The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-09 00:00:00

bltgAitit Fiat.

At hn early hour oft Sunday morning the neigh'7
boin:Lood of Charing-cross was thrown into the
titmost alarm,. by the breaking out of a fire in thd
premises of Mr. Kell, a wax and taliot -chandler,.
wlrich being closely adjoining the western
iyall of
Northumberland-house, threatened destruction to
that ancient and princely edifice, as Well 88 the.
surrounding neighbourhood. The wind, at the
time, being in a- westerly point, the flames bent
their influence with great power against the Walls
and turrets of Northumberland-house ; but this,
buildir'ig for a considerable time resisted their
force, and the devouring elembutwas more destrue.:
tive in another qaarter. The house in which the
fire originated was reduced- to a heap of asbef'
The one adjoining,-in the direction of Nthi!elialli
inhabited by a tailor and draper, met a siwilgt
fate, with the exception of a few standing wag's
and another to the westward, connected with this;
belonging to Mr. Russell, grocer and tea-deater#
was completely destroyed in the inside. All the
furniture and goods in the two first-tnentioned
houses - were totally consumed. In that of the
belongitig to Mr. Russell„ some_ furniture',
a quantity of tea, and other articles,- were saved;
which, with the books and account,: of the severalsufferers,
sufferers,'were safely lodged in.the care of Mr. Car--
ter, Lottery-office-keeper,Charieg-cross. Ia SVII4
manner the fil=e originated is not yet correctly as-
certained; but it appears that the family of l!"•••
Kell had retired to bed about 19 o'clock soon after
which the fire must have es-mllet-iced, Hz'nomth°
progress it had made in the building, be ore" "sk
discovered,: it -must evidently have existed far
'mire than an hour. -The first discovery of the
unfortunate circumstance was made by a Gentle'
,
man who was standing at the door of the North"-
timberland Coffee-house, a few minutes after tsy°
o'clock, and who instantly communicated it t°
the watchman close by, with whom he proceeded
to give the necessary alarm. The. utmost efforts
were used to awaken the inmates of ,'lr•'
Russell's dwelling-, which failing in their- ev
feet, it became necessary to break open the
house. By this time the flames had burst fortli
with incredible fury, and had ascended so bigr
,:
as to be d:stinctly seen from Temple-bar. I°-1:
neighbourhood soon presented a scene of tert.`)
and contusion, not to be described, hut the tinierc
arrival of fire engines from all quarters, awl t,L
prompt and effectiveexertions of the firemen ,ter,"t`f
in7a great degree to abate the alarm. The ivOle,
the inhabitants of the house of Mr. Kell, as wei ''
in that adjoining,eseapeci without the slight,e4L7;
jnry. 11, the house of Mr. Russell, an elderlY la(
was obliged to seek safecy.iu a night from a t \c°
'pair of stairs window, at the brick part of the pre-
mises, and was safely caught in a feather-bed. J";
young man, the-nephew of Mr. Russell, who sleP.
00 the grOund floor in a room adjoining. clte sti°
was nearly lost by §uffocation, but pressingtip stairs to the first floor, he jumped at uric
ol
from the window into the street. 1 IldePendent
thesecasualties, not the slightest accident ()col;
red • . A detachment of the Guards arrived early l
the spot, which, with -the assistance sever,a,
Much tear and rippre.e.,
lug order and tranquillity.
peace officers and the firethen,
for the safety of Nor th•
hension beige. entertained ,
i
I I. nto
timberland ilouse,-two engines were hroeg
succeeded in keep'
1 • The exercioos
play in the eutirt-yar(-. or
quarter were ably directed doff as ass.,
two Gentlemen of respectability, ace
&ice und who
it n
being in .some
title of the °coin
At the
measure acipTinted with thepremises, at' once comlncted the
firemen to tha
ti
part of the yard where water ani„Alt . be, fOliali•
—By and their exertions also . advice, the •
were arrested in their progreSs at the western tut ..
-I..et, and what was still inure essential, in a cotim u
nitration which was discovered to have been made
from the cellar of Kell's house to the band tin?'
her of the building, -Which led through an ity-fO-;
tune caused by the-fire, to the dressiug-room
Lord Percy. This was the -most serious, jujorl
ithreatened to the Northumberland nuoisiou, but iG
was happily subdued; and the only evil sustaino
there, was the destruction of a part of-the westerir
wall, and the necessary breaking of the ivindows
the turret, and a few others in front of the houl
. The Phoenix fire engine was the first that reache(...
the spot at the al-arming crisis, and the tinfortutia7
inmates of the different houses had but just eseaPe(
the fury of the devouring elements, when the fir'`_
men of this engine began their effective oPer°,;
tions. They were quickly joined by a nunier°l
body of firemen from all quarters, who by their'
unceasing and skilful exertions succeeded in
me°l°:.
pletely extinguishing the flames before six o'cl°c
yesterday orning ; the engines, however, c°l,l
;a:
tinned to play 'upon the ruins and remains of t""
several houses until a late hour in the afteroo°°'
IL is perhaps unnecessary to add, that the o'er;
tions of the several persons employed, as well
r;
those who volunteered their services on this ala"-
ing occasion, are well entitled not only to the 01'75
of the iuhabitunts of the opulent neighbourbil°," 104
which the distressing calamity occurred,
that of the public at large: The Duke of
timberland and Earl Percy being out of tat";,'
Mr. Morris, the '-agent and steward of Citi
left town at seven o'clock yet.terdify morning ill
chaise-and four, for Sion House, where he had 3.-
-interview with Lord Percy, and communicated t°
Ihim the particulars.

BIRTH.
On the (it h inst. the wife of Nlr.Roilwell, New 80n,.'.-streets
of twins.

MA RRI ED.
Wit'
On the ("Alt inst. at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Major
f.„
Liam Granville Eliot, of the Royal Horse Artillery, t°"3"---
daughter of Mr, Serjeant Heywood.
r, ett
On Saturthiy' the 7th inst. at St. Pancras -Captain ntb,
Carrington, to Miss Mary Ann Croft, of Hun `iter-streetNor-
/3runswick-square.

DIF.D.

tain Edwards, of ther3th Liiht Dragoons)
On the,lth of July last, at Murutt. in the_East IndoircskCinars
Royal[ri.h, aged 32 years. ie
'On the of November, at 07 slaw, North Arn er
the 4=sd year of his age, David Ar'ehlOald, Lieutenant-
ofC°l° the .7th Battalion of Nova-Scotia Militia.'
ica,nrl

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