Star.
London, England, 1826-08-21 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRES.

Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, an alarming
fire broke out in the house of Mrs. Parker, of No. 20,
Wilmington-square, Spafields, who kept a boarding
school for young ladies. It would appear that all the
family, including Mr. and MrsuParker, had retired to
rest before the fire broke out, as it was with the.utmost
difficulty that any of them was preserved, even in their
night clothes, from destruction. Mrs. Parker and the
servants escaped from the front doer, while seveml °CI
the young ladies were rescued from death by Mr. Par-
ker, a backgammon table maker, residing in Merlin's-
place, who, at the risk of his life, saved four of them by
taking them out of the first and second floor windows,
and was bravely proceeding to the attic story, through
fire and smoke, to save a young child, five years old ;
but in this attempt he had nearly perished, for he fell
down from suffocation, and was carried out of the
flames in a state of insensibility. Mr. Parker, the pro-
prietor of the house, was seen actively engaged in assist-
ing to preserve the lives of his family, but it is lament-
able to state that, -in his praiseworthy endeavours to
accomplish so desirable an end, he lost his own life, and
so late as five o'clock yesterday the body was not found ;
nor that of the little girl, five years old, who was asleep in
the attic story, and who is also missing. It has been a,cer-
tained that the fire broke out in the kitchen, and such was
the rapidity of the flames, that but for the promßt supply
of water, and the active assistance of the neighbours,
and two parish engines, the adjoining houses must have
been also destroyed before the arrival of the firemen
with the Insurance Office engines.
ANOTHZR Accouwr.—Saturday night, about 12
o'clock, a dreadcul fire broke out at an establishment

for young Ladies, known by the name of Wilmington-
House, No. 21, Wilmington-square, Clerkenwell, kept
by a Lady of the name of Parker, which, for some
time threatened destruction to the surrounding houses.,
By the timely arrival of the engines, aided by a plenti-
ful supply of water, the flames were prevented from ex-
tending their ravages beyond the house in which they
first commenced, which was entirely burnt to the
round, leaving only the bare walls standing. Not a
single article of furniture was saved, with the exception
of two or three chairs and's musical instrument. So
rapid was the progress of the destructive element, that
the inmates with the greatest difficulty effected their
escipe, by means of ladders, from the second and third
stories. The house, which belongs to a person of the
Trance of Chell, residing at No. 22, who holds an official
-situation under Mr. Justice Holroyd, is partly insured.
We regret to add, that Mr. Parker, and a little girl
about six years old, have since been missing, having, it
is feared, perished among the ruins. The fire was first
discovered in the kitchen, which was on the basement.
Frieay night, about half-past eleven, a fire broke
out on the premises of Mr. Simpson, a tea-dealer,
residing at the corner of Rawsthorn-street, near Sadler's
Wells Theatre. At the time the accident was disco-
vered, Mr. Simpson was in conversation with Alr. Jones,
the landlord of the Red Liun public house, nearly ad-
joining. They proceeded instantly to he scene of
devastat:on, and with greet promptness the latter Gen-
tleman rescued the cash-box, desk, and books of ac-
count, and lodged them in his own premises. He then,
at great risk, proceeded to the upper apartments; in
order to ascertain whether the children were safe, as
the frenzied lather was almost incapable of exertion;'
finding the rooms all vacated, Junes descended, and
being in danger of speedy suffocation, he dragged the
father from the house, which, in the course of half-an-
hour, was reduced to a skeleton. There is another fact
connected with this accident which is not unworthy of
remark. About an hour before it happened, Mrs. Tit-
chenor, who occupied part of the premises, died sud-
denly during her husband's absence of twenty minutes,
and her remains were removed to the clubroom of the
Red Lion public-house, where they are now deposited.

Sir HENRY HALFORD left town on Saturday, for his
ma, Wiliam Hall, Harboiough, Leicestershire.

On Friday evening the Duke of Gra:woman ho-
neared the Haymarket Theatre with his presence.
Tuesday week, while William Keating and Robert
Hughes, of Ardfinane, were valuing tithes on the camp-
ground near that village, they were attacked by seven
men, with blackened faces, and by a person in female
attire, who beat them severely, inflicting seven cuts on
the head and many bruises on the body of the former,
and four cuts on the head of the latter.,--irish Paper.
The whole of tk.e clothing delivered to the Militia for
annual training is ordered to be sent to the Army Depot
in London, previous to that force being new clothed,
which is understood will take place immediately, it
having been determined on some material alteration, so
as to render the Militia men effective, a part of which,
it is said, will remain constantly embodied, from which
the regular army is to be kept complete, by allowing a
portion of the Militia to enlist therein annually, which
will dispense with the present mode of recruiting the
At my, and preve, t the numerous illegal enlistments of
Altlitia men, a hich now take place into the Line.
CRUELTY TJ A tiOßSE.—Saturday, at Guildhall, the
driver of the Marcharn waggon was summoned by Mr.
L. Gomakarz (Member of the Cruelty Society), before
Alderman ANSLEY, for ill treating a horse. The driver
was severely reprinianded, and charged with costs.
SeecticaTros MANIA.—It appears from a table just
published of all the schemes and bubbles projected
during the last two tears, that they amounted in num-
ber to two hundred and forty-three; that the amount
of capital proposed to be subscribed on these schemes
was 21.8,000,0001. that the amount actually paid was
43,062,6081. and that the balance due on the whole of
these schemes, at the close of 1825, was 199,937,1021.
Numerous other schemes, to which equal publicity has
not been given, are known to have been projected
throughout the United Kingdom, and without exagge-
ration it may be inferred, though it may astonish dupes
and Directors, that the bubble mania, if carried into ex-
ecution to its meditated extent, would have required, if
it could have been procured, a capital of three hundred
antlffly millions sterling!
Wednesday, a disgraceful riot was created in Turk-
stt eet, Bethnal•green, by a woman named Buna, who had
just returned from the House of Correction for ill-treating
her apprentice girl. On her arrival, learning that an old
woman, who had been a principal in procuring her com-
mittal, was on the point of death, she hastened to her, and
uttered some imprecations and impious wishes as to her
future destiny, which so shocked the inmates, that they
forced her into the street, where a general battle en-
sued, and several persons were seriously maimed. She
at length took refuge in her own house, every window
in which was demolished, and there is no doubt that
the whole building would have been laid in ruins, and
her life forfeited, had not the arrival of the police
abated the fury of the mob.

POLICE INTELLI6tNCL

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ROW-STREET. . . • .
Saturday, Mr. Hogg was charged, by Robert Fault, with ed.
Waal cooversation with his (Forrett's) wife, and with throwing
him down stairs. Mr. Hogg, who is a master-baker, was brought
from St. Clement Dane's Watch-house, where he had been eon:
Zrto on the preceding night ; Mr. Parrett is a journeyman-
e!, residing in Plough-court, Carey-street, Lincolles ho
[ Fields, and Hogg was his particular friend. Mr. Forrest accused
his friend in the following terms t " I had been out to spend the
evening on Friday, and about eleven o'clock I returoed home.
I went to the door of my wife's bed-room, and found it was locked
Inside, a circumstance very unusual; I knocked at the door, and
instantly heard a confused noise • I rapped at the door repeatedly,
but no answer was made; called out to my wife to let me into
the room, but still no reply was given ; I•walkefl to the top of the
stairs to call for aseistance, when the door was cautiously opened by
a man, who came out, and rushed violently against me, and shoved
me headlong down stairs. The prisoner was ultimately taken Into
custody. I had returned an bout sooner than I was expected, and Mr.
Hogg is the person whom I saw come out of my wife's bed-room."
On being called upon to explain his conduct, Mr. Hogg said he
met Mrs. Forrett, in Holborn, on Friday tight, and accompanied
her home. He admitted that they spent the evening in drinking; but
he neither admitted nor denied that he had been criminal with her.

Mr. blittsuut.t. said his conduct towards his friend had been very
treacherous. His running off in the way he did was proof of his
guilt, and he had aggravated his offence by subsequently tommiting
a violent outrage on the husband. tie ordered him to be committed,
and to give twenty-four hours notice •f bail.
IFIATTON-GARDEN.

George Mood, a timber-toad lien Bobstay, was charged by Dem-
dale the Night Constable, with creating a riot hi Chapel-street,
Somers Town, on Friday night. The veteran, who keeps a tin
shop near the spot, and is a Greenwich out-pensioner, had just re-
ceived a quarter's pay, and had been indulging himself with a double
share of grog, when, under cover of night, he bore down, with
a galling shower of grape and canister, upon the regularly constitu-
ted authorities of tbat place. The bombardment was patiently en-
dured for some hours, and the assailant entreated to close his ports,
which being disregarded, the Governor of the fort ordered out a
superior force to board the " daring foe ;" and, after a most gallant
resistance, be was towed into dock. Magistrate. What is he?
Constable. He keeps a tin-shop, your Worship. Prisoner. It's
false ;--tbe shop keeps me. lam a seaman, served his Majesty 17
years, and lost my pin in defence of my country ; and now I am
dragged here in irons like a dog, because I will not pay taus to a
parcel of taylors and cobblers to get drunk with every night.--He
was remanded till the fumes of the grog bad evaporated.