The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-22 00:00:00

GREAT FIRS IN THE 0127.-(PHIS DAY.)

During Monday night and this morning CODRi-
lsrable sonfosion prewailei is the neighbourhood of Alder-
ontlebury, owiog to the diseoiery of s Ike in s four-story

building 'occupied by Mr. T. Mabyu, warehouseman ; Mr.
Falkeoer, muff agent ; C. Devils sad Co., manuf►cturing
agents; and Mr. J. Gilman, an aemeentent. The premises
were numbered 2in Aldermanbury. A gentleman palming
noticed smoke pouring from the first-flour window.
He at once shouted out " Fire" with all his
might, sod this brought proper assistance. By
the time, however, the first hose was stretched out,
although Dot more than five minutes had elapsed, the flames
had made fearful program, and were rolling out of the first,
seemed, and third floor windows almost arrow the entire
' width of the carriage road, working their way into the
next premises belonging to Messrs. Yates and Co., Man-
chester linen agents. Nothing short of the distrac-
tion of every building Dear could then be expected.
The firemen, however, had the hoes from their several
engines so stretched out as to enable the brigade to dis-
charge the water at five or six points of the blazing pro•
party, and by that expedient the water from the steamers
was projected into Messrs. Yates' premises, and satin•
guished the fire in that establishment just sa it had burred
the back window, out. The main body of fire ocer
tinned to rage amongst the valuable stock in trade is
the whole of the warehouses. The firemen kept
to their posts, although exposed to immense danger,
and thereby saved the extensive premises of Messrs. Free.
man and Co., lithographers, No. 38, Gresbam-etreet, one of
the back windows having already been burnt out, so that
the whole establishment had a very narrow escape. Some
thousand gallons of water ware continuously falling from
the land steamers, and the fire at last began to succumb.
The official report describes the damage dons an follows
The ground floor, the first floor, the second and third ROOM
and the contents very severely damaged by fire, the stair.
cam destroyed, and the roof off. Mr. Mabyn was insured
in the Sun and Atlas Fire-ofticee ; Mr. Farmer was
insured in the Leeds sod Yorkshire offices; Mr. Davis
was insured is the Royal Fire-office; but Mr. Johnson was
not Insured. Masers. Forme and Co., Manchester linen
agents, back window burned out, the stock in trade on the
ground Boor and first floor severely damaged by water.
Insured in the Fhomix-cifice. No. 38, Gresham-street,
Messrs. Freeman and Co., lithographers, back window
burned out, lining cut away and contents slightly damaged
by water. Insurance not known at present. The origin of
the misfortune is unknown. The police rendered emsstial
aid to the firemen by keeping as immense crowd out of
denser.

ALLEGED MURDER BY A BURY POLICEMAN.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Conuniamiooer Goulbouro.)
as BANIMPTCY.

This was a contested choice of assignee. under the bank.
ruptcy of William Kimberley, described as a share-deafer
and scriveoer, of No. 26, Old Broad-street.
The bankrupt was a solicitor, and the adjudication wait
made on the 6th of August upon the petition of Mr. John
Matthew Chamberlain, of Bacinglialletrest, solicitor. The
debt' are between 4,0001. and 5,000 t., sod the amount of
bankrupt's assets in not known. He is supposed at present
to be gibes&

Yr. Chamberlain and Mr. C. E. Lewis appeared in the

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Mr. Dowling, of South See Houma, timber merchant, wig
appointed
of Novemb ammo.
er Thnext.e ezansinatiou meettng was fixed for
the 18th

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

(Before the Recorder.)

Bridget Merry, 45, was charged with feloniously and
fraudulently taking Lad decoying away from its parents a
girl under 9 Tsars of age, named Lavinia Baker, with
intent to steal its clothes.

Mr. Palmer prosecuted and Mr. ftibtoo was counsel for
the prisoner.
The charge was preferred under • recent statute called
the Offences against the Person Act. It appeared that
oa the 28th August, • young girl, earned Jam Phipps, w
in Lincoln's-inn in the everiang and saw the primmer there
with four little children. Bb• saw her give one of them a
penny, and afterwards take them acmes to the other side of
Liooeheninn. The witness, who knew the children as
living at 47, Btanhopeetreet, heard one of the childree
say ' This is the way to Clare-market," and the prisoner
said, " No, come this way." Wittier went to the chit.
dna, and add them not to go with her, and whim they wow
not go the prisoner said, " Well, if you won't go, give me tea
the limey, and she took the penny from Lotion' Baker,
the child to irks she had given it. Witnees followed her
to Bear-yard, Clare-market, where she told • policeman,
who asked the prisoner what she wanted with the childrey
and she said they were her brother's children, who lived
it a bows to which she pointed, which wee found
to be an empty house. The witness, however, knew
where the children lived, and took the police.
man to their father's, when the primmer w
takes to the station and marched, and some halfpence and
some sweetmeats were found upon her. At the statue the
prisoner said she wee standing against the railings in Lin-
loofa's-inn when the children came round her and called her
names, and she gave them a penny to go away, and whim
they would not go she took it away from them.
The witness Pelops, in answer to Mr. Bibles, said eks
thought the prisoner was under the influence of lima at
the time. The constable, however, said he thought she was
sober.

Mr. Hibton asked his lordship if be thought the evidence
amounted to leading or enticing away.
His lordship thought it amounted to an enticement from
the fact of the penny being given, sod the child was taken
across the square.
Mr. Ribtoa then addressed the jury, and said that as the
witness Phipps had said the primmer was the worse for drink
at the time, sad that she had no intent to decoy the childree,
but was naturally food of children, he leaked them to be
hews that she had given them the peony, sad might have
had the sweets in her pocket for the purpose of indulging in
her natural kindness for shildren.

The Recorder, in snowing 4,remarked that these was
great credit due to the young girl for the manner is which
she had interfered in preventing the children going
any further, and after commenting upon the evidence, said
is would be for the jury to say whether or not the prisoner
intruded to take them away.
The jury found the primmer Nut Guilty.
The prisoner was also charged under three other indict.
Milts with decoying the other three children. The CMS
being entirely similar no evideoce was offered, and the
jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
(Before the Common Serjeant.)
Joieph Garbit,3s, a well-dressed man, plaided guilty to
a charge of feloniously intermarrying with Annie Peens,
his wife Catherine being alive.
The neeond wife, a lady-like and good-looking women,
stated that the prisoner had courted her for four mouths
sad that abe at length married him. He told her that he bad
bee° married and that his wife waa alive, but he intimated
at the same time that be had obtained a divorce from
her in consequence of her misconduct, and he also, it ap-
peared, represented that she was dead.
The prisoner Made a Wog statement to the court, in which
he asserted that hie find wife had miecooducted herself, and
he declared that the second wife was aware of the pocition
in which be was placed ■t the time he married her.
The Common Serjeant said that if there bad been any
evidence to support the statements he had made, be should
have given fell meet to them ; but there was no each
evidence. He, awake% felt it hie duty to order him to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour for sin mouths.