The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-04 00:00:00

THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE.

MENAI STRAITS, MONDAY Arrzawoox.
Another misadventure has occurred. Precisely at
10 o'clock, when ell parties engaged in the grand operation I
were at their poets, and the signals bed been sent out to the ,
various stations, one of the great &inch thick cables, reach- ,
tug from the pontoons to the opposite shore, and the duty at ;
which was to give the first impulse to the transport of the
stupendous mass, suddenly snapped sounder. A minute
examination of the severed cable led to a conclusion that the
hauling line had been maliciously cut by some miscreants, '
why or wherefore remains to be made out. It was forth-
with announced ti the multitude that the operation would
come off to-morrow of the same hour.
Yesterday intbing could have been more favourable for
carrying out the great operation. Wind, wave, and weather
ell concurred on the occasion. There was a full flowing tide
of 18 feet. To-morrow it wi►l be about 5 inches lee. Should
the operation not be practicable on Tuesday or Wednesday,
it is probable t►at it will have to be delayed for two or three
weeks, teeing that the state of the tide will not be is its
favour.
The important process of what is called testinz the streueth
of *stubs loss bean attended wtth gratifying results. The
experiments have proved that each tube is calculated to sus.
tain 2,469 tone in the middle, exclusive of its own wis;ght,
and that even with the gr, atest load that can be put ott ri—
my one ton to every lineal foot—the ratio of resisting strength
mild be as Bto 1. Each tube will always be subjected to
a permanent load of half its own weight, and the permanent
way upon it, consistiog of the rails and sleepers for the
trains, will be equal to about 650 tons; but this, deducted
rom the 2,469 tuns, 1 1,819 tons, or 3,638 tons distri-
Mated I quail; over the surface of the lower part of the tube,
being eight times as great a weight as would ever be brought
; to bear, and such a penultimate of opposing power as no
railway train could, it is conceived, ever overcome.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

BOW-STREET.
ALLEOZD MUILDEB. —D. Halal, who was dressed in the
garb of a sailor, was charged with stabbing a recruit named
W. bi•Carthy, who has since died from the effects of the in-
juries he had reciered.
J. Leary said he lived in Church-lane, St. Giles's. In
June last, while having his tea, he hear a disturbance in the
street, and on going out saw the prisoner aid a taller man,
who was dressed in a smock frock, struggling together. He
interfered, and he heard the prisoner say " 'Vim had better
keep away from me, or it will be the wont for you." There
was a crowd of persons round them, and es soon as witness
desired them to deist, the rigour left, and he had nut
seen him since, until this morning in court. The other man,
atter the prisoner had left, pined his hand under his
smock-frock, and when he drew it out it was covered with
blood. Witness saw a knife in the prisoner's right hand,
and it was either attached to some string or a chain.
Sergeant-hlejorlParkinsor, of the But India Company's
service, said the tall man described by the list witness was
William lid'Carthy, and he had enlisted in their company
two or three days beton the unfortunate occurrence. Wit-
ness saw him in the University Coll-ge Hospital on the ith
of June last, and he was then suffering from a stab in him
side, just below his heart. He was subsequently removed
to the hospital at tho barracks at Brentwood, whero he
(witness) believed he had since died from the effects of the
injuries.
It was proved that the deceased, after having enlisted, be-
came intoxicated, and one evening in the beginning of
June last, he found himself in company with a number of
questionable characters in St. Giles, amongst whom was
the prisoner. Another man was nun up for having com-
mitted the offence, and he was examined before the magis-
trate at this court, and was discharged on the evidence of
Leery, who proved that Heekey was the real offender.
Heekey had since kept out of the way, and was only cap-
tured last night.
The prisoner said he had nothing to any, and was remanded
until Tuesday next.
MARLBOROUGHSTREBT.
CHARGE OF ATITYVT TO DEFBAUD.—J. Dammontl, a
respectable-looking working gilder, was chased with st•
tempting to defraud Nathan -Jacobson, watchmaker, of IG,
Tottenhemeourtroad, by uffering for sale • parcel of earth,
coloured to resemble gold skewing'.
Prosecutor said: The prisoner entered my shop between
se•-en and eight on Monday night, and asked it I bought
skewings. That is the technical name for gilders' waste ob-
tained by rubbing the work with a piece of wcol, and should be
flee gold. He protium& a parcel. I said an you sure these are
genuine. lie said " Certainly." I then gave him into custody.
I have been taken in twice lately. The substauco is made
up for the purpose of sale. It contains no metal; the
tonal nitric and test will not therefore affect it. A genuine
article of the lame wiaght would be worth forty-two shillings.
Prisoner, who said that he was a gilder, and that the
showings were genuine, was remanded till Thursday.
WESTMINSTER.
Jrvenime DELINQUENTS.—W. Leslie, IL Dudley/, and
J. Allen, three boys under the age of 15, were charged with
felony.
On Monday afternoon, Leslie and Allen were observed in
the orlon of Mr. Smith's academy, Hassam-place, Fulham-
' road, and, the one having handed, a cloth cap to the other,
they ran off. As the cep had been stolen from Mr. Smith's
hall, the boys, who were joined by Dudley, were pursued,
and Lesley taken into custody, the boys having, when pur-
sued, thrown the cap away. The other two, who hail been
seen lurking about Mr. Smith's with the thirst prisoner, wets
apprehended in the course of the evening with a basket, evi-
dently well stocked wits the contents of 101110 larder, which
had no doubt been robbed. The prisoners Leslie and Dudley
had been two or three times previously convicted.
Leslie and Allen admitted having taken the cap ; the others
said nothing.
They were all committed for bid.

PRISON BREAKING EXTRAORDINARY.—WORCEB-
- Dec. 3.—This morning, at five o'clock, the governor
of the Worcester city gaol was aroused by the p dice, who
had found a number of towel', joined together, hanging from
the wall of the prison neat Friar-street. On search Indoor
made it was discovered that a no,orious character named
Evans, alias Phillips, alias Bradshaw, who was awaiting
his trial at the next spring anise., on several charges of
burglary, was missing from his cell, and had escaped from
the prison. On further search it was also discovered that
the governor's sitting-room had een broken into, and •
number ot silver thoons and other articles of plate taken
from his plate-chest, which had been forced open. The
prisoner's escape was a most extraordinary one. The turn-
key had seen him in his cell and locked him up at four
o'clock the previous evening. The door of his cell was se-
cured by • massive lock and staple on the outside, and
it is 'apposed that the prisoner bad previously succeeded in
unscrewing the four nuts from the screws which held the
staple, by which means he very easily forced open the door ;
from thence he traversed a passage to the day-room, the
door of which he forced by removing the staple in a similar
way to the one attached to his cell door ; he had then to en-
counter another door leading into the day-yard, having a
lock and staple still more massive than the preceding ones;
this he aho forced. Arrived in the day-yard he was met by a
high wall, surmounted by a most formidable eheeaux-de-
frise. This he is supposed to have sealed by means of
towels, supplied him by some of the female prisoners ; this
feat brought him into the wasen's yard, out of which he
got by climbing was tall palladia!, and alighted lathe prison
yard adjoining the governor's house. He then forced open the
window of the governor's sitting-room, which be ransacked
pi* took from the governor's plate-chest every article in it.
has this spot it would appear be went round the prison-
yard to the infirmary, which adjoins the prison wall, and
kers he perforated the most desperate feat of aIL This
beading is about 18 feet high, and has three windows placed
in a triangular position, about 8 feet apart, looking into the
prison yard. He succeeded in climbing up the building from
one window to the other fin whichhe is supposed to have aided
himself by the towels), and from the to the top of the outer
wall of the prison. There he drove a strong nail into the
wall, and attached to it a piece aghast string, towkith he also
attached several towels, by which means he let himself down
into the street, got clear off, and no clue has as yet been ob-
tained to hie whereabouts. The man is 30 years of age, 5
feet es inch is height, brown hair, grey eyes, pale com-
plexion, slender make, with three small moles on the
left arm.
BRIDE SToLzw.—The pariah of Ardersier was
thrown Into a state of use excitement on the morning
of Saturday brat. On the previous evening a young and
buxom damsel plighted her troth, before a large party of
young friends, to be faithful and trite until death to the
devoted swain who led her to the altar, after a long and
patient courtship of four years. After the ceremony was
performed the party proceeded to the bridegroom's room
Campbelton, led by a piper, who blew as if " he'd blew
his last." Having concluded a substantial repast the party
adjourned to the ball-room, where they showed that they
bad light heels es well as light hearts till three in the morn-
ing. For some before this hour it was remarked
sence
that
the bride did not pace the ball-room with her pre
es she had done in the early part of the evening.
The question, " Where Is the bride ?" was asked by
a hundred tongues, but nobody gave a satisfactory answer.
The bridegroom looked anxious—the bridesmaids looked
frightened—and the bridesmen looked foolish. Some obser-
vant persons whispered that they did not like the conduct of
a young ploughman—a rustic Lochinthr —who was noticed
to " Uteri a measure" with the bride, and " to whisper al
word in ber ear ;" and it:was further remarked that this
youth had not been seen for some time. Consternation
seised the party, the dancers stood motionless, and the fid-
dlers dropped their bows. A general search was instituted ;
" they sought her east, they sought her west," but " the
lady was not seen." Some of the company blamed the
bride for having broken her vows so soon after making
them; and everybody pitied the bridegroom, who, however,
seemed to bear his eisappointment with equanimity, saying
with Duncan Grey, "sae may gas to France for me;" and
further consoling himself by threatening to wed another
wife before a month.—/nrerness Charier.