The New Hampshire Gazette

LONDON, Aug. 28. We have received a confirmation of the dreadful fire at Constantinople, with the following particulars!

"The 4th of July the public was informed, that the Sublime Porte having had knowledge of the designs of a great number of seditious persons, found means to cut them all off in one night: notwithstanding which precaution, the next night, at half an hour past eleven, we had the most terrible conflagration that ever happened here; for in the space of 48 hours, which the fire lasted, 25,000 houses were reduced to ashes: most of the corn magazines, which were well filled, have also been consumed: happily for us that there are some yet left in that part of this unfortunate city which has escaped the fury of the flames, and several more in the suburbs of Pera, Galata, Tophana, &c. Abundance of people perished in the disaster that destroyed their goods and houses, upwards of a thousand sick or decrepit old men and children also perished: many, seeing their all consumed by fire, in a fit of despair rushed into the flames. About a score of Janissaries, who were making the utmost efforts to stop the conflagration, or endeavouring to snatch people and goods out of the fire, lost their lives. Next to Divine Providence we are indebted to the activity of those brave troops that more mischief was not done. This corps, encouraged by the example of their Aga, and animated besides by the presence of the Sultan and the Grand Vizir, did wonders on this fatal occasion: the Vizir in particular is highly to be commended for the good order he kept in such a scene of confusion and desolation, by posting guards at all the avenues of the seraglio, arsenal and magazines, in number sufficient to keep seditious and evil minded people in awe. The damage is immense: some compute that it cannot be less than seven millions of piastres."