The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-11 00:00:00

SALE OF BEER BILL.

Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question
proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time :"
Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now." and
at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day
six months :—Question put, "That the word ' now' stand
part of the Question." The house divided—Ayes, 180 ;
Noes, 213.

AYES-180.

Aeair, H. Finlay, A. Montgomery, Sir G.
Adams, W. H. Fitzwilliam, C. Moody, C.
A.lderley, C. B. Foljambe, Franck Morgan, 0.
Adeane, H. Porde, Colonel Naas, Lord
Akroyd, E. Gallwey, Sir W. Newdegate, C.
Althorp, Lord Galway, Viscount Packs, C.
Bailey, C. Gard, R. Pakenham, Colonel
Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Garnett, William Palk, L.
Ball, E. Gilpin, Col. H. Patten, Col.
Bernard, T. Gilpin, C. Paull, Henry
Bernard, W. Gin, C. Pease, Henry
Barrow, W. °Meech, Viscount Pennant, Cot. E.
Baxter, W. Greenwood, John Pevensey, Viscount
Beecroft, O. Grenfell, Charles Portman, W.
Bennet, Capt. P. Griffiths, C. Powell, Francis
Beresford, Bt. Hn. W. Grogan, Edward Raynham, Viscount
Biggs, John • Grosvenor, Ld. R. Repton, G.
Black, Adam Garden, Brampton Ridley, George
Bovill, W. Backblock, William Robartes, T.
Bramston, T. W Iladdo. Lord Robertson, P.
Bridges, Sir B. Hadfield, George Bolt, P.
Brocklehurat, 3- Hamilton, Lord Claud Rushout, Capt. G.
Brown, J. Banbury, Robert Sandon, Viscount
Bruen, 11. Hanmer, Sir John Shirley, E.
Buller, Sir J. Harris,Sibthorp, Major
Burghley, Lard Reward, Michael . Smollett, A.
Bury, Viscount Hayes, Sir E. Spooner, R.
Butler, C. S. Hildyard, R. C. Stafford, A.
Byng, G. H•C • Hodgson, W. Steuart, A.
Carden, Sir B. W. Belford, R. Stewart, Sir M.
Carnac, Sir J. R. ll°Pwood, John Taylor, Colonel
Cavendish, G. C. Boreal!, T. Taylor, S.
Charles worth,J. C.D. Hudson, G. Thesiger, Sir. F.
Cliolsneley, sir M. Ingham, R. Tite, W.
Christy, Samsel Johnstone, H. B. Tollemache J.
Clay, James Johnstone, Sir J. Trefusis, C.
Close, M. Jones, D. Trollope, Sir J.
Cobbold, J. C. Kendall, N. Vansittart, G.
Cole, H. A. KerriaoP, Sir E. Vansittart, W.
Collins, T. Kershaw, J. Verner, Sir W.
Cooper, E. J.
~. King, 3. 'Verney, Sir H.
Cotterell, Sir 1, kit • King, Edward Waddington, H.
Cowan, C. Kirk, W. Walcott, Admiral.
Crook, J. Knatchbull, W. Warldron, Laurence
Cross, It. A. Knightley, R. Walpole, S.
Crossley, F. Langton, W. G. Warre, John
Davison, R. Langton, H. G. Westhead, Joshua
Du Cane, C. Laurie, John Whiteside, J.
Duncombe, A. Legh, G. C. Whitmore. H.
Duncombe, lIon.W E. Lovaine, Lord Wickham, H.
Dundas, G. Lowther, Col. IL C. Wigram, Loftus T.
Du Pre, C. Luce, T. Willoughby, Sir H.
East, Sir J. M acartney, George Willson, A.
Ebrington, Viscount Macaulay, Kenneth Winnington, Sir T.
Egerton, Sir P. Maguire, J. F. Woodd, B.
Egerton, W. Mainwaring, T. Woods, Henry
Egerton, Edw.o Malin!, Richard Wrightson, W.
Elton, Sir A. 11. Manners, Lord J. Wynn, Col.
Ewart, J. Maxwell, J. T ELLER S.
Farnham, E. Miller, Stearne Hardy, G.
Fenwick, 11. Mills, Arthur Headla.m, T.
NOES-213.
Alcock, T. Fitzgerald, J. Palmer, R.
Anderson, Sir J. Foley, J. H. Paxton, Sir J
Atherton, W. Foley, H. W. Pechell, Sir G.
Ayrton, A. Foster, W. 0. Perry, Sir E.
Bagwell, John Fortescue, Hon. F. Philips, R.
Baring, Sir F. Gaskell, J. Plikington, J.
Barnard, Thomas Glyn, G. Power, N.
Bass, M. Goddard, A. Price, W.
Bathurst. A. A. Grace, 0. Pryse, E.
Beach, W. Greaves, E. Pritchard, J.
Beale, S. Greene, John Puller, Christopher
Beamish, F. Gregory, W. Ramsay, Sir A.
Beaumont, W. Gregson, Samuel Ricardo, J.
Berkeley, Hon. H. F. Grenfell, C. P. Rich, 11.
Blackburn, Peter Gray, Captain Roupell, W.
Bland, L. H. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir 0 . Russell, Lord J.
Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Grey, R. Russell, Sir W.
Bouverie, Lion. E. P. Hall, Sir Benjamin Scholefield, W.
Bowyer. G. Handley, H. Sclater, George
.Brady, J. Hankey, T. Shafto, R.
Brand, Hon. H. Harcourt, G. G. Shelley, Sir J.
Buchanan, Walter Hastie, Archd Sheridan, H. B.
Buckley, Gen. Slaney, J.
Butler, J. W.Smith, J. A.
Burke, Sir T.
Castlerosse, Via. Smith, J. B.
Buxton, C. Smith, V.
Somers, J. P.'
Caird, J. Smith, A.
Calcraft, J. Smith, Sir F.
Calcatt, M.
Somerville, Sir W.
Clifford, C.C. Howard. C.
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slnpayt l ceeramh,dienie.ryad nsl
Lordi
W. Smith,
Johno. n
Alexander
Stanley, Lord
Clifford, Lt: Col, H. M. Hutt, VP. Stapleton, John
Clive, George Jackson, W. Steel, John
Cobbett, J. M. Jermyn, Rt. Hn. Earl Stirling. W.
Cogan, W. H. F. Jervoise, Sir J. Stuart Lord
Colbrooke, Sir E. Johnstone, Hope Stuart, Colonel
Collier, R. p. Ker, Richard Sullivan. Michael
Colvile, C. B. King, L. Tempest, Lord A. V.
Cowper, W. Kinglake, A. Thompson, General
Coote, Sir C. H. Kiuglake, J. Thornely, T.
Conyngham, W. llnatchbull-HUgUeseen Thonthill, W.
Copeland, Alderman Lennox.. Lord H. G. Tollemache, F.
Corbally, M: E. Levinge, Sir R. Tottenham, C.
.Cox, W. Liddell, H. T. Townshend, J.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Lowe, R. Trail, G.
Crawford, R. W. Lygon, Hon.F. Trelawney, Sir John
Cuhitt. W Macarthy, Alex. Truman, K.
Dalglish, R. M'Cann, J. Tynte, Col. K.
Davey, R. MacEvoy, E. Vane, Lord 11.
Davie, Sir H. R. F. Mackie, J. Villiers, C.
Dering, Sir E. Mackinnon, W. Vivian, J. C.
De Vere, S. E. Marsh, M. Vivian, H. H.
Devereux, J. Martin, C. Walter, J.
Dillwyn, L. L. Martin, P. Warburton, Major
Divett, E. Massey, W. Watkin, Edward
Dodson, J. Matheson, A. Watkins, Col.
Drummond, H. Melgund. Lord Wegmelin, T.
Duff, G. Mills, T. Whatman, J.
Dunbar, Sir W. Monsell, W. Whitbread, S.
Dune-minx, Thomas Morris, D. Willcox, B.
Dundas, F, Mostyn, E. Williams, M.
Dunlop, A. Mowbray, J. R. Williams, W.
Hatton, Hon. R. H. Mulgrave. Earl of Willyams, E.
Ellice, E. Napier, Sir C. Wise, A.
Ellice, E. Beate, Charles Wood, Sir C.
Elphinstone, Sir 3. Newark, Viscount Wood, W.
Ennis, John Nicoll, D. Wyndham, W.
Estcoart, T. Nisbet, R. P. Wyvill, M.
Evans, T. W. Norreys, Sir D. Yorke, F..
Ewart, W. O'Briem, P. TELLEIB.
Farquhar, Sir M. O'Donoghoe. The Seymer, H.
Fergus, John Ogilvy, Sir J. Brown, W.

MUNIFICENT TESTIMONIAL BY THE LIVERPOOL SHIP.
OWNERS.—On Tuesda♦ the munificient gift of 1,0001.
was presented to Mr. J. T. Towson, scientific examiner
and secretary to the local marine board, in considera-
tion of his valuable services in the development of the
principle of the great chicle sailing, by which the Aus-
tralian voyages in particular have been so considerably
shortened in time, in the Underwriters' Room, the chair
being occupied by James Aitkin, Esq. Several felici-
tous speeches were made on the occasion.

THE FIRE AT MESSRS. PICKFORD'S
WAREHOUSE.

No individual who was hot an eye-witness to the
dreadful calamity which befel the spacious est iblish-
ment of Mess: s. Baxendale and Co., or, as they
are popularly known, of Pickford and Co.. at the
Camden Station of the London and Not th Western
Railway, on Tuesday night, can form the slightest
conception of the extraordinary scenes which that
sad catastrophe presented.
Whether reference be made to the destruction of
the old Houses of Parliament, to that of the Royal
Exchange, the fire at the Tower of London, or the
more recent demolition of Covent-garden Theatre,
divesting them of their national character, there
has been no fire in the metropolis which, for its
intensity, illuminating power, or destruction of
valuable property, has exceeded that atthe Camden
Station of the North-Western Railway on Tuesday
night and yesterday morning.
The premises known as the receiving warehouses
of Messrs. Pickford and Co., the great railway car-
riers were at the northern entrance of the goods de-
pot of the London and North-Western Railway at
Camden-town, and occupied an area of five acres.
The building consisted of a series of open sheds,
the roofs being of slate and glass, supported by im-
mense wooden beams and brest4ummers resting
upon stout iron columns, and filled with cranes,
platforms, and other conveniences necessary for the
loading and unloading of heavy goods, such as are
well known from their conveyance to and fro the
streets of the metropolis to the various railways.
Messrs. Pickford's premises, although connected
with, were not actually (like Messrs. Chaplin and
Horne's and some others of the railway carriers)
within the gates of the London and North-Western
Railway. They were bounded on the north by the
Regent's Canal, the railway trucks being run into
the sheds by means of the iron double suspension
bridge, which crosses the canal in continuation of
the railway between the Euston and Camden sta-
tions at this point ; on the south by Messrs. Col-
lard's pianoforte manufactory ; on the east by the
Oval-road and James-street ; and on the west by the
line of the London and North-Western Railway.
At the corner of James-street, immediately facing
the principal entrance, stands the Stanhope Armß,
an enormous public-house, originally built for an
hotel, under the impression that the terminus of
the London and Birmingham Railway was to be
there. The opposite corner is occupied by Mr.
Brown, a coffee and eatinghouse-keeper, both of
which narrowly escaped destruction. Beneath the
building was stabling affording accommodation for
about 400 horses, and it is stated that at the out-
break of the fire there were 350 to 360 horses in

their respective stalls, besides 40 or 50 and other
live stock.

The fire broke out about 20 minutes past ten
o'clock, at which time the whole of the collection of
goods from the metropolis were in the building,
either on the vans in which they bad arrived or in
course of removal in the railway trucks for trans-
mission to their various destinations, via the Lon-
don and North-Western line. Tho gas was burn-
ing brilliantly in every part of the immense area,
while the numerous clerks and other officials were
busily engaged in their respective offices preparing
the invoices, and in other necessary occupations for
the transit of the merchandise. On a sudden a
more than ordinary blaze of light was discovered in
the northern portion of the building, in that part
known as the hay and corn stores, where the fod-
der for the horses was kept ; a dense and suffocat-
ing smoke immediately succeeded, and a cry rang
through the building that the premises were on
fire. In a few minutes the flames shot up through
the roof, and the whole neighbourhood became
enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke. It appears
that Mr. C. Weightman, upholsterer, of High-
street, Camden-town, who, it is stated, had just ;1
consigned a large quantity of goods to the care of
Messrs. Pickford and Co., for transmission into the
country, was on the premises at the moment of the
outbreak, and not only suggested the removal of
the horses, but with Mr. Brown, the keeper of the
coffeehouse before mentioned, and Mr. Alfred
Timpson, butcher, of Park-street, at the risk of
their lives, with several of the carmen, rushed into
the stables beneath, let loose the horses, and turned
them out. By this time the flames had spread
with extraordinary rapidity, shooting up into the
air to an enormous height. Thousands of people
were assembled from all quarters. The terrified
horses rushing out in droves in every direction at
their utmost speed, to the imminent peril of those
who were not fortunate enough to get out of their
way, the shouts of the people, the now furious
raging of the fire, the cracking of the ignited tim-
ber, and the continuous explosion of combustibles
within the building, all contributed to produce an
effect which may better be imagined than described.
The first engine that arrived was that of the
parish of St. Pancras; but for some time the water
did not flow in as plentiful a manner as ought to
have been expected. The engine from the Regent's.
park Barracks next followed, and the old London
an I Birmingham Railway engine, by Mereweather,
said to be capable of throwing three tons of water
per minute, was brought up the line but either
from the alleged dryness of the suction-pipes, or
some other inexplicable cause, although the canal
was used for the purpose, some considerable time
elapsed before it could be got to work, when the
fire had attained so much ascendancy that its ser-
vices appeared almost unavailing. About 10 minutes
before 11 the brigade engines began to arrive in
rapid succession, but by this time the entire body
of the building, five acres in extent, was one mass
of flames, the great gates were already gone, and
in the centre could be seen waggon after waggon
and truck-load upon truck-load of goods dropping
down with a loud crash as the fire gained the mas-
tery over them. The wind was at the time blowing
in a south-westerly direction, the flames completely
overlapping the Stanhope Arms and premises ad-
joining, notwithstanding the praiseworthy efforts
of a Life Guardsman and some others, who in spite
of the extraordinary heat continually threw buckets
of water from the roof on to the front. The flag-
staff on the summit of the building had already
ignited and was blazing upwards when the brigade
poured immense streams on the front of the build-
ing, which had become so hot that the water actu-
ally hissed, and the wall gave out copious clouds of
steam as it dashed against it.
In the interior of the burning warehouses beam
upon beam and roofafter roof came crashing down,
and explosion after explosion added to the scene of
devastation, which was not a little heightened when,
at about half-past 11, the roofs of the stabling, upon
which the solid paving of the sheds was laid, and
which wet e all supported upon arches to the extent
of about two acres, gave way, carrying with them
the whole of the burning mas, beneath. Shortly
after the great northern wall fell in with a tremen-
dous crash upon two large barges laden with corn,
which were lying in the cut of the Regent's Canal
immediately beneath.
Shortly after the outbreak of the fire Captain
Harris, the newly-appo4 ed assistant police com-
missioner, with Superintendents Loxton and Mar-
tin, Inspectors M'Donald, Fidge, Coeckley, and
strong bodies of the S, E, and D divisions of police,
arrived and kept hack the populace, which choked up
every avenue leading to tie railway and scene of
fire ; while within the gates of the Camden Station
Mr. Stewart, the Secretary of the London and
North-Western Company, Mr, David Stephenson,
superintendent of the goods department, aided by
Mr. Superintendent Bedford, and a strong body of
the railway police, wore active in giving directions
and in rendering any aid that might be required in
that direction.
The scene of devastation presented yesterday was
truly appalling. Heavy iron columns, exceeding
in some instances 18 inches in diameter, were seen
here and there standing amid the fallen debris,
twisted and bent by the action of the fire, the
slighter pieces of iron in the building converted into
all sorts of fantastic shapes. In the north-western
corner' were the clerks'-office and counting-house,
and in the corner of an upper story was the safe,
said to have oontained many valuable books and
papers, and several hundred pounds in money.
While the four aides of this safe stand entire, rest-
ing upon some projecting brickwork on two sides
of the angle of the wall, the bottom of the safe is
completely burnt out, and therefore, if there was
any hard cash within it will be found in a fused
state at the bottom of the building.

When the horses were turned out they were
driven mostly along the Hampstead and Kentish-
town roads in the direction of Highgate and Hamp-
stead-hea h, and this was nearly fatal to Mr. In-
spector Fidge, of the S division. He had seen the
fire and was riding rapidly down Highgate-hill,
when he was suddenly met by a drove of the af-
frighted horses galloping up the hill at the top of
their speed. In au instant he was in the midst of them
horse and rider being nearly overthrown. Beyond
being terribly shaken, however, and covered from
head to foot with mud, he sustained no injury. The
whole of the horses were happily saved, with one
exception, and that was a remarkably fine, though
savagebrute, known as "the Manhater," arid which
could only be managed by the man who drove him,
but who was not present. The poor brute was
therefore left to perish, and yesterday after the fire
was subdued his remains were found burnt to a
cinder.

There are various rumours as to the origin of the
fire, but none of a positive character. By some it is
alleged that the fire was caused by the sparks of the
chimney of one of the barges igniting some hay or
straw in the gallery ; by others that it was from one
of the men's pipes, or a lucifer match. Certain,
however, it is that the premises, with all they con-
tain, are destroyed, and the estimated loss alto-
gether is little short of 250,000/, It is stated that

at least 40,000 quarters of corn were in the bu'ld-
iig, the whole of which has been burnt.
Yesterday morning the railway authorities, with
a promptness which reflects great credit upon them,
placed at the disposal of Messrs. Baxeudale and Co,
a large. space on the opposite side of the canal and
between the canal and Chaplin and Horne's ware
houses. Wo•kmen were immediately emi loyel in
erecting temporary premises, and in the course of
the day the following placard was posted on the
walls of the destroyed building and on the gates of
the railway
" Pickford and Co., as agents to the Londonand
North-Western Railway Company, have arranged
for conducting their business as usual since the
lamentable fire at Camden-town last night. --
Gresham-street, June 10, 1857." •
Thousands of people visited the spot during the
day. It is stated that neither the premises nor
goads were insured, it being unusual for insurance
offices to insure goods in transit.