The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-04 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES LAST NICHT.

AT THE "EXAMINER" P6INTING.OFFIC6.—Liat
ni.cht, between nice and te n o'clock, a fire br. ke us' in the
extensive range of premises belenting to Mt sere. Iteynell
and Co., the printers of the Examiner new,pleper and other
pubicetions, situate in Little Put. mop-etre et, U demist:lave.
-f he building, which stretched aver Mary and William-yard,
was three Hain high, of considerable depth, and contained •
vast amount of property. Ihe inhabitants of one of the
houses at the rear of the printing office had their attention
directed to the first floor be perce.sing an unusual glare of
li.tht shining through the windows, but, as it was generally
believed that some of the men were at work on the premises,
no particular notice was taken of the circumstance 1.,r some
time, when at last the fire tolu its own tale by breaking through
the windows, and ru,biug up the heck of the building. Messes.
sera were then despatched in sundry directions for assistance.
Tee engines wt re got to work with as little delay aa p-essible,
but notwithstanding the vast torrent of water tf,rown into
the premises the fire continued to progress, and VI ry speedily
the two upper floors also became ignited. The fire at leafy h
a”unacel such an alarming aepict thatthe num, rous resident.
at the rear of the printing office commenced removing their
furniture to a more distant part fur protection. The firemen
c.rried the hose of their engines up the stairs, and even
mounted the roof, by which means they were ench!cd to get
the fire out by 12 o'clock, but not until o serous amount of
property deposited in the three upper ft tors was destroyed,
or so imured by the heat as to be comparatively worthless.
The valuable steam et gine and machines, it is understood,
have not received any injury, owing to Deltic in the Mor
below the one in which the fire comm need. The farms of
the Examiner newspaper are also stated to have been in the
same part of the premieci. If so they have not received any
it jury. The origin of the misfortune could not be eacertained,
neither could we learn miring the confusion which prevailed
whether or not the firm was insured.

FIRE IN THE BOROUGH AND LOSE OF LlFE.—List
night (Sunday), at a late hour, a fire, unfortunately attended
with a loss of life, happened on the premise* belonging to
Mr. A. Solomon', a furrier, carrying on business at No. 11,
Little Falcon-court, Red Cresi.street, Borougu. It was
discovered by a person living neat door, who had bis atten-
tion directed to a strong smell of something burning. He
therefore went into his backyard, to endeavour t e ascertain
the cause, when he perceived smoke pouring forth from the
window. having raised an alarm, be tent to Southwark.
bridge road Station for the assistance of the firemen. Two
engines from that depot immediately started for the scene,
the ground floor was so full of smoke that it was wi•li great
difficulty may one could enter. The neighbour* and firemen,
however, succeeded in forcing their way through with
buckets of water, which they threw upon the flames. As coos
as the smoke had in some measure cleared away, they beheld
a 'earful scene. Upon the tear was lying Mrs. S.ilomons,
completely encircled with fire. Plenty of water having
been thrown into the building, the fire was eventually extin-
guished, when it was found that Mr.. Solomon" was so
'rightfully burned that it was feared she would not recover.
A medical gentleman was sect for, who arrived Inimediate'y,
sad pronounced life extinct. How the firs originated could
not be ascertained, the unfortunate female being the only
party in the house at the time. Neither the building nor the
contents were insured.

INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS EXHIBITION, 1851.
A large and influential meeting was held at Carlisle Town
Hall, en Thursday evening lest, the Mayor in the cbalr,
when the usual resolutions were agreed to, and a committee
for that district appointed. A similar meeting was held at
Blackburn, for the same objects and with the same results.
TB • AYLESBURY SAVINGS BANK.—By the Canada,
which has arrived at Liverpool on its return voyage from
America, information has reached Aylesbury that Stratton,
who rubbed the bank of that town of nearly 1,0001, has
landed at New York with his wife and family. The Canada
is the vessel in which he sailed from England. Captain
Judkins, the commander, saw him shortly before he left New
York for England, driving in a carriage along the Broad-
way of that city, apparently in high spirits Mr. James,
accrete:7 of the savings bank (in whose employ Stratton
was as his clerk), has been defrauded by him of upwards
of 901.,251. of which he had receives from Mr. Thompson,
a client of his employer, which he had embezzled and
never accounted for. Stratton is in debt to nearly
every respectable tradesman in the town—drapers, iron-
mongers, plumbers, watchmakers, hairdressen, casei's: ken,
and upholsterers, being amongst the sufferers. In order to
prevent Mr. James ascertaining the precise amount of his
defalcations connected with the business of his office, he
either took away with him, or has destroyed, Mr. James's
cash and disbursement books, and other documents. Should
he not surrender to his baakruptcy, before Mr. Cmisnissioner
Ease, on the 14th inst. (and this, of course, is not to be
expected), he will be proclaimed to be an outlaw, in the
usual entire* ; and steps, it is conjectured, will be taken to
cause hi, apprehension in America, and bring him to Eng-
land. From his extravagant style of living while he resided
in this town, compared with the amount of his salary and
pecuniary resource., it is not expected that the " puree " he
has taken with him to New York will enable him to lead •
life of idleness in the United States for any length of time,
It is not supposed that there will be a chilling in the peund
for hie creditors under the bankruptcy,