Star.
London, England, 1824-11-16 00:00:00

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This morning search was made among the ruins for
the body of Young, the fireman, said to have been killed,
but to the great joy of his brother firemen, he made his
appearance in propria persona, having been busily occo- ,
pied during the night, in the house of Messrs. Wilkinson,
and Co. Ile having been seen standing on the wall at
the south side of the building, managing the water
hose, and the wall falling, he disappeared, and hence
originated the belief that he was killed. The most
remote conjecture cannot as yet be formed by Mr.
Wilkinson, as to the cause of the calamity, but it
certainly originated in the ware-rooms adjoining the
stables. The dreadful conflagration, in addition to
its destructive effects, has caused the ruin of nearly
twenty poor persons, who were plundered of their pro-
perty by daring gangs of thieves with the most scanda-
lous impunity. Some of them entered the house of Mr.
Roberts, in the Broadway, and actually seized a va-
luable pier glass and some richly chased frames, with
which they were moving off, when stopped by some of
the City Police, who happened to know them. The ruf-
fians were lodged in the watch-house. A great number
of men are thrown out of employ in consequence of the
destruction of the warehouses. The engines continued
playing on the burning pile at twelve o'clock this day.
A fire broke out on board. the Emerald, Pringle, on
Sunday se'nnight, when moored off the Custom-house
Quay, North Shields; it was discovered from the Excise-
office, and the alarm given, when, with the assistance of
the crew of the Fleetwood, of London, and others, it was
got under without much damage. It originated in
the cabin. Friday night last, about twelve oclock,
the water-corn-mill at Chester:le Street, in the occupa-
tion of Messrs. CROUDACE, SUITH, and WRIGHT, was
discovered to be on fire. The flames were then burst-
ing through the doors, &c. when a great number of the
inhabitants promptly repaired to the spot, to &Ifer any
assistance in their power. N.) water.engine being in :the
town, some of them immediately went to Lambton-hall,
and brought the engine belonging to J. G. LASIBTON,
Esq. M.P. but too late to render any assistance to the
mill, as the roof and upper lofts fell in a little after two
o'clock, and everything, except the water-wheels, was
destroyed. The loss is estimated at from 1,4001. to
1,6001. no part of which was insured. In the lofts of
the mill there were at the time 50 sacks of flour, a great
quantity of dressed wheat, and upwards of 600 bolls
of corn. The machinery was all new about four or five
months since.

Between 10 and 11 o'clock on Tuesday last, a large
six-story building, situated inSidney-street, Glasgow, and
occupied as a snuff-mill and cotton work, was observed
to be on fire in the first floor. The engines were taken
to the spot with the usual dispatch, but as there was a
strong south-west wind at the time, to which the broad
side of the building was fully exposed, the flames spread
from flat to flat with astonishing rapidity, and all the
exertions made to arrest their destructive progress were
totally unavailing. Before twelve the roof fell in with
a frightful crash ; fragments of blazing joists were tossed
up in the air, and a large volume of flame rose to a
great height, which gave an awful illumination to that
quarter of the city. By the exertions of the firemen,
the flames were confined to the .building in which they
originated. Large poi dons of the walls fell during the
night, and next day a number of men were employed
in taking down the parts that remained standing.

A correspondent in Paris, in a letter dated the Btt
inst. says-;--" The rains throughout the continent of Eu.
rope have of late been heavy and unprecedented to a
degree, and the damage done in various parts of the
country is immense. At Paris the river Seine has swol-
len to a prodigious height, and inundated all its banks.
At present, however, the weather is clear and settled,
and the season mild—the thermometer of Fahrenheit at
a medium of about 45 degrees."
COURT OF CHANCERY; bUSLINt Nov. 9.—Mr. Tho-
limas Flanagan, of Sligo, applied to the Lord Chan-
cellor, and presented solue papers, which he said were
petitions from the inhabitants of Dundalk, for the re-
moval of Lord Clermont from the commission of the
peace, on the ground of two convictions against hi,
Lordship for assaults. The Chancellor promised to
have the matter investigated.
HON EsTY...-Seven years ago, Mr. Whitehead, a draper,
in Worcester, was compelled, by the sudden depression
of property, to compound with his creditors, by paying
thew lOs. in the pound. A relative having left him
some property, the first use he has made of it is to pay
every creditor the full amount of their original claim
against him, and seven years' interest. A person has
called upon all the creditors in London (the total amount
was thousands of pounds), and paid them ; and we have
heard that the house of Craig, Nicholls, and Co. flannel-
merchants of Shrewsbury, have received a remittance
of 5471. which includes the clear balance of their debt,
with seven years' interest added. This upright charac-
ter is a member of the Society of Friends.
The net trade of Nottingham was never known to be
in a more flourishing state than at present. Journeymen
can earn at the present moment, without exceeding the
usual hours of labour, from 41. to 61. per week ; women
from 30s. to 21. 10s. per week ; and children of an early
age 10s. per week ; and the working people gene-
rally seem to properly appreciate this prosperous state
of their trades
On the Ist instant a riot took place in Magherafeldt.
The individuals engaged in it were all of the Roman
Catholic persuasion. They had been settling some
differences in a public-house, over a quantum of whis-
key, which not allaying their angry passions, they burst
forth anew, and the disputants adjourned the debate to
the street, where they kept it up so sanguinely with
paving-stones and other missiles, that, but for the in-
terference of George Bamber, Esq. and the Priest of
the Parish, the consequences might have been fatal.
Several individuals were severely wounded, and the life
of one h despaired of.
CHURCH REVENUES IN Russta.---,-The income of a
Metropolitin does not exceed 8001. a-year ; that of an
Archbishop 6001. and of a Bishop, 5001. sums apparently
as small as persons of their rank can possibly subsist
on, even in Russia. They are, however, allowed a con-
siderable sum annually for the purposes of charity.
After the seven years war, the Dutch committed
several most outrageous frauds upon the English, and
Lord CHATHAM was advised to sere on the property
of Dutch Merchants in the English Funds. " No,"
said that distinguished statesman, if the devil himself
had money Iddged id the English Funds, it roust rest
there secure."
The Rev. Mr. LA FSL lE. of Campsie, appeared in his
place in the Presbytery held at Glasgow, on Wednesdays
apparently in his usual health, but in the course of the
evewng be became unwell, and expired before morning.