The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-27 00:00:00

DESTRUCTION OP MESSRS. YEARSLRY'S STEAM
RICE MILLS, WHITZCHAPEL.

The most extensive fire that has occurred at the
seat ead of London far a oonekheable time plat, broke est
y mommig, on the prewhiss knows se Maws.
cram' lerday's Steam Ries Mills, situate ia Doekrarset. Upper
Elm dmitilleld, a thoroughfare running out id Whitechapfil
known as the nucleus of the great sow misers, whose
premise towered. some tea and others twelve storeys into
the sir. The premise of users. Veareley consisted of ten
&ant althorn being fitted up most expensively, some
with Niue. sod msay as grinding houses, whilst
the lower floors were filled with lags of nee sad other
articles need in the trade. This Mulling was ouly sepa-
rated from the extensive soap works of Mr. G. Stevens by
• marrow court, about 21 feet wide, so that at coo time it
wee feared that many houses would have shared in the
devastation.

iiedisoWery wee made by a police wadable. Fortu-
nately the Mdool residents, to the number of several
dooms, satersed into the streets, with their children in
arms, uninjured. It Would be stated that immediately
facing this immense mill, on the opposite side of the street.,
stands to. church, dedicated to Eit. Peal far Names, and
neat door was the rectory, belongingto the Brew. H. Hayes;
and behind the two latter builditits towered out is relief
the well•lts, men " Sailors' Home. Thew buildings wars
over 100 feet from the fire, hut they nearly all fell victims
to the tams.

—iiin police having sent for the aid of the Royal Socletv's
Ere cocaina aod engines, in a very brief period the escapism
attended, as well as the engines of the parish and various
others of taisioados Bngxde, including the powerful laud
steam engine et Shand and Mason, of the Blackfriars-road,
sad the two skew dilation engines made by the same firm,
Wakened at Retherhithe and Southwark bridge.
Time woe a geed supply of water, but the flames 0011t11.
siSergaibon nerd to until the whole of the Moore form-
ing the wkh the exception of the loilerhouse behind.
presseded • of bra. At the same time immense
sliewees el ries and large flakes of wood, in a
Olivet skate of ' , were draughted ever sad fell
lisps el \ewe as far distaat as the 11 ileinid-road.
Medan et the rectory apposite was scorched, the sine
shimmy, pole melted as if they had ham placed in a f armee,
sad the lusentiful stone week el • kw perks of the church at
daylight had all the lameness ss if the arterial bad
Mated boa mile and std age. Maid and Make's powerful
demo bed sighs and name levee or eight of the land en-
gines were galled tato fall operation, sod thoumode of pil-
low of water were momentarily scattered into the mills, but
the dames costumed their ravages, and door after door cos-
tinned to fall through the building.
As late as 7 o'clock last evening, and six hours after the
outbreak, there still remained an immense body of firs about
the mills, sad there seemed little chance of getting it
astirely extinguished natal an &dramal hour this day.
Me damage dime by this catastrophe musk amount to
amoral thousand pomade, and it is at present talcums she-
' thor the suifkrert were insured.
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describe* the dessege dime
es soder i--"ltundav, Nay 25, 1991.--Called le • ire et
Nesiers..l. Ifeandeis, strait ries mill proprietors, No, 11.
Desh.eleset, Upper Beet Smithfield. The canoe of are on-
karma. The Ineela that attended were those of the A, B,
D &Adds, Send and Balton. land meths snipe. and
the twe feat& The tire ma i and the conieste all but
destroyed. benenthee unknown at present. No. 9in the
mime dee* Mr. 0. etheene, soap maker, roof and weather
hireedige taiepm ed sod breakage. tailored in the
Bn.Ditto lbw (opposite). Rev. H. Baynes,
the It. PMre reetory, front of house *worehed, and rine
dummy pole inielted. Laurance unknown."

Asvival toe the west eadtac law 4 last year, 1,410 oats
owl ddivery 1,600 awl. The inival tut week aneppleal
0 auks frau Mt Petersham 127 free Odom 0 from Auetra•
140 from South Arm/kw, sad 0 tram other places.—T,44l,
270 mike,

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(rms DM.)

There are a few more beasts than on Monday last, but
there is a demand for them. camequently prices are not
lower; indeed some of the choicest have reached sa. Sheep
and lambs are slimmers plentiful. Trade is active for them;
last week's quotations are well eupported, and in some in-
stances exceeded. Wires are selling about the same as on
Thursday. Our foreign supply connote of 702 beasts, 3,680
sheep, and 119 calms. From Scotland, 700 beasts ; Nor-
folk and Suffolk, 1,600; aad•110 from the Northern and
Midland comities.

Poe stone of 6160. S. 4. I. 4. Poe Moos of Blbo. 4. d. s. d.
Beet Accts, llorofda. 4 6 4 10 Dot Doo&111.161438 6 0 6 4
Best Short-horns . 4 6 4 8 Dirt Long.woola.... 0 0 0 0
Second qual. bouts 3 4 4 0 Do. do. Shnes .. 4 8 5 0
Calves
Plirs
Diet Dos& Mf.lfrods 0 0 0 0 LaTts

Pi" no.

sat iambs. t 1,410 ; C;B, 11013';

BOROUGH HOP MARIERT.-(THIS DAY.)

Molars. Pattendten sod Smith report that the seeounta
from the plaetatioos speak of a general increase of ey and
Hee, as many as 40 to .50 of the former on a leaf at many
planes, bat at present the market is not materially affected
by it. Duty, 130,000 i.

COAL MARKIT.-(THIS DAY.)

Walls End &swirls, 17s. Id. ; Will. Fad South Hst-
ton, 17s. 6.1. ; Walls Bad Broadyls Estop, 16. 6d. ;
Walls End South Hartlepool, 15s. 9d. ; Walls End Hough
Hall. 16s. ; Walls Ea Ossoop. 16.. 3d. ; Walls Sod
Kailas, 16.. tld. ; Eden Haas, 16 • wins Eod South
Durham, 15n. ; Walls Sod Thorns. 16.; Hilda. 16.;
Bells Primrose. 13..: Byroo, 16.. ; Will. Lod Hodity,
16s. Walls Rod Whitworth, 16s. ; Posse's West, ;
Wytnin, 165.6 d. ; Holywoll. 161. ; Tanflekl M oar Bates, 13s. ;
Winn Hartley, ,• Dobai& Hartley, 16s. ; Davidson's
Hartlwy, ; Hastings Hadley, 164.—hmips at
market, 8&

JURIDICAL Socirrr.—Tbia evening a paper will
be read before this moiety by Mr. Edward Webster, on the
system of promotion at the bar, and its influence on the
professwo.