The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-24 00:00:00

LOAD CHAPEL,

Yesterday Morning between the hours of three and
four o'clock, the inhabitants of Tottenham court road
and the surrounding streets were aroused from their
slumbers by.the springing of policemen's rattles, and a
general cry of " Fire !" It soon became known that
the large chapel termed the Tottenham court raid
Chapel was on fire. The edifice was of considerable
extent, seating nearly 2,500 persons. It was erected by
the celebrated George Whitefield. The fire commenced
in the boy's school rooms, on the eastern side of the
chapel, and level with the galleries. The cause of the
misfortune; as far as can at present be ascertained, was
the overheating of the flue running from the stove, and
used for warming the school. Before the discovery, the
flames had reached the roof, and were extending round
the building, making a noise like the rushing of water.
Before the tnessengerg had time to reach the neare.:
station, only a few' hundred yards from the spot, the fire
broke through the roof, and mounted high in the air.
The flames were seed for many miles distant. This
caused a general turnout of the engines, and, a few
minutes afterwards, the engines from crown street,
Chandos street, Farringdon street, the Wee of England
Insurance Company, and others of the Brigade from
"Watling street, Baker street, and the more distant stations,
were on the road, the horses galloping as fast as possible,
the firemen guided solely by the great light. The
firemen went to work in an intrepid manner, and by
conveying the hose into the burning building, and fol.
lowing the fire up the stairs, were enabled to scatter
copious streams of water upon the flames. The work of
destruction nevertheless continued, and in a very brief
period the roof presented a sheet of flame. The firemen
kept to their posts, and whilst so engaged the roof fell
in with a treinendou3 crash, making a noise like
a salvo of artillery. For a few seconds the fury
of the fire was arrested, but it presently burst
forth with increased vigour, and the burning embers
fell into the galleries and aisles, causing considerable
damage to the pews and free sittings, and had it
not been for the exertions of the Bremen nothing would
have been saved. As it was the fire was not overcome
I until the roof from end to end of the chapel was burnt
e,;...irely off, the belfry gutted, and many of the tablets
extti.,,,,-.!v damaged. Mr. Braidwood, in his official
report, desc:itol the damage done as follows : —Roof of
the chapel burned oiff, rest of building and fittings greatly
damaged by fire. water, Cause of fire—a pipe stove
red in the General Fire
in the boys' schoolroom. .inb.".!
Office. The property belongs to the trustees, whose
names are at present unknown.

The Earl of Harewood died on Sunday morning, at
three o'clock.

The name of the Resolute, iron screw troopship, has
been changed to Adventure.
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There is solid ice from the Connecticut shore to Long
Island 1.T.5., for the first time in the memory of man.

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Mr. Chatles Alison, now Oriental Secretary at Constan-
tinople, has beet! appointed Secretary to her Majesty's
Embassy at the Porte.
Advices from Smyrna state that some valuable coal
mines, in the valley of the Meander, about forty miles
from that city, have lately attracted attention, and are
likely to be made available for commercial purposes.

We (A thenceum) understand that government bar
decided on sending another Arctic expedition, to clear up,
if possible, the mystery shrouding the fate of Franklin and
his party. The expedition will, we believe, c,;yisist of two
vessels with auxiliary steam power, and be equipped insult
a manner as to enable the most complete and exhausting
search to be made for our countrymen.
LONDON FINES IN 1856. no total number of London
fires in 1856 (957) was 25 loss than occurred in the
preceding year, but an increase of 216 upon the average of
tLe previous 23 years. The number of totally destroyed,
34, is very nearly the average proportion for that period.
Of them fires 250 were extinguished by the inmates of
the premises without assistance; 340 were extinguished
by the inmates with casual aid ; while the extinction of 367
devolved upon firemen.

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" NAMING" IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—*Many wtll
remember the observz.:9n of the Speaker, Manners Sutton,
on the process of " naming" of parliamentary rule. "If
the hon. member," be declared, on ,one occasion, " does not
retract the expressions fallen from his lips, I shall be
obliged to name him." The threat took immet:Nate effects
and the offender repenting conformed to the order. "But
suppose you had named him," asked an inquiring senator;
" what would have been the consequence ?"—" Heaven
only knows I" answered the Speaker with an awe struck
look.

MINI3TE RIALISTS TURNING AGAINST THE MINISTELY.
The Ministry has before it every indication of a storm.
The parliamentary sky has borne that wild patchy aspect of
which seamen say that " the wind is looking out for a hole
to blow through." And the hole is found, we suspect.
An opposition is mnstering too incongruous to make rt.
ministry, but quite capable of unmaking one, andunfor-
tunately government is taking a course to justify the
conduct of some whose falling off from it would otherwise
be regarded with disfavour by tih.' public. The opposition
to Mr. Locke King's very moderate proposal for the
extension of the franchise cannot but be displcasilg to its
liberal supporters, and brings them into accord wz,..ti Lord
John Russell and Sir James Graham much more than Zith
Mr. Sidney Herbert, whose arguments we shall take anothei
opportunity of noticing. Sincerely wishing well to Lord
Palmerston's Administration, we grieve to see it divesting
itself of any portion of the sympathy of the Liberal party
on the eve of the financial battle upon which its fortunes
depend.—Examiner.
WHIT ma GOVERNMENT HAS DONE.—The reduction of
the estimates is the only course which remains, and as we
are now in the second year of peace, with our arsenalt
superabundantly supplied, the Government can have no
pretence for saying that the expenditure of the present
year ought to exceed by £8,000,000 the amount to
which, on their own hypothesis, they will be restricted a.
few years hence. If a further reduction of the estimates
for the present year is not possible, neither will it be
possible to effect the necessary saving in the four follow'.
mg years; and on this supposition the Government has
no justification for the relinquishment of the greater
portion of the tax. If the income tax is really to end
in 189, the reduction of the national expenditure ought
te begin at once. It is not for us to pronounce whether
this is practicable or not. But if the debate should lead
to a revision of. the estimates, what is to be said of a
Government !Itch first deliberately prepared military
and naval estimates to the amount of £2s,ooo,ooo—then
effu Commons
elu large
Itia
cut them down by £6,000,000 or £7,000,000, in obedience
to agitation out of doors—and then finds the way to
clear reduction
thatat
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budgetiddin g oe
cannot
n the
House a
se
stand as it is.—Saturday Review.
A F EMALP. GAOLER.—John Lewis, charged with break-
ing into the house of Miss Mansell, Manorbear, was
confined in the Pembroke lock up. under the care of Mrs.
Thomas, to await his trial. The prisoner, during his
confinement, was remarkably still, seldom speaking a word.
The prison being cold, Mrs. Thomas lighted a fire for the
prisoner, and tried to make him as comfortable as possible.
On Tuesday, the 3rd of February, Mr. Thomas was obliged
to leave home; All that morning the prisoner appeared
exceedingly thoughtful, and moved seldom. Mrs. Thomas'
sent her little girl to enquire of the prisoner if more coal
was wanted for the fire. The prisoner answered in the
affirmative. Mrs. Thomas accordingly took some coal to
put upon the fire ; and on going into the cell, she
mechanically took the key from the outside of the gate,
placed it inside, and locked the gate from within. When
she was in the act of putting the coal on the fire, the
prisoner Lewis sprang to the gate, and got outside. Mrs.
Thomas seized him :at the gate, and clung to him ; and,
whilst the prisoner was trying to reach the street door, he
threw her down in the passage. The prisoner opened the
street door, but Mrs Thomas still held to his collar, and
likewise to the hair of his head. The prisoner Hurried
Mrs. Thomas into the street for the attnmpt. to shake her
off was vain. They both fell, rolling into the mud.
Several persons were looking on, but so sudden and strange
was the affair, that they did not understand it, and thus
left Mrs. Thomas to grapple with the prisoner for some
time ; but she never left hold of the prisoner from the time
he sprang out of the gate until he was safely put .
RaverfordwesC Telegraph.