The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-29 00:00:00

BOW-STILKET.

John Cooke, a letterTioi;;So;asd sorter, employed in the
East Central District, was charged with stealing a money
letter.

---Oa Monday, the Mb March, the prisoner was seen by
the officer Smee to separate a letter from a pared of four or
Eve which behold is his bead, crumple it up, and pot it Li
his picket. He was taken to the controller's room, and Mr.
Delany, inspector of lettercarriers, taxed him with the ab-
straction of the letter, which be denied. Be wee searched,
and the letter was found on him. It contained • half sove-
reign sad nine penny postage stamp'. It was addressed to
Mews. Carver sad Co. of Skinner-street, and had come
into his heads for forticig in the usual course of his duties.
The prisoner said, I know nothZrahout it, some one
mastit have put there ; it is of 'Miser of some-
body ; I will swear I never saw letter." Sines said,
" It is no use denying it, Cook. ; it is sot the first you have
put in your pocket to my knowledm" Hs replied, " Yon
are mistaken, Sir.* aubsegneerGythe officer searched the
prisoner's home at Houton, and bend in his cask-box 2861.
in gold, 75/. in notes, sad meets' possissey notes for
money which he bad lent to various parsons. The prisoner
said it was all his own bard amiss, whisk be beoll made
at the gold digging in Australis, and the reason be bed it
in the house was that he was pit* all his money in to
buy • house at Paddington.
He was committed for trial

LAMBETH.
Mr. Perrin, a silversmith and jeweller, in High4treet,
Newington, attended before the Hon. G. C. Norton to
answer the complaint of William Thomas pensioner, and
formerly belonging to the 9th Light Idea
Thomas said that some mouths ego he hbaadd 'bees robbed of
his Crimean medal, and on passing the shop of Mr. Perrin •
day or two ago be saw it hanging in the window and exhi-
bited for sale. He applied for it, and stated that it had
been stolen from hie breed ; but Mr. Perrin refused to
deliver it up. to him.
Mr. Perrin, in reply, said that the medal had been
purchased by bin Morena from • man who had ropes-
seated it belonged to hie brother, recently dead, and
from the description given of the man he (11r. Perrin)
had very little doubt indeed the oempleisant was the
Thomas, finding his character thee maned, handed to the
=Pirate two certificates of geed conduct, the cue pur-
port* to be written and signed by Riehard Wright, Bailiff
of Dulwich Collage, and the ether Richard White,eer=t
is the City Polies, and Mr. Neaten, on over
toned that they were not only in the eanalwirliandwritior,
but both en the are sheet of paper, or rather on two har-
shest', wlikh criginally femme& one whale. This, however,
i
Thomas stoutly denied, upon which Mr. Norton directed
that the documents be mpounded, and Sergeant White and
Mr. Wright written to before next Wednesday, to which day
he postponed the inquiry.

OTTOMAN RAILWAY.

Yesterday the ordinary half-yearly meeting of
ehareholders wee bold at the Lodge Tome ; Su Mac-
mama) deorimmeson in the their.
The repot, which ha alesoke been published in our
odium, wee Ohm as reed, and minuted
Mr. Trweby aed Mr. Pelhari, the two directors nom'.
sated by the Turkish goviesisestat therequest of the board
to act with thrash were reelected.
Mr. Tawny explored his Osaka, ettribetieg the ottani.
mitt' with which be had been sleeted to the fawner which
the Turkish gooniment had always exhibited.
The other members of the board were all walseled, ex-
opt Gesseal Treoselseere, against wham same, which hap-
Lastto be the OA as the Itet, Mr. V. Knight propose'
. lmaa, who warodested epos the show of heads, bet
there being a gesso' inipnedes OM all the eld direston
should ramie, a reeelatica wee propreed end ustrimi easel-
moody requestair the board to take steps for forming
the number of directors to nine, in order that General Tre-
menbeere might be re-elected.
The usual allowance of 2,500/. a year to the directors wee
renewed.
On the motios of Mr. V. innowr, the
awarded a rote of thanks to Mr. Crampton. the 11=
whose energy in amins out so satiefacto= railway so
distant, and in so cult a locality, he k
his eulogy being .Imm:dad by the CHALRILAZ as ebUelMit
the board,
The usual compliments to the chairman and his colleagues
concluded the proceedings.