The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-28 00:00:00

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GREAT FIRE IN LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, Friday.—The alarming fire that yesterday
broke out in the warehouses in Launcelot's Hey is, we
regret to say, still unsubdued (5 p.m.), and strong fears -"
are
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It commenced in the cellar of the southern extremityga the pile, and then either was driven or followed a nor-
therly course until, it was imagined, nearly extinguished
in the northern extremity of the cellars. Here it seems
to have concentrated itself, and then ascended perpendi-
cularly, and having forced its way through the roof,
commenced its ravages at the summit in the very oppo-
site direction to that pursued at the base, travelling
from north to south.
Up to ten o'clock last night the contents of the ware-
houses in which the fire originated, although smoulder-
ing, had not burst forth into flame. The progress of the
fire, however, was steady, and by eleven o'clock the
flames had burst through the windows of the whole of
the warehouse on the northern extremity of the pile to
which the efforts of the firemen had been directed to
keep them, and shortly before twelve the roof fell in
with a tremendous crash, and then the flames burst forth
with brilliant, hut destructive effect. In a very short
tine the upper floor of the adjoining warehouse became
ignited, and the heat became so intense in the street
that the firemen had to remove, it being found impos-
sible to remain any longer in the position from which
they had been previously playing. The fire bad at one
o'clock attained such a head that the efforts to check
its progress seemed unavailing, and the third ware-
house of the pile caught fire, while an explosion of tur-
pentine in the cellar showed that it still smouldered
there, and drove the salvage-officers from their posts.
Ralf an hour afterwards the front of the warehouse at
the northern extremity of the range fell in with a tre-
mendous crash, but, luckily, without causing either loss
of life or personal injury. From this period the flames
spread in every direction with fearful rapidity, baffling
the, efforts of the firemen. The front wall of the second
central warehouse fell in about six o'clock, and also, as
in the case of the latter, without accident. The fall of
this wall greatly facilitated the operations of the firemen,
and hopes began to be entertained that the fire could be
confined to the pile in which it originated; nor up to the
hour of the despatch of our parcel had these hopes been
disappointed. All day, however, the fire has continued
to rage among hugo masses of cotton ; the roof of a
third warehouse has fallen in, and the front wall seems
doomed.
The efforts of the fire brigade are unabated ; but
though large volumes of water are steadily poured with
great skill and tact upon the burning masses, it falls
hissing and smoking from the heated walls. Numerous
bodies are busily employed in removing the goods from
the warehouses fronting New Quay, and great activity
is displayed in tumbling bales of cotton into the street
underneath, to facilitate the clearing out of the rooms.
Merchants and brokers eagerly throng the adjacent
streets, and the windows of the houses in the neighbour-
hood, from whence they can anxiously watch the pro-
gress of the destructive element.
There was scarcely a breath of wind while the fire was
raging, and to this, in a great measure, may be attri-
buted its limited operation. The damage must be very
serious, for not only is a large pile of warehouses de-
stroyed, but very great damage has been done to the
property in the other warehouses by the quantity of
water thrown upon them.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

ABERDEEN.

The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the Aber-
deen Railway Company was held at Aberdeen on Thurs-
day. The chair was occupied by Lord James Hay.
The report stated that the receipts for the past half
year had been 49,973/.; and, after deducting expenditure,
there was a free surplus of 5,3391., adding a surplus
on previous half-years of 5,2241.—a gross surplus of
10,563/. The directors believed that the revenue as
from let May last would be sufficient to maintain the
full dividend on the Six per Cent. Preference Steck of
the company. From a comparative statement of traffic
for the last two years, it appeared that the increase in
passengers was only about 5 per cent. during that pe-
riod ; the increase, however, in the tonnage of goods
was about 40 per cent. During the same period, the
total receipts had increased from 35,237/. for the half-
year ending July, 1851, to 49,973/. (as above) for the
past half-year. The percentage of expenses on receipts
had fallen during the same period from 57.371 per cent.
to 51.418 per cent. By the recent completion of the
new station, affording access to the very centre of the
city, and the opening of the Great North of Scotland
Railway, an influx of traffic was expected. The efforts
of the directors to induce proprietors to take up the de-
benture stock had been as yet but partially successful ;
but as the security is undoubted, and as the object is
de,irable, a hope was expresed that the remainder would
still be taken' The directors also asked authority, as
on former occasions, to issue deferred dividend warrants
to holders of Seven per Cent. Preference Stock for the
half-year's dividend falling due thereon on Ist November
next.

Resolutions were passed unanimously, in conformity
with the report, and a vote of thanks to the chairman
terminated the business.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles B scalp
I opened, NAME OF RAILWAY.
1854. i 1853. 1854.
1 8/11115H. -----.--------...
X X
72 Aberdeen ....•• ....•• •• ...... ..... /,'95 2,104
37.31 Belfast and Ballymena .• -•••.•• •• •• 773 771
17 Belfast and County Down• • • • • • •• •• • • 247 243
23 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,931 2,183
2636 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • 8.55 841
104 t•ca Bristol and Exeter ...... • • .......... 1,608 6,253
1891%' Ca1ed0ni.n........ •• .• • _••••• • •• •• 10,600 11,802
142 Edinburgh and Glasgow ••• •• •• -- - 1.550 5,251
9414 Chester and H01yh,ad......• ........ 4,745 4,931
634 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •••• •• 16 8 162
20 Cork and Bandon .. • • ...... •• •• •• • • 17 4 217
56 Dublin and Belfast Junction • 1,280 932
6136 Dublin and Drogheda• ••• •• ••••••• •• - -
6 Dublin and Kingstown •.• • • • ...... •• 952 803
I
16% Dundee and Arbroath .... ..... ..... 521 468
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 893 9,9
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen ••..••• • •• •• 193 288
68 East Anglian.... •• •• •• •••••••• • • •• •• 853 900
8136 i East Lancashire .................... 41:9012 2
1 5,6564727
417 Eastern Counties and N0rf01k......1 29
Eastern Union• • •• •• - . ....... ....
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.. •• - 2,730 2,693
6 Exeter and Creditors.. .. -•••• •• •• 141 186
22 Furness Railway •••••..•• •• •• •• - 603 790
171% Glasgow, and South-Western•• •• ••
283 Great Northern and E. B. •••• • • ..
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) . ,258 2,941
3193{ Great Western •• •• •• ••••- - - - - 23,753 24,418
2514 Irish South Eastern •••••••••• • • •• • • 219 216
90 Lancaster and Carlisle.. •••• • • •
250 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. •• •• •• •• •• 17,614 19,126
- Leeds Northern .. • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • •• - -
IR i Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport 360 , 370
5533( London and North Western _ 53,847 56,466
536 London and Illackwall.• ............ 1,191 1.326
174 Londol, Brighton, and South Coast.. 13,012 14 797
25334 London and South We5tern........, 12,286 13,414
46 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 485 1 t,53
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - -
167% Manchester, Sheffield ,and Lincolnshire 7,667 8,792
936 Manchester and South Junction- .. ~ 623 655
28 Maryport and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • . - -
498 N Midland .• ••••••••• •• • • - •• • ... 15,609 26,785
126 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• •. . • 2,911 I 3 000
37 Monkiands ....... •••• • • • .......... 1,140 ! LOH,
`,".e. % Newcastle and Car1i51e............ • • 2,844 3,6 ;3
119 North British ••..•••••••••• •• .. •• •• 4,857 i 4,911
- North Staffordshire ••••.•• • •• • • •• • • - -
47 North-Western •• .. ..... •••••• • •• •• 930 1,0613
82 Scottish Central •• •••••••••• • • •• •• j. 2,385 2.637
Scottish Midland ••- • • • ..... •• ••
29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham •••• ••
,B_,l 14_.
2, 9185
18
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4 1 Shrewsbury and Chester •• •• •• •• •• • • 1
6%7831
29 Shropshire Union .• •••• •• •
258 South Devon•• ••••... •• • • ••• ..• : •••• ••••• 127:3511,9 %60
8814 South Enstern• ••••••••••• • • .• •• - •
3,5540 1 L',32
162 South Wales .• •• ••••••"•• • • • • • • •• _ , -,,66
85• X South York., Doncaster, and Goole • • I, 4 1,591
40 TAtl" Vale •• •• •••••••••••• • • •• •• •• - 2,'74 3,552
75 Waterford and Limerick -..•••• .. •• 750 801
25 West Cornwall •• - - .•••••• •• „ . 630 681
12 Wnitehaven Junction . • ... .. • • „ „ .• 253 239
682 York and Newcastle, and 'Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds 30,089 32,335
roaEtow,
57 Dutch Rhenish •••••• ..... ..... .... 1.006 1,249
185 Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 8,542 0,242
63 Montereau and Troyes ........ _- „ 1,183 11,469
63 Namur and Liege .................. -
414 Northern of France ..........
607 Orleans and Central* 35,531 41,821
240 l'aris and Lyor.s .. _ •••••••••.„ „ 19,552 19,552
84 Paris and Rouen. - - -
392 Paris and Strasburgh ---••. • •• • • 23,042 28,805
59 6ouen and Havre.......... • • •• • • • --
4,750 6,143
132 Western of France

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THE UNITED STATES AND SAN
DOMINGO.

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that if not abso-
lutely, We believe we mays tate, without fear of contra-
diction, that a series of negotiations between the
Government of the United States and that of the
Republic of San Domingo has resulted in the
establishment of a Protectorate on the part of the
annexationalnnt ng
o f virtually,
Island of San Domingo which belongs portion of the
13nited
States,
to the Re-
public of that name.
to
the
The acquisition of so import
ant a position in
the West Indies by the Govern
Government of the United
State S—a position threatening on either hand the
Spanish islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, and so
directly affecting our own W
cannot be viewed with d 'Pest Indian Empire,
i
mani-
festly one of the results indifference. ifference. It is
ag-
gressive policy which theo that ambitious and
termined to pursue o United States appear de-
Morning Post. n both sides of the Atlantic.—.

LORD
_JOHN RUSSELL AT BRISTOL.-011 ThursdaY
e:teaninmgagLnoirfideenjtobhann and tLa
ta Russellt
own err ea
rekn,tebrtys. imp ordKi.
and Mrs. P. W. S. Miles. The membersfor the city, the
Lord Bishop of the diocese and Mrs. Monk, the Very
Rev. the Dean, the High Sheriff and his lady, and other
distinguished guests were present. Yesterday (Friday)
Lord John Russell, after inspecting Clifton, paid a visit
to the Commercial-rooms. His lordship, who was ac-
companied by the dean, of whom he is a guest, was re-
ceived by the right worshipful the mayor' by whom he
was conducted over the establishment. The noble lord
was to be entertained in the evening by the corporation_
and magistracy at a sumptuous banquet at the ball
the ancient corporation of Merchant Venturers, ati3 which
also the Duke of Beaufort, Earl Ducie, the Lord !shop
of Gloucester and Bristol, Lord Curzon, Vice-Chancel-
InolremWbeorsodiotrhethAe
citttoyr,naeyn-dCoergld,ieStiirogAnigthhodur.
pEllrtioonistg
will be present,