GREAT FIRE AT CANTON.
{"character_count": 812, "word_count": 139, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9779999852180481], "ccnet_perplexity": [1794.0999755859375], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
The brig Richard AIsop. Capt. M'Micharl. arrived last night. having sailed from Canton on 1st December. We are put in possessi"n of Canton papers [" the 17th N"v.'-nO pa, pers bring published after the fire.

 Capt. M'Micharl informs that very de- struciive fire broke on, in Canton on the 22d November, about 7 o'clock. the wind blow ing directly towards the foreign factories, none of which were burnt, hut the g""ds re- moved on board of boats. It was reported that about eOOO houses were burnt, with an immense quantity "f merchandise, and great many lives lost. The Europeans took advan- tage of the disnrder from the fire and entered the walls. some of whom paid for their pre- sumption hy getting well hamho"ed. This is the first time that Americans or E"r"p"ans could obtain an entrance.-N. Y. Advertiser