The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-05 00:00:00

MARY LEBONT.

Donations.—Yesterday Mr. Mansllsid received the follow-
ing sums for the poor-box :—H. C., 10/. ; Mr. Yen Fans,
5/. ; S. L. (per heed and Co.), 5/. • L. E., 10a.; and IL, 6s.
J. T. has also sent ls. for the poliOesoastable New, of the
1) division, who lies in a dangerous condition, owing to a
moat brutal attack made upon him so long back m Septem-
ber last, by a navvy named Elvin.
Anne Willtanu,• Eli:a Btliott, and James Edwards,
were placed at the bar charged with having been concerned
in stealing a gold watch from the person of Mr. Lee, a gen-
tleman rending is Lodge-terrace, Lamdentown.
It was stated by Sergeant Holmes, 29 S, that Mr. Lee
was not present, neither was it likely that he would
come forward, as he was a commercial traveller, and knew
not when he might return from the country. He went off
by mil directly after he made the charge at the station.
Mr. Mansfield desired Holmes to state whit he knew of
the matter, and he said that between 1 and 2 on the same
morning Mr. Lee United the prisoners with some drink,
mid that soon after they left bin, he missed his watch. The
prisoners, who had left him, were subeupunitly taken into
custody, and the article was found ut the poseession of
Williams.

As there was no prosecutor in the case, and as the pri-
soners were not shown to have been in custody upon a
former occsaion, they were cautioned ea to their futon
career end discharged The unclaimed watch remains in
the hands of the police.
George Cur ~n and Robert LinothuAire, the eldest 17 and
the other only 13 years of age, were charged by Detective
Sergeant White, 16 D, under the foUowing circumstances:
The evidence went to show that on the previcus evening
the prisoners, from their known bad characters, were closely
watched by White, who at length saw them endeavour to
pull down some woollen comforters from the doorway of •
draper at lltt, High-strtet, near this court; he then took
them into custody.
In reply to the magistrate as to whether the prisoners
had ever been convicted, the officer said that they had been
Many times, awl that Gordon was a regular trainer of boys
much younger than hinieeU in the art of thieving.
Gordon was committed to hard labour in the House of
Correction for three months, and Lincolnshire wan re-
manded for • week, at the expiration of which period he
will, as it is understood, he sent toe reformatory for three
jean. _ _

Thernaa Jose', aged 16, was charged with haring been
concerned in stealing 16Ibs. weight of beef from the front
of the shop of Mr. Brown, butcher, Monster-street, Re-
gent's-park.
It was stated that another boy, who has escaped, stole
the meat and handed it over to the prisoner ; they both
made off as fast as they could, sod were pomood by a young
man named John White, who witnessed the theft, and by
whom prisoner was, after a sharp run. captured. In his pro-
gress along he threw the beef into the mad.
The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was committed for
triaL
LAMBETH.

Jean Baptiste Mathieu, one of the Frenchmen who bad
been in custody ona charge of being concerned with a coua•
tryman of his who called himself the Count de Nemours in
stealing from the "British Institute of Universal Genius,'
in Chatham•place, Peckham, several articles of furniture,
documents, and other property, alleged to belong to M.
Martin, a French gentleman, residing in Lanark-house,
Queen's-road, Peckham, applied, through an interpreter, to
the Hon. G. C. Norton for about 4!. in money, found on
him at the time of his apprehension.
Inspector Dann and Sergeant Hull, who had had the case
in hand, were in attendance at the time ; and Mr. Dann
informed his worship that, scoording to the wish expressed
by him on the last examination, that the whole of the cir-
cumstances of the case should be placed before the French
ambassador, he (Mr. Dunn) had laid a report of the case
before the commisehmers, and the particiukrs, he believed,
bad been forwarded to the French ambassador, agreeably to
Iris worship's wiles'.
Mr. Norton—Have you stated my object in writing to
the French authoritiee

Mr. Dann—What I stated, air, was that you considered
the institute was a swindling cowers got up for the purpose
of imposing on foreigners, sad being earned on by French-
men, the French authorities should be nude acquainted
with the facts, se that the French public should be put
upon its guard.
Mr. Norton—That is quite right ; but meant to have
said more, and that was that if say 4 the French rnanufac-