The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-11 00:00:00

LORD Jona RUSSELL.—The health of the noble
lord prop:twee favourably. The reply to inquiries this morn-
ing was, • His lordship is much better."
NIE:49EB. SANDERSON AND Co.—At a meeting of
the creditors of Messrs. Sanderson and Co., held yesterday,
Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd in the chair, it wee announced that
the liabilities of the firm had now been reduced to a point
which would warrant a proposition from Mr. Sanderaon,
for the payment of his engagements in full, in four instal-
meats of 5i., the flirt on the 20th init., the 2nd on the 20th
Mor.'h the third on the 20th July, and the last on the 20th
December, 1848. With revised to the question of interest
which these instalments should bear, it was unanimously
agreed that 6 per cent. would be a sufficient rate. Out of
the 1,725,0001. of liabilities at the date of suspension,
1,415,0001. have run off (of which 148,0001. on suspended
house' remains unpaid), leaving only 310,0001. to mature ;
and it is satisfactory to understand that in the event
of the unpaid bills realizing the amount at present
expected from them, a surplus will remain to Mr. &under-
ion, after the proposed arrangement shall have been carried
out, of 70,0001. In addition to a considerable portion of pri-
rate property. The following is the resolution agreed to at
the meeting :—" That the accounts and explanations laid
before the meeting appear to be perfectly satisfactory, as ex-
plaining the actual state and prospects of the concern, and a
pit weal made by Mr. Sanderson for the final liquidation of his
engagements, with interest, by equal instalments of 25 per
cent, each, now, and at three, seven, and twelve months, was
unanimously acceeded to."
IRISH COERCION BILL—The following are the
names of the 19 gentlemen who vetted against the second
reading of the Outrages (Ireland) Bill: T. C. Anstey„
D. Callaghan, W. 8. Cfrawford, J. T. Devereux, W. Pagan,
R. M. Fox, J. Greene, R. Keating, T. Meagher, H. K G.
Morgan, J. O'Brien, T. O'Brien, M. O'Connell, A. O'Fla-
harty, N. Power, J. Reynolds, E. B. Roche, F. Scully, and
T. Wakley. Tellers Mr. Feargua O'Connor and Mr. John
O'Connell.

GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—
This morning, a very general reduction of a penny in the
price of the 41b. loaf was made by the bakers in the metro-
palis. In Clare-market and its vicinity the best bread can
be obtained at 60. • seconds, 51d. ; and inferior, at sd. the
albs.; and in some places the prices are a halfpenny less than
the above quotations.
GREAT FIRE AT LEA.—A conflagration broke out
near the village of Lea, Kent, lout night, about a quarter
hefore 12 o'clock, at the Barntash Farm, the property of
Mr. Thomas Clarke. The flames when first discovered
were confined to the corner of a large rick of wheat, standing
near the cow-houses and barns. The wind, however, was
blowing so strong, that hardly. five mines bad elapsed
before the flames were driven into one oral
wo other stacks
of corn and hay ; and before much assistance could be ob-
tained, the cow-houses and stabling were also wrapped in 6re.
After considerable trouble the live stock was got out, but such
was the fury of the.flaines that it wu impossible to remove the
contents of the cart-lodgee or barns, and before 12 o'clock
(not above 15 minutes after the discovery was first made)
there must have been at least two or three thousand square
feet of property in a general blaze ; but by throwing buckets
of water upon the granary and private residence of Mr.
Clarke, these buildings were saved from destruction. The
fire is supposed to have been the work of some vile in-
cendiary.
RIVER PLATE.—Advioes of the 9th of October
appear to have reached Havre from Monte Video; hut we
have no news excepting that Rivieria had been banished by
the Montevidian authorities, and sent to the Island of St.
Catharine. So much for Lord Aberdeen's protegi, whose
virtues were se much extolled by the parties who now drive
him from their shores.
Our merchants who are connected with the River Plate
will learn with satisfaction, that the French and English
governments have at length come to an agreement which
will, we trust, put an end to the very unsatisfactory state of
affairs between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. The dis-
poeitioa shown by the French government during the com-
munications which have led to this result affords the best
ground for believing that this question will be moon finally
and satisfactorily arranged. Chronicle.