The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

BEDROOM CANDLES.

"PRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop
T.Yrease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles,
sold in boxes lc and 3s. mil, are recommended as the best
carriers.

" EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES,"
sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those
who will not burn thin.

" SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS,"
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ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less.
Special candle Atoka to fit thin candles, Is. and 2s. 6d. each
reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each,
TOIL hIT SOAPS.
Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent.
Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine.
Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter.
GLYCERINE. SHERWOODOLE ;
"Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes
had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains.
caosuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bOt-
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upwards. Impure Glycerine
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ment that it is "equal to
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M7Murdo's.
The Fire at Colonel

The following are the particulars of the lament.
yabesleteredaataystrophe, announced in our impression of
W
of the palatial man-
sion belonging M'Murdo, the inspector. General of
eregret to
t recordo Col. the destruction
Volunteers, appointed by the Government, Every passen-
ger by the steamboats must have witnessed in passing up
the river Thames an antiquated large building, with a
. thatched roof and immense gardens and greenhouses sur-
rounding it. It was in this building that the disaster com-
menced. It should be stated that the
mansion contained
from 18 to 20 rooms, some of them of groat size, the prin-
cipal reception rooms being nearly 40 feet
long, and was
greatest military
most gorgeously furnished, and the
walls hung
The
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rich
with pictures of some
tapestry and
Portion of the building
ostohminegonfotwhe.rene
were worth some thousand pounds Sterling, whilst the
articlesheroe s, 0
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tout other a
t subjects.edoroed of
this
can be seen, drawing rooms and other apartments were fitted up in the
same costlyof
thewalls, o a
nf adn y
of por-
tiontheex-
ceps
can be detected lying here and there umongst the still
smoking debris.
b u manner;iding e xbcue teeltl
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richly carved furniture scarcely a vestige
At the time of the onthrea, o'clock at noofi,
there were at work two gardeners in the grounds, and
two females in the mansion, the colonel and his
lady being from home at the thee. All of a sudden one
of the gardeners perceived MAO tieing from the
thatched roof nearest the riVer side, which was imme-
diately afterwards followed by a large sheet of flame
bursting through it into the air. An alarm was im-
mediately given, and the servants and
, the gardeners
made an attempt to remove the vaitteto Pictures and some
of the furniture, but owing to the dry state of the thatch
the fire spread completely over the whole of the roof, and
burning particles falling upon the floor before the latter
became ignited, and the fire dropped into the lower floor
SO rapidly that every room became fired in a space of time
so brief that, comparatively speaking, scarcely any article
of value could be carried out before the lives of those en-
gaged in their praiseworthy efforts became jeopardised,
and they in consequence were obliged to leave everything
to its fate, Time parish engines quickly arrived, fol-
lowed by the Brigade engines from town, under the
direction of Mr Engineer Ilamlyn. The engines were
taken to the banks of the Thames and set to work, but
it at once became apparent that the mansion and its
treasures were doomed to destruction, and the firemen
therefore exerted themselves in endeavouring, if possible,
to save the vinery, greenhouses, and conservatories, and to
some extent they were successful. The damage done to
the choice exotics and other scarce plants, it is feared, will
prove fatal, for the heat in which place was like a burning
furnace. Meanwhile the flames continued to me unt high
above the tops of the opposite houses, and
all of • a sudden
a loud and fearful crash was heard which e upon
inquiry Was found to have been calked ty the