The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-23 00:00:00

MAGDALEN COLLEGE.

The sermon on St. Mark's-day in the chapel of
this college will be preached by the Rev. Alfred Pott,
Derny of Aiagdalen.

IVORCESTEE. COLLEGE.

There will be an election ofa—hicie clerk in this
college on the 29th of May next. Candidates must
present to the Provost in person, on the 27th of May
(at • any hour), certificates testifying that they are
destitute of means for their support in the University,
and that their character is religious and exemplary.
The income of Bible clerks in this college is quite
adequate to their support in the university.
The Prmlector of Logic will continue his lectures
on •the Compendium of Aldrich on 'Tuesday e, Thurs-
dap, and Saturdays, this term, at one o'clock, begin-
ning. on Tuesday next, the 23d, in Ballo! Hall. He
also wishes to make a class to read the Categories of
Aristotle. Those who wish to attend the latter course
are requested to call on the Prwlector on Tuesday,
the. 231, between ten and eleven o'clock, at No. 23,
New inn Hall-street.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

BRIGHTON, SATURDAY.—At the bench of magis-
trates, yesterday, an interesting young woman came
into court to affiliate her child upon Charles Theobald,
a servant in livery, not more than 17 years of age.
The case at first excited considerable merriment from
the wording of a letter in the defendant's handwrit-
ing, which was read by dr. Upperton, the magis-
trate's clerk, but towards the close of the case it as-
sumed a more serious aspect. The younc, woman
stated that Theobald was perfectly aware of being
the father of the child, and had admitted it in several
of the letter which she had received from him. She
had destroyed most of the letters, but had preserved
one, which she handed into court. It was read as
follows :

" Ilope.place, Oct. 17.
" ' Absence makes the heart grow fonder.'—(Laughter.)
" Dear Mary—dearest Mary,—l hope I shall hear
baiter news from you when yuu write. I received your
third letter last Saturday, and am sorry to find you in
such a bad state. Generally people don't feel so faint
when they aro so for gone as you are.—(Laughter.)
I)ear Mary, I dare say it troubles your mind very
ranch, but not more than mine, dear Mary. It is
very wick: ;l thing to wish for money, but I
do wish for it now.—(Loud laughter.) Dear
Mary,' don't leave it too late—(Renewed laughter)—
or else you may insure yourself very much. Dear Mare,
you said you was glad to think I bad no pain. Oh,
Mary, I can assure you it is a great pain to me to hear
Etleh bad news from you, and to see what a state we are
both in. Dear Mary, to tell you the truth, lam afraid
cf writing such letters as these to you ; I dare say you
aro the same. I; wish, dear Mary, I could write differ-
ent ones. Dear Mary, I hope you won't forget to tell
the nurse not to bring the child into the world—(Great
sensation in court)—for you know what a burden it will
be to us. We shall never be able to enjoy ourselves, for
every_ Shilling we have to spare must go for the child.
Dear Mary, I have not time to write any more.
"Prom yours truly and affectionate, in haste,
" CHARLES THEOBALD."
Mr. Carpenter addressed the defendant in very
severe terms upon the letterh to the girl, especially
with regard to that part
there he requested her to
tell the nurse not to bring the child into the world.
The magistrate told him to guard, for
they should have an eye upon him, and
offspringhe offered
anything like evil to the poor girl or, he
would suffer for it. The defendant was then bound
over to keep the peace, and an order was
made upon
him for 2s. 6d. per week for the support of the child.

THE STORY of the SEA-SERPENT.
We almost dared to hope, and to express our faith,
in the reality of the sea-serpent until the arrival of
the last mail steamer from the United States. We had
heard that the leviathan had appeared on the shores of
the western world ; we had been told that a steam-
boat ran within thirty yards and " spoke " the
monster; we then learned by electrical dispatch
that the leviathan had directed its course up Skull
Creek ; and we at last received the crowning news
that the greatest problem of the day had " run
ashore." Assurance more complete could scarcely
be desired; and straightway imagination abandoned
itself to contemplate the chance which had at last,
for the first time in the world's history, thrown the
gigantic denizen of the deep upon the rocky shores of
earth, and the wondrous frame which would be dis-
closed to tempt the curiosity and rebuke the inere-
dulity of men of science. But it was not the great
sea-serpent which had run ashore. We had given
wings to ourfancy too soon, and we speedily found our-
selves cast upon the rocks of error. "No sea-serpent
has been seen; no sea-serpent has been spoken; no sea-
serpent has run ashore,'' is the new story told in the
newest news ; and we
than
driven of a verity to ex-
claim, in more homely ha
the whole was "very liken elegant language, that
a
whale." And, truly,
sea
very like a whale was the
deerpent ; too much so,
unhappily, for the hope we had
fallen the lot first to proclaim, cherished that to us
acreature'ith unquestion-
able truth, the existence ofwhich had
long formed " a tale of wonder" to the
world. For
whales,
it has
now it appears that the serpent still is
ever been, a myth, and that a troop headed
by one of superior size and swimming
1
fife, had deceived our American seamen. From
l n ithean
IV ew York Journal we extract the following
notice :—" The renowned expedition of eCaptainossit
en closing
Barnwell up Broad River in search of the monster
snake were much chagrined, on approaching his
worship,, by the discovery that they were in- the
proximity of four whales, one large and three smaller,
which generally preserved their respective positions :