Star.
London, England, 1821-01-15 00:00:00

MR. ROTHSCHILD.

A singular circumstance Occurred, on Saturday, in
' the City, which -was the subject of universal conversa-
' tion on 'Change. In the course of the morning Mr.
Rothschild, the head of the House of that name, so
celebrated throughout Europe for their financial trans-
actions with different Governments, was waited on
by a person of very gentlemanlike manners, who sent
in his card, with a request to be admitted to a pri-
vate interview. His name has been mentioned, but
is for the present, for particular reasons, withheld.
It happening to have some resemblance with one
with which Mr. Rothschild was familiar; he was im,
mediately admitted, when, observing that Gentle-
' man not to be alone, he repeated his request for a
private interview ; but was informed by Mr. Roths-
child, who then perceived that he was a total stran-
ger, that there was nothing he might not communi-
cate in the hearing of those friends by whom he was
surrounded. The Gentleman then stated, that he
had waited on Mr. Rothschild on an affair of the
greatest importance, in which his safety, and perhaps
his life, was involved. He had received, he added,
certain, though secret, intelligence, that his connec-
tion with foreign Powers, and particularly the assist-
ance rendered to Austria, on account of the designs
of that Government against the liberties of Europe,
had incited certain evil disposed persons to the de.
sign of assassinating him, and that the mode had been
devised by which it was to be carried into execution.
This alarming intimation, which was delivered with-
out any observable incoherence of manner, was re-
ceived by Mr. Rothschild with a smile, and after re-
turning his thanks for the intelligence, wish the ob-
servation, that as he felt he had never done wrong to
any individual, he could not entertain the idea that
any persons could have formed such an, atrocious
design as that described, and that he really thought
the affair unworthy his attention. The Gentleman
then took leave, and was suffered to depart; but it
occurring afterwards to the friends of Mr. Rothschild
that it would have been more prudent to have de-
tained him, in order to learn from him the sources
of his information, one of the City Magistrates was
applied to for advice on the best mode of proceeding.
This had scarcely been done, before Mr. Rothschild
received another visit from the same person, who
now came to inform him, with marks of great satis-
faction, that the designs against him had been aban-
doned. Ile was taken, however, in the custody of
a constable, to the Mansion-house, sshere he under-
went a private examination. Ile there repeated ail
that lie had previously disclosed respecting the ac-
tual existent; of the design against Mr. Rothschild,
and its subsequent abandonment ; but nothing could'
compel him to disclose the sources from whence his
information was obtained. No desire being expressed
for his detention, he was suffered to depart, after
leaving his name and address, which were the same
as these announced in his first visit, and assuring the
LORD MAYOR that he would attend at the Mansion-
house whenever called upon.

Friday morning last, the family of Mr. FAR-
Me a, cheesemonger, of High-street, Shad well, were
thrown into alarm at hearing a noise as if occasioned
by robbers endeavouring to gain admission. A per-
son gave the alarm at the two adjoining hr uses, oc-
cupied by Mr. RocitesTEß, a tea-dealer, and Mr.
SPRING, a ship-bottoming warehouse, who also got
up to oppose the entrance of the supposed robbers ;
but that supposition was soon removed, as the who!e
of the roofs of the three houses at the same time,
ancf-with a tremendous crash, fell in, and bore down
the third floor of each house, and materially injured
The second. Two children, who sere asleep in a
room on the second floor of Mr. FARMERS house,
narrowly escaped being killed, as one of the rafters
iii its fall went through the foot of the bed in which
'they slept.
Friday night, about twelve o'clock, a fire broke
,out in the very extensive sugar-house of Messrs.
SMITH and DONALDSON, Deal-street, Mile-end New
Town, which was entirely consumed.
NEWCASTLE, JANUARY 9.—lia:ly on Tuesday
Morning, some men belonging to Sheriff Hill Col-
liery, were waiting the arrival of the gin horse to go
down into the Flit. Owing to the cleaning of the
boiler, the regular engine rope was not in a work-
able state at the moment, but, about 20 fathoms of
it with the chain, were hanging into the shaft. One
of the men, John Wilson, having in the dark gone
incautiously too near the edge, fell in. Repeated
cries from within the shaft at last roused the atten-
tion of the other men, who, on repairing to the spot
with a light, were told by him that he had fallen
into the pit, and was then hanging by the rope. As
soon as the alarm would allow 'them to take mea-
sures for his preservation, they proceeded to adjust
the gin rope, a work that occupied not less than fifteen
minutes, from their having to*discharge it from one
pulley and place it upon another. After fixing on a
corf, oue of them wished to descend in it to his as-
sistance, but this Wilson forbade them to do. The
ccrf was now let down gently till it came under his
feet; he then freed himself from the engine rope,
and being seated in the corf, was drawn slowly to
hank, in a state of indescribable trepidation.—
He was, however, able, with the assisance of another
man, to walk upwards of a mile to his own house,
which on entering, he threw himself on his knees,
and poured out his thanks to GOD, for his deliver-
ance. No -sooner was this done, than, overpowered
by the dreadful conflict of his feelings, he fainted.--
Some time elapsed before he recovered tolerable
composure, and even still, when the subject is re-
curred to, his agitation is extreme. Being ques-
tioned minutely, he said, he had gone to the brink
of the shaft to ascertain whether his comrade was
calling upon him from below, and being deceived
by a glimmering of light through a crevice in the
brattice partition, his foot slipped. He was consci-
ous at the moment he dropt in, but has no recollec-
tion whatever of how or when he caught hold of the
engine-rope. The first thing he was sensible of was
the rope sliding on his breast; and next, its stripping
his left hand, with which he held mainly on, and
also with his legs and feet. He had in his fight hand
a small stick, of which he kept firm possession all
the time, and brought it up with him. There was
• a chasm of 450 feet perpendicular height yawning
underneath. The only injury he has sustained is a
severe burn on the left hand from the friction of the
rope, slight pain in his left shoulder, and a certain
degree of mental discomposure. •