The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-14 00:00:00

[BRITISH FRESS:I

The Court of King's Bench was moved yester-
t6y upon behalf of Mary Ann Carlile, of Fleet-
street, fora new trial in her case, upon the ground
that her defence was improperly interrupted by Mr.
Justice Best at the trial.. This unfortunate young
woman, it will be remembered, was convicted at
:he sittings after last Term in Guildhall, for pub-
lishing a blasphemous libel, entitled ' An Ap-
Tendix to the Theological Works• of Thomas
Paine." On that occasion, she tendered to the
Court a paper-writing, by way of defence, which
was read in part ,by the Officer of the Court, but
as it proceeded it was found to contain. passages
so offensive to the religion, laws, and insti-
tutions of the country, that it was impossible
for any Judge' to suffer them to pass with-
out reprehension. Mr. Justice Best accord-
ingly censured them. stronly, and when at
length the Officer in reading the paper arrived
at a passage which called. " the common law"
" common abuse," he advised her to retire from
.the Court with some friend, and to expunge such
offensive expressions as those .which he had al-
ready condemned, and which, as the. Jury had
already told her, must do her more of injury than
of service. This advice was good, but it was
counteracted by that of some • mischievouS offi-
cious friend, who persuaded 144 to persist in
urging to the Court the defence as it was
_writ-
ten. The defendant accordingly, •on her return,
to the Court, handed a paper to the Judge,
in which she apprised him that her defence was
such as she had already offered, and if an English-
woman were not suffered to urge in her defence
.such topics as she- conceived :to be proper, she
must take the consequences of his judgment.
The remainder of the defence, therefore, was not
read, the Judge addressed the Jury, and the De-
fendant .Was found guilty.'

On Friday last, a Humber keel vessel left
Three Cranes Wharf, with a valuable- cargo;
coming near to London Bridge, sbe.Was drove by
the force of the current against the- starlings-of

the centre arch, which- knocked a hole in her
bottom. She struck
,against the hill below the
bridge, and soon after sunk nearly opposite to.
Battle bridge Stairs. A great *part of her cargo
was entirely lost, amounting to several hundred
pounds. Fortunately no- lives were lost. This
is the third accident at this bridge within the last
.six weeks.

On the- night.of the 25th of October, a thun-
der-bolt fell on the Theatre of INIAIicELLus, and
penetrated to its subterraneous recesses. This
grand moninnent is the second Theatre which
was built in Rome: It-was raised by AUGUSTUS
in memory of MAirctr,t,:us.
So-severe -was the fall of snow on Saturday and
Sunday se'nnight,-tolhe'east and north of Lang-
holm, that many hundreds-:of sheep have 'been
buried under it, a great number of which have not
as yet been e?ctricatedi it is feared • many have
been Smothered. " .

On Sunday morning the mountains surround-
ing this city were as completely covered with
snow as in the middle of winter, and the air was
uncommonly cold. Some of the coach-guards
declared that they had seldom experienced* a
keener morning.—(Carlisle Patriot.)
Faliero has been again unfortunate at Paris.
After having been 'condemned at la Rue de
Richelieu, it was brought forward on Wednesday

•
night, at la Porte Saint Martin, in the shape of a
Melo-drame, in three acts, and was finally driven
off the stage.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.--Yesterday morn

ing, at day-break, as an inhabitant of Edgware
was crossing a field-near to- that village, he was
surprised by obsdving, at a short distance from
him, the figure of a -man reclining against the
side of -a ditch, at such an unseasonable hour,
and during such- inclement weather. He.went
up to the spot, and called loudly
.to the man ;
but to his still greater surprise he discovered that
it was a corpse. From the condition of the un-
fortunate-man, it-was supposed that he had been
plundered by some thieves during the night, and
inhumanly murdered ; but on the body being
conveyed to the George public-house, no wounds
were found to justify-such suspicion. The de-
ceased was seen in the neighbourhood -the day
before, and it is belieied that he came from Lon-:
don ; but no papers were found -on his • person
likely to lead to a discovery of his friends. It is
believed that the deceased had taken laudanum,
or some other poisonous ingredients, and laid
himsellon the hank of the ditch, and expired., •
A. MELANCHOLY INSTANCE..Of.,iIIe uncertainty
of human -life occurred yesterday- morning at
Mr. BaiStone!s paper-mills, near -this.town.--7A
woman-of the-name .of Usmar made'. application.
at the mills for work, and was waiting to see Mr.
Balstone .on the subject, when the blood
.sud-
denly gushed from her mouth and nostrils, oCca-•
sioned by the rupture of a .blood-vessel, and she;
,was in a. few minutes a lifeless corpse. She had
for Some months coMplained of a.violent pain in
her.,side, but this for the
.last fortnight had been
much site was Omit. 40. years of .4ge.,,a nd
has left a husband and three.children to deplore,
their loss.. An .inqueSt was yesterday afternoons
taken on view of the body, itt t.he-Thre. Coin-
'passes,;befs.)re Cr ebrge:urgess, Esq., Mayor and
Coroner. Verdict—" Died by the. Visitation of,
GOD."—(Maidstone Journal; N0v.13.)