The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-25 00:00:00

BELGII M.

BRUSSZLS, MAY 22.—The Paris Journals announce the ar-
rival in that capital of the Princess Isabella of Spain, from
Brussels, and add that she has been taken back to the Con-
vent, in the Rue de Sante, from which she eloped with Count
Gurowski. According to the Eclair of last evening, howe-
ver. her Royal Highness has arrived again in Brussels, in order
to be married here to Count Gurowski.

A Ghent Journal states that several manufacturing workmen,
with their wives and children, left that town on Monday for
Ostend, to embark for Mexico, where they are going to be em-
ployed in new factories.
On Wednesday last, at Namur, there was a sale of several fine
specimens of English cattle recently imported by the Belgian
Government, with a view to improving the native breeds.
Great interest was excited ; at the meeting the animals sold at
prices varying from 540 f. to 210 f. a head. _ _

BUYING A BARGAIN.—.A person calling himself Monsieur
Frederick Lemoine, of very elegant manners, made his appear-
ance a few days since at Bruges with a handsome horse and
smart tilbury. Being thoroughly conversant with everythingre-
lating to horses, the young gentleman quickly formed an ac-
quaintance with a number of sporting gentlemen ; the con-
versation naturally turned on the subject the most con-
genial to their tastes, and Monsieur Lemoine expressed a
wish to sell his turn-out for a moderate sum. A bargain was
forthwith concluded, and horse and tilbury became the pro-
perty of a military officer, who lost no time in paying down
on the nail sbofr. the sum demanded. As the objects were
worth at least 1,000 fr., the military man sold his bargain on
the following morning to a Monsieur G., and netted a hand-
some profit. Thus far all parties were perfectly content; but,
unfortunately for the officer, two days afterwards:a livery-stable
keeper rode into Bruges, at full speed, in search of the young
gentleman, and 1: then appeared that both horse and tilbury
were his property, having been hired for half a day by the
well-dressed swindler, who had directed his steps towards
Ostend, and thence to Dunkirk, for the purpose, it is supposed, of
avoiding any disagreeable questions which might possibly be
put to him. The affair will shortly be taken into a Court of
Law ; the livery-stable keeper claiming his property, and the
officer who loses, consequently, his 550 francs, threatens Mon-
s;eur G., as the final purchaser of the property, with an action
to make him fulfil the terms of his engagement.
The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel Soho
arrived from London yesterday at Antwerp, at a little before
twelve o'clock at noon, bringing forty-five passengervs4mong
• -
them the Hon. Mrs. Spiers.
Sir Hamilton Seymour will give a grand dinner on Monday,
in honour of the birth-day of the Queen of England.
A THREATENING LETTER.—On Wednesday last the police
paid a domiciliary visit to Monsieur Puttemans, a dealer in
articles of vertu residing in Rue Montagne de la Cour, begging
him to assist them in forwarding the ends of justice. Their
object was to ascertain whether an individual would present
himself to take possession of a bag of silver which Mr. Plet, a
watchmaker in the Rue de la Madeleine had been called upon
(under threats of hitrrible consequences in case of refusal) to de-
posit near a window in a passage leading to the Museum and which
separates the houses of the above-named tradesmen. The sum of
500 f. the sum reqaired in the threatening letter alluded to, was
accordingly placed in the window ; but no person made his ap-
pearance during the whole of the n;ght to seize the bag. How-
ever, on the following morning a youpg man was seen holding a
letter in his hand which he was reading, who suddenly took
away the bag, and was instantly taken into custody by the
officers. He described himself as a clerk in the employ of M.
Muquardt, a bookseller. On comparing his handwriting with
that of the letter received by M. Puttemans, they appeared to
resemble each other so much that he was committed to prison
to await his trial. He is about 18 years of age, and had been
in the service of M. Plet, the watchmaker.— British Gazette.

COURT HOUSE, WELLCLOSE-
_ SQUARE.

Before W. BAKER, Esq., Coroner, and a Special Jury.)
NICHOLLS V. THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY.

This was an inquiry to assess the amount of compen-
sation to be paid by the Company to the complainant,
who carried on an extensive business as a butcher, in
White Lion-street, Whitechapel, over which street the
railway passed.
Sir F. Pollock and Mr. James were for the claimant;
Sir W. Follett and Mr. Alexander for the Company.
Sir F. POLLOCK, in stating the case for the Jury, said
that this claim arose under the 51st section of the Act of
Parliament by which the Railway Company was incor-
porated, and which gave a right to all persons who were
possessed of houses or shops situate within 50 feet of the
line of railway, to claim of the Company to purchase
such houses and shops, provided a jury should find
that such property had been deteriorated by the con-
struction of the railway ; and further, that if the Jury
found in the affirmative, then that the Company were
compelled to purchase such property so deteriorated, at
an amount to be assessed by the Jury. The claimant,
up to the time of the construction of the railway, had
carried on hisbusiness of a butcher; since that period, the
street had been rendered impassable, and his trade,
which consisted chiefly in retail custom, had become ma-
terially diminished. The Learned Counsel went on to
state that the value of the house, independent of the
trade to which it was adapted, was also deteriorated by
the proximity of the railway, and that the noise proceed-
ing from the carriages traversing the line would detract
from its value if exposed for sale, and render the
house unfit fur a residence. The claimant was possessor
of an unexpired term of three years, under a lease
granted in 1829, and for this he claimed a sum of 601.
For the loss of good-will in his trade he claimed a fur-
ther sum of 4001., and for improvements and alterations
in his premises, 3001.
It appeared, from tha evidence of two surveyors
and many of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood,
that until very recently, when an alteration has taken
place by substituting wooden wheels for iron, and by
which the rope which draws the carriages is worked,
the noise was very great, and, as stated by the witnesses,
annoyed them very seriously in the occupation of their
houses, and many of them stated their opinion to be,
that the business and good-will of the claimant's trade
has been rendered almost valueless by the construction
of the railway.
Sir Wm. FOLLETT addressed the Jury on behalf of
the Company, and urged that this was a case of very
great importance, for that if the present claimant was
entitled to compensation upon the principle of his house
and shop being deteriorated, the Company would be de-
luged by claims from persons possessed of property within
the line, which they would be utterly incapable of resist-
ing. The Learned Counsel commented on the different
heads of claim, and contended that the claimant was not
entitled to any thing in respect of diminution of busi-
ness, and his claim in other respects was wholly
extravagant and absurd.
The CORONER, to whom the precept was di-
rected, (in consequence of one of the Sheriffs being in-
terested as a shareholder) summed up the evidence very
minutely, and the Jury having retired for about three
hours, returned a verdict—" That the property was de-
teriorated by the construction of the railway, and assessed
the value of the premises, the loss of good-will, and the
amount of fixtures and improvements, at the sum of 2501