The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-22 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

Aua. 20,-t-Arrived this morning the
Frigate frprn a c'ittize oif Rochefort ; the
fliftry,ANsoic, from Jersey.) the Danish Brig Folk,
Capt. ERicxsos, from Lisbon, bound torronningen,
laden with tea, oil, Bcc. and the Danish Jig Nior4,
Capt. TYSON, from Qpotto, bound to ronoingen,
laden with wine, sugar, !ice. detained by the John
Rua Privateer.

The Phoenix Frigate this morning went out of
Harbour, and anchored in the .Sound.

Pool's:dorm, Auo. several Passengers
landed from the-'Tortoise and Lady Jane, West
Indiamen, we understand that the whole of the home-
ward-bound West India'Fleet are at the back of the
Isle of Wight ; and it is reported that the homeward -
bound East India Fleet are but a little way astera of
.the Weit Indiamed. " ,

Sailed yeiterday fhe Hind,, IDarlo, and ilercii,u,
GRAY, for Jamaicq, with the West fndia Convoy.

DEAL, Atm. 21.---Arrived 'His Majesty's Ships
Royalist, Blazer; and Bustler from a Cruize, and
remain in the-Downs with The Ship,o as per last.

YARMOUTIE, AUG. 2 t.---Passed -by last night -to
the Northward,. about 40 Sail of Transport% baying
on buard troops, supposed to be bOund to the 134 his.

The Melville Casik, Excise' Cruizer, Hermi
DUNDAS .132AT,0N, Cominander, sailed on 'huts
day se'nnigiu frona,Roseoeath, Scotland, having on
boar! the Duke of ARGYLL and -suitevon a tour
through the Highland Isles. . . .

It..has been observed that .the Public is sufficiently,
apprized of the Expedition, and that all that re-
mains is to discover its taitity;' As, the 'Expedition
has: been' conducted.. with tne.utmost, discretion, a$
well as with wonderful celerity and vlgour,,no more
of it is known than to'shel.v.that Mini,ters ore alert
on their post; but confiding in ihe skill and c.,hrage
of the Officers to whom this important rri..asore is
entrusted, we have little,donbt ,that its utility will
be such as. to satisfy the Nation, hovi ever is may be
undervalued by the tbllowers of Opposition.

Further Particulars. of the Fire. in .Salisburh.
square.—Upon enquiry; we learn that the fire first
commenced from a chimney ,in the house of Mf.
SWAN, printer, in Swan-court, the corner of Salis-
bury-square. No endeavour was made, i►n, the first
instance, to extinguish the fire,' through ~an erro-
neous supposition, that the best way of cleaning the.
chimney was to let it burn out. It was Nona,
however, when too late for remedy, that the flames
bad communicated to some wood-work conti-
guous to the chimney ; and in a house, the hue-.
fior divisions of MIMI. were. Of lath and. Meister,
dry deals, or old wainscot, and every room, ntore
or leas, filledpaper; plain or printed, when
the fire guti head, withead,xgeneral conflag-Ation was scarce-•
ly avoidable.
Noronly•the printing-rooms and warehouses of
Mr. SWAN,
.extending back;dvard, tiwartis Water-
lane, but the printing and warehouses of Mr. IN--
NEY, histenant ; the prerniies and workshops of
Mr. litacu, a paper-hanging- matnifaauivr, adja-
cent those of Mr. SLEF, a portable desk maker ;
of Mr.,EitiiiPat, cabinet-maker ; the'rears nfieven •
or houseS in CrOwn-court, leading to Fle,q—
street ; and the upper part of. the houSe• of 'Mr.
Cove, 'coal-merchant, , not ..doot. to ME. 'SwAs,
took fire: •
Tile flames raged
wit
gied fromatvpe the
ur e
oclock till ire in
potheitlltd °l:4oa
'lg'them'bv near go 'engine%;aetivels.
plied
during the time ; and the Are was ncit
.gOt tuider
until most of the premises -above ,stated were. re-!
duced to a heap of ruins.
Mr, SwAN, who, but a
,'yktir.and a halt Since,,
narrowly ei,caped a similar disaster, :when ~the. pre-'
'nisei' of his nkf-denr neighbour, Mr. GILL rr,;
were destr,,yed by, fire, had the tni,foi tune
now uninsured, and is a kilter to the atnnu.:u of.
above 2,0001. A similar calamity involveS inany'
industrious ptiolfamilles-Who-liyed. At the
these premises. 7 , . ,

There are: several remarkable eirmnstances
lative to the premises thfil :hare" been deStroyed,.
which are Worthy of notice.,:. in the time of
RichArdson they were the Kingfii,Printiug-Otliee; iit ,
cti hich were printed all the AA's of ParliApt4, lug
ivell as the first edition ,of the pop',ll3r oor4 '4.1.1)at!
celebrated writer, and some,of which, throegi.a: thel
improper mule& of the persons in the ottiDePtOoi
purlOineti the printed sheefd; were ilubltst4,;:jare.,-!
land before: they had appeared in England. - The
building 'in question was.ilef on:lease,, fe.i.v jfearsi
age, to-Messrs. Sw.iu and. Sorr, printer ; ',Messrs.,
INNai ,811(1 Co. of Ow same profession ;
Messrs. Bitten and SON, Riper-stainerf ; and all the
ground floor,,nearly too feet square, were tle 'Tare-
houses of MesSrs. CRosivi and Co. of Stationet.H
Court, in which were deposited all their extensive!
stock of rev quire books, which could-not be eon-
rained in the premises where .their business is 61r.
rind on. A consider Able part of this property was
insured at the Plicenix Fire 'Office, as well as their
interest iiithe lease in two otherollices , but Mess;'s.
CROSBY :0114 .Co. will ne,vertheiesa: sestain a serides
loss, in consequence of having, within a short time,
removed books into the. premises .to the amount' of
seine iliOnsand pounds, consisting of the variOas
faeck cleared from their different printers a few
days previous to the fire, The property of Mesirs.
INNBY and Co. was insured ; but we are sorry to
say' the like precaution had 'not been taken by
Messrs. SWAN UNISON. •

The tire was discovered a few minutes before
twelve o'clock, but nothing belo,nging to either the
?rioting-Otfice, or PROSE? and Co.'s Warehouse.
was saved, owing to the building' being in such a
confined situation. And such Was the quantity Of
Paper consumed, and the ripidity of the flames:that
in the morning St. James's Park and part of West-
minster were strewed with ices of bnrnr paper,
brain a distance of nearly aquile acid u halt from
the place of contlagratipu.