GENOA, March 6.-Letters, ...
The Times, 1824-03-22T00:00:00

UENOA, March 6.-Liettrs, arrived yesterday, biing the melancholy intelligence that the Algerines hiave already taken 1Q Spanish vesse]s; and that in a landing, effecte(i during the nighit -n the coast of Valencia, they carried off 47 persons, mnen, women, and children, as ilavea. We are happy to inform our readers, that Jack, the cele- brated Obeah professor of St. George's, has been safely consigned to the stocksaE Buff Bay. Afteravigilantsearch forthisinfamousang deluding impostor, he was taken near the Swift River on Wirednes. dav. In the first instance he was conveved to AMount Saint Ber_ nard, and conducted by a party of jMlaroonis on the following morn. ing to his destination. If this culprit vill relinquish the ' black art' on his examination, we are in hopes rnuch interesting information will be extorted from him, and throw considerable light on the late insurrectionary proceedings. Oliver was to meet his fate as yes- ttrday, a frecsh warraRt having been forwarded for that melancholy purpose, Jamaiuo Courant. - _ g s HOSPITAL, Friday, ilarch 19.-HIP-joINT Am- P7TATIox..Jones,thesubjectof this operation, gains strength rapidly htehas been out of the ward tw ice durin the past week, and was er.ch time wheeled about tl'c aquaresof L hospital f a considerable neriod...T.he Latnct. e ftehsia o Poiso,00''0S QUALITIES OF SMOKED PROVISbONS.-AIr G. Kerner, a physician at Stutgard. has just discovered a new spe- cies ofpoiscn proceeding from smokecd provisions : it appears from ,ecttoimntsp which he has mriade that suclI provisions become iub Sausagess made with liver are maost liable to it, and the d ecomposi. tioa generally takes place towards the middle of April. Dr. Kerner bas ascertained that of 72 persons if a district of burtemberg, who partookI of sfiroeed sausages, 37 died in a siort time, and the othera continued ill for a tber hor ner period.c Thne La race. ALAweMrc G Ft rtE..-.dYesterdIay forenoon about 19e o'clock, the neighbourhood of Cranborgie-alley Leictster-square, was rowiinto a state ofthe gre g fro by ani imn me of 1lare and smoke bursting t rom the ahop and first-floor windows of the house of Mr. Dunn, shoemaker, and from thie amazin g rapidity of the devouring elemnent, it wag at fist thought thatnot one of the jaurmeus inmates COUld eScape. lHowever, several of the neighboura, -reat aCtiity,trore downo the shumers, and with the aid of the ptcmti.1 ennine, con`fi,ned the flames to the lower pare of thehouse; ar,d while thpy were enugaed in this pruiseworthy act, a scene that begars dee-cription was g oing on among the lodgers, every room havmn_ it Occupants, ang all, in a state of inconceivable confusion nd rm ere flinging fromi the windowsi their furniture, &c., i.to the street in every direction. One of thie upper room win- ,dows was in the coifusion thron open, and directly after a larg saucepan was hurled into the street' with a loudi exclania- tion of "1take care of the Pork ; and hinits progress tlhrough the air, aleI of pork, several dumplings and some greens fell out; this incident lad such a ludicrous effect, that shouts of 1_-ughter were re-echoed on all siles : the owner a tailor, appeared at the windowv, and was with the greatest difficulty prevented darting into the street after his dinner, It seems he was ,awoke byhitwf, who, in great alarm, informe i h os weas iat flatmes ; and his first impulse was to fly- to the fire, aund hurl the pot containing his family dinner , for safety, into the street. Tie. flames, by very great exertion27 were conhined to the Iower part of' the premises Of MUr. Dunin, which consisat of a double houis&, with two shops, until the arrival of the Sun, Rebtcange, and County fire enies, when a plentifuil supply of water being obtained, in about srnhcir the fire was comPletelY subdued having destoyed the en- tire of the ground floor. the ahops and t o val uable- stock in trade wvere cvmprletely reduced to ashes, lt is suppo3ed that the flie was caused by the gas escaping1 but howv it originated was not pro- e,sly Iascetained- thg famiilywere froni home: it is an extremely fortunate circumacence that the fie did not break out at night, had it docne so) from the confined nature of the courts, in all probilt th.e most incalcalatsle mnischief would have occuirred~. blt . Advertisemen',.1 -No. 1. of the Cambridge Qua rterly Revir,aW ,and Academical k ~'i4er will byblheonThiursday next, the !~rl instant, pric d.london,Jn.Lt, jun., 32, Cornhiu; C=aroddge, Stevenon; and. OEor,.inIg