Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-27
FOREIGN NEWS.
Jerry LATE FROM ENGLAND.


fapyrs Of October 90h, aud Livefool Of the 2isl
The Caledonia was 10 have soded on The l6h but
wae detained five days in Consequence Of contrary
winds
II viii be perceived that there was very active
demand IA the Cotton Market al Liverpool
C0NFLAGRATlON or THE TWO HOU.
SES OF PARLIAMENT.
The most interesting Item of Intelligence furnieh
ed by this arrival IS the destruction of the House o
Lords and oftho Chapel Of st. Stephen, bv FIRE, or
tie l6ih OF October Thls event had naturally ex
cited great sensation in the British metropolis,
" Ii is no, (tho London Courier obserees) thai the
buildings were valuable IN an architectural snnsc
or a less slightly ani more inconvenient place for
business can scarcely be conceived thai the loss Ia
Of sub painful interest, but because that spot,
in those halls hive passed some of the most me-
morable vents in the history of our county They
were hhllowod IN our hearts by trnin OF ascot
aons and wa could have better spared more
splendid wail. In them had been rendered 10 vic
ferrous Generals the thanks oi the assembled ma
llon-nnd in them had rssounded those patio &c
words which hurried ON The people indignantly TO
! national contest or directed their energies i'm
prove the nat ionaI institutions. In them spfouled
forth the germs of oil our clvll wisdom IN * them
was cheored, when the poacemaker took his sent,
tho end of our wars. They may be sad 10 have
been themselves an epnomo Of our history Ivy re-
calling all ia striking features. They are now al
an end never, We presume, 10 bo restored tor, ID
torcsng us they were, they had become, paltico
larry the Peoples House, no logger fit for their in
tended purpose, and, like tho institutions framed o
advocated IN them during mnny centuries, they re-
CURED 10 be adapted To the growth of the nation.
What the demands of ovaiors could not achieve,
Incident has accomplished, and tbcre mns nov be
II new, and, we hope, u oonyenent House Of Com
mons"
The antiquity of the House ofLords We do not
reeolIcct-but tic lIonse of Commons wns on ,ina
~ chapel built by King Stephen end dedicned To
s.. Stephen the Martyr II was rebuilt IN 1874 by
Edwa,d Ill, and assigned by Edwald VI, after lhe
reformation, for the SEASON oithe Commons to use
of Parliament To which purpose it has ever since
been applied. Both these odlhces which have
thus stood Tor centuries, are now IN RUNS As IN
most cases Of eonaagratIon, runor attributed 1t 10
lnccndarlsm. The latest London napors, ho@cv-
err, generally concur that there Ia not the tho slight
est 10 suppose that It's origin WIS ohor than
accidental.
The following account Of particulars is ftom the
London Times
LoNDoN, Oel. 1s- Shortly before seven O'Clock
last nleht the inhnLitanls OF w csuninser and OF
The district the opposite banks of The river,
were thrown into the utmost confusion and alarm
by the sudden breaking on Of one OF The most ter-
! rife conf Legations. that hos bcen witnessed FOR
many years past. Those in the immediate vIcinl-
ty of The scene of this calamity were quickly ron.
WINGED of the ruth Of the cry, that the lIonsc Of
| Lords and Commons and lhe adjacent buildings
wore ON fire the news spread rnp,diy through tie
u 1u, and tie flames increasing, nod mounting
higher and higher WIN fcaGl rapidly, nltrac,ed
the attention OF not only the pnss,n@ IN tht
str cts, but # We may jndsc from the thousands oil
! persons who Ia#a few minutes were Seen tnrrylns
! 20 Westminster, of the Vast majority OF the mhab
| inn,s Of lls metropolis. We Securely ever teeol-
Icct to have seen dc large thdrou4 hfros p tho town
50 thr1needb before. WllLln less lhan halt an hou,
after the fire btoke out Il became impossible 10 up
prooch nearer 10 the disaster ihhn the foot
Of Yves minister bridge, on the Sufry SIDE OF the II
yer, or the end of Parliament street, oa the other,
! except by means Of a boat, OF wih tho assistance
% guid' who, well acquainted with The Ioealilies
! was enabled to avoid The crowd mi reach Abne.
don-srcet Ly streets al the hncli Of the Abloy
! The locality hoWe,cr was in very shon space OF
lmr as dcuscly thronocd with spectators Ms my
other There was, however, nothing surprising IL
! the multitude that loektd to the spot-in the crowd
ed boats ial nont,d on the river i'm ucd:dtGY ~ the
front ofihc blazing pile OF IA The countless numbers
! that swarmed upon the bridges, tho wharvfs, ana
| even upon the house tops for the spectacle was
one of surpassing though terrific spleudOur, and the
s-a'cy appearance Of the Abbey, whose archItectu-
raj beauties were never seen to greater advantage
rhan when lighted by Tie nemcs OF this uriuriu
nao FIRE, would, of themselves, have mtraced us
! many thousands 10 the spot But extensive as the
mischief We have 10 deplore really was, rnmour has
magn,fod it most fearlully. II was currently re-
ported through the town that Westminster hall,
and even the Abbey itself were ~ flames.
u r =. -
tcrs of dsobL The general belief however, mp
pears to be that it broke out in some part of the
buildings nitochcd to the House OF Lords, from
" hcnce il spread 10 the House itself with such vast
CELEBRITY that before cighl O'Clock the whole range OF
strucnrc from the porieo by which the Peers en-
ter 10 The corner where /, communicates with the
committee rooms Of the House OF Commons, WAS II
Aames.
If,{f past two O'elock.-- Westminster hail. is ",
thi k, quite ne. The fire sllll b0rus fIIlously q
| mon he runs il has rnhdc, but lis power 10 DC
| further mischief opptars 10 have ceased 1t Is con
fined within the limits of the all Of The two hou
SIS already destroyed. Fresh cngiaes and fn ST
| supplies OF men coming TO tho scene OF devasln
ton and continual roll Of water is showcred upof
the ruins but our ordinary engines are toaliy m
capable of contcpdng with such n conIl aerstlon
and our en- inc system wants the greo; element o
ciliccncy--a general superintendent. Each fire.
Office according TO lis own view there - no o.
bedencc TO one chIet, and consequently, whore. ihe
competest cooperation IS necessary, oil is eonlu-
sion or contradiction. Up to the last we observ-
ed no disturbance aud indeed, before three o.
clock there was scarcely person to be seen except
the soldiers and frcmcn.-'The myliaGs had all
quietly dsarpeared and the only sound hetrd
was the cracking OF tlmbers, or the heavhS OF hfe
| pumps.
| Tbe Painted Chamber and the whole OF the