The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-11 00:00:00

i.(, fterr, only one w,.-v for him,
and he determined to take it. He t iier:4ore got up
from* the piece where he was shetn.i lug, walked to
the edge of the quay, and jumped into the water.
This was all that he (prisoner) bad to scly. Such a
thing had never before passed in the drama of his
life, and he hoped that it would be a caution for the
future, for if he lived he would long remember it.
During the time the prisoner was making the above
statement the most breathless silence prevailed in
the oourt. Mr. Winn, the proprietor of the portable
theatre which has been exhibiting near theDrypool
Church since the Drypool Feast, was in the court.
He came forward and said that he had known the
prisoner for upwards of twentyyears, during which
period the prisoner had been under his management
in several portable theatres. In the whole of this
time ho had never known him commit an offence
similar to the one with which ho was now charged.
He had always been a steady and inoffensive man.
The witness also further stated that about a fort-
night ago the prisoner and his wife quarreled. In
consequence of this he took to drinking. His
wife left him and took away with her his wardrobe,
thus depriving him of the means of going on the
stage. The witness had several times sent for the
prisoner to return to his theatre, directing the
messengers to tell him that ho was quite agreeable
to take him on. The witness supposed that
through shame the prisoner declined an offer.
Whatever might be the cause, however, he did not
accept Mr. Wine's offer, and he (witness) was very
much astonished when on the previous night he
heard that the prisoner had attempted to commit
suicide. Ho could come to no other conclusion than
that he had been induced to commit the rash act
through want of food and through intoxicating
drink. Even at that moment he (witness) was
quite willing to take the prisoner back into his em-
ployment. His worship pointed out to the pri-
soner the folly of the course of conduct which he
had puroied. As the witness, however, had so
kindly (tome forward to speak for him, and had even
promised fee take him into his service, he should
discharge him. .A subscription was got up amongst
the attorneys and several gentlemen in court, his
worship also contribuOng, and upwards or lbs. were
placed in the hands of the prisoner, and he left the
court a happier and nu doubt a :Wiser man. His
worship also pr seated ss. to Beautyma.n, for the
promptitude and presence of mind which he had
shown in rescuing the prisoner from a shocking and
untimely end.

WATERSPOUT IN THE MORAY FIRTH.

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maariny's storm (says the Ban fshire Journal)
was accompanied in this itima-diate neighbouinood
by one of those splendid but no less terrific pheno-
mena rarely witnessed in these latitudes, namely,
a waterspout. This tarrible phenomenon was seen
in the Bai of Banff about 4 o'clock in the after-
noon, and presented a very magnificent and impos-
ing spectacle to those who had an opportunity of
witnessing it in all its furious grandeur. Iu noting
its progress, the phenomenon, as first it presented
itself to the eye of the beholders, would more pro-
perly be described as a whirlwind than a water •
spout. In the former shape it had its rise, in the
latter it had its fall. The wind was from the north
west, and strangely enough, though it blew a
perfect hurricane inshore, the sea was calm as a
lake. In the offing away to the right, in the as
yet unruffled portion of the bay, was a little boat,
from Macduff, with three men on board, quietly, to
all appearance, fishing for mackerel. Away to the
left, or to the 'windward, fitful squalls were sweep-
ing round the little promontory at Blackpots towards
the breakwater at the harbour, eddying about in
the intermediate bay, throwing up a wave here ant:
there, and lashing it into foam. In this way the
curious inshore hurricane continued with less or
more violence for nearly an hour, and the coast-
guardsmen were watching the squalls with consi-
derable anxiety, fearing lest at any moment they
should extend its playground a little further to
sea, and mayhap upset the mackerel boat. While
they were thus eagerly watching the peculiar
conduct of the warring elements, their atten-
tion was suddenly arrested by an object of a
still more peculiar nature away further to
windward. A violent whirlwind, scattering the
waves in its course, came sweeping along almost in
a direct line to the point of view, gathering up its
strength as it came. As the whirlwind approached,
it seemed to pause for a moment eff the station, as
if to concentrate all its energies in a last effort. At
that moment the water, gathered up by the whirl-
wind somewhat in the form of a cone, and lifted
higher and higher in the air, was borne straight up-
wards to the height of more than 50 feet above the
surface. Pursuing its easterly course, the huge ap-
parition swept forward tor a considerable distance,
till, just a little to the north-east of the bralrwater,
it burst. As if caught on " the Wings of the wind,"
the huge mass was borne aloft for some distance,
and then precipitated with great violence into the
v,sty fleep," whence ir, enle. The ,ff,et of the.
phenomenon is kiscri4t'il by blest: who wino- it
as something very graad „„ai
lately terrible ; for, had the ;iitic,f wh!riw;nd
--ded it elf in a Jcss en-live/lien; p!,o-A',
fit :lava hueu (tilt?lyivoc ic,oecn. bath
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