The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-21 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN THE CITT.

The precinct, of Donors Commoos became the
tees. or great agitation last evening, owing to a maw',
ties which for nose tine nrionsly threatened the safety of
its thee•wors wails, but which, owing to t►e wed directed
exertions of the fire brigade, under Mr. Bnidwood, was
rosined to the total deateseti, n cf the isonnnes range of
preniass nespied by Mears. Hodskinson and Bells, fancy
stationers and antelope mansfactursrs, on Bean's-bill,
inenediately hang Herald's College, and abutting on the
Prerogative Court. _ _ _

Kam Hodgkin's:4 sad Rolle' premises are as the west
aide of Beast'ohiU, the south front of their warehouse over-
looking the graveyard of et. Beiset's chants, sad the west.
era end shutting kaneediandy spot the voidance of Dr.
Thomas Splake. ease do lemma brotherhood of the sow.
from which it ia impended nay by a narrow yeasage shoat
alz feet wide. 00 the moth the premises are Oat in by
row of house hooky sus outlet is Gauge wart, Bailees-
hill.

The firs was discovered shout a gustier past nine o'clock,
at which time sack* was observed ianieg from the Met
leer window& of the werehosse. An alarm was 'intently
raised, and in a very abort period engines begs" to arrive,
beluga %ant the ire had obtained seek a hold of the pre-
miss a to keno small he, e of &aria" say portion of them.
A. soon as water was obtained and the hose adjusted the
first efforts of the firemen were directed to son the church,
which ss this period was very mush scorched from the la-
tense hest of the burning warehouse. At Musson time the
gable sad of Dr. Spittle's residence win kept thonaghly
damp so ea to provost the possibility of ignition in this
direction. The fire spread with extraordinary rapidity,
sad before say large amount of water end be thrown
upon it the llamas had shot through the Tool, oastlcg a hell-
Heat reflection over the City and setting oat in bold relief
the raeguifisent outline of St. Paul's Cathedral sad the ad-
jacent church "tiepin. Mr. Braidwood wee early on the
Taking
sad behaved with hie usual judgment sad intrepidity.
a branch from one of his men he was the first to
ester the burning premiss from Banet's-bill, and, at a risk
which to a bystander appeared slhnsther marvellous. he for
some time directed a stream of water upon that
portion et the bail g when the fire appeared likely
to estesd.
Before 10 o'clock the floating engine from Soathwark-
bridge arrived off Paul's-wharf, and, a largo body of mew
heels, been obtained, • length of ho.e, "wahine nearly •
toe, was lald out, extendiog es far as Sc. &met** CLurth-
yard, from which point of vantage en immense volume of
water was poured epos the bunting pile. The Bases thus
attacked at length seetnembed, and the warehouse and its
contents having been "lithely destroyed, all danger of as
extend= of the ire was at an end.
The 'elitists" houses, No. 8. Bonet's-bill, oeenpied by
Mr. Studley, a bootaaker, sad NlO, the private 2,eidenco
of Mr. (Wiley, are considerably lumped by water and
removal; the latter was 'operated from Mason. Hodgkis-
wee premium only by a lath sad plaster partition, sad it is
really wonderful that it Is. escaped destruction.
It mast be matter fee sinsre congratelattou that the ire
did not extend to Deetera'-eommoas. Had say portico of
this &Avestan igaited, it is morally metals that the whole
rasps of buildings would have been destroyed, for we have
it on the authority of Mr. Braldwood that not • single party
wall "aisle throughout the prosiest.

ROTAL GIOWLATHIC.AL ROCITTT.—Tba followleg
are the appeintad for tbruortiaq of Nooday, Rio
24th Noyirrabyr :-1. Pisa for a foram moan* shot tbir TO-
ni•itte Frooklia inipodidos. by Ural. Raiford Pin.
R.N., P 0 8. 2. Uttar hoe Dr. Vogel, of the Cozad
Abrams nbaloa, on die Wary trade of Crallal Atrial, tr.
Commaaisatol by the Earl of Clarsides, X G.

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