The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-16 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.

DISASTROUS FIRE AT BARBADOES.

The Shannon arrived at Southampton this morn-
ing with the West India mail Her dates are :
Panama, February 27 ; Demerara, 26 ; Barbadoes,
27 ; St. Thomas, March 2. She brought seventy-
four passengers, amongst whom was Mr. Seymour,
superintendent of Honduras.
Amongst her cargo were specie, bullion, and
pearls worth 461,099 dollars, the chief portion of
which was silver.

Her Majesty's ships Imam; Gladiator, and
Racer were at Jamaica ; the Atalanta and Skipjack
were at Antigua ; the Gorgon at Greytown ; the
Cossack at Cartagena ; and the Valorous and
Jasper at Vera Cruz.
The Shannon brings news of a terrible fire at
Barbadoes, which has laid the capital almost in
sae., and of the murder of Captain Lambert,
commander of her Majesty'. ship Vixen, at Lima.
The fire bt'oke out at Bridgetown, in Barbadoea,
on the 15th ult. ; it destroyed the best portion of
the town, and did damage to the amount of a
quarter (some believe half) of n million sterling.
Not above 30,0001. worth of the property which was
destroyed was insured.
The following is a fist of the principal stores,
lumber yawls, dm., destroyed by the fire :
Mr. J. H. Shannon's prevision Mere; Mr. S. B. Arthur's
ditto ; Messrs. W. Seca and Co.'s ditto ; Messrs. James A.
Lynch's ditto ; Mr. Samuel Boxill's ditto; Messrs. W. D.
Spencer and Co.'s ditto; Meson. M. B. Iwo and Ca's
ditto; Moms. W. Kell and Co.'s ditto; Messrs. F. A.
Clairmont° and Co.'s store ; Mr. J. B. Massialis lumberyard ;
Messrs. E. Knight and Co.'s ditto ; Messrs. James Smith
and Co.'s ditto ; Messrs. Geo. W. McClean and Co.'s ditto;
Mr. William Hewitt's ditto; Means. John and George Al-
Isyne's ditto ; Messrs. A. Jones and Co.'s ditto ; Messrs
T. Crompton and Ca's (partially) ditto ; Menem Barrow
and Dominates dry good establishment ; Messrs. D. P.
Cotton and Co.'s Me and grocery witablishments; the Com-
missariat buildings; Mr. A. G. Drinan's printing office;
Mrs. Clinckott's ditto ; Mr. B. I'. Young's two
hardware stores ; Mr. Edward King's ditto ; Messrs.
Griffith and Jeffrey's store ; Mr. John Gill's
druggist eetablislunent; Mr. Fidler's dreg and .sta.
tianery establishment; Mr. Stuart'. druggist establishment;

Mr. Catford'■ hair-oMting establishment; Meson. P. KU-
kitty's and Co.'s stores; Mr. William florin (pertially)
timber-yard; Maws. Trowbridge and Co.'. Mom; Mr.
Mae Alpine's Auction Mart ; Mr. N. H. Wain:ed..;
ditto ; Mr. Morris's cabinet-maker's shop ; Menem
Curtis's sail-making establishment ; Mr. B. Alleyne's pro.
Maio. Mora

Labour is plentiful at Barbadoes. Labourers
are working regularly awl willingly.
Cams looking well and ripening fast. In some
districts sugar luts been made ; the yield has net been
first rate, but the quality good.
The following are the particulars of Captain
Lambert's murder from the Lima eonviipoudent of
the Panaum Star :

LIMA, Fut 12.

I have to record that another victim to the atruci-
clues neglect of this government has been added to the
list of assassinated foreigners, headed as it is by H. B. M.'s
late Charge d'Affaires here, Mr. Sullivan. Captain
Lionel Lambert, corunander of H.S.M.'s war steamer
Viaen, left in perfect health his hotel at three
o'clock in the afteru non to take • bath in the
river. His friends were expecting him to dinner,
but he never returned; he must have leen murdered
between half-past three and fire o'clock. The body had
been wafted down from the spot where the deed was dale
at least half a mile or more. He was not in uniform, but
on his person • closed dispatch, addressed to Captain Miller,
was found. His rings and watch were stolen, of
eourse—the miserable booty of the murderer... The
I deceased had not died without • struggle. It,
the past 'sorbet examination it was found that, be-
sides the fracture on the back of the head (caused,
it is thought, by • stone), his forehead was fearfully cut,
and both hi. wats were black from the struggle in which
he het his life. The damned wax a louse officer,
having distinguished himself during the Crimea& war
be was young (twenty-sin years) for the responsible office
which he held, but not too young to inspire the confidence
sad esteem of all who knew him ; and his loss is not only
deeply lamented. but will he severely felt by all Meals
of the circle be bad formed in Lima. The remains
ware interred yesterday in the /Littlish burial grimed of 1

Bellavists ; the funeral was attended by the members of
the foreign diplomatic body, the Ake/sof the various men
of•war and of the other vowels lying in the harbour, by all
the English merchants in Lima and Callao, and an immense
concourse of sailors and English artisans formed a long
procession from the beach to the cemetery. The usual
honours were observed when the body was lowered to its
final resting plus.