21 OCTOBER 1871, Page 3

Mr. J. 0. Heyworth, of Liverpool, as owner of property

in Chicago, explains the destruction of that city in a line. The roofs are of paper steeped in pitch, and covered with gravel. Slates are strictly protected, and are consequently too dear to use, es, that Chicago has really been burnt down in order that Pennsyl- vanian quarrymen might plunder the public comfortably. Pro- tection has in fact for once been tried iu the fire, and has come out smirched.