The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-02 00:00:00

ARBITRATION COURT.

On Saturday, t;intittlry into certain claims against the
South Western Railway Company was resumed in the Great
Rooms of the Horns Taw rn, Kenn ington, before Mr. Abbott,
Under Sheriff of the county of t'a: reit, and Mr, Wallington
as his assessor. The property about which the dispute as to
compensation arose is situated near Vauxhall Gardens, on
the line over which the South-Western Railway is to be
extended from the Nine Elms station to a point on the bank
of the Thames between Waterloo and Hungerford-bridges,
where the terminus station will be erected. The Attorney-
General,' Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Merewether, app^ared
fir the Company. Mr. Humphreys, Q.C., Mr. M. hambers,
Q.C., Mr. Bagley, Mr. Bramwell, and Mr. Lush, for
the claimants. The jury, when sworn, proceeded to view
the property of one of the claimants, Mr. G. Rigby, of 31,
Glasshouse-street, Vauxhall, lucifer match manufacturer.—
In their absence the claim of Mr. Magennis, a baker,residing
in Stokesterrac.• was mooted. They are leasehold premises.
The claim was 1;000,. The company had paid the sum of
2001. into court, and took possession under the Lends
Clauses Act. After some discussion the claimant agreed to
accept this amount —ln the case of Mr. Rigby, a demand of
4,5001. was originally made. The grounds for such com-
pensation were the folios ing ..—Thst the claimant made a
clear profit by his business, of from 1,6001. to 2,0001. a year.
That the late B 'ilding Act forbids the manufacture of any
Inciter matches within the bills of mortality, unless
in a house standing fifty feet clear upon all sides
of any other building : that such a site within
the bills of mortality would be most expensive;

and without, woold be inconvenient and almost use-
less. That the blocks for striking off his printed label*
would be useless end must he remit, and that the expense
of moving, &c., would be considerable. To sustain this ease
about 30 witnesses were examined. Some of them alleged
that the profits on the business were cent. per cent., sad
travellers were called who proved that the claimant had a
very extensive business. The company offered 1071., which
was declined.—On the other hand, the Attorney-General
established by documents and by the cross-examination
of the claimant's witnesses that the rent of the premises
in question was only 171. a year; that the claimant had
no banker, and no visible or tangible wealth; that his
books did not show for the year 1845 • gross receipt of more
than 4771. ; and be argued from these premises that the
claim was a most unreasonable one, particularly as the
claimant had only a lease of the place for three years, a year
and a half of which was expired. Under theme circumstances,
after a long and must ingenious speech, be called upon the
jury to reject the claimant's demand, and award that which
the company offered and no more.—The jury gave a unani-
mous verdict for 1071., the sum which the company originally
tendered.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-SATURDAT.

OLD COURT.

THE POROUSLY ON THE iiiiiiinoNESB OF QUEENS-
BERRY.— Villiers Pearce and Bridget Sullivan, who were
convicted on Friday, the former of forging the name of the
Marchioness of Queensberry to a check onMeurs.Coutts and
Co., the bankers, and the latter with having uttered the
same with a guilty knowledge, were brought up to receive
the judgment of the court, which had been postponed in
consequence of Pearce stating that several respectable per-
sons would give him a good character if an opportunity were
offered him of bringing them forward when called on in the
usual form. Pearce addressed the court at great length in
midgationof punishment,stating,among other things, that he
had been a midshipman in her Majesty's service; that he
had once filled several respectable and responsible situations,
among them was chief clerk at the post-office at Sydney,
where his conduct had given satisfaction to his employers;
that since his return to this country he had been a reporter
to the public press ; and in conclusion he implored the mercy
of the court on account of his family. He afterwards
begged that his sentence might be further postponed.—The
Lord Chief Baron, however, said he could not grant the
application, and, alter commenting upon the ingratitude he
had shown to the marchioness, who had been his bene-
factress, sentenced him to be transported for ten years, and
Bridget Sullivan to be imprisoned six months in the House
of Correction, and there kept to hard labour.—Pearce loudly
complained of the sentence, and was with some difficulty re-
moved from the dock.
Benjamin Lamdert, and Robert Greasy, were indicted for
as Henry Clement, and stealing from his person 91.
4s. in silver. It appeared that the prosecutor is one of the
toll collectors at a turnpike in Fulham—that on the day of
Wednesday, the 7th inst., he was going towards Kensington,
vri.h the above money in his dress coat pocket, contained in
two canvass bags ; that on the road he was w.ivlaid by the
prisoners and three other men, who knocked him down and
took the property from him.—The jury returned a verdict of
Guilty, and a certificate of a former conviction of Greasy
was put in and read.—The Court then sentenced each of
them to be transported for fifteen years.
NEW UN: RE.
WHOLESALE PLENUM—George Stoddert, aged 24,
pleaded guilty to three indictments, charging him with
stesliug money to the amount of 1381. Os. Ild., and goods
to the value of 1701., in all making 3081. Os. Ild., the pro-
perty of Mr. David le Boutillier, his master. Part of the
property was recovered, but the prosecutor said he was still
a loser to a great amount, and, in fact, could not tell to
what extent the robbery was carried on.—Sentenced to trans-
portation for seven years.
A DEAR PENNYWORTH.—Jeremiah Delmont was in-
dicted for committing an assault on, and stealing a pocket-
handkerchief, value Id., from, Patrick M'Gougle. The evi-
dence went to prove that the prosecutor was followed by the
prisoner, who very clumsily picked his pocket. The prose-
cutor turned round and accused him of the theft, for doing
which the prisoner assaulted him. Ile was found guilty, as
he was well known.—The Common Serjeant sentenced him
to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
A HALFPENNY CH AEG E.—Honora Murphy, a middle-aged
woman, was indicted for stealing one halfpenny, the pro-
perty of James Moorhouse, her master. —The prisoner in
this case was a milk woman, and the charge against her
consisted of selling milk and applying the money to her own
purposes, instead of rendering a proper account of it to her
master. The jury retired for a few minutes, and then returned
a verdict of Aut qualy.--She was then charged on a second
indictment of a like nature and Acquitted,