The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-01 00:00:00

THE GREAT FIRE.

(FlOl2l the Post Maga:tor and buntline( Monitor.)

We make here • break in the narrative of this great
calamity, in order to supply our readers with some reliable
information relative to the value of the property destroyed ;
so far as such value can be sweet:deal by the liabilities of
the offices in which the property was insured. The several
companies may, for this purpose, be divided into groups ;
at which the Ph. euix sod the Sun are in the unfortunate
position of being the heaviest sufferers„—the former to the
exteut of about 225,000 i., and the latter, we believe, not
much abort of that amount. The Sun losses, from the high
position of the office, would have been much heavier if it
had nut been the practice of the company, relatively, to
keep down its mercantile risks.
'I he Alliance will, in all probability, according to the in-
formation we have been able to obtain, be the third in the
list of sufferers ; and following, in respect of amount of lose,
the order in width we place their names, the Royal, the
London Assurance Corporation, the Royal Exchange, the
Atlas, the Globe, and the Liverpool end London form a
group with the Alliance.
A third group will be formed by the Manchester, the
Northern, the Imperial, and the Lancashire.
From this point the lones, we have reason to believe, will
he found diminishing in amount through the following series
of offices: -the Unity, the Union, the General, the Wart-
sinister, the Queen, the Leeds and Yorkshire, and the West
et England, which last-named company will be found to
have • got out of the fire" with the comparatively small
lout about 5,000/. ; and a less sum even than that will be
found sufficient to discharge the respective liabilities of the
Glardiau, the Church of Ferg/-dl the Hand-in-Hand, the
Law Usioa, the Royal Farmers, the Provincial Welsh, and
the Yorkshire.

TM Comity office has entirely escaped; its business
chiefly eamiating of the insurance of private dwellings and
the property they contain. The losses of the Law, in re,
'peel of the extent of its tranractions, will, from a like
Meek be found to be very light. The Skate, accorting to
the declaration of its officials, stands at nil.
The Scottish offices, namely, the Scottish Union, the
Caledonian, the North British, and the Scottish Provincial,
had no primary risks on the property ; but they will be
sufferers to some extent, by guarantee to other offices.
From the preceding details, upon the accuracy of which
our reader* may place great reliance, from the means which
the Poet Maga:ine for obtaining information on
Insurance matters, t entire amount of loss sustained by
the whole of the Insurance Companies may be estimated at
about 1,200,000/. ; •aum that will probably not fall farshort
of the premium income for the present year ; so that the
richer class of companies will have to draw upon their
reserve funds for the payment of all other losses of the
year ; whilst in some few caeca, in order to make provisioa
for such payment, it may be necessary, where the capital is
sot fully paid-up, to stoke a call as the shareholders.

EASTER Duss.—The town of Accrington was in
as unasually =Mod Asia on Friday, owing to the sale of
the proceeds of thirteens Easter due seizures. The articles
seized ware 7; yards broadcloth, 6 vole. "Tales horn
Blackwood," a clock and two mirrors, 4 pain of boob, 8
umbrellas, 2 silver watches, lookinj•jlass, corpopean, 5
pima of leather, some yards of black merino, another look.
Mg-glass, sad 30 knives and forks. The two lots wept foe
11. and U. lls. to two members of the anti-Fester Dues
Assocußso. About 8,000 persona were present, and 59
poloremen ; the former 'Keeping up a running the of groans
sod biases during the sale, the latter protecting the cue.
timber.

M6LANCHOLY CIDIV(Td. —A painful sensation
was occesimmil in Reeding mid its neighbourhood lest
Friday by the spread of intelligence that • respestable
youth, named May, apprenticed to Mr. Ivey, eilkthereer,
of the ma
the met bin death by drowning while
boating ea the themes at eaversharn, in company with an
assistant mimed William ?ilium., who wan somewhat older.
The &amity excited a deeper interest from the fact
of alleged neglect on the part of • young man gamed
Thatcher and two youths in not endeavouring to lend
assistance when mated in a large boat (capable
of bolas( live persons) within • few strokes of
the sprat. The amitement was greatly increased
in the elm* by • report, which proved but
WO tree, that two other persons, George Hawke., aged
21, sou of Mr. Hawkea, contractor, and William Smith,
aged 19, son of Mr. Smith, of the George Hotel, Odihara,
Heats. hail met • similar fate. An inquest in the first
ere we. held on Sattuvlay. whs:m=th* retuned a verdict
al " Amideetal death." They their that
the perame in the boats have refusedsergeies to give
their meisinnes when requested to do so. We hear that
Mr. Theiteher, who halloo two previous 0CC•4013/ narrowly
=egebowsiag, loot all nerve and presence of spied on
the deader in whit* the young man were placed,
gni abet the meths who were also in the boat were
tieof."heldM. anDilli"bi;esitheonc°trt°l comfier
l..M.g•ti •
al the men, Hawk and Heath, on
Batoestsp afeasseen.ina e'
White Hart lon, eavertham-
bridget ami teem the whims* given it appears that the de.
Bari sow ethwesi make* rowing together about • quar-
ter of • mile below that pert of the Thames known as
NONSII4IIIKIII, by two AIM who bad been working near.
The with that war pulling was men to lay down the oars,
and they loth got op mother apparently with the inten-
lie• *am assrkLe, • fine-grown young man,
wee Lemke they his companion, awl as they were passing
orb other the boat swayed es one side. arid they both fell
issto the water together. They struggled, and after • time

FRIGHTFUL C•IIUALTT IN • FULD-TARD, NEAR
lAttes.—As a married woman, named Westerman, tern-
=employed at the house of Mr. Vines, butcher, and
of the Jolly Colliers' Ins, Moor thuiorth, near
Lowis. was engaged is some household duty in the fold-
she yard, was attacked by a young bullock, which had only
been recently purchased by Mr. Vince. and gored fright.
fully. The attention of the infuriated aeimal was then
taken by a man who was working in on adjoining garden,
sad it rushed at him, but he escaped by scrambling into an
apple tree. Io the meantime some persona had planed the
poor woman in a chair, but before they could remove her
the animal returned to the place, and inflicted such dread-
ful injuries upon her that she shortly expired in great
agony. The bull has since been slaughtered.

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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIIITI.—LLIDB
Merr-
-1 —The entries for the approaching exhibition more than
Notify the expectations so long entertained by the friends
of the society se to the pre-eminent character of the Leeds
meeting, sad the arrangements which have been made are
such as to secure the highest possible degree of unseen.
The trial of steam cultivators will commence on Teesday.
at Garforth. With referee°. to this trial of steam eedti-
vatom, we understand that there are four competitors, but
we have sot been able to a.certain their Ullllll6l. It will
take place on the farm of Mr. Beady Nicholium, at Oar-
forth, sod will be open so the public free, but visitors will
not be allowed to interfere with the arrangements of the
committee and the convenience of the judges. Garforth is
only four or five miles from Leeds, and may be reached
either from Leeds or from Milford Junction, by the old
Leeds and Selby Bee ; and we understand that special
trains will he run daily on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday from the Marsh-lons station, the first special train
leaving probably about nine o'clock. —Leeslr Mercury.

LONA OP A FILIDICH SCHOONER.—.DOVES, SUNDAY,
.It'NE 30, 1941.—1 n • heavy spell yesterday the French
schooner Louise wax capsized, and sunk between Dunge-
n'. and Hastings This vessel was coal laden from Sun-
derland, for Sable.. A portion of the crew were picked up
and brought to the Sailors' Home at Dover at midnight.
The captain and the remaining portion of the crew were
*lced up by another boat, and brought to the Sailors'
at 11 smi. this day. The whole were utterly cleati-
tets„ and only just able to save themselves. Every thing
which Ike resources of the institution would allow was done
no amelberefis their sad circumstances. One of them was so
assagbadmstad that for some time his recovery was doubt-
ed. the wow will be forwarded this evening to (..Llaie by
all /bird awd Imperial mail packet.
Mr. F. Atida, who carried on business at Man-
'beater, lair the arm of Frank Atkin and Co., lately
insolroat, was Mad as the Mors heater city seniors on Fri-
+ F. 011 lbs throf fresdulently obtaining 1,1001. worth
of oaken from Yearn, Rine and Seville. Mr. Hopwood
awl Mr. Bilker append for the prosecution, and the &-
hem suadartad by Mr. Ernest Jones and Hr. Larembe.
ma silky.
Anew Az bears' tavialigatiou the jury brand • verdict of

0111TriAL PALACE. HALT-A-CROWN DAY.
SAMIDAT, JunZ4.--Admissions os mood, 1,419; dale
II mos taski4l, 1,310 ; iota. 9,729.