Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-25 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE FIRES IN LONDON.

Yesterday morning, at an early hour, a very alarming and
destructive fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mrs.
Caronne, 1, Victoria-place, Pimlico. The discovery was
made by a constable of the B division perceiving smoke
issuing from the second floor. He at once gave an alarm,
and having aroused the inmates, they managed to effect a
safe retreat. The flames, in the space of a few minutes
rose so high as to bring out in bold relief the beautiful
gilt work of the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament,
and the same being seen from the Surrey side of the water,
led many to believe that the palace was on fire. The en-
gines of the London brigade from the Horseferry-road,
King-street, Golden-square, Chandos-street, and the more
distant stations attended, and a good supply of water being
obtained, the firemen went to work in first-rate style, but
they were unable to extinguish the flames until they had
penetrated the roof and destroyed the upper floors of the
building and its contents. The origin of the misfortue i
unknown. The loss will fall upon the Sun Fire. Office.

Another fire happened in the extensive premises belong-
ing to Mr. George Scott, soap-maker, carrying on business
at 199, Upper Whitecross-street, Cripplegate. The fire arose
from some unknown cause in one of the shops, and although
the fire brigade quickly attended, the flames could not be
subdued until a serious amount of mischief was done to the
shop, the contents, and the middle warehouse. The loss, it
is understood will fall upon the Phoenix-office.
A third fire took place in the premises of Mr. B. Granger,
mast and block maker, situate at 89, Broad-street, Ratcliff.
It was caused by an imperfection in the gas fittings, which
might have been avoided had the Patent Atlas Chandeliers
been used, or even the Atlas water cup signal whistle, but
the moment the gas escaped unperceived, it came in contact
with the live flame, and the consequence was that the build-
ing was extensively injured, and the inmates narrowly
escaped witn their lives.
The fourth fire broke out in the Queen's Hotel, the pro-
perty of Mr. E. Shearman, Aldersgate-street. It was
caused from the kitchen fire, which ignited the coffee-room,
a compartment 70 feet by 40. The engines in the London
Brigade were soon in attendance ; the damage done was
very considerable, but not to such an extent as to prevent
the business being carried on as usual.
A fifth fire was on the premises of Mr. G. Smith,
Anchor and Hope alley, and three or four others ; but the
damage at the last named was not of a serious character.
The sixth occurred shortly before eight o'clock, and was
of an alarming character, on the premise of Mr. White, a
manufacturer of lucifer matches, in Nelson-court, White-
chapel. The building was filled with a large quantity of combus-
tibles, and there were nearly thirty boys and lads on the
premises. The flames broke out in the drying-room on the
first floor, and Mr. White was one of the foremost to give
the alarm, when all the persons employed rushed from the
building, which soon became enveloped in a dense mass of
flame and smoke, causing the inmates of the opposite houses
in the court to make a precipitate retreat. A nnmber of
brigade engines were soon at the scene of the fire, which
was subdued in two hours but not until the whole of the
building was destroyed. The Are is attributed to the over-
heating of the drying stove.

NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, SATURDAY, 10 A.K

GREAT BATTLE !

GREAT VICTORY

The following most important telegram was re-
ceived at Mr. Reuter's office, at 8.30 this morning :
" PARIS, Saturday Morning, 7.45.—The Emperor
to the Empress :
" CAVRIANA, Friday Evening.—The whole Austrian
army formed the line of battle, which extended five
leagues in length !
" We have taken all their positions, and captured
many cannon, flags, and prisoners !
" The battle lasted from four o'clock in the morn-
ing, till eight o'clock in the evening !"

SECOND EDITION.

N ORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, SATURDAY, 9 A.IL

THE WAR IN ITALY.

The Times, alluding to the alleged peace proposi-
tions of Prussia, says it would be most vain to expect
that Louis Napoleon can, after two great victories,
and after driving his enemy some two hundred miles
before him, acquiesce in the conditions which were
acceptable before the war began.
The• Daily News quotes precedents to show that
duplicity and irresolution have invariably marked the
policy of the Prussian Court in important junctures ;
but let either party. in the Italian war be decisively
beaten, and Prussian policy will lose its ambiguity.
The alleged anti-Gallicism of Germany, if it be
general, is not unanimous, and every day lessens
public sympathy.
It is understood that the negotiations in progress
for securing the neutrality of the German -mail steam-
ships engaged in the American trade, apply to the
Hamburgh equally with the Bremen line.
Letters from Paris mention a vague report that
the Chambers are likely soon to be convoked with a
view, some suppose, of announcing new levies of
troops and another new loan.

•
MR. GLADSTONE AND THE NATIONAL
DEFENCES.

The rumour set afloat, attributing to Mr. Glad-
stone a desire to reduce the defences of the country,
has been contradicted by the right hon. gentleman
himself, who writes to one of his friends, who states
that the estimates for the year will afford complete
satisfaction to those who are most anxious respect-
ing the national defences. As to suspending opera-
tions in the dockyards,, any order on this subject
must, he says, have been issued by the late Govern-
ment, as the new Board of Admiralty has not yet
been constituted.