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the windows with wet cloths, to prevent the 
entrance of the flames, and thus secured the 
theatre. All the people in the neighbour- 
hood took a similar precaution, and were em- 
ployed with their servants in picking up the 
flakes of fire as they fell upon the roofs or in 
the yards. This isthe whole extent &f injury 
sustained in the neighbourhood ; but as to the 
theatre itself, it is totally consumed, and on 
the Hart-street side, not even the walls are 
standing. The Ship public house, two houses 
adjoining, and Mr. Brandon’s, the Box-keep- 
er’s Office, are all that remain at that angle. 
The most painful part of this dreadful event 
remains to be described. At an early stage 
of the fire, a party of firemen broke open the 
great door under the Piazza, on the western 
side, and having introduced an engite into 
the passages in the interior, they directed it 
tuwards the galleries, where the fire appear- 
ed to burn most fiercely, when, melancholy 
to relate, part of the building fell in, and 
buried them, with several others who had 
rushed in along with them, inthe ruins It 
was 2 considerable time before the rubbish, 
which now blocked up the door, could be 
cleared away. When it was effected, a mi- 
serable spectacle presented itself; the man- 
gled bodies of dead and dying appearing thro’ 
the rubbish, or being discovered in each ad- 
vance to remove it.—The names of the suf- 
ferers, as far as it has been possible to collect 
them, are as follow : 
George Kilby 
Richard Wrigglesworth to the Phenix Fire 
Richard Cadgett 4 Offic 
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James Hunt 
Richard Davis, clerk to a 
house in the city 
John Harris, Hyce-street, Bloomsbury, op- 
. tician, on duty with the Bloomsbury vo- 
lunteers 
William Jones 
John Evans 
James Crab 
T. Mead 
Name unknown, supposed to be Nicholas 
Caswell 
John Sayers, a fireman 
Robert Hewett, plumber 
John Beaumont,a private 
in the Guards 
Jonas Philkins, coal-heaver ] died at Middle- 
Richard Bird, coach-maker } sex hospital 
_ Two persons, names. unknown, dug out of the 
ruins on the 23d 
No probable conjecture has been formed 
respecting the origin of this catastrophe. The 
value of the property saved is very inconsider- 
able ; and the total loss of the proprietors of 
the theatre alone, exclusive of that sustained 
by individuals, is estimated at _150,0001. of 
which about one third is covered by insurance. 
The improvements in Westminster are 
proceeding; the demolition of the old houses 
that stand’ between Palace-yard and the river; 
Firemen belonging 
Be dicine-ware- 
died in St. Bar- 
tholomew’s hos- 
pital 
Incidents in and near London. 
: 
[Oct. 1,. 
Thames is begun. The whole row, im 
which is the ancient Star Chamber, is to come 
down, “The perspective view of Westminster- 
bridge, thus admitted from the new opening, 
north of the Abbey, is extremely fine. Ag 
embankment is to be made along the river, to 
form a terrace walk, This ought to be suf- 
ficiently broad, and to be carried the whole 
Jength of the Parliament buildings, between 
the Speaker’s girden and the river. The 
royal entrance to the House of Lords, com- 
menced last year, remains much in the same 
state. Workmen have begun to restore the 
basement of the north front of Westminster~ 
hall. St. Margaret's church, we understand, 
is to remain on account of the great expénces 
very recently jncurred in its vepairs. Par- 
liament voted, within these few years, 
11,0001. for that purpose. It is in contem- 
plation to enrich its exterior with the new 
cement, so as to make it groupe better with 
the Abbey. The cost of repairing’ and re- 
storing the inside and outside of the Chapel 
of Henry VII. is estimated, by professional 
men, at not less than 37,0001. 
Application is intended to be made to par- 
liament in the ensuing session, for an act for 
making a bridge, or bridges, over the river 
Thames, from some part of the precinct of 
the Savoy to the opposite shores. 
? MARRIED. d 
At Chelsea, William Chambers, esq. of 
Aylsham, Norfolk, to Miss R. Thompson, 
daughter of Mr. William T. of Northwold, in 
the same county. 
At St. Martin’s, Mr. T.. W. Williams, of 
Fleet-street, to Miss Catherine Beaumont, 
daughter of William B. esq. of Bishop-Stort- 
ford, Herts.—And at the same time and place, 
Mr. Edward Bevan Thomas, ef Basinghall- 
street, to Miss Martha Beaumont, second — 
daughter of the above gentleman. 
At Islington, James Edward Pownall, esq. 
to Miss Gage, daughter of Captain G. of thie 
West London militia. 
At Hackney, J. S. Bray, esq. to Elizabeth, 
daughter of J. Hensley, esq. of Clayton— 
J. King, esq barrister of the Inner Temple, 
to Miss C. M. Staple, of London-field. 
At Lambeth, Renock Browne, esq. ©: 
Bushy Heath, to Mrs. Jane Brow, of Vaux- 
hall.—P. Power, esq. of Lime-street, to Miss 
M. Havard, of South Lambeth. 
At Mary-le-bone, Mr. J. Carvick, to Miss 
Mayer, daughter of the late Thomas M. esq- 
of Beaumont-street, Devonshire Place. 
At Kensington, W. A. Dingley, esq. te 
Miss A. Thompson, daughter of Mr. T. sur- 
geon. e 4 7 
Lieutenant Mould, son of T. Mould, esq. 
of Howdon, Yorkshire, to Miss Mary Faw-. 
cett Westfield, daughter of the late William 
W. esq. of the royal navy, and formerly of 
Dover; in Kent. : 
At St. George’s, Hanover square, James 
Salmond, esq- to Miss Constable, eldest sur- 
Miving 
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