The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-24 00:00:00

llAlit DIG 'WILT.

A well-dressed yolitit,natu----ed I'mm is Henry liard;m7,
whams parent* are highly respeoltalfla, lithig at Dover,
was placed in the dock before Mr. Ingham, eh, with
testing 711 e. of lead pipe, the property of his master, Mr.
William Speak, a builder, of Kentiugtompark.gardem.
It appeared from the evaleure that the prisoner had been
appreuticed to Mr. Spent: al.mt two yeani, he having re-
ceived V/. premium with him. The pnieeentor had • con-
tract in Pembroke-eremeut, Kensington-basin, at which the
primmer and a mother of men were employed, and in We.
sapience of missing a ronsidcrable .itukatity of the
materials, he revolved upon keeping • sharp watch upon
them. On Thursday evening last he stopped them as
they were leaving the work.. and requested them
to return. telling them that hi, object was to search them.
They complicit, and while he we. searching the foreman,
the prisoner turned round cod took from awards his clothes
two peoes of new lead_ pipe and banded them to the pro-
secutor. The pipe had been flattened me as to at
the body, and two mils had Less driven lato taw
gimes, apparently fur the purpose of enabling him to
empend them from the bend of Lis trousers. The men
were marched, but nom of the prosecutor's property
VIA found upon them. The prisoner was not
given into custody at the time, as it appeared that the pro-
secutor hail remuraed the neither to acquaint her of her
ma's elieleeds before he took any proceedings. The pri-
mmer lad on • former occasiori missiuducted himself, which
had been overlooked, and it was then that the promise was
made. The mother sulesquently arrived from Dover, and
after she hail hem. made acquaiuted with the fade the pri-
soner was given into custody.
The mother and ten other persons were examined, and
they gave the in-ismer& very good character,and meted that
he never niirooducted himself until after he had been '
apprenticed.
Mr. Martin, who appnuml for the prosecutina, asked the
mother if she wee not aware that her win was receiving 14a.
per week instead of 12a., which was all be waa entitled to
miler the imitator,.

The mother replied in the affirmative, amid said that the
prosecutor hstl Mated that her eon was a gond wuckmau.
Mr. Martin -I believe ~our eon is married?
Mr. I ti;:liam (with surprbie)—What: that boy?
The Mother--YeN air; but it wu. witi• the consent of
his master.

Mr. Ingham—Why, whet is his Age
S. Mother —ster rote( e
Mr. Inghtni thru committed him for one month for the
malawfil possession of the lewd.

AOCIDLIAT ON m LONDON AND NORTH WWITTAN
RAILWAY. —On the arrival at the $1.40 a.m. train from St.
Albert at the Harrow ladies yertenlay, a passenger mined
Patrick Leven, from Mayo, lrehoul, imprudently leaped
from the carriage while the tniin was iu tion, sod fell
Warms the wheels and the platform. When extricated
boa Ids perilous position he was found to have received
eatessive Lire t tuwa of the lower ear reatetiee, and on being
te to the uiversity Hospital amputation the leg
Was' r
o 1 Deowisery. He tenuous in a very precarious
awaiditiona.

POWNINI: CAsE4 IN LIVERPOOL —LIVIOLIsis,L,
111031011 T. —llamas Winslow, who is charged with hating
peisteed four prem. by having administered antimony to
tams, WWI spill brauclrt before Mr. Rattles, the stipendiary
megistrste, at the ponce court to-day. Mr. Arpinall, 'mi-
nder, who is prtroctitin,: on behalf of the crown, applied
for another postponement of the sass, ou the ground Mist
the est/wive series of analyses being made by emiurnt
chemists was not yet completed. Mr. Cobb oppowal this
applieation, as these alionrnniests would entail the neces-
sity of tin trial being delayed to the winter mail«.
of takieg place at the tondo( saminer assizes. Mr. Aspi•
nail replied that the petpowewiest of be trial would he to
the advantage of the primmer, ma it wenthl give tines for the
of his defence. lie declined to give any
sa to when the case woeht he proceeded with ; arid
theprisower wee renmaded for aallailel week.
The Atlantic Ruyal Mail Steam Navigation Com-
pany's steam ship Prince Albert sails front Galway this
lee freeadavi with her Majesty's mails for Newfutuallaed
sad liew York. Messeges received try British and Irish
ihrysetir Telegraph Compaev ep to VA p.m., for AMMO&
rid gt. Jokes, MewfottodlawL