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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5442, 5 September 1878, Page 3

The cry of fire ! is sufficiently startling upon ordinary occasions in Loudon, but doubly so when raised in the neighborhood of such national monuments as St. Paul’s Cathedral and Westminister Abbey. It was a. relief, therefore, to crowds of street loungers lately, when they discovered that the flames which brought the brigade from Watliug-street, and the steam and manual engines rattling through Cheapside, came not from a burning cathedral, but from the extensive warehouse close by of the well-known silk mercers, Messrs. I). Nicholson and Co,, the costly contents of which were speedly destroyed. The damage must have been very considerable, for' the flames spread with great, rapidity, destroying the storerooms, arid rising from the basement over the long lino of shops in the Churchyard. The cause of the disaster is unknown, but the loss is fully covered by insurance. The great resources of the firm enabled them tlie next day to announce the continuance of their extensive business*operations.—-London Paper. Unless rumor deceive, a recent divorce case would not have been completely tried without producing a touching revelation. It seems that the unbappv lady, fearing she was nearing a precipice, addressed a letter to an illustrious personage, imploring him not to persist in taking her husband to India; bat the piteous appeal was unregarded. MoNßijcoa Taine on the-Beauty op English Dames.— The point'which seems particularly to have Impressed itself upon the mind of this briUiantFrench writer, with respect to “English beauties” is the ■< dazzling purity of their complexions.” Doubtless, Natum has richly endowed our countrywomen in tills respect, but art has d”no no loss, in supplying such an exquisite preparation as Howlands’ Kalydor, which so far aids nature as to remove freckles, roughness of skin, tan, and 1 sunburn, and produces a pure and delicate complexion. Buy only Howlands’, of 20, . Hatton Garden, London, Sold ail oyer the world by chemists, druggists, bazaar and storekeepers.—Whole sale agents, Felton, Gamiriw:, &Co [Anvil ;