The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-14 00:00:00

head of it.

First Searcher.—Now,n;ieshigh Is yours?
Uiiprottcttd Female (running about all over the room.)—
Oh, wee this, and this, and this, and that in the corner,
and yen uncle r then., and these.
[Her luggage is gradually collected into a single pi:e.
Seareaer.—Au., thing to dicier' ?
Unprotected Female (evasively.)—There's my keys. Eh ?
n i—those are the keys at home—hen'srry luvgage'keys.
Searcher (struggling with mveral Gordian kuote.)—l wish
to friodness, ma'am, you ladies world learn to make knots
that 'll untie.

Unprotected Female.—Ab ! Then's a bandbox bunt,
ai d all the !Wei smacked into my muff! DJ mind how
you handle than bonnet, sir. Pius* let EN fold those things
is again. Don't 'geese them in that way. Oh, gracious !
mina when you're going.
[Searcher rumples, tumbles, tones, discomposes, and
Ily upsets the trunks of the Uoproteeted
f'emale. _ _ .

Searcher (in loud voice).—Twente-four nein fine French
• •
StOCIIIII unworn, fin dna"! iarr,y ...a, up, being 011b11-
facture(' silk felines, twelve pairs French kid gloves, eight
pairs French leather boots, sixteen ceps unworn.
Unprotected Female.—But they're all for my own wear-
ing !
Searchrr.—Quantity'sunreasonable; butyou can complain,
and then you'll be examined into.
Unprotected Female (aside).-ok, that lace
Searcher (having made out hi. list of articles liable to
duty).—Now ma'am, if you'd walk into that room.
Unprotected Female (in agony of apprehension).—Oh !
what for? Who with ? (Aside.) It's that lace In my—
that's all I've got, Sir.
Searcher (sternly).—This way, ma'am. [Pointing to aide
room.)
Unprotected Female (aside).—Oh ! never—that's all,
I unto you, Sir.
Searcher.—Come, ma'am ; I can't Demoting time here
all day with you.
Unprotected Fetuals.—But you're surely mot going to do
it yourself, Sir ?
Seuther.—No ; there's a clerk there who'll take your

Uaisroteeted Funsle.—Take my mosey, too
Bealahu.—Yes • the dooty on these articles.
Unprotected Female.—Oh, thank goodness—if that's all.
low mush will it be Sir, please?
Beareber.—Four fourteen,
Unprotected i.ass bought 'sm.
str as entity again in Oxford street.
esarther.—ln nouns, ma'am; that's what all the ladies
ads eat. Now, ma'am—
_ _

Unprotected Female.—Well; if ever I bey any French
articles again (Aside.) Bet they are not going to lcok
for the lee*.
. _ _

.
[Exit, much relieved, into dde room. Scene closes.]

FIRE IN inn Crff.—Yesterday morning, between
sis and soma o'clock, a fire broke out in the promises be.
longing to Mr. John Jenkins, undertaker and packing•eme
maker, at Ne. 2, Lieerpool•street, Bithoptgate. The fire-
men were enabled to confine the tunes to the premises in
which they commenced, but before they were extinguished
the workshops were nearly destroyed. The origin of the fire
is unknown. Mr. Jenkins wee in the San and General Fire-
office,.

FIRE AT CIBENCESTEL—AiI alarming conflagra-
tion took place at about a quarter before six o'clock on
Monday morning at Cirencester, on premises occupied by
Mr. Daniel Thomas, hatter, Cricklade-street, and which
could not be subdued until tier the entire stock had been
dist, ryed. Both Mr. Thomas and his wife were severely
burnt, and in ceasequenee of the fierceness with which the
flames raged, narrowly tamped with their lives. The
diluter appears to have arisen from a spark falling from a
candle upon some paper while Mr. Thomas was parking up
• quantity of goods for Fairford Fair. We understand that
the stock was insared,—Chatenharot Journal. _ _ .

first of the
groat tubes of the Britannia-bridge was finally lowered
down again by a three-feet fall on to its permanent bed of
plates and rollers, the operation for effeeting a junction with
00 tube on land having occupied about three weeks. The
event was cheered by the assembled workmen and specta-
tors, sad hailed by the firing of cannon on the Carnarvon-
shire side of the straits. The hydraulic presses end lifting
apparatus is now being removed from the Angles,' to the
Carnarvonshiro shore in order to raise the next tube ak sun
u it is floated to the pion, an operation which, weather and
tide permitting, will take place on the led of next month.
The operations unaided with this msgsilicent work have
now been serried on for several months both by day and
night, under the superintendence of Yr. E. Clarke, the
acting 'ninon; lir. L. Clerk, the resident engineer ; and
Maus, Tooter and Wild; and from the strenuous exertions
made there appears to be little doubt but that the first line
of tubes will be opened for trials as the Ist of Much nut.