The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-14 00:00:00

through all the storms of life Jack had floated somehow
and the lamp of his nose had never gone out.

" Before he and Pen bad had half an hour's ccnversa•
tion, the Captain managed to extract a couple of sove-
reigns from the young gentleman for tickets for his
I daughter's benefit, which was to take place speedily;
and was not a bona fide transaction such as that of the
last year, when poor Miss Fotheringay had lost filteen
shillings by her venture; but was an arrangement with
the manager, by which the lady was to have the sale of
a certain number of tickets, keeping for herself a large
portion of the sum for which they were sold."
Poor Pen is introduced, " hooked," to use Costigan's
expression, discovered, and, to the great horror of his
mother and the Vicar, announces his determination to
marry Miss Fotheringay, whereupon those letters
are dispatched to his guardian, the Major, the receipt
of which by the worthy gentleman at his club was
narrated in the first chapter of the history.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their 'usual
walk in the grounds at Osborne.

The Itoyl Children also took riding and _walking
eiereise.

His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended
by Major General Wemyss, embarked on hoard the
Ajax steam guard-ship, to witness the experiments
with the new steam-propeller, fitted in that vessel.

Colonel Maberley had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Bagshaw,
M.P., had alio an interview yesterday with the Right
Hon. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of Canada ; and also from
the Governors of the other North American Colonies.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. The appeal from the Prerogative Court,
" Browning v. Budd," was:Jesumed and concluded.
Mr. Turner, Q C., and Dr. Addams were beard for
the respondent, and the Queen's Advocate replied for
the appellant.

WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND DOBLIN
RAILWAY.—We have recently noticed, the blasting
operations on this lino at Bray Head ; and we have
now to announce that the largest of the tunnels has been
driven through with perfect accuracy and success. At
Bray Head there are three tunnels—the one at the south
side, which has just been completed, is 220 yards in
length, in breadth 26 feet, and in height 25 feet. It is
through clay slate of sufficient tenacity to dispense with
arching; and unless, by atmospheric influence, exfoliation
takes place to a much greater extent than is at all pro-
bable, no arching will be required. Indeed, the strong
presumption is against such exfoliation. The tunnel is
excedingly dry, and promises well for future stabi-
lity. The line through it is on a curve of 30 chains
radius. The next tunnel on the Dublin side is 150
yards in length, and of the same height and breadth as
the former. The work is nearly completed, there being
only 22 yards to be driven. The line through this tun-
nel is on a reversed curve of 20 chains radial. The
third tunnel is only 40 yards in length, the height and
breadth as before; and the line through it is on a curve
of 40 chains radius. The works here are about being
commenced now that the heavier portions at other points
are so far advanced. At Killiney, the tunnel, which,
being 150 yards in length through granite, was more
difficult to work, has also been completed in a very satin-
' factory manner. It will thus be seen that very satisfac-
tory progress has been made on all the heavier portions
of the works, and such a head has now bean obtained
that the company are in a position to push on vigor-
ously with the completion of the line to Wicklow.—
Railway Gazette.

Thebroitwitch salt trade is at present in a state of
great activity. The stock on hand three months ago of
manufactured salt was about 10,000 tons, the whole of
which has been cleared off, and all the works are em-
ployed in production to the full extent of their power.
ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY:—A quarterly Court
of the governors of this institution was held yesterday
at the Dispensary-house, Aldersgate-street, Thomas
Herring, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Wood, the secretary,
said he was happy to inform the meeting, that not a
single case of cholera had come under the notice of the
medical officers. A great number of the poor in the
neigbourhood had availed themselves of the arrange-
ments previously made for giving relief in cases of dila.-
rhese; and this had, doubtless, in a great measure, con-
tributed to the health of the City. The report stated
that the number of patients during the last quarter had
been 4,641, of whom 1,869 had been cured, 786 relieved,
37 bad died, and 1,949 were now under treatment. Se-
veral governors expressed their satisfaction at the mea-
sures adopted for checking the cholera in its iacipient
stage, after which the meeting adjourned.
WESTMINSTER Hos',lTAL.—Yesterday a quartet
general court of the governors of the above charity A'as
holden in the Board-roam of the Institution, in the
Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, for general business.
The report states that during the past year there had
been 1,751 in-patients, of whom 914 bad been admitted
by letter, 830 were accidents and urgent cases, admitted
freely, and a ward for incurable patients, 7 in number.
Of out-patients, admitted by letter, there were 3,712,
without 6,460, making 10,172. Four wards, capable of
containing sixty-four additional beds, are, for want of
sufficient funds, closed. The income for the past year,
trom all sources, was 7,3221. 3s. 3d., being an excess
over the expenditure of 1,5551. Os. Bd. The following
legacies were received during 1847 :—Miss Harriett
Churchill, 2001.; Sir Simon Reward, Bart., SOU; a
gentleman who did not like his name to appear, 500 L;
Miss Ann Colyer, of Farningham, Essex, 2,0001., Three
per Cents.; and Mrs. Elizabeth APPherson, 5001., Three-
and-a-Qurrter per Cents. Reduced ; her Majesty the
Queen is Patroness, and an annual donor of 50 guineas.
SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.--011 Tues-
day Mr. 1). Colquhoun, supervisor ,of Stepney district
and several officers, proceeded to house called •• Globe'
Cottage," Globe-road, Stepney. Messrs. Vanstone and
Chaster went to the back to effect an entrance, whilst
Messrs. Brown and Colquhoun guarded the front. On
the former officers making their way to the back door
they found a large dog tied up in .8 manner that he
could reach any one approaching the door, and it re-
quired considerable stratagem to keep hial from making
a noise. The dog was silenced, and the window at
length reached. On pushing aside a cloth which
covered a broken pane, they saw two men attending
to a large still that was at work. For some time
they were unaware of the presence of the officers,
but as soon as they caught sight of them, they imme-
diately rose and started off with lightning
speed for the other rooms, followed by Vanstone and
Chaster, and a policeman. In a few minutes one of
the men leaped from the back room window, on to a
kitchen roof, closely pressed to the window by the three
officers. The man was about leaping from the kitchen
roof to the adjoining premises, when he caught sight of
Mr. Thomas, who had now joined the pursuing party is
the yard, and finding there was no chance of escape,
" surrendered at discretion." Having secured this man,
Mr. Thomas went to the front to see if any others had
been arrested there, just in time to see a man get out of
the cellar window and run down the street. He was fol.
lowed by Messrs. Thomas and Brown, and after running
a great distance with a good prospect of escape, his
career was suddenly stopped by a dog running between
his legs, which brought him with great force to the
ground, and he was instantly secured. Two females
were also found in the house, and were taken into cus-
tody. Upon examining the house subsequently, they
found the still (as above noticed), a quantity of spirits
40 over proof, about two gallons of feints 72 under proof,
and the usual apparatus for carrying on the trade of illi-
cit distillation.

TRANSPORTATION TO ENGLAND.—The Guermy
Star, of Dec. 9, gives the following illustration of the
state of the criminal law and practice in Guernsey. The
editor of that paper says :—"At the Royal Court (Dec.
9) was read a copy of her Majesty's warrant of pardon
of a woman, named Mary Ann Dorrill, and of another
warrant remitting the flogging to which Robert Gahagan
had been sentenced, together with a letter from Sir G.
Grey on the latter subject. The above mentioned Mary
Ann Dorrill was sentenced by the Court, in June, 1839,
to banishment for life, for having administered poison to
the family of Mr. Charles Martin, she at the time being
about fourteen years of age. She accordingly left the
island for England, where she remained till lately, when,
being in a state of destitution and sickness, she was, we
gishlaenred,wh•aoswpelvaecreidnvinoluthnetarhyo,smpiatadLe
believe, sent by the officers of the parish in which she
to the Butdh earn rde t ounr na
her liable to capital punishteent
,from which she could
only be saved by the auth • of
ority the Crown. The Court.
therefore, humanely made a represe
•
ntation of the case
to the Secretary of State, and the above-mentioned
pardon is the result."
DISTRESS '
OCCURRENCE ON TIIII COAST OF SIP'
TIIERLAND.--16 is our painful task this week to record
another of those melancholy sea disasters which have,
unfortunately, been of late so frequent on the Suther-
land and Caithness fishing coasts. On the forenoon of
Tuesday last, the sth instent, four fishing crews, belong-
ing to I'ortskerra, set sail for their usual fishing ground,
a few miles off land, to haul in their cod and ling lines.
While busied doing so a storm burst upon them unex-
pectedly. Cutting away their lines they instantly di-
rected their course shorewards, and three of them, we are

informed, effected a safe landing; but their less fortunate
fellow crew of the fourth boat, who had proceeded a
greater distance to sea than the others, were unable to
reach the shore ere the gale arrived at its height, and
either foundered or were capatzed, the eight poor fisher-
men all meeting immature and watery graves. The
names of the drowned crew are—James Sinclair,
who has left a widow and one child ; John Sinclair un-
married; Evander Matheson, left a widow ; James
Macleod, a widow and one child; George Sinclair, un-
married; Angus Macdonald, left a widow and throe
children; William M'lntoah, unmarried; and Donald
Mackay, left a widow and an infant.—Ross-shire Ad-
vertiser.

OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening an
accident occurred in the Strand, in consequence of the
driver of an omnibus whipping his horses before the
passengers had alighted on the ground from the omnibus.
A lady and gentleman were getting out of the omnibus
opposite St. Mary-le-Strand Church. The lady reached
the ground safely, but the gentleman was just gaining
the footboard when the omnibus went on rapidly, fling-
ing him on the pavement. In his fall his leg doubled
under him, and was fractured. The sufferer, who en-
dured the most excruciating agony, was conveyed to
the hospital in a cab. It is not long since a young lady
was, from a similar cause, pitched out of an omnibus on
her back in Regent-street.
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—Gross traffic receipt:: for
the week ending Dec. 9 :—Pttssengers—First c'tass.
10,388; second class, 27,138 ; third class, 23,801; total
61.127 ; amount, 5,0161. Es. sd. ; carrying aceotu3t,
1,7711. 3s, 5d..1 total, 6,7671. 1 ls. 10d. ,