The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-09 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRE.-FOUR PERSONS BURNT !

[FURTHER PARTICULARS.]
Yesterday Morning shout two o'clocl."Fi most
alarming fire broke out at the bbitse of r;lr,
Agland, the Star public-house, Cor,ber. of Wik's--
street, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, svhiCh we regret to
slate was attended •iilth Noll and distressing, con-
seonenees. The flames were' discovered burs; -;
ing thrOugh the shutters by. the watchman,
who gaye• insiant alarm, hutebtore any assist-
ance could he procured, the adjoining, house, a
elasualer's7spop, kept by,Mrt got hen, was _also
observed to he in flames, 'and female cries
could be; „distinctly heard from 2 the upp'er
part of the house, oce,ipie4 by ibis: Sa-
rah Salmontl,-, aged 70, awl a you wvoo.io
named Elizabeth tiocklin, both
who, slismking; to rriate, perished before any osist-
ance could be afforded them ! .The ,extestsive
premises of Messes. Trutnan, flatiburv, ausi
Co. brewers, which are pearly .adjoiniug,
narrowly escaped ; the meth were . all might em 7
1110)/61 in throwing buckets of water on the
part of the premises exposed. , At- length the en-
gines arrived,-and obtained a plentiful supply of
water ; they directed their irausediAte attention to
the preservation ofi the boildings adjoining, and by
9 o'clock the flames were completely subdued and,
finally extinguished. Two Men who lived in one
of the hosises are missing', and there is too miteli
reason to believe have fell victims to the fire,
Great praise isfdue. to the neighbours for their
promptitude on this calamitous occasion. Perso`ns
were employed during-the whole of yesterday in
digging the ruins, and in the course of the day the
-body of Mrs. Saltnond WaS slug out 'burnt to
cinder. The others are not yet found. The whole
of the houses were let out to poor persons, whose
goods have all beets destroyed.—(New Times.)

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MancH S.

Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT sat for the Lord
Chancellor as Speaker.
Ihe oaths were administered to the Duke of

Athol.
On the motion of Lord KetvioN, some Re-
turns were ordered respecting Cotton Factories,
and the Evidence taken before the Committee on
the state of Children in Cotton Factories was or-
dered to be printed from time to time.
The Plate Glass Company's Bill anti t%yo
Locid Bills %vete brought up horn the House of
Commons by Mr. Brogden, Mr. Finlay, Sir Jas.
Gtahato, and. other Members, and read a first
time.

On the motion of the Earl of LAUDERDALE, the
Cutlery Bill was rend a second time, and corn-
milted for Timrstley.
Petitions were presented by the Eall of
from the Ward of, Varringdon. With -
out against the Renewal of the Insolvent Deb-
t ors' Act ; and also from Master Chiinney-s weepers
of Bristol against the Chimney-sweepers' Regu-
-I,oion Rif ; by Lord An( kind from Master
thifeney-sweepe,s, Householders 01 Loudon and
Westminstet, in favour of the. 8.11 ; by the Earl
tit A}leshtny from Vestrymen and Inhabitants of
St. George, 11aIMVfr-square, against the Chitn-
ney-s tV et-per s' B,11; by the Earl of Besshorough
front Protestants of Waterford City in favour of
Roman Catholic Claims ; and by the Eat I Of
Lauderdale from Prisonets confined it; the Gaol
of Perth, complaining of insufficient allowance
for their subsi,truce, and miseries enduied from
the system of treatment and confinement. The
last-mentioned Petition was ordered to be referred
to the Committee on the state of Prisons, and the
others ordered to lie upon the table.