The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-09 00:00:00

THE GALE IN SCOTLAND.

The west coast has been again visited by a severe
storm. During the middle of last week the wind blew
heavily from the west, and drove the homeward-bound
vessels at a bounding speed. Of course, outward-bound
craft may as well have attempted to climb Goatfell as
stand out to sea. The wind changed on Thursday to
S.W., and on the following day to W.N.V. During the
prevalence of the storm rain fell very heavily at intervals
—particularly on Sunday. Black heavy belts of cloud
came rolling over the hills of Kyle and Carrick, and,
spreading over the horizon, threw at noonday the dark-
ness of night. To add to the solemn and murky cha-
racter of the day, volume upon volume of sleet sped
across the country before the fury of the tempest. The
wind is to-day blowing heavily .N.N.W., and frequent
gleams of sunshine lighten up the otherwise severe and
cheerless aspect of the season.
We have not, as yet, occasion to report losses by sea
of any great consequence. On Sunday afternoon, how-
ever, as the smack Success, of Saltcoats, Duncan Carr,
master, in ballast from Campbeltown, was entering the
harbour, the wind blowing roughly, she struck the west
end of the breakwater, and soon filled. She shortly
afterwards fell over on her broadside, leaving her crew,
three in number, to the mercy of a heavy and broken
sea. Preparations were made on shore for the rescue
of tEe crew, but they succeeded in getting into their
small boat. They were driven some distance along the
north coast ; but at last succeeded in effk cling a landing
near the Bell-rock Quarry, The vessel has become a
total wreck. She was the property of the master, who
is not insured, and has besides lost several pounds in
money, which could not be recovered when the smack
capsized.
Lamlash, Campbeltown, and Cairnryan are crowded
with wind bound coasters. There are about 30 sail in
the Cairn,--Ayr Observer.

SERIOUS ROBBERY OF NOTES.—A woman, named
Mary Ann Vine, was brought up at the Borough Court,
on Friday last, on suspicion of being concerned in a
robbery of notes, to the amount of 2501., from Mr.
William Frankland, of NVhalley, near Clitheroe ; the
robbery was committed on the night of the 23d ult.,
near the Town Hall.—Mr. Superintendent Beswick ap-
plied for a remand, stating that the loss had had so
serious an effect upon Mr. Frankland thilt. after giving
information, be had wandered away no one knew
whither ; and it was only within a day or two it had
been ascertained that he was in Leeds. The prisoner
was accordingly remanded. It appears that an examina-
don into this robbery has alto been made at Liverpool,
arising out of the following circumstances :—On Satur-
day, a man named George Poole, who is well known to
the police here, was charged before Mr. Rushton with
having assaulted Patrick Murphy ; the assault
being stated to have arisen out of an altercation be-
tween the two men a few days previously. A policeman
stated that he knew Murphy to be one of the swell
mob, and most probably his companions at the time the
assault was alleged to have been committed were of
the same class. In attempting to defend himself,
Poole made a statement as to his having come from
Manchester with 2001. about him, which he was di-
viding, and that after he had given Murphy 701., and
another man a share, he himself was " done" out of
what was due to him; from this, he said, arose the
asault. As Murphy, on hearing this disclosure, was
about to leave the court, without caring to wait for the
magistrate's decision as to the assault, he was imme-
diately taken into custody. No evidence, however,
being able to be obtained which could imme-
diately connect the prisoners with the robbery, they
were discharged. Strong suspicion attaches to Poole
as being the actual thief, and it would appear that he
nas been, in his turn, robbed by his associates. Bat
as, unfortunately, the numbers of the notes are not
known, and from the complicated aspect of the whole
affair, we fear it will be a very difficult matter to bring
the guilty person or persons to justice.—Manchester
Guardian. _ _

—_.
ARMY, ORDNANCE, AND MARINES.—Some interest-
ing returns connected with the army, ordnance, and
marines, are contained in a Parliamentary document
issued yesterday. It seems that the number of re-
cruits attested for the regular army, from the Ist
April, 1845, to the 31st of March, 1846, was
13,052 ; whilst, from the Ist of April, 1846, to the
31st of March last, the
te number
was
service,
e9rlv,4i
e6e, and 8.0 Of non-
commissioned
,35er after
iio n years'
des
aboveer t e tde ni
oy
officers 3,626 died in the year ending the
diedrs } in h
t,
eo f
numberApril,t
e
same 8o period
ile4f6 w
,mun
years' y
s,
service.wal
2,665. In the cavalry there are 113 men (sergeants,
trumpeters, trumpeters, drummers, corporal, and privates) who
have served above twenty-tour years; and in the in-
fantry there are 2,870 who have served above 22 years.
In the marines the number of recruits attested between
the Ist of April, 1845, and the 31st of March, 1846,
was 1,127; and between the Ist of April, 1846, and the
31st of March last, 964. Tho recruits for the ordnance
in the first year numbered 1,113, and in the secoud
2,832. The desertions in the year ending the 31st of
I March last numbered 137, of which 2$ rejoined the
ordln,an
THEE FOR ROASTING HIS CHILD ALIVE.—At eleven
ElieDeiCT OF WILFUL MURDER AGAINST A PA-
' o'clock on Friday the jury sworn to investigate the facts
,
of tue unnatural outrage perpetrated at Kappagh, west
of the town of Bandon, reassembled at the court-house,
,-11 elesvee raj'
witnesses were examined, the result of whose testimony
himself driving. The
Fran k 1 i n Baldwin, Esq., coronerfi,rnopmrae
Ws
pi presiding.
was as follows:—That on this night week (Saturday)
eetirlaetdtetro rtoesht,rihege, a tomelight
ihtuinogf htois Violence lay
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ceeded
mna,nwttheerriengthsenvmicett
in bed.
he would soon convince himself ? orh fairyf '
tloiehtishernoo,
the effect that the
boy was not his son, but a shiffrau
with the intention of smothering and that
being too small for him to effectot- e
a vessel of water, as if
deliberately took the boy to
to force the child's head into
h.iasctp,uprrrocoseee,dhede
the
fire,
it. how-
ever,do
Theand vessel,rak ing
the embers, laid him on his back, keeping h
boy,im in that
position with both hands. Thewho in
vain offered resistance to the diabolical act perpetrated
in his presence, proceeded to rouse his fellow-servant,
and to call up the neighbours; and it would appear
that the child lay for twenty minutes literally roasting.
Nothing satisfactory was elicited from the witnesses as
to the bearing of the wretched man subsequent to the
commission of the mysterious crime, for it appears that
he was more than usually attached to the child; but it
was proved that on the following day be disappeared
from home, and has not been since heard of, although
the police were actively on the look out. The jury re-
turned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Robin
Sullivan, father of the deceased John Sullivan.—Cork
Reporter.
THE Ta.smrs.—Tramps have, when sent to prison,
frequently escaptd punishment from having bad feet
and not being fit to tread the wheel. In some houses of
correction a new plan has been, adopted, that of having
producing mills set up in separate apartments, at which
those descriptions of tramps are placed to work. In some
towns, too, parties have provided themselves with proper
sticks, and, when tramps commit depredations at win-
dews or in shops, they administer to them a smart cas-
tigation, This plan has been adopted successfully in
4 some places.

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On Saturday next, the 11th inst., in 2 vols. post Bvo.,
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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Un ter the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING
Will perfbrmed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Farrell ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir
Benjamin Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Creswick ;
Charles Surface, Mr. Henry Farren ; Careless, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ;
...Rowley, Mr. Gough ; Moses, Mr. Webster ; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir
Barry, Mr. Caulfield ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip, Mr. Brindal.
Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer-
Well. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. Messent.
To conclude with the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED
LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden-
/WIT; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley.
Stage Manager, Mr. Fan-en; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter.
J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper.
Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, ls.
Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented a new and original Drama, called GABRIELLI;
r ,the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major
Dunmore, Mr. Worrell; Marques di 3linclo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal-
thazar Valdarno, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrielli,
Madame Celeste ; Signora, D'Ossuna, Miss Brooks.
To be followed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE-
GACY. Turnem Green, Mr. Wright; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ;
Lanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ;
Policeman, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar.
4_ ter which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD
(the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha-
Vlacters by Messrs. Wright, Callenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed
r .rd, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c.

To conclude with the original farce. called HOW TO SETTLE
ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts,
Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Menyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond
Ryan; Mary Wbite, Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bonnee, Miss
Rama Harding.

Boxes, 41. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.

Zenon open at Half-plst six, YerforMauce to commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
Tl:fin EVENING,

Will be performed a new Comic Drama called PEGGY GREEN.
To be followed by the Comic Drama, entitled TUE PRIDE OF
TILE ILLRKET. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Leigh
Murray, Granby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Jones, and
Madam. Vestris.
To conclude with a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND.
Dress Boxes, is. ; tipper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is.
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is opea to the
1%1411e every day, from Ten till Six.
The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W.
liradwell of the Colosseum.