The Express. — 1846-10-06 (London, England)

CURIOUB TRAIN OF EVIDENCE.— A report having reached town last week that a murder had been committed at Varennes, A. Delisle, Esq., and Cul. Erman. singer, the pollee magistrate, went to that place to investigate the circumstance', and arrest the delinquent should the story prove to be correct. Upon reaching the village sad proceeding with their inquiry, they learnt the billowing par. ticulars :—" On the 3rd of the month, two men, named Noviau and Loiseau, had been riding together upon me horse, and had encountered some man whom Nutisu believed to be an Irishman. They amused themselves by jeering this person for some time, until he became irritated, and replied in the same style, upon which Loiseau dismounted to thrash him. The assailed party then drew a kuite, with which he stabbed Loiseau in the band, who remarked to Noviau that his opponent was not only a very saucy but a very dangerous fellow, adding that for all that he would serve him out. The supposed Irishman had in the meantime taken to his heels across the nearest fields, and Loisma broke a cudgel from the nearest fence, pursued him out of sight of Noviau, who remained on the horse, and gave him a very severe beating. On returning, he had a cap ands jacket, which he had taken from the beaten man, and told his comrade that he bad paid him out. Noviau, however, who represents himself as having been afraid to interfere during the fight, fancied that the stranger had been actually killed and afterwards buried, and this idea was confirmed by no news haying been heard of him: hence the story and the investigation. Upon Loiseau being arrested, he made a voluntary statement of the facts as above detailed, but added that the man whom he had beaten was not killed, but had crawled away on all fours, and had dropped a bundle: he said, too, that he had taken the Oat and jacket to a Mr. Lalumiere, telling him that if he saw the man to whom they belonged, he was to give them up and ask what countryman he was. Lalumiere, upon being sent for, produced the articles; and the bundle, which Loiseau had seen dropped, was found by the proprietor of the lend named Brunelle, and ascertained to contain church plate. This immediately excited the suspicion that the man beaten by Loiseau was the robber of Repentigny church, and a messenger having been sent for the (icemen confined ea that charge, lie was brought into Loiseau's presence, and though in the company of several other men wan immediately identified. Upon the hat and cap being shown to him, ha said he knew them, and that they were his brother's. Be also said that his brother had been beaten, and had now goes to the Stater. The hat and coat were both of Germain manefacture; and in the pocket of the latter, another piece of gilt silver was found." BOATO ON AMERICAN CANALa.—Since the passage of the transit bill a good deal of interest has been inane rested by Canadian shippers in reference to the operation of our navigation laws upon British bottoms navigating oar canals, and as our opinion has been asked in reference to it, we would state, that at the present time there are several British bottoms plying on our canal, and all that is necessary to entitle the owner of such boats to this privilege is to con form with the regulations established by the Canal BMA now in force.—Buffalo Commercial Ado rtisf r.