The Express. — 1862-09-29 (London, England)

CATH ERIN P. WILEON, just convicted of murder by poisoning at the Central Criminal Court, reveals a long career of crime so secret and appalling that it is almost impossible to think of it without a shudder. Though several times suspected, and more than once actually arrested on a charge of secret poisoning, Carew/is Wiraox had successfully evaded the avenging sword of justice. She has, however, been at length overtaken by the strong arm of the law, her guilty career is finally arrested, and she will speedily pay the just penalty of her accumulated crimes. The particular crime for which this guilty woman is at length condemned was committed no less than six years ago. And considering the long interval that has elapsed, and the great difficulty of obtaining definite proof in such cases, the evidence produced at the recent trial must be regarded as remarkably satisfactory and conclusive. It was of course purely circumstantial, but the circumstances proved were so decisive, that the conviction of guilt amounts to a moral certainty. About Christmas in the year 1855, the prisoner went to lodge with Mrs. Soaans, a widow lady, residing with her two daughters in Alfred-street, Bedford-square. She occupied the first-floor unfurnished, and a young man, named DIXON, afterwards one of her victims, but who she said was her brother, came with her, and for a time occupied one of the rooms on that floor. Her first object in taking up her  PREsENTS TO THE Qua= OT PORTEGAL —The presents sent by the Pope to his god-daughter, the Princess Pia, on the occasion of her marriage, are much more valuable than was at first stated, being worth, it is said, several hundred thousand franca. One consists of • double leaf of maniac gold, opening in the forgo of an album, and containing two precious relics—a piece of the veil of the Holy Virgin, and • thorn from the crown of our Saviour. Those two relics are imbedded in the gold leaves, and surrounded by • border of precious stones. The two outer surfaces are ornamented with two extremely beautiful miniatures, corresponding to the rears in which the relics are placed. The miniature at the back of the veil represents an Addolorata, and the other an Ecce Homo. There is also a chaplet of 315 beads, each separated by a pearl and • diamond ; also a time-piece of exquisite workmanship, the hours of which are each represented by a relic; lastly, there is ao heraldic album of the popes, with portraits and inscriptions relative to each pontiff, the whole ornamented with precious stones. The binding is in gold, studded with jewels. The present of the municipality of Naples is • splendid set of ornaments in pink Aral. of the value, as already stated, of 30,000 fr., consisting of a necklace of two rows ; several bracelet. ; double pins, one in a single piece, worth 3,000 fr. ; twelve large buttons for a riding dress, others for cuff., with combs sad pins far the hair, the whole most admirably carved. The artist took four years to complete this set, as the coral fishery could not sooner supply him with the peculiar kind of coral required. These ornaments are placed in a case covered with velvet, and studded with coral-headed nails.  --