The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-16 00:00:00

ME LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

building and offices above, we heard of the following losses:—
The Lord Mayor's Court—offices entirely destroyed, with the
books and papers, desks, &c.
No. 12. The offices of Messrs. Broughton and Etenistend,
stock-brokers, pat tia.lly consumed.
No. 11. Mr. Robert Peake, English and Foreign stock-
brokers, destroyed.
No. it). Messrs. De Hague and Holmes, brokers, gutted by
the flames
No. 9. Messrs. Davis and Swift, stock-brokers, destroyed.
No. 8. Messrs. John Foster and Sons, brokers, nearly con-
sumed. •

No. 7. Messrs. Richards, Sutton, and Sons, brokers, nearly
consumed.
No. 4. [lore's Steam-packet office to Dundee and Perth, to-
tally destroyed.
No. 3. Messrs. Jarvis, Bethel!, and Sons, stationers, greatly
damaged.
No. 2. Messrs. Withers and Scores; notaries, destroyed.
No 1. 'Williams and Co., chronometer, watch and clock-
makers, destroyed
The office of the London and Croydon Railway is greatly
damaged by the water from the engines.
CORNHILL.
No. 96. Williams and Co., silversmiths and watchmakers,
totally consumed. We understand that some portion of the
valuable stock was removed before the fire reached the shop.
No. 37. Messrs. Chappell and Co., news-agents and book-
sellers. The shop and its contents were consumed; the siot k
of papers and books in the shop was partly removed, the remain-
der fell a prey to the flames.
No. 98. The shop of Messrs. Effiingham Wilson and Co , is
greatly damaged by fire and water. A great portion of the stock
was removed before the flames reached the south-east angle of
the Exchange.
No. 89. Messrs. Blythe and Co., stationers, nearly destroyed.
No. 90. Mr. Evans, tobacconist, (as we understood,) consi-
derably damaged.
There are several other shops and offices totally consumed,
but the occupiers are unknown at present.
SWEETiNG'S-ALLEY.
No. 20 Mr. Wilson, bookseller, greatly damaged; the stock
by removal, and the shop by tire.
No. 21. Mr. Joseph, bootmaker greatly damaged by fire.
No. 19. Mr. Barber, hatter and military cap-maker, partially
dest rayed.
No. 18. Mr. Burton, confectioner, greatly damaged.
No. 17. Messrs. Smith and Co:, batters, has sustained great
damage..
No. 16. Messrs. Dryegan and Co:, greatly damaged.
No. 15. Vernon and Co., notaries, considerably damaged. .
No. 14. Mr. John M French, chronointer-maker, damaged.
No. 13. Mr. John Fawley, map and printseller, nearly de-
stroyed.
No. 12. Mr. Tent, shirt-maker, .greatiy damaged.
All the shops above-named are rendered untenantable.
THREA,DNEEDLE-STnEET, UNDER LLOYD'S ROOMS.
Carter and Co., printsellets, consumed.
No. 2. Mr. Hodges, totally consumed.
No. 3. Mr. , auctioneer, entirely consumed.
No. 4. A large shop, completely burnt down.
Nu. 5. Burrup and Blyght, consumed.
N0...6. Forrester and Co., notaries, destroyed with a quantity
of valuable documents.
No. 7. Mr. Mitherey, optician, close to the north gate, con-
sumed.
The shops, Nos. 7,8, 9, 10, and 11, in the occupation of va-
rious persons, are all burnt down. with their contents, and the
shop, No. 12, is greatly damaged by fire and water.
Considerable difficulty was experienced by our reporter in
ascertaining the losses of various individuals, and so great was
the confusion in the neighbourhood of the Exchange that he
had much trouble.in making his way about the ruins, and, al-
though every effort has been made to give:as correct a state-
ment as possible, there may be some inaccuracies in the above
description of the ravages of the tire in the shops under the
building. The business of the Lord Mayor's Court offices has
been removed to the Mansion house, and Guildhall has been
granted for the meeting of the merchants, bankers, and traders
until the Exchange is rebuilt. The offices of the news agents
under the projecting arcades are either burnt down or so much
injured as to render them untenantable. The losses of many
small shopkeepers will be severely felt in the destruction of their
property and ruin of their business. The shops and houses on
the east side of Sweetimes-alley, which were preserved from
total destruction by the fire brigade, have sustained great da-
mage by the intense heat, and the interiors flooded by the water
,The goods of the tradesmen have been likewise injured by hasty
removals.
Hamilton, the engineer of the Whitecross.street station,
whose leg was broken during the fireat the House of Commons,
met with another misfortune yesterday morning. While di-
recting the branch pipe on the Lord Mayor's Court offices a
brick fell from the top of the building, and struck him on the
face. He was severely wounded, but did not leave the spot.
When the bells came down from the tower, one of the County
men was in the act of running across the road towards his en-
gine, who stood opposite the south entrance, and he had a very
narrow escape, the brick-work and timbers of the belfry falling
into the middle of the road, within a few inches of his person.
The lire-engines are still kept near the building, to subdue
any fresh outbreak of fire. The coolness and intrepidity Ire-
qu?.ntly exercise,: by Mr. Braid wood, the superintendant, is de-
serving of much praise. He did not leave the spot until late
yesterday evening, after more than 20 hours' incessant exer-
tion.

ing to the Royal Exchange Insurance-office, over which these
chimneys stood.

Some of the firemen are still occupied in searching for papers
and books among the ruins. The few engines which are still
on the spot are deserted by the firemen, which is a proof that no
further danger is apprehended. Some of the walls in the alley
opposite the Bank are being propped up.
A tremendous crash took place at half past two by the falling
of a stack of chimnies ; but we do not hear that any personal
injury has been sustained thereby. The goods which were
deposited during the fire at various places ►n the neighbourhood,
are being removed to their owners; and great order continues
to be maintained by the police.
The meeting of the underwriters of Lloyd's at the City of
London Tavern has terminated ; they have come to the resolu-
tion of sending-an address to the Drapers' Company, signed by
merchants and underwriters, to grant them the use of their
extensive premises.