The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-25 00:00:00

IMENC II PA PERS.

DESTRUCTION OF THE THEATRE OF•TH.E ODEON.
PARIS, AlAttcn 21,---Yesterday, at th'ree o'clock
in the afternoon,
some time after the rehearsalof
a piece in one act, a fire broke out in the interim'
of the theatre of the Odeon. The flame reached
the decorations and the wood work, and the fire
extended with a frightful rapidity. Before four
9'004,
mani,
flame of the staircases were already in
t". At the first news of this event, assist-
anee!4s sent from all quarters. The Chancellor
cici France and the Grand Referendary of the,
'latilber of Peers went to the spot on the first
tenigence
) of what had happened, and remained
ere With all the persons attached to the service of
the VI
-14 "''atuber as long as the burning continued. His
opal Highness the Duke of Berry hastened like-
and wise to the spot, and did not cease, by his presence
by his words, to excite the zeal of the .work-
rintoein.• His Excellency the Minister of General
a ice and the Prefect of Police exerted their most
et've:
and efficacious labours-in the distribution
ref
) g"tance and the protection of, property. The
ggirrle alen, the guard of the chamber, the Royal
let and the troops of the garrison of Paris,
a; with each other in zeal and courage. The
l'anal-gitard of the 12th Legion assembled there
in great numbers, and, encouraged by the example
(i),f their chiefs, rendered the greatest set vices. A
ne I‘.as immediately formed from the Odeon to
the
fountain of the School of Medicine, and
ncltets
frill of water missed front haNd to
iN ;I•
of In spite, however, of the ample means
as4tance, it was not possible to save the
€lltellor of the building. At a quarter before
'
Oclock, the roof of this vast edifice fell in
11":" a great crash. Happily, the weather being
"'al and rainy, the sparks did not extend to the
filleig""l int, houses. The roof fell entirely into
'e interior, and as soon as that happened, the
"litre of the conflagration was circumscribed,
aail all alarm ceased. lie ten o'clock the fire had
been entirely got tinder, and no burning was ob.
erved b„, sonic icinains of the wood work. The
1:1(44641s attached to the Theatre, and who lived
In
it, lost intked all their effects, but their per-
Simple citizens were ob-

ho,,s
Were saved,

3e"'" going to the top to rescue the women
a" children. Amonw other instances of such
‘11(!roie zeal, one individual was remarked, who
• ad the boldness to venture on a parapet in-
tired like a rocf, to snatch a child from destruc-
i.4ll)(lescending afterwards safe and sound with
'4,.13re1°111 burden. The ;oldi,rs of the guard
e
"icularly distingninhed by their zeal and
Atieiin;r aqtenturous boldness. All the bystandersl
red a non-commissioned officer, who saved
O
Wo/ncn, at the peril of his ownditc. Every
-ne asked his name ; they learned that he was
ealkd Berquin, corpora) of grenadiers in the se-
-4111 battalion tot the second regiment of infantry
stIF tbe guard. We have heard that one of the
x-reille° and two soldiers were severely hurt, but
:hope that more accurate information may pot
14 "(1 to these reports. It will be recollected,
I:" this theatre exile ieneed the same disaster on
e 23d of March, 18 years ago.

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I,,„'e, Chamber of Deputies met On the 19th.
10,e- tnseussion on the Customs was resumed : the
itnp,“ ience was inantle!,ted for the closing
twt lehate almost as 50011 as it begat' ; and after
\v.o,.or.three speeches, the fur, her consideration
011 c:"lintirtted till Saturday, there being no sitting
'0(1-Friday
'l4e" of the first houses of the liavannah writes,
biNiir ()die of the 4th of. January, to its corres-
Ntnts at Marseilles that the capture of Mina
I.llj'e4tirely tranquillized Mexico, and re-esta-
N:'t 'etilt the commercial intercourse between that
A 'mil, and Cuba.
.411,44°4'0c of an earthquake was felt in the Com-
m pl_,l F N.,roy, the night between the 12111
tqlt►
instant•
i!ter frot» Lisbon of the 12th nit. states, that
of Portugal and Brazil has acceded to
The Y Alliance.
‘1110,0(14,?rd detained at Saint Palagie for a debt
ufrancs, is Lord Spencer C,hichester.
C' 411 't Lc). • id the Correze have
aye the simile, at
4qiat !flowed their banks, and inundated the
Nt'laat4s.

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1.071)11s, Letter from toe ( otit“,l- Getleral of the Netherlands
e Consul in Hull, dated London, 19th Dlarch, 1818.
14f
°l.dit ected by his Excellency the Minister
ljtign Affairs to acquaint you, ;hat an Eng-
2otts coftst.light will burn every night after tie
Zee': instant, „it thie•stecple of West Chdppel, in
of "Ind, and to request you will inform the tlatie
Your port."

iii-4Y accounts brought from Port-au-Prince, of
ml9ll, (ill. all was quiet at Sr. Doming".
Stewl,n,l... ,N VAT.? Eh, tiLe PRINCE REGENT'S house
all! . k% ho went down to Brighton to tnalits.
It' neeessar u
y,preparatios for the arrival of hi
('Yal litottiess at the PaNiLioti, is" returned to
41vvn, in eonseottence of his !loyal Master Having
4i,ven.up the idea of Lis intended visit at present.