The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-13 00:00:00

entire of Mr. Whitaker, and in this compartmen

—the grand entry—were birds valued at over
£209 ; the foreign cabinets, insects rare in this
country, &c., his own property, are roughly esti-
mated in value by that naturalist at over £6OO.
Besides, he had left in his charge a celebrated talk-
ing cockatoo belonging to Lady Glentworth, which
was over £lOO in value. Upon entering this part
of the building the birds from all parts of the world
were found either upon their perches or lying on
their sides at the bottom of their cages dead, clearly
indicating that they had died from suffocation. A
number of lizards, which Mr. Whitaker stated were
of great value, had upon the smoke entering their
cages crawled under some hay, and by rolling them-
seives up in it managed to escape suffocation, and as
the fire was being got under they appeared as

lively as if nothing had happened.
The discovery of this fearful fire appears to have
been made at ten o'clock in the forenoon. This
bazaar being surrounded by the houses in Mortimer-
street, Great Portland, and Little Itidinghouse-
street, it was feared that every house near would
have been speedily levelled with the ground. In a
very brief period the Marylebone parish engine at-
tended, as well as numerous others of the London
Brigade, one from Hodges's distillery at Lambeth,
and the two land steam engines, by Shand, Mason,
and Co., that carrit d off the only double prize at the
Crystal Palace last week.
The fire-plugs of the West Middlesex Company
having been drawn, a bountiful supply of water 7a.
obtained, and the land steam-engines they
btehlevyg
fully up at 1001 b. pressure to the square inc
as well as nearly a dozen manual-power
e
were called into operation. By this timgabe
streets
portions of several houses in the surrohuene,d:tot back
the D
were in flames. Mr. Inspector Coon%
spencer, of
division of police, and Mr. Inspe00;:
0f Life from
the Iloyal Society for the Pr
Ftotecoo° aspect of
Fire, came up, and seeing the
the coufligration sent
s afterslittle
l e thou.us e
used
for the assistanci of the
thousandsdon and fortunate
police from most parts of
p
it was that they did so, fohrethi
gde
sands of persons, some of t
London mob,Lon instead of
to bear the pressure of a
driving to church, lined _
the roadways in order to
f the flames.
witness the progress
g
,ress o re by Shand
The two land steamers
Mason,
and
Co, and the
hand-working engines had the hose
from each so stretched round as to enable the fire-
men to attack the mass of flames
at each
point,
for
it should be stated that the fire had by that period
penetrated the extensive premises of
Mr. Green, in
Langham-place, as well as the ladies'
reading rooms,
and also those of Mr. Maurice in the same thorough
fare, and at the same time the extensive show
rooms of Mr. Greene, dealer
buhl, and looking'
.-g•aeses —No. 24 in Mortimer-
street—were likewise burning with the greatest
impetuosity—looking-glasses,
and mirrors, some as
high as ordinary rooms, were flying asunder, pic-
tures were blazing, and cabinets of great cost were
falling a
prey to the fury of the fire. The water-
colour studio, which
contained a most extensive
collectio,. of • •
—paintings, was also at the same time
wrapped in flames, as well as a photographic gal-
lery at the top •
of the same establishment.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday a shocking
accident occurred at No. 19, Broad-street-buildings, Broad-
Street, City, by which a man named Thomas Freeman lost
his life. It appears that the premises were being pulled
down to make room for the works of the North London
Railway. Deceased was standing on the top of a wall,
when by some means he fell headlong down, and was within
a few inches of crushing p.lice-constable 121, of the City
police, in his fall. As it was he came on his head on the
pavement, his brains were daphed out, and his ribs broken.
lie was removed to the hospital, when life was, of course,
found to be extinct. The escape of the police,.constable
was most miraculous., the body of deceased almost grazing
tm in the descent.