The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-08-13 00:00:00

ROll-R P MACFAiLIANE,

On Wednesday night died, at his hiatie, i Hen-
mersniim, aged 70, R )bert Ntietarlaite, Esq. ills
&ail) vas occasioned by the briii es receive ! barna
carriage that ran over him, and which h, stosived
only hall' an hour. He was a gentleman well knowa
in the literary world, as the author of many cek•
brated produdions. He s' as educated in the tel..
versity of Edinburgh, and caine to London at
a very early period of life. He possessed a very
retentive memory, and an elegant style of con.
position, which enabled him to give with fidelity
to the world, some qf the finest speeches in Par-
liament, during Lii,e) North's Administration,
and the American Wlt; in w!sich laborious duty
ne was succeeded by is frival, the late Mr.
Woodfall. that time be publish.
ed his Reiffn .f Gene thi'Third; a very able
work, in four vols. Eivo. 4r4 Several other works of
considerable merit. Urixi/ within x few years back,
he kept an excellent ?m;ninary at Walthamstow, at
which some of the attest men now in the various
professions at the Bar; the Church, the Army, and
the Navy, received their education. Fur the last
two years, he was employed upon a traeslation of
Ossian into Latin, now printing by Mr. Bulmer. lie
had only received the hrst prout-sheet, a Sew bouts
before he died. Oasian was his gloat favourite. lie
1)4,1 rendered Mr. M•Pherson, the origin el Transla-
tor, and Editor of these celebrated P,..eras, gra:
assistance in that undertaking.

DittADINIL nu.

Yesterday mornings about two o'clock, a dreadful
Ere broke out at the !Muse of a mangler's in Taylor's
Thrildings, Redford Bury ;* the confusion, in cone-
quence, was great, and the alarm such as is usual
when so dreadful a calamity happens after mid-
night. Mothers, with their infants screaming, were
compelled to leave their beds, and avoid the
flames by running into the street : the silence
which pervades the hour of repose was interrupted
by the dreadful cry of fire, and the knocking of
watchmen, to warn the inhabitants of their danger.
To add to the horrors of the scene, although the
engines arrived with great promptitude, they re-
mained rear an hour before a supply of water could
be obtained, during which the flames spread with
rapidity ; the narrow court was filled with smoke ;
and, amidst the anxiety felt for the preservation cf
property, many had to apprehend the loss of their
lives, or these of their relatives. Happily, however,
no event of that description occurred, and the fire-
teel having at last found the plugs, they succeeded in
two hours in extinguishing the flames. Two houses
ate entirely consumed, and considerable damage was
done to a third. If the wind had been high, the-
whole of the house.; in the Court must inevitably
have been destroyed, as they are built of wood, and
but little space asunder. No account is at present
given, how the fire was occasioned, further than
report, that the man and his wife who kept the house,
were frequently intoxicated, and it is presumed by
the neighbours, that while in that state, they had
left the candle in an incautious situation. The Prince
of Wales's Volunteers brat to aims, and, very soon
after the alarm, were ready to afford assistance.
They surrounded the scene of devastation, and
peoteded the property of the sufferers from being
plundered. Many valuable articles were, howe-
ver, purloined by miscreants, who, notwithstanding
the early- hour, were ready to commit their depre-
dations.