The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-03 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The North Dawn Militia, 600 strong, arrived in Dub-
lin from Belfast on Tuesday, en, route to the Camp at the
Curracrh.

The—ceremony of presenting colours to the Ist Regi-
ment of Rl3 al Cheshire Militia took place yesterday on
the race-coure at Chester, m the presence of a largo
number of spectators. The colours having been conse-
crated by the Bishop of Chester, the Marchioness ( f
\Vestminister presented them to the regiment, after an
appr.Triato address. Lien..-Col. Chohnondeley returned
thanks on behalf of the regiment.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN LONDON.

FLEET STREET.-OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Superintendent Braid wood describes the damage
done as follows :

" Tuesday, April 1, 1856.—A. fire broke out at 7 45
p.m., in the premises of Messrs. Dobbs, Kidd, and Co.,
wholesale stationers, No. 134, Fleet-street, and Shoe-
line, City. The contents were insure-i in the Sun,
Phoenix, Norwich Uni-n, and Hand-in-Hand Fire-offices.
The fire vas extinguished by firemen, with the aid of
224 hired auxiliarie,,, and water from the New River
Company's mains. Engines that attended—five of B,
two of- A, one of D, and that of the West of England
office. The warehouses and manufactory behind burned
down, and houses in Fleet-street and Shoe-lane seriously
damaged by fire, water, &c.
" No. 135, in the same street—Miss L. Davis, artifi-
cial flower maker. Contents damaged by water from the
engites. Insures in the Sun Fire-office.
"No. 131, in the same street.—Mr. C. H. Law, book.
seller and publisher. Contents insure I in the Pl,cr:
Fire-office, but the buildi,g is unknown if insured or aut.
The stock in trade greatly damaged by water, and sky-
! ghti broken.
_ . _

—"No. 132, in the same street—Mr. D. M‘Millan's
Photographic depot. Ccnsiderahle damage to contents
by wat,m, cQ. In,urtd in the Uoi:m Fire office.
"No. 8, Peterborough-court (unoccupied). Cupboard
burned out and roof damaged by fire, and under part by
water. Insurance unknown at present.
"No. 2, ditto—J. K. Chapman and Co., prktere.
Insured in the Unity Fire•office. Contents damagel by
water, and skylights broken.
" No. 108, Shoe-lane—Mrs. A. Wattr4, cooper. Con-
siderable damage to contents and building by fire and
water. The contents and building, were insured in the
Hand-in-Hand office.

No. 110, in the same lane—Miss M. A. Pattie,
bookseller. Contents insured in the Monarch Fire.
office. The stock and trade damaged by fire and break-
age.
"No. 112, ditto—G. Brett, baker. Considerable
damage to stock by water, and back sheds by fire and
breakage. Insured in the Alliance. The building un-
known whether insured or not.

"No. 113, ditto—Mr. George Botterill, proprietor of
the Herald coffee-house. Premises damaged by water,
:cud skylights broken. Uninsured."

CLERKENWELL.—WhiIst the above fire was raging,
another one took place on the premises of Mr. G. Teale,
a furniturc-dealer in Compton-street, Clerkenwel'. The
engines of the parish and London brigade quickly at-
teoded, but, in ;pito of the exertions of ail present, the
games could not be extinguished until the ground fib
the, staircase, and upper rooms were burned out, and
the rest of the house seriou,ly damaged by file and
water. The sufferer was insured in the Liverpool and
London fire-offices. The origin of the misfortune is un-
known.

AVE MARIA-LANE.—Last night, at a few minuten to
11 o'clock, an extensive fire broke out on the premises
of Messrs. Marlborough and Son, the publishers and
news agents, of Ave Maria-lane. The fire was disco-
vered by a servant of the Messrs. Marlborough, whose
attention wa4 attracted by a stifling sensation and a
strong smell of smoke. The alarm having been given,
and the engines of the London Fire Brigade and West
of E.gland having arrived at the spot, a delay of nearly
half an•hour occurred in conseiluence of a want of
water. During this time the Jim:lei were rsgiug
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height of 50 feet about the burning premise.: and
the Paternoster Coffee-house and the Daniel 'Lam-
bert public-house had commenced to ignite ere the
firemen were enabled to get fully at work, It wan an
hour before this estimable body of men were able to ob-
tain a mastery over the fire. Me,srs. Marlborough and
Son, who had but just despatched their monthly parcels,
are inam-ed for both premises and stock. The damage
susta'ned, both from fire acid water, by the adjacent
premises, we also fully provided for, The loss is calcu-
lated at, 13 0001.

WESTMINSTER.— Yesterday morning, at half-past 7
o'clock, a fire broke out on the extensive prerbißea of
NlO-ors. W. and J. Freeman, stone merchants, No. 27,
M bank.street, We.tu a ter. The file was discovered
by some of the labourers .0 the yard to be issuieg from
the stables, which were of cousidemb'e extent and of
ancidnt date, and for the most part constructed of 00 i.
In the rear there is a court called Freeman's cow t, een-
si ting of a number of woolen bousts, occup'ed br
labourers and their families. In a very short peri,d the
stabling was in one mass of flames. Tne engines of the
London Fire Brigade from Chandos-street, King street,
Regent-street, and Crown.itreet, were promptly on h,5
spot, and, with a good supply of water, got to worst
under the direction of Mr. Staples, the district engineer,
but the stabling was burnt out and the adjoining houses
damaged by fire and water. Cause unknown.

The circulation of carriages having, according to an-
cient usage, been prohibited in the streets of Madrid,
between six o'clock on the morning of holy Thursday,
and the same hour on the following Saturday, the Alcade
ha, ordered the Infant Don Francisco, and the Ministers
Zabala and Escosura, to pay a fine of 560 reels each,
for having broken the law.
a PUBLIC rETITIONS.—Therere now 4,859 petitions
against opening the Museum and galleries on the Lord's-
day, signed by 599,370 persons, and 110 in favour of
doing so, signed by 19,139 persons ; 2211 petitions
against the abolition of church-rates without providing
an equivalent, signed by 12,855 persons ; 44 fa favour
of the Church-rate Abolition Bill, signed by 3,555 per.
sons ; and 12 for a repeal of the Maynooth Act, Signed
by 2,085 persons. There are also 162 against the new
Police Bill, signed by 29,900 persons, and 13 for a re-
peal of the Scottish Public-houses Act, signed by 6,117
persons. The list before us includes aong petition
from 3,015 " women of Great Britain, married and ,
single." The petition is beaded by the signataree
Mary liowitt, Antia Jameson, and Jeatie Altrritou
White