The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-25 00:00:00

SPORTING.

Lord Stanley, by laying the Knowsley and Latham estates
together, and influencing some smaller proprietors, can now travel
fifteen miles in a straight line over a country on which not a gun
can be lawfully fired without his permission. The consequence is
that the peasantry uver the country are pretty generally becOrning
poachers. •

LAW AND POLICE.
The Northern Circuit commenced at Durham on Monday. At
eight o'clock in the morning Baron Rolfe took his seat in the Crown
Court, and Mr. Justice W!ghtman sat on the Civil Side.

Wednesday, in the Sheriff s Court, a jury met to assess the dam.
ages done to Mr. Pryme, late Member for Cambridge, by the pub.,
lieation of a speech of Mr. Kelly, reflecting on the plaintiff.
speech appeared in the Cambridge Chronicle, and imputed to plaini
tiff an sittsmpt to put " a fraud upon the jury and public just.ce.'.
The damages were assessed at one farthing, but the Under-Sheriff
certified fur the plaintiff's costs.

At Marlborough-street on Wednesday, Rohl. Jones, corn and coal.
merchant, Itathbone-place, was committed to take his trial for ob-
taining a gig, value :151„ from Mr. Kempster, coach.maker, LeicaS.
ter-street, under false pretences, and pledging it for 51.

COURT--TASHIONARLE.
The Duke of Wellington returns to town from Strathfieldaaye
on Friday or Saturday next.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are still at Trentham Hall.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford ►eft Woburn Abbey on Wed.
nesday.

The Marquis of Exeter is entertaining a large party at Burleigh
House.

The Marchioness of Normanby has returned to Mulgrave Castle
from Itavensworth Castle.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesea returned to Uxbridge
House yesterday.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry have arrived at
Farrance's Hotel trom Scotland.

The Earl of Ile!Jester has gone to Milbury Castle until Easter.
The Countess of Jersey left Belvoir Castle on Tuesday last.
Miss Burdett Coutts will commence her routs early iu April.
The Countess of Westmoreland has joined the Earl at ApetherP.
Hall, Northamptoin hire.

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tamed in one of the " Blue Books" just issued, it appears that there
were altogether 69 human beings whose lives were sacrificed by
accidents on railways during the year 1841,
and 1,28 injured in a
variety of ways.
The Archduchess Ilerminia, of Austria, twin-sister of the Arch..
duke Stephen, died a day or two since on the Continent, aged 15.
The Countess Sehastiani, sister of the Countess of Tankerville,
has just died at Paris. Ger:era! Davidoff was her first husband, by
whom she has left two ohildrem.

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Place in a coal.pit at Barnsley, belonging to Mr. Hopwood, by which
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awful occurrence, we lament to say, four persons ate numbered
ill-lated town of Barnsley. The catastrophe to
which we refer took
place shortly after the colliers had descended the pit for the put'.
pose of commencing work. The
names of the unfortunate sufferers are William Gantry, Mary Da A
y, anti Mallender, and Elizabeth lgallender. —York Cuurant,