The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-31 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

Saturday morning, about one o'clock, a dreadful fire broke oa
in the house of Mr. Roland, occupied as a lodging.house for grit
tlemen, No. 42, Jerrnyn-street, which, in a few minutes, excited
the utmost consternation in the neighbourhood ; so rapid was the
increase of the flames, that the whole premises soon became on.
entire blaze front the lower to the upper part of the building, ths
takes of fire issuing at the same time with the utmost velocity.
through the windows, which had a most awful and terrific appear.
ante. The destructive conflagration soon extended its dreadflid
cages to an adjoining house, kept by two elderly ladies,
Groves, which was also let out similar to the former; here the de-
vastation was resumed; and the scene became alarming; it was feared
that the range of buildings to St. James's Church would fall a •
sacrifice. The fire had also, by this time, communicated itself to
the premises of Mr. Hazard, a fruiterer, on the other side, which
burnt a considerable time with great fury. A vast number of en..
gine* were quickly on the spot, assisted by the firemen, and, al.
though a plentiful supply of water had been speedily procured from
the various plugs, which flowed in torrents down the street; all their
*nations to save the burning buildings were unavailing, and it was
Vping perseverance that the other buildings escaped destruction.
tielhesr not an article was saved from the house of Mr. Roland •
lad what property was secured from the premises of Mrs Groves is
entirely useless. Of the former building nothing remains but the
here walls, and the latter fs completely gutted. Considerable da.
wage has been done to the back premises of several houses situated
in Piccadilly.
It is a pleasure, however, to state, that no lives were lost, nor did
we hear of a single accident occurring.
Sir Frederick and Lady Baker and family were obliged, in eon.
sequence of the fire which adjoined their house in Jarrnyn.strset,
to escape to the Waterloo Hotel opposite.

RTIIS.
On the nth instant, at the Hermitage, Stamford Bill, the lad..
of Samuel Philip Rickman, Esq. of a son.
Ou the 18th instant, at Brynbella, the Lady of Sir John S. F.
Sainsbury, of a son.

HARRIED.
On Saturday, at Harney Church, Mr. George Ortne, of Orea
Surrey-street, Idlackfriars, to Mies Peat, of Southwood-lane, Hizh•
gate.
On the !7th inst. by the Rev. Thomas Hyde Ripley, the 1141
William Hutton Wilkinson, R.A. of St. John's College, Cam
bridge, and of Nether Hall, Suffidk, to Eliza Caroline, daughter of
O. B. Tyndale, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn-fields.
On Monday fast, at Blackburn, Mr. Joseph Armstrong, cotton-
merchant of Liverpool, to Jane, second daughter of Richard Rd
ton, Esq. of Darwen Lodge.

DIED.

On Wednesday, the 19th inst., m his 47th year, lb. %V. Aicock.
of Princes-street, Cavendish-square.
On the 28th insL at No. b, Duke-street, Port Land-plans, lir
James Thompson, surveyor, in his 54th year.
On AVednesday last, at his house in Pentonyille, Alexander Ta-
loa, Esq. who has long been the proprietor and conductor of the
Star evening paper.
Last week, at Holt. Mrs. Ann Edge, in the 104th year other age.
On the 28th inst. Thomas Wapshott, Esq. of Chipping Norton.
Oxfordshire, aged 90.
On the 25th inst. aged 76, Mr. Isaac Venn, of Duke-street.
Portland-plate.
On the 26th inst. at Leyton, in Essex, Joseph Cotten, Esq
Deputy Master of the Trinity Howe, in his 79th year.

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