Star.
London, England, 1830-08-14 00:00:00

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CLOSE.

THE FIREM

A considerable number of the Insurance Offices will have heavy
demands made upon them on account of this conflagration. The Sun
Office will be a loser to the amount of 22,0001. The Royal Ex-
change to the amount of 10,0001. the Phenix, 9,0001. the Protec-
tor' the Hand-in-Land, the Albion, the Globe, the Imperial, the
Union, and the Alliance, will also have claims made upon them
front 4,0001. to 7,0001. None of the property was insured in the
Comity Office. Messrs. Houghton and Alessener's stock was in-
sured in the Phenix and Sun for 7,0001. the building in the Hand
in Hand for 2,7001. Messrs. Seddon's property was insured in
several offices to the amount of 36,0001. and which, we understand,
will not cover the amount of the valuable property which they
have lost. Messrs. Sherman's property was insured to the
amount of 5,0001. in the Phoenix and Sun, and their loss is con.
siderably more. On account of the old premises at the Bull
and Mouth having been ordered to be pulled down, a large quan-
tity of property had been removed to these premises, and it fell a
sacrifice to the flames. Mr. Burge is a loser to the amount of 2,0001.
and no part of his property was insured. In May last, when a fire
took place in another part of Bartholomew-close, some premises and
goods belonging to Mr. Burge were destroyed, the whole of which
were insured. Since that time Mr. B. has been urged to insure the pro.
perty which has been unfortunately destroyed. Mr. Joyce, the army-
cap-maker, has also lost property to the amount of 2,0001. and
was not insured. Mr. Brown, the silversmith, is insured to
the amount of 4,0001. in the Sun Office. It is su that
silver, and other costly articles belonging to Mr. r:ostrert, are
under the ruins, and workmen were yesterday employed in
searching under the ruins for them. Mr. Allard is insured
in the Globe and Phenix to the amount of 4,6001. which will
not cover his loss. The workmen in Messrs. Seddon's ens-
ploy are great losers, in having lost their chests of tools, some of
which were valued at 601. The cause of the fire is not exactly
known, but a variety of rumours are in circulation. Some
persons state that a spark from a candle had fallen among
some carboys of' turpentine and vitriol. A fire happened in
Messrs. Houghton' premises a short time ago, but very little
damage was then sustained. We understand the ;Sun Fire-
office has instituted a very rigid inquiry into the circumstances.
The quantity of oil, in addition to other combustible articles, on
the premises belonging to Messrs. Houghton and Messenger, at the
time the fire took place, may be estimated from the fact, that by
three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon not less than ten barrels
of oil were secured at Blackfriars-bridge, by the fishermen,
watermen, &C. by means of scoops, ladles, &c. taking the oil
off the water in the same way that a dairy-woman would take
the cream off the milk which had stood for 24 hours ; and the oil
had run through all the common sewers from Bartholomew-close to
Blackfriars.bridge for some time before any one thought of securing
any part thereof in the manner described; and even then the oil
was upwards of twelve inches deep above the stream of the Fleet
River, which falls at Blsckfriars.bridge into the Thames. The Sun
Fire-office sent one of their officers to prevent the oil gathered at
Blackfriars-bridge from being carried away by the individuals who
had collected it, promising at the same time that they should be
compensated for their trouble.

Bonoucu ELECTION.-During the chairing of
Lieut.-General Sir Robert Wilson and John R. Harris,
Esq. the Members for Southwark, an extraordinary scene
took place opposite the Jolly Miller, in Webber-street,
Waterloo-road. Mr. Fuller, a respectable householder
and elector, and who was one of Mr. Calvert's committee,
feeling indignant at what he termed the ingratitude of
his brother electors in their conduct towards Mr. Cal-
vert, questioned several of the members of Mr. Harris's
cavalcade as to the motives which induced them to leave
their old and well-tried friend. This he did in a kind of
pleasant irony, which, however, they seemed to feel, and
to which they could only reply by loud yells and sec's-
,
mations.