The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-18 00:00:00

rttrminetf that the house shOnld be closed the
41101 e of the day • the Bank .have not vet received
'
order to be closed. There is a report of a
rPanish Loan ; Consols have this day risen, being
ne.at 83k.

We expect that not a few among the many Ser-
libons which will be preached upon the unhappy
'llteasion of to-morrow, will be introduced by the
I`llPropriate Text which last Sunday's Gospel
40,ight so immediately before the observai ion of
;the f'reachers—" Behold, there came a certain
Ruler, and worshipped him ; saying, my daugh-
ter is even now dead; but come, and lay thy
tt
hand upon
.her, and she shall live."—The
'llournEnl application of the first part of this Text
!—too evident :—and its latter part,
ti)oti;.,Th not accomplished by the visible miracle,
fulfilled to the eve of faith with holy comfort.
The Saviour dial '" lay his hand" upon Our dear
Princess in her youthful piety ; and we know that
thereby " she shall live."

We vesterday gave a brief account of what bad
occurred in the Court of King's Bench on the
Appeal of the brother of MARY ASH Fonp,. against
,„
t
‘.s.t. supposed murderer, ABRAHAM THORNTON,
We give in our. last page this day the proceedings
it length. The case is extraortliiiary in point of
turpitude,,and is equally so, at this period, in point
Df legal proceedings. It has been observ.ed that
lit is somewhat hard to try a man twice for the
'same otreti.re; when he has been Acquitted by a
July of his Countrymen, but the crime is so atro-
eious, and the circumstances are so strong against
the Prisoner, that the general opinion of mankiad
demanded a new trial. For our own part we do not
think that a sentiment of pity, because the man
has before been tried, should' operate in his fa-
vour, if the Counsel for the Appellant should be
able to bring forward A COUNTER-RLBA, which
may supersede the ordeal of personal combat.—
Wi!, therefore, most heartily hope that such a
.CouNTE•a-PLEA will be brought forward as will
Warrant the Court in granting a new Trial, the
decision on which will, of course, satisfy the
• People at large.

We have received letters from Halifax, to the
20tIt October, front which we learn that his Ma-
jesty's ship Forth, Capt. Sir THOMAS Louis, Burt.
-arrived there on the 16th, haviot; on board his
Excellency Sir J. CoCKBURN, Governor of Ber-
muda, and snite. On the preceding evening, in

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attempting to enter the harbour, sue struck on
the Thrum. Cap Shoal, and remained there during
the while of the night, though every assist-
ance was rendered by his Majesty's ships
in harbour. Several of her guns and shot
were taken out of her during the night, and
put into vessels alongside ; 1(11(1 about half-
past ten on the following morning she floated, and
was brought safely into harbour with the assist-
fume of his Majesty's ship Harrier, and the bolts
of she Leander, having lost part of her false
keel, and unstopped her redder, which will
detain her during. the winter to repair. The
siring this vessel, without loss of lives, or
masts, or stores, is most truly tortenate ;
the Thrum Cap Shoal being reckoned the worst
on the coast, and it is perhaps the only instance
of -a large vessel striking, and not-going down.—
It may be recollected the Tribune was lost on
It, about twenty years since, and all on board
perished. The' Harriet, had arrived only the day
before from Jamaica, with specie, which must
be regarded as a most fortunate circumstance,
for without her assistance the accident would
have been attended with much more serious
consegnences. When the packet left Halifax, on
the evening of the 20th October, there were
lying ie the harbour, the Leander, Rear-Ad-
miral Sir David Milne, K. C. B. ; Forth, cap-
rain Sir John Louis ; Dee, Captain S. Cham-
bers ; and the Opossum, Captain Lord John
Hay. The two latter arrived.on the 16th, from
• a cruise. The Saracen, Capt. John' Gore, was
(lily expected front Bermeda. The Earl of Dal-
housie and family were expected shortly to tetern
to flalifax. The winter had begun to set in with
more thah usual severity, ice having then appeared
for several mornings, more than an inch thick.—
(Hampshire Chronicle; Nov. 17)

Yesterday the Duke of 'Vow.; visited the PRINCE
REGENT at Carlton•house.
The Messenger who carries the melancholy in-
telligence front Claremont to the Princess of
WALEs,Lift ltly, will probably reach her Royal
Highness to-morrow, or next day, having left
London On the 7th.
Letters front the grand head-quarters at Cam-
bray say, " that the news of the premature and
fatal death of the Princess CHABLoTIE of VALES
!ias spread universal grief and dismay in the Eng-
list, army. The Generals, the otlicer3 of all ranks,
and the private soldiets were Seen to shed tears of
~flliction when they were informed of it. What
funeral oration would be so affecting ?"
By the American brig Cannou, Capt. DELANO,
which came into Plymouth on Tuesday last, laden
with coffee and sugar, in 40 days from the Havan-
na!), we learn that the President PETLON is SO ill of
the dropsy, that his life is despaired of. Two par-
ties, one favourable and the other inimical to Isis
interests, await his demise with anxiety. Owing to
the late gales in the Channel, the Cannon bad
much difficulty in making a port, and has received
soine damage, which renders it necessary fur her
to refit, :00l have her cargo taken out.