The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-10 00:00:00

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to the enormous with,„ Is,,
upon it. There waa also ev4letwe
when Captain Negroid WWI hum,
China, a Jew merchant in the Mediterr.„,.,,n
terlid him with an offer of 500,040 fr.
collection, which be refusod, blievin4 it t,
worth a great deal more.

M. Allou argued that his (livid, w.,
max:tine was really worth a sum of m
impossible to measure, because it eontaimAtt,,.:
not in the European market, had bond fid,
himself into a belief that ho had all Ahidi:.
treasures, and that he most honestly tii
the experts who told him his 1.,,-mat
was worth nothing were ignorant people, 1,
yet to his (M. Allou's) mind quite an op-n
tion whether the diamond was not
able. At any rate it bad e:tt. 1,..11 •
dieted that the jade was lAllp:trA11-; •
ineal immible. The tr iburmal, however,
Captain Nl•prroni had fraud uleul I y .
by misrepresenting the vale,•
given in pledge, and sort teneed L •:1
month's imprisetitnerm!, .mud s •
3,ot.tlfr. (I.ipta'n N e r.mi
Lis ceutm,ol Was r.,
wishing to explain sortiethimmg, Im•u.
Blown by a wave of the 11::11.1
judge. Ile tunnel deadly vile whom
sentenee, but maid nothing.

M. Alluu in the eourse of hi,
yellow book, which he said was th,• I. ~
the COTSleall 11011ility, and in which ti:
Nelr•uui figured.

U REA 7' FIRE IN lII,oOMSBUR tri:
1).11.)

An extensivo tiro• occurred this tit.trititl4
utittutAts &•fore 2 o'clock, :tini in a votoit:ti r.v. y
space of time laid in ruins property valued at
sand pounds sterling. The prv•n,is.•s iti
disaster commenced formed a block of f
tones, extending in one direction between no and I••.
and were in one part two floors high, lit
they towered as high as three floors. The prop. tt,
tenanted by Mr..T. Thompson, a cutler; 3fr T. I; ..
glar.s-lettor manufacturer; Mr. Pukett.
action maker ; and Mr. J.
These premises stood at the hack of No. :OA. I^ .
street, Bloomsbury. near the wspentge of >t
Combe and Co., the brewers. 'lle fire spa., i
great rupidity, and was not extillgui.li,,l until :t

The damage done is thus otlicially spurted by
Shaw :—"59..t, Broad-street, Bloomsbury. Mr. J. T!..
son, cutler; ➢lr. T. BOOM:M. glass-Later iwik,r-
l'uckett, pianoforte action maker: and Mr. Ifo:htli.%
smith. &c.: premises and contents all but destroy,•d.
J. Beckett. carver and gilder. front windows of ay,:
build out: Messrs. Coral, and Cu_ lyruw ors,
lights of cools rage damagist by tu,•, and
moval."

A MAN P17:11:1) Al.!l' E. --..T11

At g o'clock this morning a Aorion:
occurred near the Loughbormerli-road station .4
Metropolitan Extension Railway. where a numbei .•
streets are being constructed. A very large and
cavation has been made for the purpose of pio,ar.:._
supply of sand for mortar, and this morning a 111.111
James Harding was engaged in getting up the
gravel. lie incautiously began to dig un.l-7
perpendicular side of the excavation, and alth •
cautioned of his danger he did not
man that cautioned him went away, ant m
ten minutes it was noticed that he was
be seen. The side of the cutting had fallen in, and •
pletely buried him. A number of workmen immedis
sot about tho removal of the fallen earth, and
eventually got out still alive, hut fearfully
thighs were broken in several places, and his chest
crushed in. He was removed to the hospital iu a lc, .
state.