The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-23 00:00:00

ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

Shortly after tni o'clock yesterday morning, a fire was
discoverei upon the premises of Messrs. J. Gilton and
Son, 114, Leeds-street, the large and extensive printing
ink manufacturers. The premises in which the fire was
first discovered consists of two large piles of buildings
situate in-Leeds-street, Vauxhall•road, in close contiguity
with Northampton-street, principally inhabited- by the
poorer classes About half-past 'ten o'clock, while the men
were at work in the factory, a fire suddenly broke oat in
the part fronting to Leeds-street, and running parallel
with Northampton-street. An alarm was given, and Mr.
Hewitt and a detachment of the fire brigade, with an
engine and reel, proceeded with all despatch to the scene.
Owing to the inflammable nature of the contents of the
building in which the fire originated, their services, so far
as saving that portion of the premises, were unavailing,
and in less than an hour the floors and roof fell in,
and nothing was left but the bare walls. Mr. Barrett,
superitrendett of the West of England fire-offies,
and a body of men were also in attendance, rendering
efficient service. Mr. Hewitt directed his endeavours to
prevent the flames from communicating with the other
part of the manufactory and the surrounding buildings,
and his exertions proved successful. Immediately on the
fire occurring, the inhabitants of the cottage houses in
Northampton street fled, leaving their property to its fate ;
several of the_ police, however, entered the houses, and
prevented the. communication of the fire. Captain
Falkner, the superintendent of sabiage, was
early on the ground, as were also Major erreig, Su-
perintendents Ride and Sibball, with Inspec-
tors Skermer and Garner. Notwithstanding the rapidity
With which a portion of the manufactory was destroyed,
the other part of it is entirely saved ; and Messrs. Gilton
will be -able to proceed with their business. The stock
was partly insured in the Liverpool and London Fire
Office, and the value of that destroyed is estimated at
about £5OO. The buildings belong to Mr. William Peel, a
relative of Sir Robert Peel, of 13ro,td.tone Hall, Oxford-
shire, They were fully insured. The damage done to them
is supposed to be abait £1,500:

The friends and supporters of Mr. M. Chamberet, for-
merly M.P. for Greenwich, have set on- foot a subscrip-
tion for the purpose of presenting him with a testimonial.
The object to ,be purchased is an elegant work of art,
which ie to contain the autograph signatures of all those
electors who voted for his reelection as representative of
-the borough. The -presentation is'to take place at a
public meeting• to be held in the hall of the G eenwich
Literary Institution.
The Miles observes:-"We.are not sending a second
expedition to China for nothing. We are about to make
demands, and are resolved to have them complied with.
They are such as the Emperor of China will not concede
without positive and painful proof of his inability to refuse
them. There will be war, and we confess to a misgiving
whether General Abhburnham is exactly the man for
taking sudden possession of Canton, marching on Pekin,
or seizing the three or four new ports to be opened to
foreign trade."
Fliora CHICAGO TJ EUROPE PIIPCP.—Each bnsiness
season is furnishing increasing tokens of the growth of
the trade, which is yet to be of no inconsiderable amount,
now springing up between this city and Earop,an
markets, direct. . Within the-coming summer several
clearances of vessels for foreign ports will take place here,
and with a single transhipment at some Canadian
port large amounts of produCe wi!l go forwtrd
during the season of navigation far the stole destina-
tion. We heard of a rile which transpired on
Saturday of two thousand hides, heavy and kip, for
Liverpool, •by a vessel to arrive' here early in gay.
Also, samples of hides are being put up for Scotland,
to go ottt by one of the first vessels to leave this port.—
'Chicago Press.