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London, England, 1846-06-15 00:00:00

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6 Durham and Sunderland
6 Edinburgh and Glasgow
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7 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ......
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6 Manchester, Leeds. and Hull Assoc.. 6 Midland Counties
6 Newcastle and Darlington ..........
6 Newcastle and Car1i51e..............
7 Newcastle and North Shields.... •.7 Norfolk. ..
- North Union and Bolton and Preston
8 Paris. Corbeil, and Orleans • •••••••
8 Pans and Rouen . • .• •
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ALARMING FIRE.—BRISTOL, JUNE 11.—A fire of the
most alarming kind, and which has led to the destruction of property
to the value of between 35,000/. and 40,000/., occurred here this
minting, and, as might be expected, spread the utmost cousternation
throughout the city. The conflagration originated iu some extenive
premises at Counterslip, which run back to the wall of the flossing
harbour, and are occupied lay Messrs. }lazell and Son as a sugar re-
finery. The fire was first discovered at about a quarter-past two
O'clock. As soon as the flames were observed au alarm was given,
and the city engine and those of the West of England, Norwich
Unien, Crown, and other public companies, as well as several from
private warehouses and manufactories, were speedily brought to the
spot, and began playing upon the flames. The combustible nature of
the materials, however, imparted such fury to the confiavration that
all efforts to extinguish it proved unavailing, and the entire premises,
with the valuable machinery and immense stock of sugars, were de-
stroyed. In the immediate neighbourhood of the refinery are sever al
warehouses, as also Counterslip Chapel and newly-built day and
Sabbath schools, and on the opposite side of the water is the exten-
sive city poor-house known as St. Peter's Hospital ; and for these
buildings conk erable alarm was at times felt. The books of the
firm were fortunately secured, and one small store of sugar was not
entirely destroyed, but it is expected that the loss will not fall short
of 31,0001., a part only of which is insured. What makes the matter
more distressing is, that about eighty persons will be deprived of
their means of livelihood.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT GREENOCK.—On Sa-
turday evening, about ten o'clock, one of the most distressing acci-
i dents we have had to record for a long time occurred on the river,
about half way between the red lamp at the foot of Marntret-street
and the powder-houses, by which two highly respectable gentle-
men have lost their lives. Mr. Edward G. Ilbery, the superin-
tendent of locomotives on the Greenock Railway, and his cousin, Mr.
Henry Howell, the treasurer and secretary to Messrs. Stephenson,
Mackenzie, and Brassy, the contractors for the new harbours now
constructing here, went in a small pleasure-boat in their slippers to
smoke their cigars and to enjoy the cool breeze on the river. They
had not been long out when a steamer upon a trial trip, having
been recently built by Messrs. Bar and M'Nab, at their establish-
ment at Renfrew, came up the river at a rapid pace, and notwith-
standing the loud and piercing shrieks of the unfortunate gentle-
men
both those in tier. Mr. Howell was taken immediately out of the
water by the people in the steamer, and though then alive, yet, from
the violence of the blow he had received on his breast, he died almost
instantly. Mr. Ilbery was not seen after the collision, but it was
evident he must have been also struck at the same instant with Mr.
Howell, as in all likelihood he would, if uninjured, have saved him-
self, as he was an excellent swimmer. Ills body was not recovered
till twelve o'clock on Sunday, when it was found that he had also
been struck on the side of his head. Both gentlemen were English-
men, and unmarried.—Greenock Advertiser.
AN ANTIQUATED EXCAVATOR.— A few days since,
as some labourers were digging trenches for the purpose of laying
down the gas-light mains in Church-street, All Saints, an old woman
named Chambers, who has attained the .106th year of her age,
stepped out of her apartment, and facetiously hinted to the men that
they did not appear to her sufficiently to understand the use of tile
lack-axe with which they were labouring, and by their leave ebe
would lust show them how it ought to be done. Upon being banded
Into the trench,
with
_ the venerable dame dexterously gave sundry blows
unta ieh irt"'lvit' and so vigorously withal, that she was at length
kraut.
..
.t.r.h.c.lizao e it from the earth into which she had
beguiles awayerthe da
wards retur,ii Ved it, without assistance. She after-
& alienoccup
instruction she bad her domicile, well pleased with the
betook herself to b Pr'etleahY to the workmen, and
usual.y
affairs, which she In which she
ii.rt.r.. zltzhiLn not employed in without sehold
ante This truly wonderful remnab
understand, of Brecon, in Wales. %ea.
consequently 106 years of ag, i
of interesting ineidents, rre hands and assist- 1
_or antiquity is a native, we
Th. Mrtilil,brptlle year 1740, and is
which she relate* with hertlong life is full
to date amid eircumetance. She retatua her raewth4lrplenity as
- degree, with the exception of hordinary
r. This wonderful wom
earing, which " extra_
has
almost entirely fors,iaen he
boner
~ an Is very
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municative, ' and is supported by the knee of some eh-a"rtiZe
s town. She frequently travel', a considereble di
s_
of thi -
her habitation with other w king-
tance, from
stick. —lPsteklz ErP"3"
THREE V. SEEN.—On O the evening of Sunday
-
.
Min.' in his grounds suiroundlna
last the Rev. J. T. Tryon was w a
and' having reached an elevated
Butwick Rectory, North amptonehire,
h was surprised on per-
ceiviugxtei sive view, e ..
position,
commanding
an
e - fleld where a flock ofsheep
three majestic birdvicending from a
ht, tic birds de-
e
were pastured. Having gained a considerable
liei
sceniied and hovered round the Rev. Gentleman (whit' was accompanied.
by a dog) for nearly a quarter of an hour, soaring up into the air, and
thenor the
then suddenly dropping down, after the manner of the hawk
of the Spanish
kits. The dog (which was a most courageous animal
bull breed) was evidently alarmed, and skulked off to the It
hedge. ,
I
is very probable that the eagles would have attacked either the
Rev. Gentleman or the dog, had they not been deterred by the for-
midable appearance of nine large beasts which were near them In 1
the same field. The birds took an easterly direction. afld flew
towards Farming Woods. There is, we understand, a tame eagle on
the grounds of Stafford O'Brien, Esq., of Blatherwycke Park, *Web
was visited some years ago by a wild bird of the same species. It is
not improbable that the latter may have thought proper, along with
some of its majestic fellows, to repeat this " royal visit."—Leicester-
shire Chronicle.

PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT.—The rumour is again cur-
rent that her Majesty will accompany the Prince on his intended
visit to Liverpool on the 30th and 31st days of July; and It is tlso
said that the royal pair will be invited to sojourn at Worsley-hall,
the seat of Lord Francis Egerton, during their short stay.—Liverpool

- -STATE OF TRADE.—The demand is slack for the
home trade. Some orders have been received for the Continent, and
the stocks on hand of useful goods are not very heavy. English
wool Yarns are more difficult to buy, saki Show II hiUdellOi t 9 ad-
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