The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-27 00:00:00

ii.ELIaOLAND ,TLY 13.

A dreadful fire bFoke Out i±i this Island last
night in the lower tiiivn, whibh consumed .elet.en
large stofe-wArehortieS. warehouse: arc so
close together, thAt• it is wonderful the whhie
triWn was hot- destr:oyed ; and had mit the wind
.1)61-1 N. W..lt is very prdbable that nut a Louse
would have escaped. 'I he fire broke out about
12 o'clock at night, and, utiiwithstanding the
greatest exertiOns of the militaq and inhabitlints,.
was not subdued till four iii the morning.
A Gentleman, who has just arrived from Ham-
burgh, informs us; that a very severe siCkness
prevails in that city, and thatalniost every peron
who has left it have been in some degree affected
by it. There are now about 2000 French sick,
who walk about the city, to the great annoyance
and distreSs of the inhabitants, and who look for
their departure with the. most. anxiou impatience.

The Senate are using all possible endeavours to
purify the streets and burn the horrid filth Which
abciunds through the city, and which in some
places are several yards.in height and
.many yards
circumference,. of so shocking a kind that the
inhabitants are afraid to pass near,them. Trade
is quite at a stand. The markets are over-
stocked, and ruin will inevitably follow. Goods
are wiling at 35 per Cent. loss, and they are con-
sequently in a very unpleasant situation. Indeed
Hamburgh is in a' lamentable state at this mo-
ment. The people there complain' bitterly that
the brigs of war should remain so long on a
•
friendly river, the Elbe:-

Mr. CANNING, we understand, sets out for the
Continent im.nediately after the close of the Ses-
sion of Parliament. He will proceed to Lkbon,
the air -and climate of that place being thought
best adapted to the health and recovery of his son,.
who has been tor some that... in a very delicate
condition. Mr. CANNING proposes to be absent
about a year.
By advices from Cadiz and Madrid, it is said
• that tke expedition 'which, had been contemplated
to South America, is for the present-abandoned;
mu account of: the disorganization of the interior-,
which will require all the attention arid all the re-
so-nrceS of the new Government. •The provinces
on the North-eastern frontier are in astute of dis-
qaietude. •
-.Letters from. Gibraltar to -thc'sth, anti' from
Malaga to the 7th of this month, sAy that the
stagrarim of trade was total throughout all the
Spanish ports of the Mediterranean, and, the diiii-
_ctilties of its revival were enereased by the pre-
p :-.ltions for maritime, War in progress by several
of t!q. Barbary States.

It is stated, that, in addition to the-large corps
composing the expedition from the South of
Fra►►ce against America, several regiments are to
be forthwith sent to that station,trcu► home,

Though the Duke de Boon. has been so
long absent from his native country, he seems
fully•to understand'the character of the French
Military. An 'anecdote related of him, illustrates
at once his acuteness in this respect, and his ski!(
in availing himself of their predominant foible.—
At a late review, overhearing some Officers ex-
press regret for " the Chief %vim for fifteen
yea's togivther had led them. to victory," he turn -
ed quick upon them, and exclaimed with energy,
" A great miracle in:leed. to perform, with, such
follo‘vers as you !"

Soc nil., it is Said, is in high favour, and hi ex-
cellent. temper•. '• He' breakfasts now and then
with the Duke (le .BERR ; ;Ind has declared in
the presence of many dist►nguishe►l. persons, I►is
resolution to perish, if necessary for Louts the
XVIII.

It is now fully understood in Paris, says a pri-
vate letter, that IItioNAPARTF. never would have
made peaec at all, without being suffered to oc-
cupy foreign countries' to such an extcot, as would
have enabled him to support his Whole military
establishments,

A curious document is promised in Frarice—no
other than, the last Budget pniposfd by order, of
BtIoNArAcTx.

Yesterday the Lonn MAY OR, Recorder, She-
riffs, Town Clerk, &c. went to St. Margaret's
hill, Southwark, and held a Cowl' Of• Conservancy
'for the County of Surrey; and from thence they
went to the King's Arms Tavern., NVestininster-
brichze, .and held a Court for Middlesex.
A material point in DE IlEacsoFit's corres7
pondence, which ive alludki to yesterday, is stat-
ed as follows :
Lord C. it will be remembered, has dwelt much on the
.as.sumed fact that De B. might have had another dyes: in the
portmanteau whicli he lirought With him to Lord C.'s house,
so as to change the red fol green, to appearliefore his Lord-
ship; hut De Ilerenger in those letters is made. to ask,
Where. me Lord, is the proof that I had any portmanteau
with me ? The truth is, and.ydtklinow it, I hatl none."

TpE ARTS.—LAWRENCE is painting a whole
length of BLUCHER and PLATOFF for the PluNcE
REGzxT: They are reniarkaldy faithful in like-
ness, and, when finished, will- most probably.
equal the best productions of the Artist. lie is
also painting a whole length of Duke WELLING-
TON, for the same Illustrious Patron. BLUCHER
is shewn as directing en attack. The same Ar-
tist has -made a fine head of the King of PRUSSIA.
The Portrait of Mike, WELLINGTON -13 in private
dress, but the Artist is :to paint .another for the
PRINCE, in which the greaCpritish Hero -is to
appear,in military, attire, with all the orders which
be so gloriously acquired-. •
A Lady of high celebrity in the musical world,
has recently experienced a er.nsiderable etabarras,
by the arrival of a French Officer, who malgre all
other engagement, claims her as his own lawful
Letter half An arrangement has been attempted,
in order to satisfy the Gailie Captain, without the
necessity of a personal surrender, but hitherto
without effect'. •