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Grey River Argus, Issue 87, 2 August 1866, Page 3

Early the other morning the spimnng department of the extensive works of Messrs. Scott, Inglis and Co, power-loom manufacturers, Bridgeton, Glasgow, was burned to the ground. The part of the building which hasheen destroyed is detached from the weaving department, and covers about two acres of ground. It contained 60,000, spindles in. full working order, and as many more in preparation, and gave, employment to, aboirt 600 persons. The origin of the fire is riot known. The damage done to property exceeds that attending any fire in Glasgow for the past eight or ten years, and -may be roughly estimated at from L 50,000 to 060,000.'' The building and its contents •Kere fully insured. 1": ' " : - ■. - ' IXChe "'New York Herald" publishes an account from its correspondent atFre_dericton of ihe arrival of the. Earl of Aberdeen on< a' visit to the governor, his uncle : — "On the- arrival- of 'the Pomona at St. John's, a number of gentlemen^ went on board to meet the Earl of Aberdeen, who, they were informed by letters, was a passenger. Their inquiries of the captain as to the presence of such -a distinguished ' ' compagnon dv voyage" were, of course, met with a look of astonishment ; _but they were not long in discovering his lordship .among the sailors in the forehold, where he was dividing his clothes among and presenting gold pieces to each of. his late comrades. Having bid them;a mo3t affectionate farewell, he" joined the party who came in quest pf ; him', went ashore, came /up •to v Fredericton in the horrible. mail coach in a most unassuming manner, and is now the guest of his uncle at the Govbrnmenf house. ' When' a-few

da^s out the Ponona was compelled be stress of weather to put back to Queens-, town, 'the earl/ humbly entreated the captain to be put ashore. But the captain held him to his articles of shipment, and his lordship was forced to. serve out his time as a sailor for sixty days. This is not the only one of his freaks in search of adventure. A few, years ago he came to America, and for some time .lived and workod,- incog. , among; the' lumbermen in the wild" back woods. He, has a ponchant for adventure which seems incurable. The " Elgin "pouranfc ' .'states that on the farm of Croughly, near Toniintoul, at, a place called Oucan, there lives, and has lived for many 'years,' a weaver of thename of Sandy Davidson, well-known in the locality. A few. days ago he received a letter from London, with the glad news that the wilt of his wife's uncle had just been proved, and that there was left her the magnificent legacy of £10,000. This, is not all. Another legacy is coining from another Quarter. And even this is not all. We have, says the " Courant,' 1 the means of knowing .that it is very probable that Mrs Daviason, or her children after her, will yet inherit something like £50,000. ' Not long ago a young man near'to where the weaver' re#des was left the handsome fortune of some £16,000.In a few "years he spent it all, and now fiUs a poor man's grave on a far distant shore. • v . '.-.-■