The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC MECHAM CABLE.

PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.
The North of Europe Stem Coupon 'a
Lelpalo, Captain Rivers, which has been employee fa fer.
covering the subaierpd cable, arrived here this morning and
qtrto Keyham-yard. The operation was commenced
faright, the engineer, on the 22nd ult. The heavy
%alma table wee under-run from the station at Valencia on
• cataren,formed of • timber framing bearing • saddle fixed
between two long Iron buoys ; this was towed by the steamer.
At a distance of Ivo miles, which was attained on the blotof October, the pls. having interfered with the work, the
bearings were taken, and the why was attached to three
chain eablea, lined with a buoy at • short distance apart,
for ccanexkin with the ocean Iles to be laid next
when operations will commence. On Thursday, the 6th
instant, after the wind had abated, the steamer went ten
mile' out, grappled the light cable, and commenced
hauling In, wlth the aid of a small engine & deck, which
was nfculated, with the machinery attached, to draw about
two miles per hour In fins weather, and a mile and a quarter
when titers was much sea on. About 68 miles of the ocean
wire—and the remainder of the inshore cable about Iva
miles—were thus recovered. At a quarter-past four o'clock
cm Friday, the 6th tad., when a heavy swell and sea pre.
veiled, the wire parbd. The bottom there was rocky, sad
it is net fm priAs that the wirel which is capable of hear.
lag • strain of four tone, was broken by the uneven character
of the ground • the drift of the steamer making ver/.14:
on way with the'wind her quarter would tend to ' a
hen strain von the cable If it lay in a cleft.
wsYhar warvery rough and unsuitable for the work—the
Atlantic swell being always heavy at this season ; and the
recovery of the remainder must be postponed until next
when • amen steamer will be sent to meet the
and to arid in making the splice with the
shore sod.

It b very to kaow that the submerged wire
bows ao aypeurea 07, end the whole of the reoovered
GaAs tea wed egeia.

3iETROPOLITAit BOARD or WORKB.—A special
wain of dm Metropolitan Bond of Works wae held yes-
terday, Mr. J. Thwaltea In the chair, when the main drabs-
op of the metropolis we. again oonddered. The chairman's
repeat at his taterview with Sir Benjamin Hell we read.
What was mid en this ocesdon, we have already reported at
length. We seed only recoil that BU Benjamin Hail per.
stead* Gm board to nary th sewage of the metropohs
to lies 3111 stating, however, ha opinion that parliament
would not emotion say oestribution from the imperial re-
venue to mitigate the additional burden of expense which
sack an extension of the undertaking would impose on the
body of metropolitan ratepayers. He said, however, that if
the board reqtured the government guarantee for money to be
borrowed by it, he would attend a deputation to the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer on the subject. The entire subject
wee again debated, and It wee resolved by a majorityy of 28
to 3 votes, " That this board having taken into otbeiderrtfoß
the of the chairman of the result of the interview of
sad the officers of the board with her Majesty's Bird
Commissioner and the referees on the Sob instant, reiterates
its conviction that to extend the point of outran to Boa Remelt
at the coat of the metropolitan ratepayers, would be unjust to
than ratepayers, mad in mann-tertian of the principle of the
Menotrolli Local Management Act" The report of the
chairman and the new report of the consulting akar ea•
to be takes into eceaderstion on Monday next.
THE LATE LIEUTENANT MCGREGOR.—It is with
Sao regret that we learn the death of Lieutenant Frauds
McGregor, of dm 62nd Bengal Infantry. This young Aker
was known to the ahabitants of Worthing, where be had
= ssuiportios of Ms Do) hood, and where Ids mother, Lady
McGregor, widow of Sir Bran kfurrayMeGregor,
for some yaws resided. It is only a short time since be woe
on a visit to a nisrried sister then living here, whore amity
bare but recently left the town. Lieutenant McGregor
wee carried off by the mutineers of the regiment
above mentioned who, a abort time afterwards, wrote
a letter asking for six week's par, and declaring
that they would not kill the kngliehmen, but
only take him to Delhi. However, they were attacked by
the Medea troops, who defeated them with the lose of 150
men. In revenge for this check they barbarously murdered
their prisoner. It is farther stated that a few men of the
regiment, who, being faithful to the English, remained be-
hind, were demanded by the mutineers in exchange for
Lient. M'Oreger. The alternative thus presented to the
British officers was painful in the extreme. Deliver up the
native soldiers, whose fate would have been torture and certain
death, they could not. The loft of their own countryman was
Chardon the price they must needs pay for the retention and
protection of the sepoys who hod not suffered themeelves to
be borne away from their allegiance by their disloyal mm-
'cakes in arms.—Souses dtivertiarr.

itimovia, or CONVICTI.—The following prisoners
win pawky (llceday) removed from the county gaol et
to the laillbralr Penitentiary, in pursuance of an
eedstl/2"2the Peerstry of State for the Home Department,
=Rto their seadergoiog their revered sentences .
H*, 10 yarn penal servitude. This is the pri-
soner who, after serving 115 years' transportation in the penal
cokes* effected his nape from Springfield on the 24th nit.,
and wee sohasqueadly raptured. Jonathan Claydon, 10
yews penal servitude; George White, slim Titmouse, Ju.
Whit., alias Joseph Morrell, and Ambrose Abrahart, 7
grreal servitude—all ticket-oPleave convicts. Geo.
oom Yen Newmert, Wm. Johnson, John Stare Clarke,
fferituel Biggs, George Partridge, and Richard Withers, se•
verelly nyder sentence of 4 years' penal servitude. Par-
tridge is Use fellow who, it will be remembered, recently
escaped frogs modisement in the Colchester Borough Gaol.
Homy Beaker, John Webb, George Clavden, James Kirby.
Sagami Thorley, each committed for 3-years' penal wirvl-
hde.—Chaletifsed CArowicie.

CAUTION 'TO FAILMEIO4, POULTRY BRILEDETA, &C.
We beg to natation our agricultural friends against • trick
which le eanuelly attempted at this particular seams Upon
the sham mentimed in the heeding of this paragraph. We
sibs& to a partkular species of advertisements which make
their eppeareace some few weeks prior to Christmas, en-
sconcing the want of surplice of fowls, ducks, geese, tur-
key., pat, to., for the London market. In many same
these announcements we mere attempts to swindle wens-
=ouetry folks out of the suppliet prepared fie
demands. Delighted with the ides of getting
"London prices" and extensive order , little farmer., and
their wives too, answer these advert temente, and of coarse
obeli the desired orders." Turkeys, greee, and pork errs
deepatehed per rail to the address stated, but, alas, no te-
mitumes ever reaches the anhsppy sender—and oa albs a
week or two afterwards, it is -discovered that the
"dealer" wee some regular swindler, merely hiring • room,
temporarily, in • beck lane near Leadeakell, Delegate, or
the Borough market, for the purpose of more easily duping
the unwary—err even, perhaps, only having his letters left
thank—Sows ddrertistr.

THE YIVOECED—WIPE OP OMER PACIIA.—
Ilevesel French joarnala having announced the patentee In
Paris of the divorced wife of Omer Bache, the following de-
tails of hr saner ars given by the Patric :—" She was bora
at Reps, in Transylvania, and was seat at the age of eleven
to wed the hut bearding stools in Hochman. Some
lessens on the piano developed wonderful musical powers,
sad at the aged Allem she possessed • remarkable talent an
that lastrasseat. it was at that period that Omer Pacha,
vrba was then the military enntnousdant of Wallachia, nit
W young lady at a rein% and being very fond of music, fell
in love with her, and subsequently married her. She wee then
compelled to submit to Mussulman habits; the Christian
heroine quite a Rime= (Turkish women) never left the
house except veiled and attended, but, contrary to
winos, habits, accompanied her husband In his warlike
eapeditions. She was greatly delighted with the glory of
his arm., and composed triumphal marches, which were
played by the Turkish regiments when in battle. The only
child born from this marriage having died from an accident,
Omer Paths hayed by a new union to Dave an heir, and
=also to attach himself to the old Turkish party, and
elan demanded in marriage the daughter of Hail&
Peel" its chit Remain is the harem,' he said to his
wile, bat she was too proud to scampi a condition no un-
worthy of bet, and demanded& divorce, which was granted,
and she hoe come to soak an honourable asylum in France.
This lady is only &boat 23 rears of sge."
The Chromqueur of Fribuig states that the crop
' of apples slid pears is so abundant in the canton of Lawns
that every house is literally crammed with them, and almost
is bitter complaints are now raised at the abundances& might
have beau called forth by a scarcity. Cider and pen. the
growersitay, will be so plentiful that the price will bolos
Now to pre& worth speakuig