The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-18 00:00:00

THE ORIGIN Or THE FIRE.

The facts, t;o---far—as they are known and wo could
gather them, are substantially these:--The fire origi-
nated in a two-story framehouso, near. the corner of
Powell and Pacific-streets, occupied by Mr. De Lessert,
as a residence, in which there was neither fireplace,
chimney, or stove. No person was in the house at the
time of the alarm, except the servant of Mr. De Lessert,
who was not aware of the firs until apprised by the
alarm outside. The only house adjacent was a low
wooden house on the eastern side of it, which is believed
to have been unoccupied.
Charles S. Lyons was found burned to death on
Jackson-street, between Dupont and Kearney streets.
No particulars could be ascertained concerning the man-
ner of his death. The Coroner will hold an inquest
upon the body to-day.
Mr. Bach, cf the firm of Bach, Bennett, and Co., was
burned to death in the effort to save his store-room.
George Hubbard, a native of Scotland, about 40 years
of age, who had been confined to his bed i❑ a house in
Jackson-street for eight days past, expired while being
emoved to the Piazza.

EVENTS SINCE THE SAILING OF THE LAST
STEAMER.
(From the Alta California, July 1.)
In the city of Sonora a worthy citizen, Captain Snow,
haring been brutally murdered, and two of the assassins
having been taken a few days afterwards, were tried and
hung by the populace, and buried in the grave which
they had dug for their victim.
A terrible row ()scarred lit a new town called Molmes,
near Carson's diggings,
.about two abandoned women, in
which one or two Americans and three or four Maims
were killed,

011:.1!itlIMON

A marauding party of twelve men, commanded by a
Captain Irving, were all hill: d by the Indians of the
Cohulla tribe, near Los Angeles. They deserved their
fate.

A great many Mormons, from the Salt Lake Valley,
had arrived in the Los Angeles Valley.
The divisio❑ of the Indian commission, under Colonel
Barbour, has come to a stand3till at Los Angeles for
want of funds. Dr. Wozencroft is progressing with his
division at his own expense.
The two men, Watkins and Brier, have been tried on
the charge of burglary—robbing Colonel Stevenson's
safe—and found guilty; the first sentenced to ten, and
the other to five years' imprisonment.
A party of nine men, under Captain Fitzpatrick, have
been cut off by the Indians, and, as is supposed, all mur-
dered, at Rogue River. The details will be found in our
columns.

There is a prospect that Mr. Hotaling's proposition
for supplying the city with salt water will soon be com-
menced.

A party which left Trinidad to explore the Shasta
country had arrived at Trinidad.
A shocking affair oczurred in this city on the night of
the great fire. Lewis Pollock was _hot dead by Samue
Gallagher, having been provoked from his bed and killed
while tuldressed.

Our city is being built up again very fast—some 200
buildings having been erected and many of them finished
durirg the past week.
A horrible murder was perpetrated at Sonora last
Friday, by persons who took offisnce at an article pub-
lished in the Sonora Herald. They repaired to the
editor, Dr. Gunn's room, dragged him from his bed,
shot him through the head, killed two other persons con-
nected with the office, and wounded or killed three or
four other persons who went to their assistance.
There has been a quartz mining convention held in
Mariposa country, at which some very important reso-
lutions were adopted.

FURTHER FROM CALIFORNIA—GREAT FIRE—
INCENDIARIES ARRESTED—LOSS OF LIFE.
NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 2.—The recent conflagration in
San Francisco laid the heart of the city in ashes. The
blucks bounded by Montgomery-street, Dupont-street,
Washington-street, and Merchant-street, are a heap of
ruins. The loss is variously estimated at from 2,000.000
to 5,000,000, but it is impossible to tell with any degree
of certainty what the amount of the loss really is. The
fire was the work of incendiaries, who have been arrested
by the vigilance committee. Their fate may easily be
surmised.

Many lives are said to have been lost by this terrible
fire, which, coming so closely on the heels of that from
which the city had not yet recovered, inflicts a severe
blow on the prosperity of the inhabitants.
Active preparations are going on for rebuilding the
new burnt district, and several substantial structures are
already in process of erection.
Lynch law continues to prevail.
The agricultural prospects in California are favourable.
The report from the mine are conflicting, but gene-
rally they are favourable. The quartz diggings yield well.
The Indian troubles continue.

In the San Francisco market flour was quiet and
steady. Coffee dull. In cement and bricks a fair busi-
ness doing. Sugars were lower. Provisions were quiet.