The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-06 00:00:00

GREAT FIRE IX EIMEHOUSE. 7}

Another fire, attended with a serious d..:truoi.••?
of property, commenced this (Thursday) morning at iii•.
minutes past 4 o'clock on the premises belonging I.
• 1••••-, •.
G. Robertson and Sons, ship eh:millers, situate in te.
Ann's-place, Limehouse.
Not a moment was lost in setting the engine: to w qk,
but the flames had previously extended to the id;
graphic premises of a Mr. Moore, No. 9, in thii -.sun •
street, and they also attacked the warehouses on Itri•-
annia-wharf, the property of Mr. Winn, mast and
maker. These warehouses were 6.5 feet in length. in I
from thence the tire seized the warebousesonCopenlia:•
wharf, igniting, in the first instance,
100 feet long and 40 feet deep. copious streams of scat-.
were thrown upon the flames, but they -till continued t •
spread, and it was with difficulty that the premises of
Messrs. Forrest and Sons, the life-boat builder. to tlei
National Lifeboat Society, were say.slfrum total •lestrue-
tion. The damage done is considerable. and is thus
returned by Captain Shaw Ands-pliee, Linielinus
Messrs. G. Robertson and Sens. chandlrs,
a building of three floors, u•ed as stores, 01
feat by 40, burned out and roof off. Insured
in the London Fire Office. Counting dant iged. by
fire, water, &c. No. 9, H. Moore, photographer
16 feet by 12, destroyed, roof of dark room and glass hors
damaged by fire, water, and cutting away. Insuod inthe Imperial and Preserver Fire Offices. llritannia-sili irt.
It. Winn, building used as workshops. 0.; feet by .2.. c abut
one-third severely damaged by tire and water. Britannia-
yard, Forrest and Sons, roof of shed and one boat d
ranged by fire, water, Ice. Copenhagen-whari. a build-
ing 100 feet long, and 40 broad, about 1.) feet of ris,i de-
stroyed.

The foundation of a new church at Killarney
was laid on Thursday by the Bishop of Limerick, in pre
sence of a large and influential concourse.
A man died on Thursday near Ncnagh from the
effects of sunstroke. Ile bad been reaping. awl, aim
eating his dinner, he lay down incautiously in the licit.
exposed to the full blaze of the sun.
Sixteen fires have recently taken place On
Southampton-common, chiefly owing to the drought and
the hot weather. The common was on fire the whole of
last week. It became alarming, and threatened several
residences on Monday last. The flames passed across the
main road and stopped the traffic.
A monthly steam packet communication between
Bremen, Southampton, and New Orleans will be c•!ili-
lished in October next by the North German Lliyl
Company.
The fancy for contests of skill and bodily strength
in rifle and pigeon shooting, boat rowing. swimming,
running, &e., has taken a strange direction in Hemp its,
where the bakers have had contests who could bake a
number of biscuits quickest, and where the pork butchers
have contested who could kill a pig in the shortest time.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—At
a meeting of directors of this company, held yesteniay, it
was decided to recommend to the proprietors, at their
next meeting, to declare a dividend for the half year at
the rate of 61 per cent. per annum, less income-tax.
DISGRACEFUL RAPACITY.—About ten days ago
two gentlemen, Major Morgan and Mr. Tweedie, were
drowned off Milport, Fl of Clyde, by the upsetting of a
small boat. Though every effort was made to recover
bodies, it was not until Monday evening last that any
success attended the dragging. On that evening two
fishermen found the body of Mr. Tweedie, which. how-
ever, they refused to give up unless the deceased's father
gave them 100/. Mr. Two:sidle, though perfectly willing
to give a handsome reward for the recovery of his mite
body, demurred to such an extortionate demand,
the but he
fishermen were inexorable, and refused to bring body
on shore till their demands were complied with. Ulti-
mately the police had to interfere, and on threatening to
take the boatmen into custody for unlawfully detaining
the body, it was reluctantly given no. Great '
WKS at the conduct of the finders, the mom ape-
ciltayeirter. Tweedie bad offered • munificent reward
for the finding of the body.