The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-27 00:00:00

FIRS IN IHS CITY.--(THIS DA I)

This morning, about half-put 11 o'clock, a lire,
attended with the destruction of same thoue.nd gonads'
worth of property, broke out in the premise belonging to
Maws. Morley, Kees, and Nippon, wholesale lax and silk
merchant., Stoat* at No. 122, Wood .etre-t, Cheapside. The
premises WWII Ore goon high, and azteoded to the back of
the warehouses in Gutter-lane, while the large warehouse*
of Mears. Young and Ranee, No. 123, sad those of
Mom. Edgcomb, No. 119, adjoined on either side
Wood•strest. From inquiries made it apron
that a umber of wen were in the house doing see repairs
to the gas sweats', the centre plate haring beams Isles-
dm, and the Greet Centred Company were gelding In their
weirs Mr. Upward, of the Chartered Works, was also as
the pressises, and to hie indomitable perseveranoo may be
moribed an escape of over twenty puma& The gem by
gene memo raped, and borambeg Malted, the Imes shot
up to the Masai limn His amen of llsktodag. At that
time several young atm wen be the venoms rooms, bet
mashie to deemed thraugh the loans, whim Mr. Upward
run and broke spa glass windows ea the roof. sad by
tint aryeikat the min wore matled to oempr, moot
el them without outaintag any personal lojury. That web
a vast amoust airs should here escaped into Use premier
neknows will so dosht Gall for an official inquiry. The
bridled, engines trim swirly all pouters of the metropolis
were esmatessg la Os woe, sad were attended by powerful
beam of arum" eider the dlrectioa of Mr. Seporlatondsat
Mraillweed sal Mr. Paremen Bridges. A good 'apply of the
Mew Aber Osingsaye wow Irvin born procured, the Imam
weal to work la Moir otessi latoopM maser, sad by oonveyng
the hose from various eggines on to the melt of the Ada •
lag premiere, the brigade were medial be matter some
thousand lons weight of water late Me Mettles preniess,
is the while et the Seers of the behikeg be width the
N semmesi woe hereof eel, sedlemiweemlely Ohs water
hes the seem meis eat the hest togesuiee egos the
&Wag gas Abseil belf-pest 12 (Mesh a use meted
141111011 wee torqued late the basement Omega sa kameaso
ohne of l and by peat manias he memedel b mobs
a the ow and by oat eats* the be was nearly soda-
'MAW ; but the damage doss Is very eatiniem, sot
now* to the pawn= is which the are began, but also to
three stables. The books were all saved.

NORTH AND DOUTII-WRBTIRN JUNCTION
RAILWA r.- (THIB DLL)

This gay, et nom. the amel half-yeerty mooting ot the
proprietors of the vow railway ems beifil at the Easton
Station; Mr. TOOTAL, the chairman of the board et Creole's,
m the chair.

TM report slam Mat the remelts of the peel lialf-yeeee
amide( hare beset meet setietectory, the Sit hammy avail-
able big 2,OUL lia, white is ettlichat to pay a
ditridend at the Nee el 4+ par oat. pm mama
bawls, WU ea be oerried formed
the emonat of the mutat half-peer. Tits opiates of
She Rampeteed Junction Railway took plum at Qs mu-
ammosimat al the pram& yem The directors ham Mated oa
ream esseeime their opium that this saw railway, frees
the Iseillthe It 'Rade kr tram at taw halm
salted to the cenweedeme at the pabtle, mad from du new
distaste it opine ter tralla mama MI to he of advantage le
the compmpeeallimaany sod dry aim hoe hevied tar the fullihnest

Tie Mumma nerd the adoption of the report and
&limb is the Natal tsar E. mid at the lea reran
he expressed • hap ret the baud would on Ude orrice be
atria le denims • radar at th, rue of 4 per out. per
✓esta, teed the astir tinliaaboo of • dividend of 4i per
Omsk oast, le thaegr, be very witiefaotory to the preprie•
taws. The arms y wee for a short time under • gird. Mk
eirrearee of she ezpandlture ma the Hemmerawitli
brawl net brag royal aa ronanaerair r it ass
ay,to be ; Met the eland bed sow paused aw
=Merl sew b roam In the hilt-pser ring the iist
of tacraber, lOW the samber 1/111 mg% iuri
lbw meant ressived 1,01414 In tla pried of
1869 the ember of prorgere wee I seed @reset
1,4641. Ansinteneele bad orb ebb cite
Orem Norbert sad the Bealwa Own i= Compeabe Trek
would aced inaremed MINN ter warehaediee ke sad
eued, thief to lamer the dividend. The Ramp
✓ed line was opened early in January, and for se
the beard amid judo it word edd eamideestay to the teak
of re North and South Wmeas Yee, The wen at re
time Merl of the rib bored to the Cheers rides.
but ant bed rear groundless. It
wee Mr the dirsteme to rat their roe
tow haperralle of the rineserolal arty with
Tresee. (Hear, beer.) There would no doubt be •mg
largo interehinge of meemodidee bares itandwater and
Havre; lrk as trig
_poet et the brat mete be-
mean lie serer Miaseepten, that Nam mail
net id le pertlerate la the barb, (Haw,
beer.) The Landes end North Warts board bad
a
blii teem pertierone br • bur hem Tolokanbam to
Irby Peek semi if rat roe completed there would be
✓are matinaene creep antis dentin hem Pesa►rl-
ewerr flem=enr. Used noisily Aeon had aim
caned rebel eperstima, but to obetrootione had
rim* bum toneseed. sad h woe expected that rate-
men baldinge work an yap. bwetted.

The ameekia wee aieesaaedhy Mr. Lace, a attester, and
earned emeinesely.

• dlektead M lae rare a 41 per eget. pee moue w thew
declared, sad the Wirth; divemem hawing bees rewleated, the
prowardhap terrethated la the menel eraser.

ANOTHEII CHUAN ao•nottr • CLIZOTItAIf..--0i
Reisrda , *aim ler Pried* Thome Ribbese, mar,
el the easel tad &aphis c 4 the Urea Work-
hoer at L. t, Debut Keene Sevier mad nee De BMW/
mei ellevisi beim the assleerare at Loeb with stellehreely
=itsiis Atria piereeries et the iliegiiiieste
rf ILIUM It Make, sad ern
tars ark Add by
selewfal me m% ma* by dasieedaely sad frosialead
korai it at the Leek ohs westbstre. to brew
to the COalinoll filed at Ms tare. The baulky tea piece
in the large Wesleria wireheria, which wee sorb orowded.
From the strictest, it append dust the rev. gas wee the
father of the child, art ward litters of • very eheadeable
ohmmeter, whims by labs, were reed. The chid sr Ind at
the orethease-tker, arl M. arenad petioles woe misted
to here bets the parrs she hit h. At the elso 81 the WI.
IMAM Mr. Cm, 8•14 the ciesehron oho limb bed ear to
to thin soot pits' facility wee, that the edemas was is-
isficiest wise Elie. de Barrier% sod ahe rest he Mr
(Merged ; bet, es regarded the other two, they would be
te-
raadsd cm their errs reconfirms nal thwerday next, is
wen that the Pow-law Board bLesiva, who 1.11111 the
ml yrcemettots, might to cosanlted, sad dr wiles felt
before them.

A FOOLISH Taros.--Saturday was a day of
amessesiset to the people of Warrington, from the feet thin
a emendsrable nauster of the tradesmen of the town were
bound at the experts of the rester et the perish.
Bow time during the week, letters parporthig to have
emanated from the rectory was mist by poet to
butchers, baker., lialiamengses, dealers in game, frui
', terers,
is. sag spirit meraheate, tabors, drape,. eshillre harktre,
coopers, coal agnate, helsilmakers, and 'even sweeps, damn.
thing was ordered from every or of the above. Eines
o'clock in the foramen was the time appointed for the
perdes to be at the restoey, mad et (bat hoar, sad a Htth
before sad atter, eldest he seen persona treadle( their trey,
loaded with legs of settee, rounds of beef, two rrack-losdo
of brood (currant and plain), Forma kinds of doh, harm
and rabbits, bundles of cloth, silk, and stuffs, mile of ribbon,
betties of wine and spirit*, gropes and other de.cript of
fruit, one fart toed of bricks, two cart loads of o el' map_
pay tablas, tabs sad beams, two wet obelus (ordered to
take the rester sad hie family to the railway stalks), sad
last bat not leer, chiraney-swespiag mesobiass. As may he
eatkipated, the domestics at the roomy thought the people
had goes med. The drat amen were told tiny wire Ws-
taken, sad they sees bud out that they hed been duped
se they whammed the ether arrivals. The sushi y was es
greet se to stamp it as we of the most notaarkable sf the
dope kind ever beheld. The stns part of the affair is
that 'redeem could be Ns ardly eseeiderier that the
lettere referred to had no *astern Newnan. Examinee.
IBS Pore's Tamura—The Paoal tribute casu-
alty'', sow sitting at the Prembymry, Mmdboninik.stisst,
Dobbs, have been favoured with a ememeneleatioa from the
Apostolic Ailment to the follow* fact :—" 6, Bootee-
street, Feb. 24.—Geatieesea,—lam mire you will be petard
to learn that the diet tooklease lAOOI., part of the fruits
ef yaw melees eaertlart, bee already resebed its decimation.
imd has home lIIMM•id by hie Holism with the wannest sad
meet paternal eswerias of approbation et the faith sad
esiligtoes seal wktri nitwit* the coutddera. I enelome,
Ayear rrseal, a bum received this morning Irma Cat-
a Bewaabo, in which his minima merge tee that
his Holiness is mgt prided hp tie inowanseat eh prowl-
deatielly elicited la Weed, by the dbrts whleb the
people bore Sr. making to assist the Hely Ilse la its Adios/-
ties. I treat that under yoer eon the eelleedes of Solo)
will prows how little Impertsmos the °samba of Dublin
attach to the authority of Led Jobe Russell, who is a de-
'fetch lately published bee bed the hardihood to edam the
government of his Holism Plum IX. with Ignorant?, for▪ sod &apatite, Let Lard J. Rowell ruoport rebel-
lion ageing a lawful ;let him recoownd the ape-
of the church of 0 —we shall melte every rarrhos
asidatata the jest rights and the traritnnate authority of
be Peatik se am emery for the welfare of religion wed d
welmila? geetlesea, your devoted servant—
ed PAWL IMMIX: