The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-06 00:00:00

THE FIRE.

THE account we gave. of the drealful fire which
happened yesterdgy morning in Chaudosstre'et, was
too well authenticated by our subsequent inquiries,
and feW particulars respeding this melancholy affair
have since transpired.'"
Cal. T.-the unfortunate Gentleman who was the
cause end the viaim of the fatal catastrophe, was, it'
seems, in ,the praaiee 9f visiting the house.. The
female whom he took' Willi him on Wednesday
night was a Miss STIRLING, who was generally his
companion -on such occasions. When the danger
became apparent she in Vain attempted to rouse him,
and, after many resointe efforts, self-preservation
obliged her to-leave him but she took ail, possible
means to-procure assistance for him. By some ac-
counts he was'at last brought to a sense of his danger,
and appeared at the window, but too late.: He was
soon, by the rapid progress of the flames, precipitated
into a fiery gulf, and redticed' to mere bones. He
had ordered his servants to -come, for him early in
the morning, a circumstance that occasioned his
'being so soon known.

There were; as webefore stated, many couples in
the house, and as they were obliged to escape with
the utmost precipitation, a scene of confusion and
diStress ensued, which it, is impossible to describe.--
The crowd ,who assembled were in general huMane,
but the charaEter of the house operated very strong-
ly upon many, who insulted those who fortunately
escaped.from it. It Is very iiafural for prejudices to
• arise against houses of such a description ?• but by all'
accounts that which has been destroyed was con-
ducted iii such a manner as to give no offence to the
neighbourhood, beyond that which necessarily re-
sulted from the purpose to which it was notoriously
devoted. The ,person who kept' it was a I\ll-s.
CLARKE, who had, it seems, acquired so large a
fortune in it, that she would have retired from busi-
ness some time ago if the value of the property in ge-
neral had not rendered it difficult for, her to find a
competent successor. , Her plate,, which was con-
siderable, has been preserved; but her daughter, it
is said, has ldst jewels to' the value of 5001.
Want of water prevented the firemen, who were
very alert, from rendering any' service for some time.
They broke up the pavement, and pierced some of
the pipes, but in vain, no
.Water could be obtained
till the flames had spread to a very alarming extent.
The injury, however, is chiefly confined to the house
which has 'fallen, and one opposite to it ; but the •
Latter has not suffered much.

The house thus destroyed had, it is said, carried
on the same kind of husiness for nearly a century,
and had alWays been Chartherized -for as much or-
der and regularity as any other of a similar &scrip-,
tion throughout the Metropolis.
The Coroner's Inquest will sit this day upon the
body of Colonel at half past two o'clock,
at St. Martin's Work House.

On 'Wednesday last,. at four o'clock in the af-
ternoon, a fire broke out in the house of Mr.
Jbhn Webb, of ,the Park Farm, near Ross, and
.raged with so much violence, that, notwithstand-
ing every possible assistance was ' procured,
the whole building was totally destroyed in a
few hours, tOgether with a considerable, patt of
the furniture, ten hogsheads of cyder and beer,
70. bushels, of Wheat, 1.50 'bushels of pease, 40
bushels of malt, a (il.2.ntlty of flour, cheese, '&c.
and a pocket-book co,.aining notes to the amount of
301.. The loss:, exclusive of the building, exceeds
4.001. The acgident, happened from a beam being
improperly:placed. in the chimney (as is too common
in old houses), which catching fire, almost instantly
communicated to the thatch ; and the whole being
composed of timber, lath,, and plaster, nothing could
check the progresS of the conflagration.
The modern style of building shop-windows so
low as almost to reach the pavement, is pregnant
with mischief. • Upon the least slip people are liable
to fall against them and to suffer great injury fruit
the glass.—A child was walking by a linen-draper's
shop 'in Holborn, on Wednesday, and her foot
slipping, She fell against, the window and cut her
arm so severely that the effusion of: blood nearly ex •
hausted her, and it is probable that she, will not re-
gain the use of her arm through life.
An Attorney, in presenting a copy of a writ to
an Auelioneer at Brighton, not long since, apolo-
gized for his unfriendly visit, and concluded with,
hoping that the other would not be offended, as be
was but merely performing an unpleasant duty of his
profession., " Certainly not," said the Au&ioneer,
" you must attend to the duties of your profession,
and so must Ito mine." This said, he instantly
knocked him down. .

We are 'sorry to learn that Mr. RICIIAnDS, the Se-
cretary_to the Royal Academy, and well.ynown for
his abilities as an Artist, had on Wednesday a paralytic
stroke. He, was rather better last night, but he has
been some time in a declining state.