Star. — 1815-10-11 (London, England)

OCTOBER 10.  union of Gon. • le; lee day se'nnight, at tine o'clock in - the evening, a re broke in the extensive set cf buildings occupied by Messrs. Jowl bl•Aseae _end Co. linenpriori rs' colour-makers, Tradestun, Glasgow. These boildargs are at so great a distance from the centre of tht city, tlnet the flames had made great progress before dee fire-engines reached the spot. About one.balf-of the buildings, w.th a great quantity of :liana. factured stack, was, however, ultimately saved. SHOAL OF i'ortrorscs.—Early in the morning of September 7, a large shoal of the cetaceous tribe was peen passing lambus, up the Filth of Forth.—The villa; ors, headed by the fishermen, went immediately! in pursuit in boats, and on the bank ; and overtaking them near Pulmaise, where they were joined by a re. inforcement of adventurers,' began the work of death with boat hooks, netiorks, pitchforks, spits, and muskets. The latter instruments, however, being found more din; ..roes to the assailants than the assailed, they confined themselves to their rude and murderous harpoons. To wield these with greater effect, they endeavoured to chace the fish to the edge of the water, where, it they did not dispatch them, they found time to. lash a boat to their tins, and in this hazardous manner continued to inflict wounds till the victim expired, which, in one er two cases, was not till he had dragged his persecutors up and down several miles. One of the largest drove in the stern of a boat with one stroke of its tail, and sunk and split it with another. The route proceeded up the river as far as Cambuskenneth Abbey, where another body of assailants joined in the tray. Out of the 60, of which the shoal consisted, 50 were secured, the rest escaped backwards. A day or two atter, about twice this number were killed near Alicia, and lower down the river numberless shoals were seen. They turned out to be common poreoeses, distinguished fr au the grampus by a deep snout, longer and more pectoral fins. They were of very ditlereot dimensibnl, from eight or ten to twenty feet long. The blubber of the latter was about two bidets thick, and was purchased by soap manufacturers, at an average of about toe. per fish. The b alie• sunk the day on which they were killed, but &Wed the tier, alien the putrid fermentation begati. They eiridetetlY came on a predatory excursion ; for se4son v.ere se i leering out of the river, or swim' acing in terror to ueoFhore, and the little smelts were 'soon tames retained alive from dick jaws, when speared by their pursuers.  Corrose—The %Ass Of Cotton last week were li. mited to 16(K) bags. viz. 380 Pernams and Cearas 2s 9d a N 10'd ; 500 lialrias 2s 7d a 21 8d ;120 Nlaranharas 2s 7.1 a '2s ; 500 Orleans 2311 a 2s 60 Boweds at 23d a ; api 70 Surinams 2s ttid ► 2s 10d. The irnportations of Cotton Wool last month in the United Kinedeni 46,478 bags, and as we usually c mpare the monthly arrivals with those of the pre. -eding year, we havoc., state the arrivals (it Septem ber, 1813, exceed Sepia mber 1814, by 29,905 haps. The market opens neavily this week ; a little business was done in Pernams yesterday at 2s 10d, a few Stoats and Boweds were also sold • at rather I lower prices ; a public sale of 131 bags West India.. was brought forward this fi renoon,lo bags Grenada 2s 4d a 2644 d ; 82 bags Demerara, a great proportion cleaa fleecy found no offers above 2.6 d ; they were all withdrawn at 'ls 10d ; the heaviness of die country markets occasion a temporary pause here : the high prices conti .ue to attract all the Cottons lately shipped to the Continent back to En4latid, last week about 1000 bags arrived from the French and Dutch ports 64 Livearooe,