The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-28 00:00:00

LA nr INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Justices.)
ARFINAL Y. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY

COMPANY-APPEAL.
This was an appeal from a decree of Vice-Chancellor
Sir William Page Wood. The contention was whether
the appellant's representative of the late Mr. Aspinal,
railway contractor, assignee of Messrs. Sharp and Welsh,
railway contractors, were entitled to claim under the ori-
ginal contract with this company the expense and extra
cost of making a branch line of railway for the company at
Cooper's-bridge, Huddersfield.
Lord Justice Turner, and Lord Justice Knight Bruce
were of opinion that the appellant was entitled to the dif-
ference of the expense of the work certified as previously
executed by Messrs. Sharp and "Welsh, and the money re-
ceived by them for the execution of such work. And de-
creed accordingly, without costs to either party, except
costs of the original hearing in 1853, and such costs of the
items as are specified in the order on farther directions
which aro directed by that order to be paid to the plaintiff.
Mr. llardy's client will also have his costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—ROBBING AN AMERICAN
GENTLEMAN.—John Connolly, a violin player, was charged
with stealing a gold watch, of the value of £lO, the pro-
perty of an American gentleman, named John Hervey
Stinson, of 13, Alfred-place, Store-street.

Mr. Stinson said—l went into a night house, the King's
Head, Crown-street, about one this morning, and exposed
my watch, and the prisoner snapped it off and took it. I
was sober.

Millord, SO, said the prosecutor was not sober when he
took the prisoner at four o'clock.

Mr. Stinson—The constable was more drunk than I was.
Mr. Beadon—l've great doubts about that.
Mr. Stinson—He took my watch and went through a
little door, having handed the watch over the partition.
The Chief Clerk—Why did you not give the prisoner
into custody before four o'clock ?

Mr. Stinson—l don't think it's disreputable to be out at
that time.
Mr. Beadon, to the prosecutor—Why do you not answer
the question ?

Mr. Stinson—Well, he snapped it off like he might yours.
If you don't believe me you can have my address. I had
been knocking about for some time. The only thing Mr.
Bingham—

Mr. Beadon—My name is not Bingham.
Mr. Stinson—l've lost. my watch and I den't care much
about it. Did not you take it (addressing the prisoner).
The man is a coward and a perfect thief. I'm living on
my income.

Chief Clerk—You are a gentlemen, then.
Mr. Stinson—l'm hardly a gentleman, but I guess I am.
lam from Canada. Well, you can call me a gentleman
My watch cost 123 American dollars. I told the man that
I (lid net wish to make a fuss.

Mullord, 80 C, said—l took the prisoner into custody.
He said he had not got the watch, but if he was not
charged, he could get it, as he knew the person who had
it. He afterwards said he would rather suffer 10 years
than tell who had it. The prisoner had been charged with
a street robbery with violence.

In answer to Mr. Beadon, the prisoner said his real name
was Maddigan, and he wished to know whether the gentle-
man had not " boxed with some of the persons in the
house ?"

Mr. Stinson—Oh yes. I box with anybody.
The depositions having been read over, the prisoner was
committed for trial.

THAMES.

STREET ROBBERY.—EIiza Ware, a bloated-looking
woman, aged 35, and notorious for her disorderly conduct,
was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a
purse containing 9s. from the person of Mr. William West.
moat, a sawyer, of No. 17, Samuel•street, Limekouse-fields.
The prosecutor was on his way home at a late hour
last night, and was accosted by the prisoner, who
asked him to treat her with liquor, which he refused
to do, and endeavoured to get rid of her. She continued,
however, to walk alongside of him, until she found an op-
portunity of putting her hand in his pocket and abstracting
from it a purse containing 7s. and a florin, with which she
ran away. She was pursued and overtaken. In the course
of her flight she threw away the purse and money. A
police constable, No. 416 K, afterwards recovered both.
She pleaded guilty, and said she had a little baby to
maintain, and it was very ill.

Mr. Yardley—These street robberies by women are very
frequent indeed, and I cannot pass over this offence.
The prisoner—Oh, pray do, sir. I will never come here
again.

Mr. Yardley—l cannot pass it over, indeed. You have
committed a most impudent robbery. I sentence you to
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three calendar
months.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with Eng-
lish wheat, coastwise and by land carriage. Although the
attendance of millers was not to say numerous, the demand
for all kinds ruled steady, at fully Monday's advance in the
quotations.

Foreign wheat, the show of which was limited, was held
for more money. The business done, however, was trifling.
There was more inquiry for floating cargoes, at extreme
rates.

Batley, the supply of which was trifling, sold readily, at
very full prices.

There was a slight improvement in the malt trade, on

former terms.

Oats sold freely, at quite as much money as last week.
Beans and peas wore very firm in price.
The flour trade was steady.