great firmat fire at macao china the china mail of january 10 says that a fire broke out oat at macao on january 4 andina and another the following night which betwixt them destroyed the greater portion of the chinese part of the town the number of houses burned being at the lowest estimate over thirteen hundred and the property destroyed upward of a ar the hong kong regis r ter says say s the first fire commenced in the neighborhood of the ho house iise ilse occupied 4 by the chinese hoppo before the functionary with his custom hous officers was expelled by governor aware 1 and spread to the eastward along the marapao Ma tapao destroying the whole of the market until by great exea exertions rations on the part of the crews of the french ship of war virginia Virg inic and constantine it was stopped near the residence of the late mr paiva close to 0 o the custom house the second fire occurred ia in a place known as the rus de botelho praia pequena in some houses louses and boats surrounded by a high wall the gate of which is locked every night hight h t the consequence was the inmates had no means of egress and it ig is reported that one hundred men women and children were burned or smothered the first fire was incidental but the second was it is believed the work of an incendiary who is now in a jail after the flames had been beens extinguished the soldiers fired upon the crew of a boat oat supposed to be landing g with the intention of pillaging and who refused to pay any attention to the challenge of the sentry though he discharged two muskets over them as a garn warn warning ting As they still approached the guard turned out and killed several men another anther attempt at was made the same night but was balked through the vigilance of the Provi sorio