Star.
London, England, 1807-10-03 00:00:00

wErmourff. OCTOBER 2.

.
Lail night :it eleven o'clock this place was greatly
alarmed by the drum beating to arms and the cry of
fire, which was immediately followed by a blaze of
light that illuminated the whole town, and made
every inhabitant think it clofe to his own habitation.
The fire broke out at Mr. liAsysy's, tin plate worker
and bra zitr, near to the church and market place :
it was fiat difcovered in anew warehoufe and work-
flop, h4ind his houfe, and was almott inflanta-
neoufly in h.-xi) a conflagration, as to preclude all
1 chance of laving that building. Two old houfes
1 betwift it and the church were immediately pulled
down; and by the p,tegt evrtions of the inhabitants,
the flames, which for fome time threatened the de-
firvtion of the whole town, Rae in aboor five hours
1 time fo reduced, a$ to preclude further fear of their
ester:con.

Much praire is due to the Volunteers for the great
pains they took upon the occafion. Five engines
were at work for feven hours inccifintly. Providen-
tially there was little or no wind during the time,
otherwife from the large quantity of comloullible
matter within the building, a great part of the town
mull hate inevitably been deltrcyed. The damage
done is ellimated at about five thoufand pounds.
Confidering the feafon of the ,year, there is much
genteel company in the town. Several families of
diainetion arrived very lately.

In the ahfence of novel movement, of our fa-
fhionable vifitors, whom the weather has prevented
for %bete two or three days pall enjoying their Good-
rite amufements, it may not be unworthy of notice
to remark, that the Efplanade facing Weymouth
Bay, i, nearly completed. It was aril undertaken
by the !ale Sir 'WILLIAM Put-ream and emends
nearly a mile in length to the point of the ()icy, by
which means it has acquired infinite firength and
durability ; it now forms one of the molt piklurelque
as well as healthy walks in the kingdom, particularly
for valetudinarians. It has been fo conflruded, and
the harbour is fo formed by nature, that it may be
improved, extended and deepened, as to admit (Ws
of war, Indiamen and yards of large burrhen, at an
expence of little confideratiln, when put in eomprti-
don with the public advantages to be deliver' there-
from to our Navy, fhip owners and merchants.
Upwards of twenty thoufand pounds have been
expended by Lady BATH on this undertaking ; and
it is to be hoped that Government will carry the re-
mainder into execution, as loon as they are convinced
of its real utility in a national point of view.
We have had repeated inflances of Blips in diflrefs

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in violent gales of wind off Portland endeavour to
fetch Portfmouth harbour to refit. The Halfewell
and Abergavenny Eaft Indiamen, are two among the
many melancholy events of this nature. lithe harbour
therefore were improved, and received the neceffary
alterations, it would be one of the eafieft aced's,
many fhips would efcape fitipwreck, and the prefer.
vation of many hundred imluable lives of his Ma.,
jetty's fubjeds would be the happy refult.
The direful fate of the above !hips alone are too
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true and painful to dwell on, but it is to be hoped
that the repetition of thole fatal catalirophes may be
the means of attratting the molt ferious attention of
his Majefty's Government, and prompt them to in-
veftigate a fubjed of fo much importance to our
fhipping interelt, more efpecially when it can be car-
ried into drat fir a far lefs turn than has already
been individually laid out in the commencement of
the undertaking—an affertion not founded on fpecu-
lative opinion, but grounded on the judgment of
that mod experienced character Mr. BRATHWAITS,
who, by his invention and Ikill, has been the means of
recovering immenfe property from the wreck of the
Abergavenny, and who has prepared a plan of the
above undertaking, and offered his affiance on the
occafion in the mod liberal anJ d:finterefled manner.