Star.
London, England, 1825-11-08 00:00:00

HALIFAX. OCTOBER 19.

A most painful duty this day devolves on us, that of recording a
dire calamity which has befallen the Province of New Brunswick,
involving multitudes in death or ruin, and visited a large extent of
country with desolation.
Thursday last, a verbal account was received of the conflagration
which has taken place at Fredericton, by which thirty houses aril
thirty-nine barns were consumed, caused by a fire in the woods
adjacent to that town, and a rumour at the same time prevailed,
that some of the back settlements had experienced a similar fate ;
but while anxiety was on the stretch for correct information from
Fredericton, the intelligence of the disaster at Miramiclti arrived.
All the accounts received, describe the rapidity of the fismes to
have been such as to preclude the possibility of saving property to
any extent : so instatwous were the effects of the fire, that many per-
sons who were saved MO* their preservation to the vicinity of the
river, into which they threw themselves, and were taken out by
boats. Two hundred persons, in the vicinity of Miramichi alone,
perished in the flames; and the loss of lives in the interior of the
forests, where escape was impossible, must have been immenre.
What renders the event more affecting is, that the survivors are
many of them dreadfully mutilated, and the sick and dying can no
longer obtain shelter from the severity of the weather. Upon the
receipt of the mail with the intelligence on Saturday afternoon,
great gloom and anxiety was felt. Sunday morning a meeting of
the inhabitants took place, and resolutions were passed, when pro-
visions, and other articles for the relief of the sufferers,, were sent to
the stores of Messrs. Cams and Mltcust.; a subscription was also
opened at the meeting, by which was obtained 2,0001. Vessels
were dispatched with provisions, and others with clothing, and
sailed this afternoon for 11iramichi.

Most distressing accounts have been received from Jamaica during
the last week, that the fever has made the most destructive ravages;
such was the dread inspired, that the regiments were ordered to
leave the town, and encamp in a more healthy situation.

The French Papers of Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday, have reached us, the latter by Express,
Extracts from them will be found in another column.
Mr. HUSKISSON'S visit to Paris has supplied food for
the French Journalists and politicians. Some of the
latter seem to have been alarmed lest that able states-
man should cause as great a revolution in the commerce
as he once witnessed in the political state of France.
The French politicians seem to say—" They that have
turned the world (of commerce) upside down, have come
here also." Some of the French Journalists have, how-
ever, the sense to see, and the liberality to ackn. wledge,
the excellence of our commercial system ; and the Con-
stitutionnel even states, that M. Vit.t.sLx admitted the
principles developed by Mr. Husatssow to be perfectly
just ; but stated that they were impracticable in France,
in consequence of the prejudices in favour of the ex-
isting system, which compelled the Deputies to submit
to the despotism of local interest. It is even said, that
an influential Member of the French Cabinet being
hard pressed by Mr. Husaissos, frankly told him—
" What can we do? If we act as we ought to do,
we shall endanger our political existence. The mere
!owning of the duty on Iran, for instance, would make
us lose the elections in most of the De, at tments; for
iron masters are at the head of the revolutionary demo-
cracy, and we are obliged to manage as we can with
all kinds of interests in order not to compromise our
own." Mr. HUSEISSON, adds the Constilutionne/,
"smiled with pity at this singular confession, and set
off for England with a very pour opinion of a Ministry
which lies at the mercy of every individual pretension,
and is not strong enough to he national."

One of the French Papers, the Journal des Deals, states, that the
firt act of the new Spanish Ministry has been, to demand the
recall of the French troops. Whether this is the case, or the
hint is merely thrown out as an acceptable proposal to the
French Ministry, time will determine.

Frankfort Papers to the 2d inst. reached us this
morning; they corroborate the accounts from Greece in the French
Papris,so far as relates to Imams( PAcua having had several en-
gagements with the Greeks. and burning Mistia. The garrison of
Hydra is said to be five thousand strong.

These Papers contain an account of the capture of some Greek
mistics by the Austrian •essels. A vessel which had arrived on
the 19th of October atTrieste, in thirty-two days from Alexandria, in
Egypt, brings word that the Egyptian fket, consisting of a hundred
sail of men of war and transports, was only waiting for a good
wind to put to sea. This fleet has also fifteen fire ships, and two
steam boats.

Letters an I Pdpers from Nletico have been received
to the 7th of September. The city was suffering from measles,
starlet fever, and dysentery. Public affairs were in a perfectly
tranquil state. The revenue was improving fast, and the customs
in particular, were much exceeding the estimates presented to Con•
gress in the Session of January last.
The accounts from the Mining districts continued to increase in
interest with the increase in the extent of the operations thete.—
Iron bad been discovered at Guanaxuato, and was about to be
winked for the use of the mines. The experiments of smelting the
ores had been successful as far as they bad been tried, and it was
expected that, in a short time, they would supersede the old process
of amalgamation by quicksilver.
By the Sol of the 20th of August, we find that the Editor of a
journal called the Philanthropist had been banished from the
Mexican Republic for publishing the Porn's encyclic letter without
the permission of the Executive Government. Thus, the authority
of the Tiara is not only despised and resisted by a Protestant
Sovereign, like the King of the Nrrutaxatins, but by a Catholic
I Government, like that of Mexico, when it attempts to interfere in

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temporal matters. In the Latter case, the sev;rity of the cig: 1
power was, perhaps, even carried too far, isi not only condemning
the doctrine of:the POPS. but punishing the inadvertence of his
agent—especially when it is considered that the Government
itself (with a boldness which did it honour, and abewed its poecure
reliance on its own power) afterwards published the obnoxious
document with a counteracting commentary.
Letters from Guatemala to the latter part of August have also
been received, but do not supply any intelligence of importance.

In another page we have given an account of the
Haytian Loan which has been contracted for in Paris. We under-
stand iris not intended to negociate any portion of it in London.