The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

KENT.

Eemeestve. Fins,—On ;ifidee, morning, just after the
people had left church, a fire broke out on Gomel' Farm ,
Speedhurst, about three miles from Tonbridge Wells, in the
occupation of Mr. Daniel Reed. The fire was first set nin
a hay-stack, when the village was alarmed, and an express
sent off for the fire-engine, while parties were engaged in
pulling down the buildings between the fire and the dwell-
' ineehouse, to prevent the fire communicating. So rapidly
did the fire spread, that in less than a quarter of an hour
five stacks, the barn, stables, outhuildings, dc., were in
flames, and we regret to state the whole of them, with the
exception of au outhouse, and nearly the whole of the farm
produce, were totally destroyed. The origin of the fire is
unknown ; but as it broke out in the hay-stack on the aide
adjoining the hap-garden hedge, it is supposed that either
some of the hoppers must base been there smoking, or that
it was the work of some incendiary.
Dovf.it, Sear. 13.—A lire took place yesterday afternoon,
at Tower Hamlets, about a mile from this plant•, coosuining
eight stocks of corn and three of straw, the seine of about
9001. The above were the property of Means Going Beal S.
Finnis, merchants, of Dover, and were insured to about half
the value only. It is understood that the conflagration was
caused, as is too often the ease, by some boys at play near the
stack igniting some Inciter matches, by accident. Sloth corn
and straw were totally consumed.—Chronick.
iNerNDIAILT FILM AT CllALK.—Early on Sunday morn-
ing a fire broke out on the Parsonage farm, atljoioing the
high road at Chalk, near Gravesend, in the ocetipatien of
Mr. Lake, which destroyed a large hare, contAining about
gets quarters of barley that had just been threshed, together
with a stack, containing firtlsixquarters of the same grain.

ISCENDIART FIIIE.-013in;.1eiy night, shortly after eight
o'clock, a destructive fire broke out at the farming premi,es
of Mr. Brewer, near the town of Bricking and Braintree. It
originated in a bean stack, and speedily communicated to
two stacks adjoining. Powerful and well-directed exer-
tions rescued the dwelling-house, and by eleven o'clock the
flames were safely got under. The same premises were
partly destroyed by fire about eighteen months since, for
which four pi r-ons were tried, two of whom were found
guilty and transported. The property is understood to be
insured. rt •

WILTS.
ANCIENT COINS FOUND AT ANDOVER.—IN taking down
part of the old, and dinging the foundation for a new wall
approaching the church, in this borough, a variety of coins
have been dug out by the workmen ; some of gold, others of
silver and copper : two gold ones, about the size of half a
sovereign, of the rcizn of WilTam and Mary ; several of
Charles, bearing the date of 1672, in a very perfect state ;
others either Saxon or Roman pieces, apparently of copper,
but so much defaced, that the dates cannot be made out.
The men at first set so little value upon them as to sell them
for beer, but since it became generally known such were
found, several inhabitants with antiquarian spirit have given
good prices for those since found by the fortunate workmen.

SALOP:
Tns PROTECTIONISTS OF SHILOVSIIIRE, we understand
from a correspondent, bad a meeting at Shrewsbury last
week, which turned out a signal failure. The annual meet-
ing of the Protection Society was to have been held a month
ago, but it being impossible then to collect the members, the
meeting was postponed, and exertions were in the mean-
time made to collect a large company. Many arts were tried.
The tradesmen were informed that the farmers would only
deal with anti-free trade shopkeepers, and the farmers were
invited by all the allurements of large type to swell the host
of the Protectionists. In spite of all these exertions, only
about fifty persons could be got together, and the whole pro-
ceeding was flat, stale, and unprofitable.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
REcollM or It LISTS.—I MIA think, writes a
rtspondent of the Cambridge Independent, that
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