Litchfield enquirer., 1841-11-25
LATER FROM EUROPE.

The steamship Caledonia arrived at Boston on the evening of Thursday last, bringing advices from Liv- erpool to the 4h inst. She had passage of IA days The news brought is of great political importance The whole kingdom of Great Britain appears to he excited by the expected immediate confinement ot Queen Vic.oria-and all were hoping for the birth of Prince!
 Intelligence had reached England of the progress O the trial of Mcleod Utica though not the result The papers speak with satsfac cton of the manner in which the investigation had been conducted. Had the casaleen one affecting an American subject m England, remarks an English paper, and tFiable at oae of our assizes, we could not have wished the more formal proceedings have passed off otherwise than they did at Udca." ss-,r-oo
 NB The resul. of the trial had reached England
 No, word from China do we find in the published extracts in the papers.
 FIRE IN THE TOWER OF LONDON,
 The pspcrs have long details of tremendous fire in part of the far-famed Tower of London, the pride and ornamep, of England. We give the following extract from London paper: -~.'
 On Saturday night, Oct. 90, fire broke out in the aFunFy of the Tower winch was in the magnificent building called the grand Store.house. The small arr mory with s contents consisting of great quantity of arms and trophies Of various kinds captured from foreign enemies, and 100000 stand of arms de- stroyed. The building was of brick and hewn stone. 9 feet in length and 60 in breadth and on the lower al hat past ten, under the cupoa of the Round Tow tF The alarm was immediately spread, and great excitement prevailed. The tower engines were i'm. engines frm the city, hu. it with difficulty that they could be brought to bear upon the height of the Round Tower. --
 confined so the Round Ta,~er, but it soon commuai. cated to iIe rDnf of the aEsnnry. + found hopeless stsempt to sase that building, and attention ~ss d'Feesed .1 saving Ss many of and vau abes as possible Al % minutes past II, the flames shot up to an ..!srming height. Al o'clock the Clock Tower tell tn with . tremendous crash. Great efforts made ftr the preservation of the White Tower. aud the Church of s.. Peter, which proved successful. .......
 The Jewel Tower next attracted the attention of she authorities: she wind having somewhat shifted, hew the flames in that drection and its destruction appeared insvirabe: On ,hia circumstaDee reach ing the of the Governor. Major Ellington, he in. s,aney directed the warders to break it open at all risks, secure the Regala and Crown jewels, and hsng them at once !" him. To effect this crowbars were found to bs indispensable MT. Swift, inc mas. Ser of the Jewel Tower, who sent for, found s0 he in ot the key oi the outer ony she other keys to those vauabes being in the posses sion of the Lord Chamberlain. On gaining an en. trance much farther difficulty presented itself in the removal Of the strong iron railing with which the dia int'nds. &c. were surrounded; Alter lapse Of 6. bout 20 minutes 1t was effected, and most extraor. dsnary scene presented ,self-the warders carrying crowns sccp,res and other vsIuabes of royalty, be- tween groups of snIdie'. police. remen. and others from the Jewel Tower tO the Governors residence, which situate ai the further extremity of he green Noas, however. snssaiRed the sghies, injury, and by dsnt of most prompt exeStion the Jewel Tower itself
 At o'clock the Ese was at it's grea,est height and st 3is began 70 sabside. The main building of the Tower was in great danger. and cOpiOus streams of was not before or o'clock that all danger oi fur ther spread of the c0Rfiaerati0n an end. The vaiSs ss shs R,Spery destroyed was supposed to ez-
 The London Morning Post says ,kse 30 intense vas the hest that it was almoet impossible stand
 efse il. and thence aEse the dseed that the window that kis portion of the Tower of London. which has teen immoraIized in the pages Of Shakespeare Cray, Pope, and chee writers, aud with which English his heap Of ruias. Al this period the fire was extending its ravages towards the terrace the east and the chapel on ,!,e west. The danger hefe was from the windows, for, from the thickness and eOdi'y ot the walls it impossible for the fire to peneirae.- While the fire raging with the terrific fury, some of the officers of he Gnards snd Mir. Bradwood entered the chapel and singular relate. the inferi cold as if the fire had been miles distant.
 The principal cause Of apprehension fer the satety 0fthe sacred ediee, arose irom the explosions which whence originated the rnmo. shat thousands of sounds of ball cartridges ia the vaults beneath she arm"ry. While hy far the greater body of the the port fire. ihe company of Artillery were most actively employed ia removing the large quantities of %a%maniiion % which vas iodesd in the White Tower. This dangerous naateria was removed to the lower lpaeazine which was quickly filled, and the remain. der was thrown inaO hhe river. As preca ufionary measure, every blanket which could Dc found, was immersed in water. and when completely saturated, was paced upon the cartridges aad barrels of pow. des. six and seven deep. In the mean time the fire making rapid prognsss at the end, and short. ly after one o'clock it caughs the upper window of Mrs. Loyds residence. the eosasR of the terrace A large body of water disected upon when it was speedily extinguisAed. In inc couTee of a few mo menis after the flames again caught and again were exlinguished. A thEd time the fire caught. and be- gan to assume an alarming appearance, and great fears entertained thai the house of Mrs. Lloyd would fall sacrifice to she flames, in which case human exertiOns could have saved the Map Office, and the ine Ofhouses on the eHace, the lnsh bar racks The cause Of this paR Espeatedly catching 4se was from the wind blowing fr0m the Rostheasi, bat on sudden tho wind dropped, and in two min. nes blew from the sOush thereby can ying the sparks jniQ the body 0f the fire. Had 1t nOt been for this sudaep change. the White Tower must has0 inevita- ty heea destroyed; and where the eonHagraton weud have ended. R ie impossible 10 say. Between und o'clock the ire began to s1acken and is then became evidel 1hai AE the present all further danger was at an end t ........ e... .,s .... VI 1
 Er-Fresi1enf Adams has announced to his constit- uenrs that he w eeasO represent them at the close oT the present Congress. ~ s- 'T