The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-19 00:00:00

The Ann (*crew steamer), from London, arrived
last week, with a cargo, has not sailed' because the
Danish commodore, in a letter to Colonel Hodges,
threatened to capture her and send her to Copen-
hagen.

EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT ROTTER-
DAM.-£300,000 OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.

The Hull Packet, of yesterday, says
Information has besa received its this town of a most ter-
rible Are which has occurred at Rotterdam. It broke oat im
Saturday morning, the 12th Lamaist, is the sugar r.fiaery of
Messy. Tromp, Sairraoadt, ad Co., sad very speedily de-
stroyed property to a great amount. In fact, it is said that
Rotterdam never was visited with such a calamity in the shape
of fire before. the forowiag extract from a latter received
by Messrs. Wills ad Wdaa, merchants, of this town, from
their spats in Rotterdam, with which we have bees kindly
favoured, will perhaps give the beet possible idea of the es-
tattoo'', :
Rorraanam, May 14 —On Saturday, the 12th instant,
about mesa o'clock in the morning, • most deer active flee
broke out in • sugar refinery, situated in that part of the
town called the Leuveshavis seer to the river nide, end
newly opposite to the place where the Seagull (Hull
and Reastrdarn stains r) lies. It raged with great torn, and
destroyed about thirty dwelliarhousts, warehouses, and
°Mass, hada& g the house, er 'rehouses, arid daces of Meson.
Itiesvose. Tits Soma were not quenched until tea o'clock
on Sunday night. It was much feared that a farther and
greater destruatios would have takes place, as the houses
opposite the square of rowed as whirls the ire broke out
had either taken Ilre, er were very mash damaged. The
total lose in wiernaaadiss, Le., is estimated at about 3,600,000
francs, or 309,0001."

DOTAL OPHTHALMIC HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday the
annual dinner of this charity took place at the Albion
Tam in, and was attended by upwards of 70 gentlemen. The
Lord Mayor presided In giving the toast of the evening. viz.,
" Prosperity to the Institution," with which was mottled the
" Health of Dr. Parrs," tile Lord Mayor stated that sines
the establishment of the charity upwards of 200,000 patients
had been relieved by It, and that the sight of 250
patieots born blind had been restored through its
agency. Dr. Farr*, in replying tout, pointed
oat that the hospital had oda:m.44l"M a thorough
knowledge of the diseases which *Met the eye 1,496
medical gsatlemen, in which Lumber many of the
meat eminent tames is the profession were comprised. It
had been the parent and model of many similar institutions,
not only in this etinatry bat all over the world. In India
and China the results whic% these bread% institutions bad
achieved had exercised the most powerful influence on the
minds of the natives, and to a very great extent in men
queue medical men in the cast were becoming the pioneers
of Mori nation. Dr. Fern concluded by proposing the ma
mossy of John Cunningham Saunders. the founder of the
charity. A variety of other toasts wen proposed and re.
sponged to. The secretary during the evniug annousced a
hat of subscriptions amounting to more this 7001.
THE POISONING CASE AT BATII.—The adjourned
inquest in this saes, which his occupied the coroner's jury
oaring so away days, was held at Bath on Thursday. The
prisoner, Charletn Harris, the wife of the deceased (Henry
Merchant), was again prevented being present through ill.
nese. The other prisoners were all in attendance. Several
witnesses were examined, whose amidesa threw very little
additional light upon the case. Mr. Saunders, barrister, ap-
plied to the coroner (A. H. English, Hag) for permission to
address the jury on behalf of the primmer*, but the applica-
tion was refused, the coroner being of opinion that such •
comes would confer undue advantage on the prisoners, un-
less counsel were also present for the crown. After a careful
summing up of three hours and a halt's duration, the jury
retired to consider their verdict. Is about three quarters of
an hour they returned into court, and the deepest silence
prevailed whilst the foreman delivered the following ver-
dice: —" We find that the deceased, Henry Marchese, died
from the efforts of arsenic feloniously administered to him by
his wife, now Charlotte Ramie. We fled the other prisoners
not mullty." The three prironers, William Herrin, Datiel
Shayler, and Hannah Blearier, were accordingly discharged.
THE STEAMER BOMBAY.—It being the intention
of the owners of the steam-chip, B =bay, now lying in the
East India Docks, to abandon thy voyage to Gibraltar and
Malta, fur which places she was about ton% and was cleared
out on the 14th of March last, the commander of the vessel
has preferred • request to the reverie authorities for their
permission to re-land the whole of eke outward cargo on
ard, in order to enable the shippers mad owners to send it
bi some other vessel to the psebilt int swipe.