Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-10-26


sons who had been wounded at Manchester,
Saley Brook, &c, had died Of their wounds.
Arrival of Lord Ashburtom.
PORTSMOUTH, Friday Evening.
Her Majes,y's frigate Warspie, so, Capt
Lord John Hay, c. b., anchored at SPiIhead
this day, precisely al noon, bringing home Lord
Ashburlon from his mission In America. His
Lordship left the Warspe at two o'clock, and
landed at Gospori. the ship salutng him when
he left her, and the batteries upon his landing
Extensive Fire at Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.
A fire, the most extensive and destructive
that has occurred in this town for years past
broke out about o'clock this morning in paint
mandatory and oil warehouse in Paisley
street, which is a small street leading from
Great Howard street 10 Bath street. 1t is sur
rounded by warehouses and sheds used for
bonded goods, and filed with produce 10 the
top. From the in1ammable nature of the ma
terials, and stiff breeze from The n. W. blow
ing at The time, The fire spread with inconcelv-
able rapidlty, extending up 10 The front OF Great
Howard street, and across Fornby street, and
up 10 Neptune street, covering an extent OF two
acres of ground. Up to halfpast o'clock, fif-
teen warehouses of the first class, most OF them
five stories high, and about the same number of
bonded sheds, of similar dimensions, had been
burnt, and the fire was still unchecked being
greatly favored by The blowing, We regret TO
state that The dreadful occurrence has been at
tended with several casualties ard the loss Of
some lives. One of the most active of the fire
brigade perished by the falling of the gabeend
of house ,phicb yuifb oil iho hIrrr 1T
mass il contained, fell outwards into Fornby
street, and buried him beneath it. the same
time, many persons working in the sheds on
the opposite side Of the street, were grievousIy
injured by the falling of the front wall of the
warehouse opposite. Some Of them were
speedily 60. out and carried to the hospital
two of them, we believe, are in hopeless state.
Among the rest, police officer named Hodg-
son was buried under fallen wall. and an in
spector named Reding had his leg broken.
The loss Of cotton, our correspondent says,
is $4,000 bales. Il is estimated that $4,000
barrels of turpentine have been consumed by
the fire, besides large quantity OF produce of
various other descriptions.
We subioin list of the various sums the In.
surance Offices are said TO have suffered by This
calamity; but of course, we cannot pledge our
selves for its accuracy:-The Sun, 100000;
Globe, 935,000; West Of England, 10000;
London, 100000; Liverpool, G25,000; PhG-
nix, f40, 900; Royal Exchange, ESQ, 900; Man
chester, 100000 Imperial, 100000.
At O'Clock on the afternoon Of the oath, in
surance on the property destroyed, was found
TO be e350,0OO.
The following is an account of the buildings
destroyed, furnished by Mr.. Samuel HoIme:-
-Four warehouses (Gray's) burnt; one do. Gay
Ior's) do, two do. (Reyner's) do; two do.
(Poole's) do; four do. (Maw's) do; one do (Ro-
gers's) fire proof partially on fire, but subse-
quently exinguished; Two do (Reyner's) south
burnt; one shed {Reyner's) do; two sheds
(Horseley's). Neptune street, do; one large shed
(McKnighl's), west of the above, do; Taylor's
Coopcrage, Molyneax's lumber yard, cart hou-
ses, stables, of sixteen houses, and a
large mass of properly of various descriptions
burnt
The whole is assessed at an annual value of
3,5OOt. The value of the buildings, exclusive
Of the land, probably from 35 ,0OOI TO 40 ,OOOI.
The properly which they contained, may he cs-
timaled at Ihe value of 300, ,OO0J to 400 ,000I
The principal contents were cotton, lurpen-
tine, flour, &c. The brokers' can add up to
$4,000 bales, but there must be more. The
following is an estimate:-250, ,O00i in cotton
-l5o,o00t. in other goods 35 5,000E in build
ings; total, 435,000l
Loss OF a Russian Man-OG- War and
400 Mem.
A Russian ship of the line, 4 new n, going
from ArchangeI to The Baltic for her stores, was
lost last Sunday week. on The coast of Norway,
of Chrlsilansand with about 400 men. The
wind was high, norherly gale off the land and
II Is not known whether she sprung leak or
was out of her reckoning.
Sad News frGna GerEnany.
/ here has been PrQlac'cd draDah, in Ger