The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-22 00:00:00

FIRES.

Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, between three and four
o'clock, in Hatfield-street, Stamford-street, Blackfriars-
road, the lower part of the premises of Mr. Bessel, plumber
&c., were discovered on fire by one of. the foot pass3ngers,
who lost no time in alarming the inmates. Within ten mi-
nutes after the alarm was given, the engine from the West
of England station in Waterloo-road arrived, and was
quickly followed by the engines belonging to the London
Fire Engine Establishment stations in Southwark and Wa-
terloo-roads, with a strong muster of men, and the activity
of the firemen and an excellent supply of water from the
Lambeth Water-works, enabled the firemen successfully to
confine the flames to the lower part of the house. How the
fire originated is not precisely known, but it is conjectured
through a clothes-horse having been placed too near the
kitchen fire and igniting. • The stock is consumed, but Mr.
Bessel is fortunately insured in the Westminster Fire-office
to the full extent of his loss.

Yesterday afternoon, a little before three o'clock, a fire
broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs. Eddington
and Sons,,tailors,in George-street, Great Surrey-street, and
for some time burnt with great rapidity. The premises are
situated between Charles-street and George-street, and
considerable difficulty was experienced by the firemen in
attempting to extinguish the flames, but after some time
they succeeded. The fire originated by the kitchen chimney
taking fire, and the timbers igniting. Messrs. Eddington
and Co. are insured in the Sun.. Fire Office.
Saturday night a fire• broke out in the house of Mr.
Dennis, lighterman, Moss-alley, Bankside, Southwark, and
the neighbourhood being very confined in its situation, and
some of the inhabitants of the poorer class, the most seri-
ous apprehensions were for a'time entertained of their loss.
In a few minutes two of the London Establishment
engines, with several firemen from the Southwark Bridge
station, were drawn by hand to the spot, and a plentiful
supply of water having been procured contiguous to the fire
the alarm was speedily put an end to, but not till consider-
able damage had been done to the furniture and building,
which is fortunately covered by insurance in the LIM 'oti
Fire Office. The fire is believed to have originated through
leaving some linen on a clothes horse befare the fire previ-
ous to the family retiring to rest.

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THE LATE STORM.—The damTrogafenaarldiliDsat;escr ,1 ,
the late hurricane and by the extraordinary high tide of Thor,:
day last has been more than was at first supposed. An im-
mense number of boats and barges have been swamped on the
lost, Thames,wbi l ande
largecargoes, quantitiesconsistingo f c
corn
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ngtohoedgs
and goods
and furniture in the warehouses and dwellings along shore,
have been spoiled or destroyed by the eruptions of the flood
during the high wind. On Thursday afternoon a tier of Col-
lier ships lying near the Dreadnought Hospital ship at Green-
wich broke from their moorings, and, owing to the violence of
the gale, became unmanageable, and, coming in contact with
each other, considerable injury was done to the ships. Two
lost their bowsprits, and another got ashore. One collier
lying at anchor ahead of the Dreadnought got adrift, and,
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while swinging with the flood tide, her rigginc, caught the
figure head (a lion of colossal dimensions) on the bows of the
Hospital ship and brought it down. The lion fell on the decks
of the ,collier, and carried away part of her tafrail and some of
her bulwarks. A man on board very narrowly escaped with
his life when the figure-head fell. The destitute, condition of
many shipwrecked seamen who have suffered during the late
gale is deserving of the humane consideration of the public
and the maritime community. Numbers have reached London
bereft of clothing, alrqpst starving, and houseless.
WA VERLEY NOVELS.—The autograph manuscript
of " Guy Mannering" was sold at.Evans's, last week, for sixty
guineas. It is a curious circumstance that many expressions
in the original manuscript which are in English are in the-
printed copies in Scotch. This shows that Sir Walter Scott
frequently thought in English, and translated nurse' "r:.to
Scotch. Ihe " Monastery" brought 451. as.