The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-26 00:00:00

trodoced with his usual miraculous display of
foresight :
" I am now going to show" says this self-gifted prophet,
" that the political mob is coming round to my opinion. We
shall see the poor lam planted la Ireland ; if it be not put off
till it is too late. And it is my business to remind my readers
that it is MT sCIIEME."

FIRE IN CHANCERY-LANE.

[FURTHER PARTICULARS.]

Saturday morning a fire broke out in the house
of Mr. Duals, adairyinan, No. 117, Chancery-lane. The fire,
which was first discovered by the watchman, who observed the
smoke issue from the lower part of the house, raged for some
time Y and the alarm having been given, it
wasl fuigtor observe the inmates making their escape,
and tiruiwnipltiyllo(r7iinnsatgrbealt9si
assistance. A family, named Gould, occupied
the third floor, and experienced the greatest difficulty. The
aged mother was so much terrified, that she was unable to save
herself, when the son, a youth of about twenty 3/ears of age,
with great difficulty, carried her through the fire at tho risk
of his life, leaving a
_younger brother and sister behind, who
were so much alarmed, that they jumped out of the win-
dow, but we are happy to state,
that they received no other
injury than a fewslight bruises. The parish engines were
the first that arrived on the spot, and commenced playing
briskly,
flames communicating to the adjoining li
houses—one Mr. Bailey, the printer and
kly bitt
occupiedt he
by
bookseller, and the other
bs Mr. Newman, a butcher,—
baffled their utmost efforts, an in a short time the whole front
and roofs of' the three houses fell, partly burying the St. Dun-
stan's engine in the ruins, and the firemen with some difficulty
escaped. The house of Mr, Palmer, 'the robe-maker, was also
burnt on one side, and had not a .plentiful supply of water
been obtained, there is no doubt that his house also would have
shared the fate of his neighbours; as it was, the entire side of
wainscoting was bona off; and exposed to considerable danger
some valuable robes that were in the rooms. The ruins of' the
three fallen houses remained wrapped in flames, and pre-
vented the approach of, the firemen to the back buildings.
At this moment, persons were seen running out of Star-
court, which is at "the side of Mr. Palmer's house, en-
deavourimi to 'secure ,their goods in some place of safety.
The fire had communicated to a house in this court, which
was inhabited by eight families ; with considerable diffi-
culty it was confined ,to that house. The court itself is
not more than fifty feet square, surrounded by houses, and the
entrance to it extrtMely narrow and blocked up by the en-
gines ; at seven, "o'cloi:lt, however, the flames were so far
got under that no apprehension was entertained of its spread-
ing. Attention was then called to the persons who formerly
occupied these houses, and we lament to state one woman
is missing. She was seen coming down the stairs of the
house in Star-court, and being so much terrified, she faint-
ed away. In this condition she wax observed by several per-
sons, and some of the most active of the firemen rushed
to the spot, but before they could gain it, the stairs fell, fol-
lowed by an immense quantity of brick work, and the poor
woman was buried from view. The loss thus sustained is very
great. Mr. Dunn and 111 r. Bailey are insured, hut their lodgers
arc not, and are consequently deprived of every thing. The
kitchen of' 111 r. Dunn'a house was occupied by a poor widow,
who took in washing and mangling to, support five children.—
In another part
,was shoemaker with six children. M.
Newman's house and furniture was insured until about twelve
months ago, when he neglected to pay the premium, and by.
that means forfeited all claims on the Insurance Company.—
The persons who. resided. in Star-court have lost the greater
part of their property.. Throughout the whole of Satur-
day, one or two or the engines were engaged playing on
the ruins, but all attempts to search for the body of the un-
fortunate woman, who was lost were fruitless. The spot was
distinctly pointed onti_ and one end of the stairs on which she
stood was vissible. With respect to the commencement of the
fire, various rttnionrs were circulated, but we were assured that
it broke out in the parlour of Mr. Dunn's house, where there
had been a merry-making the evening previous,