Star.
London, England, 1825-02-26 00:00:00

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'Abobt eight .oveleek fait night, a fire was dtstoitet44
lb burst out from the, fourth fiat of the back land of
that lofty house in the. High-street, at the head and on
the west side of i3lukfriars Wynd. This lands which
is seven %units in height, exclusive of the attic, was so
separated from the front land, that it might bb eonsi,
dered a distinct tenement. It was called Lady /Loves
house, basin. been occupied, within the recolleetiOn of
many, by th-e.widow of the unfortunate Simeon, Lord
Lovat. The apptment where the fireoer2inOed, was
the printing-uffice. of Mr. Ritchie. We spconfidently
when we say, that had a single engine been upon the spot
,at the commencement, and _properly was ked, the fire
might have been quenched ; but some times/Hist neces-
sarily be consumed before operations can be conirfienred
with such regularity as to produce a result. In less
than half an hour the scene became truly tertific."fhe
atmosphere being calm, the flame shot upwards, and
reflected little light upon the dusky front ofthe'.High.
street; while the cavernous-looking Wynd, andStrikens-
close, westward, viewed from the street, appeared to be
filled with lurid flame. There was the same hurrying
to and fro as on the former occasion of women and
children, with distraction on their faces, flying from the
flames; while men, mute with despair, but hustling
with anxiety, were seen removing articles Of furniture
in every direction.
Communications between the different sides of the
street were kept.open by the police, and lighted will
flambeaux, so that every facility was presented for the
transportation of furniture. The flumes soon raged
with uncommon fierceness, and penetrated to the front
land (six stories,in height), which was speedily in a
blaze. The fire-engines, long ere, this, were in active
operation, and didgreat execution, but nothing could
save the front land 'from destruction. The .mass of
flame which aicended horn the two houses in our, as
magnificently terrible, and the more so that it was
half enveloped by a dense cloud ( f smoke, which hung
lazily in mid-air ,over the street. The greatest tears
were entertained that the fire would communicate to a
wooden land on the east , ide of the Wynd, and hom-
ing the street, and to other wooden lands in the Wynd.
About ten o'clock, detachments of the 72J Regiment
of Font, stationed in the Castle, and of Cavalry, from
the Barracks, made their appearance, and assisted
greatly in preserving order. An excellent machine,
newly made, was brought horn the premises of the ma-
chinist who had the construction of it. This 'a, a
triangle, having a pivot at top, upon which a pipe was
fixed, which pipe was attached to a fire engine. The
pipe, by means of very simple machinery, was made to
traverse with great exactness, and did decided execu-
tion. There were many instance: of great daring dis.
played. About half past one in the morning, two men,
who had entered the flat under that which was burnigg,
fur the purpose of cutting out the windows, that the
engines might play within, had not left the spot half a
minute, when the roof above fell in with a crash. Fear
was entertained for awhile that one of those intrepid
men had actually perished, which happily turned out
not to be the case.
About two o'clock the fire began to subside, and all
fear of its spreading farther was removed. It was ul-
timately subdued, alter it had utterly consumed the
land where it first broke out, and- four stories of the
land in front. The lands burnt down, were let :out
usuer ally to families, at thy rate 01 k room to each, Old
is believed that not fewer than fifty families, mostly
poor, have been dispossessed of their homes by this ter.
rible conflagration. Among the most effective engines
present, were the Ordnance one horn the Castle, and
the one from Leith Fort, they have just now (eight
o'clock) ceased playing.
We may add, that the alarm of the fire spreading
was so great at one time, that shopkeepers, as far up as
Hunter's-square, commenced removing their property.
No personal injury of a serious nature was' sustained,
excepting by an artilleryman, who fell from a ladder
and had one of his limbs broken.,

Daumr-LawieTtticaTaz.—The first:part of the Ora-
torio of last night was a martial piece by Waltz, called Ifinsif wed
seg. It was well performed, both in the vocal and instrumental
departments, and was received with warm expressions of favour.
The second and third acts were miscellaneous._ BiallAW,Sano,

iiaaa;r, Miss Svemoss, Miss GILADDOK, and Signor and Madame
Da Beams, were the principal singers, and were frequently and
deservedly applauded: At the end of the second part, an apology
was made for Miss Sveruzus, on account of sudden illness, by Mr.
BEDFORD. She was to have sung in the third Act, but was thus
rendered unable to appear. The House was numerously attended.

MANSION-HOUSE.
D*vwo Roaster.--Yesterday, a stout ybung fellow was brought
before the Loan Maros, charged with committing a daring robbery.
Thursday evening, abouti seven o'clock, the shop of Mr. Gray,
jeweller, in Leadenhall-street, was robbed of a considerable quan-
tity of watches, jewellery. &c. by a short stout man. who thrust
his arm through the window. He was immediately pursued by a
young man who had watched his proceedings; and, on the alarm
being given, he was followed and eventually taken in Northum-
berland-alley, and conveyed to the Compter.
Charles Coke, chief plate of the ship Valiant, deposed, that as
he was passing Mr. Gray's shop, about seven o'clock, he saw the
prisoner suddenly dash his hand through the etas, seize the beano
rod on which a quantity of jewellery hung, and run off; witness
pursued him, crying Stop thief !" the prisoner dropped the ant-
cies as he was pursued, but the winless did not stop to pick thew
up, and he succeeded in securing the prisoner in Northumberland-
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court, Feneburch.street.
As Mr. Gray was not in town, the prisoner was remanded.
The witness Coles begged to be excused attending the trial ; the
ship he was mate of had been taken np by Government, to proceed
to Jamaica, and she was about to sail.
The Loan Mason said he could not release him from attending
a public duty. He had behaved with great propriety, and de- •
served the thanks of the public for Ms manly conduct. He must;
however, be bound over to give evidence, but his Lordship would
exert all his influence with the Court to get hint properly remune-
rated, so that there was little fear of his being a loser.—The wit-
ness was then bound over in 1100.