The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-11 00:00:00

FIRE AT CRONSTADT.

(Further particulars.)
D'S AT
itiTRACT OF A LETTIR FROM TUN AGINT TO LLOT

CRONSADT, DATED JUNE 11 (23), 1826,
" It gives me the sincerest pain to acquaint you of one of the
most destructive fires . I have ever witnessed, and through which
our ships and the lighters alongside of them, with goods on board,
were exposed to the greatest danger.
"On the 9th (21st) instant, between four and five o'clock, a
fire was discovered in the deal 'Marfa bordering the harbour,
among 'a large parcel of chips, which had been accumulated for
a considerable tinie; and as no fire or smoking is allowed on or
near the spot, and. Mt traces can be discovered how it broke out,
the only conclusion is that self-ignition has taken place in
consequence of' the tarred and painted chips mixed with the ge-
neral heap.
" MI the warehowies which were built of wood, together with
the goods they contained, and the deals, lath-wood, masts, spars,.
&c. deposited-on the wharf, fell a sacrifice to the flames, and not
a vestige now remains of the property which a couple of days ago
crowded the place.
" The amount of the loss eqnnot 'yet be ascertained, and I am.
unwilling to hazard a guess, which may be erroneous.
" As the wind was from the northward, and directly over the
harbour, the ships and lighters lying there were exposed to almost
certain destruction, especially as there is but one exit.
" At this juncture T sent on board His Majesty's ship Oloueesier
to crane assistance, which was granted in the most willing and
handsome manner by J. Sydney Horton, Esq. the Commander,
who instantly brought up his steam_vessels, boats, officers, and
men, to aid in this moment of peril.
44 lie ilien,itationed 'himself at the Mole Head, took command
of the merchant ,ieeaels, and made such cool and excellent arrange-
ments,: that the ships- of All nitiono, and the lighters attached to'
them, were towed and warped out with unexampled rapidity,
and b
ery. eleven at night the last craft of any description was out of
ang

a As soon as the ships were clear of the harbour mouth, they
Were taken up 11, the steam-vessels and boats of the Gloucester,
and by number of 'Russian gun-boats, which came down from
sothe,sfistainetheir io
ower. veryjiandeome manner, and rendered every
assietines in p
" Towards the close of the night it actually rained fire into the
Mole, avid many brands fell upon the Mole Head, and even flew
over to thi apposite fortress of Cronstadt. You will thence con-
dime how vidnitge was the guidance of Captain Horton, his
officers and- men, to 'the trade in general, and the deep and lasting,
obligation they have conferred on the mercantile and shipping in
and that of my people, I shalt
terest. About. My' own exertions,
dot intrude upon you ; but I must request you.to give publicity
to the circumstances here detailed, as an art of justice to thole
who panted their assistance."
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ON lam it.ancLtriz's INTRODUCTION OF A GHOST, IN TIER POST.
' UPITOLTIS *OMANCE OP GASTON HE BLONDKVILLE.
Radcliffe was herselfa host—
., A 34, ).!tow, ihe's dead, still awes us with her `9l►olt.'

In the last' Report made by his Majesty's Commis-
sioners, it was stated that forty-six now Churches and
Chapels had been completed, affording accommodation for
seventy-two thousand live hundred and sixty-eight persons,
including forty-thousand three hundred and thirteen free
seats for the use of the poor. .
His Majesty's Commissioners have now to report, that 1
eighteen other Churches and Chapels have since been
completed at the following places, namely :—Bolton, in
the county of Lancaster ; Shipley, and Wilsden, in the
parish of Bradford, in the county of York ; Chorley,
in the county of Lancaster; Hanging Heaton, 'in the
parish. of Dewsbury, in the county of York ; Farrivvorth,
in the parish of Dean, in the county' of Lancastet,;- Gat*
head Fell, in the parish of Gateshead, in the county of
Durham ; West Rainton, in the parish of Houghton-le-
Spring, in the county of Durham ; NOrwood,in the parish of
St. Mary, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey ; Quarry
Hill, in Meadow.lane, and at Woodhouse in the parish
of Leeds, in the county of York; Camp' Field, in the pa-
rish of Manchester; Stand, in the parish of Prestwich,
and in The Parks, in the parish of Preston; in
the county of Lancaster; Hoxton, in the parish of. St. Leo-
nard, Shoreditch, in the county of Middlesex ; Stockport,
in the county of Chester; and at Alverthorpe, in the pa-
rish of Wakefield,' in the county of York : that accommo-
dation has been provided in these churches and chapels
for eleven thousand 'six 'Mildred and ninety persons in
pews, and for fifteen thousand two hundred and twenty
poor persons in free seats, making, in the sixty-four
churches and chapels now completed, a total provision for
ninety-nine thousand four hundred and seventy-eight per-
sons, (including fifty-five 'thousand five hundred and thirty-
three free seats, to be :appropriated to the use of the
poor) according .to the scale laid down by the Commis-
sioners, but actually extending accommodation to a much
larger number.
His Majesty's Commissioners have further to report,
that seventeen Churches and Chapels are now in progress
at the following places :—Bermondsey, in the county of
Surrey; Dale End, in the parish of St. Philip, Birming-
ham, in the county of Warwick ; in the parish of St. Mat-
thew, Bethnal Green; and•in the parish of St. James,
Clerlienwell, in the county of Middlesex; Dewsbury Moor,
and Earls Heaton, in the parish of Dewsbury,in the county
of York; North Andley-street, and at Pimlico, in the
parish of St. George, Hanover-square, in the county of
Middlesex; Leicester, in the county of Leicester; Liver-
pool, in the county of Lancaster; Portland-road, in the
parish of St. Mary-le-bone, 'in the county of Middlesex ;
Mile End, in the parish of Portsea, in the county of
Southampton ; Ramsgate, in the parish of St. Lawrence,
in the county of Kent ; Attercliffe, and near the, Infirmary,
in the parish of lihetlielkin the county of York ; Hag-
gersione in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in the
county of Middlesex; at West Bromwich, in .the county
of Stafford; and that, according to the returns made by
the several architects, six of these churches and chapels
will be completed in the course of the present, and seven
in the ensuing. year. The state of the works in each of,
theie churches and chapels, on the 6th of the present
month, is fully detailed in the Schedule annexed, marked (A.)
His Majesty's Commissioners beg leave further to re-
port, that they have received Plans for Eleven other
Churches and Chapels, to be built at the following places—
Holloway Head, in the parish of St. Martin Birmingham,
in the county of Warwick; Bishop Wearmouth, in the
county of Durham; Lower Dariven, Mellor, and at Over
Darwen, in the parish of BlaCkburn, in the county of Lan-
caster; Winclunore Hill, in the parish of Edmonton ; and
at Brompton, in the pariah of Kensington, in the County
of Middlesex; Hulme, and in Travis-street, in the parish
of Manchester; • and at Oldham, in the parish of Oldham-
cum-Prestwich,.* the county of Lancaster ; and in Bram-
in Alio.' parish of Sheffield, in the county of
York :—That the plans for the new chapels to be built at
Hulme, Manchester, and Btammell Lane, Sheffield, have
been approved, and tenders obtained for the performance
of the works; and the plans for the new chapel to he built
in Travis-street, Manchester, have been approved, and the
architect has been direeted to obtain tenders.

That plans for seven churches and chapels, proposed to
be built at the following places—.Netherton, in the parish
of Dudley, in the county of Worcester; in the parishes of
St.• Luke, Chelsea, and St. Andrew, Holborn ; at High-
gate ; in the parishes of Hornsey, Islington, and St. Pan-
cras ; and in the parishes of St. George in the East, St.
Martin-in-the-Fields, and St.' Luke, Old-street, in the
county of Middlesex, have not yet been received.
His Majesty's Commissioners' here beg leave to refer
to their last Report, in which it is stated, that they had
deemed it expedient, in the first instance, to offer the
benefit of aid, from the second Parliamentary grant, to
such parishes and places, being fully qualified by popula-
tion and the want of church accommodation, as might be
most forward in their tender of ' contributions, and to
propose , to them, upon their, contributing in money and.
in sites to the amount of one-half of the whole ex-
pence, an immediate grant a the remaining sum required
hirthe erection of a church or chapel, according to ap-
proved ; and that where circumstances
shouldied Ppitairitaonudtesotfirtia"
the power of any parish to meet to
the full ex
tent that condition, his Majesty's Commissioners
v
had endeavoured to ascertain how nearly they might be
able to approach the same, so that after satisfying the claims
of those that should contribute in the proportion before
stated, the reinainder, of the Grant might be appropriated
circumstances would
with due reference to the wants. of the places applying and
the liberality of their contributions.
.Adopting therefore,
the have proposed to
permit,principle
h i 8 thus
Majesty'slal down a
Commissionersfa r
Grants in aid of' building Sixty-six new Churches
and Chapels at the following places, namely : Ridclings
h thou in theparish, at
Linthwaite, Lockwood, and Net er
in the parish of Alfreton, In. the county of Derby;
W;ilcot, inth .oy
Somerset; BialsZtri,
Almondbury, in the county of York;
in the county of Sta'fford
of Bath; BedmiOter, in the County Of Sen.
the county f
in °
Sussex; Burslem, in the county of Stafford;. the
in t city o
parishes of St. Cuthbert and St. gory, I
lisle ; Carmarthen, in the county .4 Carmarthen;
the
; Brighton,
Chel-
tenham,f Car-
in - the county • of Gloucester;
the
county of Worcester; in the parish of St.CMhicheisteilaitnin
city' of Coventry;
wood, in the near 'Croydon Common, and Nor-nty of
Surrey; Dawley, in the county of Salop; .he
t
parish 'of Croydon, in the con
Perish of St. 'Werbtirgh, Derby in the county ?f
Derby;; at liiiniMersmith; and at Weibull Green, in
' the parish of 'Fulham, in the county of Middlesex ;
Glossop, in the county of Derby; Great Bedworth, iu
the county of Chester; Great 'Yarmouth, in the county
of Norfolk; Gwennap,. in the county, of Cornall; at
. Oldbury, in the parish of Hales Owen, in the county of
Salop ; in the parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn, in the
city of London and county of,Middlesex; at Golcar, LW-
dontield, Paddock, andlinley, in the parish of Hudders-
field, in the county of York ; at Balls-pond, Cloudesley-
square, 'and at Holloway, in ' the parish of Islington; and
in-t 4 neighbeurhood of Edward-square, in the parish of
Kensington, in the county of Middlesex; at- Starcross, in
the parish of Kenton, in the county of Devon ; Chase-

His Majesty's Commissioners have further, to report,
That they are proceeding (with as much despatch as the
magnitude of the matter admits) in that part of their duty
which relates to the expediency of dividing parishes (with
the proper consents) either into separate and distinct pa-
rishes, or into ecclesiastical districts, or of assigning dis-
tricts to Chapels of Ease either already built or now
building; and whether with aid from the Parliamentary
Fund or not This the Commissioners feel to be a busi-
ness of great importance and difficulty, inasmuch as it
comprehends the due provision for pastoral care, and re-
quires the possession of the most accurate local informa-
tion on all points connected with the subject.
His Majesty's Commissioners have put the powers of
the'Act in operation (without any aid from the Parlia-
mentary Fund) for obtaining additional burial grounds for
the parishes or Prestwich, in the county of Lancaster;
Epsom, in the county of Surrey ; Brixham, in the county
of Devon ; Romsey, in the county of Kent ; Stoke-upon-
Trent, in the county of Stafford; Saint George in the
East, in the county of Middlesex ; and Saint Maurice, in
the county of York. They are also taking the necessary
steps (without aid from the Parliamentary Fund) for ob-
taining a sitejer a-r :chapel to be built in that part of
the parish or Lambeth which remains to the Mother
Church.

In conclusion, his Majesty's Commissioners have to
state, that from the .opening of the Commission, they
have already determined on and made provision for the
erection of one hundred and sixty -five additional churches
and chapels, and that sixty-four of that number either
have been or are ready to be consecrated.
The Exchequer Bills which have been issued to this
day, amount to the sum of seven hundred and seventy-
seven thousand two hundred pounds.
Great George-street, Westminster. 2Sd May, 1826.
LIVERPOOL. W. LONDON.
BEXLEY. G. LINCOLN.
C. J. CHESTER. GEO. H. BATH & WELLS.
STOWELL. C. LLAND A FF.
F. JOHN ROBINSON. KENYON.
J. NICHOLL. G. 0. CAMBRIDGE.
B. C. STPHENSON. GEO. D'OYLY.
CHRIST. ROBINSON. JNO. LONSDALE.
C. CANTUAR. JOSHUA WATSON.
EBOR.