The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

In a London paper of Sept. 10, (received by Capt. Haraden) in an article from Constantinople, dated August 20th, it is said, (speaking of the late great fire in that city)

This conflagration, the greatest perhaps that ever happened, continued during sixty-two hours, without intermission, with such fury, that one of the largest palaces, the habitation of the Aga of the Janissaries, disappeared in less than 10 minutes. The flames proceeded from sea to sea, and burned even the interior of the seven towers, at the opposite extremity of the city. In this direction the fire raged three miles in length, through the richest and best inhabited streets, on a front sometimes a mile broad, and sometimes less, according to the irregular hilly situation of the city. In some places it extended in different directions, so that at one time there appeared no less than eleven distinct conflagations, most of which ceased only at the sea side, after consuming the very wharfs. Previous to this disaster, this unfortunate city was supposed to contain seventy thousand houses, of which it is believed about two fifths now lie in ruins. It is more easy to conceive than describe the scene of distress which a city in this lamentable situation must exhibit, with perhaps two hundred thousand unprovided inhabitants.