprivation is that
of the poor dredgermen, many of whose boats, with their nets
and materials, were burnt in their different storehouses, so that
they are absolutely deprived of the meals of obtaining a deed--
hood. A subscription has been commenced for their rrii f r 1
we trust the appeal to public feeling will not be in vai:a.
The following List contains the names of the sufferers, with
the nature of their losses, nearly in the order in which the
buildings stood, from west to east:
Gann, storehouse destroyed ; Madams (late P. Tall), boure,
boat-builder's and sailma'ver's, ditto; It. Hayward, storehouse,
ditto; 1). Coverfey, storehouse, ditto; W. Beal, storehouse,
ditto; Sea Salter Company. storehouse, ditto; R. Ansiereson,
storehouse, ditto; W. Edenden, five dwellings, a b.rn and
stable, ditto ( insured) ; Giles, Wellesley, Oughain, and UV:.
son, storehouses, destroyed; Kitchingham, house, coals, anl
fence, ditto; W. Reeve:, three storehouses, with lofts, &c. ditto
(part insured) ; J. Terry, double storehouse, destroyed; Isaac
Terry, dwelling-house, ditto; G. Baker, storehouse, ditto; J.
Morday, storehouse, ditto; T. Clark, storehouse, ditto; T.
Howden, storehouse, ditto; Widow Howden, storehouse,
ditto; T. Wood, storehouse, ditto; J. Hill, storehouse. ditto;
T. Culver, boat-builder's shop ; C. Leggett, storehouse and boat:,
ditto; J. Humphrey, storehouse, ditto; Government store-
house, ditto; R. Leggett, seven dwellings and two storelinusts,
ditto (part insured); 'l'. Hammond, storehouse, ditto; W. Carey,
storehouse and fence, ditto; John Morday, dwelling-house t...-
maged ; Thomas Reeves, dwelling-house, ditto; Widow flew-
den, wash-house, &c. destroyed (insured); S. Holloway, store-
house damaged (insured); James Humphrey, storehouse de-
stroyed ; John Humphrey, storehouse, ditto ; J. Cambovv,i(k:t.,
fence, and storehouse, destroyed; Widow Edenden,, elwellici-
houst damaged; T. Carden, dwelling-house destroyed, and ano-
ther injured; 'l'. Jarrett, dwelling-house, lodge, and storehouse,
destroyed; Whorlow, Charosin, and Backless, storehouses
damaged.
Nothing certain is known as to the cause of this distressing f 3.
!amity ; it can only be accounted for by the supposition, th:t
some sparks from the chimney of Mr. Ganu's dwellinghoes:,
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might have been lodged by the wind under the thatch of the :1-
joining storehouse, which for some time smothered in secret,
smoke was observed on the roof for several minutes before the
flames burst out from the internal part of the building.

IPSWICH RACES, JULY 2.
His Majesty's Purse of One Hundred Guineas.
Mr. Wyndham's b. f. 5-yrs old, by Whalebone, dam by
Canopus - - - - - I I
Lord Jersey's b. f. Emma, by Orville, 3-yrs old, darn by
Miss Sophia - - - - - . - 2 $
Major Wilson's b. c. by Juniper, dam by Oscar, 4-yrs old 4 ::
Mr. Meynell's b. c. Almar.or, by Miley, 3-yrs old 3 4
Before starting, st to 1 against Major Wilson's b. c.--. 4 to 4 111
favour of Lord Jersey's b. f. After the first heat, 3to 1 agan.st
Lord Jersey. Two very close-contested heatsi
TROTTI /4 Ca .M A TC H.
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Mr. Aasou Mttotax undertook the much to trot his mire
16 miles in one hour for 100 sovereigns. The match was ems
over a two-mile piece of ground on the Braintree road, carryieg
nine stone, as follows:
min. sec. min. sr*.
First two miles - 7 30 Fifth two miles - 7 :•:1
Second ditto 7 tti Siithditto - - Cs
Third ditto - 7 32 1 Seventh ditto - - 7 5,-)
Fourth ditto - 7 30 I Eighth ditto - -
The match was closely won with three seconds to spare, aul
without breaking.