The National Register.
London, England, 1821-04-08 00:00:00

FIRES.—A fire broke out on Mouday night, at the
house of Mr. Beninborough, profile painter, in Wyatt
Hampstead•road, which was occasioned by the
boiling over of some varnish and other mixtures. The
cottage which contained five rooms, was destroyed, and
a youth who superintended the mixture was seriously
burnt in making his escape. It was fortunate that the
fire broke can in a room contiguous to the cottage, or the
lives of the inmates would have been in great danger.—
Another fire broke out about the same time, et Mr. Mea-
dows', in Calvert's Terrace, Paddington, which was
occasioned by some clothes left to dry, being placed too
near the fire. The interior was destroyed, but most of
the goods were saved. On Munday evening, as Miss C.
Mussel,' daughter of Nlrs. Russel, NI eard's-raw, Poi ham-
road, was preparing to accompany a juvenile party to one
of the theatres, her clothes caught tire, and she was so
dreadfully burnt that site lies in extreme agony, and is
not expected to recover. She was adjusting her bonnet
at the chimney glass, when the cataetrophe hefel her,
by her muslin dress taking fire. The maid servant was
in the next room, and hearing her shrieks, she snatched
a counterpane from the bed in an adjoining room, and
extinguished the flames by wrapping it round her; only
the body part of the back was left; even the front hair
of her head was burnt o is, and the face much il.stiatited,
—Tuesday evening, about six o'clock, the inhabitants
of the Hamlet of Mile End New Town were thrown
into the greatest alai m and consternation, in consequence
of a most dreadful conflagration which broke out at the
sugar-houses of Messrs. Barnell and Grice, sugar refiners,
in Church-street. Mr. B. was amending a vestry meet-
ing, and his tutu who attended the pans, which ate
fixed in safety on the ground, had scarcely time to exaa
mine what produced the smoke, when the flames burst
from the upper part of the premises in the rear of the
building with such velocity, that they experienced con-
siderable difficulty in escaping. A quantity of swear was
brought in in the morning in order to be clarified, and
was placed hi the front warehouses. The men with
some difficulty, succeeded in saving a portion of it. The
engines belonging to the different offices, with their usual
alacrity, were soon upon the spot, and the turn-cock had
beet) at his post; yet it was rather unfortunate that the
very high wind rendered their exertions less effectual,
because as they played, the wind drove the water in a
contraiy direction, and they could not get into the pre-
misea till some of the men at considerable risk went
personally to guide the piper into the windows, Bre.—
I'he warehouses of Messrs. llanbury and Co.
the brewers, being adjoining, great apprehension was
entertained for their safety, although protected by a
strong party wall. About eleven o'clock this wall fell in
upon them, and did considerable damage, but the fire-
menos Ito sti:l kept working Übe engines with the greatest
alacrity, prevented the &mei: from communicating with
Haohttry's premises, shit they also succeeded in saving
the dwellitm.houtte ni which Mr.Grice's family resided.
The fire was not completely gut under until W ednesday
afternoon.