The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-22 00:00:00

CONFLAGRATION AT CAIRO•

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TRIESTE, MAY 4.—Several vessels ar"1,;(1
here yesterday from Egypt in 27 days,
brought us the first accounts of a dreadful Op
flagration at Cairo on the 29. th of March•
first broke out in the Palace of Mahomet A
blew up a great part of the magazines of araujis
nition and provisions, and cost the lives,
re
said, of near 4,000 of the inhabitants. irhtehe
are various reports in circulation respecti'ula%
cause of this misfortune, which is particar
important at the present crisis ; but letterS front
Alexandria of March 31, which give an acceuri
of it, add, " The Paella's troops,
which are to
take part in the expedition to the Mores, Vertfortunately prevented, by the plague which '4l„
broken out in the city, from occupying e
quarters, which are near the powder magaZi
otherwise they would all have fallen victims
this disaster. *One large powder magazine hi
however, escaped destruction." but dismay
confusion still reigned in Cairo, on the 31st, air
a great number of the inhabitants had fled. I r
Pacha was trying all means to procure moneJil
and had just sold 30,000 bales of Mako cotta
to the English.
TRIESTE, MAY 4.—(From another Corgi;
pondent).—After we had learned some days 341
by accounts from Cairo, that extraordinary Pry,
parations were making for the intended expeu
tion to the Morea, we were informed yesterdl
by letters from Alexandria of the Bth of Arig;
which have been 24 days in coming, that a gre7d
part of the City of Cairo was destroyed at the lir
of March, by a dreadful explosion of a pewueof
magazine in the arsenal. Several thousand
,0
the inhabitants, and many foreign officers ok"e
directed the operations in the arsenal, and the
celebrated celebrated Ali Bey, who held the office of t"
Viceroy's selietar (sword-bearer), lost their licei
on this occasion. The streets of Cairo are statet'
to be covered with ruins, and dead bodies.'
Even the letters of Europeans estimate at sisg
millions of piastres the damage done to pub
edifices, magazines, warehouses, &c. and ad u'
that it is not believed that in the confusion which
this disaster has caused, the Viceroy will rbe
able .to let the expedition sail to the Morea.
to the Bth April, at least no troops had been ell?,
barked at Alexandria.--(Allgemeine ZeitiOP
13th May.)

BIRTHS.
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On the 20th inst., the lady of Major-General Sir
Vivian, of a daughter.
On Thursday, the 20th inst., at Westlene, Nottinghanlsil/fr
the lady of the Rev. Charles xenden, of a daughter

ARRIED.
On the 18th inst., M
nw at Staell, Middlesex Edward veso
Walker, Esq., of Wakefield, Yorkshire, to Anna S°P,,fo,
eldest daughter of the late Richard Ibotson, Esq., of WO"
Bneks. of
On the 20th inst., at Leyton, Essex, Mr. Geor, xi

JohnWaltham Abbey, Essex, youngest son of the late John 'OO
i.", sq., of Woodford, to Miss Elizabeth Pearce, niece deg'
Nicholson, of the 17th Lancers.
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DIED.
On the 24th ult., at Groningen, the celebrated
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Hermann Illuntinghe, aged 71.
Sulrnreyl3.ark. na•
street, Windsor, aged 73, Thomas Agnew, fin
At Paris, on the 15th inst., in the 63d year of her age, 'he
lotte, wife of John Poulett Thomson, Esq., of Waverly
Abw"
At Malta, on the 23d of April, in the 62d year of big 4el
Mr. Edmund Noble. 1,111
At Elgin, N. 8., on the 16th inst., Robert Henry, 1594-)
of Kingston, Jamaica.
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On the 20th inst., at his house in Nettingham-plaoe, -' ,i,
General Thomas Marshall, of the East India Company's 31'
on the Bombay establishment, in the 71;th year of his a&,,ee•
flee
At Tottenham, on the 20th inst., Mary, the wife of Alr. v
Palmer, the Stock Exchange, in the 43d year of her *e•

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