Star.
London, England, 1821-10-13 00:00:00

FIRE AT IVOTTON HOUSE.

The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM sent the follow-
ing interesting Letter of 'Thanks to the inhabitants of
the Parish °Mutton, for their exertions on the occa-
sion of the fire at Wotton House :
" TO THE. INHABITANTS OF THB PARISH OF
WOTTON. •
" London, November 8, 1820.
" itY OLD AND 400 D FATI*DS—I return you my best and
hearty thanks, for your zealous and kind assistance, when Pao-
vmvvcs was pleased to afflict us with the calamity of fire at Wot-
ton. Many of you have grown grey under the shadow of those
walls which you saw burning. I trust you will all of you live
to seo the House arise out of its ruins, and again inhabited by
the same hearts, inseparably connected with you. At the same
time that I return my most humble thanks to ALNIGIIIT Goo.
for his mercies vouchsafed to me, in the saving my son and
daughter and their child from the flames, I cannot deprive my-
self of the satisfaction of acknowledging how much we owe to
your exertions and activity.
" The re-building the house will find employment for you all;
and I have the comfort of feeling the proofs which you have af-
forded my family of your attachment. Thus out of this cala-
mity arise, thanks to Auttearry Gon, advantage to one party,
and comfort to the other. I have directed some money to be
distributed amongst your families, as a testimony of my thanks
and satisfaction.—Believe me always, under aft circumstances,
" Year affectionate Friend,
CHANDOS BUCKINGHAM."

LATE FINE IN PRINCES-STREET.—We are gratified
to hear that upwards of £BOO has been equitably
distributed by the Committee amongst the sufferers
in this melancholy event, without any distinction as
to their religious tenets. The widow Burnet, who
lost her husband and child, has been reinstated in
comfortable apartments, and £2O for life will be se-
cured to her by the purchase of an annuity.
Yesterday morning, a poor boy, whose name is at
present unknown, was found dead on a brick-kiln in
the fields at Holloway, at the back of the Chapel. It
is supposed he went there for the purpose of roasting
potatoes, and afterwards went to sleep and was suf-
focated by the effluvia. The body now lies in the
vaults of Islington Church, for the Coroner's Inquest.

• Between the hours of eleven and twelve, on Thurs-
day night, a fire broke out in the first floor of the
house of Mr. HORSEFALL, Pleasant-row, Pentonville'
which nearly destroyed the whole of the interior be-
fore the devouring element was subdued. The house
was under repair, and a man who was left in the
care of it slept in the first floor, in which was a great
quantity of shavings and carpenter's chips. On his
going to bed he left the fire burning; on the top of it
was a piece of wood, which is supposed to have fallen
off when the end on the fire was burnt away, and set
the shavings in a blaze. The man had a narrow escape
from falling a victim.
The following Inquisitions have lately been taken
by Mr. GOUGH, one of the Coroners for Oxford :
At Kiddington, on view of the body of Wm. Tho-
mas, who suddenly expired whilst playing at cricket.
Verdict—Visitation of GOD.-At Enstone, on view of
the body of John Rooke, who died on the road from
Oxford, where he had been for medical advice. Ver-
dict accordingly.—At beddington, on view of the
body of Jobn Dace, who fell down stairs and frac-
tured his skull. Verdict—Accidental Death.—At
Tackley, on view of the body of Hannah Baker, who
was found suffocated in a Well. Verdict—Accidental
Death.—At Hook Norton, en view of the body of
Hester Grimmett, who suddenly expired in the field,
where she had been at work. Verdict—Died by the
Visitation of Goa.
Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Grave Morris,
Whitechapel-road, on the body of a man who was
brought into Whitechapel watch-house on Monday
morning, insensibly drunk, and died in the work-
house the same afiernoon.—R. Plunkett, the Beadle,
said, when he was brought to the watch-house he was
placed at the fire, where he remained till the watch
went off duty ; he was then removed to the lock-up
room. At eleven o'clock he visited him, and finding
him in a had state, he had him removed to the work-
house, where he died, as above stated. Verdict—
Died from excessive drinking.

Last week, some convicts digging in Sheerness
Dock-yard, discovered something of a strange ap-
pearance, about the depth of twenty feet, and on care-
fully clearing away around it, found it to be the body
of a man, lying on his back, with his clothes on; when
touched with a spade it fell to dust; three-pence
farthing was found close by it of the coin of Geo. If.
which is supposed to have fallen from one of his
pockets. That part of the yard where the man %cgs
found, has, within a few years, been raised several
fegt, which, of course, considerably reduces the depth
Won) the original surface, and as much of the yard
is made ground, where there were formerly moats and
ditches, it is probable he may have fallen into a moat
and have been drowned.