Star.
London, England, 1829-01-14 00:00:00

DESTRUCTION OF THE THEATRE ROYAL

GLASGOW la FIRE.

PROW THE GLASGOW EVENING POST OP SATURD ST.
We regret more than me can express, that we have
to record a calamity which, we fear, will involve a
worthy, an industrious, and spirited man in ruin. Our
Theatre is burned down. About 12 o'clock this day it
was observed to be on fire, and in a very few minutes
the flames extended thermelver to every part of the
building, till it presented the awful spectacle cf one
vast and burning mass. Our eminent police establish.
meat was instantly on the alert; but notwithstanding.
the almost immediate and simultaneous arrival of the
fire engines, and the promptness and zeal with which
they were served, and the judgment. with which
their operations were directed, all that ct u'd be
done was to check the flames so as to preserve the
outward shell of the building, and to prevent the
mischief from spreading to the adjacent houses. The
origin of the fire has r►ct yet been satisfactorily ac-
counted for, though it is reported to have arisen from
inattention in not shutting off the gas in the gallery
entrance. We have also heard it said that the gas in
the same quarter had not been properly turned off, and
that upon a boy hating proceeded • hit her with a lighted
candle, an explo,ion took place. Nu doubt the strictest
inquiry will be instituted; but our splendid Theatre,
an .eetifice of which our town was so ju,tly .ptoud,
which tefLcted such credit on the original spe ulators,
and which was a theme of encomium to ever y star that
visited it, as singulatly adapted to dran►atic repre-
sentations, is now a shell, the work of lit le fro re than
one hour ! The proprietors, we are happy to heir,
are insured; but for the sake of liberal speculation, un-
exampled per►everance, indefatigable industry, and
unblemished honesty, we deplore the si:uation in which
the calamity places Mr. Seymour, almost the whole rf
whose property is lost, and who is not insured to the
amount of a single ►billing. It is a melancholy con-
summation after five years of unintesmitting labour,l
bea.ing up under circumstances of difficulty and dis-
couragement that would have palsied the esertions cf
almost any ether man, and repkying, with profusion
of expenditure in the getting up 'arum, spectacles,
he slightest manifestation of support and encourage-
ment on the past of the poblic. We have nt,t lad
.ime to ascertain whether any loss has been sustained
by the meads rs of the company, who are now tens-
porarily throws out of emplo) men., as well .as the•
various artitts, mechanics, and set vams of the t! cure.
We have only one theme c.a►solation—no life has
been lost.

Th,. engines were plentifully supplied with watts.—
rhe whole supply was obtained Isom theft as,owWater
Company, tl.e ebr ing no plugs of Clanst•in 11111
Company in that neighbourhood.
Among those individuals who exerted themselves to
the utmost, in endeavouring t.. sate what could he
sawed horn the flumes, Baillie M'Lellan deserves to be
tanked among the firs,. After the flows had reached
the back part of the premises, so great was the anxiety
of Baillre M'Lellan and Mr. Know le., senior, to !WPC
the individuals who were at that time in the theatte.
that it was with tf.e great st difficulty that they
could be to vainest from ventui ing their lives in
ta.e &rites. Fretted, it was- n, t till the spectators,
with one consult., stoned them out I f the pre-
nag:, that trey could be iminc d to gise up their
anaiou• eedeav firs to save as much as they tunic!.
So satisfied were the populace of the danger that would
be intuited by ans Wither attempts to save any of the
roperty, that they would n• t allow anot. er to enter
the piennses. The fl Mies, the meantime, were raging
furiously throughout the whole extent tf the theatte.
.net fi <sr alto floor fill in wilt the roost vivid ignition.
The engines, except for tl.e purpose f keeping the
flames from the neighbour mg ft .uses, w ere t f little use;
but never di 1 firemen exert themselve. tot teas
pottant i.Ljeit with better effect. The people in the
houses adjoitong we eof ccurse in the pea est treviclA-
ti n, and were in the act of removing tf.eil In- intuit-,
when, by the, xertions and example of Mrs. Bell and Mr.
D. Bell, they were induced to remain quiet, ami the re
suit showed 0 at o:ey were wisely advised. The e were
two thick w alts be wee's theTheats e and the houses tsi the
north, and by great exertion on the part of the firemen
the whole-owe kept perfectly safe To the south of the
Theatre was die shed in which the whole of the capi-
tals for the rillats of the New Exchange were deposited
a• d though at various times it was nearly in fl tines,
yet by the extitions of the workmen the fi e was pre-'
vented from communicating with it. The Lord P.o.
vosr, and, in fact, the whole of the authorities, were
from the fir-t upon the spot, and excited thentselve•
to the very utmost in keeping order. and in suggesting
such measures as were most likely to put a stop to tr e
ravages of the filmes. .Mr. Seymour himself was
absent from the Theatre at the time the file was dis-
covered; but we have seldom seen any individual so
frantic as he was on the di•covery. Not less than
1.50 W. will be lost by him upon this occasion, in scenery,
dresses, and other 'articles ; very little, indeed, of the
whole properties belonging to the theatre being saved.
The building itself was insured to neatly the amount of
the purchase money. The root of the New Exchange
was severallimes nearly on fire; but by the prompt ex
ertions of those connected with the building, it was pre-
served. The .whole of the corps draneatigue trete, at the
moment of the discovery, engaged in rehearsing the play
which was to have beer acted to-night, and had it not
been fOr'ontkof the par ty, Mr.Y3ung, who fit s; di,covered
the flames, tblue is a great doubt whether any one of the
whirls company would have escaped. We hope the public
of this city will unite in endeavouring to reimburse Mr.
Seymour for the great loss be must on this occasion have
ustai .ed.

So punctilious have people of late become in properly
'utpthting themselves of the charge of human bodies, that a vint-
ner. les whose house a quill•driver had got more than " half seas
over," at least over his chair, on being requened by his pot-com-
paging, to carry him berme, Mild so; but positively refused to deli-
ver 10i carp sOtt a written receipt.—Perth Coirier.

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN
• KNOWLEDGE.

Yesterday a numerous nutting of the Members of
this Society was held at the Society's llnu•e, Lincoln'.
I.iti-ficlds. The Bishop rf LONDON was In the Chais
His Lcrdihip was accou panied by the Bishop of
LLANDAM •

The SECRITARY disysed of the rou'i e bushing, and
read a lean. Isom his Grace the Archbishop of Center-
bur y, which ~tated that the Soci. ty's edition of the Book
of C )rninon Prayer in Italian, and intended for circu-
lation in Italy, abounded in error, and was 41- fictive in
ns ecclesiastical phraseology. His Grace thetelore re-
commended that it should be withdiawn.

A flewlu:ion, authorising his G►ace the Archbishop
of (aate►bu:y (in which it was aJinitted that hi,Gface
was one 01 the best Italian who!.rs in the Chinch) t
reviir and coirect the fluky edition, WAS then put and
cal ►ied.

A Petition from thr• Soci,ty'sChurch in Madras, crair-
ing assis:ance, was then tut in and read; it app. ared
that in this Cultic!' the English and Nerve Christians
first net t :gather for the purpose of public worship.—
Assistance granted.
A report relative to the present state of the Society's
tracts.was then laid behle the Meeting. Mt. Benson,
in reference to the seem 1, ga•e notice or two tesolut.
which he intended to put at the next meeting—they
were to the following effect ; .fbat Tattoos of the tracts
now in circulstiots by the Society have become unsuiteJ
to the taste and temper of the pteteut times, and o
that accouht ougl.t be wi:hdrawn; that a Committee
be appoiarked to superintend the waiting of Rew tracts,
and that much :tee repot t to the Gene. al Ms eting
Tile Rev. M:. TotSoN complained bitterly that no
attention had been pain to a notice which he had taken
of an emu in the S icseq's edition f Bishop notary's
Bible.

The Ba,hop of LONDON (who had left die Chaii) said
ts.at tt e passage alluded to did is- t eisibta‘e all veto.
of d ti e; ill . Tolson, if ae saw it expedient, might
n w gtvc ot a motion to the effect, that the sheet
in which the excel ti liable passage was to be I, und.
be destroyei.—pl.. ToLsos seemed sasto&d, and the
Meeting btoke up.
A letter was iea,l from Bishop S indetsln, of Eslin-
huge), ,t ding that the h. iscorai bam of worship wa,
now perfoi used in tiie 'wit:min capital in the gist o.
Gaelic language; the letter ack‘suwied6e.i the ieceipt
of ASO (torn the Society.

Am EXCELLENT DAY'S PLAY FOR Tilt FANCY.

The admirers r f miring had a high tieat yesterday
cm Culury Heath, within bur miles of S uth Abrams,.
These wi re tau tights; and although ir t tretwren me •
of Gist late con•equence, or lot stakts of txtr.tordiriary
magnitude, Use display of science an game esuAled
au) thing we have res.esty aitnebted. first conies
was between