The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-16 00:00:00

DESTRUCTION OF. LOUGHTON-HALL, ESSEX,
BY FIRE.

We regret to state, that Laughtop- hall, the seat 'of Mr. Wm.
Whittaker. Maitland, the High Sheriff for the county of Et;tsex,
was yestexday morning, with the exception of a portion of the
eastern wing, totally destroyed by lire, and property to the
amount of between. £20,000 and 1:35,000 consumed. Froth what"
we have been able to -collect, it appears, that about 5 o'clock.
vesterdav morning one of the female domeatics observed a dense
alarmed, and imn dj:l
Cindy of smoke in the. west wing of the building, and, knowing
family. Some of 'tehelatearinia.o
openisp, the door disco
'there was
,no fire
t.s partprife theded itr,s)authserol,ni,u'is.ahley, lsaencda son:
.veredcolturtnostibieriicnatneadmlere,r siunspaifcerownssetcoonthdes.
the whole of the wino
spot,isolsl as went4is too the‘rve i.e t•Lheclisi"g,ikrh,sri.l,,,tilsoseeiinibsgo,id,:,y,eh,oof fire. 'S.ome of thebouse-
i n their power;
water, obtained Irons the ponds in the vicinity, it was ineffec
tual. Two of the servants cause up to London on horseback,'
and reached the head station of the Loud
ment, Watling=street, at eight o'cloCk, whenHendersonfoFu'irrep
post-horses,
ts.tial
obrl Establish-
ment,
respective stations men with an, engine, to which were attached
withd andir sixh orsnerse,nl witheft
their the ent and six
wing. Finding it useless to attempstatvosstoji
I:vteosnt. about 10 o'clock, but too late to ' any
engine from Jioenffsreayn'sci-,
squat ,
the flames in the above - directed
Ptithhenoeeardcit.lrih:rC)aeen( )i:git°aoer°lffstot:illoau' engi' c 0 the
building and, although
tiwy used every exertion, we are sorry to say that they suceeeded
iu saving but a .small portion.
The extent of the building may be iMagined 'when we State
that 50 rooms were destroyed and damaged.. Amongst the pro-
perty. burnt were upwards of 10,000 yolumes of valuable books
comprising a quantity of scarce works, many of them unique,
and with a few exceptions the whole 'of tile ...valuable furhittire
was also destroyed. • In the Cellars are between 7,000 and 8,(X)0
dozens of wine, which are supposed to be destroyed. During
the whole of yesterday the various engines were kept in play
without intermission, and a great number of persons from the
nelt'
tgeh Irhoa ut r are happy to
the Imperial
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thhoers d w wereho ie engaged gtahge e d
propertyto
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We
Fire-offire, of which Mr. Maitland is a director, as also site of
'the directors of the West India Docks. the 'fire, which was
s t t
purely accidental, appears to have commenced in the flue of the
library chimney, which is supposed to contain souse wood-work,
and'to have been burning for some days past. .
No lives were
lost. 'Orval praise is due to the countrymen who assisted at the
engines for 'the. extraordinary exertions which they made in
Qaving what little of the property escaped the devouring element.
Last night a 'reinforcemeni of the men' belongin-
g to the London
Fire'Establishment was 'sent off toiMist•those who wen tdown
with the engines., 'as-the fil.et4as *till' hurtling, and further. dam-
age appreheruted. tThe"Propertyi4nyed'ivas tarried do to 'the
• Fawn; and riCii4ed trritl4rit9lutica*oft..knetehof 016 principal inha-
bitants. The famtly:*nd:ishrtvaritts44ena'aviirtmnsodated at the
houses of persrns residing in the vicinity of the place.—Times.

Itifitt rig.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. DEC. 15.

Since our last there has been a further improvement in the demand.
The sales of yesterday were 6,000 bags, and to-day the business
amounts to 3,500, the whole of which has been purchased by the
trade. All descriptions have had the benefit of the demand, but more
particularly East India, of which 2,500 have been sold in the last two
days at Ida Id W lb advance on last week's prices. The market
generally has closed with much firmness.