The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-19 00:00:00

Having opened the door of her bedroom, she found a
volume of ho: smoke ascending the staircase, which
nearly prostrated her; the therefore made fcr the
back-window, and, without waiting a minute longer,
jumped out and fell upon the glass skylight over the
kitchen adjoining the White Hart Tavern in Botolph-
lane. Upon reaching the roof in that place she found
herself so injured as to be unable to extricate herself.
She therefore remained in that critical position, with the
flames rushing from the windows towards her person,
when Joel King and Thomas Howard having broken a
pane of glass in a room of the White Hart, pulled the
poor creature through the hole, and found blood gush-
ing from various parts of her body. She was forthwith
placed in a cab and conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where,
we are sorry to say, she is likely to remain for some
considerable time before she can recover from the effects
of the dreadful injuries she has sustained.
The persons living on either side of the premises
assert that they heard loud and fearful screams 111 the
building, that a man appeared at the third floor winder/
and begged of some one to go and procure a ladder, and
immediately afterwards disappeared. A man named
Hart, living at Mrs. Blundell's, next door, then went °T'
to the root, and having opened the trap-door called
loudly to the persons within to make for that part of the
building, but not receiving an answer he imagined that
probably they had made their escape from one of the
lower windows. Such, however, unfortunately was not
the case.
The police who were on duty near lost no time in,.
sending for the fire-escapes and engines, and in tme
course of a few minutes numerous engines of the Lon-
don Brigade, her Majesty's Custom-house, West °i
England Company, and the pariah were on the spot,
under the direction of Mr. Braidwood,
the superth-
tendent, with Mr. Fogo, the foreman of the London
establishment, and Mr. Connorton, the chief officer 9f
the West of England firemen. By that period the entire
range of premises belonging to Mr. Harvey were 03;
veloped in one immense sheet of flame, and the fire /30‘'
extended to the roofs of the houses on either side, be'
longing to Mr. D. Beard, a baker, and Mrs. Blundell, e
fish-boiler. The White Hart Tavern, in Botolph-laq'
and the premises of Mr. Stuart, the fish-factor at
Thames-street, were also burning with such rapidity ai
to threaten the entire clump of houses in the immediate
vicinity with destruction.
Fortunately a plentiful supply of water was obtained
from the New River mains, and the engines were,
called into operation; but it at once became apparel'
that the firemen would be unable to save any por-
tion of Mr. Harvey's property; they therefore had the
hose of three or four engines conveyed round the
premises, so that the Brigade were enabled to cut off al/
spreading of the flames towards Thames-street ell"
Botolph-lane almost simultaneously, and when that wes
accomplished the whole force was brought to bear upon
the main body of fire; but, in spite of the most Baena'
cue exertions of all present, the flames continued to xi!'
and, when the stock of liquors became ignited, they 11'
luminated, for the space of a few minutes, the whole
neighbourhood. During the period the firemen were s°
actively employed the utmost excitement prevailed as to
the fate of the unfortunate persons who were missiog,
and supposed to be within the ruins. As soon, therefore'
as the fire could be got down sufficiently to enable to
one to enter, Mr. Braidwood gave directions for seversi
lengths of scaling-ladders to be attached, and setae °
the firemen to search the upper rooms. Upon their s°
doing they beheld a most frightful scene. The life's!'
bodies of four human beings were discovered, three 1,1
the attics and one on the second floor. They were. i)
shockingly burnt and disfigured.
The following are the names of the unfortunate tOl
ferers:—

Mr. Richard Harvey, aged 36, proprietor of the 1&O
and Crown Tavern, Love-lane, dead.
Mrs. Elizabeth tray, aged 52, mother•in-law of the
last-named, dead.
Abraham Clark, a lodger in the house, dead.
George Sn, czum, the potmen, dead.
Elizahqb Chambers, aged 17, the servant, seri,oualf
injured and taken to Guy's Rospital.
Duiing yesterday morning a minute examination WI
made by the brigade, for the purpose of finding on
4.1' possible, how the caldmity occurred, but nothing aii.tir
factory could be arrived at; there is, however, every r
son for believing that it began in the back room onilhe
ground floor, and worked its way up the staircase ler
tore its existence became known to the inmates.
The four bodies have been removed to the deadhot tee
of the parish to await the coroner's inquest.
The following is the official report of the damage
done:—
"No. 17, Love-lane, Lower Thames street—lifr.V.
Harvey, licensed victualler, and proprietor of this Rose
and Crown Tavern. Contents and building all but de'
stroyed. Four persons burnt to death, and one much
injured; cause of fire not known. Stock insured in t Licensed Victuallers' Fire-office. Jte
" No. 18, ditto—Elizabeth Blundell, boiling-hee e.
Roof damaged by fire and cutting away. Insurance ILO
known.

" No. 16, ditto—Mr. D. Beard, baker, similar damag e.
"No. 25, Botolph-lane—Mr. E..Rayment, the Whit Hart Tavern. Back windows burnt out, back roof second-floor and contents damaged by fire, and rest house by water. Insured in the Royal Exchange-offica " No. 104, Thames-street, Messrs. Stuart and Co., fin 13
factors. Back windows burnt out, and furniture damage a
by water. Insured in the Phcenix-office."

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, MAT 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —There is a considerable improvemee t
in the share market to-day, and a good business has bee a
done at rather better prces. The transactions were as fa ,-
low:—Great Western, 87—London and North-Western, 11 6
—Leeds, 61—South-Eastern and Dover, 264--Taff Vale, 17 0
—Ditto, New, 2 ikp.

-LIVERPOOL, MAY 17.
Srocx Excaucram—The share market has been qui jet
to-day, without alteration in prices. The transactions wi
ire
as follow : - Caledonian, 141/B—East Lancashire, 16 cashire and Yorkshire, 6014 - Ditto, Fifths, 7 dis.—Lon, don
and North-Western, 125 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 44 I ).--•
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, dis.—Manche star,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3114—Midland, 5914—D itto,
Halves, 1,11/, dis.- Northern Union (A), 241—South-Ea stern
and Dover, 2614—York and North Midland, 25 4—D ablin
and Belfast Junction, 1914 dis.
MANCHESTER, MAY 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE. There was a slight reaction in the
market to-day, and prices were better, the quotatio na at-
taining a degree of firmness which has not been seer 1 since
the agitation preceding the announcement of the late d efalca-
tion. The transactions were as follow:—Leeds Stocl kc, 61--
Ditto, Fifths, 67, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 26%--
Sheffield, Preference, %—Ditto, New Preference, 3-161 h n. —Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 2:3/4 p, ,—East
Lancashire, 16 n. -Eastern Counties, 7% n.
BIBMINGBAM, Miir 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-- The business transacted to-d, ay was
BO trifling as not to justify a detailed report. The . London
quotations of Saturday may generally on that day b 3 taken
as those of Birmingham.

YOR MAY 16.
STOOK EXCHANGE.—TheK,
transactions to-day 11 'ere 10
follow:—Great Northern, Halves (A), deferred, 6 —North
British, Bd/4—North-Western, Preference, 13—Yor k and
North Midland, 24%.

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RIOT AT HOLYHEAD.—The past Week has been
one of great excitement at Holyhead, and a serious ric ,t has
taken place at the harbour works. For some time pa ist the
Welshmen engaged at the works have harboured ver y hos-
tile feelings towards their fellow-labourers, the Irish, c na ac-
count of the prejudices they entertain towards the cool 3try of
the latter. On Saturday evening last an Irishman sta ,bbed a
Welshman in a drunken brawl with a knife. The latt. er nar-
rowly escaped with his life, having received a dani gerous
wound in the neck. On the circumstance becoming gene-
rally known on Monday morning, a party of Web di, en-
gaged on the mountain, made a furious attack on a n umber
of the Irish, and with much cheering forced fifteen of the
poor men on board the Irish Express packet, leavini g their
wives and children behind. Oa Tuesday the excitement be"
came still greater, business was suspended, and thi e shops
were closed. All public-houses were ordered to be et nit up
and no liquor to be sold. A great number of we nitmen
perambulated the streets all night. On Thursdai r,_ after
much persuasion, the men resumed work, and it is hoped
that the affray has ended. The late disturbances on the
Bangor and Carnarvon Railway, which originated in the
same feeling of prejudice against Irish, have terminated,
and the line is rapidly progressing.
ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW Cnoss.—Ca ,ptain
Gladstone, R.N., has presented the munificent sum of 100/.'
in aid of the fund for the erection of a chapel attar Ned to
this institution.