The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-13 00:00:00

DESTRUCTION OF THE ROYAL

EXCHANGE.

OFFICIAL REPORT.
Yesterday Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the Lon-
don Fire Brigade, sent in a report to the various fire-offices
of the damage cawed by the late conflagration, as far as the
particulars could be ascertained up to twelve o'clock on
Thursday night. According to the report, it appears that
the varole of the Royal Exchange, comprising four wings,
occupied as Lloyd's Coffee-rooms, the Royal Exchange,
Shipping, Fire, and Life Assurance Offices, the Gresham
Committee-rooms, the British Merchant Seamen's Institution-
offices, and other offices belonging to numerous individuals,
were totally consumed. The Exchange was the property of
the Gresham Committee and the Mercers' Company. The
whole of the building was insured in the Royal Exchange In-
surance Company.

CASTLE-ALLEY, CORN HILL.
Mr. Charles Williams, No. 1, watch-maker, the building
and stork greatly damaged ; insurance unknown.
No. 2, Withers and Scores, public notaries, stock con-
sumed, which is insured in the Guardian-oftice.
No. 3, Messrs. James Bethel ar,cl Co., stationers, the stock
entirely consumed ; insured in the Guardian.
No. 4, Dundee Steam Packet Office, belonging to a Com-
pany, contents of the shop consumed; insurance unknown.
No. 7, Sutton, Son, and Gribble, business not ascertained,
the stock consumed ; insurance unknown.
No. 8,-Messrs. Foster and Son, stock-brokers, the contents
of the shop consumed.
No. 9, Mr. Davis, stock-broker, stock consumed.

No. 10, Messrs. De Hague and Co., stock-brokers, the con-
tents of the shop consumed; insurance unknown.
No. 11, Mr. Peak, stock-broker, stock wholly consumed ;
not insured.

No. 12, Messrs. Boughton and Grinstead, stock-brokers;
stock consumed, insurance unknown.

NORTH SIDE. OF THF. EXCHANGE.
No. 1, George Palmer, stock-broker, consumed ; not in-
sured.

No. 2, Mr. Betts, stationer, stock and shop consumed ; in•
surance unknown.

No. 3, Mr. Pedley, soda-water maker, consumed ; insur.
ante unknown.

No. 4, Mr. Jones, optician, stock in track ar.d shop de-
stroyed; insurance unknown.
No. 5, Messrs. Burrup and Blight, stationers, stock and
the fixture: in the shop greatly damaged ; insured in the Lon-
don office.

No. 6, Mr. Eastwood, auctioneer, shop and content; con•
sumed ; insurance unknown.
No. 7, Mr. Hoslges, tobacconist, shop and stock in trade de•
stroyed ; insurance unknown.
No. 8, Bromley and Co., booksellers, shop and stock con.
sumed ; insurance unknown.

SWEETING'S-ALLEY.
No, 12, Mr. Tent, hosier and linen-draper, the stock greatly
damaged. and the fixtures in the shop injured ; not insured.
No. 13, Mr. Pawky, mapseller, greatly damaged; not in-
sured.
The upper floors of Nos. 12 and 13 were occupied by Mr.
Henry Towgood and Mr. Longbridge, business unknown ;
they have sustained considerable injury by fire and water; they
are not insured.

Nos. 14 and 15, Mr. G. L. French, chronometer-maker,
the back part of the premises burnt, and the whole much
damaged ; not insured.
No. 16, Messrs. Venn and Co., notaries, the premises con-
siderably damaged by water ; not insured.
No. 17, A double house, one portion occupied by Messrs.
Vegeunie and Co., hat-makers, and Mr. Smith, watch-maker,
greatly damaged ; insurance unknown.
No. 18, Mr. Button, confectioner, the stock damaged, and
building injured by the fire ; not insured.
No. 19, Barker and Son, hatters, shop and contents greatly
damaged ; insurance unknown.
No. 20, Mr. Joseph, boetmaker, much damaged ; insurance
unknown.

SOUTH SIDE OP THE EXCHANGE.
No. 90, Mr. Graves, tobacconist, the shop and stock therein
consumed ; insurance unknown.
No. 91, Shop, name of the occupier unknown, consumed.
No. 88, Effingham Wilson, bookseller, the shop injured,
and the stock damaged by hasty removal and water ; insurance
unknown.

Everitt, new:-mgent, shop totally consumed ; insurance un
known.

Lott, stationer, shop and contents consumed ; the stock is
insured in the Phcenix Office.

The above are the whole of the particulars that could be
obtained according to the report, but the engineers and firemen
were still engaged yesterday in making inquiries, in order to
ascertain the full extent of the various losses.

In addition to the foregoing particulars, we ascertained that
the offices of Messrs. Bell, Hath w ay, Holmes, and Pottle and
Lettley, on the south side of the Exchange, of which no men-
tion is made in Mr. Braidwood's report, are consumed. The
shop of Mr. Williams, watchmaker, at the corner of Castle
alley, has sustained much damage, but whether insured or not
could not be discovered. In Sweeting's-alley, the houses and
shops on the east side, from No. i to No. 7 inclusive, occupied
by Mr. Edith Terry, proprietor of the Turkey and Mediterra-
nean Coffee-house ; Mr. Noxley, silversmith and jeweller ;
Mr. Samuel Knight, printseller ; Messrs. Joseph Sykes and
Co., tobacconists ; Messrs. Henry and John Baldwin, woollen
drapets and tailors; Mr. Booth, hat-maker; and Messrs.
Simpson and Co., tailors—are all much damaged, in conse-
quence of its having been deemed necessary to carry the hose
of the engines through the dwellings, to prevent them taking
fire.

The following account of the temperature of the
weather is taken from the thermometer of the door-way of
Messrs. Swain and Co., Fleet-street, during one week in 1837
and the corresponding week in 1838, each day at noon :-
1837. 1838.

Jan. Bth
9th
10th
11th
12th..... 39
13th soi lath 25

Mad. de Bourgoing having attained the age of 74,
and being affected in her mind by the double loss of a son and
a daughter, has retired from the office of Directress of the In-
stitution at St. Denis for daughters of members of the Legion
of Honour. She is replaced by Mad. Danery, who was go-
verness to the children of Joseph Bonaparte when King of
Spain, and who has recently lost her husband and he son, both
of whom held diplomatic situations.

About a week ago, a poor man who resides in
Paddy's Close, whose wife was about to be confined, called on
a midwife, and requested her attendance, but the woman re-
fused, on the ground that she wanted the balance of a shilling
for services rendered on some previous occasion. Deeply
grieved the poor man beat about everywhere, and everywhere
was disappointed ; and at length his helpmate without assist-
ance bore a child, which only lived a few hours. The mother
herself was afterwards taken ill, and although kindly visited
by Dr. ifacklock, has since gone the way of all the earth.
That such cases should occur in a Christian country is griev-
ous in the ex!reme, and proves that there are moral terri-
tories for charitable exertion as yet totally unexplored._
_Dumfries Courier.