number, were rescned, although most of them J were asleep when the lire commenced, and the flames spread rapidly under high wind.

The inmates, excepting eight or ten who "made their escape, were removed to the stock house connected with the farm.

The buildings were insured for e_o,nnO. The loss amounted to *40.000.

From fJunudu.

Toronto. December 20.—The Hon. George '

Brown has resigned his seat in the Cabinet, j