The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-23 00:00:00

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James Litchfield, • letter minim Wo•ging to the Southern
District Post-odlos, i• the Westrainatesmoad, we. broaght
before Mr. Elliott, as remand, end far final examination, as
• charge of stealing • Number of letters containing bank-
notes, medothir property.
Mr. Pe•eat, solicitor to the General Poet-office, attended
to torments.
It will be recollected that on the evening of Tuesday
week onnothiag occurred, while the prisoner was sorting,
to excite the suspicion of Mr. Shute'', the inspector at the
*Moe, which Induced him to examine the letters seleetedeby
the prisoner for his own walk, in Vauxhall, whim he toned
amongst them two thick letters addressed elsewhere, and
which should have been forwarded to two other deliveries.
These letters were not removed, but were left by Mr.
Shutar where he found them, and on the prisoner taking
them away at eight o'clock he was given into custody.
When searched at the station-house other letters were
found an the prisoner, one of which contained • money-
order for 2., and at hit lodgiogs a number of other let-
ters were found, one of them containing the halves of
two Bank of England none for 101. owl, and another the
halves of four halves of N. each.

Mr. 1;;;;a irit ;did Mba imily Jane Pickering, of 9,
Plgoastreet. East Indiarosd, Limehoule, who deposed that
the letter produced had been written by her mother, and ad-
dressed to Mrs. Jane Want, Lambeth. Before it had been
closed the witnres put a sixpence into it, pot it into an es-
velope, sealed it with Use usual adhesive gum seal, and
posted it at twenty minutes to four o'clock on the evening
et the 14th instant. _ _ .

Mr. Flan Collins quartermaster of the 3rd battalion of
Gresadier Guards, deposed that on Tuesday, the 14th in-
stant, he wrote the letter produced, and enclosed in it four
halves of 5/. Bank of England notes, and addressed the
envelope to " Sargeaut Titman, Grenadier Guards, Croydon
Barrack., Surrey." and placed it in the usual place for such
letters in the onlerly.room of the Hone Guards.
George East, au orderly belonging to the 2nd battalion
Grenadier Guards, said that on the afternoon of Tuesday
week, the 14th, he took the letter in question from the
orderly room at the Horse Guards, and posted it at the
Mating cross office.
Mr. George Heade, quartermaster of the 2nd battalion
of Coldstream Guards, deposed that on Monday week he
wrote the letter produced, and with it enclosed in an
envoiope the halves of two 101. notes. The envelope ad-
dressed to " Drill• Sergeant Thomas Lames, Coldstream
Guard'', Derricks, Croydon, Surrey."
Private John Burt mid that, on Monday week he took
the letter mentioned by tho last withal= from the orderly-
room at the Horse Guards, and pat it into a pillar-poet
close to the Horse Guards. .

Yn. Mae, Ann Clan, the wife of a grocer residing in
Reva Settee, Islington, said that, ou the 14th instant, she
wrote the letter Produced, sod enclosed it with an meek",
with a Post-offioe money order for 2/., and addremed the
letter to "Mary Ann Watkins, 9, Knight's-place, Upper
Keoniugton-lane, Kennington." She secured the letter with
the usual adhesive rimesal, sod gave it tabor servant, Bush
Judge, to post.
Sarah Judge deposed to having posted the letter in ques-
tion at the Islington Post-Mhos
Mr. John Gee, a jeweller, at Epsom, said that on Tsseday
week he enclosed the box produced by the officer, containing
at the times silver pin and a note in au envelope, and ad-
deemed it to " Thom, jun., Esq., Nonsuch.park, Chem,
Sunny," sad gave it to his appreutioe to post at Epsom, at
20 minutes past 12.
Mr. Peacock said that these were all the cases he intended
to prefer against the prisoner, and on these he should re-
quest a committal for trial.
The prisoner, after being cautioned in the usual way, said
he should reserve his defence —Fully committed for trial.