pierced it over the fire, and by inces santly pouring down water, so kept it under for three hours, that nothing but the paper appeared to have kindled, and there the flame was greatly abated. The alarm which we gave brought all the Europeans around us, to our assistance, besides our own native servants, so that we had all the assistance we could desire. While, however, the flames were got under there, I looked in, and suddenly saw a flame spread about twenty feet higher up. The smoke and steam increased so as to render it death to get three feet within the wall. In a few minutes the flames spread in every direction, and took away all hope of saving any thing from thence, and filled us with terror for Mrs Marshman's school, about thirty feet to the north-west, a bed-room for the boys, about sixteen feet full north, which communicated with brother Carey's, and the hall, library, and museum, within twelve feet of it, to the north-east. The wind, however, fell, and it burned as straight upwards as fire on a hearth, and communicated to nothing besides. It remained burning for six hours, and consumed the beams, five feet in circumference, the roof, the windows, and every thing but the walls. Happily no lives were lost, nor a bone broken. The loss we cannot at present estimate. It has consumed all but the six presses, which we rejoiced were saved, being in a side room. Two thousand reams of English paper are consumed, worth at least 5000l. sterling. Fonts of types in fourteen languages besides English, namely, Nagree (two fonts, large and small), Bengalee (two fonts), Orissa, Mahratta, Seek, Burman, Telinga, Tamul, Cingalese, Chinese, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Greek, were burnt; besides fonts of English for carrying on ten works, which we have now in the press; and the cases, stones, brass rules, iron chases, &c. correspondent with all these. We have not types left for the circular letter, nor even to print a statement of the loss. The editions of the New Testament which are stopped are nine, viz. the Hindoosthanee, Persian, and Tamul, printing under the patronage

of the Auxiliary Bible Society; and the Hindee (second edition), Telinga, Seek, Burman, Sungskrit (second edition), and Chinese. The editions of the Old Testament are five, the Sungskrit, Bengalee (second edition), Orissa, Mahratta, and Hindee. Among the English works suspended, till we get types from you, are, the "Sungskrit Grammar" (second edition); Brother Ward's work on the "Manners of the Hindoos" (second edition); "Confucius" (second edition); the "Dissertation on the Chinese" (se cond edition), enlarged to more than 200 pages; "Bengalee Dictionary," and a

Telinga Grammar," both by Brother Carey. The loss cannot be less than 12,000l. sterling, and all our labours are at once stopped.

"I trembled for Ward, lest the roof should have fallen in with him, or lest he should have entered too far, and at once have extinguished the spark of life; but we are all preserved, blessed be God. The flames touched nothing besides; they might have consumed every thing. The presses are preserved, and happily the matrices of all the fonts of types were deposited in another place; had these been burnt, it must have been years before they could have been replaced. We can now, however, begin casting types to-morrow, if we can find money; country paper can be substituted for English, and thus two or three months will put the versions of the Scriptures in motion again; but for English we shall be distressed till you send us a supply; we know not even how to send you a circular letter. I am writing this at Calcutta, to go by the packet this evening, whither I am come to inform Brother Carey, and therefore cannot tell you what types, nor how many. They must, however, be all the sizes, from the text of Confucius to the minion in the circular letter; also Italian, and every printing utensil accompanying. Perhaps some friend in London, in the printing line, can tell what goes to complete a printing office with English types. You must also send a “font of Greek and Hebrew, I am distressed to think where you will find mo

ney, but send, if you incur a debt-the silver and the gold are the Lord's. The Christian sympathy of our friends almost overwhelms me. Mr Browne (President of the College) was confined by illness; but Mr Bird, his son-in-law, exerted himself for us in the most strenuous manner. I fear it affects Mr Browne's mind even more than my own; he sent off an express at midnight, to acquaint Mr Harrington, who is deeply affected. Poor Mr Thomason (chaplain to the Governor-General), wept like a child to-day on hearing of it. He begs us to make out a minute statement of our loss, and says he will use all his interest on our behalf. How it arose we know not; Brother Ward and others think it must have been done by design, and that some idolater among our servants, turning pale with envy at the sight of the Bible print ing in so many languages, contrived this mode of stopping the work. This, howevvr, is mere conjecture.

"P. S.-One thing will enable us to go to work the sooner; the keys of a building, larger than the printing-office, which we have let for years as a warehouse, were given up to us on Saturday last. Thus we have a place to resume our labours the moment types are cast.

NOTICE.

"On account of the great and affecting loss which has been sustained by the missionaries at Serampore, Bengal, a collection will be made at Richmond Court chapel, after sermon, on the forenoon and evening of Sabbath next, the 20th current, when it is hoped that those who are present will exert themselves, and thus testify their concern for an event which must be lamented by every Christian. Worship, in the evening, will begin at six o'clock."

17th. LONDON.- On Sunday night a gentleman, between 50 and 60 years of age, went into a house of a particular description near the Admiralty. He had not been long there when he died suddenly. He had with him a small dog, of the terrier kind, which immediately left the

room. There was nothing found on the gentleman's person to lead to a discovery of his identity. About 12 o'clock, however, on Monday night, three interesting young ladies, of very genteel appearance, between the ages of sixteen and twenty, arrived at the house in which the gentleman died, accompanied by the dog. They came in a chaise from Richmond, where they reside. It appears that the dog, immediately after the decease of his master, ran off to Richmond to his master's house. As soon as the door was opened, he rushed into the apartment of the young dies, who were in the act of dressing themselves. He began to solicit their attention by whines and cries, and his

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eyes turned to the door, as if to invite them out. Failing in this, he became more earnest, seized their clothes, and pulled them towards the door with so much violence, that one of their gowns was torn. This excited great alarm, and from the intelligence shewn by the animal, it was resolved by the young ladies to accommodate themselves to the dog, who continued to invite them away. A chaise was accordingly ordered, and the three young ladies took their seats in it. The dog led the way, with his head almost constantly turneyes fixed upon the ed back, and his carriage, until he led them to the house near the Admiralty, where his master died. There they alighted; but how great was their grief, horror, and surprise, to find their father dead in such a situation.

The deceased proved to be Mr Corbet, an inhabitant of Lewisham, in Kent, where he possessed a farm of considerable extent, and followed the business of an auctioneer, and was greatly respected in his neighbourhood. Sunday night he dropped

The unpardonable conduct of the person who fastened the fatal rope to the pier, contrary to all rule, and the regulations of the port, and never before known to be done, and by which three families have been plunged into the greatest misery, renders it proper that his name should be made public; the coroner's inquest (held on Mary Shute, whose body is the only one yet found), states him to be the pilot who carried the vessel, to which the rope was attached, up to the river, named James Halford of Bristol.

25th. ROBBERY AND SUICIDE.Messrs Wilkinsons, upholders, on Ludgate-hill, having of late been frequently robbed of feathers, suspicion at last attached to a porter in their employ, and a plan was laid for his detection; it succeeded, and he was detected on Wednesday evening, when leaving work, with a large parcel of feathers in his possession: he was detained, and a constable sent for, and on being questioned, he confessed that he had taken feathers frequently before, and sold them to a broker, residing on the Surrey side of Blackfriars bridge. In order to detect the receiver, it was agreed that he should go as usual, accompanied by the officer, with the feathers; and when they arrived at the centre of Blackfriars bridge, he said the broker was in the habit of meeting him in the recess, and taking his bundle; it was therefore agreed, that he should stop there on the present occasion, and that the officer should wait near at hand to detect the broker when he came; they had not been long in waiting, when the officer was surprised by observing the bundle of feathers fly over the top of the bridge; and running forward to enquire the cause, he was just in time to see, but

not to prevent, the prisoner throwing himself over also. The body sunk immediately, and though instant search was made for it, has not yet been found.

Yesterday morning, at two o'clock, a most alarming fire broke out at Mr Holland's, tallow-chandler in South Audley Street, Grosvenor Square. It began in the back melting warehouse, in Reeves's Mews, and three of the adjoining stables were soon burnt to the ground. There were nearly 400 tons of tallow on the premises, all of which was consumed, and of course added greatly to the fury of the flames. Fifty chaldrons of coals, belonging to a retail dealer in that article, were also consumed. The following are some of the houses which have been destroyed or damaged on this occasion :

Messrs Stodart and Bolton, coachmakers; the carriages were all saved-the house of Madame Jaymond, milliner, has also sustained much damage-Mr Parson's, baker, Mount Street; the house burnt and an immense quantity of flour-Mr Teby's stables, and Mr Butcher's slaughterhouses, in Reeves's Mews, totally consumed the house of Mr Owen, tinman, is much damaged. One man was considerably bruised; but no lives were lost.

American papers bring the following harangue from the gallant commodore Rogers. When he received the declaration of war on board the President, he ordered all hands on deck, and addressed them as follows:"Now, lads, we have something to do that will shake the rust from your jackets. War is declared. We shall have another dart at our old enemies. It is the very thing you have long wanted. The rascals have been bullying over us these ten years.

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