Among the persons whose i...
The Times, 1824-09-23T00:00:00

Among the persons whose interests have been afflrcted by tle sudden and unexpected sioppage of the banking-house in Ber. ners-street, are somne who were so unflortunate ax to lay in large sums on the Saturday preceding the suspension of parmnint. One peTsoni, who is said to be in treaty' for latchict's Hotel, is reported to have paid in the large sum ot' 22,OOQI. Anothier person, a butcher in the EtdgewLre.road, paid in 1,0001. A thir(i person, a builder, was; more fortunate ; for on going to the banking-house late on Satnrday afternoon, with the intention of pavinig in 1,5001., it was intimateit to him by a clerk that they wvere too busy to attetid to himn, and that hIi had better call agaill ith the money on Monday. The hint was understood, and he left the office with the cash in ilis possession. A few intlivi(duals in the coursc of the day received anonymous letters. containing mysterious intimations about an itmenlding danger, and cautioning them to withdraw their eflects. A letter of this descrp. tion was received by a tradesnman in Prince's-street, Hanove--square. who in consequence withdrew cas;h to the a-oount of :3ittoI. lIt the after par- of thte day he made inqtiries asto the state ot the firm. and having convinced himself, as he thouliht, that tte letter was only a mischievous hoax, he actually replaced the money in their hands. Frencl agenits are, it is said, at this momenlit emtploycd ini purch'asing large quantities of blocks in this country, umico they are shippling off to Brest, as it is supposed, for the use of the Fretici ntavv .- A?vcrni g paper. Thse followving is an extract of a letter froii thie Marine Insurance Clompany, Dublint, datetd Sept In :-" I amw desired by the Committee of Directors of this C'ompany to inform you, that at a meeting of the Proprietors held this day, it was determined on, that it wotild be prudent to suspend the insurance of ships andl mer- chandise front the pieriis of the sea * but to continue to insure lives, and against accidenits by fire. This measure was found necessary in consequence of the very low rate of' premiums charged here by tile newly established compxnies, and thc niattifest competition evitted te get bit siness.P On the title of Aston (leseendintg to the Honourable MArs. [lervey Aston's cousin, aitt her new carria e then cominig out, he sent a gentleman to her, making objection abtint her taking the crest, &c.. when she said, " Give mv cuminpliments tO Sir SiVilloughby, and tell hint, the fortune, the nait,e, aid the arms, I take bv mv brother Sit Thtmas's will, a:id by a.t of Parliament as t, tSli blootly hand, amlh the crest (viz., an ass's lteatt proper), titey are very much at Sir %Villotgitby's service." The genticnan burst out a laugihing, and not only dtelivere(d the tmessage to Sir Willoughly, butt to every one ilse who came in his way and (George I I.'s Court run,r of it tiext drawing-room day.- Yetws of Litcrraimst'. Some unpieasant tlisagreement ltavimtg atrisen amongst a part of the military fonrning the garrison of'C hatham, tlhe to501 was kept in a state of considerable alarm on two or three evenings during tile last week by the liostile parties, armned withi sticks, mieeting it tie streets; bttt by the prompt attention of C0olonel Sir A. Cthristie, commandant of the garrison, the officers of the respective comps, and the Hligh Constable of Chatham, the disputants vere dispersed without any serious mischief being done to any individual.-V,id etonte Gazette. A correspondlent justly eotiiplaitns of a great nuisance occasioned at Chtaring-cross, near Alessrs. Drutnimonds', by the stRge.coaches beitig permitted to drawv up anti line tile road close to the footpath ott eachl side of the way, the mniddle being ocr cupieti by the regalar mackiley-coach stand, so that rcom is left for only one coach or catt to pass at a time, and tiiat in a street leading to bothl kouses of Parliament, t!ie courts of law, and to rnost of the public offices. DESTRUCTIVE FiRE.-About twvo o'clock this morniing the titaber-yard of Mlr. Loader, of Tabernacle-walk, City-road, was discovered to be on fire. The parish engiies soon arrived. atid otle~r engines itt suceessiotn, but thosmgh there wasi no want of water. ttlC tire strea ti over time yard ; and anothier timber-vard atijoining had1 just caught when outr infonmmmat left. Yestertlay morning, at a quarter past three o'clock, a fire broke out in the warehouse of ilr. Miills, an extenlsive dealer in leather, wikaTebone &c., occapying the houses 14, 15, and If;, in Silver-street, Wooa-street, Chespside. It raged wiut great fury, ard soon commsunicated to the whole front of the three houses, whicim were destroyed. The house of' Mr. Walters, adjoining, atid the premises of l)ir. De Grouchy, soda-water manufesmrer, vere also much damnaged befosre the fl.ines were extinguished. Great praise is due to tihe firemnen of the numerous comipanies for titeir ex. ertions in arresting the progress of the flamnes, in ,vrtich they were much assisted by a liberal supply of water. Alr. Kelly, tailor, oc. cupied the- wholeol' the extensive front on the attic, as a workshop, and has sustained a loss of 1,0001. AIr. Mills's loss is reported to be 4.0001., butt he is insured. Flortuliately, no lives were lost. De- predations to a gre^t extent were carried on by a set of villains, who had the impaudence to convey nropertygtvay, out of Falcon-square, in two coacnes. Oo Tuesday evening, the 14th intst., a widow, of the nanie of .M'Rlae, residing at Breaclitlachdin, in the parishlof Kihmrio rach, attd her three chtl(tren, two girls atid a bov. from 12 to 19 years of agc, retired to rest at their usual hour. The wvoman awoke about tuidniglts, and finding the house in lames-, she hurriedly awoke her eldest daughlter, and desired her so get out her sister and brother - she then Ieapt oat at the windowv, and ran for assistance, but thtere being intone near, before her return the roof fell in, and her three tinfortunate c!tildren, her sole support, were burnt to death in the ruins. IFive or six l.:.d of c;ttle, tind the furniture and clothes, fell a prey to the fiames.-Invernezs.Jo staL A further respite fbr Fioarris anti Davis was forwarded oni Dionday 6yening to k1ertford-ga9l, from the )ft9ae Dep4rtmIept,