The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-12 00:00:00

SUPPOSED LOSS OP ANOTHER HULL BALTIC

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No doubt appears now to be entertained in Hull
as to the kiss of the splendid screw steamer, Z. C. Names,
Iceloegiog to Z. C. Pearson, Esq., ex.mayor of Hall. The
vessel left Riga for Hull on the 28th of last month, and al-
though she 'should have passed the Elsinore Sound three days
afterwards., nothing whatever has since been heard of her.
Some parties are sanguine enough to conjecture that she may. ,
possibly be tossing about the river, but the present being
the season of the year when vessels are constantly passing
up and down the river, the conjecture is scarcely thought a
reasonable one, and it is even believed by some that she
has gone down with all hands, numbering 27 persons.
She in a steamer of 700 tons buratto, and was built shout
a year ago at Sunderland, for the Australian trade, in
which the firm with which the owner is connected have
some years peat been engaged. The frequency of the lose of
Hell steamers, and the lamentable sacrifice of life and pre-
rty thereby, within the past year, is really fearful ; and
the inquiry is now beginning to be pretty general in the
town as to whether themode of construction of iron steamers
may not is some measure be the cause of these painful dis-
asters. Certain it is, that silica last October no fewer than
eight Hull steamers have been wrecked in the Baltic trade.
Ia October, the Arctic, belonging to Messrs. Wilson, with
a valuable cargo and eleven lives, together with Mr.
Eerie, was lost. In November, the Emeline, belonging
to Z. C. Pearson sad Co., was wrecked on her Name from
Riga ; mid in the same month the Edward Hawkins, trading
between Hull and Cronatadt, was ket. All hands were
fortunately saved in the case of these two wrecks. During
the present year Messrs. Wilson have lost three fine Baltic
steamers, the Kingston and the Bothnia, with all hands,
numbering in the aggregate about 40; and latterly the
Baltic, for the lora of which the Board of Trade, after an
inquiry, have cancelled the master's certificate. About the
same time as the loss of the Bothnia and the Kingston, the
Wesley, the property of Z. C. Pearson and Co., was lost
with all hands ; and now it is fully expected that the Z. C.
Pearsou, with a crew of 25, and the captain's wife and
servant, has gone down.—Manekeseer Mummer.

WIMMINWII3-BRIDGE.—An inquiry has taken
piste before Mr. Daniel Norton, to determine the value of
the fee of the land and houses (subject to the leases and
tenancies) forming Noe. 32 and 33, Parliament-Areet, Nos.
14, 15,16, 17, 18, 10, and 20, Bridge-street. and Noe. 1,2,
3,4, 5, and 6, New Palace-yard, requited to be taken down
to form the new approach to Westminster-bridge. The
amount of Mr. Norton • award is 45,0001. The area of land
is 42 poles.
Carters'. PaLecz.—Blondin made an ascent on
Saturday from the Zoological Gardens at Liverpool, in the
presence of upwards of 20,000 persoos. He has returned to
town for his 17th smut this afternoon, at the Crystal l'a.
lace, when in addition to his feats on the long rope over the
fountains, he will repeat his extraordinary muscular per-
formances on the slack rope, suspended in mid-air. He
will also again give hie amusing exhibition of wheeling
Punch along the rope in his barrow. This will be Sloe-
din's last ascent at the Palace for some time, as he de-
parts to-morrow to habil engagementa in Ireland, after
which he visits Scotland.

THZ GREAT FIRE IN TOOLRY-ST REM —Seven
weeks have now elapsed since the fire commenced in Messrs.
Soovell's wharf, where Mr. Braidwood was killed in the
execution of his duty. vet even on Saturday there still
remained a body of fire in the ruins. During the previous
day tied night so great was the flame that arose from the
heaps of cotton stored in the wharf that it rose into the air.
Being formerly an engineer in the London Brigade, upon
hoeing a crackling noise proceeding from the under part of
the pound flat of the depitt wharf, Mr. Baylis at once sent
off to Watling-sireet station for four extra lengths of hose,
bat before the men had time to return with them, the fire
had exteeded over the greater portion of the floor. Fortu-
nately the nudes of the Southwark Company having yielded
a good supply of water, the branches of the steed-pipes
1/01111 conveyed over the premises on fire. and the flames
ware prevented from extending further. There is, however.
every tudicAtion of the flames still liogeriog about the lower
portion of the mina.