The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-25 00:00:00

CONTICITTON TINDIII Till NSW ACT.....P1C11110 POCU7I•

Ma Atom, a well.kaown young thief, was brought
before Yr. Combs, charged with stealing a silk basun-
chief, from the perms of Richard Mmes.
In defence the prisoner said, he picked up the landless,
chief, and he did not know to whom it belonged. He did
not steal it.

11,. Coombe told him the constable had sworn positively
that he stole the hasdkerehiet What had he to say attar
snob evidence ?

TM primater replied, that if the sortable Iraq, it was
no
use his denying it.
lb. Combs said, the mew Aet of Parliament whisk lain
lute opener a (ow days ego, gave him the pewit, to deal
with seek a are, Mound of essdiarr the primmer for trial.
thereby patting the runty to residirable stress. He
should therefore raters Lim to two mouths' hard lahrr
et
Waadsworth.

Theme Ethrardes. a respectably &reseed yang mesas,
ea eberrei erltit feleateesly 'tabbies Witham &Wards,
tridt 'Meet.

Tllmt prisaaar, vitas Wan fit* mairlatrate, said that aba
was a prallissiaaal, awl that Isor prom sass vas Thema
Ors g, alum s% saw sang to th• am, of Mims Fairview.

false osastable 281 essid, that this swain, about •
quarter pat three, he woe in Goldiagtorstrest, Boaters.
town, what he saw the prams, miming towards hint is •
an gaited etane. He asked her what woe the saw, whoa
eke said—" pellesesea, go sad feteh • ale." He refused,
but went with her iato Platt-street when ha maw • arum
lyieg on the grouted bleeding Irma hie side. He asked him
what was the 'setter, when he said that ha hod been I
Nabbed. Ohs said that the ass wee her hubaad, sad
thou praseded to say—" I stabbed kin ; I did it I. the heat
of passim ; he sulked me • very beestly
whisk I did set deserve." The ntaa as said
that ha did rot wish to hurt her, aid that he woad net
Rive her La .harp. He, however, took her late custody,
and bad the ia tired maa foamed to the Helvetia, Col-
lege Hoepital, where, be. the artilkate prodased, it
appeared that he had roosiad • severe woaad sear the
abdomen, bat whether there are say fateful landes, there
was so evidence to show. He we going is well.
Polite mutable 44 8, said he wait into the abases
room, and found a bloody napkin, and • sharp pointed
tablieknile soared with blood.

The prisoner, who cried bitterly and bad seeking to ley,
wee reinaaded lentil Wednesday next.

WESTMINSTER.
•onus ♦ sounia's WIDOW.

In the Erpres of Wednesday we detailed the partioslars
of • poor soldier's widow being robbed by • girl when
she had take. is from motives of charity ; sties whisk the
niarktrato has rossived ss. woeth of postage stamps from •
beaevolsst iadiTid••l, who appends the nem of the pro-
see•trlz at the bottom of his latter; and 2s. from an " Old
&moat" for the poor woman, the receipt of which we
Sr. requested to acknowledge in the Evros:.

♦ French goatleman, aseempanted by as Italian priest,
made an eztraordisary appileation to the magistrate. He
said the Italian, by whoa he was aeceespanied. was hawed
to leave his native country by a German, who represented
that he Gould procure him the situation of Roman
Catholic chaplain to aa Italian Legion forming la
England. The Imam, believing the promises oldie German,
came to thip cosatry with him, and forted that so chaplain
to the Italian Legion was wasting, and that cue had bean
appointed. The German then asked the Italian to enlist as
a ommuna soldier, hot the sheios of the priest beleg sae
of peat* and net of war, be mfased to do I% The German
than offered the priest as asylum is his house, which hto
wee glad Immesh to accept. Otte day when the Italian
was tress home the German broke open kis boxes and stole
timllligag be posesseed. The priest was in a very destitute
condition, and bad been a great loser by the trick played
upon him.