Great News from Kensington,  
Giving a Particular RELATION  
Of the Late FIRE which happened in Their MAJESTY'S PALACE on Wednesday the 11 th'. Instant, between the Hours of Two and Three in the Morning: With an Account of the Several Lodgings Burnt, and the Particular Damage done, and manner how it began.  
Licenced according to Order.  
YEsterday being Wednesday the 11 th' of this Instant November between the Hours of Two and Three in the Morning, there broke out of Their Majesty's Palace of Kensington, an unhappy Fire, the Manner of which was a followeth.  
The Sentinel who stood at his Duty at the upper end of the Great Court, near the Stone-Gallery, by the Guard-Chamber, about three quarters past Two, perceived the appearance of Fire at the lower End of the Stone-Gallery, next the Gate Leading to the Road side; upon which he immediately raised the Yeomen of the Guard; who being come and finding the Fire Increasing, the Sentinels were Ordered by their Officers, (having first given notice of the Accident to Their Majesties) to fire Round and Raise the whole Court, and then all the Industry and Application Imaginable was used, as well by several Gentlemen and Servants, as Guards of all sorts, in Order to conquer the Fire, which at first Burnt very Fierce for the space of an Hour, with a South-West Wind; But is pleased the Providence of Almighty God, so to Favour Their Majesties, that about half an Hour past Thee, the Wind Veered about, and blew a fresh Gale at North-East, which was the main Instrument of stopping the currant of the Fire is spreading to Their Majesty's Guard-Chamber, and chief Lodgings, And so Extraordinary Industrious were the Guards, & c Not only in Endeavouring to Quench the Fire, but in preserving all the Rich Goods, that possible they could, even in those Lodgings that were Burnt down; the chief of which are the Officers of the Lords Nottingham & Sidney, with several Officers of the Household of the Chapel, King's Chirurgeon, Housekeeper, etc. The Stock of Buildings that is consumed is called the Stone-Gallery, with the Lodgings on the back part of it, looking to the Garden, which contains in compass of Ground, about fifty Yards in length, and Twenty over: All the main part of the Palace is not the least Damnified; great Quantities of Rich Furniture, etc. was saved by throwing them into the Garden; The Estimate of the loss sustained is Generally computed not to be above Four thousand Ponds Sterling; The Exact Account how it came to take Fire is not yet certainly known, further than that it began near the Housekeepers Lodgings, by the Carelessness of an Ancient Dutch Woman; His Majesty being got up, continued a Spectator of the Fire for some time, giving several Necessary Orders; it was after Six before the Fire was throughly conquered.