The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-07 00:00:00

the Clustered Columns, on either side, between the
ToWer 'and the great East Window), have sustained
very bang damage. The wall is very thick in that
part, and they consequently stand in recesses, and were
equally five from the effects of the fire on the roof ovtr
them, as of the flames below.
The Tabernacle work, of carved oak, on either side the
choir, fuming ti:e stal!s at,d rural-loft for the organ,
with the organ itself, ate totally destroyed.
The roof is totally destroyed. Only the north side of the

roof was covered withlead—the. south side being slated

for the -last thirty or forty years.
The whole of the parts, where the fire prevailed, are deeply

blackened with smoke.

The pulpit, the cushions and books, &c. in the north
side of the choir, were carried out and depo,ited in a place
of safety ; the brass eagle from which the lessons were read
was also borne away.
Mr. Chantrell estimates, on a rough calculation, that it
will take about sixty or seventy thousand pounds to re-
stsre the Minster to its recent state—that the expence can-
not exceed one hundred thousand pounds. This gentleman
accounts for the speedy communication of the tire to the
roof as follows. It appears that the Precentor, the first
person that entered the Minster on the discovery of
the misfortune found, as Nye have stated elsewhere,
the whole place filled with a dense mass of smoke. So
much was this the case, that the second person who got in
was compelled to withdraw for a short while, in order to
avoid suffocation. This smoke, of course, consisted prin-
cipally of unignited gas, the produce of the slow and
smouldering combustion which had continued through the
night. The effect, however, of admitting a rush of air into
the Cathedral, on opening the doors, was to kindle this gas
into flame, and blow the whole up against the roof. It
also appears that the apertures of the triforium (sometimes
called the Friars' Walk), above the capitals of the clus-
tered columns, opened to the side roofs of the Choir. The
consequence of the two circumstances combined was, that
the roof almost immediately took fire through those aper-
tures, and for a time the tiremen were employed in extin-
guishing it. But at last the flames conquered all oppoei-•
tion, and the roof blazed and fell progressively, front the
tower to the east window.

Nothing, we understand, can be done relative to the
Minster or its reparation till the Dean, who has been some
time in Devonshire, returns. He is daily expected. The
Dean and Chapter, it is said, possess about 20,600/. per
annum for the uses of the Cathedral. The Earl of Car-
lisle's window, in the east corner of the south side aisle,
has escaped with six small fractures.
Up to this time:(nine o'clock Thursday night), Jonathan
Martin has not been taken into custody, nor have further
tidings of him reached this place. His wife, when dis-
covered by the officers this mo►ning, expressed her sur-
prise at the charge against her husband, and, after ad-
mitting that he left this town on Saturday morning,
said, that she understood, on his departure, that he w: s
going into the neighbourhood of Tadcaster ; that she had
not heard of him since; and that she had experienced
great uneasiness at -his long absence. She added, that his
place of concealment, or any thing farther connected with
the affair, was totally unknown to her.

THE ATARI ETS.-(THIS DAY.)

FISII-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.

This inorning's market exhibited a good supply of fish,
)otli as to quality and quantity, and was well attended by
nicers. The following were the prices :
Prime Turbot, each 185.04. to 245. Od.
Ditto small, per do. 7 0 15 0
Cod-fish, each 6 0 18 (1
Soles, per tliree pairs
Fine Whitings, per 15 4 0 15 0
Scate, each
Haddocks, per dozen l6 0 25 0
Brill, each

0 urnetts, each
Live Flounders, per quartern
Live Eels, per 51b.
Du!cli Plaice, per basket 3 0 7 0
Fine Lobsters, per score 4O 0 50 0
Inferior ditto lO 0 20 0
Shrimps, per gallon
Fine Yarmouth lied Herrings, per hundred 7 0 8 0
Scotch ditto 6 0 7 0
Cod Sounds, per barrel
Pickled Herrings, per 100 0 0 6 0
Best Common Oysters, per bushel lB 0 20 0
Natives 0 0 40 0