The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-28 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

MAD Docts.—Several of the inhabitants of Walworth ',site on
tile sitting Magistrate yesterday, for the purpose of applying for his
aid and assistance in preventing their families from being attacked
with that most dreadful of all maladies, the hydrophobia. They
stated, that on Monday evening, about six o'clock, a large dog of
the Newfoundland species, belonging to a cow-keeper at Walworth,
being chained up in consequence of having shown strong symptoms
of madness the day before, by biting all the dogs he came near in
the neighbourhood, broke loose from the fastening, and in his escape
bit a child. In consequence of the number of dogs that were bitten
by the rabid animal in IValworth, they (the applicants) were tern.
tied to allow any of their families into the street, and unless some
method were adopted for the purpose of destroying the dogs that
were already bitten, the most serious and alarming consequences
were to be apprelmded.
The 31agistrate told them, that the best advice he could possibly
gtsc them would be, to shoot all those dogs that appeared in the
neighbourhood, and manifested the slightest appearance of having
the hydrophobia.

The applicants withdrew, thanking the Magistrate for his aug.
gestiop, and no doubt slaughter will ensue among the canine spe.
cies found at large in that neighbourhood.

A GIFT Rua :MED.—In St. Jonses College, Oxon,
there is a very curious portrait of Ctiaatas I, done with
a pen, in such a manner that the lints are formed by verses
from the Psalms, and so contrived as to contain every
psalm. When CHARLES 11, was once at Oxford, he was
greatly struck with this portrait, begged it of the College,
and promised in return to grant them whatever request they
should make. This they consented to, and gave his Ma-
jesty the picture, accompanied with the request—that he
would return it.

151 rIOV2D VYtva Or Leman Paorasurf.-:--We men-
tioned a few weeks ago that an estate about a mile to the
west of this town, which wait purchased thirty years ago
for 10,0001. had mold or was selling at a price whicb would
produce to the owner 80,0001. and we have now to state,
that certain landed property at the opposite side of the Aire,
which was bought at the conclusion of the American war
for 01. an acre, has :men sold within a few days for 1,500/.
an acre. These high prices have induced the noble
proprietor to oar for sale a large portion of the Holbec
township.—Lccds Mercury.
Masi BRIDOR.—About 60 yards of this great work
now appear suspended from the main chains, and from the
active exertions making, there is every probability of the
whole being completed in about two months.
In a desperate fight between two violent factions, yester-
day (Friday) at the fair of I)romin, near Brutr, styled the
" three a:AI four years old," three men were killed on the
spot from gun-shot wounds, and another died this morn-
ing. The parties were armed with scithcs and fire-arms.
Several more are most dangerously wounded, from frac-
tured heads and limbs. The Coroner, Mr. Bennett, went
this morning from Bruff to hold inquests. The police
heard the shots distinctly, but could not interfere, not
having a Magistrate to guide them.---finserick Chroniek.
A short time ago, a young female in Swansea, while
engaged in a factory, had the misfortune of being scalped.
Her hair caught in some of the machinery, by which she
was raised suddenly from the floor to the height of two or
three feet, when the skin on the back of the neck was in-
stantly rent, and stripped over head quite to her Lmehead,
taking ofrall her hair, with the skin, and leaving her skull
entirely exposed and bare. The operation was so quick,
that she did not feel any pain till some time after the acci-
dent happened ; nor has the pain at any time since been
so excruciating as it might have been expected. She is in
a fair way of recovery, and will probably be soon restored
to her usual state of health.-.. New Bedji.rcl Mercury.