Star.
London, England, 1829-04-21 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE FIRS.

La* nights about half past eight o'clock, an alarm-
, log fire bloke out in the bons* of Mr. Lowell, fruit
merchant, in George laise, Benches's, which
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con d‘r ble time threatened destruction to the whole
Deighbnuthood. Before the engines could' arrive the
adzes were in one blaze from top to bottom, and
Lowish engines continued to arrive from all quarters,
is spite of the great exertions of the firemen, the con.
gavation could not be got under until two o'clock this
itostieg. Mr. Lowelrs premises, and the adjoining
• books and warehouses are now a heap of ruins, and
engines were still playing at eight o'clock this
owing. Part sof the roof of Butchers Hall. and the ea.
mitre premises of Mr. Wm. Austin, the wine-merchant,
Borolph-lane, as well as several of the adjoining
*As, are slightly damaged ; and it is thought that,
or for the early, hour at which the fire happened, the
which has an immense quantity of wood-work in
11l construction. must have fallen an inevitable sacrifice
tett), devouring element., It is not known at present
hew the fire originated.

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FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES,
i' AT CHRLSIA REACH.
About twelve o'clock onSnday, Mr. John and Wm.
Thomp,oa. stationers, of Chapel-row. Kentish Town,
accompanied by three friends, Mr. Heiry and George
Aiken, and Mr. Samuel Nichols, engaged a boat at
Milbank to proceed up the river. It was flood tide at
the time, and the wind, which was rather ahead, was
Mowing fresh; they. however. hoisted sail, and had to
• 'ie. sake several tacks. Mr. John ThOmpsbn..was nesting,
"raged just es they were opposite to Chelsea College they
40 ate making a tAck, when he forgot ia fat go the
wmain-sheet, and a sudden squall enuring on the
terhaat was almost instantly upset. Pirrunately at this
jolliest Thomas Peters and Robert' Wandslow, two
waterenen, were in a boat. towing a barge up the river,
. ... and died instantly pullet! off •to the assistance of ibe
1, =, whir were plunging about end crying out fat
By their 'amino, they :suttee fed in wring
.the
r•:1.0 of four of the young men, whom they got into
;:the boat in a state of great eahaustion ; but we
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are sorry to say that Mr. John Thompson perished.
Peters nearly succeeded in saving him, and got him
on the end of his oar. but he will so exhausted that
fit dropped off before they could get hold of MM.—
Peters mad* •another effort to save him, aid as be
was sinking * aged his arms in to save him, and
• eat ht hold of himi by the cap, which came off, and he
sunk to rise no motet The watermen rowed ashore
. immediately to Mr. Blaekwell's, liudlord of the York-
shire Grey, in Cheyno walk, who afforded every assist-
ance to the young men, and 'sent tete:A persons' with
his drags to watch the River for the body of Mr.Jubn
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- Thompson. z
It was some time before any of the party recovered,
so dreadfully were they 'assumed. and they were pot
into warm beds. and restoratives adminisimed to them
according m the directions given by the Royal Homeric
Society. In thirevening Mr. Black well soppliei theim
with dry clothes, and they were conveyed- hoinujo
Kentish Town in a hackney coatis: •
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..i. ' • THE ARMY. •••• . .ih'L I
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General Led Ana. Cormnatading in Mkt, 'will. )tit lioW a
Lees on-Thatedey net. at his Ogee is the Hone Guards. •
The Zak • Regimes et Dream Guards hes receiestFasidira
• m march, on Mooted lost. . from Dontaillek Tripwire's*, wind
Christ Church, tee Canterbury. ' -.• a
The 7th Regiment of Magee Ganda has • reinvest oedema
march from York and Newcastle, Vor Irangb, en ibe arrivals(
the 11th Lancers at York. . .
• A Detachment of the 74th Regiment of Foot marched Weak
sewn se friday. ter. Chatham, fur the purpose of ambulation':
t,., • Screada.
GENERAL ORDER.
• • . Hots, Gends, April 14. 1829.
• -.• ..aik Majesty having been pleased to command liar abs • Kolas
and Articles for the better government of all his Ala* g's Force,"l
• - neadelneonformity to the Act of ParUitnent of this Sesden, oball
.le poillisd—it is the command of the General Commindiorin
. .ChWthet they shall be strictly observed in the Army, .mad that all
,'''' Diners do make themselves atuseinted with the several paralculars,
' by a careful perusal of the Manny Act and the Ankles el .Wes.
- By Command of the Right Hoeuershis
The General Commanding le Chief,
HERBRRT TA YLOR,AdjesentOeneraL
. MEMORANDUM. • _ • • 1
Horse Guards, April 11,11109.
A quake having arises with reference to the Memorandum of
eke 11th ?sheer* last, as to the asanner In which the amiamais et
'the. Burgess's Mess and Goad neserlptises Is to be cent.
laded,. the General Cemeaeding in Chin desires ft may he under-
stood, Musk, ealculatim le an cases of as .goo's Ant appoint.
Neat or subsequent promotion Is to be linnet open the original
• !ass pay albs 'rank, without reference to that Increase resulting
-..• Mho lave al minim, bet that chicaned _oreatrllnsitee is to be
;riled by the nu et pay . rasa* reedited le the individual it
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• ' Sr allalealsil et tbe Right Honeorable General Lard Mu,
• .•1 " s'' - . Gonamandang ta Chief.
'44s “ 4 H. TAYLOR. ALI- Oak
.... ' ~ : GENARMIL ORDER. • . ..- • I
Hone Guards, ath A,prile ,111416
..*.: 'lore
ie . • Master Genera having represented to th Gemini
- ' Ceersaandes in Chief that qowilsos ban seam respecting the
t .• disrlassion .1 allowaske,• whiny; under his Majesty's warms.
.! -date 1.:111 August. len. bad. been granted under the head of
••• Commuted Allowance for Carriage of Baggage for Regiments
on X March in Great Brink," 'his Lordship be been pleased. to
eonsmand that the distribution of this allowance to individual.
• Olken, and ter regimental sores it Great Britain; shall be exactly
• the muse as has bete regulated and detailed le the same warrant
• for individual Oilers, and for regimental mores ie Ireland ; and
that the overlain of such weight for which such commuted &am.
• . unee is Intended to provide shall be considered as applicable to the
baggage of the troops er nespanhiamed for suck purpose exclusively ;
It being also most clearly eh* sedenteed, that in no ease shall the
. .eganosagelianshe . peek be pester than the sous speellisti le his
.3slajeseg's warrant, above alleded tat. • "'
.•I S) •..- - By Cions'eued•se ski Right Honourable • • . .
:. i- --..--, ... ~ • The General Commanding is Mkt.. • , .
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•• •-if •• 'PI. ; - •• • •- IL TAY LON, Adjutant OsneraL • .
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if -2 -:, . NAVAL, tea IMILLIGENCF... • '
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,;jllie,AiawintisOs tl.4r—Dshha 1-Oilatersesd I—Franco 1.
....6•" -_ „• • -Obeisant, fiend to Liverpool, has pat bock to Weal to
-7: 7111ediseas and repair, having bee on shore im the Hooghlsy.
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-The Alembic, Blonde, of Havre, is totally wrecked es none pll
:ilia& • . • ii
~..... The Providence, Ford, from Bengal, Is apposed to be AI lime
'. air Chiontases Head. . A, o• 1
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• • . Ewen, Area 11.—ibe Diseased, Pateamot! AOrleda
I.' loot two anchors and cables in the
_Came'. • !'
Des, Ana te.—Winst Wllft-W. to W.-;Atensed the Glatt*
'.; ... ' Leighton, from. HoQiras. Arrived from tendon is Endeavniti
"Ingworls for *elan ; 'Countess Whelk, mint fee Barbs.
does ; Dragnet, living, for Quebec; Onao, Whittle. far dosaaria.
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Peaveys's'', Ante ek—Wind-N.W. to W.S.W —Divers of
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' 1 she outward-bound have arrived. • Balled the Hykon Jena,
..... blowll. for Gibraltar, Ste.
, Fatmerrep Anala•--Wlnd W.8.11..te W.N.W.—Sailed the
11 Btu, Seaton, for Hambergb:
hi Basset, Aran 211.—Arrhed the Dispatcla, Collier, from Ja.
Mask& ; laden Planta% Cherry. from BedElla-
hnigance, Ana 19..:rived the Ribble, Beckman, front Ba-
• &via.
ok Howneae, Aran 19.—Arched the Bengal, from Bombay 1
Mars and [kind Cannon, free New Orleans ; Neenesven, his
L.
IPhiladeia; Fingal, from Clarkston.
L sysuiwot, Ana 711.-T•Arrind the Gipsy, Qesk. from Omni
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bay; John Hales •••••••., and Ann; Fowler, from Matablesi limitt.
Kee, Caddy. from Beene - Ayres'} Mercury, Roe, from &kiln
and Ceara; Margaret, Richardson, fret Marsehaes ;• Hatassarl:
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41.6:xmillelk, Waif era • Dumfries, Harvey, from New thisoltill
. / Harris, 'mad Jubilee, Maddock, from New Yeen
Jed dude, hem Lisbon. -
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Yesterday the dispatches tor China, by the ship Char/
gnat (Opals Itersalts4 were eked at. Ille ABM India V
.see estearedso she Dime Of sligt. OF* ' -'
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EAsTER DINNER AT THE MANSIOM•HOUSE.

Yesterday the Right Hos. the LORD MAYOR gave a
.ery splendid entertainment at the Maasion•honse. It
;was, perhaps, attended by more of the Nobility than,
rver appeared at en Easter dinner in the city. The
Lord Mayor had very properly determined to dispense
with what is called the Easter Ball; the very ides of
which would'have frightened the list of respectable
visitors. There were abort four hundred guests, amongst
whom se observed—

The' Bishops of Winchester, London, and Llandalf, Lard and
Lady Rolle, Lord and Lady Midweek, Lord and Lady Granville
Somerset, Laid and Lady Eliot, Sir Edward Codringten. the
Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right Hon. Vevey Fits-
=Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Douglas Kinnaird, Colonel and Lady
Lowther Lord Moenteharles, Sir Byam Martin, Ladles
Mesilese and Sandwich, Sir Jahn Doyle, Sir Charles Doyle, cot.
.gyp Doyle, the GOVeffief mid Deputy Governor of the Bank of
Saglarad, Mr. &demi Arabia, Mr.Caleraft, the Common Serjeant,
several of the Aldermen, Ste.
The company sat down at a little before seven o'clock
to a dinner .4 the very first rate kind. Every delicacy
`of the season was most abundantly supplied.
The-LORD MAYOR, a'ter having given the toasts of
" the King," " the Duke of Clarence, and the rest of
the Royal Family,"" the Army and Navy," and " Pm-
'perky to the City of London," said that he had received
Topologies from the Duke of Wellington and those of
his Grace's colleagues 'who were absent. He (the Lord
Mayor) felt peculiar gratification at seeing amongst
hit pests the President of the Board of Trade. He was
convinced, judging from the enlightened and liberal
conduct of his'llfiesty's Ministers, and the effect which
that conduct had produced upon the public mind, that
the toast he was about to propose would be received
with the most hearty welcome, and the most unaffected
satisfaction. He then proposed— .
*, The health of the Doke of Wellington and Ids Majesty's MI.
nbters."—The toast was 'drank with the greatest applause.
The lt.ght .Hon. VE•RY FITIIOgRALD rose to return
thanks. He felt most highly bonneted by being called
upon to retain thanks to the very distinituished company
around him, upon the part of his Majesty's Ministers.
rHe regretted the absence of his colleagues, the more
particularly as there was not one of them who was not
Wier calCulated than he was to express the feelings
which must arise naturally upon the announcement of
such a toast. He wasauthorised by the illustrious man
who presided over the Krug's Council and the rest of
his'colleagues, to declare their high sense of the distin.
guisbed notice which was taken of their public conduct.
Speaking of himself, as standing In the situation which
he had been called upon to fill by his Majesty, he had
to declare that be could valoe no distinction more highly
than the approbation of the citizens et London—than
the testimonies borne by the great commercial interests
of this greit city—(Loud cheers).
The LORD MAYOR said, that he was proud to have
the opportunity to propose the health of a Noble Friend
of his, whim he long had had the honour of knowing.
His Noble Friend had held a high situation in theGover n.
meet, and was the representative of a county (Mon.
mouth) with which he (the• Lord Mayor) was, closely
connected. He highly appreciated the worth of the
Noble Person to whom he alluded. Hi. Lordship then
gave the health of " Lord Granville Somerset'',
Lord G. SOMERSZT expressed his inability to return
adequate thank 4 He was proud to have it in his power
to boast of his friendship, and he felt singularly grad.
fied by the notice of the company—(Cheers).
The SPIACIR said, that he had lire honour of being
permitted by-the Lord Mayor to propene the health a
the Lady Majocess...(Loud applause). •
The LORD MATOR said that be was desired by' tie
jaady Mayoress to_ mention'hir grateful acknevilzdg.
Waits for thatithbelatfur done her by the cpmpany-!
A pplause).'

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The Ladies then retired. %After Whitt- -`4 •
The LORD MAYOR rose and said. that he bad the
honour to have upon his right band a Reverend Prelate
who had many claims upon the City or London, from
his seal and industry in exalting the moral character of
those over whom he bad presidedlor many years as a
Pastor. It would be a source of gratification to every.
one who had the honour of hit acquaintance, and a
knowledge of his Christian benevolence, that his health
sbOuld be publicly, and as he knew it must be. en-
thusiastically drunk—he meant the Bishop of Loo-
don—(Cheer).
' The &slop of LONDON returned thanks. The situa-
tion which he now field gave him additional opportuni-
ties of which be would avail himself to uphold the reli-
gious and moral character of hid countrymen. Having
witnessed the impartiality of his Right Hon. Friend for
the last eight years in the discharge of his 'magisterial
duties, he felt pleasure in be 4 ring testimony to his worth
as a most upright and intelligent magistrate, and an
honour to the station which he filled. He then pro-
posed "the health of the Lord Mayos"—(Cheers).
The LOAD Mavon returned thanks for the honour
done The Reverend Prelate bad overrated
his services. but 'no mon could emirate his anxiety
to discharge. his duty conscientiously.; and for the.
remaining few months of his mayoralty he would
endeavour to merit the approbation of his fellow chi.
tens. He then proposed tbe healths of al the Bishops
of Winchester and Llandaff."
The LORD MARDI next proposed the health of 44 the
President of the Board of Trade." Bloc* he had been
appoihted she high situatiod of President to the
ham d of Trade be bad given universal satisfaction, and
afforded the greatestfactlities by immediate communi-
cations with the merchants of the country. He con-
gratulated the commercial interests upon having oGen-
tleman at their head who was so admirably calculated
to. superintend and advance, their interests—(Cheers)..
Mr. Vans Frnmaassa • said that he felt **Ply
honoured by the toast. Language was easitr eitheitsjed,
but the feeling by 'which be was ticked could intVer
suffer change or diminution. He felt unable to return
asks for.on honour so unexpected. He did not think
that- any person filling the high station he held could
discharge its duties to the satisfaction of all parties—
(Cheers). He pledged himself to devote his tines and
knowledge with the greatest assiduity to the discharge
of those duties. and should depend upon the well-known
impartiality and justice of Englishmen. No testimony
could be more grateful to a public man than the ma-
nifestation of such applause us bad been bestowed upon
him—( Cheers).
The health. of the- Speaker of the House of Com-
mons, of Lord Rolle, the Governor of the Bank of Eng-
land, the City Magistrates, &c. followed.
Quadrilles commenced at about eleven o'clock in the
great ball, and closed the most magnificent entertain-
ment we ever witnessed at this season of the year at the
Nlansiott.houte.

The Dock-yards. at Cheeses, Deptford. and Wool.
wick are ts be pkad ea the swim eatablihmeet as that at Pem-
broke. each with- a Naval Mew. Ceemaskeiseer Lewis, beet the
Navy Beard. la applied to tm Deek-yar4 at' absentees, vim
ceemeheiemser Oneemunes. who Luke wish * gook of ea 410
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