Star.
London, England, 1820-01-25 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, JANUARY 22.

Some extensive Manufacturers have given this'
week, Is. advance at 60 yards, and some 6d. to the
Weavers; and several Lancashire and Yorkshire Ca-
lico Manufacturers, have given 3d. per piece. At
Blackburn, on Thursday week, there was a highly
respectable Meeting of the Manufacturers of that
town and neighbourhood, at which it was concluded
to give 6d. per cut advance to the Weavers, on all
descriptions of cloth they make.

JANUARY 23.
Last night, about ten o'clock, a fire was discovered
in the warehouse of Messrs. Clay and Cullingworth,
situate at the southerly side of Marsden-svare.
Every attempt to save it was frustrated by the want
of water, owing to the present severe frost. The
warehouse, which was a very extensive one, was
burnt to the ground in about three hours, and the
greatest part of the goods in it consumed. Messrs.
Clay and Co. were extensive manufacturers of Man-
chester goods, and merchants, and no doubt their
stock must have been very large. The fierceness of
the flames and wind caused great apprehensions for
the safety of some of the numerous warehouses
which surrounded the one on fire. These apprehen-
sions were soon realized : the flames communicated
to the adjoining warehouse of Messrs. Rudson and
,Price, the greater part of which is burnt. The one
of Messrs. Dickson, Watson, and Co. on the other
side, took fire at the roof, and part of the ceiling of
one of the rooms fell into
it in flames. Very fortu-
nately, Messrs. Dickson and Co. had time to remove
the goods out of that room before the fire came to
it, otherwise their warehouse must have been burnt
down. As the roods were out, they were enabled to
extinguish the lire.
Several o: the other adjoining warehouses have
suffered tr-on: the flames ; but an immense loss will
he siistainod by many others, by the more removal
of Cleir go3ds. The streets are filled with calicoes,
fi.ti•ins; :Ind liners, which have been much trampled
parts the water front the engines
and firei-.laps \\*:t3 s'.:veral inches deep about the
goo +s—it .ul),.ectuently froze them up. The areas
in.,front of the Brid7e..vater ,Irins and Palace inns,
are c,iverc.i with hicee ;;nods-. t%letsrs. Barclay, Ste—
vens, itild Co. Massef, S..itcliffo, Geary, Broadhurst,
- 1'..a7,:r and Co. and sereral removed many
oi titer: goods. No doubt man:, thieves would have
exer,ked their calling.
A zre.-.t part of the 31.,t and a party of the
I. litissart., have bun on duty all night, and have
deserved peat thanks for their ccnduct. The cold
was so it:A:use, that sonic of the n.ilitary made thes
in the strea with wcod from the hurnt buildings,
but the snow was so deep, that in n:ei:ii;g, it extin-
iu shed them.

A bo'..)l)in-mill and dweliint;-house adjoining„ at
it;kelsruet. 1 Sto.:k,, Lear Kendal, Ix:L0In0on-c- to Mr.
4
NVit.t.inm weie burnt down en Weduc..;-
day week.
kuesday, an ;liar— • C;le wai discovered to have
brokea out in the sizing-Loire belonging to Messrs.
Mande and Grecnway, in Chapel-streez, Blackburn.
Tne for of the sizing-house, together with seven
r.d warps and calicnes, we. e unavoidably deitr;:yed.
the last wo:k the teams 4 Mr. LANtistos,
and other liberal rroprictors of coal-mines,
buve b'en eng..l,4ed in drawing coals to Sunde..land,
to be distributed among the poor.
Friday se'nuiot, as It. Hunter, quarry-man of
Windy-Nook, Ciateshead-.ell, Durham, was wcr k-
in a cluarry to ur.L:erniine some metal, it suddenly
a. C wav, by w:tici was literally crushed to
a i,1715. lie •xis cf n,fie, and has left a wife

family.
.1 few days since. I.Jr. .L Sawyers, shopkeeper,
:/.!•t:.rig, Cle corner Of a drawer, ad-
jaii;i :g his till, the ne:. t.f a monse, completely formed
c: a one pound n.itc, which the li:tle ani-
mal had drawn from tee till, and torn into a great
number of nieces for the purpose.
La'a wec-k the follov•ing event occurred is the town-
ship of Wibsci, near Ilraaord, in Yorkshire. A poor
aged woman, named h,iizabeth Ashton, residintz at
Dar! -head, applied to J. STUM:ES, Esq. of Bowi-ing,
one ...)f the :tlagistrates of the West Riding, for a sum-
mons fir the Overseers of her township, to spew
cause why they did not afford her additi,mal relief,
which was 2s. a week. Oa her return home, vim.
she had got her sornmonF, ',lie called at the Llack
1)og public-house, in and had a pint of ale.
While the old woman was drinking her ale, Mark
Ficichcr, a collier ; and John Ylriarlis, a cart-driver,
persuaded her to go them to the cabin of a coal-
pit, near the rlace, and she was found dead in the
pit soon atter.—A Coroner's Jury was held on the
body, and the following verdict returned : -
" chat :IA Fletcher ai.ti John Phillips did take the de-
ceased to tile cabin of a coat-pit, where they itft and deserted
sn near the top, that she fel! in and was that
the said Mark Flacher and Jcho Phillips, her, the said Eliza-
be.h Ashton, in manner, aud by the mesas aforesaid, did kill
ani murdLe i"
—The above men were immediately committed to
York Castle, to take their trials at the next Assizes.
Wednesday, the sth inst. as the Rev. R. KEATS
was proceeding from Wiveliscombe to Tiverton, his
horse suddenly became so immersed in the snow as
to render fruitless the eforts made for his extrication.
Mr. K. then dismounted, but was immediately pre-
cipitated into the snow, to a depth that confined him
to the spot. A few minutes only had elapsed, when
a labourer appeared, who had been sent thither to
render that part of the road passable ; but Mr. K.'s
hopes of relief were baffled by the deafness of /he
man, to whom calls cf assistance were ineffectually
made. In this predicament an ingenious resource
strrizested itself: Mr. K. supplied himself with snow-
bans, N,•lkli he threw towards the labourer, and thus
au:acted the attention of N. :,:ch he stood so much
in need. The man came to the spot, and with his
sp.-ide successfully applied himself to the liberation
of the snow-bound prisoner, who, with his horse,
completed the remainder of the journey in safety.
A SwEFT's :a n.—A novel and interesting spec-
tacle p; esented itself on Sunday evening last :—A
chimne;.-sweeper, named Pope, residing near Clare-
market, buried his apprentice, a little boy, who had
been a great favourite of his master's. Six maidens,
dressed in white, carried the corpse, while other per-
sons carried feathers, lighted flambeaux, &c. The ce-
remony drew together a great number of persons.