The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-04 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Richard Flinn and William Blumstead, two respectable-
looking men, were brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged
with having in their possession, and carrying, two gallons of
illicit spirits, without a permit.
Mr. William Packstock stated that he is a chemist and
druggist, at Millpond-bridge, Bermondsey, and that Flinn
had been continually calling at his house since he suc-
ceeded to the business, representing that he used to supply
his predecessor with various articles, consisting of plaisters
of various descriptions, ointments, and spirits of wine. On
a late'occasion Flinn called on complainant, and said that he
had a quantity of spirits of wine, 52 degrees above proof,
a sample of which he produced, and that if he became a
purchaser he would let him have it at the rate of 15s. (id.
per gallon. Complainant having formerly filled a situation
in the Excise, considered it his duty to give information to
Davis, an officer of that department, having previously ar-
ranged with Flinn to bring a quantity of spirits of wine to
his house. On the preceding evening the two prisoners
called at the house of the complainant, bringing with them
two gallons of spirits of wine, which was contained in
bladders. The complainant having called a policeman, gave
both the prisoners into custody.
Flinn said that he only went to the complainant's house to
sell some plaisters, and that he knew nothing, about the
spirits of wine.
The other prisoner said that he knew nothing about the
wine.
The MAGISTRATE fined the prisoners 251., and in default
committed them for three months.
Thomas Cox was charged with having intermarried with
Jane Miles while his former wife was alive.
The first wife only was present, but the certificates of
both marriages were produced; and the prisoner said that
his first wife was a woman of the most profligate habits;
that he had scarcely been married to her six months when
she left him, and went to live with another man, with whom
she had been living until his decease ; but upon the death,
of the man she immediately claimed support of him (the pri-
soner), and because he refused to contribute to her mainte-
nance, she adopted the present proceedings. The first wife's
brother was called, and he admitted that his sister had aban-
doned her husband, and went to live with another man, and
that she told him (the witness) that she was also married to
the deceased.
Mr. Corrixamtm said, that although the first wife was of
the profligate habits represented, and that she went and lived
under the protection of another man, still that her husband
was not justified in marrying another woman. He, how-
ever, had an undoubted right to refuse to contribute in the
least to her support. Under all these circumstances, he (the
Magistrate) should, instead of sending the case for trial, ad-
judge the prisoner to enter into his own recognizance, 501.,
to appear again on that day week to answer the charge.

It i 3 a fact worthy, perhaps, of a passing
notice that the whole of the land in and about the
neighbourhood of Conception Bay—very probably the
whole island —is rising out of the ocean at a rate
which promises, at no very distant day, materially to
affect, if not render useless many of the best har-
bours we have now on the coast. At Port-de-Grave
a series of observations have been made which undeniably
proves the rapid displacement of the sea level in that vici-
nity. Several large rocks, over which schooners might pass
some thirty or forty years ago, with the greatest facility,
are now approaching the surface, the water being scarcely
navigable for a skiff. At a place called the Cosh, at the
head of Bay Roberts, upwards of a mile from the sea-shere,
and at several feet above its level, covered with five or six
feet of vegetable mould, there is a perfect beach—the stones
being rounded and of a moderate size, and similar to those
now found in the adjacent land-washes—Newfoundland Ge-
neral Advertiser, Nov. 7.
CONSUMPTION—.THE SCOURGE OE HUMANITY.—

Not one of the many ills which flesh is heir to, is half so
hopeless in its progress, half so terrible in its fatal issue, as
that scourge of the human race—Consumption. The first
faint suspicion of its presence reduces the affectionate rela-
tives of the " stricken one" to despair. And why ? Simply,
because the treatment usually adopted by the faculty has
hitherto failed to arrest its invidious progress. But is there,
indeed, no hope? Let those who are sceptical consult the
"Observations on Anaspasia in the cure of Asthma and
Consumption," from the pen of Dr. Cronin, the well-known
Physician to the Dispensary for Consumption. Even were
Dr. Cronin's facts less conclusive than they are, the impor-
tance of the subject would render apathy on the part of the
afflicted wholly unpardonable.—Morning Chronicle.
STRIKE OF THE CARMARTHEN WEAVERS.—

During the last week the flannei weavers of Carmarthen,
amounting to a considerable number, struck for wages. We
understand that it has hitherto been the custom of some
master weavers to give but a small pittance in money to the
journeymen, at the same time compelling them to board in
the master's house. The men finding trade in an unusual
state of briskness, and learning that hands were scarce, took
the opportunity of insisting upon being paid in money, and
also of having an advance of Id. per yard. To this demand
the masters demurred, and a strike was the consequence.
During the week groups of discontented weavers have been
seen at the corners of the principal streets in deep and
earnest conversation, and we learn that already three masters
have complied with the demands of their workmen.—
Cambrian.
Lord and Lady Ashburton are entertaining a
family circle at the Grange, near Basingstoke.