The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-07 00:00:00

the different windows, when some men _ working at an

opposite house in Bishopagste ran with a ladder, and rescued
three
three men; but they were so fearfully burned that they lO
were obliged to be taken to the hospital. Conductor Shaw,
conductor of the Royal Society's escape, mailed through the e
fire in Mr. Finch's promisee, immediately opposite, and le
brought out Mr. Frederick Finch and the servant maid. IM,
Engines were set to work in an admirable manner, and 10
from the first the steam engine performed wooden, for the re
Sams were then raging in the premises of Mr. Finch, to
Mrs. Goodvere, a butcher, in Artillery-lane, and of Mr.
Browning, a provision storekeeper, No. 2, in the 93
same place. Whilst the firemen were actively engaged 2
a Nome that beggars description took place. Cap-
tain Shaw, the Duke of Sutherland, and a strong la
body of the brave firemen, including Foremen Bridges and 111
Joseph Gerrard,and many other officers nearly lost their lives. is
Of a sudden the whole of Mr. Boor's building, furniture, ..111
and other effects were burled to the ground ; sod had it re
not been for the foresight of Captain Shaw the whole of tO
those engaged must have perished. Ica
It
By 11 o'clock the fire was entirely extinguished, when the
foremen commenced turning over the ruins to search for the 1:
bodies miming, but up U. 12 o'clock at noon not the vestige g
of anyone had been found. A female, who was not
found at lo' clock to-day. was sees at one of the 114/
windows, and by possibility might have escaped, but there Ol
seems little doubt that the child named Ann Bordent, 18
months old, is beneath the embers. The names of the men In
in the hospital are Seriarift, Spinks, Reach, Bald, and 111
Evans. 3

As to the cause of the explosion, not the least reliable fp"
infonnAtion can at present be obtained. The losses will
fall upoa the Mercantile, Royal, and several other ofiloaa.

SOCIAL SCIZZICE CONGRESS.-(THIS DAY.) I C

The First Department (Jurisprudence) was opened a
this morning by its President, Sir FITZROY JULIA, whose
address was an eloquent comment upon the constitution of Ng
England, coupled with a strong condemnation of the VA
mixed and confused state both of the statute book
and of the common law, and an inquiry into the in
possibility of the codification of either. He referred as
in complimentary terms to the labours of Mr. Napier (who
was then present) in the cause of law reform, especially in 110
regard to the appointment of a minister of justice, and ex- yin
pressed a hope that that which the right hon. and learned Mt
gentleman had so well begun, some at least of those who re:
were acquainted with his efforts in the House of Commons
would have the good fortune to see carried out by the legal- Li
lature. at
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Lord BROUGHAM complimented Sir Fiteroy Kelly upon 121
his able and isstructive address, sod observed that he only
abstained from proposing a vote of thanks to their excellent la
president, because be thought it more fitting that that tee- tos
timony of respect and admiratiou should be given at the is
last general meeting.
Mr. A. PULLING then read a paper upon " Private Bill 81.
Legialation." Its
In the department of Education, over which Mr. James es,.
Heywood presided, in the absence of the Dean of St. mj
Paul's, a paper ens read by Mr. E. K. Bermes, "On the more
systematic teaching of the rules of conduct in harmony with M
the truths of economic science." tO
The section for theoonsideration of mattersconoected with I°
Prevention, Punishment, and Reformation was engaged
during the morning with the subject of female reformation, gp
upon which papers were contributed by Mrs. Sawyer, on to
workhouses and reformatories ; by Mrs. Fraser, on the M.
Britiah Ladies' Society for Promot•ng the Reformation of ."
Female Prisoners, established by Mrs. Fry in 1821 ; and by
Mrs. lollipop oa female convict prisons in Ireland.
The department of Public Health was presided over by
Fairbaira, and several papers upon the economy of
hospitals were read.
To the Social Economy soak* some Tory interesting
papers were contributed. Mr. H. Roisters, F.S. A., read a
paper in referees* to the measures taken by employers
for promoting habits of prudence and forethought
amongst building and engineering workmen, at the
Times newspaper establishment, by railway com-
paniee, kc. ; the lecturer recommended generally
deductions from the wages of the employee for
the provision of an insurance fund to meet periods of
sickness and distress. Mr. J. IL Luotow read a paper
on the investigation of trade difference., in which he drew
attention to the contrary !statements of employers and
employed and expressed an opinion, for reasons he de-
tailed, that more credit should be given to the statements
of the former than of the latter ; and Mr. HataisoN read
a paper re the leek-oat of the =WOOS of London in 1861.62,
calderas* the hoar system, sad defending the conduct of
the masons in the strike.
The department of Trade and International Law was en-
gaged is the seasidsradon of • Paper contributed by Mr. H.
ROOKE, oa cold as • eonameety and as money, and the
influence of its axed prise sad its market price od the hank.
rate of discount and the prime of oonnoodities

The population of Chili is about 2,000,000, and
t►s standing army consists of 3,000 soldiers.