6 APRIL 1850, Page 7

Official information received from Cork and Plymouth, by the manager

of the company' owning the wrecked Adelaide, states the exact loss of humant. life. The passengers who left Cork were 144 adults, and 23 children; those. from Plymouth, 14 adults; and the crew consisted of 24•rnen.and one bey:. so that 206 lives have been lost..

Cottenhani, a -village near Cambridge, has been• devastated by a fire---on Thursday evening—which destroyed forty houses, including some' farms: i

the loss is estimated at 18,0001.

One of the clerks in the Suffolk Improved Building and Investment SO.., ciety, at Ipswich, has absconded with 1,800L. the cash of the shareholders..