The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-22 00:00:00

THE QUEEN V. LORD CHURCHILL:

Sir W. FOLLETT moved for a rule nisi to set aside an
order obtained by the Attorney-General to change the
venue in this case from Oxfordshire to Herefordshire.
This is to bo a trial at bar, the lands in dispute lie in Ox-
fordsh:re, and the quesion is, from what county the jury
should conic. The Attorney-G.:neral had obtained the
rule absolute in the first instance as part of the pre-
rogative of the Crown, to lay the venue in any
county it pleased. The Learned Counsel now
contended that there was no precedent for such
an extension of the prerogative of the Cron n, and tl.e
Court would ri,,t in these days favotir any attempt for such
a purpose. The Crown had a right to try in the Exche-
quer or any other Court, and could as a matter of right
demand a trial at bar; but there was no authority for say-
ing that it. had a right to have a Jury from any other
county than that in which the lands in dispute were situ-
ated.—.. Rule granted.

ELECTLON FOR THE OFFICE OF
tRIDGEMASTER. •

The following pithy article on the result of the late con-
test, is copied fiom our Contemporary. the Morning Ad-
vertiser. We know little more about the two candidates,
than that they are both respectable men ; and we are con-
fident that Mr. Gibbs would be the last man to retain an
office obtained according to very current report, and to one
or two undisputed facts, by such unfair means :
" The eltction for Bridgernaster terminated yesterday
in favour of Mr. Gibbs, and against Mr. Ledger. It
was all but apparent that such would be the result,
from the bribery, corruption, and perjury employed
upon the occasion; but although elected by numbers,
Mr. Gibbs has no more right to the place than the
Emperor of China, who knows nothing about the
matter. Two men arc already in prison upon charges of
perjury which they have confessed, and 500 more, if we
are not misinformed, are nearly in the same predicament.
Their votes, at least, must be struck °iron a scrutiny, and
we now put it to the Lord Mayor whether he will disgrace
his own private character as a gentleman, or his high and
important office as Lord Mayor, by swearing in a success-
ful candidate whose success has resulted from the employ-
ment of the foulest means? We believe that he is incapable of
deteriorating his character either in the one or in the other
respect. His plain course is to withhold his sanction, so
that the matter may be thorougly sifted. By doing so he
will please both parties, if they are honest and sincere.
" A protest, if we are rightly informed, will be lodged
with him to morrow, as well as a requisition for a special
Court of Common Council. We trust, for his own sake,
that he will listen to the one and grant the other."

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JAMES SMITH'S " COMIC MISCELLANIES,
LETTERS, AND MEmorns."—lndependently of the great
amusement to be found in this work, the result of the au-
thor's own genius, perhaps no production has ever appeared
in which a greater number of persons figured, eminent for
wit, beauty, accomplishments, and eccentricities. Among
o!hcrs will be found Lady Bles:ington, Lord Byron,
Countess Guiecioli. Thomas Moore, Lady Harrington, Ro-
gers, Maria Edgeworth, Count D'Orsay, Miss Torre
Holme, Sir Walter Scott, Theodore Hook, Miss Pope,
Sir E. L. Bulwer, Mrs. Somerville, Lord AbinAcr, Lord
Hertford, Mrs. Llne Fox. Professor Wilson, Jack Bannis-
ter, Mrs. Austin, Miss Kelly, Charles Lamb, Lockhart,
Southey, Miss O'Neil, Miss FArren, Charles Mathews,
Mrs. Jordan, Miss Foote, K'J'r n, Charley Young, John
Wilson Croker, Madame Vcstris, Miss Paton, Signor
Garcia, Mrs. Siddons, &c.
EFFECTS OF THE THAW.--'!'he COUlltry
papers received in town to-day Iring lamentable accounts
of the fatal and devaqating effects produced by the sud-
den thaw. Scarcely any part of the country has enjoyed
immunity from inundation, while whole districts, east,
north, south, and west, have been laid under water. The
destruction to life and property has been great. Similar
distressing accounts are received from France, the Nether..
lands, and many other places on the Continent.
his l..aorning, between
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nine and ten o'clock, a respectable married woman named,
Hrxriet Burrows, who resided at No. 6, Flask-row, Pirn-
was accidently burnt to death under the following
distressing clrcuaistances, appeared that the deceased
was engaged shout r;ocr,e cu!in&ry operatien near tile fire,
when her ilpYoll igeiied and in Lil instant her clothes were
all in !Lai: ; every assistance- via promptly rendered but
without effect, as site was in a few minutes burnt to death.
The body is at the house awaiting an lapost,