The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-09 00:00:00

TIIII LATE FIRE AT ALTRINCHAM.

An inquest was held yesterday at Altriocham,
Cheshire, before Mr. Roscoe, the coroner for the distriet, on
the bodies of the three seven who met their death by the
fire which tuck place there on Bueday night last. The
names of the deceased, as stated in the Ditly News of
Tuesday, are William and Nathaniel Howard, the children
Of Samuel Howard, who kept the Orange Tree public-
house, which was burnt down, and John Servo, the ser-
vant boy, aged about 17. It appeared from the evilest,
that the leanly retired to bed about 11 o'clock or shortly
before that, on Sunday night, and were first alarmed about
half pest one o'clock on Monday morning by a watchman
named Salomon Sheldon, who perceived smoke Issuing from
the riot, end on proceeding to the back of the premises
found Gimes coming out of the windows of the bar parlour
and a room ab-,ve, =skimp a great noise. He sprang his
rattle and ran up the street immediately, calling foe striat-
um, and also called up the deputy constable, Mr. Cooper,
who had charge of one of the fin login's. Some delay
wee ezpenenced in getting a hone which had to be sent for,
and in fact, Sheldon and another man, assisted by others
who joined them as they proceeded, d.regged the engine
themselves to the Orange Tree, a distance of about a quar-
ter of a mile, some time before the horse was ready. Ano-
ther saltine was got some time afterwards, and both this
and the first one played upon the flames for r I boors
before the fire was eatinguishod. All the inmates of the
house had been rescued, *leapt th o deceased, the bodies of
the two children being at length discovered in the bat-
parlour at the rear of the house, and that of the
servant boy in his bed in an upper room, where be bed pro-
bably never awakened, on the night of the fire. All three
were burnt to death. Mr. Richard Tattle, a pork butcher,
who lives neat door, wee alarmed by kis servant man, and
at first supposed that the fire wu confined to his ewe cellar,
where he first perceived it, and which is under part of
Howard's house. He afterwards discovered that the brick-
Work of his ki•chen ash-place rested on a wooden
beam In the wall of Howard's bar parlour. It
appeared plain that the fire originated in that
room, the ashes from Tottie's kitchen grate having probably
ignited the beam, by falling through crevices in the brick
work, and possibly the fire had been smouldering nearly
the whole of Sunday, as the beam was found to be 001111
pletely charred. The neighbours opium to have rendered
the eery best assistance they were able, end Mr. Cooper and
other otficers to have exerted themselves in a most praise-
worthy manner, but the fire had attained to great power
bikes it was discovered, and from the combustible nature
of the premises all efforts to save them from destruction
Veto vale. Tin jury found a verdict of "Accidental
death."

General Canrobert embarked for France oa the
lad. He is seeeeeded, it is maid, at the bead of hie 41,111i4111,
by General KeaMahon.

_
Lieutenant Boileau died at Malta on the Ist, of
wonode received before Sebastopol on the 18th *Tu., in the
attaea upon the Reds.. Tee deceased, who was only lb
years of age, was the fourth eon of Sir John P. Boileau,
Bart., and Lady Catherine Boileau, of Ketteringham,
Norfolk.

Au offer for contracts for girdles (with one of
which every Russian soldier is to be supplied) has just been
Weed ►y ths commissariat of St. Petenbarg. The number
far the Glands collectively is gives at 60,600; for the scups
of °midis?, at 65,700; and for the regieseats of the Liss
106.700.

We (Scotsman) understand that a latter baa been
roiwired by the fronds of Dr. ROAM la Ddiaburgh, dated
Petanbar. , Jaly 14," abating that he was about to
Mart f r lanieir, In the south of Ramis. No mention is
wade of Limitation Genesi* or of the other prisoners.
The Russian Omani Bodiaeo, who wee mad. pri-
soner et Bonterwead, arrived in Paris yettorday, with the
ellen, of his suit*. They desire to see the Universal Bahl-
bitiou before retuning to their own country.
Said Pacha, chief of Omer Paella's staff, and who
h now is Paris, is said to be of Polish origin. His wife sad
child ere with hie.

It is said that Abd-el-Hader will be among the
eieitnn to Paris this mouth.
The Journal of iletworp states that the authori-
ties of the Church of Notre Dine, is that city, have decided
that the picture by Rebore, repressatieg the demist free
the cross, will mot be retureed to its plea before esetaia
sherettoos is the .buck—whieth nay possibly. take lye
yesre to accomplish—are empleted.
The Eoglish clipper Meteor has left Antwerp for
edam., freighted with • rub cargo frets the hetes of M.
Peel bletteeies, el Brawls.
The Royal Yacht Bquedrou Regatta will take
pins daring the seethe( week at Cowes. The pogrom*
is the most sweeties see a the @seen, sod iseledse her
Majesty. Cap, the Primes Consort's Cep, sad that of the
Royal Yacht equedlres.