The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA 1, NOVEMBER 11. 1810.

certainty of perpetual imprisonment :before him. So
much for the blessings and beauty of religious establish-
ments
PROM TIIE DAILY PAPERS OP YESTERDAY.
from the Globe. )
The election for the High Stewardship df the Uni-
versity of Cambridge begins to-morrow. The polling will
proceed from nine in the morning to four in the after
noon to-morrow and on Thursday, and commencing again
at eight on the morning of Friday, will close two hours
after, at ten. Where the Thole number of voters ap-
proaches 3,000-.--ivhere voters are scattered over all part s
of the United kingdom—where half the voters, at least,
cannot be expected to conquer indifference or aversion
to anything which savours of a political struggle, or to
subject themselves to the inconvenience of coming from
a distance, even though a candidate of unsullied cha-
racter calls upon them to fling away all but moral con•
siderations, and on moral grounds to give him their
support—under all these circumstances, we say, it is im-
possible to predict in the
of the contest. Bat if we
judge from the article the Times of this morning, we
should say that Lord Lyndhurst's friends expect a defeat.
The Chronicle has this morning reminded its readers
of Lord Lyttclfon"s general support of the Ministry,
and of his vote in favour of Lord Fitzwilliam's motion
on the Corn-laws. We trust that the Liberal Mem-
bers of the Senate did not need to be reminded of this,
and we confess that we very much prefer appeal-
ing to Liberals on those moral grounds on which we
understand that Lord Lyttelton has been proposed,
than to run a risk of offending his Lordship's conscien-
tious Conservative supporters by the introduction of po-
litical topics,irrelevantw ineh
to the question. The Times has, besides being political, are, to our
thinking,
the unblushing impudence to assert that Lord Lyttel-
ton " can now no longer hope to come out of the
struggle without defeat and without discredit." The
question of defeat we leave to be decided on
Friday. As for discredit, we would rather say with the
Chronicle that " the circumstances under which Lord
Lyttelton has been proposed, the eminence of his
opponent, the unanimity of his own College—Lord
Lyndhurst's College—in his favour, the support
which he has received from the most distinguished
members of all professions and of all parties,—that these
circumstances give to Lord Lyttelton a glory whose
brightness can neither be brightened by victory, nor
tarnished by defeat." Lord Lyndhurst must feel bit-
terly the injudicious kindness of his friends, who, while
he was enjoying a retirement at Baden, undisturbed by
political excitement, or the impulses of ambition, com-
mitted him to a contest with a young nobleman, with
whom to have contended (if we only consider their
respective positions), must take away all glory from his
victory, while no fresh sting can be imparted to his
defeat.

BOIV-STREET.

having fulfilled the condition, put the execution in force,
and the goods of the defendant were advertised to be
sold to-morrow, or next day, by the Sheriff of Somer.
setshire.
The Cowart could not interfere, but the parties who
enforced the execution, would do so at their peril.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Ivor.
NEW TRIAL VAPta.—ELLIOT P. KEMP.

Mr. Baron PARKE read 'over his notes of this trial,
from which it appeared that a Mrs, Lane died in 1832,
possessed of certain furniture, which the defendant,
who had married one of the daughters of the deceased,
sold off by public auction, and pocketed the proceeds.
There was another daughter left, who, some years after,
was married to the plaintiff, and then they made a de-
mand of half the proceeds of the sale of the furniture.
The demand was refused, and then the wife of the
plaintiff took out letters of administration, and then in
that character demanded the goods ; and, upon refusal
of the demand the present action of trover was com-
menced. The jury had found for the defendant, on the
ground that the plaintiff had not proved any actual pos-
session of the property in Mrs. Lane, the presumption
being that she had them as the administratrix of her
husband, who died in 1829.
Mr. HUMPHREY now showed cause against a rule for
a new trial.

The rule was supported by Mr. Sergeant BomPAs,
and Mr. R. GURNEY. .
The COURT, after a short consultation, said they
would take time to consider their judgment.

CONSISTORY CULTRT, Nor. 10.
(Before Dr. LUSHINGTON.)
RAKER AND OTHERS U. THOROGOOD.
The Registrar of the Court reported in this case,
which is a proceeding against John Thorogood for con-
tempt, the bill of costs at 161. 13s. Bd.
Her Majesty's Advocate, for the Churchwardens of
Chelmsford, contended that before the Court could re-
lease the party from imprisonment the costs must be
paid, and that this could not be superseded.
The Court, after a most minute examination of the
law, 3 and 4 Vic. cap. 93, decided that the words
" costs lawfully incurred, by reason of the custody and
contempt of the party," meant the costs incurred in the
Ecclesiastical Courts, and directed that when those
costs were paid, and likewise the amount of the rates
sued for, ss. 6d., in one case, and 3s. Bd. in the other,
John Thorogood should be discharge d from prison.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Eliza 11PClure and Ellen Elen, two elderly women,
were yesterday brought Mr. Twyford, charged with
breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Black-
burn, a cowkeeper, residing in Short's Gardens, Drury-
lane, and stealing therefrom a box containing a quantity
of money and other articles, his property.
It appeared from the evidence, that at four o'clock
in the morning the prosecutor, accompanied by his son,
a lad aged fourteen years, went to the cowhouse, and
the boy, returning about five o'clock, discovered that
the lock of the bed-room had been forced open, and the
box produced taken away. On going into the back-
yard, he saw the prisoners endeavouring to convey it
over the wall into the yard of the next house, where
they lived. An alarm being given, the prisoner M'Clure
made her escape by the hall-door, but was subsequently
apprehended by 73 F, from the description he had re-
ceived ; and the other prisoner was brought out of bed,
having let herself down by the wall, at the time she was
discovered assisting to convey the box away.
The prosecutor proved that he left the box safe in
the room when he went out on his business, and on re-
covering it he found that it had not been broken open,
or any of the money, consisting of 21. in silver, and a
great quantity of halfpence, with other property, re-
moved.

The prisoners denied
.the charge ; they were fully
committed for trial. _ _

John Vosper, 159 E division, was placed at the bar,
charged on suspicion with stealing a silk handkerchief,
the property of Fanny Roberts, 9, Chapel-place, Duke-
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
The Superintendent of the E division said that it
was necessary to state that the person making the
complaint had been charged with stealing two sacks of
oats, and was held to bail to appear at the next Ses-
sions at the Central Criminal Court.
The prosecutrix stated that her husband was ostler
to James Fowerthick, a cab-driver ; and on Friday,
being taken into custody, she left two silk handker-
chiefs in her room, where Eliza Thorndyke was staying.
On the following day she was brought before the Ma-
gistrate and discharged,on entering bail to appear again,
and on her return home the handkerchief was gone.
Mr. JARDINE—What was the nature of the charge
against you ? Witness—With receiving the oats that
had been left on the premises.
Mr. JAILDINE-Was any person committed for the
offence ? Witness—Yes, the carman, who was sent to
deliver the load at another place. .

Eliza Thorndyke, who had been taken into custody
on Saturday, proved that she left the hankerchief on
the end of the sofa, and having taken some breakfast
to the other prisoners, it was gone when she returned.
After being examined she was discharged, and during
her absence, the key of the room was delivered to the
prisoner.
Prisoner--Who was the person left in charge of the
room when you went with the breakfast ? W itness—
A person who was working for Thorndyke, the pri-
soner.

Constable Pocock proved that he delivered up the
keys to the prisoner, and although he resided in Chapel-
place, and was known to the prosecutor, ho never heard
of the circumstance for several days.
Mr. JARDINE said that in the course of his expe-
rience he never met with a complaint so utterly desti-
tute of foundation ; and as no particle of the evidence
went to establish the case against the constable, it
should be dismissed.