The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-18 00:00:00

IMPORTANT TO P ÜBLISHE RS

In the early part of December, Stowell, a common informer,
summoned several publishers of stamped periodicals living
in the district of the WVorship•street Office for having sold a
Journal, called the Cabinet, on the first and last pages of
which the names and places of abode of the printer and
publisher were not printed. It was contended, on the part
of the defendant, that though the letter of the Act had cot
been complied with, the spirit of it had, inasmuch as on the
last page the names had been printed. The objections,
however, of the defendants were overruled, and theywere se-
verally fined in the mitigated penalty of 51. The bench
suggested that if they spoke to the informer he might be in-
duced to waive the extreme penalty, and enter into a compro-
mise. Mr. Fielding, of Old-street-road, and two others,
did so, and paid the informer 11. 13s. each. Some of the de-
fendants would not enter into any sort of compromise.
Yesterday Mr. Fielding appeared before Mr. Codd (he,
notwithstanding the compromise, having had a distress war-
rant issued against him for non-payment of the 51., but which
he paid to avoid the distress being levied), accompanied by
Mr. Teague, Solicitor, of Aldermanbury, to know from the
Magistrate what he was to do. Mr. Bingley, of Featherstone-
street, St. Luke's, also attended, he having had his goods
seized, when

Mr. CODD said that be had no power to assist the defendant,
but ho felt satisfied that the fine would be remitted if the
proper authorities were memorialised.

Slr. TEAGUE said he attelided for the defendant, being
desirous to do all he could to relieve him from so hard and
obsolete an enactment. lie was informed that yesterday a
deputation from the newsvenders had waited on Lord John
Russell, to acquaint him of the hardships of the enactment,
and of the numerous convictions under it. In reply, his Lord-
ship stated that in the next Session of Parliament he would
introduce an Act to remedy the evils complained of by the
trade; and he added, that upon a conviction being properly
certified before him, on the presentation of a rr..emorial to that
effect, he would take measures to remit the penalty.
Mr. CODD expressed his pleasure at hearing of the course
taken by the Noble Lord, and he stated that he would be
glad to assist the defendant in obtaining the remission of the
penalty.
The defendant then withdrew.

ROB OF THE BOWL, A ROMANCE, OF THE
DAYS CF CHARLES 11., BY J. P. KENNEDY, EsQ,—The
author of this romance is an able man. He has fluency and
invention, and very nice judgment in perceiving the true
quality of things. He has chosen his subject well; made him-
self acquainted with the history and customs of the time, and
caught something of their spirit. The scene of the novel i 4
laid in Maryland, during the days of Charles the Second; and
the historical part turrs upon the rival factions of the Puritans
and Catholics. Maryland having been founded by the Ca-
tholic family of Baltimore, as a refuge for their own and all
other persecuted creeds; in return for which liberality the
Puritans fomented dissatisfaction and raised rebellion. The
characters are sketched with sprightliness, and with general
truth as regards the time and place. That of Cocklescraft
the Buccaneer is conceived with knowledge and developed
with truth. The idea of him may have been derived from
from " The Pirate;" but his character, unlike Scott's, is
maintained with consistency and keeping from first to last.
His coarse manners, his love of finery, the violence of his
passions, his incapacity of comprehending female delicacy—
believing to the last, that Alice can be made to like him if he
can but get her to himself—are all drawn with remarkable judg-
ment and metaphysical nicety. Nor is his ignorant miscon.
caption of her free-hearted father's hospitalities, and his rage
when, presuming oa them to make proposals of marriage, he
finds them somewhat scornfully .'efused, less skilful.—Spectator.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 15.--- M. Van Praet, Secretary
of the King, has set off fur London, with new instructions for 1
the Belgian Plenipotentiary at the Conference.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S—YEsTRADJy•
TEM DZRET.

There was a middling attendance this afternoon, and about
the average quantity of business transacted on Thursday gene-
rally. The fa%ourites remain in about the same degree of
favour as on Monday, the difference in the figures set against
each being slight. Flambeau, however, is evidently improv-
ing. The Lord Mayor is also a better favourite ; the same
may be said of Brother to Quo Minus (the Sontag colt),
whose friends took 50 to 1, and would have gone on had th,:re
been layers. The following were the prices at the close:-
12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Bay Middleton—taken
15 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau—take 16 to 1
17 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers—taken
17 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Bragh—taken
20 to 1 agA Lord Jersey's Ilderim
22 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Zimmerman—taken
23 to 1 agst Sir G. Ilsathcote's lot
28 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epidaurus—take 30 to 1
30 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's The Lord Mayor—taken and
afterwards offered
36 to 1 agst Mr: Batson's Brother to Plenipo—taken
40 to 1 asst Duke of Grafton's ;Ether (Pastille colt)—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Brother to Quo Minus—taken
50 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Kreml.n—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury—taken
2000 to 20 agst Mr. Dixon's Mountaineer—taken
2000 to 20 agst Captain Williamson's Melbourne—taken
15 to 1 agst Tros and Epidaurus—taken
21 to 1 agst Kremlin and Maria colt—taken
30 t 1 agst Delos and Meunier—taken
630 to 500 on Epidaurus agst Bulwark—taken
300 even between Epidaurus and Westonian—taken