Fire At Cairo.
i Fro:n the Al-M7zcdnc Zetzwg.J Letters from Cairo give tan account of the. nre wtnic ogose out it that citv on the 21st of Mlarch, at two o'clock in. the afternoon, in the old citadel, in the barrack adjoining the arseial wherc cartridges are made. The f;Imes spread rapily in Various directionis, especially towards-lie p1owder-rnagazine. ANt half-past three some chests of powder blew up; at five there was a icrrible explosion, which laid all thesurroundiug buildings in ruins:, and just rs it traek ten at night, a tiird explosion spread the desolation farther, On the foloev. ing morning the fire seemed to abate, when consternation was upregd on its being known that the great magazine; contnining 24,000cantars of powvder, was in danger, and the entire destructioln of Cairo was appreh ended. The undaaunted efforts of the troops, however, suC- c-eded in checking and at length subduing, the flames. At the very beginning of the conflagration, tsie people fled in coutntless mul. titudes out of the city; one bad coneequ6nee of which' was, that it baffilel all the meastres of precaution whicb had been adopt- ed. From the Romelv-zate eastward, to tOe old citd4el, nothing is to be seen but relinants of walls, shattered beanis, waggonse and gun-carriages, Ont of the new gate the'ruins begin, at the distance of ro paces s and over a vast space thereare seen, among the ruins, 4,000 burnt or lacerated horses, mules, and camels.- 'XA fine park of artillerv, whicih stood in wwhat is called Joseph's'hall and in the atuphitheatre at tile west end of the city, is- destroyed,except 26 pieces. The whole arsenil; too, is annihilated, except a magazine for tools, somne chests of muskets. and the machine for boring Pau. non. Of the little park of field artillery wlieb stood on the Homety- square, only 15 six-pounders are saved. The new citadel, in which are the Ilint, the Hall for the Divan, and the several government offices, suffered but little. The two powder.tnagazines, and two towers surrounded wiFh ditches,.were tintouched. It iS calculated that 60 millions of Turkish piasters will not suffice to replace the ci. tadel and the arsenal in their former state. The letters do not con. tain even a conjecture respecting the origin of the fire. FIRE. AT CAIRO. LEGHORN, -MAY !.. ... ' .