The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-18 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain—W. Kelly, to the Conway.
Commander—W. C. Aldham, to the Winchester.
Lieutenants—F. H. Stevens to the Belvidere, pro tem.,
vice Quin, invalided; Thomas Gresham, from the Formidable
to the Medea.

Master and Pilot—G. Collier, to the Cygnet, vice Burney.
Second illlter—W. Betts, to the Collingwood.
Assistant-Surgeons—J. Findlay, from the Illustrious, to
have charge of the Romney slave depot at the Havannah,
vice Birtwhistle, invalided ; T. Tait, to the Fearless ; J. G.
Buchanan, to Greenwich Hospital.
Mate—S. Osborne, to the Black Eagle.
Midshipmen—T. Brandreth, to the Excellent; J. Parish,
of the Indus, to the Excellent; A. H. Hodgkinson, of the
Queen, to the Collingwood.
Naval Cadets—G. B. Rennie, and F.W. Noel, to the Aigle ;
R. Parker, to the Alfred ; W. 11. Truscott, to the Excellent ;
A. C. Couper and C. Markham, to the Collingwood.
Naval Instructors—W. S. Harvey, late of the Malabar, to
the Agincourt; J. Richardson, to the Excellent.
Engineers—J. Henty and J. M. Macdonnell, to the Pe-
nelope.

COAST CUARD.
Discharge—Lieutenant W. Butler, R.N., of Sutton station,
resigned.
Removals—Lieutenant C. E. Blissett, R.N. from Bahl.
more station, to Castletownshend station, vice Dyer.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—A short time before five
o'clock yesterday morning, a fire of a most alarming charac-
ter broke out in the extensive range of premises belonging to
Messrs. Craven and Lucas, sugar refiners, Red Lion-street,
Whitechapel. The private watchman first perceived flames
issuing from that part of the building denominated the "pa-
' tent house," in the immediate locality of the flue of the fur-
nace. An alarm was immediately raised, and information of
the circumstance transmitted, with all possible dispatch, to
the Jeffery-square, Wellclose-square, and Watling-street
stations of the fire-engine establishment, engines from which
places, as well as from the West of England office, in the
Waterloo-road, were quickly in attendance. Water having
been obtained from the mains of the East London water-
works, and the engines being brought into full play, a power-
ful stream was pumped upon the blazing materials, which
from their peculiarly ignitable character burned so furiously,
that by a quarter past five o'clock it was apprehended the
whole of the premises would be consumed. Beside the build-
ing on fire, a double house occupied by Messrs. Craven and
Lucas also caught fire, but happily the flames were arrested
before they obtained firm hold of it. The lower floors of the
patent house were most seriously damaged, the upper floors
destroyed, and the roof burned off. The stock in the upper
part of the building was reduced to ashes, and considerable
injury was done to the whole establishment. Without a
question, the " stop" effected by the united efforts of the
firemen in this case was never excelled ; and consequently
property upon the contiguous premises and in the neighbour-
hood to an immense amount is preserved. Mr. Braidwood
reports the fire to have originated in the flue of the furnace,
the soot accumulated there having ignited, and thus set fire
to the building. The loss in the case of the manufactory
will fall upon the offices of the Sun and the Phoenix ; the
contents of the dwelling-house are covered by policies of in-
surance in the Athance, Imperial, Phoenix, and Sun &c-
-aeca.