The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1862.

HITIAORDTRART CRAWL or REV:ALISO A HORSE AID VAN.

leery Lee, a airman, wits brought up for final email-
tattoo. chemist with being concerned, with others nut is
custody, in stealing • horse and van and tau firkins of
butter, valued at upwards of lOW. the property of the
London, Brighton, and South Coast itailway Company.
Thome. Hands, airman in the employ of the railway com-
pany, said that on the morning of the 20th ult. he left the
Willow-walk goods slalom with • horse and van laden with
20 firkins of butter for delivery. He delivered ten prior
to reaching Westminster Abbey when be was suiliholy
taken unwell, and left the van in charge of his led fora
few Humanity. (in his return, the home, van, and all the
goods hid vanished.
Sonittel Aldridge, an intelligent lad, said that he accom-
panied last witness with the van, awl after he left it • re-
spectable-looking man tame up to him and told him that his
master (Hands) was waiting for him down a street,
pointing in an opposite direction. Witness, thinking it
was ell right, went th.it way; but not tieing able to lied
Hanle, ho returned to the spot where he heel left the horse
and van and was surprised to find they were Rune.
Thomas White, late eight fireman in the employ of the
railway company, at the Willow•walk station, end that he
knew the prisoner ;is formerly bring a cormito in the employ
of the `So uth-Listeru Railway Company. About 20 minutes
plot ll on the morning of the 211th ..f January lie was
crossing Cleikelowell-greeu towards Coppiewrow ; he new
the prisoner driving a hone cud van belonging to
tho Brighton Railway in the direction of
Kingsland. Hu saw several firkioa of butter in it, and
he hailed the prisoner as he lease- h but be took no notice
of him, and drove on. \Vitae-s was nut aware at the time
whether the prisoner wan employed as MI assistant to
the carmen of thu thightou Compatiy. He was positive as
to his identity.
William Allen, a !Miaow, said be lived at Bethnal-
(MO, Lad 00 Monday afternoon he saw a home
and van staudiug in the Kingslawl-rind. The bone
had a ionie.hog 00. and there wed nothing iu the von. He
watched it some tow:, and called the attention of • constable
to it, soil at his request drove them to the Willow-walk
station, when they were identified.
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bleu Wm. Agbott, clerk in the goodsatation of the Lou-
don Brighton Railway, eii.l that about 1U o'clock on the
morning of the tseli ultimo he 'eat Vic van No. 4$ out with
Hotiiland the Lul Aldridge. They hat a load of butter to
deliver. Ou the same evening the horse and van were
brought bock by last witness.
Samuel Vines, .t4l 13, said he took the prisoner into cus-
tody oe Thursday, the 2.3n1 ult., in Thomas-street, White-
chapel. He denied all keowledge of the van and butter.
Mr. Neale, on behalf of the prisoner, eutleavoured to
prove an alibi IT produciug the prisoner's father, mother.
aed several others, who swore that at the time mentioned
' by the witaleva White he was at home having his dinner.
The mairistrate, who did nut believe them, committed
the prisoner for trial.

The MoMtcur publishes a report from M. de
Fleur. who was charged by the government with a minim
to explore the seat of the city of Carthage. He states
that any farther expeditions are useless ; that the d+/ends
tel Carthago of Cato has been strictly executed, and that
the Jo oijain perierc raise is perfectly true. There remains
nothing of the ancient rival of Room, VI the soldiers of
Scipio reduced its meet solid buildiop to rules.
EXTRAORDINARY DIAINJVIIRY ON A BOAT. —The
operations for the conveyance of the water from Sprier
heed to stoneferry have now fairly got into operation, under
the superintendeou of Mr. Dale, the engineer. About 300
yards of the trench have already been merle, end in digging
at the depth of about ten feet from the surface • boat has
bolo discovered lying right across the trench. The boat le
et oak, and is evideetly a Roman relic, and must have been
buried for at lent • thousand years. With regard to the
time when the work will be eniehed, we believe the pipes,
will be ready to admit the spontaneous overflow of water
about the last week in July.—Hill Patlet.
A singular excluie for the resignation of a reliev-
ing officer ia reported from Huddersfield. The repeat
master for the township of Hardee, in the onion of Hud-
dersfield, sent in his resignation yesterday, because the
musts whom the law would not permit him to relieve,
took the law into their own heeds, broke his wisdom',
waddedawl poi him in " bodily fear." The dis-
turbances had biome Nethreatenier that Ske stadatire
not leave his Welly by themselves, and hie only way el
soups from Shwa was to resign his office.