The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-13 00:00:00

SHERIFFS' COURT.

CLUTTERBUCK V. ROUT.
This was an action to recover 151. 2s. for goods sold and
delivered. The defendant had paid 71. I 1 s. into Court, in
full satisfaction of the demand, as he contended, and there-
upon issue was joined.
Verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed.
BEALE V. MAJOR C. ST. JOHN FANCOURT.
The plaintiff, a tradesman at No. 131, Bond-street,
brought his action to recover the sum of 3881. upon a bill

JOSEPH GLOSSOP'S BANRRUPTCY.

A meeting of the creditors under the fiat issued against
Joseph Glossop, late the lessee of the Victoria Theatre,
was held to-day for the further proof of debts, and the final
examination of the bankrupt.
Mr. LAWRENCE, on the part of the bankrupt, contended
that the balance sheet did credit to Mr. Glossop. It en-
tered into full details relative to his concerns with the Royal
Victoria and Strand Theatres. It appeared by these ac-
counts that the receipts of the Victoria for the twenty-five
weeks Mr. Glossop had it open, were 8,0461., and the ex-
penditure 5,515/., leaving a profit of 2,531/. The Strand
Theatre had not proved so fortunate a speculation, the re-
ceipts in the twelve weeks it was open having been 1,5171.
and the expenses 1,6721., showing a loss of 1551. The
balance sheet then stated the amounts paid by the bank-
rupt for the properties, &c., of the Royal Victoria, which,
with other items of expenses, made a considerable balance
against the estate, the properties, &c., having been sold at
a great sacrifice.
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Mr. Arnold said the creditors were not satisfied with the
sum of 639/. charged for the personal expenses of the bank-
rupt during the short time he had held the theatre.
Mr. Glossop explained that that sum included the amount
of his personal expenditure since he had obtained his cer-
tificate in March, 1834. He had, besides his own expenses,
to allow three guineas a week to his daughters. He had
heard it whispered that he was habituated to gambling. He
was upon his oath and declared that he never threw a die
in his life.

After some discussion the COMMISSIONER directed the
bankrupt to pass his final examination, and put the usual
questions to him.
The bankrupt declared his balance sheet contained a full
and true statement of his affairs.
The total debts and liabilities amount to 7,2601., and the
assets to 1,1311. Great loss was occasioned by the ex-
tremely low prices the property attached to the theatre had
realized compared with the outlay of the bankrupt.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Triumph to the liberties of England ! and eternal
honour to the men of York To the remotest corners
of the United Kingdom will be felt, by the lovers of
good government and order, a thrilling ecstasy at the
unprecedented majority of 2,197 on the first day's poll.
The most fanatic partisan of Toryism can no longer
delude himself with the idea that the existence of the
faction can be prolonged. Like the Manes in Virgil,
they may in future wander through the land and chaunt
afrimus:fuinzus over their by-gone days of corruption
and despotism. Ireland may well rejoice and exult in
the victory of her Secretary. Whether in regard_ to
population or its manufacturing and agricultural wealth,
Yorkshire may be regarded as the first county in Eng-
land : and the result of the election is the best gua-
rantee that the Reform Bill will not be suffered to re-
main a dead letter—that the great ends for which it
was designed will be carried into operation, in spite of
of every impediment which bribery, bigotry, and des-
potism can oppose to it. We may truly say—
" Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by the (sons) of York ;
'And all the clouds which loured upon the state
Deep in the bosom of the ocean buried."
(Morning Advertiser.)

We were enabled yesterday, by a combination of
means which may not always prove successful, how-
ever much they may deserve to be so, to supply to a
great portion of our readers, in a second edition, a
statement of the gross poll, not only of the numbers
and districts recorded in favour of Lord Morpeth, but
of those also who had shewn favour towards his rival,
Mr. Wortley ; and we trust that to-day, as yesterday,
we shall have not only the same satisfaction, but also
the proud pleasure of being enabled to furnish our
readers with a complete statement, at an earlier hour,
as on allformer occasions, than any of our contempo-
raries. For the diligence, the determination, and
expedition exercised by those whom we employed
for executing the express, in all its departments,
the greatest praise is due. The best account was lur-
nished at the earliest hour that it could, by almost any
possibility, have reached us, and published also nearly
an hour before it appeared in any other journal. With
the sole exception of The Sun, however, the evening
papers neither contained our report, nor gave us credit
for it ; and we are, in consequence, bound to tender
our best thanks to that journal for the justice which
has been done to our exertions, and the acknowledg-
ment which it has so handsomely made of them. We
trust that, in addition to the many triumphs of the
same kind which its spirited Editor has achieved, we
may have the satisfaction of recording many more, of
even greater brilliancy than it has done our establish-
ment the justice to acknowledge.—Morn. Advertiser.

'We understand that the news of Colonel Fox's in-
tention to vacate his seat, with the view of giving the
constituency of Stroud the opportunity, if they should
think fit, of electing Lord John Russell, was received
in that borough on Monday with the greatest en-
thusiasm. A meeting was hastily called together, at
which but one feeling showed itself, that of exultation
at the thought that the electors of their borough would
have the opportunity afforded them of proving their at-
tachment to the Champion of the Reform Bill, and
the long-tried and successful advocate of civil
and religious liberty—cif proving that (whatever
may be the case among the clods of De-
von) there has been no re-action among the Re-
formers of this populous and thriving community.
As Stroud is not only a new borough, but
also, in some respects, a new town, having been
greatly enlarged of late years, some of our 'readers,
perhaps, are not aware of the importance that fairly
attaches to the voice of its constituency. The fact is,
that the town of Stroud, which contains somewhere
about 5,000 inhabitants, is only the centre of a popu-
lous and extensive clothing district, of which the part
comprised within the limits of the borough, contains
a population exceeding 41,000 *souls (census 1831).
The Constituency consists of above 1,300 voters.
Our readers will see, therefore, the weight which is
due to the all but unanimous voices of such a Consti-
tuency as this, unstained as it is by any of the vices
of the old system of borough election, and composed
of wealthy, intelligent, educated, and respectable
men, engaged, for the most part, in one of our
most important staple branches of industry. The
opinion of such a Constituency infinitely outweighs
that of a rural and distant province like South
Devon ; and it is well, therefore, and wise in Lord
John Russell to appeal to such a tribunal for a rever-
sal of the sentence of the Devon majority; instead of
taking refuge (after the example of Sir R. Peel in
1829) in Tavistock, or Totnes, or Poole, or any
other of the small or less close and insignificant con-
stituencies, which no doubt were at his service. Lord
John when returned by the unbought, unpurchaseable
votes of the numerous and intelligent constituency of
Stroud, may look back without regret to his failure in
Devonshire, since it will have proved to him that in
those parts of the kingdom where he is personally
unknown, where his family and friends have no influ-
ence of property or otherwise, his reputation and the