The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-26 00:00:00

LATE FIRE.-CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Cheshire
Cheese public-house, on the five unfortunate indi-
viduals who perished in the fire at the French Horn
on Wednesday morning.
Mr. Keane.--I am landlord of the French Horn.
The fire occurred at my house on Thursday morn-
ing, about half-past two o'clock. I retired to rest
at half-past 12 exactly. There was nothing burning
but a few cinders in the parlour grate, and those
nearly out, and I felt perfectly satisfied that every
thing was safe. I slept in the two-pair of stairs
room; there were three rooms on the same floor,
which were occupied by lodgers. About a quarter
of an hour before I retired I lighted my own candle,
and turned off the gas. About hall-past two I
was awakened by Mrs. Keane, who exclaimed,
" Keane, what Is the matter with us ? I am smother-
ing—there is a fire somewhere f" We immediately
jumped out of bed, and Mrs. K. put a great-coat of
mine about her, ran out of the room, and endeavour-
ed, as much as she could, to awaken the lodgers. I
went to the window, when my daughter and maid en-
tered the room, and asked me what they should do. I
desired them to follow my wife. I opened the
window, and called out " Watch I" and " Fire t."
but it was five or six minutes before any one answered.
At length one came, and I desired him to bring lad-
ders. I then pushed my daughter and maid tower&
the stairs • but the smoke deprived me of my senses,
and I fell. On recovering, I got back into the
room, and I saw I had no alternative but to get out
of the window. I suppose my daughter and the
maid fell at the time I did, as they were found at the
exact spot where I think I saw them last. When I
got down into the street I saw my wife and son out
before me. I can form no judgment how the fire
originated, unless it arose from the gas, or from a
pipe, The house is burnt completely down. .
In what part of the house do you think the fire
originated think it must have been in the front
of the house, as the persons who escaped got out of
the back kitchen.

I,s,Then the alarm was given to your daughter, did
she wait to dress herself ?—She put on a pelisse and
one bout•

What age Was your daughter ?—Site was about,
fifteen.

--bid the ~:littlitnan cry out " Fire ?"-1 did not
y. Keane,
bear him cry out.
licur
son to the last witness, was awoke
by the cries of his mother. He immediately pro-
ceeded in the direction of the street door, but could
not reach farther than the landing of the first floor,
op account of the volames of smoke which issued
from the lower part of the house. He heard the (TICS
of his sister calling for help, but could not get to
her. He ultimately escaped by a windo yon the
first floor, which is over a court-yard. On his
leaving the house, he saw his sister and the ser-
vant, at a window on the first floor. He desired them
to stop till he procured a ladder. He basil() reason to
think but that the calamity originated from accident.
,Ater some further evidence the Jury returned a
dentally burnt."
verdict—,‘ That the deceased persons were Gcci-

The Babylonians, when besieged by DARIUS,
in order to hold out to the last extremity, took all their
women, and each man choosing one of them out of those
of his own family whom he liked best, they strangled the
rest, that unnecessary mouths might not consume their pre-
visions.

" Camp of Dragomestre, Dec. 1.
" After a most painful but' successful march from
Corinth to Cape Papas, through the Morea, and
deceivingfiteTur causing Turks inaa!ilig the`lour„fouvemr
provinces
en ts,
many prisoners, and r
Calavrita, Vostitza, Patras, and Peatouni, to take up
those arms which had been laid down almost in
lespair, and joining us, we traversed the vast plains
n,,;.ned with great
Point frond
of Palms la spite of the army of Achmet Pacha.and
hwilsi
ibi formidabledeten determined
rtyo,
enOibial
Greece, the position was strenft
celerity, upon wbith our ember ation 11'35 effected
in the face of the enemy. trlzeaticlled.anrgmtyherer
western
" Our march from one end of the Pelopannesua
to the other was accompanied with every imaginable
difficulty, and the worst weather I ever saw iu
Greece. It has rained incessantly for nearly two
months, during which time we ,have been exposed
to all the fury of the elements without tents 1 Oar
last day's march in the ,I'gorea 404,-,--t,;the,.4ne plain
of Patras was a glorious one. I— Was- so successful
in concealing my movements from the Turks, who
were in great force, that the day on tviiich Achmet
Paella, with 5,000 infantry and 1,500 cavalry, cross-
ed the plain in one direction, I crossed it, I may say,
at the tails of his horses, with a thousand men, all
infantry.
The enemy's force, at and near Patras,
being about 8,000 strong, se that we could never
have effected this important object, except by out-
manceuvring, by which we were enabled to embark
within musket-shot of them.

" We have only just landed here, and having taken
possession of the place, we are bivouacked near it.
On our approach, tile Turks retreated •to Prevcsa
and Missolonghi. Whenever I am enabled to a.-
ganize the inhabitants, whom the presence orthe
enemy has kept in check, it is to be hoped we shall
commence operations in the direction of that im-
portant place. The garrison of Missolonghi is said
to consist of 3,-009 men. The ships are now going
back for the remainder of my troops. I only await
their arrival to push forwards, and give a new di-
rection to the war in this portion of the confede-
ration."