The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-30 00:00:00

Tremendous Fire in the Minories.

This (Tuesday) morning, at an early hour, a
terrible fire, attended with the loss of property
' valued at many thousand pounds sterling, happened
in the extensive pile of premises belonging to Mr.
A. Worman, boot and shoe exporter, carrying on
business at 126, Minories. The discovery was made
by one of the inmates, who at once gave the usual
alarm, but he, and also the other residents, had the
greatest difficulty in effecting their escape, owing
to the rapidity with which the flames extended. In
the course of a few minutes the fire escapes arrived,
as well as numerous land steam and manual—power
engines, by Shand, Mason, and Co., of the same
description as that just awarded the prize medal at
Paris. Captain Shaw, with a strong body of
firemen, and Mr. Swanton, with the London
Salvage Corps, and Mr. ‘Vhite, the assessor to
the County Fire Office, accompanied the engines,
but upon their arrival they found that the premises
of Mr. Worman were on fire from the base to the
roof, and the flames were belching forth from over
a dozen windows, and also through the roof, and
already ignited the premises of Mr. Carter, a
butcher, No. 127, in the same thoroughfare, and
were attacking the offices of Mr. B. Berend, com-
mission agent, and several merchants, at No. 8,
New-square. Mr. Poole, inspector of the New River
Company, arrived with several turncocks, when,
plenty of water having been obtained, the engines
were set to work with full vigour, and some tons
weight of water were momentarily scattered upon
and into the burning premises ; but the flames con-
tinued their ravages, and it was some hours before
the progress of the conflagration could be arrested.
An attempt was made to get the books out, but the
flames drove the parties back. It is satisfactory to
state that, having been locked up in one of the
patent Reliance fire-proof safes, they received not
the least injury, although exposed to such an intense
heat. Eventually *the firemen had the gratification
of seeing the fire extinguished, but not until Mr.
Norman's premises were all but destroyed ; the
valuable stock in trade, furniture, and other effects
consumed. The premises of Mr. Carter, butcher,
partly_ destroyed, but a considerable quantity of
property was saved by the London Salvage Corps.
The offices numbered 8, in New-,square, are also
extensively injured by heat and water. The origin
of the disaster is at present unknown. The City
and Metropolitan Police rendered great assistance
to the firemen by keeping the crowd out of danger.

THE BRITISH ARCILEOLOGICAL ASSO-

CIATION.

LUDLOW, Monday.

The members of the British Archm)logical Asso-
ciation have done well in fixing the locus of their
24th annual meeting at this ancient and classic spot,
for, independent of its special archaeological attrac-
tions, it is surrounded on all sides by scenes of pic-
turesque beauty not to be excelled in many shires in
merry. England. The town itself is half encircled
by the river Teme, famous for its trout and grey-
ling, and retains, with remarkable exactness; its
ancient form. It has hardly suffered any time
change for centuries, and it is only since
the railway (Shrewsbury and Hereford) was
brought to its gates and tunnelled under
its streets that any sensible addition to the
population has taken place. It is surrounded by
handsome seats and castles of the nobility and
gentry of Salop and Herefordshire. Among the
objects of especial interest for the visitors of the
week are Ludlow Castle, the scene of Milton's
" Comus," its handsome church lately restored,
Downton Castle, Downton Hall, Hopton Castle,
Stoke Castle, Wigmore Castle, Caynham Camp,
Wigmore Abbey, and numerous Saxon and other
ancient churches. Many of these will form subjects
for papers, to be read at the evening meetings, each
day being devoted to excursions to different inte-
resting points in the surrounding district. The
inaugural meeting takes place this evening. At
6.30 there will be a public dinner at the Towli-hall,
when the president, Sir Chas. H. Rouse Broughton,
Bart., will deliver the inaugural address. The
official programme for the rest of the week is as
follows :

Tuesday.—Excursion to the ancient remains on
the summit of the Titterstone Cleo Hill ; Bitterley ;
Middleton Chapel; and to Downton Hall, where
the members will be entertained by the president.
" Wednesday.—Examination of Ludlow Castle
and Church ; Ludford ; at two p.m., the members
will be entertained by the corporation ; an after-
noon excursion may be made to Caynham Camp,
Whitton Park, and Whitton Chapel.
" Thursday.—Excursion to Tenbury and Bur-
ford; entertainment at Burford Park by Lord
Northwick; examination of Little Hereford Church,
&c.
" Friday.—Excursion to Aston Church and
ancient tumuli; Wigmore Castle; Wigmore Abbey ;
Brandon Camp (supposed site of the Roman
Braviniunt); Downton Castle, reception by Mr.
Andrew Boughton Knight.
" Saturday. —Excursion to Stanton Lacy ; Diddle-
bury Church ; Norton Camp ; Stokesay Castle ;
reception by Lady Mary Clive, and luncheon at
Oakley Park ; Bromfield Church and Abbey ; Nor-
man Church at the Heath.

" Evening meetings each day at 8.30 p.m., at the
Assembly Rooms, for the reading of papers and
discussions.

" On Monday, August 5, as many of the mem-
bers and visitors as remain are invited to take part
in a visit, under the guidance of Mr. Thos. Wright,
M.A., F.S.A., to Wroxeter (the Roman Uriconium),
where it is hoped that some new parts of the ancient
city will then have been laid open.
" On Tuesday, August 6, the Caradoc Field Club
invites the Archeological Association to join in an
excursion to the Valley of Clun, the Bury Ditches,
Cluu's Castle, and Offa's Dyke."
The meeting is held under the patronage of Vis-
count Hill, the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of
Powis, and the Bishop of Hereford, and among the
vice-presidents are the Earl of Bradford, the Earl
of Effingham, the Earl of Mar, Viscount Boyne,
Viscount Newport, Lord Boston, Lord Houghton,
D.C.L., Lord Lyttelton, Lord Northwick, Sir
J. R. Beccles, Bart., M.P., Sir W. Curtis,
Bart., Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., Sir Charles
Nicholson, Bart., Reverend Sir F. Gore Ouse-
ley, Sir T. E. Winnington, Bart., M.P., Sir J.
Gardner Wilkinson, D.C.L., F.R.S., the Mayor of
Ludlow, Mr. Clement, M.P., Mr. Severne, M.P.,
Mr. Towline, M.P., F.S.A., Mr. T. Wright, M.A.,
F.S.A., and other distinguished savants. Many of
these have arrived, and among others expected are
Mr. Gordon M. Hills (treasurer), Mr. G. R.
Wright, F.S.A., and Rev. Prebendary M. Scarth.
The people of Ludlow have evidently an idea that
their little town is about being besieged by a real
army of strangers, and many have fortified their
thresholds by a high lodging tariff, which of course
will be all for the benefit of the hotel-keepers.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand. via Bouthamptoa.....Aug. 24
Ditto, via Marseilles — Aug."lB
Ditto, via Panama
• ••
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Aug 5.
Ditto, by Frenoh packet
Cape Verde. by Brazil packet .••••• Aug. 5.
Ospe of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena Aug. 27,
China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton Aug. 8
Ditto, via Marseilles ••••• •• Aug. 2.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug 8.
India, via Southampton
Ditto, via Alarseil es Aug. 2.
Malta, Egypt, &e. July 3i.
Ditto, Marseilles Aug. 2.
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southampton Aug. 21.
Ditto, via Marsei les Aug. 18.
Newfoundland July 31
Portugal Aug. 5.
Ditto, by private ship to Oporto ...
Ditto ditto to Lisbon
United States, Canada, California, &c., by British

packet July 31.
Ditto, by United States packet
Ditto ditto (New York
Ditto ditto (New York)
Ditto ditto (Baltimore)
Ditto, by Canadian packet Aug. 2.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriff Aug. 3
West Indies and Pacific kexcept Mexico and Baha-
mas)
Cub:i and Mexico ~,July 29.
Bahamas, via New York
Bermuda, via ditto

NARROW ESCAPE.—As the train duo at Holy-
head at 225 p.m. on Sunday was proceeding from that
station to the mail boat, the pointsmen at the pier omitted
to direct the train in its proper direction. Half the train,
therefore, ran into a train of coal waggons, and was only
prevented from running into the harbour by
changing the
points as the other half of the train passed, and throwing
the latter part off the line, which held on the forrnerpart.
The carpenter of the Connaught was knockad down by a
pair of gates being carried away by the engine, and bad to
remain in Holyhead.—Dublin Evening Mail.
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IliP°:ll3;ter; the lion. G.
Sunderland ; Mr. It Arkwright, Loomnimond ;
Mr.
Li, A.
Denman, Tiverton : Mr. M. WYvill, Enircidbgnorth (who ob-
Herbert, Kerry ; Mr. H. Whitinor,
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tained his seat on petition);
Sir
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bdry; Mr. N. Eckersley, Wigan; C. capper, Sandwich; Sir
Mr. J. E. Gorse, Cambridge; Northallerton;
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ra—e' Eye; Capt. D. Pennant, Carnarvonshlre; Mr.
Captain White, Tipperary ; Mr.
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Rowel Gwyn, Brecon ;
.Ois e Smith, Falmouth ; Mr. Garth, Guildford ; Mr. J.
, Pembrokeshire; Mr. Lanyon, Belfast; Mr. De la
Peer,n°cenlWaterford ; Mr. Kavanagh, Wexford ; Mr. Vance,
Armagh; Sir J. B. Karslako, Andover; Mr. E. K. Kars-
lake, Colchester; Mr. S. G. Stopford, North Northampton-
shire ; Mr. Chatterton, University of Dublin ; Mr. S.
Barry, Cork County; the Hon. 0. Duncombo, North
Riding of Yorkshire; Mr. G. Morris, Galway Borough;
Mr. Labouchore, Middlesex ; Lord Ronald Leveson-Gower,
Sutherlandshire ; Mr. 11. Edward; Weymouth ; Mr.
Jackson, Coventry; and Yr. Dixon, Birmingham.. The
changes enumerated have slightly increased the strength
of the Liberal party.

SWIMMING MATCH IN THE SERPENTINE.—On
Monday a match took place in the Serpentine, by the
memberil of the Serpentine Club, for a silver Leand,:r medal
as first prize, and a Victoria and Albert modal for the
second. J. Stabbach, George Parrott, C. Whyte, and D.
Jackson started; T. M. Evans, who had also entered, not
coming to the scratch. Stabbach won it Very capital race
by two yards only. Tho distance was 1,000 yards, the
length of the water from the grating to the bridge, the
winner's tittle being 19 min. 5 2.5 sec. Mr. Evans, the
honorary secretary of the club, who also acted as starter,
presented the medals after the race.
The courre of exchange at New York on London ills at
60 days' sight is about 110 per ces4. At 1 11.1 • • 1e is
sma 1 profit on the importation' of pi lir 111, t'l3 lJntted
Stain.