The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-17 00:00:00

D.6BIIWOTION A
O 18P
10L HAI THE SHIP
BOUR PORTO NOVO IN
B.

BRISTOL, Its. 16.

Great consternation prevailed hers last evening
and during the night in consequence of its becoming known,
that a most destructive fire raged on board a vessel in the
harbour, which not only threatened the entire lass of the ship
handl. but pland the adjacent vowels in great peril. The
Porto Novo, which wee one of the fiat of the late extant.*
African firm of Means. Brufoed, Dyer, and Co. had only
arrived in the harbour a few den ago, from Oatioon, on the
West oast of Africa. Her cargo comprised, amongst other
things, about 250 tens of palm oil, of the beet qu,thry, 200
tons of bar wood, 40 toes of ebony, near 5,000
cocoa nuts sad a quantity of gum copal and beze
Yeshivas adorn= • number of hungers were
in her, whets, se two an, named James
and Hebert Mean. were engaged In getting out some bar
wood from the run of the ship underneath the fore part of the
alter-cabin, one of them =cid— entally let Lill • lighted candle
which he had in his hand amongst some loose gunpowder
which had broken out it is thought from one of the oaths. An
explosion took place, and both wee so shockingly burnt that
It wee found neosssery to remove them with ell despatch to
the Bristol Gemmel HapitaL The gunpowder met fire to the
venal, which at first burnt so slowly that the men engaged
on bond were hopeful of being able, with the assistance of
those in the yard, to extinguish it without much damage.
They persevered for some time, and poured large quantities
of water down from the float over the burning part,
but edam= much effect, and finding that the
:=fed by the cooilmatiblee from the cargo.
upon them, they despatched massagers to obtain the
assistenes of the public fire nen= The efforts of the fire-
men being attended with someely any greater soon= it was
determined to scuttle the unto/twist' vessel es thee:sly chance
of saving her or her cargo. The harbour master gave orders
for the surrounding shipping to be hauled away to as great a
distance ea possible, and holes having been cat in the Porto
Novo's aide she filled and sunk to some extent. The premium
of a burp number of costa of oil preven'ed her being sub-
merged as completely as was hoped for, and se ahe heeled
over considerably on her larboard quarter • good portion of
her cable was still left above the high water level of the har-
bour. The fire at that part continued to defy all the efforts
mod to extinguish it, and being fed by the m, Icing oil and
beeswax it raged with such fury that at one time the burning
vessel was all bat unapproachable. The flames broke out on
all /idea, and towered to ouch a height that the entire city
was illuminated. At about four o'clock it was dirt rmined to
cut her meats away, which was speedily accomplished, and
they went overboard with a tremendous crash. At about five
o'clock the of the fire began to abate, and at the time
when I write 3 o'clock p.m.) it is all but out. The vessel is
only partially =out 1,0001. The cargo is inured
I. the Deseret Marie Insurance office to the :tent of
9,0001. or 10,000/. The Porto Novo was about ten years old,
having been launched ta 1848.

DIONSASTIEW QUARTERLY SEATING.

DUDLEY, SATIJILDAT ETENINO.

The final meeting of the ironmastera of this dis-
trict for the current quarter was held in this town, as usual,
this evening. This assembly was a lee important one than
It usually la, In consequence of the large quantity of iron
which has been sold at the two preceding meetings, and even
prior to quarter•day. The principal consumers had mani-
fested so completely their confideace in the firmness of the
present trade prices that few of them withheld or refrained
from entering into contracts until the concluding meeting, so
that to-night it was very much of a formal olteracter,
and the attendance of the trade was not so large
ea it usually is. The discussion which took place
Ind the business transacted were, however, fully OM.
&matey of the prooeedinga at the meetings held at
Wolverhampton and Birmingham. There has been a Large
quantity of finished iron sold at this quarter-day than on
similar occasions for two or three years at least • and the
nature of the business has been such so to show that it has
been of a bona Me character, in fact, to supply the current
reqaireurents of commences. The feeling of
raljizesent at the
mi
ni this evening was that the trade israpidly regaining
at.:ly condition ; the makers of best quail es of manufac-
tured iron are all full of orders for at le ut two months' make;
and the good effect of this upon the trade bas been evinced by
the improvement which has been brought about In the price
of the inferior make of Moo, the margin of priors being limited
between It and the beat quality.
There were more transactions in pig iron at this meeting
than at either of the previous oast ; and as the demand for
It M Merolla*, it is probable that there will be additional
furnaces blown in in the coulee of the quarter, but at
present the peke is not move than moderately remunerative
'to the producer. There has been en additional furnace or
two put in blast in Shropshire; and the cold blest iron of that
district is in good demand in South Staffordshire.
The coal trade in this district is getting brisk ; and the col-
lie' are all folly employed.
The general trade of the dietrict is aleo in an improvieg
and satisfactory condition ; the great works In the neigh-
bourhood are in active operation, and the numb* of persona
out of employment Is small.
The settee meetings terminating here to-night hie passed
off satisfactorily; accounts have been well paid; and the
prevailing feeling to-nightthat the prospects of trade
thls district are of an ascoareging character.

RIAIONATION OF MS. W. BROWN, M.P.—The
Limped Mercury of Saturday says :—" The public will
learn with regret that Mr. William Brown, one of the mem-
bers for the southern division of this county, has intimated
his Intention to resign his seat in the House of Commune
after the dissolution of the present parliament. Mr. Brown
announced this declaration at a bouquet given by the mayor
on Thursday in celebrities of the 160th anniventery of the
fontdation of the Blue-ooat Hospital."
NANA BAHIB.—By the lest accounts the Nana
Sahib was in his old haunt in the close jungly country
between the Term of the Himalayas and tLu open in the
Beseech &wishes, at • place celled Chandra, or Chundahah.
His force consists of cavalry almost atchteicely, and he has
three horse guns. He hes antreeched himself strongly,
Ent this is merely to guard against treachery,
sad not for the purposes of defence. His hench-
man, • ose-mwed eslttear, armed to the teeth,
mover home him, night or day. No one is permitted
to ester his strecighe d without a pass in the Mania bend. I
mod set say that all the projects for his capture by a sudden
disk or. utterly fettle—es ma the Brit intimation of the sp.
pearence of any foto, within fifty miles of him he will be off
sad away. Belo Rao, his brother, attempted to woos Into
Oerwkpore • few days ago, but Brigadier itowcroft, who
Us doss good service fora keg time in that diatrizt, met
Wm, sad drove beck hie force with lona They ere ea
bevies( as the frontier, bower, peeving to and fro. like, to
ell wegm, trembled egletta—Turfs otereepodeat la Osde.

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