The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-29 00:00:00

GREAT FIRE A T BOGNOR.

(Further Particulars.)
Bognor has of late, like so many other places nn the sea coast,
sequin d some celebrity as et bathing- place ; and, being situated in
the midst of a country which is fertile down to the very sea, is d:•
serving of its reputation. At this place, a fire broke out on Monday.
the 2tith inst. about noon. It began in the hotel, at the top af the
lioine, and is supposed to have been caused by the kitchen tire;
at Last, that was very large at the time, as dinner was cook'ng tr
in-rue of the Sussex freeltold,rs, who had conic there by water, on
their way to Chichester.
The ftamrs soon extended to every part of the building,as well as
to the adjoining s 10:et, and several neighbouring cottages and
hour s. Expresses we-e desp itched immediately ta Chice-t:r
assistance, and engines were sent off the Instant th .y bn ught th:
unwelc me news. The fire was distinctly seen from the lacer place,
thigh tight miles distant from Bognor.
The (lay was uncommonly warn), with a strong breeze Com the
south.e.nt, which drove the mole along over the plain, t•eme tht.t
towan's the spectator at Chichester, who saw the dark line,
!pi ear rg to Extend in length equal to the whole distance trom
Bognor to wh-ie he was standing. Its vicinity to the sea, and th:
exereonit of the inhabitants, aided by the men belong ng to the
Preventive Service in the neighbourlmod, and by the Scotch Fust-
leers. qmatered at Bognor, succeeded about seven o'clock in check •
ing the Eames; but they were not then extingunbett. Several
limas WI re burnt down, including the Hotel. One ac.oum said
upwards of twenty, the other stated twelve, besides the a a' lee of
eighty hones.
Tt d place r here the fre broke out, snd the time when it ago
discevild, an .bled the proprietor of the Hotel to remove his furni-
ture wad stock fn m the premises. a inc, ale, and cider. wire
carried with other thines out to the adjoining meadows ; and tune
nut., fellows, somewhat like Sheridan, drank a cheertul glass at
their n tighbour'sfire-stle. The proprietor of the Hotel had, it is
said, hs premises insured; but sonic of the adjoining houses were
not se, and their owners nest have suffered severely.

NAVIGATION OF THE NIEUSEV.•II may not, perhaps,
be generally known, that for a considerable distance above Run-
corn, in the neighbourhood of Sir Richard Brooke's estate, there
hays been extensive encroachments made on the river t y embank-
menu which cover a space of several hundreds of acres, and it is
computed that as many as 'sixty millions of tuns of water are by
that means withdrawn from the upper part of the river every tide.
The extent of these encroaeiment• must necessarily more or less
affect the current, and consequently the navigation of the Meter/.
The Corporation, as conservators of the river, have long had the
subject under consideration, although they have not as yet attempted
to stop these encroachme ts, it being uncertain, we believe, whe-
ther they possess the poser of doing so or not. They have. how-
ever taken the opportunity of Mr. Huskisson'e presence here to
ni.ntion the subject to hint, and the Right lion. Gentleman havirg
expressed his readiness to do whatever might be necessary to fur.
ther any object that might benefit the trade of the town, it was
a greed that he Owed seen npany the Mayor to Runcorn, in order
that lie might witness the embankments himself, and have a know.-
ledge of the extent of the damage caused to the current by them.
Accordingly, on Monday morning, Mr. Huskiatton, the Mayor,
and several other members of the Corporation, left this town in
carriages for Runcorn, and returned in the evening by the Eclipse
ateani-packet, which had been sent up to convey the distinguished
parry hack to Lie, rpoul We, of course, are unable to state pre-
cisely the intentions of the Corporation witli respect to the remedy-
ing the evil, but we have understood that an application in snore
share or other will he made to the next Parliament, should it ap-
pear that the Corporation have no power vested in them at present
for stopping these encroachments—Liverpool Parr.
CORN EXCHANGE, LONDON, JUNE 22.
We had but few fresh anivals of any Grain to-day. The ac-
counts from the country being
very unfavourable respecting the
state of the crops of Oats, Barley, Beans, and Peas, these articles
were all held at higher prices today, which, as our buyers gene-
rally were not willing to submit to, but little business was done.
Fine wheat was scarce, and full/ supported Monday's currency.