The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-02 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Thomas Dawson • ;eryYOMiginiiT, said to be a shoe.
maker, was charged with stealing a watch from the person
of George: Bailey, a stoker at Truman and Hanbury's
brewery.
Between 9 and 10 on the previous evening, as the com-
plainant was leaving the Fenchurchetreet station of the
Blackwell Railway, where he had just before arrived by an
excursion train from Southend, he heard the bow of his
watch snap. He observed the prisoner run across the
road and try to escape in the crowd, but he followed
and overtook him, and charged him with stealing
his watch, which he denied ; but while they were
bolding an altercation on the subject, he noticed the pri-
soner, who tarried a eclat over his arm, under coverof which
be operated, truing to put something in the pocket of a man
standing close by, which was afterwards proved to be the
complainant's watch. The person into whose pocket he put
the and whom for a moment he exposed to the sus-
picion of baring an accomplice, was one George Green, •
poulterer in Billimpgate-market, a simple-looking man, who
happened to be at the station waiting the arrival of his boy
by the excursion train. The prisoner denied that he was
near Green at the time, but the complainant and
Green both deposed to the contrary. He refused
to date his address at first, but afterwards said he lived in
Bakers-tow, Whitechapel, which was verified on inquiry.
He oompied the first Boor of a house there with his wife
amid child. . . . .

Finding he was about to be convicted, the primucr im.
placed the court to deal with him summarily, but
Alderman Cubitt said he had determined to send him to
the Central Criminal Court for trial, and Mr. Goodman,
the chief clerk, intimated that watch robberies had of late
become so frequent in the City that the nagi.strates had
resolved to commit every person apprehended on such a
charge for triaL
Henry Seaniforfh, recently a confidential clerk in the em-
ployment of Mr. James Harrison a silk warehouseman in
Milk-street, Cheapside, surreaciered on a charge, twice
before remanded, of embezzling money from his master to
an amount variously estimated.; but on the application of
Mr. Lewis the younger, his solicitor, he was again remanded
until Tuesday, to admit of the examination of some dis-
puted 'mounts. In consequence, however, of certain alle-
'Mime made by Mr. Beard, the solicitor for the prosecu-
tion,
on as to the total sam which the pnruner is said to have
embezzled, the amount of his bail was doubled, and he

entered into re
in 1001. each.

In 2001. and two surctie;

VICTORIA STATION AND PIMLICO RAILWAY.

The report of the directors to the half-yearly
meeting to be held on Wednesday next state, that the rail.
way and bridge are now ready for public traffic, and that
the works of the Brighton Company's station are fad advan-
cing towards completion. Unforeseen circumstances in
connexion with the settlement of the station plane have
occasioned a longer delay in the opening than wee anticipated.
The share capital is, with the exception of • small amount,
paid up ; the debentures are being placed at 4i per cent.,
for periods of three years. The bill which was promoted in
the present session to authorise the amalgamation with the
Brighton Company, referred to in the last report, was,
upon the opposition of the Great Western and London,
Chatham, and Dover Companies, rejected by the committee
of the House of Commons. Under the Act of Incorpora-
tion, as the proprietors are aware, the Victoria Company
have an agreement with the London, Chatham, and
Dover Company for the payment by that company of car-
tate tolls for the use of the line and station for their traf-
fic, with • guaranteed minimum of 10,0001. per annum.
The directors have to announce that they have
since concluded a further arrangement with the
London, Chatham, and Dover and Great Western Com-
panies jointly—the terms of which they have now the
pleasure to lay before the shareholders,—namely :-1. The
Victoria Company to complete the railway, and provide ade-
quate station accommodation for the London, Chatham, and
Dover Company by the Ist of October next; to be either
temporary or permanent, until 1862. 2. The Victoria Com-
pony to provide • permanent station, by the Ist of April,
11462, for the London, Chatham, and Dover, and Great
Western Companies ; and to lease the same in perpetuity to
the two companies. 3 The total expenditure of the Vic-
toria Company upon the station accommodation, both tem-
perary and permanent, to be limited to 105,000/. 4. The
Victoria Company to appropriate and lease to the two com-
panies certain additional lands on the mat side of the
station. 5. The London, Chatham, and Dover Company to
have the nse of the line and station for their traffic, from
the let of October, 1860, to the let of April, 186`2, subject
to the Brighton agreement ; and the London, Chatham,
and Dover, and Great Western Companies to have the right
in perpetuity of using the railway free of tolls for their
traffic, subject to the Brighton agreement, and to clause 8.
6. The two companies to pay rent in lieu of tolls for the use
of the railway and station end additional land, at the fol-
lowing rates, namely:—For the period between the let of
October, 1860, and Ist of April, 1861, at the rate of 13,2601.
per annum ; from the lab of April, 1861, to the 31st of
March, 1862, 18,0001.; from the Ist of April, 1862, for one
year, 20,250/. ; from the Ist of April, 1863, for one year,
22,5001. ; from the Ist of April, 1864, for one year, 24,750/. ;
from the let of April, 1865, for one year, 27,0001.; from the
Ist of April, 1888, for one year, 29,250/ ; from the Ist of
April, 18b7, yearly in perpetuity, 32,0001. 7. The rent to
he payable half-yearly. 8. In OM the two companies shall
bring the traffic of the London and North Western Com-
pany into their station, the Victoria Company is to be en-
titled to the ...me tolls for that trafila as would be payable
by the Brighton Company to the Victoria Company in the
event of such traffic being admitted into the Brighton Corn-
pary's station. 9. The two companies to beer all expenses
of maintenance of the station, and pay all rates and taxes,
except peoperty tax. The expenses of maintaining the
line, and the rates and taxes thereon, to be paid in
fair proportions the several companies using the line
in the manner provided by the act of incorporation.
10. The expanse of this agreement, and of an art of parlia-
ment, if nxewry, to be borne in equal thirds by the three
companies. 11. The existing agreemeut with the London,
Chatham, and Dover Company to be annulled on this agree-
ment being earned out. An act of parliament will be re-
quired to confirm the agreement, and will be applied for
in the next erasion. From estimates on which the directors
can confidently rely, they are able to state that the total
expenditure in respect of which the above annual payments
will be receivable will not exceed 500,0001. Amounting that
the must proportion of debenture debt be borrowed at the
ordinary rate of such securities, %ties! natidactory divi-
dend will be realised for the share

• Estimated at a minimum of 5,000 i. per annum.