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London, England, 1829-05-30 00:00:00

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street, known as Buildings. balmily, to the Slot*
Bank. Therwure so completely ealeloped b Senses before means
to 11111111111111111 the raging element could be procured, that human
exertion was vain.
The wind w,as very high. and had heeirso' Alt the day, blowing
from the West, in the direction of broad-greet. The fire soon
found its way to Broad-street, sweeping rapidly to the East, till it
enveloped in flame the Market, the Theatre, and all the inter-
mediate houses, and those In the neighbourhood. It was stepped
at Bignon's Brick Building, No. 146, as the south side of Broad-
street, and the Bridge Bank Buildings on the north side. From
the last to the river, on both sides of Centre-street, leading to the
BriJge, and front Bignon's Brick Building, nearly opposite the
City Hotel, to Green.street, not a house that we resnembet has
escaped the conflagration.
The destructive element swept over this part of our city, (at least
the third of it, and embracing the greatest part of the active retail-
ing grocery budges'), in less than three hours, like a raging hunt-
cane. whose desolating course was disturbed by $ tkoisand counter
currents, breaking it into innumerable whirlwinds. So suddenly
were thousands stank In ruin, that the whole seemed like a horrid
dream, whose terrors were too &teat to be long.
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Amidst our heaviest misfortunes, Heaven tempers our suffering'
with some signal evidence, that while it chastises, it has not entirely
forgotten its ungrateful creatures. It Isom- of those signal mercies
that no lives have been lost; an.l but a few trifling accidents
occurred not worth mentioning.
All the Insurance Offices have lost something. About 169,01 0
dollars were insured, being not one-sixth of the value of the pro-
perty lost.

CI rY. Tivn.ve o'CLock.

The Congo) market is very languid, and not a feature worth the
lean observation at present. Cameo's opened this mo ' gat atta
buyers, but they may now he quoted at usg sellers.
It is settling day in the Foreign market, and the Brasilia' Ac-
count is s very heavy one, as there has been upends of time per
cent. extreme fluctuation; but in ether securities the staling
will be of minor importance.
CITY. HALF-PAST BNB O'CLOCK..

We still remain in the same dull state as in the early part of the
morning, in consequence of the great dearth of ism Iligence, and
the Comm! market Is rather heavy at present, owing to some money
sates having taken place fur the closing of Consuls mt W-dnesday
neat.—Consols, which were at the commencement of the market
81111 for the Account, have receded to 880, with little or no busi-
ness doing, and for money. ntik.
The settling of the Account in the Foreign Market is going off
wdl up to the present time; we have not yet heard of any failures
Brasil Bonds maintain the price of ye►terday. fu other Foreign
Stock nothing doing.

BRIGHTON, MAT 28.

The Marchioness of Dowxturtaa and Lady Air
atm are arrived at the Albion; and General Batcus, at the Royal
York.

The weather with u continues bright, but with strong and cold
winds, principally front the North. Vegetatinn in some situations,
within the last two or three days. has suffered rather severely.
CRICKST.,—The Arundel Club v. Brighton commenced their con•
test on Watervrood Plain, at the former place, on Monday. and
which terminated ye►terday. Prighton gaining the cause in a single
inning, with 111 runs, and the two of their opponents only 94.

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