The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-30 00:00:00

SHERIFF'S COURT.-WEDNESDAY

THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE PAD-

DINGTON ESTATE V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD COM-

PAN Y.
The nature of this case was to assess the value of two leases,
held under an unreserved rent of 831. ss. per annum, with a
nominal fine of 2001. at the end of every b 0 years ; and also
to award the contingent damages that might result from any
buildings hereafter erected by the Great Western Railway
Company to the leaseholds in question, in consequence of the
event of the Company becoming freeholders of certain por-
tions of land, and thereby being freed from all restricted cove-
nants embraced in the said leases.
Mr. PLATT appeared for the claimants ; and Mr. Sergeant
WILDE on the part of the Railway Company.
After hearing evidence, the Jury retired for a few minutes,
and, calculating the extent of the land at 4 acres 35 perches
altogether, assessed its value to be 2,6571. 16s. 3d., being at
the rate of 311 years' purchase. For contingent injury, Is.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. Sergeant Adams.)

The Court sat this day for the purpose of hearing appeals.
DOWLING V. TILE JUSTICES OF WESTMINSTER.-This was
an appeal against a decision of the Justices of Westminster,
refusing to grant him a license for the Kent and Sussex Ta-
vern, in Jerinyn-street, St. James's.
After hearing Mr. BODKIN, on behalf of the appellant,
The COURT, without hearing Mr. CLARKSON for the respon-
dents, decided that it was a case in which it bad not the powcr
to interfere.
Several appeals against convictions by Magistrates were al-
lowed, the informers not having given the required notices.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

HA TTON- GARDEN.

James Haehet, John Gardiner, and Eliza Murnford were
placed at the bar, charged by William Jackson, engineer, of
Leather-lane, with the following daring outrage :
The prosecutor being sworn, stated that on Monday after-
noon last he was passing through Saffron-hill, when the pri-
soner Hacket threw a large stone at his head, which struck
him and nearly stunned him, on which he fell down, when the
other prisoners rushed upon him, and kicked and jumped upon
his body, and the female prisoner filled his eyes and mouth
with mud, to prevent his making any alarm. At length
policeman Hull, 220, G division, came to his assistance, and
apprehended the prisoners. after a desperate resistance. The
prisoners, he had no doubt; attacked him with the intention of
robbing him, as they were strangers to him, and he gave them
no provocation for such an outrage.
Hull stated that the prisoners belonged to a daring gang on
Saffron-hill, who were in the habit of stationing themselves
near Red Lion-court, and tripping up any respectable person
who happened to pass that way, and ill-using them in the stme
manner as the prosecutor.
Mr. WITHAM said that it was necessary to make an ex-
ample of such daring characters, and he convicted Hacket and
Gardiner in the extreme penalty of 51 each, or two months'
imprisonment ; and Mumford in the penalty of 31., or six
weeks' imprisonment ; and they were eventually taken to prison.

MARLBOROUGH- STREET.
AN OBSTACLE TO MAJESTY.—Mr. Moore, the proprietor of
the Windsor coach, was summoned by Ball, the keeper of a
private bar in Belgrave-square, for having committed a tress-
pass by driving his coach through the gate.
Mr. Moore said he had been directed to go that road by one
of her Majesty's pages, whose luggage he was conveying to
Windsor. He was sorry for having inadvertently committed
an offence, and he bad done all in his power to repair his
error ; but at the time, having one of her Majesty's pages
authority, and conceiving he was on the Queen's business, he
was under the impression that he bad a right to go through

the gate.
13:111, with en air of great importance, declared that of such
potency did he conceive the regulations to be, that were her
Majesty to present herself at his bar, even though she were in
her state carriage on state affairs, he should feel it to be his
duty not to allow her to pass.
Mr. DYER remarked that Mr. Moore had inadvertently been
led into a mistake, and therefore he should only inflict a no-
minal fine, with costs.
Catherine Leary, a Munster bog-beauty, with a black eye,
and Bridget Carabine, a Connaught lady, sworn enemies as
a matter of course, presented themselves before Mr. Dyer and
Mr. Hall to have an assault warrant settled.
I wint last Sunday to fetch a walk (began Mrs. Leary) wid
me two childer—one three months and nine days cold, in me
arms—and t'other two year and two wakes ould next Winsday,
houlding me tail. Mistress Carabine was at her own door,
and as I wiet by she pulled a face at me, and sung out " To
the divil wid all Munster," which I'd be ashamed to call a dog,
ycr honner. Never mind my country, says I, so long as there's
the sante power above for Connaught and Munster. It's a lie,
says she, you Irish rap, says she, betting me a crack that
knocked me fac© into a gore of blood. Then she bites me on
the arm—l can show me mark ; and kicks me on me knee—

I can show the bruize ; and thumps me on me lines—l can
show the place.
Mr. DYER—And did you not do anything at this time ?
Complainant—Not a hap'orth, your wurtchip, barring saving
me own life, that I mightn't be kilt again, as I was last
Winsday.
Mr. DYKR—You bear the charge. Mrs. Carabine?
Defendant—Fait an' I do ; but there's not a word of trute
wid her. She came to ma on Sunday wid a few halfpence in
her hand, and, says she, you're a good sowl, make this up the
price of a quartern of gin, and the blessing go wid ye. Is it
gin you mane, says I, shame to the likes ov ye to be axing me
for the money I want to get bread for me six childer. There's
a new shop opened, says she, at the corner of the street, and
if don't give a hansel for a quartern, I shant't have luck next
wake. I wouldn't consint, your wurtchip, bekase I never
drinks gin, all the world's me w itness, and then down she
tumbled, as she was quite drunk, and gave herself that black
eye by hitting the paving-stones a whack wid her head.
The complainant's sister, however, having corroborated the
charge of assault, the bench dropped a hint, which induced the
parties to come to a settlement together. The warrant having
been discharged, Mrs. Carabine joined her friends outside the
office, and in a tone of triumph called out " I've won the day.
Come over the way wid ye, and I'll trate ye all to a pint of gin."

NARY LEB ONE.
A GHOST.-Yesterday, William Fisk, a young man about
eighteen yews of age, who looked more like a " spirit of
health" than " goblin damned," was brought up in custody
and placed at the bar, charged with having played the part of
a ghost.
It appeared from the evidence, that about a fortnight ago,
as an old woman, named Sanson, was passing along Totten-
ham-court-road, she happened to look into the Tabernacle
burial-ground, and there espied what she conceived to be the
colossal figure of a man enveloped in a snow white sheet, with
blue flame issuing from his nostrils, and a long tail swinging
from the binder part of his person ; the rumour was rapidly
circulated, and in an incredibly short space of time it was
stated as a fact throughout the neighbourhood that the anti-
quated dame alluded to must have been deceived, and that the
object she beheld was nut sensible to feeling as to sight; in.
short, the rumour was that it was a ghost, and nothing but a
ghost ; crowds of persons consequently assembled after dusk,
in the hope of obtaining a glimpse of the spectral visitor, but
without having their curiosity gratified, but as the mob con.
tinned to congregate, to the annoyance of foot passengers,
extra policemen were placed on duty. On the previous night
(Tuesday), just as the "iron tongue of midnight bad toll'd
twelve," and more than 200 people had congregated around
the ground, the prisoner made a sudden exit over the iron rail-
ing into the street, and as it was imagined that he was the
ghost, be was given in charge and locked
In reply to the charge the prisoner said that be heard some
ladies say they had seen the ghost pop up and down between
the tombstones, and in order to satisfy himself of the fact he
got over into the ground—he then found it was all " gam-
mon," and consequently made his exit. He was held to bail
for his good behaviour for the next six months.