The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-03 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Yesterday Thomas Harvey and William Lawrence,
two respectable-looking young men, were brought
before Mr. Seeker, charged with attempting to pick
pockets on Newington-causeway.
Policeman Lane, M division, stated that on Satur-
day night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, as he
was on duty on Newington-causeway, he saw the
two prisoners together, and, being in the rear, he
saw one of them (Lawrence) lift up the
,tail of a
gentleman's coat and thrust his hand into the pocket.
The two prisoners then walked forward, when he
(the policeman) went up and inquired of the gentle-
man whether he had lost anything, and he replied
that he had not. He (the policeman) then walked
after the prisoners, and again saw one of them try
another gentleman's pocket, and upon finding they
were watched, they hurried along and went into a
hootmaker's shop, and one of them called " Police."
He (policeman) went up to the shop, and, having
communicated his suspicions to the prisoners, they
both ran away, but were pursued and taken into
custody. On being searched, money to the amount
of between 21. and 31. was found in the prisoners'
possession.

In the policeman's cross-examination by Mr. Binns,
on behalf of the accused, he said that the left-hand
side of Newington-causeway from London-bridge
was an exceedingly crowded thoroughfare. On
Saturday night, however, there were but few persons
about there, and he could not ho mistaken in the iden-
tity of the prisoners, as his brother constable saw
them act in the manner described as well as he did.
It was between liorsemonger-lane and the Sessions-
house that the prisoners attempted to pick pockets.
Francis Hough, another policeman of the same
division, corroborated the above evidence in all its
chief points.

A ihopman in the employment of Mr. Dutton,
boot and shoemaker, gave evidence as to the prisoners
corning into the shop, and stating that they had
been followed by two men, from whom they feared
some injury.

Mr. Binns, on the part of the prisoners, stated that
they were both respectable young men, and that a
mistake had been committed by the policemen • Law-
rence bad been in the employment of a plumber and
glazier for the last five years, and the other pri-
soner, who had just come from Scotland, was in the
same employment. He then called several respect-
able persons, who gave the prisoners an excellent
character.

Mr. SECHER said he had no reason to doubt the
evidence given by the policemen, but the accused had
unquestionably good characters up to the period of
the present charge, and he should give them the be-
nefit of them.

They were accordingly ordered to be discharged,
and left the court with their friends.

REPRESENTATION OF THE UNI

VERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 2.—The deputation which took its
departure hence on Saturday, in order to present a re-
quisition to Mr. Walpole, has returned here without
effecting the purpose of their mission. On their arrival
in London they found a letter from Mr. Walpole await-
ing them, expressing his deep regret that he should be
unable to receive them that day, as his presence was ab-
solutely required elsewhere.
At a meeting holden at Jesus College this day there
were twenty-five Conservative members of the Senate
present; the Master of Jesus (Professor Corrie) occupied
the chair. The above result was communicated, and it
was determined that the Rev. W. 11. Stoke;, M.A., of
Caius College, and the Rev. W. Bonner Hopkins, M.A..
of Caius College, be requested to take charge of and
wait upon Mr. Walpole with the requisition. These gen•
tlemen according take their departure this evening, but
as they have to proceed as far as Mr. Walpole's resi-
dence, in the neighbourhood of Epsom, the result will
not be known here before Tuesday evening or Wednes-
day. The deputation are further empowered, in the
event of Mr. Walpole's acquiescence with the wishes of
the requisitionists, to wait upon Mr. Cowling, and en-
deavour to induce that gentleman to withdraw from the
contest. At any rate those present abstain from all pro-
miie of their votes until a definitive answer be received
from Mr. Walpole. Mr. Cowling's friends here are in
the meantime most actively engaged in making arrange-
ments for his election under any circumstances, their
head quarters being the Combination-room of St. John's.
Mr. Macaulay having been requested by the Liberals to
allow himself to be put in nomination, has positively de-
clined, and the more influential members of the party do
not seem inclined to disturb the quiet of the University
by proposing any one else; the Conservatives, however,
appeared inclined to do this without any aid from the
other party. The requisition to Mr. Walpole, and the
names attached to it, will be published after presenta-
tion, whatever that gentleman's determination may be.

Hiram Power's marble statue of Eve, which it will
be remembered was lost in the vessel in which it was em-
barked for shipment to America, has, we rejoice to say, been
recovered, anti is now on its pedestal in New York. As a
set-off against this comforting intelligence, the sculptor has
had to endure another calamity by shipwreck; his marble
statue of Calhoun, commissioned by the Senate, was also
shipwrecked off the entrance to the harbour of New York.
The shippers, however, had the precaution to pack it in huge
enclosures of timber - so huge as to be sufficient to float the
statue ; there are, consequently, hopes of this work being
also recovered.—Art Journal.
On Saturday Mr. William Payne hulrl an inqurst
in the Queen's Prism, on the body of Mr. Johnllardy Hollo-
way, aged 39. a p-isoeer therein. The evidence proved that
the deceased was an attorney, and, having fallen into difli-
cultie%, he bad been an inmate of the gaol upwards of three
years. Previous to his apprehension he suffered from disease
-of the liver, `!.nd soon afterwards he was seized with a vomit-
ing of blood. From. that period he had been attended by
Mr. Hooper, the prison surgeon, and also by Dr Roberts, of
New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and under their treatment
lie seeme to recover
night, how-
materially. On Saturday
ever very alarm!ng symptoms set in, and, 'fter lingering
till Wednesday night, he expired from suffocation, Owing to
a rupture of one of the large vessels of the lungs. The jury
returned a verdict of " Natural Death, from a rupture of a
blood vessel of the lungs."