The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-08 00:00:00

BOUTHWA.RIC.

Mary Yak, a young girl about 14 years of age, was
brought before Mr. Bonham for final examination, charged
with stealing a gold watch from the person of Jules Frele,
near the railway terminus, London-bridge, sad Mary Carey,
a brothel-keeper, was with receiving the same
well knowing It to be stolen. Mr. Solomon appeared for
Cuey.
The prosecutor said that on Saturday evening, the 26th
ult., be peeved from the railway down the steps in Duke-
street, for the purpose of proceeding to hie residence in St.
Thomas's-street. As be wee turning under the archway in
Joiner-street he was surrounded by about a dozen orange
girls, among whom woo the prisoner Meek. One of them
asked him to give her a Chnstmas-box, and to get rid of
her he gave her twopence; as soon as he bad done that the
others came up and asked for money. The prisoner pushed
against hint, and put her hand towards his wafer. cost pocket,
bat he had no ides at that time that he had been robbed.
Seeing • constable approach they all scampered off, and he
went home. As soon as be got Indoors he missed hie watch,
and gave information to tle! police. The watch had since
been found at • pawnbroker's.
A young girl, who was selling oranges near the spot, said
she saw the prtroner Meek take something from the gentle-
man's waletuost pocket. She afterwards saw the watch pro-
duped in her bend. She took it to Carey, and she gave her
as. for it.

Reed, 23d M, said he apprehended Meek a few days after
the rubbery, when she at brat denied all knowledge of the
watch, bat afterwards she told him that she sold it to Carey.
Witness found the watch pledged at Mr. Dempster's, in
Union-street, in Carey's name, when he went to her house
and apprehended her.
The pawnbroker produced the watch, and said that it was
pledgd by a female, but not by Carey.
Mr. Solomon made a very ingenious defence for Carey,
contending that she knew nothirg of the watch, and what
the girl had stated was false.
Mr. Burnham said it wee a ease fur a jury, therefore he
should commit them both for trial.

THAMES.
A well-dressed young woman, named Rieet:i
bagged the
sobbed loudly end appeared greatly excited, the
magistrate's aasistance. She stated that eke bad been
deluded away from her home at Lynaington, Hampshire, by
a sailor who had promised to marry her, but who had gone
le sea an Saturday week without doing so. She had known
him three years, and came up to London about a month ago
on receiving a letter from him requesting her to do so. She
assured the magistrate that she had bean guilty of no other
impropriety than the imprudence of leaving liar borne. Since
he left she had been staying with some friends at Wapping,
whit were sow unable to keep her any longer. She wee
without the means of going home.
Mr. Yardley said be Weved her story, and, after giving
her some geed advice, ordered a sovereign from the poor-box
to pay the messes al her journey to Lyntington.

SUDDEN DEATH AT A RAILWAY STATlON.—Yee-
twisty mole( a compositor, named John Baggier, late of
Ansi-conut, Snead, died suddenly at the Ruston !Ratios of
the Load= and North Western Railway. Doomed,
who was about 6*i years of age, bad bows ailing for some time,
was about to promd into the country In ceonplay with his
daughter, and waa on the point of stepping Into s °anis"
when ha suddenly fail back into the arms of one of the oases
of the company, a corpse. Mr. Joseph atelasc of Ruston-
legume, has nude a post morton esainfaatios. The OWN= of
death is Duren of Mohawk"
A number of men acquainted with the cultivation
of vines bays AA bees engaged is afforest dsperttnests af
France to go to Australia, whew the cultivatios of the vines
of Burgundy sad Bordeaux has rehotly succeeded.