Star.
London, England, 1820-11-11 00:00:00

THE FIRE IN DRURYZANE.

It is note ascertained that this destructive fire took
its origin from the ignition of some shavings in Mr.
GtostEn's yard, which, communicating to a pile of
dry deals, burnt with such surprising rapidity as to
defy all the exertions of the workmen to extinguish
it. Every attention was then directed towards the
removal of the lodgers' furniture, and such other
goods as were not insured; aid in this charitable
work a great number of persons engaged; but, in-
stead of lending assistance, most of them took advan-
tage of the panic that prevailed to walk off with
everything they could lay their hands on. A fellow
of rather decent appearance, in the midst of the con-
fusion, knocked at the door of Mr. LEVY'S house,
and informed the servant that he was a friend of her
master's, who requested him to take the plate-box to
a place of security, and the woman imprudently en-
trusted him with a trunk which contained plate and
other valuables worth several hundred pounds ; no
part of which has been since recovered or heard of.
—Another fellc w succeeded in carrying off a ma-
hogany table and several fine paintings, the pro-
perty of a person resident in Duke's-court. Several
hundred ruffians formed themselves into bands of

ten or a dozen each, and actually forced open many
doors where no immediate danger could be appre-
hended, and robbed the houses in spite of the owners,
who in many instances were compelled to use arms
to repel the officious intrusion of these villains. The
Bow-street patrol and the parish officers exerted
themselves very ably on the occasion; but their num-
bers were inadequate to that of the thieves, and con-
sequently they were unable in any material degree to
check the progress of plunder.
NVe feel great pleasure in stating, that the report
of a child having perished originated in misconcep-
tion. A female lodging in Mr. GLASIEWS house had
been put to bed the night before, and received such
a shock from the alarm that she immediately fainted,
and was carried in that state to the house of Mr.

LANCASTER, at the corner of Russell-street. Some
persons, not seeing the infant, concluded that it had
perished, and a rumour to that effect immediately
circulated through the neighbourhood ; but the child
was subsequently rescued from the flames and safely
conveyed to the mother•, who k now as well as can
be expected of a person in her situation. ,
An old man, who had been for some years af-
flicted with the dropsy, had a narrow escape with his
life; and a bed-ridden oldfemale, whose daughter
kept a mangle at one of the houses in Duke's-court,
received a severe accident, which'is likely to end in
her death. The effects of this calamitous catastrophe,
are too distressing to contemplate; by it, it is com-
puted that not less than twenty families have been
reduced from comparative affluence to a state little
short of complete beggary, all their goods being de-
stroyed. In Bartlett-court the ravage has been
most serious, no less than eight or ten houses being
destroyed, all of which were occupied by working
people, and let out in tenements; those buildings
being adjoining Duke's-court, burnt the backs of
most of the buildings in the latter place, besides da-
magiag, more or less, a number of houses in Drury-
lane. The havock can only be viewed, with any cer-
' tainty of ascertaining its extent, from the interior of
' the burying-ground in Drury-lane, and here the scene
is most deplorable. The damage is estimated very
high. The assistance of the Foot Guards was of the
most vital importance, as, by keeping off the crowd,
they afforded full scope for the exertions of the fire-
men,• which, before the arrival of the military, were
much impeded by the pressure of the crowd.
The following little incident excited a very lively
degree of interest amongst the spectators :—ln one
of the houses which had taken fire was heard the
shrill whistle of a bird, and it was immediately re-
collected that there was a cage in the first floor.—
How to extricate the little sufferer became the sub-
ject of consideration, and one of the Constables hu-
manely volunteered to make the trial, as the fire had
not yet communicated to the room. After much
•persuasion to desist, he was allowed. to enter the
house, and finally rescued the poor little warbler
from its perilous situation ; and he no sooner felt him-
self safe, than he abstained from the whistle which
had so fortunately preserved his life.
Another alarming fire broke out_ yesterday morn-
ing at Whitechapel, which destroyed two houses; and
in the afternoon a similar disaster occurred at Ito-
therhithe, which was not got under at a late hour last
evening.

Thursday the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Earl of
LIVERPOOL, Viscount CASTLEREAGII, . and a select
party, dined with the Duke of YORK, at York House.
His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK,_ intends
joining a shooting party at the Marquis of HERT-
FORD s seat, Sudbourne Hall, Suffolk, in the course
of a few days.
Strong parties of the Bow-street patrol were sent
to the houses of the different Cabinet Ministeri, early
yesterday afternoon, with orders to remain upon the
alert the whole night.
Yesterday afternoon, the Duke. and Duchess of
BEAUFORT set out from their house in Grosvosor-
square, fur their seat, Badminton, in Gloucestershire.
Yesterday the Marquis and Marchioness of A Not.p.
SEA, and a large pity of distihguished personages,
dined with the Earl and Countess of MANSFIELD, at
their seat at Caen Wood.
At the marriage of J. Jost, Esq. of Pougbill, in
Devonshire, on Tuesday last, to Miss BRAY, daughter
of RICHARD BURDON BRAY, Esq. late High Sheriff
of Cornwall, an extraordinary fine bullock and several
sheep were toasted whole and distributed to the poor:
The Warwickshire Election finally closed at four
. o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, when the numbers
appeared to be, for
Lawley - - 2153 I Spooner - - 969
Nr. Lawley was declared duly elestud by a majority of 1181.