News in Brief
Much alarm prevails in thc meadlow-platts and lower parts of the to'vn, in consequetice of the prevalence of a fever. We have made sonie inquiries, the resulk of which induces us to believe that the present malady is nothing different to the tvphus fever which generally prevails in some degree at this season of the year. The alarni, however, is so great that many fires are kindled in tihe strcets, in which pitch and tar i- burvt. A friend of our's, in walk. iig on Wednesday night, in a d -ect linc fromnGelding-street to York. street, counted more than 20 of hese fires.-Nottinghtausi Review. JAMES S-STRYET DuE Ai.S POLICE-OFFItCE.-Satorday evening, betwveen eight and nine o'clock, lajor Dawson receivirng in. formation thiat property to the amiount of i,000 . was concealed in a gravel pit off'the Long-lane, near the Royal Hiospital. proceeted to the pince, and found an inmmemse quautitv of raw illutS, together gith a variety of other materials in raw unm3nufictu etl goods, which he secured and caused to be locgetl in the Police-office, Jamezs's-street, where those articles remain for the inspection of the public. A womnan was apprehended on Bow-bridge, with two par- cels of the 8at-ne quality of articles us those found in the Long-lane. PsILCRaaD FItsERlv.-TWO scans were shiot in MeuntCs Bay on Frida last; one took up twelv., and the other twenty ltops- heads of pilciiards; These-are the only scans that bave been shot since the commencement of. tbe presettt season, though the driving boats continue to take fish every-nieht. WV are happy to learns that vast 8boals of fish. have been seen iai the North Channel, and thQugh they havemoz .yet comernto shoal water, So as to esable the ners to elo thermi-we -hope that as they are on the coa-st, we isbl 1 n2ve a motefl'.fhtvfblVrepb6f to give of -the sean fiasher-in- our nitxt.-_-. est. X>9tiff * -- - -' '