The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-12 00:00:00

Subjoined we hand you a list of the principal streets in rain
up to the present moment, three p. m.—viz. Deich-strasse,
Hopfen. markt, Becker-strasse, Neneburg, Johanni-strasse,
Monckedam, Gortwicth, Dreckwall, Trasse, Bahrstah, Rheine,
Nenerwall, Jungferstieg, Grasse Bleichen, Hollings-market, &c.
How the loss will be sustained is yet a matter of the greatest
uncertainty ; the principal part of the damage will fall upon the
companies here, who, it is much feared, will be unable to meet
but a very small part of the risks.
The mail is in from England, but the Post-office authorities
will not allow it to be delivered.

HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE
PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS DESTROYED AT
HA.IIBI.TRGH.
A calamity similar to that which has just befallen the town of
Hamburgh has not occurred in any portion of its history, with the
exception of that which it suffered in 1813, when the troops of
Napoleon, driving 40,000 inhabitants from the city, set fire to
the dwellings of about 8,000 persons, in the nearest environs,
which consumed them with such rapidity, they being, as in the
present case, chiefly constructed of timber, that the poor
people could only escape with their lives. Many other
minor conflagrations have occurred, among which an his-
torian has deemed it worthy to record the following, all
of which have been incendiary. In 1606 a number of
houses adjoining the Cathedral were destroyed by fire : and in
1615 an incendiary set fire to the street, called knochenhaur-
strasse, which consumed the whole of the two sides, containing
twenty-five extensive houses. In 1676 an incendiary fire broke
out in the street Cremon, and destroyed thirty warehouQes, with
all their merchandise, amounting to upwards of 400,000 crowns.
That part of the city destroyed resembles, in its general
features, the state of London before the great fire ; it consisted,
like most of the old towns in Germany, of narrow, irregular,
and dark streets ; the houses old fashioned, awkward anecum-
hrous. The only exceptions were the modern handsome houses
erected in some of the streets.
THE CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL.
The Church of St. Michael, which has been destroyed, was
a noble and stately building. It was begun to be built in 1751,
and after five years' labour, was completed in 1762, with the
exception of the spire, which was not erected till 1778. It was
built by the celebrated architect Sonnin, and was regarded by
all travellers as the pride of Hamburgh ; it was capable of ac-
commodating 2,000 persons ; the height of the steeple was said
to be 456 feet, which was 50 feet higher than that
.of St.
Paul's in London • it was for members of the Lutheran per-
suasion, and was often used, and moreover peculiarly adapted,
for astronomical observations.
THE SPINN-HAUS, OR HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
This edifice was founded by a Senator of the name of
Peter Rentzel, and was intended for criminals of the worst de-
scription.

THE ADMIRALTY.
The public Admiralty was built in 1623, and its code of ex-
cellent maritime rules established in 1639. It was erected by
the Bourgeoisie of the town to regulate the commerce, which.
was then beginning to grow extensive, and to prevent the da-
mages occasioned to merchants and seamen, who then infested
the ports and seas thereabout.
THE CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS.
The inhabitants, in the course of the sixteenth century, aug-
mented greatly in the quarters between the gate of the Schaar-
thorn to the Gause-market. Up to this period they had only
small chapels among themselves ; hut in 1602, the church of
St. Nicholas was built, and, subsequently, in 1605, the smaller
chapel of St. Michel, on the site of the old Ziegel-feld, or Tile-
field.
THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, OR WERK-UND