I Doubt not but you have had the Fatal Account of the late Fire in the City of Edenbourgh , which has burnt the whole Parliament-Close , save the Parliament House , and Churches ; and near to the Cross on the South-side of the said Street . A Letter from Edenbourgh the other Day carries that there is upwards of Five Hundred Families dislodged . There is no great Loss of Men and Women , but other Losses are considerable . It 's talkt that the whole Church Registers of Scotland are gone .

Your Cousin Broughton is preserved in Person by the Providence of God , though in seeming Hazard : His Cabinet and-Papers sustained the common Damage of others ; but there is no Loss of Papers by burning , for all Gentlemens Papers being given away in confusion , not minding to whom ; and a great part of them being cast over the Walls , were carried away by the Rabble . The most part , or all , of the Gentry of Galloway , are in one Circumstance this way : There are Orders Issued forth for restoring of Papers to their Owners , but that cannot be expected without considerable Money to those who have them ; and where Inventories are wanting , to be sure there will be considerable Loss .

The Duke of Hamilton seemed very Anxious to have the Fire quenched , offering abundance of Gold to have it done . There is one Buchan clapt up on suspicion of having an Hand in the Fire .

There is one _____ Imprioned at Glascow likewise , who is thought to have a Hand in the Fire which happened in that City a little before : But there shall be no more added at present