The Sun.
London, England, 1805-01-02 00:00:00

FIRES.

Last night, between the hours of eight and nine
o'clock, an alarming , fire broke out in the work.
shop of Mr. Brodie, a carpenter, in Swallow.street,
corner of Vign.lane and Sackville.street.. The
shop being situated at the rear of the house, the
fire was nut immediately discovered. The tomes
continued to rage with great fury for near an hour
before.water could be procured.; and as the work.
shops contained a quantity of,light timber, great
apprehensions were entertained .for the adjoining
premises : hut, happily, the engines played with
such efred as to completely . subdue the fire in less
than an hour, when it was extinguished with little
more loss than the- burning a part of the rear of
Mr. Brodie's house, and Mr. French, the biker's,
adjoining.. The Phosnix, Royal. Exchange, Globe;
and some other engines, .arrived a few moments
after the alarm Was given. . The -St.
Volunteers, under the command of'Major Dow N 3,
preserved good order, and prevented much depreda-
tion.. We are informed that the accident happened
through the negligence of a boy who was left to
attend to a glue:pot, which boiled over.
Monday afternoon a fire broke oat in Goat.
Horiley..down, which, excited considerable
alarm in the neighbourhood., As there were no
engines within , some distance of the spot, 7 the
neighbours employed themselves in carrying water
in pails to throw upon the ,fire, in the hope-of
stswing its progress till such time as engines
should be pro Cured. In ,this they were.suecessful;
the fire was Confined. to the ground.floor,
,Where is '
first appeared, and on the arrival Of the fire.engines
it was soon rxtinguish?d, without having done
,'tile
extensive injury to the premises but when the
firemen entered, the apartment, a very shocking
spettacle presented itself to their view—a.isittle.'girl
was lying on the floor burnt to death. It appeared
that the mother had left the house only a few mi.
notes before the Accident happened, find It is suppos.
ed the, child set 'fire, to its clothes.

"As the firemen were returning home with their
engines, about seven o'clock, they were informed
that a fire hid just broken out in ,Qteen.street,
Cheapside. They reached the place in a few mi-
nutes,.,when they found the stables of Mr. BENJA-
MIN:TRAVE./18 on fire. The engines being nearly
in complete readiness:, and plenty Of water at band,
the il.tmes were soon extinguished : three horses,
however. Were suffocated. It. was a most fortunate
circumdrince that the engines were so near at hand
when the fire began, as the stable is situated under
Mr. TRAv ttt r,ugar.housestind warehouses, which
ate very .exittisive, and contained property to a
considerable. amount.

On the evening Of Tuesday sennight a fire broke
nut in the premises of Mr. Davies, rope-indker, in
Carmarthen ; which was, however, tnrrunatel; et-
anguished before it hat &one any other co►nsidcrable
tiatTOge than destroying a quantity of hemp.

•
• At a season when 'people's hearts and iluries are
More especially open to the performance of geat,.rous
lifts, it mar be a question Of some importance to
ask, how can such ads be the most profitably Confer.
ed ? This question becomes' doubly interesting at a
• moment when an ()Nett presents itsOlthat must prove
to many a source •of year gain, it is submitted,
therefore, whether families, who wish ,to reward a
&all sower daughter, act industrious apprentice,
or•H good servant, can bt.,tow either .of them do
agreeable, of perhaps so s, .a RPz.v . Or'
(iVi, ;IN the Shari of a Tiriet in •the roachinvi
Grand Lottery ! Such‘a'ptesent may turn, out of
conseciuence, by prottueing a Prize that may lay a
foundation of rust h4ppin7s4 and independence
through life, to the objeci of their generosity.
Yesterday morning, 'between three .anti
o'clock, a fire broke 'out at a house in Maiden.
court, Kuote,lane, Foie-street, which destroyed.
the whole of the premises, together with the lux.
111 tilt'.

On Thursday evening last an extraordinary, cir.
duir.rinee occurred in 'the neighbournood ni:Vort.
man.luare.' • As a certain conVivial aftronet `and
his Lady were doing the liwours of hospitality, in
which they so . eminently excel, mirth wa,l the
order & of the. night, lin the Baronet vied with a
seten CO'npany of intimate friends in gaiety and
good humour. Suddenly, however, the harmony.
of.tbe coinpariy was inrerro;ned by the entreree of
„
a.servant, " An ill.loukin4 leflo.v wished
to speak with one of the eonipany." T!,.e ft:lroner
instantly (pitied the iliningn parlour, and on enter.
ing the hail, was seized, and ‘,iolently asfulutted by
two men,. one of whom persived in dragging him
from his and him that he wit., their
prison«r. lo vain did tit; worrhy'llaionet diclare
.that mistake, as he did not owe a guinea
to Bn}• loan. They c.,)olioned to drag hint through
the streets omit tze. Oy a Gentle.tnatl.who recog.
nixed the ill.treated r0,,,.?t, 4 ;
,c,t.in tt y express.
ed suriiiise at thr siitosiioo in which he found
him. The repeated a.,...tirain.es of the Gentleman
at last iodirii,lated the; tellows, and they ran off
ith all possible speed. "lhe 13 troort immediately re,
turned home to his anxious and 'expitling comp!inr.
The niistak., we uu•lvi:Jtatlii, originated in his
being rakcii for one of. his guesri, ;t young Gentle.
roameelebvstrti for his wit, vivacity, anti amiability
of his domestic c,mtluef. 1:111,-% only in his occa.,
atonal lownesi of purie. Wl,en the ll:irotiet tiffs.covered the mistake, he I.xpre,ist.,l the highest salt.
faetion that any thing disigreealde to his ftierids
should have been prevented by tilt.' mistake,' thoUgli'
he had been most serionA.%; ill. hied. We are happy
to hear, that it is the worth) I'mronetsis detertni.
nation to'make ex,,riapie of the offender 3, in
tartlet, for the bottler, to preVcrit such peatliCeS.
VCSCldity iLst,tql:t evening, bring very
(talk, a young wtatnan, ii.t,:scriger froth GI:I3gOW
for Leillt,in cro,sinv one of the loeks at Grange.
tnitith, fell into the bst.ion ;Ind immediately sunk:`
being observed, she was` brought up by long boat.
hooks, belonging to the Canal Company, and, al..
though a coin time under water, she .ertu.
nately recovered so." wtll, as to.be able 'to,proceed
on her voyage 011 Monday.

011 P NgWS.

POOLE, DEC. 31.

Arrived. the Eleanor, Inckson, Blizabyttt, Revans, flan►
Davidson, and, Triton, Scott, from Sunderland; Dove,
Wills, from Lymington ; Providence; Oats, and William
and Mary, Boynes, from Portsmouth.
Sailed—the Lapwing, Cartridge, Aide, Williams, and
Ailive, Spurrier, for Portsmouth • and Ann Parker, tof
Leghorn. .

OR4VISEND, DIM. 31. "'LPassed by—the Transit, ikluirhe.rd, from Smyrna
Holfoung, ----, from V alentia. -

BIRTHS. •
On Sunthy, in Berners•street, the Lady of Coutts Trotte,
Esq. of a Daughter.
The same morning, in Gloucestet.place, the Lady of T.
H. Massy Dawson, Esq. of a Son. ~