The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-09 00:00:00

VVEN !NG SUN-.

CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ;

PEYTON V. HUG/lES-
In this case, which had been partly heard on Satur-
illtY, the ar,rum, ents were resumed this morning, and had
not concluded when we went to press.

VICE Cu ANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
Ili§ Honour was engaged all the inorning in' hearing
hlonons and short causes, none of which wero of any
Public, interest.

BANKRU PTCY.-(TH IS DAY.)
No public business was entered upon to-day, the Court
tieing occupied in auditing the accounts of Thos. Arnold
Ww. Bell, booksellers, both of Paternoster-row.

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GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Two cab-owners having been placed at the bar before
lir. Alderman Humphrey, charged with furious driving
on Blickfriars-bridge, and the offence proved against
thein
The worthy AiDERMAN observed, that a few days ago
an unfortunate individual had been crippled for life by
the recklessness 'of persons like the prisoners,
near the Elephant and Castle, and no punishment
which he as a Magistrate could inflict, would sufficiently
lerYe to prevent the recurrence of similar accidents. He
should therefore inflict a fine of 3/. upon each of the
Prisoners, and in default of payment a term of imprison-
nuont for two months—notice of this conviction to be
given at the Licensing-office.

BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
William Taversham and Thomas Lee, who, we be-
lieve, was formerly a comedian of some note, were this
Co
• rning placed before Mr. Jardine, charged with ern-
newslement, under the following circumstances
Burgess appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Tolfe and Mr. Pearson appeared for the prisoners.
Mr. Eliason deposed that he was the sole lessee of
Drury-lane Theatre. The prisoners were employed by
film as check and money-takers. From information he
received he made an application to the police respecting
the prisoners. Told Grunson, the person from whom he
received the information, to act upon the directions of
Inspector Chalk.
Sergeant Chalk, superintendant of the police division,
and stationed at Drury-lane Theatre, stated that he had
the management of._ the police stationed at Drury-lane.
hat on Thursday last saw Mr. Eliason, who told
him he had received information which lea him to suspect
the prisoners. In consequence of this I .told Grunson,
One of the check-takers, to mark a certain number of
checks, and send them down to the money-taker, and to
e_tlkke the numbers, marking any money he might. receive
'rota the money-taker. When this was done, pri-
soner gave the witness a signal, and the
witness took the prisoner Loe into custody. The
Witness here produced a number of checks found
an the prisoner, and also a purse, in which was ss. 6d.,
'Part of which was marked.
William Hall, 48 A division, stated that he was an
officer ou duty at Drury Lane Theatre ; from instruc-
tion he received from the last witness took the
pri-
nner Taversham into custody. Searched the prisoner and
found 6s. 7d. upon him, one of the shillings was marked.
Grunson stated that he was a check-taker at
Drury-lane Theatre. The beginning of last week the
Prisoner came to him, and said " I owe you 10s. ; here
it iB." Witness answered, " You owe me nothing," and
Would not receive the money. In consequence of this
witness communicated what had passed to Mr. Eliason,
And told him that he thought he was being defrauded
,
,`,° a considerable amount. Mr. Eliason then directed
the witness to take any money that was offered to him,
44 to fall into the plans of the prisoner," until he re-
ceived further orders. On Thursday last he received 255.
On Monday, Lee the money-taker, asked the wit-
bess why he did not do something for him ?
ZYing "we ought to have had 15s. each that night."
f itness did not know what he meant, but did not ask
I°r any explanation. The prisoner Faversham directed
him how to act, which was, when checks were sold by
the prisoner Lee, the money taken below, instead of put-
ting them into a box, as was the custom, and from
which they could not be extracted without the
knowledge of the check-inspector, the witness was to
'end some down again, in order to have them resold, and
the Produce was to be divided between the three. The
'witness then sent down five checks by Faver-
6hant, which were marked. On Thursday the witness
lent down ten more checks, and the money that was re-
etVved from them was divided between the witness and
he.Ltwo prisoners. On Thursday the prisoner Lee said
berPed the witness would be more liberal than he was
thf", having only sent five checks down. The station of
u ", witness was P. S. dress circle, and he received
t? to Thursday 2/. Is. as his share. This was without
e share of the first five checks. On Saturday Mr. Elia-
80a requested witness to mark the checks, and lie
'narked six. Two of these he received back again
as resold, and he then called the officer ,and gave
them to him. The checks produced are the same checks.
Lee was not present at any time when the money was
transferred to the witness.
Cross-examined.—Has only been connected with
Drury-lane Theatre since its recent opening. lam
officer at the Royal Academy of Music.
Several other witnesses were then called who. had
Marked money, and, paid for checks with it to the prisoner
Lee.
The prisoners said nothing in their defence, and they
were committed for trial.
Me. Burgess stated *to the Magsstrate that Mr. Elia-
son had reason to suspect that he had been robbed to the
amount of 501. a week.
[We think it right to notice that our Reporter, not
being able to catch the name of one of the prisoners,
',vent into the charge-room for the purpose of ascertain-
ing it, when a police-officer, who takes the charges, in
wto most insolent manner asked " What it was to him ?
----they wanted no newspapers there," although the re-
quest was made as civilly as possible. We understand
the officer's name is Musgrove, an Inspector.]

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THE WEATHER.—NooN, AuGusT o.
noYA.L GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer ................. 29.67 In.
Thermometer... 69 I Highest ......•• 71 j Lowest ...... 52
Wind N.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

1G EN CE.

UNIVERSITY INTELL.
OXFORD, Auc. 6.—The Rev. John Pendrill, 8.A., of
St. John's College, has been licensed by the Lord Bishop
"London to the British chaplaincy at Ghent.
On Thursday se'nnight, the Rev. William Edward
131°11y B.D. of Exeter College, was collated by the Lord
ishop of Salisbury, to te honorary prebend or canonry
cif Grimsten and Yetmihnster, anciently founded in the
Cathedral Church of Sarum. ,
The Rev. James Buller Kitson, B.A„ late of Exeter
College, has been instituted to the vicarage of Pelynt,
Cornwall, void by the death of the Rev. H. T. Dyke ;
patron, James Wentworth Buller, Esq.
The Rev. Charles Joseph Penny, KA., of Queen's
College, has been presented by the Lord Bishop of Wor-
cester to the perpetual curacy of Robbenhall, Warwick-
ahire,
The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph has presented the Rev.
"(41n Hughes to the rectory of Nanerch, Fiintshire.
The Earl of Digby has presented the Rev. Dr. Lyon,
}lead Master of the King's School, Sherborne, to the rec-
t(lrY of Bishops Caundle, Dorsetshire.

THE " LADY THIEF'. AT LINCOT.N.—•.
Was anticipated and predicted, the " lady thief" has been
Permitted to escape ; she has quitted Lincoln, it is
Stated. Several fresh cases of daring theft on her part
are now freely spoken of, showing whatever place she
visited she plundered if possible—taking jewellery, fancy
w°nis, or anything portable that came in her way. Many
tradesmen have missed articles of great value. During
the latter part of last week the lady called several times
at the shops from which she was positively known to
have stolen, to endeavour to compromise matters by
Paying for the goods. One party refused until she had
not only returned all they had seen her take, but every-
thing she had taken ; she went away, returned, and de-
livered up a bundle of fancy. wools and worsteds. Not
content with compounding crime (an indictable offence,
by-the-bye), and defeating justice to the public, parties
are framing excuses for the thief worth 400/. a-year.
lier disorder is tenderly ascribed to a morbid and irre-
pressible propensity, or monomania. And it is sought
to palliate her offence by the representation that she did
not intend harm, in taking what belonged to others.—
Lincoln Mercury.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On
Thursday morning(29th ult.), about nine o'clock, the in-
habitants of Langrove-common, in the parish of Llan-
garren, in this county, were alarmed by the cries' of
" Murder," proceeding from the cottage of Jonathan
Stroin a shoemaker, aged 52. He had been a
_sick
cripple, and confined to his cottage between five and six
Years, and latterly had been in an excited state of mind.
The cries of murder were made by his wife, Ann
Strong, who was found leaning against the
fu
cottage doolr,
fainting, with her throat cut, and bleeding prse y.
She subsequently stated, that her husband, on coming
tlewn stairs to breakfast, asked her how she
Iv"- She answered, " Very poorly:" He then
produced a razor, and said, " This will make
You better," threw her across the table, and begin-
Iling at the fleshy part of the neck, which he cut to the
'Vine, drew the razor across her throat. In the scuffle
-for life she pushed her hand to her throat, and thus
Saved the main blood-vessel, two of her fingers being
cut to the bone. On her escaping from him to the door
of the cottage, he inflicted a deep wound across his own
. throat, which reached into the back of his mouth.
Surgical aid was immediately procured, and Mr. Millard
found them both faint from the loss of blood. He took
uP six or eight blood-vessels in each throat. As the
man appeared still bent on self-destruction, he, with the
Sanction of Jonathan Strong's family, left him under re-
straint. His wife was removed to her son's cottage, a
few yards from her husband's. At. eight in the evening
they w ere both alive, but there is little hope of their re-
euverY.—Hereford Paper.
DUCROW AT TILE SURREY.—We are heartily
glad to see that Messrs. Davidge and Jones, the cnter-
prising managers of the Surrey Theatre, have entered
into an engagement with Mr. Ducrow, who, with his
equestrian feats and fine stud of' forty horses, is destined
leis re-appear before the public at this teare to-nigh in
own original and splendid spectacle oft
Mazeppu.t, In
order to construct a sufficiently large circle for these
equestrian exhibitions, Messrs. Davidge and Jones have
been at very great expdnse in constructing a new and
"'melt more capacious circle, upon the base ,of the ori-
ginal one, known some years back as the Royal Circus,
besides, at a large outlay, forming moveable platforms,
Which shift by machinery for the express dramas. Ma-
dame Ducrow, as well as Le Petit Ducrow, enhance the
equestrian performances, all which are in addition to the
Original corps and resources of the theatre. Taking such
obvious pains to administer to the pleasure of the public,
the efforts of the spirited propri@t9F! eaqic4 fail W en-
sue to themselves success.