The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-23 00:00:00

LAW INTBLLIGENOIt

night which has just
surly 100,0001. bus bee,
traoedtaaaarryy ceuflogratlem
The peemlue were situate
lafirmary, but separated
this large teak of water
building wee only seemed
was an exceedingly fin,
rare .1 • block of
Pissed ly em the see
lbeeerewteme, emir elm
north by Bak Plosadilly,
fee two warehouses, sesame
wall; but the busbies' _ _ davit n,.__
considerably of late, Messes. Wesilwad and Co. now
occupied the wheie. From de ceestenstiee of warehouses
of this hied is the present day, when ere on fire there is
but little chalice of saving them. These warehomes were
built on the modern pelociple. They consisted of six lofty
storeys, one of them lighted from the top by two, and the
other by three dome, or lament windows ; and under
sash of theft domes, er laments, there was as ogee.-
ing through each floor, protected by a light tail.
lag, ainatruthed with a view to elegance as well
as utility, ao that • fire breaking out is any of the
rooms email meet with no check in its communicatioe with
the others, more than would such an element is the wallahs
of atheatre or • church. Then to add to the faunas'
bility of materies la the warehouse., the walls and
lowlead of being tooted with plaster. were lined with thin
beards in panels. The area covered by the two warebnume_
which extended backwards to Beek Piceadillywas about 7.0116
nears feet, and Messrs. Westheed & Co. having just oteeked
r the spring trade had an immense quantity se em the
•permws. The business is almost wholly awrsel Is the
Mss trade, and their steel consequently included fabrics et
thesutliest manufacture, in both English and 'seta goods.
eitelea, woollen, and silk dress ream, walla and elk
shawl', media, ribbons, fancy flower, frtians, linens, es,
The fire occurred under yea extraordinary eimumstaasse
The packers and some of the war hossetra and clerks wive
sated in stairs no some heavy orders for goods to go by
railway till after 11 o'clock oa Thursday night. Oa
leaving the premises. Ute clerk whose duty it was
to examine the various rooms to see that
Was oak called another young man to smears"
him, and, together, they made the entire circuit of the &-
term of the warehouse, leaving it ander the persuades
that all was safe. Yet scarcely tad the youth who tarried
the keys to their usual place of deposit for the night, het
than two miles diatent, reached there, when be was over-
tales with the alum that the premien were on fire. The
fire is supposed to halm broken out in the top storey, or top
storey but eat, sad was discovered a little before 12 o'clock;
but from what it originated is not known. Almost
simultaneonaly with the discovery of the flumes in
the upper part of the building, persons who were
on the spot say that a light also burst out in the
counting-hew, which was on the fleet floor. In •
'tauter of an hour or twenty minutes nine ergiam,
with Ca ready and plentiful supply of water from
the infirmity pond,were at work throwing an immense,
of water on the fire. 11r. Nell, the Chief (mailable of Eal
ford, also came up afterwlrcts with three of the engines be.
longing to that borough, so that the flames were soon played
epos from every side by water power of great bulk. Ice
prestige. such as have been described, however, a lire
gaining a start line this, and fed by such ate
trials as muslin., and other light cotton goody
silks and liras, was hardly likely to receive • cheek
within the walls of the building. The flee glass donate
before described having broken with the beat of the fire,
each of the series of openings through the floors under these
berms Manias* flues, through which a resistless dress&
of air rushed up, carrying the dames to a great height. They
hemp* entire of heat, roaring and spouting forth fire like
6o many volcanoes ; rolls of ribbons and the remnant* of
partially consumed plum of lighter goods, drawn within the
err of them omstres,were shot up into the air liao rackets;
and in fact for • spec* of time daring which the corker...-
Um was at its height the scene was awfully pried. The
rooms of the Queen's Heel and the chambers of the Royal
Infirmary and other buildings were lighted with the Marini
glare which it throw into their windowe, so that the
'rarest object in them could be dimmed. At the
Infirmary some of the patients were greatly alarmed,
though, from the situation of the building, they were
beyond the possibility almost of danger. The root fell in about
two o'clock, and the different floors followed in quick sumer
sloe, till, at about half-put two, the entire premises wan
gutted, and the water from the firs-engines balsa
to tell with so muck power upon the eras
as to leave but little doubt that the firemen would at least
prevent the flames from extending; to the adjoining prop,-
ties. The shops on either side were entirely save*, bit the
windows and roofs of some cottages is Back Piocadilly, be-
longing to Mr. Griadrod, of the Wellingtoa tavern, were
muck damaged. Not a single pine of goods was saved from
the destroying element; in fact, when the twat
door was opened, in the first instance, to the
firemen, the heat of the fin was so powerful that
it drove them, and all who approached, from the
entrance. Towards daylight this morning, however,
the remainder of the Cooks were obtained from the iron
rates, and though much damaged by water it is expected
they will be sufficiently legible top the inconvenienme
which would have resulted from their destruction. The
retire loss to the Ana, from stock and building being de
strayed. I was informed by one of the partner., would be
little if anything under 100,0001. ; bat this, it is feared,
will prove only a small portion of the real injury they will
have esutained, fur this being just the commencement of
their operations foe the spring country trade, when they led
as immense number of 00000 clued orders on hand, their
customers will have to supply themeelyes elsewhere, and the
loss of conaexioe, it is apprehended, may be more serious
than the immediate loss by the fire. The whole of the loss
on stock and buildings, it is believed, will be fund to be
covered by ineuranoss. I have not the names of all the com-
panies, for they are wry numerons—the instwanoss being in
small sums, and extending to nearly all the offices in the
kingdom—Maths following list will supply the greater num-
ber, with the amounts of the policies in each cow any :
the Legal Fin Insurance Cn_ span', 6,0001 ; the G. nerd,
3,0001. ; the Alliance, 5.6001. ; the Royal Liverpool,
8,0001 ; the Atlas, 6,0001. ; the Female, 8,0001. ; the
Guardian, 4,000/. ; the Heat, 2,0001. ; the London, 4,0001. ;
the Leeds, 3,0001. ; the Manchester, 6,0001. ; the
Imperial, 6,0001 ; the Yorkshire, 1,0001. ; the
North Britirh. 3,0001 ; the North of England, 4,0001. ;
the Star, 6.0001.; the Ben, 6,0001. ; the Norwich, 3 0001.
From mother source I am informed that the total ineure.nces
reach only 82,0001, and consist of 10,6001. on the building,
2.0001. on the fixtures, and 70,0031 on the stock.

FURTHER CALAMITY.—LOSB OF LIFE.
Whilst writing the particulars of the fire given above, I
regret to say that information reached me of a lamentable
and fatal accident having occurred at the scene of
the fire by part of the walls of the bedding
having fallen upon the firemen engaged in throw.
hag water on the smouldering rains. After the roof
enell different floors of the warehouse had fallen in this
flegening, they left standing, in addition to the eater wall, a
=tithe Wick partition mentioned in ea wig pert of
sent as having formerly divided the pruning into
ewe maranseas. Daring the Morning several portions of
Iblawall fell, sad the firemen, directing the branch.. and
jete ken the fire engines, ventured into the centre
of the cow eztenaive area left by the fire, in order the
more effectually to direct the streams of water on
the ends of beams and joists left in various parts of outer
walla, and which were boning, and still are, even at this
late hoar, in various directioss. About halqest I o'clock
at coon some of them poor fellows fell victims to their intre-
pidity. Another portion of the central partition wall, and
put of one of the side walla fell in upon them. How many
have been burled underneath the falling maw is not known.
Two unfortunate sufferers have been taken out, and men
are engaged in the teak of hunting the rules
to *seinen if there are any other paeans burled under
them—a task Tidal has sew hawse wry perilous from the
dilapidated sod daffigemins palliasse lbe remaining walls
of the building The great feast wall. Isereeing up to an
immense heighe dem the stank. imildiege, sad 'Weed
for about 36 windows (which have of ewes all Demi burnt
out), has been so weakened that It has sollapeed, and great
fear is deltrztaiasil last in its fall it should do some
injury. The Brat of the misfortunate firemen taken from
the rates was Merles M'Clany. He was found to have seve-
ral of kis Mate *ekes, and was considerably munlatedaboat
the head. /is was sanied to the infirmary im
his libeestien from the sepatinensabent mass of run
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died beim sassiest eid mild he reiiiire—d7TM oSM,b.
ass MOW fres the mime woe Jesus Naylor, aged *who
wee Mad to Mw essielsed a *ware el the rigis tlikb.
demddlod haft's si 41013 logo IWO launder a -the
sesipy end ankmdee imeseMisa also miler the ebla. TM
pew sea ma bawdy lie =peeled le eanive. Asa/re end
IRA videlt wee Seir MA lamas' skaralisasswaly
the Wide tie m • bey males. He kid bees
steadies be treat et it, la y, what ameba the wall
fall, be embed aaketasasely behre tie wheel of aMb that
was psalm mod beim Masked dews, it passed over his
leka. MO disk him

THIB DAY.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Amon Ma. CoOMIIIO3III Oonsoas.
Durum Asennsiouriox.
In Ms VIM, * badmen% Nu aortas' is the era of
mown 6,167. selieltes of Norwich, against who a
petition kali boo tiled, sad who bei awed the
adjudieslisa. A rest deal of *videos* had laen gess
Sole, sol the ease bed ocespled his Hamm three
temleor dam. It mead tie psioripal questlea was,
Illr. Wortley had owed Llisself tee. dolled en
SW Nohntery,sail thee miessitted so ast of wait/spry.
4111Pboss absont fewa his dies three es hoz weeks, its
mem Wag ea *Mask of elm gest.
ißocuat mad *he spottiest mem upon this eylelsarse,
Mr. - bed hops his twos or wilts*, so-
mom ef avoiding his medlars. He
this was se. sad Wit hi. Motes was
tas night have had ths gout, bet
—_ to be unable to me his em-
irs 'occurred tha4 whoa a ass
sake el avoiding hie *maltose, it was
ny. Hs eke thought that the debt of the
• was established, and as.,, then one set
, shield, therefore, adjudicate Mr. Won-
if he thought popes, sight ham
' set Daly by the semis* court, but

IAY.

BOW.STRERT.
CAPTIMI Or • Gana 01 1311110L•114.—J. Davis, 0.
Douglas, S. !charm, and T. Hardy, ware ohaiged under
the sollowleg suspicious circumstances :
It appeared from the evident), of Bingham, one of the
detective t Ricers of the B division, that on Saturday after-
noon last ht. saw 'Anson, who was dressed in the garb of a
butcher, and carrying a butcher's basket upon his arm,
which contained an ox's tail, loitering about the area railings
of • house in Woburn-place. Wisest, knowing him to be a
convicted thief, watched, and saw him, after looking about
fur several minutes, go down the area of a private house.
After • short time he returned, and was joined by the
other trimness, who !Apparel to hays been loitering in
different parts of the square. After talking together for
a short time they again separated, and Johnson went down
several other areas. Witness suspected he had not met with
any emcees, and he afterwards joined his companions, and
they all proceeded to the Orange publie•house, in Orange-
street. Witness instantly obtained the assistance of several
constables, and succeeded, after considerable trouble, in
tekiag them into custody. A large quantity of skeleton keys
and o.h,r housebreaking implements were found upon them.
Numerous constables recognised the prisoners as house-
breakers. Davis was rscognised to be the same person as
was ebseged with being concerned with the murder of Mr.
Bellchanalsera, and was acquitted.
The prisoners were removed.
SOUTH WARK.
listcrt Sriirre.—J. Stevens alias Insile, was charged
with haying in his possession • quantity of illicit spirits, and
offering the same for sale, contrary to the statute.
J. Barton, assistant to Mr. Halms, surgeon, in the Black-
friara-road, stated that on the previous afternoon the pri-
soner catered the surgery, and asked him whether he wanted
any spirits, producing a quantity in a bladder, and stated
that it was GO °Taproot, and he could let him have it at the
rate of twelve shillings a gallon. Witness told him he did
not want any at that time, when the prisoner gave him his
address, and said he could supply him seemly with any
quantity. After the prisoner left the shop, witness went to
tns Excise-ors in the Blackfrian-road, and informed the
supervisor.
J. Brans, an excise officer, met the prisoner in the Black.
friars-road with& large bag in his possession. He asked what
it contained, when he replied, " Only a few dirty clothes."
Winans stis.d the bag, and found it to contain a bladder
with rather mote than half a gallon of spirits. He examined
it, and aseertainsi it to be illicit spirits.
In defence the prisoner said he was a French polisher,
and the spirit hs had in his possession he purchased to use in
his business. He denied selling spirits or offering it for sale,
and the fact was that he went into Mr. Hulme's shop for
some medicine.
The excise officer informed the magistrate that the
prisoner went to another doctor's shop and offered the spirits
for sale. He was well known to the excise as a dealer and
manufacturer of illicit spirits.
Mr. Henry convicted toe prisoner in the penalty of 1001.,
and in default committed to prison for three months.

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