Litchfield enquirer., 1834-11-20

TOtaI destrMctiOR of bOtk Houses ef PGrliG- ment-intentiOR cf tkc Vice Roy cf Egypt Co decl0re hinself lfiRdependeRt.-The Packet Ship Caledonia, Capt. Graham, arrived last night in the short passage of twenty days from Liverpool: by her the Editors of the New York Daily Advertiser have received Liver pool papers to the day of sailing, 2Hst; Lon don tO the goth nclusive-containing later ad- vices from aIl parts of the Continent.
 The English papers are mostly filled with the particulars of the great cOnAagratiOn, the total destruction of both Houses of Par!ia- nent by ire-it does not appear whether it was caused by accident or design-an exami- nation is ordered to ascertain facts. The pe- cnniary lOss tO the nation cannot yet be ascer- tained: it was estimated ut upwards of E20O,- 900 in the cost of the public buildings alone.
 The next subject which congresses the public attention Is the affairs of the East-Of Ma homet Ali, Vice-ROy of Egypt, to declare elfindependent.
 The most important subject. however, and that which will be felt most by the Americans, is a rapid advance Of the pr,Ce and extensive sales of cotton.
 The contest for, choosing mayor for Liv- erpool took place on the 18th, and resulted as follows For Mr. Aspinwall 99O-fUr Mr. Bold 8S6-Majorty for Mir. Aspinwall l54. Admiral Adam had been appointed Lord of the Admiralty in the place of the late Ad- mral Dundas.
 The German papers. from Munich of the 9th instant, state that the negotiations for the marriage of Queen Donna Maria Of Portugal, with Augustus. Duke of Lenchtenberg, are f. nally concluded. No time is mentioned for the celebration "fthe Royal nuptials.
 France is unusually quiet. Spain continues ,l,v ufAe.
 The affairs of Holland and Belgium are, 1t is said, lo be again entered upon during the wiDter and finally settled. ltis believed that they will be brought to a conclusion at Paris, through the rxerli"ns and influence of Count Pnzzn di Bnrgo, who has pledged himself to this effect to his Majesty Eouis PhiIipe.
 The London Morning Herald of October goth says We have received last night by express Paris Papers of Saturday lSth. to- gether with letters from several of our corres- pondents. The principal point of foreign in- teligcnce referred to in the Paris papers IS the intention of,he Vice Roy ofEgypt to declare himself independent of the Porte-a fact an- nOunced in the second edition the Morning Herald of the 1lth, on the authority of our Paris letters dated 9th inst. This announce. ment we find thus confirmed in ,he Augsburg Gazette of the 18th inst. just come to hand.
 uG IdNcSt OCCVuiu0 ISCeNeN hVuS andria state that Mahomet Ali, rendered furi- ous by the knowledge that the Sultan medi- tated pr"fi,ing by the troubles in Syria, in or der to reposspss himself of the Syriac pr"vin- ces. had serious intentions of declaring hin- self independent" The Egyptian feet would, it was expected, put to sea on the 23d inst.
 From the Morning Heyau of Friday.
 Destruction Ly Fire of both Houses of Par .n1- hnuS h If m at R ,,snInrE laa1 0iu hi the neighhorhood of the Parliament Houses was thrown into an extraordinary cOnsterna- ton by the bursting forth of an immense vol um0 offlame from the lower end of the House of Lords, and over apartments known as " Towards Coffee House." This is directly opposite Henry VII.'s Chapel. and in the corner next to Westminster Hall; so that the spot where the fire commenced was SD central as equally to endanger the body of the House of Lords, thence to the passages and Hobbies leading to the House vf Commons. and On the right the Committee rooms, and Bellamy's Members dining rooms, ,and all were in 6a'nes. How the fire commenced it is as yet a inys,e ry. Various accounts were given by those connected with the Parliament Houses, some attrbuting t tO neglected kitchen fire at Towards Gel fee House, others to an escape of gas, and third party lay it to the negli k bout tine House repairing the Bishops en- trance and apartments. the Lords library, SLc. The truth is, at present there is no crr- tainty as to the origin of the fire; but it is very curious that there was no discovery or no alarm of fire until the flames were perceiv- ed by passengers in the Palace yard, bursting forth as already mentioned. from the roof over Towards C"ffee House, and the passage leading to Cotton gardens and ihe Guy Hawkes. cellars under the House of Lords. Even one of the Parliamentary watchmeD, who was standing close to Towards Coffee House, was unconscious of what had happen ed, for, on perceiving the flame, he declared it was an " explosion of gas." However, the rapidity with which the flame proceeded prov ed that not only the fire had got decided hold of the premises, but that it threatened the whole of the buildings, which, ss may be remembered by all who know any thing of the plan Ofthe premises, are, or were, SD con nected one with another as to endanger all, if the fire was once to get mastery, and so to afford no chance of interce piiDg its progress.
 The facis unfortunately, realized the truth of this statement, for the fire spread iN three directions tO which allusiOn has been made. Ii proceeded to the body the House of Lords taking within its range the several official apartments that the piaz and which face Palace yard, thence proceeding to Painted Chamber, and extending to the Library, which was originally valuable, and has recently piroyed, but iiI about oclock and even at lha, time the flames were continuing. The library, which was modern, large and beautiful building. completely destroyed, the roof falling in with im