The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-28 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, Kerr. 27.
The I"tihot o.terculy's steamer Dane arrived here
t,..oJit and anchored is the Sound. A severe gale was
14-meg from the ilouth•weet, which mused her to lose one
lo r .echoes inside Drake's Island. She afterwards
ac.4,-zel another, sal was tinall compelled to take refuge is
Ow Itestcru Docks.

.b, left Tal.lr Iluy no tbe _l.t, St. Ifelesa Mot ult. ; and
asiau 1•iUl iu.i. briar 17,p sengurs wad • small

crry hit for New Zen Lug uu the 1:0.6 of

1 •i~n•l.

.1...t.ir1..0ce anionz tho 7.alu li.iffirs about the spaces.
.1. to Oro huil nearly involved the colony is
wwr with the natives. The Zulus had pLiiined an
on a Liege sole into Natal in order to seize two
v Znlii eliteft wh.. had taken refuge there. Timely
ief.rrortion, however, reached the colonial authorities, and
the trivile. at r..pe Town were at °nee sent up. This more.
meat anti... the retires, who now say that as tuned
a... serer iblenaed.

The volunteer corps did garrison duty in Cape Town
&arise the almrneu of the regular troops.
Parliament es. prorosued on the Nth August. A pro.
ryaad Tote r•t 10,u010/. towards the suitport of the troops had
been rejected I.y the te...gislative l'ouncil. An indignation
meeting h of been held in consequence, at which resolutinos
were preossl expressing the desire of the colony to make
smote ciontributions towsrds its defences. An act howl been
'wised for the establixliment of • telegraph betsiwu Cape
Town and the frontier to be subsidised by the government.
The Asmenololy hid usaoimoualy 4leeided in favour of a
fortnightly mail ~4 !Mauritius

The uccurintion of No Mnu%s fatal by Adam Kok. had
been the stihjoct .1 debatee in parliament. Nothing defl•
site, however, r..ulted from the de ate, and the questioci
is set aai.le for the present. Thiv was roesidered very in-
mrhats to the int.-rect., of the country. The drought had
II MilatOis Us.l copMti. r.oise had fallen. The prospect.. of
the *exam wen, ..;msl. Itwinesv at the Cape was very dull.

THE FOLIC'S COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

MART.IIIIILOUGH-NTREET.
A YlaNcll VA..A1.07111.
Johan P 01.,. a Freechnian, awl whose Appearance was
of thr moat NIIRuIY kind, was charged with legging.
The peisceer appeared in the duck almed in • state of
melds., having only past of a pair of truwiers and waistcoat
the net ..f his person Nene mute hare, and hi. wretched
appearaace waa mad.• still worse Iry the fact of his not
liavin washed los shin for some tin. and Lavin • grisly
learnt
A cassidahle of the ; division proved seeing him standing
the pf 01,10114 night in *i'ottoniuun•conrt-rosid, with a crowd
of lemon. muiel huu, and then ...w lion receive money.
Chief Clerk W. he dressed, or rather nudreased, as he
appears now
I '4,0•!.ttA1.•

C til•OOOD, said 4591111 time bark a wait of
clothe% wa• greet 4. bo, and the nett day be appeared in
the mat ilepha•irle drew
Mr. Alh.rt said th-re wa. so rs-ndon fur the man to go
about is such a state, for be Mt certain any Frenchman
would give him .oino clothes. Ile had no doubt the man
mode it a ',mitt... obtain money from the public.
Mr. Rendus said the hest charity would be to send the
',Weser to pot for a month.
SOUTHWA R K .
met time ~/ A DAILWAI PICKINA'KET.
J. 45 Suer... a smirk active-looking young frilow, was
doarged with attempting to pick the pockets of a female •
eaknows, se the WAN Of the Berghton and Mouth-Coast
Lantoo. bridge, mho with assaulting William Reed.
The letter perm. mid be was a smith, sod melded at Ber-
teolevy. Oa the preview afternoon be was peoreeding up
he Means ed the Brighton Railway, whim his attention was
attracted to the persnoer stooling alongside a holy, and
Irving some enspecies as to his movemeets, he watched him,
and saw film put hin head into the lady's pocket and with-
draw it yaw Witness west immediately up to the lady,
and lahresel bow what had occurred. when the prisoner
Maul hies severely mad throw him against the railings of
the huspitat, "shine( his. very much. Fortunately at that
Sim as °Meer came upend took the prisceer into custody.
The Magletrato asked if the lad loat anything
Willows replied that set. He mowed the lady
Ia the Koala
Daniel Sewell, 177 M, an active detective ofEcer, ape.
employed at the Mouth Enders Railway terminus,
said his anemias era attracted to the primmer kicking and
winking last witness. Ile went up and was informed
that be had attempted to pick a lady's pocket. After sea-
sidserible residence he succeeded ro taking him into ems-
hay. Is his powismiou he found two empty purses and
wow loom silver.
Mr. Edwin, who appeared for the prisoner, said he was
eotirely isnocent of the charge of attempting to pick pockets,
and as for the assault on the +Anew% Reed, ho was 'truck
Met, and he merely returned the blow.
The Magistrate said he supposed the prisoner could give
ante account of himself then!
The primmer declined to do so. All he mid was, he came
from Manchester a few days ago, and was waiting at the
terminus for an omnibus.
Irbe
theMtrate bad no doubt as to e risoner's arms.
noes, reagisfore be should commit himth
forthree month■ as
a rogue and vaphond.

IRJOHTFUL ACCIDENT ST THE PALL OP A
BRIDOI A r rosir.

A serious accident, attended with loss of life,
personal injury, and destruction of property, took place
yesterlay (Friday) afternoon, at York.
For the past eighteen mouth, • girder bridge had been
in the course of erection to conoect the two sides of
the river Ouse, at a point a short distance above the
prmeot stop bridge, and thus to give facilities for
nakieg an improved and direct approach from the
railway station to the cathedral. The girders, which
consist simply of one piece of lattice work, of wrought.
iron plates, fastened together with bolts, and strangtheoed
along the outside with moo plates of greater strength, were
four in number, the two inner ones for the support of the
carriage way being up to yesterday afternoon completed
and lowered to their places, the midi of each resting upon
the stogie buttresses on each side of the river. Of the two
lighter girdete, which were intended to form the outside of
the footway, one was oomplated nosily fur lowering to He
plsos yesterday afternoon. At a short time before 3
o'clock the task of taking away the supporta commend;
this having to be performed by means of a hydraulic angles,
which was placed under one sod. This having been dove,
the works's, a large number of whom were engaged in the
operation, were just in the act of lowering the end of the
girder to its plea, when it, Verne unmeountable means,
toppled over, and fell &Opt the nearest road girder.
This, as before stated, Wag of oeseklerably greater
itrvcith, and already resting is its bad, for • moment
apparel as though it would mist the weight which had 1.
just been forced against it, but it also ultimately fell over
against its fellow road order. This in its turn also fell
against the repulsing outer foot-girder, which it forced
over the side of the scaffolding into the river. Beside, the
workmen imaged in the lowering of the foot-girder, there
were also a large number working upon the other girders,
and the consequence of the accident wee that two of the
former citadel. were killed, the whole of three manta
immediately engaged in the lowering nut having time to
"-rape before the mass of iron mine down upon them.
Three others also received serious injuring, awl had to be
conveyed to the t'. rk County Hospital. The bulk
of the nub maimed upon and between the remaining
girders had either time to eaape by ruuniug along tie
planking to the end, or by jumping into the river.
were, however, • number who were also thrown into the
nerr, and though several were immediately afterwards
rescued, it wee not known whether there were sot some who
aught have fallen therein, and were coadned under the
girder. The names of the killed ere--a youth about 17,
aimed Richard Massey, mud a young man about 22 years of
tge, named Joliu Maimed, the eon of • foreman in • Maw
chest's manufactory. The injured are—a man oamd Coulter,
mother named bearlove, and • third named Peckett.
The scene immediately after the accident wan alumet in.
describable ; what only • few minutes before had appeared to
be a bridge in an arly.mord stage of completion, and which
was to have been opeoed is a few mouths, was become a
lorfect wreck ; three of the girded* being laid upon their
atel the fourth bariag disappeared in the watar
Ismaili. Of the massive gantry which had bees erected on
either side of the bridge, and upon the top of which the
tvivelliog craned puled along, one side bad diesppeared.
TL.. pales eaderseath the bridge and the various stays aad
sq,ports is giddiest-lions, though apperystly of enormous
unm,:th aad nobility, were broken is Mame like so many
'tot,, tad with these the surface of the Ouse was strewn
it ill directiosui. A travelling ernes, which was being used
sPa the patry at the time of the weident, came doers
weed. • fearful climb, but fortunately did n t assist in
the pemmial injury which essi the result of the till
le• other parted the fabric.
The haishrewlth escapee were aumerous, Nod some el
them of the mod remarkabie character. Mr. Moore, the
ftervialemient of the works for Yews. Calvert, the cos.
ec., though mimed in the placing of the girder, foe-
Medal) escaped.
Tao loss which hay bees sastaised it is impossible at
temest to ertimate, though it may be recknoed by ttousande
rim* and this, at s presumed, will fall upon Noun.

Mr Newton has in the press " A History of
lwreverns at Halieartrwinia, Calder, awd Braothiclie,"
.t"tJtlr molts of tbo espditios mit to Aria Minor by
llajoutya govoraotoot is MIA no work will of mono
Phaitnitod by diswinis of Yr. Nowtoe's interesting
"%carrier.