The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-19 00:00:00

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BRISTOL, SATURDAY.
An unusual degree of excitement was caused
hare this morning by an alarm of fire; and the oat-
sternatkm wee not a little heightened when it became
known that the oonfiagration had broken out amongst
the shipping in the doming harbour. The ship Sea
Belle, on board of which the fire broke out, and
in whose entire destruction it resulted, wee a fine Azar
Moan built ship, belonging to • New York firm, of some
1,400 or 1,600 tons bunhen. A day befogs the recent terrific
gale she sailed from Cardiff with upwards of 1,000 tons of
steam coal on board. When off the Mumbles she encoun-
tered the full fury of the tempest, which snapped her yards
spars, tore her canvas to ribands, end so strained her
that her crew were obliged to cut away her masts and let
them go overboard. Even then she was for a long
time in danger of being lost with all hands ; but
at length Provklenos befriended her, and she was
enabled to put Into Bristol for repairs, which port she
reached on the 12th November, and was immediately put into
the dry dock of the Messrs. Hill, where all her cargo, with
the exoeptlon of about 200 tons of COON was got out of her,
mid she underwent a thorough repair, and most fortu-
nately, as it happened, for the interest of that firm, she was
on Thursday evening hauled out into the harbour. Had
the conflagration occurred whilst she was in the docks an
enormous amount of property, materials, costly machinery,
80., would, In all probability, have fallen a sacrifice to the
devouring element. The cause of the fire has not been aster-
Mined. It is supposed by some to have originated in the
spontaneous oombustion of the steam coal, while others
it to overheating of the galley. The flames at first broke
forth from the fore hatch, and with such suddenness and vio-
lence that it wee not without difficulty that the members of
theme sleeping on board of her were got out uninjured.
Shortly attar wards, the fire having made its way under-
neath the deck, it broke out also from the main
hatch, and seconded with such furiousness that the
whole vessel sea speedily wrapped in flames, and
illuminated the whole city. The numerous fire-engines of
the city were on the spot, and used all the efforts available
for arresting the spread of the conflagration; but it soon
femme apparent that the vessel most be scuttled, and that
all they could hope to socomplith was to prevent the spread
of the disaster to other property. The operation of scuttling
proved one of considerable difficulty, owing to the coals lying
above the water-line, and 'evertl bouts gamed before the
Sea Belle could be sunk to any depth. Meantime the fire
Dewed with unabated fury, and the verse) is now a complete
wreck, having been burnt down to the water-line. The
amount of the loss hoe not been ascertained, but judging from
the character and newness of the ship, it roust have been
many thousand.. It is thought that she is insured by
American underwriters, but to what extent is not known.

Loss OF A SHIELDS 8111 P AND FIFTEEN HANDS.
SHIELus, SATvgDAT.-11r. A. Strong, of North Shields,
has received • telegram from Constantinople to-day, in-
forming blur of the toes of the barque Arthur Wellesley, la
the entrance of the Bap►orur. The Arthur Wellesley wee
on her passage to 131%1621A from the Black Sea, and we
regret to state that the muter, Mr. Graham, the chief
officers., and all the crew hut one seaman, have foundered
with the vessel. Three are the only particulars that have
arrived ; but the veered would have, at Les" a crow of
*Uters bands.

Loss OP A DOVER FISHING LUGGER AND ALL
ON BOARD.—DOVER, SATllRDAY.—lntelfigesoe boo bees
received of the &Mug lugger New Endeavour, Mr. Y0w1..,
master, having been cast whore on the French omit, about
half a toile to the eastward of Calais harbour, during the gals
of wind and rsfe on Thursday sight, and that all on hoard
of her perished. At daybreak on the following morning her
toast waa seen above water; and, on pieced of wreck which
were out *shode beings:monied, rho was ascertained to be
the vessel abovemawd. Nothing could be seen of the mew,
and, from the fact of her boat Mina found on the beach, some
distance from the wreck, it is thought that they had endea-
voured to land:in it, but that the heavy cut f had capsized It,
and they were all drowned. The bodies of Mr. Yoffie', the
muter, and a man named Dodo, have been picked up. The
same" of the other sufferers wen Green, Aph.ndeo, and
Horn. The smack belospd to Mr. Cullum, of this town.

DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OP THE GENOA STEAM
TRANSI^ORT.—The detaile of the destruction by tire of this
large iron steamer, built on the Thames and heavily insured
at Lloyd'', were received on Satardey, through a despatch
from the British consul at Malaga. The Gerona, which wee
the property of the Sardinian Steam Navigation Company,
halt.= recently taken up by the Spanish government se a
transport for the conveysnos of trove end amononition to
Morocco. fibs arrived at Malaga from Alicante on her way
to Morocco on toe Sod Modest, having on board 200 soldier%
159 mule", 350 tons of gunpowder, 100 cases of gonads and
200 cases of oartridgea. Two hours after she had anchored
an accident occurred by some gonads igniting, which
injured three men. This wee followed by en explosion, and
the after part of the ship buret into flames. The troops and
crew snide for the boats and succeeded in getting away, but
on the news of the outbreak and the ammeter of the ship's
canto reaching the inhabitant* a panic seized them, and they
Bed from the town. The ships of -Sr moored is the bay at
once commenced firing into the hull of the burnieg steamer,
and eventually conk her before the fire could reach the
barge store of ammunition sad powder. All the mule'
were buret.

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