The Sun. — 1841-11-02 (London, England)

OFFICIAL REPORT OF MR. BRAIDWOOD.  Major Elrington, being desirous to obtain all the accurate information in his power, in order to furnish it to his Grace, states that he made application to Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, and obtained from him the following statement, which he with great courtesy handed to our reporter : "London'Fire Establishment Station,  6S, Watling-street, Sunday Morning, Oct. 31.,_ " Sir—According to your request I beg to state that the alarm of the fire in the Tower was given at threequarters past 10 o'clock P. 31., of the 30th inst. On arriving there I found the circular building behind the grand staircase, leading to the small gun armoury, completely on fire, and the flames were extending along the main building on both sides. The height which the flames had gained, and the construction of the building, with the very scanty supply of water, prevented any hope of saving the building itself. Every exertion was, therefore, made to save those adjoining, which wore happily preserved. " The Map-office was at one time in very great danger, which was averted by the exertions of the firemen, with the very efficient assistance of the troops. " The White Tower was also at one time in extreme danger, and the arrangements of the officers and exertions of the soldiers alone prevented its destruction. " The fire appear .teve. eornmeneed in the work-shops behind, the large 7krnatinry, but I have not been able to ascertain the cause. " The engines present at the fire were :—Nine be longing to the Tower of various sizes, eight large engines belonging to the London Fire Establishment, two powerful floating engines, also of the Fire Establishment, one belonging to the West of England Insurance Company, one from the County-office, one from the Customhouse, and four parish engines. "In conclusion, I beg to say that the danger of the fire further extending now no longer exists, but, notwithstanding, several of the Fire Establishment engines will remain on the spot. " Sir, I have the honour to be your obedient servant, "JAMES BRAIDWOOD, . .  John Ch eke. At no period of our history was it more " constantly thronged with delinquents" than in the reign of Elizabeth. The Archbishop of York, the Bishops of Winchester, Lincoln, Ely, Worcester, Exeter, and Bath, and the Abbot of Westminster, were very early imprisoned here for denying the Queen's supremacy. The more illustrious captives in the same reign were Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk (beheaded on Tower-hill on the 2d of June, 1571) ; Philip, Earl of Arundel ; Henry, Earl of Northumberland (who shot himself in confinement in June, 1585) ; Sir John Perrot (the Queen's natural brother) ; Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (Elizabeth's great favourite, yet consigned by her to the scaffold, and beheaded within the Tower :vu Ali Wednesday, February 25,1601). " James I. kept his Court at the Tower for a short time after his accession and arrival in London ; and, on two or three different occasions, that Monarch and his Queen gratified their curiosity by witnessing combats of wild beasts, which were kept there. In this reign the unfortunate Lady Arabella Stuart, was imprisoned in the Tower, to. which also was committed the gallant Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Cobham, Lord Grey, of Wilton, and others, on a charge of plotting to raise that Lady to the throne. Raleigh, on the 29th of October, 1618, fell beneath the axe of the headsman in Old Palace-yard. " In the same reign, anno 1605, the gunpowder conspirators were imprisoned in this fortress, which also in 1614 became the scene of the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury. Gervase, Lord Clinton ; Sir Thomas Lake ; the Earls of Suffolk, Arundel, and Oxford ; the Lord Chancellor Bacon, and Sir Edward Coke were also con :35 40 For the Non-participating, the scale of Premium's is as low as complete security will permit, and a Half Premium Credit Table has been computed, whereby