Star.
London, England, 1825-11-24 00:00:00

COMBINATIONS IN CANADA.

QUEBEC, °masa 22.
The insubordination which exists among the sailors
to the merchant service at this port, has increased to an
extent hitherto unknown. A flagrant instance of riot
occurred on Thursday last, on board the ship Chap-
man, Captain IVlillbank, at the moment she was pro-
seeding to sea, when, after weighing the anchor, a part
of the crew, twelve in number, who had shipped to
tits port at high wages, and received large advances
before signing tl,eir articles, refused to assist in making
sail, and would not allow the well-disposed part to obey
their Officers; the consequence was, that the ship, one
of the largest which comes to our port, was in imms-
rtnt danger of drifting on the rocks under Aubigny
Church. Mr. Patton, who had loaded the vessel, re-
P.vred on board and endeavoured to restore crder, but
l'hout effect ; the mutineers, for so we must call
them, were furious with liquor, and having each man
a Private store of two or three gallons of rum, it was
to be seen that so long as this stimulus remained
arly attempt at reducing the refractory sailors to obecii-
r!lce would be nugatory. Mr. Patton accordingly ap-
Hed to the Chief Police Magistrate, Thomas Tasche-
?eau, Esq. on whose representation a military guard
"as afforded from the garrison to aid the civil authority
.—thus reinforced, Mr. Patton returned on board, and
..rrried just in time to rescue the Officers from their pe-
-0.1005 situation, as the refractory party were actually
4bout to throw the boatswain overboard. The appear-
ance of the military, however, altered the case, and
they were secure.i and conducted to gaol, behaving.
"clowlves in the most riotous and outrageous manner
Pihsing througb the town. Yesterday they were
to the Police Office, and after a thorough invest'.
'Lion of the case, committed to prison fur 21 days.

Tuesday evening, afire broke out in the house of Mr.
itml), baker, B. idgewater• gardens, Faun • street, Alders-
Rate-street ,wh ch was reduced to a heap of ruins.
lie fire originated by some shavings becoming ignited
'Ache cellar.
hirt NW duel has lately taken place at Brest ; the
L Zctur Id the indirect contribution. was killed by a pistol bullet,
-j U. an old Judge in the Tribunal of that towu.—Yogis PT.%

. FIRE AT MIRAN2ICIii;

!DOM THE GREENOCK ADVERTISER, NOVESIBER 19.
Several vessels have arrived in the Clyde since our
last, the whole of which left New Brunswick since the
conflagration; in one of them a Gentleman tame pas-
senger, to whom we are indebted for the following in-
formation :—He says, that the setting in of the heavy
rains, and latterly, of snow, had put a period to the
ravages of the fire in the woods. Of the conflagration
on the 7th of October, to which he was an eye witness,
it is impossible for language to convey an adequate pic-
ture. From this intelligent individual we have been
favoured with the following information: this., with the
particulars already given, it is to be hoped, will be ac-
ceptable. He states, that a custom prevails in New
Brunswick of burning the woods for the purpose of
clearing. The la t season being particularly dry, advan-
tage was taken of universally setting fire to the lands
proposed to be cleared, and this, from the month of
May, through the whole season, the woods being at that
time more or less on fire in various parts. In its pro-
gress, damage, more or less, was done at interval time',
but as long as the sap was in the trees its effect was
only parti.l ; in the end of September and b•gioning of
October, it appeart-d to be very general upon all s+ des
of Miramichi, and even along t►e costs, south by
Richebucto, and north by the coast of Chaleur to the
Itistigouche. The Circuit Court of Justice was at this
time sitting at New castle Court Hnuse,and only finished
their business at three o'clock on Friday, the 7th of
October. Being at this time at Nelson, one mile and a
half from the Court House, he observed, about four
o'clock, a large cloud from the north of the Court
House. This was the greatest cloud he had ever seen
from fire, though he has seen at one time more than
four hundred house:" burning. This cloud ascended
perpendicularly, and was struck by a flash of lightning
upon its western edge ; at about four o'clock it
continued to rise and spread, and about five was in like
manner struck by a flash of lightning upon its eastern
edge. This was succeeded by extreme darkness and
showers of hot ashes, till about nine o'clock, when the
fire from the woods advanced south, to the river side,
sweeping all before it in an instant, from the point of
the S.W. westward, to the river Bartibog, upon the
east, an extent of about s;xteen miles, very few build-
ings escaping its ravages. It extended NE. as far as
Itistigouche, and westward up to the N.W. and S.W.
branches of the Miramichi (as far as Nathaniel Moire's),
fifty miles from the latter, where houses of every de-
scription were destroyed. He thinks the huuses burnt
at Newcastle were about seventy-two ; the number of
stoles he does not recollect.

Loss or Lives.—Report says about 300 ; there were
mostly in the second tier upon both sides of the river.
These were also a few of the timber-makers burned,
but not so many as at first stated.
Estimate of damage about 100,0001. at a rough cal-
culation. In hay, about 1,000 stone, which, at this
season of the year, cannot be replaced ; the conse-
quence is, that the principal timber-makers must re-
duce the number of their hauling cattle ; another result
is, less timber will be made than usual. The damage
done to standing timber is considerable, and also to
some already made; as to the future supply, the present
damage will not materially affect Wherever theta
was a belt or screen of hard wood the progress of the
fire was arrested. The great majority of the sufferers,
especially the small settlers, are emigrants from Ireland.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN WALTER, OF THE