Star.
London, England, 1817-07-04 00:00:00

CUSTOM HOU:,E, JULY s.

Snips lIIITIRED INVV.InI)'• hr Chorchiil, ranam, from
Li-bon; Aruruah, Markiii,o,h, Lam Crena.ia; the Margin.; of
:Vii;Lser, 13r-wo, ottl Albion, Falera, Irmo avend ; Prince:.
lioyai. brown, from Rotterdam; Tobag,„ M•l.3ur,n, from ro.
i,ago; Vr.isr; )..liason 1, Vi•si•r; and einia-na„ trout W4ll,
; IDr. Harprr, trum Oporro ; Britannia, null-, from Se-
Prudent, Wrbb, from thaerowy ; and Caintrine Grern,
it trona iddlrlit'l.

tz r tiAit;.ll. 1 he Mamie, Rumbeef, and Jubilee, Pyre, for
flamb„rdi, ; Liblnn, for Genna and Leehoin ;
klecre, and Wiliam aiKl Henry, I.o:.V.ird,
fur Al.fweri`Pr. Wsll4m.oit, for Eisineut and Kip; Lilto
Matilda, liartels, for Wuigas Alarqu.s of Allgirki, Brown,
ter il•tend ; lvimble, Marra:in, for Cork ; and Wtltant, thaw,
ior bouts rue.

I OIAL DESMUCTION. BY FIRE.. OF THE RECENT

~iattcnl'E -sTt.-kM P:ICK F. I .

Of. Wednesday morning last this vessel, comman-
ded by Captain HAravar, left London for Margate,
wide te:weew forty and flay passengers on board ;
and it appears, tha, when off Whitstable, tehtch is .181
tidies from the port cf destination, she was disco-
vered to be oqa fire ; at this time she was also thrre
milei from the main land. Ak a vessel nt this de-
sCription OCTct carries a b..at larger than sufficient to
hold her own crew, which seldian exceeds a dozen
persons, the consternation of between forty and fitly
passengers may be better conceived than described.--
The tire was discovered to proceed Wien the furnace
used for the boilers of the steam engine, and to gain
rapidly on the exertions of those on b inst. The ves-
sel was seen from tLe shore, and met by several boats
from Whitstatle. who succeeded in getting all CO
board sate to land. The following notice was posted
yesterday, tae *lmi-own', :tt Lloyd's ;-44 The Re-
gent steam-packet, bound to Margioe, was burnt to
the water's edge, yesterday of:erriuoti,off Whitstable.
Crew and pass-tigers raved."
The cause of tia: tlre is stated to be as follows :
The gale being strong, blew elit.• chimney floe away,
Mid the wti ti•at is nearly breast high Isom
the deck. at the bottom Ot Ihr clue, for the purpOse of
keeping the people near the chimney from burning
th nisslves, caught file ; the men in throwing the
buckets overfor water to put it out, lost them, con
sette.,:itiy the fire was not checked, and the Captain
inienediatery made for land, and got all the pro-
p!: and crew, and n:ost of the luggage, sale ashose,
but the vessel is WM0:I entirely consuihrd.

Anot er dreadful explosion has taken place in :t
mice near Durham, by the obstinattl
wretched man, wtio peddled, in lighting o candle
the I,,,lowing is au extract of a letter from :
" At two o'clock this morning (Tuesday) whi.a
the colitets went to work, the Overman found it. n...
cessarylo order DAvy's Larry to be toed in certain
places, which older seems to have been Attended to
by the first shut I men, till nine o'clock, when they
were relieved by the second shill. An /4,04111 ha-
low. belonging to tte keinntl shift, vk hen he telieved
the man who pricuJeJ him in the. farthest working
(And at the same time the most thingemus, brill in
the last of the ventilation), persisted in lightiug
candle, because he th.,tight there was no danger, and
because he thought he could see better with 4 casidlr.
Die poor fellow whom he relieved remonstrintsl
itrungly against the lighting ut the candle, stating'
the Overman's orders were peremptory, and he evea
put the candle uut by force. The inta.ltated Victim.
however, persist:ll, and lighted lilt candle Again,
when he left him working With it. On his way out
to the shaft he met with one of the Deputy overturn.
slid told him what had occurred, who went
intention of compelling the debug lent to do what
was right, or to punish him ; but whether litis;:ched
ins dektioation or not, we cannot tell, as the esplobiroi
took puce in A few mmutes atterwards, just as my
tormant, and it C.031)4111011, Wilt) can also Ireland:A it.
of the fact, got out of the pit. We do not yet Snow
the number killed, as 1 cannot grt a correct list of
the men at wotk. and the bodes are L'a a3l got out,
but E fear it svill not be lets than :51. or 3.i hides,-
1 do not Omit that rrl to than four Or. five
.bril survive out of 39 or 40. We have already got
upwards of 20 dead uut. The explf:%ica vas *us.;
strolls, gut:a p;.t.i. tatl.cm: Gees'."