bare poles for Bartlet's River, hoping the tide was up; we in a few minutes were in the breakers and without striking, and anchored safe; found the whole shore in flames eastward, landed near Porter's, and followed the shore all round Black Point, the wind blowing a hurricane; the flames outrun us, an immense fire behind Frank Davoo's, which threatened destruction to every thing we reached the road behind this fire-got home safe, took tea, thinking ourselves safe, went to assist the French, who were moving; young Frank's house in flames, and others not to be seen for the smoke-we stayed perhaps twenty minutes -returned, met one of the children crying Clarke's house is on fire;' we ran our best, met women and children flying before the tempest-the mill, barn, and house, with twenty acres of land, in a blaze-trees falling in all directions-we got to the house through forty rods of almost solid fire-threw trunks, &c. into the well. I took a bed, tied a woollen blanket round it, and escaped for my life, the fire flying on me like a heavy shower of hail-I fell under the bed, got breath, and ran, fell again, nearly melted with heat and suffo. cated with smoke-I rose once more, and fell again, quit my load, saw my boys a head barefoot, could not enter the fire, they met me, and we got the bed safe through. Mr Clarke came up with a book in his hand, nothing more saved, all burned in the well, fences and fields of potatoes swept clean. My fields, though not much burned, are all laid open to cattle and hogs: at sun-set found my house and uncle Nathaniel's crowded with women and children, who left their all, and filed before the fiery tempest, from the neighbourhood of Beaver River. Wednesday morning, seven o'clock, a fine rain, that deadened the fire; heard the settlement at Beaver River was all in ashes. Mr Saunders, Clarke, and myself, went to their assistance-found but three houses standing for six miles in length. Thomas Trask has lost his house, new grist and saw mill, two barns full of grain, hay, &c. a yoke of oxen, one horse, two or three cows, several hogs, all their furniture, and a little boy four years old, burnt in the house, having crept into a cradle, and was left unperceived, together with a trusty dog, which lay by its side. Daniel has lost all-a cow, two hogs, furniture, clothing, &c. ; the word at sun-set was to escape for their lives. Daniel took up his child, and bid his wife follow him and my brother Ronna-others cried, which way shall we fly? answer to the lake some reached it, others were cut off, and drove up the road for a mile or more, before an opening was found to the sea shore. Husbands and wives were parted by the fire and smoke, and did not meet again until the next day. Daniel took his wife (very sick) on his back to the edge of the lake, and waded over some rods to a bog, which sunk with them, but he found old stuff, and raised it so that his wife sat in the water until morning. Ronna lost them, he waded up to his neck, and there stood twelve hours, the fire often streaming in his face, when he was obliged to sink under, then rise and take breath. I found him on Wednesday, and took him home with me; he had eat nothing for 26 hours. It was a melancholy scene to see fences swept away, fields of grain, potatoes, and turnips, all burnt up-great numbers of cattle, sheep, and hogs, lying dead by or near the roadside. Some persons were skinning cattle which were not so much burnt, others locking up their stock. I saw two large hogs lying together alive, burnt so as not to walk, and we are not alone. I have just heard from Yarmouth, Chebouge, that much damage is done, many houses, barns, mills, &c. burnt; and also through the French settlement above Montagu, a great many houses, barns, mills, &c. are destroyed; the French chapel, with the priest's house, are consumed, one negro burnt; so much hay lost, it is supposed half the stock cannot be wintered. People from Yarmouth, on hearing of our distress, came up with ox and horse carts, chairs, and horses, to remove the sufferers, and I believe there were not two cart loads of furniture saved out of sixteen houses, from J. Clark's to E. Corning's, seven miles. Daniel has nothing left but a shirt and trowsers which he had on, his wife and child nothing but what were on their backs, and set out for Yarmouth, on their stocking feet, the last I heard of her; but where they will go, or what he will do this winter, I know not; he has nothing to eat or wear. "Saturday, 16th.-News has just arrived, that as far as Annapolis, 100 miles above this, is mostly in ashes, many lives lost, grain and hay mostly destroyed. How we are to live through the winter I know not. Daniel has not yet come here; perhaps he has followed his wife to Yarmouth, or he may be trying to save some of his potatoes, &c. I shall finish this and go in search of him. We are all employ. ed (that is me and my two boys) in trying to save what little crop I have left. My buck wheat is nearly lost." WEST INDIES.-Revolution in Hayti, St Domingo.-Extract of a letter, dated Cape Henry, October 13. "On Friday, the 6th, about ten o'clock at night, the inhabitants of the Cape were alarmed by the drums beating to arms, and were soon informed that the troops had revolted, and that they were determined no longer to have a King. On the following day, the troops were marched out of the town, with the Governor of the Cape at their head, joined by a great number of the inhabitants, who were furnished with arms they took up a position on the high road to the King's residence. On Sunday, they were met by the King's troops, who made little or no resistance; for after exchanging two or three shots, they joined the Cape party. The result was communicated to the King, who exclaimed, Then all is finished with me!' He soon after retired, and shot himself through the heart. "On Monday, the Prince Royal was taken, and conveyed to his Palace, where he remains under arrest, with the other branches of the Royal Family. "From the 6th to the 10th, all business was at a stand, but property of all descrip tions, both public and private, was respect. ed. They appear unanimous in the choice of a new Ruler; but under what title is not known, nor is his name yet mentioned. "Not one drop of blood has been shed in this Revolution, from either private or public revenge; and it would really appear that they had but one enemy, and he was so great a one to their happiness, that his destruction has swept away all animosity." Other letters state that President Boyer, taking advantage of these events, had marched an army of 18,000 men into the Haytian territories; and that it was believed the whole island would soon be converted into one republic, under his presidency. PROCEEDINGS OF PARLIAMENT. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-Nov. 29.-Shortly before two o'clock, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, and Earl Bathurst, the three Commissioners, took their seats on the woolsack, attired in their robes. Mr Quarme, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, was immediately dispatched to the House of Commons, to summon the members of that House to their Lordships' bar. After the lapse of a few minutes, the folding doors leading to the House were thrown open, and the Speaker, attended by several members, and his usual officers, appeared. The Lord Chancellor then intimated, that his Majesty had appointed certain Commissioners to prorogue the present Parliament, from this day to the 23d of January next; and desired the attendance of the Commons, to hear the Commission read. The Commission having been read, the Lord Chancellor announced, that Parliament was prorogued, accordingly, to Tuesday the 23d of January next. HOUSE OF COMMONS-Nov. 23.-In consequence of the order for a call of the House this day, and of the interest excited by the expected communication from her Majesty, the members began, at an early hour, to assemble in considerable numbers. Mr Hobhouse, and some other members, were down as early as ten o'clock, which, we believe, was the hour of the day to which, in strictness, the House stood adjourned. Mr Brougham had previously communicated to the Speaker that a message would be sent down from the Queen, hinting, at the same time, the expediency of his tak ing the chair at one o'clock, if there was a sufficient number of members present, in order that there might be full time to receive the message before the meeting of the Lords. At one o'clock, accordingly, the whole of her Majesty's Counsel who are members, except Mr Brougham, who was detained professionally in the Court of King's Bench, were in their places, besides nearly one hundred other members, chiefly of the opposition party. The Speaker, however, was not present. It was understood that Lord Castlereagh had been closeted with him for a considerable part of the forenoon. The Speaker did not enter the House until within eight minutes of two o'clock. The reading of the prayers occupied the House until exactly two o'clock. Mr Denman rose at two o'clock, and said " Mr Speaker, 1 hold in my hand a message, which I am commanded by her Majesty the Queen to present to this House. (Loud cries of Hcur! hear! ) At this moment, (a minute past two o'clock,) Mr Quarme, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, tapped at the door, and immediately entered. This interruption occasioned great uproar. About fifty mem bers rose in their seats, and the general cry was," Mr Denman, Mr Denman !"— "Withdraw, withdraw!" but the noise was so great, that the gentleman in vain attempted to be heard; and, in the midst of the tumult, Mr Quarme proceeded thus, although it was impossible for him to be heard by the chair Mr Speaker, the Lords Commis sioners, appointed by virtue of his Majesty's Commission, command the immediate attendance of this Honourable House in the House of Peers." Cries of "Shume! shame!" were now reiterated on all sides, and the utmost indignation was manifested by a number of members, who found her Majesty's message thus treated. The Speaker prepared to leave the chair, when Mr Tierney rose and observed, that not one word of what had fallen from the Deputy Usher had been heard; and how then did the Speaker know what was the message, or whether he was wanted at all in the other House?-(Loud cheering.) The Speaker, however, instantly quitted his chair, followed by Lord Castlereagh and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to obey the summons of the Peers.-The utmost confusion prevailed at this moment; and it would be in vain to describe the tumult which took place in the body of the House. The loudest and the most indignant cries of “Shame!” were reiterated through the House; and the Speaker, followed by his Majesty's ministers and several other members, advanced towards the door, on his way to the Lords, in the midst of the most disconcerting uproar. Mr Denman, during this confusion, remained on his legs, holding in his hand her Majesty's message. He was surrounded by the most distinguished members of the opposition, who, as well as many independent members who generally vote on the other side, seemed utterly astonished at what had occurred. At five minutes past two o'clock the Speaker reached the lobby of the House of Peers. After being absent about ten minutes, the Speaker returned, accompanied by the few members with whom he retired. Strangers were not admitted into the gallery, but we understand the Right Hon. Gentleman did not take the chair, but, as is usual after a prorogation has taken place, he took the situation usually occupied by the chief clerk at the table, and being surrounded by the members present, he communicated to them that the House had been at the House of Peers, where the Lords Commissioners, by virtue of his Majesty's Com mission, had prorogued Parliament to the 23d of January next. The members then retired, and the strangers collected in the lobbies and avenues leading to the House dispersed. The Queen's Communication.-The following is the communication which Mr Denman wished to make to the House: "CAROLINE R. "The Queen thinks it proper to inform the House of Commons, that she has received a communication from the King's Ministers, plainly intimating an intention to prorogue the Parliament immediately, and accompanied by an offer of money for her support, and for providing her with a residence until a new session may be hold en. "This offer the Queen has had no hesitation in refusing. While the late extraordinary proceedings were pending, it might be fit for her to accept the advances made for her temporary accommodation; but she naturally expected that the failure of that unparalleled attempt to degrade the Royal Family would be immediately followed by submitting some permanent measure to the wisdom of Parliament and she has felt that she could no longer, with propriety, receive from the Ministers what she is well assured the liberality of the House of Commons would have granted, as alike essential to the dignity of the Throne, and demanded by the plainest principles of justice. "If the Queen is to understand that new proceedings are meditated against her, she throws herself with unabated confidence on the representatives of the people, fully relying or their justice and wisdom to take effectual steps to protect her from the further vexation of unnecessary delay, and to provide that these unexampled persecutions may at length be brought to a close." OCTOBER. BRITISH CHRONICLE. 6. CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE.-Glasgow. The Court was opened here this day by the Lord Justice Clerk and Lord Hermand. Daniel Grant, Peter Crosbie, John Connor, and Thomas M Colgan, were indicted for breaking into the house of Campvale early on the morning of the 19th December 1819, then occupied by Mrs Dr Watt. These persons, with other accomplices, armed with fire-arms or bludgeons, remained-in masterly possession of the house for two hours; and having compelled Mrs Watt to deliver them the keys, they forthwith rummaged chests, drawers, and presses, and carried away a great quantity of gold trinkets, silver plate, wearing apparel, &c. and were also charged with being habit and repute thieves. The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty. Mrs Watt, her son, and two maid servants, gave an account of the uproar the robbers occasioned in the house, and the danger they were in of assassination. There were three others who were concerned in the affair, but who had been admitted as witnesses, David Watt, a nephew of Mrs Watt, John Dick, and a person called John M'Guire, an Irish lad. The two former are to be tried for wilful perjury. The latter, as well as a woman of the name of M'Williams, the daughter of a 552 man of that name who keeps an infa- William Scott, painter, charged with as- The Court continued sitting here for 11 ་ tion for various periods. A male convict, Dreadful Fire at York.-About twelve of 14.-Allan Ramsay.-Sometime ago a subscription was begun among the admirers of Genius in Edinburgh, for erect ing a monument in the Greyfriars ChurchA tablet yard to the memory of the celebrated Scottish poet Allan Ramsay. is now placed on the south wall of the Western Greyfriars Church, between those erected to the memory of Professor Maclaurin and Dr Blair. The tablet to the memory of Ramsay contains the following inscription : In this Cemetery Was interred the Mortal Part ALLAN RAMSAY, No storied Urn, no animated Bust; Prison-Breaking and Murder.-On the 10th instant, as the under jailor of the prison at Dumfries was in the act of con veying dinner to the prisoner under sentence of death, he was assaulted on the stair-case by two of the felons whe had been allowed to go into what is called the Cage, for the benefit of fresh air, knocked down with a large stone sewed up in the corner of a blanket, desperately cut, and rifled of the keys. The villains lost no time in effecting their escape by the aid of the key of the street door; but one of them has already been apprehended and recommitted to his cell. The unfortunate jailor died between the hours of nine and ten the same evening, his skull having been desperately fractured, and one of his eye-balls entirely forced out of the socket by the violence of the stroke. Previously to his decease he stated that both the villains struck him, being similarly armed with stones tied up in a stocking and a piece of blanket. The name of the prisoner who has escaped is David Hagart, a well known character in Edinburgh, who some time ago broke the jail of Leith, while confined there on a charge of robbery. 20.-Execution. On the 18th, Edward M'Rory was executed at Dumfries, pursuant to his sentence at the last Circuit Court, for assaulting and robbing Hugh Gallagher, on the 14th of June last, at the Carse of Slaiks, between Gatehouse and Creetown, Galloway. He persisted in denying his being guilty of the crime for which he was about to suffer, although it had been so clearly proved against him. He was a native of Ballybreck, Ireland, and about 31 years of age. It is said he acknowledged, when in prison, that both his father and brother were hanged. Fatal Accident. On the afternoon of Tuesday the 17th, as the Rev. William Irving, some time minister of the Associate congregation at Stranraer, was coming from Auchterarder to Dunning, he stopt to water his horse at a well, at the entry to the market place; while the horse was stooping to drink, the crupper of the saddle broke, and the unfortunate man tumbled headlong over the horse's neck into the well, and was killed on the spot. Medical assistance was immediately obtained; his -neck, which was found to be dislocated, was instantly reduced, but all attempts to restore animation of course proved ineffec tual. 24.-Birmingham Musical Festival.The success which has attended this festival may be judged of from the following statement of the receipts. Receipts at the Church L. 3733 2 6 1646 1 8 300 0 0 L. 9060 5 2 Silver Coinage.-The London Gazette of 26.-Blasphemous Publications.—On the 23d instant, in the Court of King's Bench, London, Thomas Davidson, a bookseller, of Duke Street, Smithfield, was found guilty of publishing blasphemous libels in the Republican and Deist's Magazines. The defendant conducted his own defence; and was fined in several penalties by the Judge (Best) for making use of irreligious expressions. Mrs Carlile, of Fleet Street, was also found guilty of publishing extracts from the works of Tom Paine. Sentence was not pronounced on the defendants. Anniversary of St Crispin.-After a lapse of 44 years, the procession in celebration of this anniversary was revived in Edinburgh yesterday, in which upwards of 600 of the sons of Crispin joined. From ten till nearly twelve o'clock coaches were driving down to Holyroodhouse, filled with brothers of this ancient order. His Majesty the King of the Crispins drove down in an elegant landeau, drawn by six beautiful greys, and driven by postillions in scarlet liveries. The main body of the brethren were drawn up under the piazzas, and the procession was marshalled in the picture gallery, where the ceremony of coronation took place. The procession moved forward from the Palace of Holyrood a little after one o'clock; but such was the interest excited by this novel scene, that it was scarcely possible for the procession to penetrate through the crowds which filled the streets in a broken and disorderly manner: it succeeded in getting up as far as the Exchange, where the sons of Crispin took refuge, till a strong guard of policemen and soldiers was provided to clear a way for it. an interval of more than an hour, it again moved forward; and proceeding by the Mound, paraded through several streets of the New Town; returning by Leith Street into Waterloo Place, where the brethren afterwards dined, and gave a ball in the evening to their wives and sweethearts. After The dresses of the various characters in the procession were elegant and appropri |