The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

SALE OF BEER ACT.-(THIS DAY.)

The select committee reassembled to-day at 12
o'cloek. Mr. H. Berkeley in the chair.
The committee cleared the room directly after the chair
had been taken, and remained in deliberation with closed
doors for upwards of an hour and a half. On the re-
adtalesios of strangers

Tbe CHAtawArt ennounoed t►at they had determined to
adjourn until Thursday at one o'clock, and in the meantime
the evidence would be suspended.
The calamities than broke up.

GREAT FIRE IN CRIPPLEGATE.—(THIS DAY.)—A
very eztensive fire, involving a great aestructioa of pro 7
prrty, broke wet this morning in the premises belonging to
Messrs. David and Wm. Gibbs, soap manufacturers, situate
No. 67, Milton-street, Cripplegam. With as little delay as
possible, numerous engines attended, and, there being a
good simply of water at hand, the firemen went to work in
hsilad
labuble manner. At one time, nothing less than the
on of the entire factory and those surrounding"
sena be anticipated, as the Saws had by that period
mien several of the mall house in Hanover end
Estirs'emtearts. The poor mespants at once rushed from
their dwellings, with their children in their arms, and car-
rying with them any portablearticle t f furniture they could
lay told of. The books belcogiog to Mews. Gibbs were
fosensately saved, sad so an the heat premises ; but the
inessiseturing pedant at the bask together with the
des% de., are deatsoyed. The beau at length got the
=ever the gases. but not until property valued at
dhousand pseredis bad bus destroyed. The origin of
the inisketsis Is estedessystery. The Ileum Gibbs
were bowed Is leveed ire-edees.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT BROADETAIRL—A =lan
'hely maident has thrown quite a gloom ever this little
plow. • young lady, named Sophia Weatherby, who hes
bees staying here with her slier, took a walk out es the
dill between the Midge and Hampton stairs. She sea sem
Xe, radian. who cautioned Mr sot to get too seer to
edge, but he bad not proceeded far, whoa on turning
mail he reined her, sad gave an alarm. She had bees seen
Mid by peewee on the pier, who immediately pat out a beet
sad sewed to the spot, where they band eke had fallen fres
the bi=t part, nearly eighty feet. She less then quite
deed, asides end a thigh being broke., and there was
a seven isistetiss ea the heed. Thereon many cosiee•
tares as M bed die fall. The edges of the &X from the
eseremissall el the sea monad Item are very dasserour,
sad porn naaelaitialed with the rest esaaot ewers
See musk Niarra while walking there. At ea inquest a
verdict of " Amide/ate* death " his boon retuned.
Wriallli Assom—Tho Glasgow Daily Nail says
' that vials atedeshiag sabre is various parr of Skye, sad
' that esaddralle ambers of then have been dreaded sad
' 'blur At fierner, a shepherd desperbed upwards of
' twenty of thee the other week with an old @War
' A ACE lorauoloome—Tho Maklitaw Ciaiatis, of
'IIIN try, reports that the server from the
gram to be highly feveurshie. Around tit=6:::
I him he. Rode extraordinary prayer ; sad is real plows
so prefer are the lateral sheets that sore of the
I have lard it • to strip the levet treater, plates
ender in give all peed mass to the es mod sir. loreat
I the /area sod gamy Osiris* Wiggle/ Tarahasa sad
o =ha ropers are 0 eattlthelig 0 lisse r6+a Se
fillitelies.