The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-03 00:00:00

ANOTHER EXTENSIVE FIRE.

The largest fire, as far an super-fide. is con-
vened, which has occurred for some time, happened yea.
terday morning about eight o'clock, on the premises
belonging to Messrs. Frost Brothers and Company,
ropemakers and hawser-factor, which extended from the
Sun Tavern-fields, situate at the bock on the south
side of the Blaekwall line, over the distance of half-a.
mile longitudinally into the Commercial-road. This fee.
tory was the largest in London, and comprised a number
of spinning-rooms and costly machinery depute. In about
the centre of this length of covered land was the tar-house,
in which many hundred barrel, were deposited, whilst a
great quantity of hemp and other inflammable articles were
crowded *bout the premises. There appeals some doubt as
to the exact spot in which the catastrophe originated. One
of the officials of the works states that it began at the end
of the premises nearest the Commennal-road, whilst
another asserts that it originated in the middle of the works
nearest the tar-hones. The discovery appears to have been
made by a constable, who at once sent off for assistance,
and with as little delay as pessible the engines of the
parish, nearly a dozen of the London brigade, including the
powerful steam-land-engine of Menne. Shand and 1141•011.
of the Blackfriars-road, were on the tpot, under the
personal superintendence of Mr. Braidwood. The
tire was then running along right and left of
the various buildings with great rapidity. A good
supply of water having being procured, the engines
were put into operation, but with little effect, for the
flumes continued to seise upon the surrounding buildings,
sod eventually the sight become fearful to behold.
Mr. Braidwood, upon seeing the great danger that
was apparent from so many extra hundred barrels of tar
near the centre arch of the railway, gave immediate orders
that the steam engine should be fully worked upon that
point.. That expedient was crowned with success, and
much property was in consequence saved. The fmme
kept to their work, but could not prevent the flames from
extending, except to the great stole of extra tar not in the
tw -house, and in &short space of time the machinery depart.
manta, the twisting, spinning, and store lumen, and the tar
,ompartments hetamo a mass of fire. The damage done is
very serious to the machinery departments, and the whole of
the winding, spinning, and cording houses are completely
levelled with the ground. The storehmses and the tar de.
partment are consumed, and the dwelling-houses were seri.
ously damaged by fire.
At ten o'clock this great fire was not entirely extin-
guished. The damage done, according to Mr. Superin.
tendent Braidwood's report, it will be seen, is considerably
greater than above enumerated.
The following is the °fiend report :
ksii a.m. Sept. 2—A fire broke out in Sun Tavern-fields,
property of Frost Brothers, ropemaker4; cause unknown.
insured in the Sun' Phoinix, and other fireeffices. Engines
called by telegraph and police. (he. on the premises. Ex.
tioguished by firemen, with the aid of the East London
Company's water. The injury dune is as follows :—Two
buildings of three Boars, used as stores; three build-
legs of two floors, used as rope stores and offices, and corn.
munhxiting, 121) ft. by 50 ft. ; role ground, with spinning
lofts over, two floors, 1,200 ft. by 10 ft. ; yarn and capstan
house, brick built, Soft, by 30 ft. ; three brick buildings,
at North-end, nectlas spinning roomsand machinery depots,
destroyed ; brick building, left. by 411 ft., and machinery,
damaged seriously by fire and pert of roof off ; side and
back part of dwelling severely mint, and contents damaged
by water and removal.
Nos. 1,2, and 3, let out in tenements—Back fronts da.
ranged by tire, lec. Uninsured.
Noe. 1,2, 3, and 4 (opposite). also let out in tenemeate
to poor families, beleuguig to Mr. Iliekmore, of the ma..
end-mad—Fronts of premises damaged by tire. Us.
insured. . .

Nos. 57 to 107, in Cowley-strect, occupied u one of the
model lodging-houses, have the hack fionts scorched and
the window-glam broken, and the furniture is greatly da-
maged by removal.

Dmit,..envis Fla' AT CAMDEN-TOWN.-011
Friday night, about half past 8 o'clock, a destructive fire
broke out on the premises of Mr. George Payne, tailor and
hatter, No. 6, Caniden.broadway, Camden-town, and
before an engine could arrive the house was enveloped. in
flames, which were not extinguished until the premises
were burnt oat, and those of Mr. Alfred Coe, cheesemunger,
and other homes, were damaged by fire and water.
DESTRUCTIVE STORM AND CI,NPLAORATION.--•
Leipzig was visited on the 27th ultimo with a storm, which
only lasted a quarter of an hour, but during that time com-
mitted the greatest havoc. biome of the 100 [stoma weighed
from 2 oz. to 5 oz., cod although they fell at it p.m., en-
cumbered the streets and roads ou the following day.
Every pane of glaze facing the west was instantly broken.
Tim trees were stripped of their leaves and fruit. The town
museum lea greatly. suffered, the pictures and prints in the
moms even beinginpred. The Napoleon, by be la Roche,
haa been damaged in 16 places, the Cromwell in 19, and
others more or lees. The printing-house and dwelling of
F. A. Brockhaus have their roof., and other parts severely
injured. In the four houses composing the whole establish-
ment the number of panes destroyed by the hail amounts to
1,328, and iu an outhouse to 565 more. Horses and men
have been killed, wagons and carriages although
heavily laden overturned, and several children were
naming when the report left. On the same day,
but 1,01110 hours earlier, another calamity occurred
at Gotha, where the castle of Friedenstein was, discovered
to be in flames, mid about four o'clock had to be battered
down with cannon. The castle contained a church with •
vaulted burial-platy for royal persons, a theatre, halls of
session fur the bolding of councils, a museum with • library
(1900,000 volumes, a cabinet of coins, a collection of pic-
tures and prints, a cabinet of art, a collection of objects in
natural history, a Chinese collection and another of casts
from antique statues. it was not known whether the edi-
lice and its contents were insured or not.

•••••••
FATAL BOAT ACCIDINT.-011 Friday afternoon a
fatal accident occurred astir the mouth of Portsmouth
harbour. The &clerk, it, indruction-brig, miter the mud
week's cruise, wee making for her moorings, sailing
at the sato of about 4 knot. an hour, with an
ebb tale running, when a boat manned by eight seamen
was lauded a-head for the purpose of making the
hawser fast to the mooring buoy ; but, the operation being
tarried oat before the weigh of the scowl had been suffi-
Meath stopped, she fell athwart the stem of the Sealark
and WAS capsized, her whole crew bent.:, of COUTSC, precipi-
bitsl into the water. Every effort was morale to rescue the
poor fellows, but, unfortunately, two young ordinary sea-
men, named (belt/era and Dowling, were drowned, and
their bodies have not as yet, we believe, been recovered.
A CHILD BROWNED IN A PIPKIN.—On Wedneas
day last Mr. Swann, coroner, held an inquest at the Four
Bells, Woodborough, on the body of a child named Elizabeth
Mellon, who was drowned in a veay melancholy manner on
the previous day. The demaami was playing iu the garden
while its parents were at dinner, when by some means it fell
into apipkin full of water, which rested against the side of
the house, and was drowned in a few minutes. The father
of the child, upon missing her, instituted a search, and to
his consternation found her in the pipkin, into which it mi-
-1 pears she bad fallen whilst ladling union water out. The
poor child was at once takes out.. and restoratives were
applied, but to no purpose. The child wee in the vessel
about seven minutes, and wee pissed four thous during that
period by the dietreseod father, who never thought of look-
ing into the pipkin. The child was seventeen mouths old,
end its father is Mr. Samuel d llury tailor.—Nottinpham
Juvrnnl.
TUE STEPNEY MT:EDE/L.—The detectives em-
ployed to unravel, if possible, this mysterious reorder, have
apparently come to a dead lock, sod up to a late hour on
riatuolav night they had not obtained any clue to the =Pr-
derer, het they have not given up all hope of bringing him
to justice. The police still rentim pootemion of the
house, 9, 0r0„.„..d, and unit.s some blood editions of the
n. onlered woman come forward and prove their claim, it is
expected that the property will be administered to and
claimed on behalf of the crown. On Batman), evening some
information was received at ono of the station-houses of the
K divides), and a couple of detectives were despatched, vii
Cie Tilbury Evillest-, to a town few niches iron, ;
awl an hoar after a telegraph sta. deceive 1, " id to be
found," an the hopes of the police wecc again dibarpointed.

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Lt NV INTELLIGENCE.

(PHIS DAY.)

Cu( UT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Deface Ilr. C..ntrnisn.mar coalbars.)
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• V/ 44 eavlrilM rr Ilierlaßp The lisakrupt, Thom*.
,• 4 14611411Jalper awl homier, o Slmrphon.e,
1 1.

.•,. .beet rosnawea.l. in .Ipril, 1470, with a our.
‘• • • asal astral& over Utirtaew 'swaths. The debt.
• t.• •sad amp wily ha. actually rraliaod
• 71w, he I hms • t mg as tering. sad 1.6 ea-
, • an heels ale3l.

Tikial ortolan, reported that the
6,, ,r.t b,.l 1...0 in ba••nt • to, metity-eis yin".
.a• in %ITO. lAIO, through the badness of trade,
t, ..I.lleil to dl hiv creditors torahs, and ask for
• .trinton .4 thee. Vista ea investaation thus auk it
I .-! •b. 1.0. no was in vrry politica, mine.
• I . •utplun ..f Ile offend his maim 20..
:vit..l.le be thire opal iaetalseed• at fa, ad. at
t Ala DIM month.. Tb rftwpositiO• WY seceded
atahrugit paid lb. Is,, Ant artalarebi; but tot Iraq
N. gond ith lac lack sod pruniedise laving heirs wen
• . I, an* naspeillod to 01111, to this mast on ha owls
t.... 11 The halearnsbeet ilinclesoil that duris the ire-
.r.l the booknipt a. strangling to marmot his dtileslttr
I. esp. israi.-.1 roasidirrohle ; hot, woo itboaolios
ti... the giroivrty wan estinwited to nabs* sonsthan he
t.. Ins envision.. On male lir tender it prodared 31W.
Ti • ',mks had been rvgularly kepi, sad the balsionrshort,
vs, w it *.• • •rtirered by Vac loakrupt tpolotif, mania
h• them.

Mr. Joum appeared far the ausigume ; arl Mr. Own*
it ....ere sal Libunimo for the thutkrupt
The Cornutimiouer .et 1 this wain sorb s meritorious ems
:oat .ese .4 such rare ...snowier.. that b• fah batted bee.
ti o it. The I.ny.•rts gases up was miliciest to pay the
„ In the p.umi ; and although there mut ■ hue
eu realisation. there uoill4 he ■ ...meliorable *rifled far
the creditors. The Imakrupt might pre ►is seasmismums,
I ill- elowas. e (aa.pesslas) at the lest ismetisg) would he
ap to this sley.

r.r. at 10,0".

ass as ra-maattt.4l sutra(. The latalcrwpt.
Joie T.wry Barges. was • hardwareroas. of Itoeklenbary.
Mr. Prstartl. the .414141 autoteee slates the debts to
t.. •:.14.101. ; alms ly irtatorett, 371 W. In enn.
-•• 4,, ..t Imvind ..ot• tiled, all •iljurarastat

Ili PlatllLt MID 4.11.017.
Mr. Wild. of the hns .4 Moun. WUd and Barber. of
rensent ul a prinks for adjudication
..;;amaat trader.. wit. earned on benison as wins
iu.rehaata at No, 91, ,:rent Touerutreet. The debts and
1 I z.e. a.r mina to I. betwora 2.000 e. and 3,otElf. ; raaata,
-CAM. The adjudwition wa. made.

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The leekrupe was a gneer ■s.l tee-dealer of flheerasee.
11. r. •e. as xamsnaties useetme.
Mt. lieeesch. fr,eu the eillev of Beams. Blakely and
.ee. ett. listed f.w the waiguese. Mr. C. E. Lewis)lap.

Mt roar from J tly, 11110, to July, 1110. TM
41.14. An, I:JIM. Aust.*, 7001. Profit.,TlV. Lomas us
”ntlifttmet of property sod Ivy Ird debts, 141/. ; expenses,
:4•••*. .1.14,4• en ciustly sand aad other oaken
at AMIIIIIO.I.

'tlr ne.nriek Aube' Int on atnoriottat, for so invest'.
L.a of the 6i1abre.14.44.

The .si I that it was • pity a adjoarnatest
t.plartd.. awry were only ettrll ameta.
eravuunti..• was tilting:day *gummed, the (make
..Ikmaore *Lading ever.