The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-28 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 151
Ditto 3 Months. 11 181-
Rotterdam
Antwerp
25 40
Brussels
25 40
Hamburg
13 841
Paris
Short 25 171
Ditto 3 Months. 25 37i
Marseilles
25 40
Frankfort on the Maine 1191
Vienna - 13 35
Trieste
13 35
•Petersburgn
Berlin
6 25
Madrid
Cadiz -
48+
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa -- 2727 7
Naples — 27 7
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon • . .slf
Oporto ..• 511

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11 161-
11 19
11 19}
25 45
25 45
13 8/
25 25
25 421
25 45

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13 45
13 45
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Dreadful Fire and Loss of Life.

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GREENIIITRE, Dec. 27.
This quiet and pretty waterside village was the
scene of a most dreadful fire early yesterday morn-
ing. It took place at the premises of Mrs. Henry,
a widow, carrying on the business of a grocer, in
Greenhithe High-street, which runs parallel with
the river, and resulted in the destruction of a large
amount of property, and the loss of Mrs. Henry
and three other lives.
This evening Mr. Carttar, the coroner for Kent,
opened an inquiry at the White Hart Inn, opposite
the ruins, on view of the bodies of the four sufferers,
viz., Mrs. Elizabeth Henry, aged 32, Bertie Henry,
aged 4 years, Walter Henry, 6 months, and Mary
Poole, aged 15.
What was left of the remains of the deceased pre-
sented a very shocking appearance. They were
almost burnt to a cinder, and nearly all trace of
their being human remains, with the exception of
those of the little boy, was destroyed.
The premises in which the fire commenced corn-
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prised a substantial brick building two storeys in
height. It was occupied by Mrs. Henry, whose
husband died about four months 'ago, leaving her
with a family of three children, two of whom, with
the unfortunate mother, have now perished. A
Mrs. Frances Kempton, a widow, lived in the house
with her late sister, Mrs. Henry. These females,
with the children, slept in the top front room, and
the young girl, Mary Poole, who acted as a kind of
servant, and was the daughter of a tradesman living
next door, occupied the back room. It appears that
the grandfather and grandmother of the children
had spent _Christmas-day with the family, and on
leaving at half-past 7 for London they took with
them Mrs. Henry's eldest girl, in order that she
might spend a few days in town, and who was
theinfore spared. Mrs. Henry, the children, and the
other two inmates retired to rest about eleven o'clock
on Christmas night, when the shop and other parts
of the building appeared all right, there being no
gas used in the village. About half-past three
o'clock next morning Mrs. Kempton was aroused
by a strong burning smell and a quantity of smoke
filling her apartment. She immediately called up
her sister, Mrs. Henry, who aroused the children,
and on going to the staircase it was evident that the
whole of the lower portion of the house was on fire.
Any attempt to escape by means of the stairs to the
front door was utterly impracticable. It would seem
that in the dreadful terror which the poor creatures
were in they went into the back room, iu the hope
probably of finding some means by which they
might be rescued ; and, amidst their awful but
brief suspense, Mrs. Kempton jumped out of the
window on to the roof of an outhouse, a distance
of some twenty feet. She was much burnt and
cut about her person by the . fall, and notwith-
standing her dreadful suffering she made short
work of it in getting into the back yard and
knocking at the rear of the house of the next door
neighbour, Mr. Poole. She so got through to the
front street, when she was removed to the " White
Hart." By this time the fl dues had shot out from
the lower part of the house, and the few men who
were about hastened. to thespot to render what aip
they could. By, some it was thought that Mrs.
henry and her children were seen at a front
window for a short time. The last that was heard
of the poor mother by her sister, Mrs. Kempton,
was her calling in the most heartrending and
piercing manner, " For God's sake to save her
children." However, apparently nothing could be
done towards rescuing them, and the mother and
her two children, with the young servant girl,
perished.

The Jury acquiesced in a suggestion by the
Coroner, and the proceedings were accordingly
adjourned till Mrs. liempton is well enough to
attend.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market rather quiet since the taking of stock.
Sales probably 10,000 bales.

COURSING.

COURSING MEETINGS TO COME.
DECEMBER.

Name. _ Judge. Days of Running
Corrio, Lockerbio ... Mr. Warwick

JANUARY, 1867.
Huntingdon Club ............... Mr. Warwick
Lincolnshire, Holbeach Mr. Spafford
Coole, co. Cork (Open)
Third S. Lancashire, (South-
port (Open)
Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11
Spolthorne Club Mr. Warwick 9, 10, 11
Border Union (Longtown)
Cumberland Mr. Warwick l5, 16
Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford
16, 17
Altcar Club, Lancashire -
Wigtonsh. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boulton
Little Crosby Mr. Welding
County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford
Ridgway Club, Lytham - 3O, &c.
FEBRUARY.

Rufford, Lancashire
Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick l4, 15
Waterloo, Lancashire...
Taniworth, Staffordshire Mr. Warwick
IARC
Irish Grand National (Open),