The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-05 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY-DEC. 4.

Catherine Spitler, who was indicted for the man-
ilaughter of Mary Elizabeth Landon, by applying a
caustic plaster to the child's head, and whose case
.vas not concluded yesterday when our reporter left
the Court, wa9, after a lon trial, acquitted.

Yesterday, in the Court of Bankruptcy, Mr.
‘fAYNE, the proprietor of the extensive tavern in Smith-
field, where some of the most popular city meetings have
leen lately held, underwent his first examination under the
fiat of bankruptcy which has been issued against him.
MArNE has, on some occasions, taken an lictiy, part
the political discussions in his house, and it was hinted
:hat if he had paid less attention to those discussions, and
levoted the time to his business, his of would have
seen in a more prosperous condition. It was stated that
llessrs. WHITBREAD, the brewers, have a mortgage on
•he house for the amount of their c!aim.—Mr. RocEns
having been appointed assigneee, the case was adjourned.
Last night, at half-past 10 o'clock, a dreadful
tire broke out at Mr. DAVIS'S stables, King's Head-yard,
Drury-lane, which was most destructive in its conse-
quences. Three horses were burnt to death, the groan
-.rum which, when dragged from the devouring fl arke?.
were most distressing. In the stables there were several
Ahers, which were with great difficulty rescued, afte.
laving- bee❑ blindfolded ; and so tenacious were they of
fire, th.it the greatest exertion was necessary to drag them
front the devouring flume. The whole of the stables were
entirely destroyed. The fire communicated to a new build.
lug in Bow-street, the back of which was destroyed. Mr.
MACKEY, a corn-dealer, who occupied premises connected
with the stables, suffered consider:ll;ly by the loss of a
quantity of hay and corn, which was consumed. The rear
the Albion Tavern was considered in great danger; but,
by the prompt exertions of the firemen, the premises were
preselyed. The cause of the fire is not known.

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underltnd,
South
he Revising Baristers for those towns
-ntering their respective Courts iu their wigs and gowns.
It being the first occasion within the tnetnory of the oldest
inhabitants of gentlemen of the ;rang robe tnakiug theit-
ippearance at the above places in the full costume, the
courts were much crowded to see the wigs.—Newcastle
Journal.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 3
—The business done in cotton to-diy is estimated
2,000 bales. There are reported 250 Brazils, in Balri‘v,
arid 111., and Matanhatus at Si. I. and 91. ; 50
Egyptians, fq-d. to 9d. ; and asout 1,500 in American
descriptions, from 6,i. to 83:d.
We have nothing favourable to report respect-
ng the wosilen cloth trade of this district. There is a
•ensible dec'ension in the demand for woollen cloths of
every description. In the Leeds cloth hills on Saturday
scarcely any business was transacted, and very little more
was dune on Tuesday. Same orders fur army cloth have
'wen rectived, but the prices offered are so extremely low
that it is difficult to find clothiers to undertake the work..
rug of them. There is some demand IN. merinos and the
articles,tines
s SCULPTURE.--
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Ur. DRAKE, a fellow-countryman of ours, in theG:Bstp2:eritclblieeyni
Exhibition, of one of which, a group in gypsum of a
Warrior Dying, whilst Victory is announcing his triumph
to him, we are happy to find the cognoscenti speak highly,
AtOrthenm ume
its admirable ti
grace and the beauty of the execution.--

ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON.—On Fri.
day last, about half past 3,
a family in Abercromby.place
were greatly alarmed by a sudden explosion in the kitchen
(sunk story); the noise resembled a peal of thunder,
attended with that of a rushing wind. The servants had
left the spot only a few moments before the concussion
took place, and on returning found the apartment filled
with dense sulphurous vapour; a pane of glass in the
kitchen door was shattered to pieces, and blown in dif-
ferent directions to a considerable distance; all the adjoin-
Mg doors were cloyed with great violence, and the kitchen
walls and wood work blistered and scorched, part of the
window-blind reduced to tinder, but not in anew, a.
pane of the window cracked, &c. The circuinstaricecan
~fly be accounted for by supposing that a ball of fire had
descended the chimney and exploded, and providentially
on further mischief was done. It may be worthy ofy
..emark that about two years ago, during a violent thunder
,corm, a ball of fire descended the s'lirt‘ ,Ili,nney, but :1;,4
.c mstvrial injuly,...Scotsman: