The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-20 00:00:00

CATHEDRAL

TO TUE IMMO OP THE EXPEIGES._

Sin,-1 rerevt yatt will ootr..ct en error in your
p of the I,th et., relative to the oflt-e 11.14 by late
Ker. H. Wr.ne lone". That dire was r,.t the
ship of the dinee.e, but lb.. thaneellorst ip of tae ea.h dral,
which, like many other d;ttni,ies or s•al:s in that chu eh,
produeid no r venue WI at. vit. Your actor, theu.l, evi-
dently uninten.innal, had the effect of %indult ma.hiling
:he emoluments this highly.res-eetcd e repot..: re•
ceived ferns the ebtuch.—T, see,
ll.e. 18. T. WYNNE JONES.

THE BRITANNIA BRIDUR —The operation of rei§low by
the hydrani• =shiners the to coed mminer tube, of I,SOO
tons, to its intended classed snot 100 lee' ahoy,. ?ea-niArk, wo
Itotainenc.d by the es•gieeers eu Tuesday, 14 days nth rav-
ine. elepud since ths• day on which it was 1L:CC4.1.1. lilly
ft :at: d. The action of the hydraulic presets, from tht it rwr-
penticelar height in the towers, was found to tie most re r'eet
gad intent, as in their tint play on the sin pend: u. :ova
ounmuseesting with the closing, it we work. al steadily
6 fist upwards. lmmediate:y alter the bricklat tr- and
etas no entend the recesses the towers, and built it up
firmly beneath. The itorent the my: ns left is, an.
nine 0 fee: lift swat taken, and is this m ear
the I Terw iqu is being carne I tin without ill' ie.s day
-n l blahs, t:uraig the latter period anti the assettaece of
large lights and fir a that illuminate this I.erttiselsr
es Keen of the straits. Wits abut fifteen mole of
t'.e.e mighty rifts, s'entid no unferiesm c i •hry
cur, the tube will have artsi.:ed its permanent level, end be
j don to the g•est twin tube in cl e Brit • 114ve:tortar.
Every precaution hen been ttken, in the way ui dup.:este
sets iJ 'machinery, by Mews. Clerk, the in<ineirs of the
works, who are in sup theeuelenee day and resent. 'f he
reatest energy is being displayed in every deputy' nt, and
the majhrity tit the works', n ins the reley system have 'teen
engsg. il ler loose moatbe past from night to night. The first
carries train is 'tweeted to pass through before the seid,.leof
March.
DMeltien AND ANNROATIE AND DUNDEE AND PEREW
RAILWAYS.—The tetnimitteeappeihted at the ;tenet tocet.
ing of the former eotopesty lut ',tenth to inveatig.t • the
solidi y of the agreem. n• of 1846 have just tuned ti sir
report. It states that on consultation by oho chmmittee,
eminent c :awn I are of opinem that the agreement. is • tltd
std obligatory on both companies, aid that st is to the
pacer of the Dunedte and Arbroath to comp 1 the I)andee
and Perth to entsr iutt a formal lure. The nounittee
state that the Dundee and Arbroath paid sic per cent.
prior to its lease, and attribute its not tontinuito to pay
that sum to the minimally meet of the Dundee and Ps rth
and they reelmmersd, tp• a coraidsration of the vattutts
bvatit.gs iil the ease, that with the view of &reining the
er.diees laieation that would be necusary to enforce ills
lie. ihg agreement, they hal butter cu.car with the Duadee
ted Perdi in nbtaihing trout parliament powers to enter
into a moitfieati not the terse, reflect to clauses anti, ing
payment of the es .ranteed eivid-nd, and security fur the
ma ettenance of the Dundee and Arbroath
Tue CHANNEL ISLANDS MAIL.—In etneeqtrenoe
of the tempestuous weather in the Cnannel, the mail contemn
steamer Baprese was unable to leave J..tigy and utraiey
with the Channel Isla.d mails on Honda,. In consetqoence
of this detention the mailer (which shoal hay," r ached
Southemptnn on Monday night) did not arrive at that poet
before Tu. May right. The weather has beer. temp.:it:MlNl
ht. f,nor.nt: :or seTera..lai P. 'Vwu vessels were wrecked
'lf Guernsey an Aiderceoom Pride- last, and itwas ...red
that some disasters to skipping will be heard of from the hur-
ricane which blew on Id .nday.
EXPLOSION OF A POWDER MILL AT HOUNSLOW.—
On Tuesday evening, h.twi en six and seven o'clock, an rots
ploei .n took place at *sere Curtis and Harvey • powder
Hounslow Heath, which was heard as tar nistant. as
Rethurcend. From 'Ler ifies made it appeared that the
explesion was confined to a drying hones, in which a quan-
tity of gurp ...mer in an unfinished state eell.d a " sir •en
el.argt" had by some unknown cause Ignited, and 61. ms
she roof of the building off, thus causing the lurid
appearance of the sky. The amount of damage has not theft
stated.
INDICES TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS.—We hive
hi and with much satin action that a proposal on the p .rt of
the keeps r of the s,tve pope' it to print a aeries of co!i rates or
ind'ors of We valuable bietorical documents in his custody
has been agreed to by the government, aid that this good
work is to be commencesi immediately. It is stated, mun-
e,. r, that the several Lila:use win be produced in a n •.t and
comparatively inexpensive form, which will rend. r them
sec %bible to all classes of hist-lied inquirers They will
thus be enabltd, at a !torte, to omit' n pert ivrly how far
the various aeries of utptomatie cernspondierce an' other
documents in the manuscript &pertinent of the British
Museum fled tnrlr comp'esien or cerreeponding vatting
1111191 g the starer of man reels far our nation d hist -ry a hick
ar.• send. r the ear, of th. per cf the state papers. An IS-
thriant deduc too which we hype may be drawn fie ne this
peoceedieg is that it ma-ifeas an intention on toe p rt of
th e authorites to afford lities tor the cousul•atiori o; the
papers at thit departm:ht utrler regulations strin-
geot as possible, enisietently with their safe cnto.ty —re
in sheet, &miler to those which obtain it the thee
ge a' repository of" mate-Ulu for the history of Or. a Bri-
tain,"—the British Museum.—Atheneum.
SPORT FOR LADIES.—The Dachas of A. 1- :*; the
Caient.se of B that sh.• w :1 strive to thirty dlr. •••: shop.,
patchase fifty differsne etc tw, uty a-Teral
ps• at too lees and s jeili mater' d rt trig
4.11 e, and Fick up a awry at etch, taws, , and go to toe
t.);orn ie. settee horns fl'-.y-nine mi. utes • -;ee:e's toe to
LonaG:4.--.b v.'s. Punch's Ahnagem4 ter 100.

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