The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-14 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Alf lISPLZASANT iwrssnormou TO A WIIIDING TOOL to
Robert Feller, a smart-looking young fellow, well known
to the police, was placed at the bar before Mr. Woolrych, 10
charged with stealing • portmanteau containing wearing st.
apparel and jewellery, belonging to Mr. James Whittiog. Bt.
ham, • Manchester gentleman, from a cab, in Southwark. B.
street, Borough. to
it
James Pomeroy, 28 K, said that about 6 o'clock on the 60
previous evening he was pasting through Southwark-street, mg
towards London-bridge, with Jackson, 46 M, in plain too
clothes, when he met the primmer and two other well known 01.
thieves. The prisoner had a large portmaotean on hie head, flt
and was proceeding towards Unera-street. Witness stopped 81'
him and asked him how he became nessessed of the portman. jr
Misty when he replied that be had just picked it up in the
middle of the road. The other men ran away and made
their escape while he was stopping the prisoner, whom he
conveyed to the station-house. About three-quarters of
an boar afterwards the prosecutor came to the station-
house, and identified the portmanteau as his property. It
. appeared that the latter had just been married to a lady in
Dorsershire, that after the wedding they came np to Lon-
! don by the South Western Railway, and on arriving at
Waterloo Terminus they hared • four-wheel Gab and the
portmanteau waa put on the too. It was missed just before
I they arrived in Wellington-street, Borough.
Mr. James Whittinghaen said he was a manufacturer, of
Manchester, and on the previous day he came from Dorset-
shire with his bride by the South Western Railway.
He hired a rob at the Waterloo Statiou to take
them to the London-bridge Tensions for the par
pees of proceeding to Paris and the Oontinent.
The portmanteau produced was placed securely on the roof
of the cab. and when they got to the Borough end of
Southwark-street the driver of the vehicle stopped, and
told him that the portmanteau was gone. After making
some inquiries in the neighbourhood, they drove to the
Stones-mid Police-station to give information of the loss,
when he saw the prisoner and his portmanteau in the
custody of the police. The letter contained his wearing
appareland some jewellery. Instead of proceeding to
I Paris by the mail train that night as they had agreed, they
were compelled to stop at the International Hotel, near
the railway terminus.
Mr. Woolrych asked him when it was likely he should
return from his tour.
Witness replied, in about a fortnight.
Jackson sated for • remand, as the prisoner bad been
previously convicted at the sessions.
Mr. Woolrych spoor-Jingly remanded him for • week.

No. I

TIM HOUSE or COMMONS AT CHUSOH.—To-day it
being the find day of Lent, the House of Commons did not
hold its ordinary 12 o'clock sitting, having adjourned until
2 o'clock in order to enable its members to attend church.
Formerly it was the custom of the House of Common, with
the Speaker at its head, to attend service on Ash
Wednesday morning, at St. Margaret% Chunk,
but the ceremony has fallen into dimes, aed there I
has been nothing like the old form, since the I
death of Sir Robert Inglis, members being sow left to
I attend
for service they please. Si. Margaret's Church was
I opened for service, bat no members of either breech of the
legislature were present. Several peers attended at the
Chapel Royal, St. James's Poises, where the sermon was
preached by the Bishop of London. and at the Chapel
Royal, Whitehall. the *esker of the House of Commons,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Cardwell, and many
members of parliament remota. The sermon was
I preached by ate Doe of Norwich.
Sr. VALENTINE'S DA.T.—To•dity (Wednesday) an
extraordinary amount of labour has been entailed on the
I letter-carriers by the great erases of letters posted for de.
livery, the increase consisting of valentines. In the outer
I districts widitosal 'misses:so is afforded the postmen, in
I ardor to avoid delay ie the delivery of letters of more im-

Maas BY • SHBIP. —Last week some masons
were engaged ia effecting some repairs in the
°hutch at Bgremoet, sod having coacludel their
labours they looked up, and, as they supposed.
left the sacred edifice quite safe. It was subsequently
disoovered that a terrible breech bad been made in a
beautiful enensorMl window with which this oleos of
worship was &domed • and ievestisation being made,
it was dine...red that while the masons were at work
a @beep, as is the wont of its specias. has strayed is-
' gide the church, sad while in the medtletive aad quiet
I, mood, had been locked M. Row long the animal remaised
prisaaer not knwn, bat it is oonfectured that in the
genres of a few hours appetite bad aeakeeed it to genes
1 of loneliness sad longing for the geese pesters whence it
bad so foolishly 'tetra, sad that at last, ..tasted by the
headstrong will pecur to sheep rather than by a feeling of
reverence for the eseredaess of its pleas of confinement, it
dished throsos wiadow ie question, and so revised
its liberty.—(7w per.