The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-29 00:00:00

.A little before 12 o'clock

FIRE AT

on Thiardey sight the extensive dos-story werahotte of
MONO. A. sad B. Hymn, shit perste Amite es. mina el in
Poetised utmost and York-ro.v. Manchester, war do.
erred to be on Bre, end the dimes spread wt. !Del
rapidity that by the time Mr. Row cou'd brit gap hi tire
brindle and engines the whole of the top story w.s on fire
By energy sad goof judgment on the fart of the fin-pollee,
el.ven j- t' were attactud teal many different hilts-pre 00000
water tries in the streets, end threw sue" ago intiiy of
water on the fl•tr es, that they were confined to the top
gig. The firs wee put out alter the destruct 01 of the
a le this story sod of the to 0 rest credit is due t,
. Rees for his e sc• lint management. There was sear/
1118.11811/. worth of stock in the betliimp, and tre. oat
hag its way through into the lower at e.es, seta-wily
di ark dam. ge. The stock includes emhoned ve.vets,
end kart gods having a high and terrains firth,
the leas is greats r than might be expected, and has be. n
gethneted at 15,0001. to 20,0001. Tbe property is insured,
ad the low will $ .11 in pretty equal roma opus the Leeds
bad Yothebin, West Si Rogland, Bun, North &Pith,
Laseashire, Pseettle, Gummi, Manchester, Royal Rs-
etre, Imperial, G:tr'oe, Allison, Atka, Norwich Liter,
sad Comedy dam.
A STRANGE VISTIVIL—Ws find the following in
the Poses Gauche :—.` A curious adventure has takes thee
is a &Erin dose et hand. the family of a reagent, who
inhabits a solitary house in the Adis, were oelebratine the
birth of • child The happy father, in the sues of his j y
°needed to the midwife the at VIM of hi. having paved up to.
ma of eighty delve fir the baptismal fent. Af. w dela
before the feast a figute made its appearance wr speed uo in
a bolt's hide with t ores on its head, and, rimier:in, jowl(
as the devil,' demanded of the preen thiiir new-born
child. The father and mother gr aged with diitrest, up es
which the stranger resented to revive, instead o' the child,
a sum of eighiy o'olave, which were told oat to him. He
then inquired where they kept their provisions ; they r. -
(erred him to the loft. Whilst he wee unhoskina their
sausages and p:eces of beton, sap woman nf tbe neighloner-
hied hampered to look in. when he f 'end the prints
kneeling at their prayers. The ;pant informed hies theta
terrible par.osage was in the here. The sportsmen in-
stantly mounted the entrain., tryisg out, Woo gee'
then ?' A deep haw veleta replied, The devii l' The
eretanne raised hi. gee to take aim, but at the noise t o
stetter, called out, For heaven's sake don't fire; 1 am
N. N.' It wee the midwife's husband, and be is at this
moment le orient "
INTRODUCTION OF OAS INTO YORKSHIRE COAL-
Para.—State the inteodeetinn of get into the villege of
Oil Browne and Drighliegt le, three maths ego, it has
been suggested by tie massager of the gas-light corep.nv to
the ensiles sten of the distolet, that eessiderable advantsges
would result frost the fitting of gas is the p"-bo toms
Fennel of the eseleeraere admitted that ■ eh a plan would
be very advastarnes, but were of opinion that the depth
of the pita (from 300 to 400 feet) would render the earns
lag down of the pipes not only expensive, but Isseardor
Tee ezperlusest was einvqently far t'e time absedened,
engineers from Bradfori and other towns having sten
repented spinet the 'chem.. Intimately the manager of
the iron eimpeny succeeded is Inducing Mr. Thema, Red•
ford, head steward of Mr. Ackroyd's pits. to try the elperi-
meat. The men commeseed putties down the pion in
one tithe pits at Birkeethew on the 17th lament, and 06
Thursday lest the pe in the p't bottom wee lighted for the
first time. Then are at pretest Ant a deem lights bore-
lag is this dap pit ; and the reform. it is entieleeted, will
be eratessivele !Wowed is the mining districts of the Wen
Hiller. —Mase.heate• OftwiriPart.
LONDON FIVER HOSPITAL.—A special =Wing of
the governors' this irtintios wee held yesterday after-
noon at the Freemenes' Tavern. V.r the shadiest of owe
'dada's' Opiates, sad as ether areneral briers.
Ansonia those present were the Nerl ef Doves, and Lords
Monteagle and Redsteek. From the medical ri p-rt it
anger,. that there were sow ern patients I. the tospit.l
this had ever bee. known, emosatiag tea doily {Val MVP of
about 160, while formerly the enrage was less than 80.
Daring the three months of the wisest year the avenge bad
Men s. imstk.n 130.whi1. It was te be regretted that there
ws• no communal's* ieenase(batea the e watery • deereare)
in the funds. After rue footles busters beteg dispned
of, the ballot far the electioe of physislas was proreetirti
with. The easdidates were Dr. Ramified Jones and Dr. N.
Hunter Semple. At the aloes of the ballot. the numbers
waffle—Far Dr. Jaen, 19; for Dr. fineele,B; majority for
Dr. Jere, 11. Dr. Jests hare; bine duly declared alerted,
*asks wen saarimoesly earsded I. the noble eh airmen,
sad the pronedingsetred.
CITST.AL Paucs.--Chis Sawa° DAT, Kum
28.—Modnias. ommoM, 1,462; ditto by seems Peke%
311; beeet *Men, 1,773.