American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-11-22

Extracts from late Eagiish papers receired
.NeiC- Fork,

.NtW Fork.
A dreadful FIRE broke out at Surat 10 the East
Indies, on the I'd Of April, which consumed about
500 houses.
Rouen Cathedral.--We have received from Rou
en dated the 10th, details on the burning Of the ca
thedral. At half past five O'Clock OF the 18th, an
electric cloud advanced to the centre Of the towa
Several claps Of thunder were heard; the last more
terrible than the others, struck with Lightning the
base Of the seeple which, in an Instant set it on
fire from the bottom to the very top Of the pyra-
mld.-You may imagine this terrible spectacle, and
the d. cad which seized every body on behoding h.
IRE. The lead running down in large waves, the
beams separating from the upper parts, and burn
ing IS they fell I'LL at length the base could no Ion
ger support the upper part. The pyramid then fell
with dreadful noise, and cloud Of burning smoke /
ashes, and pieces OF wood, rose from the volcano
lie wind was from the y. L. and blew towards US.
The heat was sensibly felt at our house; the ashes
and spliniers filled the air, and were waited, some
OF them, as far as the street des Cordeliers. The
houses IN Du Change street and Du BAG street were
so heated, that the engines played on them con-
stantly to prevent their Catching fire. In falling .
The ruins Of the pyramid the roof OF the church
on fire. part of the nave was burnt; al! the cover
ing Of the choir aud the sacristy is coasumed.-l
The root work Of the Place de Ia Calendre, street
81. Roman, has also suffered considerably. The
interior Of the church, however, has not suffered
much, and the !Archoshop's palace ,ery little. The
houses In Du Change street. contiguous to the
church, are very much damaged; two OF hem were
destroyed by the falling of the burning steeple.
Those also Of ST. Roman street have also suffered
considerably; also The chapel This morning
at seven O'Clock, the FIRE was not above six or Sc
ven feet high from the lower part Of the tower but
all danger is over. Besides the total destruction Of
the upper part and the exclamation of the stones of
the tower, the galleries and the arches have suffer
ed very considerably"
.3necd0te.-A young woman meeting Learned
Doctor In the square Of certain town, asked him
where she might 6nd shopkeeper whom she wan
tied. The Doctor gave the following direction:-
|" Move your pedestrian Digit along the diagonal Of
this rectaage, IN line perpendicular to the earths
equator I'll you arrive at the junction Of the Two
sides DiVerge then TO the left, at right angles
Ferse Tor about fifty PAGES in that quadrangle, and
you will have ocular demonstration Of him, standing
in an or6ce made in an ediice for the purpose Of
illumination.
Sad .Ns,rs for the Fair.-By the late returns it
appears that in England there are 90, 0Ss females
more than msles-in Wales, l6,464-in Scotland
l@o,oo2-making totalin Great Britain of434 ,9o4
\ almost hall million ladies fair, doomed by the un-
lucky course oil nature 10 single blessedness-whch
Ills rendered worse by the waste occasoned by al
least 10000 inAexible bachelors.
i The Dandy.-An e.r4uisite Of the FIRST water, al
brighton, was last week applied to, by an urchin OF
the Stsyne to read for him the inscription on the
collar Of stray dog which he had found, in orde
that he might get something by restoring it 10 it.
owner. More good natured than many OF his class
ne complied. and read [tOlerabiy well considering
the following lines:
&c Steal me not! myself and collar
I Roth are barely worth dollar;
j Puppies should befrend each other:
4 Sec me home, then, dearest brother"
I, He put down the deg, and departed in lag,