The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SA ITHDAY EVENING, A UGUST 6, 1864.

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falling of the floors and the descent of two immense fire-
, proof safes, each of the latter weighing several hundred
weights. In these safes were deposited in one the
plate and in the other the jewels of the family.
They both fell into the midst of the great body of flames,
but whether any of the valuable articles in either of the two
have been saved is at present unknown, for both the chests
were red hot, and the firemen, owing to the great body of
fi-e that is likely to last for several hours, will not be able
to remove and open them until late to. day. As to the origin
of the fire nothing is positively known. Owing to the ab-
sence of the gallant colonel it was impossible to tell:whether
the property was insured or not, but none of the pictures
had ever been insured. Mr Charles White, of the County
Fire Office, and Mr Hodsell were early in attendance, and
g No some valuable instructions to the firemen.

LATEST PARTICULARS.
This fire was attended with a far greater
lass of property than was at first anticipated,
and as late as nine o'clock p.m. the firemen
were still engaged in pouring water upon the still
smoking ruins; the fire having lasted up to that
time—thirty-three hours—it is now considered ex.
ceedingly questionable whether any of the plate or
jewels contained in what are termed fire-proof safes
have ascaped. Owing, however, to the dangerous
state of the walls, Mr. Swanton, the chief officer of
the C distriot of the brigade, and also Mr Hamlyn,
the head officer in charge, very properly refused to
permit the men to risk their lives in endeavouring
to get the safes out of the ruins until the fire is
entirely extinguished, and the walls either pulled
down or properly propped up.
Amongst other property belonging to the colonel
was an extensive armoury, containing presentations
of arms of nearly every description of bore. These
were highly prized, and the lady of the colonel
wishes that every portion of each firearm recovered,
no matter how small, may be taken great care of;
and it is hardly necessary to state that every care is
taken of everything found in the smouldering
ruins. It is to be regretted that a number of gold
presentation medals, awarded on various occasions
to `•,he gallant colonel, and which were placed under
glass shades for protection, in the drawing-room,
have all been buried in the heated ruins, Out of
Cle valuable collection of pictures not one has been
saved, and their value being great, and the pre-
mium for insuring them being heavy, no insurance
was effected upon them. The whole of the costly
furniture, even to a chair, has been reduced to
wales, and when the surveyors from the fire offices
visited the place, they at once stated that the loss
was what is termed a " total one." Unfortunately
the amount of insurance will not cover one-tenth
part of the loss.

The mansion had some interesting reminiscences
connected with it. It was formerly the residence
of the Marquis of Londonderry, from whom the
colonel took the place for seven years, ar d his lease
would have expired in four years, he having held
possession for the last three years. The conserva-
tories contained a great many orange trees and
exotics plants of great value, and the ground facing
tae river and extending over about ten acres towards
the Bishop of London's Palace was studded with
walnut-trees, evergreens, geraniums, and every
description of choice plants. Unfortunately stately
trees well laden with fruit, and the exotic plants
and the splendid grapery have all the fruit des
etroyed by the heat of the conflagration.