The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-31 00:00:00

PATERSON V. THOMAS.

This action was brought by the owner of a wherry against
the proprietor of a fishing-smack, for the loss of his boat with
its gear, run down by the smack en the night of the 31st of
December last.
It appeared that the wherry, on the night in question, was
lying ui the Lone Reach of the Thames,lashed to a vessel, and
with the plaintiff's apprentice placed tO,• guard her. The. de.,
fendant's smack, in 5 moonlight night, bore down on her, and
cut her in poi& ; while the lad caught hold of a rope from .the-
smack, and was vtved by beink,faken into the ve,sel. The'
usual conttadietory evidence as to which vereel wan in ikult was'
offered for the respective parties: and,'in,the•end, the Jury re-'
turned a verdict for the plaintitf—Damages-Pn. . •
It was announced that the Loßp Cativ;v4kgsTicx would,
nut sit at Nisi Privatill Thursday, .but ate inter-
val with the other Judges in the Grand Jury -Room, to hear ar-
guments on writs of error from the Common Pleas ; a case of
nui,ance from the Northern Circuit, " The Eing v. Russell .;".
and London and 'Middlesex new trials.

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LISBON GAZETTES.

LISBON, 0cT.10.--(OFFICIAL PART.)
MIIPARTMINT OF THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.

PUBLIC WORKS.

in the tables extracted from the statement of
the public expenditure, under the head of public
works in the course of 1824, we see in the dearest
manner the useful and judicious application of
the sum of 523,359,513 reis expended on public
-works in that Yeiic The sum of 308,372,928 reis
was issued from the Royal Treasury, and
'214,986,585 from the Public Treasury. This
'large sum was employed in the construction of
152 works, as well i-n Lisbon as in the several
provinces of the Kingdom ; a great part of them
being finished, and others being continued during
the present year, in which 3,579 workmen are
employed, who are paid weekly.
We are sorry that the limits of a journal will
not allow of the publication of the tables of this
branch of the public expenditure, which is of so
Much importance, as well on account of the public
utility arising from it as of the employment of so
many workmen, whose pay supports them and
their families ; and is a great benefit to the other
industrious classes, by causing a circulation of
money in the provinces iu which those works are
executed.

All good Portuguese will not fail to feel the
most lively gratitude to our august Monarch, who
were in circumstances of difficulty delights in
promoting the convenience and interest of his
subjects, by allotting so large a sum to works of
public utility ; such as the repair and building of
bridges, making roads and canals, the improve-
ment of public edifices, the repair of the Royal
Palaces, the continuation of the noble palace of
Ajuda, and other useful objects, which it would
be tedious to enumerate. Among these works,
including 25 royal and military roads repaired,
20 bridges rebuilt or repaired, the restoration of
the port of St. Martinho, and other public works
completed or in progress, are evident proofs of
hit Majesty's attention to objects so directly af-
fecting the public welfare, and his solici-
tttde to remove the difficulties which the want
of good roads and bridges appears to the progress
of agriculture and the internal trade of the king-
dom.

LISBON, OCT. 15.—0 n the 11th instant, at
noon, his Majesty gave a private audience in his
Palace at Mafra to General Roger, Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
King of Prussia, who presented to his Majesty
the insignia of the Order of the Black Eagle,
which his Sovereign sent to our King, together
with the letter of his Prussian Majesty on the oc.
casion.

Yesterday, being the birthday of the Prince
Royal, was observed in the city and at Court
with the usual festivities.—(Lisbon Gazettes to
the 16th Sept.)