The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-08 00:00:00

VENING, OCTOBER 8, 1861.

THE MILTOWNEOAD OUTRAGE.

Two days more, says the Ferman of yesterday,
have to be added to those which have been allowed to pass
without the capture of the ruffian who committed this growl
outrage being effected. The detective police and the cab-
men generally are making streuuous t.eitious to have the
criminal arrested, but, despite these exertions, the public
are becoming impatient that the felon should be allowed to
be at liberty so long. During Saturday a number of drivers
were broil.- ht before the brother of the lady, but lie could
not identify soy of them. The houpeiof several were searched,
and nabs not plying for hire were closely examined, with the
' object of tracing to which of them the cushion in the pai-
-1 session of the polio, belonged. It would be use-
I less, and perhaps painful, to repeat here the
many rumours that have been put into circulation iu
reference to this truly outrageous assault; but it still
forms the theme of speculation, comment, and C.iscussion in
every circle in the city, and, notwithstanding "reports"
and " suggestions," the public are unanimous in the belief
that the crime, cowardly, cruel, and callous as it was, was
perpetrated by a aibinau who is able to keep his own council
and suffer the does of the cushion which was found on the
night of the outnige. Yesterday being exceedingly fine, and
one of the most glorious autumn days that could be desired,
large crowds proceeded from the city to the place where the
dastardly outrage was attempted. From the place where
the scoundrel stopped his cab to the quarry into which the
lady jumped to save herself from her assailant was carefully
gone over by hundreds, who, one sad all, expressed their
wonder at the miraculous escape of the lady in such a place
on a dark, wet, and tempestuous night. There is well-
grounded raison for believing that the culprit will soon be
captured.
The Irish Times published the following statement :
" At an early hour on Thursday muroing, a strange horse,
harnessed, was found in Mr. Tyer's fields, on the old Rath-
gar-road. The horse had the harness on, but the winker+
had been removed and tied back. Early yesterday morning
the car was found abandoned on the high road. In the ditch
of Tyer's.fields was found the bridle, mid upon search being
made by the police and one of Tyer's men the clothes of the
cabman were found bundled up on the side of Carrillo-
road. The man must have stripped himself naked and tied
without any covering. The clothes are lying at the police-
office, Entligar. The car belongs to Mr. hyrue, of Church-
street, who is a car mid cab owner. The driver has not
been heard of, though the police have made every search for
him. Such an occurrence so close to the scene of the late
outrage has created meat excitement in the neighbourhood."

4 CONFESSION REVOKED.

At the Coventry Police-court, William
weaver (the young man who wits apprehended on the
Great Eastern, in which vessel he bad taken his departure
for America, but was brought lack again in consequence of
the accident) was again placed in the dock, ciao: Nil with em-
bezzling 491 ounces of silk, the property
of his employer,
Mr. William Bpencer, ribbon mitnu acturer, with which he
had been entrusted to weave into ribbons. The prisoner
plizatled guilty. to the charge, and was sentenced to three
months imprisonment, the full term allowed by the act.
At the county petty sessions Joseph Hilton, an elderly man,
of Foleshill, was charged with being the receiver of lOU
ounces of silk, knowing the same to have been feloniously
embezzled by the prisoner Cooper. Mr. Browett, who
appeared for the prosecution, stated that in proving the
ease against the prisoner lie mainly relied upon the evi-
dence of Cooper. who had consented to be placed in the
witness-box. The evidence would be confirmed by the pro-
duction of a large quantity of silk which bad been found in
the house of Hilton, awl of which he could give no satis-
factory account, and by the further discovery of a memo-
' raildum book in Hilton's house, the last entry in which
corresponded with the amount of silk stated to have been sold
by Cooper, and with the sum which Cooper stated he had
been paid for it.—Cooper was then called, but to the
evident surprise of Mr. Browett, when asked whether
he Lad sold any silk to the prisoner, he replied
in the negative.—Mr. Browett: Have you passed
or handed some silk to him ?—Witness : I Lever sold him a
bit of silk in my life—Mr. Browett : Did you not tell the
detective, Thompson, that you had sold silk to a man named
Hilton? Witness : That is not the man.—Mr. Browett
Where does he live? Witness: At Foleshill. Mr.
Browett : Whereabouts? Witness : I cannot answer that
question.—The Chairman : I call upon you to tell us where
be lives at FoleshilL Witness: At Paradise. Mr.
Browett : Will you go with • policeman to his house?
Witness : No.—Mr. Browett : Is he &young man or an old
one? Witness : I don't know, I'm sure.—Mr. Browett (to
the bench): I have the evidence of Thompson and several
other witnesses as to the statement which he previously
made.—ln reply to questions by Mr. Siallbooe, who ap-
peered 04 his behalf, the witness said that Thompson had
asked him some questions as be came from Cork, but he
did not tell him the whole truth. Thompson said if he
would tell he would take care Le did not get a day's impri-
sonment.—Mr. Bruwett then asked for au adiournment fur
' a week, in consequence of the difficulty in which he was so
unexpectedly placed. The bench granted the application.—
Birmsnyhani Peet.