The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-04 00:00:00

MEXICAN COMPANY.

Yesterday, as was stated in the Express, the annual
useetiog of this coespaay was held at that. offices, Groat
Winchester-street, Jose 0. ANSON, Natl, In the chair.
The tiltrotor. commenced their repot by stating that last
year they had held eat the expectation that the operation; of
the sampan, would proceed with more murky sad whin-
ttra than had previously been the ease, and that their minas
is Onges would be work.d. Owing, however, to the war
with the United States, and the dkturbanoes and internp-
doss manned thereby, this expectation had not bon
realised, sad, notwithstanding the mention of hostilities,
the cause, was in a most humble state of anarchy. the
°urinal baring all trend robbers. and ;loader being
carried on is all dire:thin A total suspension of inter-
course with Menlo had taken place. An strangsmont had, is
sonsequess, bees rilintantly coma to with the mitres and
mkessanudoyed kilts company'. service for the patches' of
Moir stra is papmant of hall their Maims which bad mined
~r the .
settlement of the balance until the 30th of
Int. This amen, however, had wereied so ill
that it wss obliged to be absadoned ; and now, the inter-
course with Maxie. having boss re 'stabil bed, the ordinary
operations of the aims had bun recommenced, bat men
to work them wen difficolt to be found. The result of
all these discouraging and disadvantageous circumstances
had terminated in • lose on the operation of the year
of 6341. This amount, however, included as allowance few
the Loudon charges of the year of 3001. The actual
loss was thus reduced to 1841., which, all thine mint-
siderod, was perhaps. as little as costa reasonably have
boa expected. The stock of quiskailver, cn the male
of last year's consumption, Mil equal to OtTald years' sup-
ply. Then wen 130 cargoes of self on hand, besides a
good stock of iron and other useful stores ; and there were
no
outstanding debts, entracte, engagements, or other liabi-
lities of an 'alum whatever.
The CHAIRMAN said the company would have seriously
to consider its future prospects if their agent at Mexico, Mr.
Feaochio, should be unable to transmit them sufficient
mosey to wet their London ezpeneet. He thought they bad
better await the " chapter of accidents " watt.. the present
year would unfold, and then determine as to what was best
to Its dome 'lseuld the state of their affairs tot present an he-
ar Mai septet in the interim. (Hear.)
The report was adopted, the retiring directors were re-
elected, tbauks were voted to Mr. Fenochio and the ohae-
man, and the muftis, separated.

THE FIRE ANp LOBS OF LIFE.
Yesterday morning the brigade authorities instituted
atKinqs into the partioulan of the fire which dentroyed
the premises of Mr. Deana, hat manufacturer, No. 57.
Xing Williamareet, London-bridge. It appeared that the
MUM of the unfortunate roans who lost their lives by
the Are were Mrs. Sophie Demean, about 3d years of age,
and her daughters Lucy and Surly : the one 7 Tom of IV
I and the other 15. The eldest dsugbtsr, Sophia, who fall
from the third filer window, wee removed to St. Thomas's
Hospital, and was examined by Mr. Oran, one of the
houosurgens, who discovered that, independent of her
fractured thigh, one of her ankles was bniten bee
shoulder dislocated, and her ribs WWII injared. Inflannialos
Wain supervened, it is doubtful whether she will ever re-
cover.

—The nefarious!' young men who is still lying in the
beepitel, Otatill that at a few Nantes beim* tea o'clock het
ember mid the yoaager children to go up stairs to bed.
At that thee they were all in the kitchen below the shop.
having jest Mashed their supper. The Andrea did se they
bad bog ?equated, but the moment they reached
the third floor, one of them cried out that one
of the roam was fall of smoke. The mother
told them the home was on fire, and desired them to follow
her. She isnmediately took the children and made to the
trap-door on the roof,which she tried to open, but was unable.
She afterwards re-entered the third floor, hut so tepidly did
the smoke enter that they were nearly suffocated, and her
mother, as the last resource, threw herself oat of the
window;

The circumstances connected with the escape of Elise De-
versus, a child only tiro years of age,were very rentirksble.
The child states that about 9 o'clock, whilst in the parlour,
her mother said it was time for the children to go to bed,
when on taking a lighted candle to go up stairs a spark
blew therefrom, and slighted upon the floor. Her mother
then made use of the following expression ; " If you eye so
carder, sato drop the sparks from a candle on to the floor, and
a fire was to take plea, I should, be endeavouring to save
your lives, lose my own." Having trodden upon the spark,
the whole of the children and their parent were
bg to bed when they found the sleeping apartment
rtralrorismoke. Her mother then cried oat, " The hones is
on are, let us escape." They then ascended the bidder lead-
ing to the trap-door on the roof, when they beard the stair-
case burning, and saw the smoke curlin: upwards. All of a
sudden she mimed her mother and sisters, together with the
ladder, and imagining that they bad got urn the roof, she
ran down stairs, for the purism of escaping by the street
door, but she was met by the flames, which set the heir of
her bead on fire and nearly suffocated her. Bhe imme-
diately placed her night.dreas in her mouth to keep the
mole, oat, and, having nn up stairs again, broke a pane of
glass in a window, crawled through the aperture, and fell
upon a glass skylight below. Her weight broke the glass,
and her legs went through, the fragments of the glass stick-
ing into her flesh. In this position she became completely
fixed, the flames at the same period were rushing forth
from the parleur.windows with such fury as to threaten
her with instant distraction. The poor creature, half dead
with fright, and the flames mounting over her head, had the
pewees of mind to knock her hand through the window of
the adjoining house, belonging to Mr. Hill, confectioners
The noise occasioned by the cracking of the plus brought
some of Mr. Hill's family to the window, when they sue-
waded in pulling the child through; blood at the time was
running from the wounds In her legs and thighs. Dr. Fuller
of the same street, had the sufferer taken to his own hones,
where she was placed in bed and everything done for her
that the nature of her case would permit of, but she still re-
mains in a very wemrbem condition.
Mr. Braidwood, in returning his report *fete fire to the
insures.* companies, states that the damage done was as
follows :—" Wednesday, May 2, 1849.—A quarter to 10
p.m., a fire broke out at No. 67. King Willies-street,
london-bridm belonging to Mr. Chu. Devereux, hatter,
which burned out the shop and third floor, and nearly de-
stroyed the staircase. Roof burned off, and rest of house
seriously damaged by fire and water. Two panties burned
to death, and two taken to the hospital (one sine* dead).
Ns. 66 and 68, Iselewting to Mr. Hill, confectioner, and
MOWS. Kirkman and Csa., estate agents, damaged. Caine
of Ire unknown."

ANOTHER CLERGYMAN PROSECUTED.—LegaI ma.
MIMI bays been taken by the Bishop of °Mord against
the Rey. Mr. Allies ; and we are informed that they will be
prosecuted with all the vigour of which eireurastenees will
admit.—Reeori.

METROPOLITAN AND CITY PoLICE.—A return of
the number of officers end constables who have been de-
misted, flied, impeded, or degraded, from 1844 to 1848
inclusively, and of those who have resigned their appoint-
menu daring the acme p 111604, gives the following /11111111 b :
la 1844 there were discharged 20; fined or suspended,
772 ; degraded in rank Sr pay, 11; resigned their appoint-
ments, 76. In 1845, didmdmid, 19 fined or suspended, 966;
degraded in rank or pay, 13; resigned their appointments,
62. In 1848, dismiesed, 28; fined or sespitd, 1,006 ; de-
moted in rank or pay, 15 ; resigned their appointments, 77.
In 1847, dismissed, 17 ; tined or suspended, 783 ; degraded
in rank or pay, 9 ; rearmed their appointments, 72. In
1848, dismissed, 40 ; fined or =traded, 894; degraded is
rank or pay, 44; resigned their appointment', 69. Total
dismissed, 115 ; total fined or suspended, 4,420 ; total de-
graded in rank or pay, 62 ; total yelped. their appoint-
ments, 366. Total number of robberies during the lest five
yews, 7,142; valor of property stolen, 74,9211 • value of
CPeny recovered, 7,8961. Total number of prima takes
ocostody by the police la 1844, 12,161 ; ditto, is 1846,
12,640; ditto, in 1846 ; 12,874 ; ditto, in 1847, 12,476 ;
ditto, in 1848,13,419.
THE DANISH BLOCKADIL-11100inaral StatmNaoi-
ptioa Company's Mail Packet llenai„Ceptain W. Phillips,
*rived kith, neer last evening from Hamburg, having com-
pleted the nut is the short offorty-one hours. Just
previous to sailing she received some despatches from the
Dridalt government for the blockage( squadron, which the
septainjet on board the oransodore's venal at the me&
et the Mtn.