« rThere are various rumoara as to the origin of ? he fire, bat none 1 f a positive character. By tome i’- is alleged that the fire was canned from the sparks from the chimney of oi e of the barges igniting some hay or straw in :he gallery; by Otters, that it w»s from one tf the men’s pipes, or a lucifer match. Certain, fcoweva**, it is'hat he prt-mites, with allthey oontained, are destroyed, and the estiin ted loss alto* gather is little short of a quarter or a million of moLey. It is seated tba~. at. least 40,000 quar era of corn were in the bnildi-g the whole of which has beau burned.