The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-13 00:00:00

A SELF-POSSESSED THIEF.

A fat, good-natured, quiet-looking man, neatly
dressed, the very picture of • good citizen living on a modest
fortune, was, says 44ilipnani, yesterday tried by the Tribe'•
nal of Correctional Police, on the charge of rubbery "
"Generally," said a linen-draper who came forward to
evidence, " the men who ilea grads exposed kr at: .1
shop doors display great precipitation ; bet this reasons to •
work much more calmly. A few mornings back, as I was
in my shop, I saw him stop at the door and exidnine various
ar6olesiexposedforsale. liedidsowiththegreatest coolness,
stopping from time to time to take a pinch of snuff, and not
once looking round to see if he was watched. At lest, he un-
pinned the covering of a piece of lines, and examined the
latter with great attention. I did not for a moment doubt
that he was a respectable housekeeper, and that he would
make a purchase. But I happened to be called to another
part of the shop, and when I returned he had gone. I
looked into the street, and to my astonishment there he was,
walking off quietly with the piece of linen under his arm. I
rushed after him, and said, You are a thief !" A thief r
said he, 'Take care what you say ; I am a respectable
citisen as my appearance proves, and a man of property !'
' But you have stolen my linen !" No, sir,' said he, it is
mine—there are plenty of people who deal In Mien besides
you, and I am one of them! I was in a rage at the
man's impudence, and called him 'scoundrel l' 'thief!' !' and
othernames. A crowdeollected,and fronitheassuraneehedis.
played they were convinced that I was accusing kin, falsely,
and they began abusing me. But two of my ahopmen came up
and confirmed my statement that the lines be wa+ carrying
was mine, and on that he was given into eastody !" "How
many yards did the piece epeeist of ?• asked the Presi-
dent. " Upwards of sixty, sir, and it must have been very
heavy : yet the thief carried it sway with ere." The mss,
whose name is Nitrat, and who was stated In have bees
previously condemned, was sentenced to two years' impri-
sonment.

The Prince of Wales, before leaving Newfound-
land Oran the Canadian News), presented the lady el Go-
verner Bannerman a splendid bracelet, set with diamonds
and emeralds ; also the portraita of his brothers and sisters.
He also gave 250 dollars to the Church of England Asylum
for Widows and Orphans, 250 dollies to the Benevolent
Irish Society, and 250 dollars to be expended amongst poor
persons in the town. 250 dollars were left as prizes to be
contended for at a regatta on the Prince Consort's birthday.
The other provinces also received similar substantial ac-
knowledgments of the Prince's sense of his recepr no.
CANADIAN PENSIINT TO THN PRINCZ or WALNII.—•
His Excellency presented to hie Royal Rightism a soleadld
cabinet, composed of, and also 'sustaining finely finished speci-
mens of, the woods of Canada. eollect.ed by the Woods and
Forests Department, under direction of the Hon. Mr. Van-
koughnet. The cabinet has been oonstructed by Mr. Drum
at short notice, and is, nevertheless, a beautiful piece of
workmanship, fit to adorn a palace. The carving in richly
and thoroughly finished, and the contrast presented by the
black walnut and white woods intereperned in the ornarnms-
Wien of the exterior has a splendid effect. The blocks in-
side represent sixty-six specimens of our woods, one side
planed, the other side polished.—Canadian News.
BLONDIN AND THE PRINCE or WALZIL —We read
the [Wowing quoted in the Nord of Brussels, from the
Nee Tort Evening Pod :—" If it be not • duck of the ge-
nails type, it reveals • degree of cool amnranee not hi-
therto surpassed. Blondiu, the acrobat, or funamhulist,
who has gained celebrity by his feat. at Niagara Falls, has
bad the impertinence to write to the Duke of Newcastle
asking to be allowed to strange for the Prince of Wales
quite a novel mode of entrants into the United States—
namely, that he, Blontfin, should be permitted to carry the
Prince on his shoulders from the Canadian to the States
side of the cataracts on a tight rope !"
We are requested to state that Prince Jerome
Napoleon and his suite were entertained at a white hpi6
dinner at the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwiciti. gives by
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tuoya)thienecoraro;
availed themselves of Oa e'mlliossition V. hich the house
is known to onset during the white halt resew.