The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-15 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING,

the wife with the means of procuring the necessary sue-
tenande, as it was his duty to do, bring the head of the
fcmily, the wife, perhaps, would not be guilty in law;
but he would recommend' them, in disposing of the case,
not to touch that legal difficulty, but leave it to be dealt
with by the Court when the case came on for trial.
The Foreman asked—lf a bill was presented against
two persona, could the jury find a true bill against one,
and ignore it against the other 2
The RECORDER said certainly they could.
The grand jury then retired, and after a brief delay
some true bills were returned into court, and the trials
were immediately proceeded with.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The December adjourned sessions were held thin Jay
at Chrlicnwell. The number of names in the calendar
are 63. _

Samuel Petitt, aged 37, and Gcorgc eged 36,
were convicted of :*aling a bast ot of tools, the pro-
perty of Francis Joseph IDrAni2n, a joarmyrnan car-
penter.
The JUDGE, in pasting sentence, observed that it
was a cruel crime to rob a carpenter of his tools, end
should bo visited with the uttooi.t scverity. The prison-
ers were found also in possession of housebreaking in-
struments, aid that was in itself a mizdemeanour under
tho present law, under which Hands had been already
convicted in this m)rt. They should now undergo each
nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in the
house of Correction.

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31AP.LBRAY-STREEr—(TITIS DAY.)
NOT VERY REZPECTA BLE.—Mr. Arthur Ilairy bat,
who was described on the charge•sheat as a E elicitor,
residing at No. 2, Argyll street, Regent-street, was
placed et the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with
being drunk and making use of obscene language at
the station-house, Vine-street.
Saunders, C 70, stated that about half-past one this
morning he was on duty at the Vine-street station-
house, when the defendant come in and asked to see the
inspector about a person who was in custody. Witness
introduced him to the inspector, and after he (defendant)
came out of that officer's room he became very disor-
derly, and said the police were d— rogues, and would
swear to anything. The defendant also made u.,e of the
most horrid expressions towards the inspector, and his
language upon the whole was of such a filthy and ob-
scene description that witness, to put a stop to it, was
compelled to lock him up.
In reply to Mr. BINGHAM, the defendant said ho had
nothing to say in defence.
Mr. BINGHAM, having locked at the charge-sheet,
said, having seen the defendant's position in society, the
language which he had made use of to the constable
did not at all add to that position, or to his respectabi-
lity. He therefore fined him 20s. for being drunk and
making use of foul lsngusge.

FIVE HUNDRED PERSON S DESTROYED

BY A WATERSPOUT.
On Saturday intelligence was received at Lloyd's,
under date Malta, Monday, the Bth instant, of a moat
awful occurrence at the Island off Sicily, which had
been swept by two enormous waterspouts, accom-
panied by a terrific hurricane. Those who witnessed
the phenomena describe the water-spouts as two im-
mense spherical bodies of water reaching from the
clouds, their cones nearly touching the earth, and, as
far as could be judged, at a quarter of a mile a part,
travelling with immense velocity. They passed over
the island near Marsala. In their progress houses
were unroofed, trees uprooted, men and women,
horses, cattle, and sheep were raised up, drawn into
their vortex, and borne on to destruction ; during
their passage rain descended in cataracts, accom-
panied with hailstones of enormous size and masses of
ice. Going over Castellamare, near Stabia, it de-
stroyed half the town, and washed 200 of the inha-
bitants into the sea, who all perished. Upwards of
500 persons have been destroyed by this terrible visi-
tation, and an immense:amount of property, the coun-
try being laid waste for miles. The shipping in the
harbour suffered severely, many vessels being de-
stroyed, and their crews drowned. After the occur-
rence numbers of dead human bodies were picked
up, all frightfully mutilated and swollen.

1. LANGLOIS AT BUNGERFORD .HALL.

The art of conjuration having of late become
common enough, in all conscience, and its professors
being in general but partially initiated into its mys-
teries, it is really a sort of relief to sit for an hour
or two in the presence of such an accomplished
magician as Mons. Langlois. It is no little praise to
say that he performs his " fantastic tricks" with as
much ease, neatness, and dexterity as his predecessors
in this country—the Great Wizard of the North,
Phillips, Robin, and Robert Houdin. He is certainly
extremely clever, and some of his feats of legerdemain
are most wonderful. Houdin, when at the St. James's
Theatre, had an automaton figure which danced on
the tight-rope, but Mons. Lauglois has one which,
in its marvellous performances, quite throws Houdin's
in the shade. A more beautiful piece of mechanism
than the " wonderful voltigeur" could scarcely be
imagined. It would also be a great benefit conferred
on the public generally if he would kindly explain
by what inexplicable means he contrives to fill his
cash-box with silver, with a mere " pass" of his
magic wand. Those unfortunate individuals who
have not got too much of the circulating medium
would, no doubt, be glad to know the secret. His
many other performances are well worthy of being
seen, inasmuch as they are new, several of them
having never been previously performed in London.
Tho juggler Djahna also nightly delights the visitor
with his clever feats, and those performances, in con-
junction with a series of very beautiful dissolving
views and the chromotrope at the end, serve to pass
an evening away most agreeably. The theatre of
Optical Illusion will certainly be besieged by the
juveniles during the approaching Christmas holi-
days.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Her Majesty's staghds., Tues., Uxbridge-common;
Fri., Ivor-heath—ll,
Brookside hrrs , Thurs., Telsoombe Tye-10i.
Crawley and Horsham lads., Wed.,
Fri.,
Champion's-gate-104.
Worcestershire hds., Wed., Bromsgrove Lickey; Fri.,
Tiddersley- wood— I 0
Herefordshire hds., rues., Rotherwas; Fri., Yazor.
liingsfold;
Lord Redeadale's hds., Wed., Loughborough-gate;
Fri., Newborn; Sat., Blenheim-10i.
Ludlow hds., Tues., Blackwell; Fri., Norton's Camp
—loi.
Ledbury hds., Toes., Suckley ; Fri., Bromsberrow-
heath-10i.
Upton- on-Severu hrrs., Tues., Ripple—loi.
COURSING.
SPELTHORNE (OVERTON) MEETING.
Mr. Farnell's Cup and a Sweepstakes were won by
Mr. Begbrie's Fair Helm ; Mr. J. Farnell's Fiery ran op.
The Subscription Puppy Stakes were won by Mr.
Batt's Barometer; Mr. Longman's Laura Bell ran up.
The Amicable Puppy Cup was won by Mr. Bell's
Bouncer; Mr. Watson's Heart of Oak ran up.

THE PROFESSORSHIP OF POETRY AT OXFORD.—
Three candidates are in the field for this office, which will
become vacant next term, by the resignation of the Venerable
Archdeacon Garbett, viz., the Rev. Dr. Gaulburn, head
master of Rugby School ; the Rev. I'. L. Claughton, M.A.,
of Trinity. College; and the Rev. J. E. Bode, M.A., rector of
Westwell, and late student of Christ Church. At the last
election, it will be recollected, the contest was a trial of
strength between the two great religious parties in the Uni-
versity—the high church party supporting Mr. Williams, and
the evangelicals Mr. Garbett.

HUNGARIAN AND POLISH CONCERT.—MieS Kate
Hickson, having generously volunteered to give a grand
evening concert tomorrow (Tuesday) evening, in aid of the
funds of the Hungarian committee and of the Literary As-
sociation of the Friends of Poland, under the patronage
of Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., has, by her own exertions,
secured the support of many distinguished artistes now in
the metropolis. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pyne, Mrs. W.
Weiss, Miss Allain, Miss Poole, Mademoiselle Coulon, Mr.
Wrighton, Mr. Swift, Herr Stoffregen, Mr. W. Weiss, M.
Orosz, M. Beymeni, Signor Piatti, Mr. R. Blagrove, and
Mr. Charles Salaman, appreciating the kindly intentions of
Miss Kate Hickson, promise their gratuitous services on this
occasion.

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DEPARTURE OF THE ENGLISH PROM PARlS.—Pri-
vate letters from the French capital state that, in consequence
of the present unsettled aspect of affairs in Paris and in
France generally, that numerous English families of distinc-
tion who intended passing the, winter seasons in the capital,
St. Cloud, Versailles, and St. German's, &c., are taking
their departure as quick as possible, either for England, Bel-
gium, Switzerland, the Rhine, Italy, &c. A. great number
of families in other parts of France are also leaving the con-
vulsive country for the same reason. The principal hotels
in Paris and vicinity are nearly deserted by their English
visitors, whose ears and nerves have no penchant for the
musical sounds of arms and trumpets, and the roaring of can-
non and musketry.
YOUNG AMERICA.—"Father," exclaimed the hope •
ful son and heir of a gentleman of our acquaintance, not
long since, while the latter. was congratulating the youth
my b-,y, you ar.e,,"
upon his smartness in his scholastic studies—the youngster
having attained eighty ears of age—" Father, I'm an Arne-
:: "Well, father, you am are you?" " Not
responded the de-
lightedrican, aipna' tr
parent.
by birth, my son." "Well, then," exclaimed young Ame-
rica, in a thoughtful manner,. "when I grow up to be a man,
I will be able to lick two lthe you—won't I?" The proud
parent's answer is not recorded.
Within the last twelve days eleven large foreign
steam packets, nearly one a day, have arrived at or have
been dispatched from the port ef Southampton—viz , the
Great Western, for Central America; the Hermann, for the
United States ; the Madrid, for the Peninsula ; the Severn,
for Brazils; the Montrose and Iberia, from Spain and Portu-
gal • the Dee, from the West Indies; the Teviot, from South
America;' the Sultan, Tagus, and Indus, from the Mediter-
ranean. It is calculated that nearly 50,000 letters have
been brought home and taken out by these steamers, also
specie to the value of nearly a million sterling, and upwards
of 500 passengers. It is estimated that for every passenger
that arrives at or leaves Southampton by the foreign packet!,
two friends or relatives, chiefly of the wealthy classes, vis't
1 the port to see him off or welcome him home.
The British and North American Royal Mail
s'eam-ship Canada, Captain Harrison, sailed from Liverpool
) at lh. 15m. r.ss. on Saturday for Boston and Halifax, with
1 the usual mails and a fair complement of passengers.