The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-26 00:00:00

♦NOTHER ACCOI'NT.

LONGYORD, OCT. 20.
Before six o'clock this morning nearly tile entire of that
ancient and magnificent build.ng, Costle Forbes, the resi-
dence of Lord Viscount Forbes, M.P. for this county, was
reduced to shies. It was not precisely ascertained how
the calamity originated ; but it was discovered by •mcane
of a favourite dog, which his Lordship generally keeps in
his sleeping-room at night ; the poor animal awoke his
Lordship, by pulling the clothes off his bed and making
the most pitiful cries. When his Lordship stepped out of
bed he was enveloped in smoke; he gave the alarm, and
by the exertions of the household and the neighbouring
people the whole of the furniture and the library (which is
one of the most valuable in Ireland) was saved.
,No jives
' were lost, nor did any accident occur. It is genetalty
believed that the fire originated in his 'Lordship's own
apartment.
After the above accounts of this melancholy occu-:
rence were in print, the Dublin Currespondent received the
following communication, which may be relied on for les
authenticity :
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the vicinity--
" Thursday morning, between two and three o'clock, the
wind blowing very strong at NAV., the fennel of the
kitchen chimney, which, it is now supposed, must have
been for several days on fire unobserved, burst at the eery
top story of the house into the room in which Lord Foliose
was fast asleep. The flames forced in with such violente
and rapidity that he must hare been inevitably burnt in
his bed, had not the sagacity of a favourite spaniel dog-, of
the poodle kind, that lay in the next room to his Lordship,
and of which the door was fortunately open, jumped upon
him, and by exertions the most extraordinary awoke him !
The story is miraculous, but true! Lord Pori*s had the
presence of mind first to fire a shot, in order to arouse and
alarm the servants, then to remove 251bs. of gunpowder,
and afterwards secure a large chest, of family papers. ate.
Much of the smaller furniture has been saved, but the
larger, with a great many valuable boobs, pictures, and
palming', of which there was a rare and magnificent col-
lection, are. I fear, destroyed. I was there yesterday
morning. Lord Forbes was cool and manly. I waft'-.11
confess, so effected that I could hardly speak to him. 'Re
seemed sensible of it, and shook me most cordially by the
hand. Of that noble, venerable, and respectable old
building, or rather rile, which gallantly held cut against
the Irish in the Rebellion of 1641, nothing remains but
the walls. It was of great magnitude—the fury of the
fire irresistible. It was little more thin tyrelve o'clock.
when I saw it, yet had it not been for the various occupa-
tions of the multitude around, it would have appeared to
have Veen uninhabited for half a century ! loss must
be immense, and in some respects irreparable! 11re are
all here exc.redingly diatreesed, and so indeed is every
individual in the country."

Many good easy people fancy that the '. Rent " is utterly
extingulished, because the collection of it is prohibited by
Act of Parliament. But we can assure the English nation,
that the " Rent" is as punctually called for. and, we have
every reason to believe, is as punctually paid, is when the
weekly statements of its rec,ipts were published by the
" Domestic Government." From Protestants. indeed, it it
not demanded as formerly, under its original name; but,.
under the assumed title of '! Education Fund," •the
pmtesteni Donkey has Rill to pay his •Capitation Tax.
The Irish leaders are by na means to be. intimidated by
such silly .hatgbeats -as Pirliamentory Statutes —Dalihrt
Morning Courser.

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