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London, England, 1834-10-24 00:00:00

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REGISTRATION OF THE ELECTORS OF THE
COUNTY OF SURREY.

The Revising Barristers, Mr. V. KNOX and Mr. C. B.
LENNARD, yesterday held an adjourned Court at the Horns
Tavern, Kennington, for the purpose of completing the 're-
vision f the lists of electors in respect of property situate
in the parish of Camberwell and others in the immediate
vicinity. • Not a single point possessing the least interest
occurred, and indeed the business was confined to the in-
sertion of Christian names where initials had only been
supplied. To afford the parochial authorities an opportu-
nity of furnishing this information, and in order to enable
claimants who had been objected to, to appear and sub-'
stantiate their respective qualifications, the adjourned court
was held. Strange to say, not a single claiisnt appeatQ
and after waiting upwards of an hour,
Mr. Krtox said that due notice had been given two aaysi
ago to these parties to appear this day bdore the Court,
and as they had failed to avail themselvOs of the proper
opportunity of urging their supposed rights, he should now
allow the objections, and expunge the names of such parties
from the lists.—Adjourned.

The attendance of Lords was nearly the same as on
former days. The Earl of Westmorland came to town
from Northamptonshire for the purpose of attending
the Council, but on his Lordship's arrival in Down-
ing-street he found that his Noble and Right Hon.
Colleagues had some minutes previously adjourned.
After their Lordships had remained some consider-
able time in deliberation, Mr. Cooper, of the firm of
Cooper and Hall, who was in attendance, was called
in. That gentleman, we are assured, positively ad-
hered to his former statement of having heard of the
fire when 120 miles in the country. We are enabled
to give the following summary of Mr. Cooper's evi-
dence, which, with the trifling and unimportant ex-
ception of his being at the time alluded to at Dudley,
instead of Birmingham, as was stated, will be found
to have been perfectly correct.
In answer to questions from the Lord Chancellor
and other of their Lordships,
Mr. Cooper stated that he was at Dudley on Thurs-
day the lath instant, and on that day, he dined and
spent the evening at the Bush Inn in that town`; there
were four -,other commercial gentlemen present.' Be-
tween 9,,and o.!clock—he was positive it was' before
10 o'clock—they were informed that both Houses of
Parliament were burnt down. This extraordinary in-
telligence, which they understood was the current talk
of the town, naturally formed the topic of conversa-
tion for the small party with whom he was associating
for the remainder of the evening. He was quite con-
fident of the day ; indeed it was morally impossible for
him by any chance to make a mistake. At the time
he felt fully convinced that it could be nothing but an
idle rumour, and during the entire evening, he treated
it as such. On the following morning he took the
Shrewsbury coach at Wednesbury, or Bilston, for the-
purpose of returning to town, and until he arrived at
Birmingham, he remained perfectly sceptical as to the
fact. There, however, it was confirmed by direct in-
telligence from the metropolis, it having been appended
in a note to the way bill of the different mail-coaches,
in the following words :—" London, Thursday even-
ing, 8 o'clock. Both Houses of Parliament are now
burning." He did not recollect the name of the gen-
tlemen who spent the evening with him at Dudley, but
they were the representatives of respectable commer-
cial houses, and most of course were well known to the
landlord of the Bush Tavern, and there could be no
doubt, if their Lordships should think their evidence
material, that they could easily be found. He, how-
ever, would swear positively to the fact.
Stuckbury, the Guard of the Regulator coach, was
next called in. He stated that he had just seen and'
conversed with Mr. Cooper, and he perfectly recol-
lected that gentleman getting on the coach at Bilston
on Friday morning. He came with them all the way
to London. He was quite confident he was not mis-
taken as to the identity of Mr. Cooper, or as to the
time and place he got upon the coach. He repeated,
that he had no recollection of hearing any conversation
respecting the fire, or of that fact itself until the coach
arrived nearly to Oxford.
These were the only witnesses examined. Sir R.
Sinirke was in attendance, but he was not called in.
The propriety of instituting an investigation at Dud-
ley was, we are informed, then discussed by their
Lordships, and the Council remained in deliberation
until nearly two o'clock, when the Lord Chancellor's
attendance being required at the prorogation of Parlia-
ment, their Lordships adjourned.
Mr. and Mrs. Mullenkamp and some other individuals
who had apartments in, or were connected with the two
Houses of Parliament have not been called before
their Lordships. They had previously been examined
at great length at the Home-office, where they stated
all they knew. It was, therefore, deemed unnecessary
for the present at all events to ask them any further
questions.
We understand that at the King's Council which
.was held at St. James's Palace on Wednesday, it was
finally determined that the ensuing session of Parlia-
ment, should be held at the new palace at Pimlico. In
consoquence of this arrangement, at 5 o'clock on that
day the progress of the work, of completing the embel-
lishments of that edifice was suspended, and all the
workmen employed discharged.
Sir J. C. Hobhouse, the Chief Commissioner of the
Woods and Forests, Sir R. Smith, and Mr. Blore, the
architect, were yesterday for several hours engaged in
inspecting that building, suggesting the necessary al-
terations.

This arrangement, it is thought, will not tend to
public convenience, not only on account of the out-of-
the-way situation of Buckingham Palace, but it is
supposed that the alterations which will be found in-
dispensable cannot be effected without an enormous
expenditure, whilst the accommodation afforded must
of necessity be of a very limited nature.
It may probably be unnecessary to allude to the re-
port that was so currently circulated in the early part
of yesterday, as to the demolition of Windsor Castle
by fire. There is no truth in the statement. A King's
messenger arrived in town at 2 o'clock from the Cas-
tle, with despatches from his Majesty to the Lord
Chancellor, and he had not even heard the report until
he reached London.

The following statement has been sent by a corre-
spondent, who gives us his name, and states that he
was in the House of Commons during the whole of the
conflagration : _ _

" A little after seven o'clock on Thursday evening, I
reached Westminster-hall, when I found that part of
the House of Commons contiguous to it one entire
furnace of flames. I assisted some firemen in breaking
down and taking away the large wooden doors in the
communication between the two places, in order that
the flames might be more completely played upon by
the water. Engines were also steadily directed against
the south-eastern and south-western corners of the roof
of the hall adjoining the House of Commons, and the
preservation of the former was, I think, in a great mea-
sure attributable to the constant manner in which
these engines were kept at work. Some noblemen
were on the spot superintending—l think Lords Hill
and Althorp. Seeing that the interior of the House
of Commons was perfectly inaccessible from this
quarter, and that I could not render any further essen-
tial service, I went round the western (Abbey) side of
the House of Commons to the southern end, opposite
the House of Lords. They were there busily engaged
in carrying out the books from this part of the House
of Commons through the Members' waiting room. I
assisted in carrying down many of these books, and
placing them in coaches hired for that purpose ; they
were deposited in St. Margaret's Church, and at this
time our situation was perilous, ,as we had to get the
books, which were very large and numerous, from the
rooms at the top of the house, which were every mo-
ment threatened with tke flames ; the staircase was
also by this time extremely dangerous, and we were
drenched in torrents of hot water falling from the pipes
of the engines. A detachment of soldiers in this part
of the house rendered essential service.

All the books being removed from this quarter, the
flames-having got possession of it, and observing that
they were extending rapidly towards Mr. Warburton's
rooms, I hastened to them. On my arrival at I be-
lieve No. 15, (over the medical committee-room), I
found that the door had been already opened, and that
three or four persons were in the room. The room
was literally filled with documents. They told me
they were Mr. Warburton's, but certainly there must
have been much more there than related to medical
matters. I instantly proposed 'that they should,be re
moVed, and inculcated 'that We had-probably only

' few minutes to do it in, before all would be destroyed.
They said that although the papers would be burnt if
left, still they had no authority to move them. I
hastily argued the point with a gentleman who came
into the room, whose name I think was Cooper, and
who seemed to possess some influence. I told him my
name and address, and that I would be responsible for
any papers which I removed-from that room. I think
lie said he lived either in-Pallmall or Piccadilly ; per-
haps this was Mr. Ccidiper of the Record-office, but
there was little time for recollecting names or addresses.
He however agreed that he would go and get the
coaches for their removal, whilst we above threw them
out of the windows. I stripped down the large green
window-curtains, and with the assistance of a few
others tied up the papers- in them, and threw them
out of the windows. These curtains were only suf-
ficient to hold a small portion of them, therefore the
rest were thrown by handfulls into the street, picked
up, and conveyed to St. Margaret's Church opposite.
After the principal portion of Mr. Waburton's
pers had been thus secured, I rode as hard as I could
to his residence in Cadogan-place ; he being out of
town, I left a note informing him where I had tempo-
rarily deposited. his papers (it was then, I think, about
10 o'clock at night). I subsequently_ rode back again
to the House of Commons,' and entered Mr. Warbur-
ton's Committee-room (Not -13) by. Means of a fire-
ladder. A detachment., o the Plueswqre,ithere (mider
the command of Captain Hill, I believe) directing the
pipes of the fireertirieCagainSi the fl'ainei; Which had
then taken full possession of the whole of the building
over the passage leading immediately to the rooms. A
breach was made in the ceiling of the passage, the
burning rafters were copiously falling upon it, and it
seemed every moment as though it were about to fall.
Knowing that the Railway-road Committee sat next to
Mr.Warburton's, I proposed to two of the Blues (one
of- whom was named Steen or Steir, or a like name) to
go through the passage under the burning ruins, and
burst open the door of the last named room, in the
hope of being able to save something ; unfortunately,
before we had completely wrenched it open the hatchet
broke, but we could see sufficient to observe that every-
thing, ceiling and all, was reduced to ashes. A strong
party wall separated this room from Mr. Warburton's,
which was evidently a barrier against further extension
of the flames in this direction. On applying our hands
to it we found it quite hot. Another means of check-
ing the progress of the flames in the upper rooms of
this part of the building was the unroofing of it.
It was now, as near as I can guess, about twelve
o'clock, or one in the morning. I found a few more loose
papers of Mr. Warburton's on the Committee-room
floor, and descended the ladder to take them across the
way to the church, when a policeman in the crowd ar-
rested me, because I had in my possession the said
papers, and took me to the station-house. I told the
superintendent my name, and argued that my black
face and wet and muddy clothes were almost sufficient
to prove how hard I had worked in rescuing property.
Upon my giving my address, a policeman asserted that
I was not the gentleman I stated, for he knew him per-
sonally. I again protested that I was, upon which the
superintendent had the gentlemanly good sense togrant
my acquittal: I returned to the flames, and assisted at
the pipes in Mr. Warburton's committee-room with the
Blues until about four in the morning, when the fire
was evidently subdued ; they came down the ladder, I
followed, burnt, bruised, and drenched with wet, as
black as Diabolus, and persecuted withal. I got home
about half-past four in the morning, slept soundly, but
knowing that I had rendered a Reforming Govern-
ment and the cause of Reform some service, con-
sequently the cause of humanity. The next
morning I went with Dr. Somerville, to show him
where the papers were deposited in the church, and to
assist him in collecting the medical from the other pa-
pers. They were subsequently taken under his su-
perintendance during that day and the following in
vans and coaches to his own residence, where he has
subjected them, with the greatest degree of care, to the
very necessary process of drying, and in his custody
I suppose they will remain until further orders, or the
arrival of Mr. Warburton. Many medical returns, to-
gether with other papers, were found by Dr. Somer-
ville the next morning, actually damming up the gut-
ters, which were scattered in the hurry and confusion
of the previous night. I believe most of Mr. War-
burton's unprinted documents are saved, although
some of them are much mutilated. The evidence al-
ready printed was in a room by itself, and I believe
consumed.
The frequent occurrence of the " I" in the above de-
tail to some may appear egotistical ; but professing
only to give a narrative of what came under my own
personal observation, I offer but that excuse. If many
titled persons exhibited themselves outside the house,
there were many commoners who worked hard within!