At the fire in Dowgate-hi...
The Times, 1824-11-19T00:00:00

At the fire in Dowgate-hill, it is stated by a correapon_ dent, that the British Commercial. the Roval Exchauge, and Guar- dian engines, were the first on the spot. [Advcrtisement.]j-LxTERAwR NoVr.LTrs.-Campbell s The- odric, Dallas's Recollections of Byron, &c.-The Literary. Gazett of the 20th (No. 409) will contain Roviews of Mr. Campbell'i fnrth_ coming Poem of Theodric, with copious cxtcts ; of Alr. Dallas's Recollections of Lord Byron (being the substance of the letters pro- hibited in Chs"cery), vwith many striking particulars of his Lord- ahip's earlv life; of Allen's Description' of Litu'beth Palace 2and Ilarish; of Airs. Hofland's Decision, a Tale; of MiDolien's. Travels in C6lombia, translations of remarkable osassage: and of several other PLtblications, which have appeared 4in the week. Among the Originnl Articles, are Cbhpter VIl of hIr. Fisher'r A.-Joor-. r.al of thel1st Voyage to the Aretic Sca, a selection ofgrest rovvelrv and interest ; Pari, Letter, arrd- r opleof4 igreasion-o-goz.. I sion; Gardening Report and Ralendar for November, by a guished Horticulturist; Poetry, by the Author of the Improvis-!Tice, and other popular writers. H amour in one word, or the Smokers, a Skatdt of Society in L,ondon; Account of recent Antiquitiet disco- vered at Pompeii, at Temars, &c. The Fetes des Morts; Foreiv:n communications connected with Sciences, Arts, and singular Cus- toms, Criticisms on Wrorks on the Fine Arts aod on the Drima; Literary News; Vrarieties, including Epigrams, Facetie, and a Re- monstrance from the river Th&mes to Lieut.-Colonel French. The number is filled with matter entirely novel, 2ad with tnL'h of bight public interert in the several departments which the Litardry (.a- zetfe embraces. Publishedcevery Saturday, by iV.A. Scripps, 362, Exeter-'change, Strand, price Bi.; or stamiped, for country drcula- tion by post, price Is. [Advertisement.-STEASC-SOAT CNArf -Dovs':a, Nov. 1i.- Arrived this afternoon frora Caais the private eteam packet .7.. tannia, Captain Bushell, and Riis Majeaty's Past-oFie packet Spitflre, CaPtain King, with one carriage and about ZO pastengers. each. iluch interest ha5, for a length of time, been excited im Do- *:er, for a fair opportunity of judging of the campa~titve specd of these two boat.s? which has this day been decided in favour, of the }Rrtaazio, which leri t zlais il~ m rinutes after the Spil(re. and ar- rinod in Dover roads 826 minutes before her, beating the Syi!gre .14 minutes; it blowing nearly a gale of wind immediately against them. The Britunnf4t' was built vt Dover, by MEr. Richard Bushell. from the designs of Air. Pascoe, of London, and the engines mado by Al essrs. Barnes and Miller, London. The engines of the Spitfltr are of the samre power, a nd made by Bolton an,d Wfatt. [Adverdtismenti,-The Three per Cents. at par, and 20,0001 or S0,00O1. to be saincu by the risk of only 4L 19s. !-This is literally the case, as BIsI guarantees to those who may purchase at hsa offices any of the stock prizes in tbe present scheme, at least 101. i5t money for every 1001. 3 per cents.; le also pledge bimself to everr purchaser at his offices, to return 181. for every whole ticket, and in proportion for shares, to those who do not obtain a good prize on ths 1?th of Dec.mber, if applied for within ten days from that date; sod as the two 20,0001. prizes Hmutt be drAwn in the first five mi- nutes, and all the other capitals (including both thc 30,0001. prizes) may be drawn that day it is certain that maniiy persons must gain large fortunes by that Say's drawing, and no one need risk more than 41. 19. by a whole ticket, or 9s. (M. by a sixteenth: the full particulars of thix advantageour mode of adventure may 3e had gre- tis at either of Bish's offices, 4, Cornhill, or 9, Chwring-crets: where the grand prize of 30,0001., No. 13,758, drawn on Wednes- day, the 3d Instant, was sold in shares; alen two 20,000L pri5zCtt and 23 other capitals, all drawn within a month.