The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-10 00:00:00

Intendence of the deck. There is lees danger when In the open sea:
bat whilst navigating St. George's Channel or the English Channel
the navigation of the ship should not be left to the second in covi-
mend. Besides, they abused the advantages of steam, in order to
follow routes impracticable to sailing vessels, Re."
ACCIDENT.—A convict named Turner, on Thursday
afternoon, at Woolwich, was engaged with others in unld-
ing timber, when the dog hooks attached to the crane
caught his jacket, u be stood on the quay, and threw him
into the ricer. Heavily ironed as he wee, he sank imme-
diately, and his body wits not recovered till about two hours
afterwards. Ile was only IS yea's of age.
FIRES AND Loss oF LlFE.—Last night, shortly after
nine o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. John
Sharp, printer and bookseller, 30, Kent-street, Southwark.
Mr. Sharp has lately been employed manufacturing Me-
works, and it la supposed that the explosion of tome of the
combustible matter used in that business caused the disaster.
At the hour mentioned the major part of the shop front was
blown into the street with fearful violence, and the shop and
its contents were at once wrapped in flames. Whilst sundry
parties were endeavouring to extinguish the flames, Mr.
Sharp, who bad lett the place barely five minutes before,
returned,wnen hisattention wasinstantly attracted by violent
screams. He forced his way through the dense mass of
smoke, and in the back parlour he found two of his children
almost suffocated. Alter considerable trouble, he suc-
ceeded in getting them out, but not before one was
terribly injured. It wu then believed that no person
had perished, and the engi,ies of the Brigade and West of
England Company coming up, the firemen at once set to
work, and as soon as the fire was so far got under as to enable
any one to enter, Mr. Henderson went in, and whilst he was
examining the shelves at the rear of the enunter, he disco-
vered what he at first thought was a " dummy" used in
setting out the shop, but upon liking a light in, it was axe r-
tained to be the body of a human being. It was removed to
the back parlour, and a medical gentleman sent fur, who
upon examining the party pronounced life extinct. The
countenance of the poor creature was dreadfuqy contorted,
and it was quite evident that she had died from the effects of
the explosion. She was the eldest daughter of the pro-
prietor, and her name was Ellen Sharp, and had just turned
19. It appears that when her father went out, she was
sitting behind the counter attending to the shop. Before the
tire was extinguished the whole of the stock in trade was
totally consumed, by which means, independent of losing
his child, Mr. Sharp has sustained a great loss, he being un-
insured.—Scarcely had the firemen returned to their eta-
I Ilona from the fire in Kent-street, than tLey were called to
another, which commenced in the premises belonging to Mr.
Cowper, linendraper and haberdasher, 144, High-street,
Borough The premises were very spacious. A few minutes
' after they were closed, an alarm was raised that they were
on tire, and in the course of a few minutes the flames shot
through the front windows. A strong muster of constables
of the M division were on the spot in a sh"rt time to keep
the epectat in out of danger. Engines of the London brigade,
Parish, West of England, and County offices arrived one
after the other in rapid succession ; but they were for a con-
siderable time of no use, owing to a want of water. At
length the water began to flow from the mains in the district,
and the engines were severally set to work, those of the
Brigade under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, and
those of the West of England and County establishments,
undo( the direction of Messrs. Connorton and Garwood.
Although the engine+ were worked with full vigour, and the
firemen exerte I themselves to the utmost, about two hours
elapsed after the outbreak before the fire was palpably dimi-
niehel, and it then became evident there was no further
danger. How the fire originated, the amount of property
destroyed, or whether or nut the sufferer was insured, could
not be learned.