The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-07 00:00:00

Baron Pennefather—W.hy do you not either pay the
debt, or answer the bill? Rebel—l do not dispute the
debt ; but I am totally unable to pay it, or to fee Counsel.
Baron Pennefather—Are you not able to pay 3/. 2d. ?
How much land have you ? Rebel Eighteen acres
and two roods ; and I have a large family. Baum
Pennefather—Do you owe any other debt? Rebel—
-1 do, my Lord. Baron Pennefather—And are all your
other creditors in the same situation as the plaintiff?
Rebel—They are, my Lord. The defendant was then
sworn to the truth of the above statement. He added,
that he was unable to pay the debt, and tendered his note
for it, which would not be taken ; that he had but 6d. in
the world when arrested, on the 11th of June last, and had
suffered severe illness in prison ever since. Baron Penne-
father—You must stand committed for the present, and it
shall be referred to the Chief Remembrancer to ascertain
whether by reason of poverty or inability you could not pay
the debt or answer the bill. The unfortunate man was
then removed. H.s appearance excited the commiseration
of the bar and the spectators in the court. 'What a melan-
eloly spectacle do these tithe prosecutions present ! We
see every day dragged from their homes and cast into gaol
the industrious and deserving father, whilst the widowed
mother, with her famished offspring, are left to mourn their
desolation in want and misery. The aged and infirm, the
poor and needy, the blind and halt, are paraded day after
day (as a Contemporary observes) "in long files, before a
disgusted auditory and a dignified bench, under the surveil-
lance of some ruffian or other, to purge their contempt,
the poor creatures being as ignorant of the import of the
words as they are of Sanscrit." The expense of these law
proceedings is very heavy. The Limerick Star says—" We
have now a bill, for the recovery of a few pounds, lying be-
fore us, of only eleven skins of parchment, the bare draw-
ing up and engrossing of which will eventually cost, not the
defendant, we are assured, but the plaintiff, about 231., and
to read which, or get a rough copy out of court, a solicitor
had to pay nearly 6/. The attorney charges by the sheet,
and so will not admit of more than twelve lines in his sheet,
or of six words in his line ; and, as he is not limited in his
matter or his eloquence, an average sized bill falls little
short of a small volume in its dimensions." We are glad
to perceive, by a reference to the columns of our contem-
porary, that the defendants of not less than twenty parishes
met on Tuesday at Knockany, to adopt measures for their
protection.

REPRESENTATION OF DUBLIN.-Mr. Fitzsimon, the
member for the county of Dublin, having been appointed
to the office of Accountant-Genera!, vacant by the death of
the late Mr. Boyd, the representation of Dublin is now va-
cant. The Dublin Evening Post says that the people
look to Colonel Henry White, and that he would walk
over the course.

THE CORPORATION : FREEMEN.—The Tory-condemned
Corporation of Dublin are making the best use of their
time in "creating freemen," with a view of swamping the
legal constituency. At the meeting of the Common Coun-
cil, yesterday, a batch of 109 were admitted, even without
vouchers ! This must be looked to.—Dublin Evening Post.

PHENOMENON IN THE ELBE.---During the va-
riable weather which we have bad lately, the following phe-
nomenon was observed in the Elbe, at Gluckstadt, and in
the Stoer at Stzehoel, and Heiligenstedten, viz., that the
water in the Elbe, without any ebb or flow, for ten or twelve
hours seemed, as it were, to have forgotten to rise and fall
as usual, and remained stationary, so that the ships lying at
anchor, which otherwise turn and change their positions
according to the direction of the tide, remained during the
above time motionless. If this is correct, we cannot ascribe
it merely to the degree of heat unusual at this season, but
perhaps to an earthquake in some remote region, as a simi-
lar phenomenon was observed at the same place on All
Saints' day in 1755, when the earthquake at Lisbon oe-
curred.—Lianihurg Paper.

Had the whole of the Legion been composed of
Irish, instead of losing nearly a thousand men at Vittoria,
we might not have lost a hundred. In spite of all their
hardships, the severity of the winter, the badness of rations,
the total want of pay, the Irish lived, throve, and grew fat.
as if in the midst of clover. Such are the advantages of
misery and starvation at home !—Twelve Months in the
British Legion.

Captain Fraissinet, commander of the Pharamond
steamer, just arrived at Marseilles from Civita Vecchia
and Leghorn, states he learned at Leghorn that at Naples,
between October 3d and 23d, there had been 273 cases of
cholera, and 161 deaths, and that the malady had ceased at
Ancona and its environs since October 15th.

An inquest was held on Thursday, at Osbaldwiek,
about a mile and a half from York, on the body of an old
woman, named Ann Clemislaaw, who was said to have died
from taking Morison's pills. After a lengthened investiga-
tion, the jury returned the following verdict :—" We find
that the deceased died from the immoderate taking of
Morison's pills."

Subsequently to the discovery of the human skeleton
in the Seven-dials, the parochial officers of. St,Giles's for-
warded the usual information to Mr. Stirling, the Coroner,
that an inquest might be held on the remains. Mr. Stir-
ling, however, did not consider himself authorised in pro-
ceeding- in the inquiry until it was ascertained whether the
remains could be satisfactorily accounted for. Very minute
inquiries were in consequence instituted, and the result has
been, that there is every reason to suppose that the skele-
ton is that of a man who, in 1807, murdered a woman
with whom he had cohabitated, and afterwards put a period
to his own existence, and who, in conformity with the then
existing law, was buried in a cross road.
On Sunday morning, as Colonel Thornton, of
Winstead Hall, was sitting at breakfast with his family, a
large hawk struck a bird immediately before the diniter-
room window ; its attention was next attracted by a bird
in a cage within the window, at which it darted with the
greatest impetuosity, breaking through a thick plate-glass
window, and falling exhausted on the carpet, where it was
easily secured and killed.—Hull Advertiser.
The Lord Mayor's Show, that annudi harvest of
the London thieves—especially of the " Swell-moo"—takes
place on Wednesday next. Persons who are compelled to
make their way on foot through the line of this antiquated
and stupid procession, are recommended to leave their
watches at home, and to take no more money with them
than may be absolutely necessary. At the same time they
will do well to bear in mind that. the most dangerous places
are the corners of streets, and Celt wherever a rush is made,
it is tea to one that the prigs aro at work. The proces-
sion will move from Guildhall on Wednesday morning at
half-past eleven o'clock, and go by the way of Newgate-
street, Skinner-street, and Farringdon-street to Blackfrars-
bridge. His Lordship will be accompanied by the frater-
nity of Plasterers, of which Company he is a member. It
is 'inderstood the procession will not, on this occasion, be
honour, ji with the presence of Gog and Magog.
Tooxn.
.HA RDY. AND THELWALL.—TIic Forty-
second Annivers,Jy of the Acquittals of Thomas Hardy,
John Horne Tooke, and John Thelwall, was celebrated on
Saturday evening by a vci,lie dinner, at Radley's Hotel,
Bridge-street, Blackfriars. A;:out 130 gentlemen sat down
to dinner, amongst whom were several Members of the
Common Council. William Henry Ashurst, Esq., filled
the Chair.
The following fires occurred during Saturday and
yesterday, but happily were in each instance attended with
no considerable danger. They may, however, serve as les-
sons of prudence :—At Mr. Giles's lamp-black manufactory,
Seward-street, Goswell-street-road, a fire occurred in the
process of manufacture, and destroyed about a hogshead of
lamp-black. The building was saved by the prompt atten-
dance of two engines from Farringdon-street.. This was
the third fire on the premises within a few months. There was
no insurance, the offices, from the risk, declining to execute
policies on such property, except at heavy premiums. At
Mr. C. 14. Meates's, oilman, 12, Parton-street, Haymarkelt,
a fire, occasioned by an escape and consequent explosion
of gas, caused some damage to the stock in the shop. At
Mr. T. Wooffe's, haberdasher, 21, Berwick-street, Sabo,
the careless placing of a candle caused a fire in the shop,
by which a slight injury was done to both the stock and
the building. A quantity of cotton-wool, saved from the
factory of Messrs. Hyde & Co., at the recent fire in the City-
road, and removed for temporary safety to the lofts and
stabling of Messrs. Eaton and Hickman, Cooper-street,
City-road, burst afresh into flames ; but the engines being
prompt in attendance, the fire was soon extinguished, and
the principal injury done was the breaking of the gates
and the tearing of the palings, by the eagerness of the
mob to get a sight.
The Plgtvell, Dumfries trader, in consequence of
the heavy gale, was driven on shore a complete wreck be-
tween Parton and Harrington, off Cumberland, on Friday
week. The Captain and crew perished. The Volunteer,
Keelv, hound from Cumberland to Port. St. Mary, was
wrecked on the same night at St. Bee's Head, and all
, hands perished.