The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-08 00:00:00

SAGACITY OF THE DOG.

A most remarkable instance of the sagacity of this
noble and faithful animal was related by Dr. Von Iff.
land, a German physician of considerable eminence
many years age:—e. While in practice at Quebec, a
large dog, bleeding profusely from the right leg, at-
tracted the attention of one of my students. He was
coaxed into the surgery, when I found an artery and
tendons completely divided. I ordered the pobr
animal to be firmly secured, by which means a
ligature was applied to the bleeding vessel, and
after shaving the hair surrounding the wound, I care.
tally applied adhesive plasters, and brought its edges
together (leaving a small aperture for the ligature),
covered with a linen bandage. After the operation
he was set at liberty, but to my surprise the fol.
lowieg morning the dog was one of my earliest.
patients, The bandage appeared to be undis-
turbed. I, however, removed it for the purpose of
examining tho state of the wound, and as the strips
of plaster appeared to be in the adhesive state -I
allowed them to remain. On the third day, about the
511170,s hour, the sagacious animal made his
appearance,'
and impatiently (by his gestures) waited his turn to meet
the attention of my assistant to dress anew his wounds,
to which ne most. gently submitted, licking the whole'
time of the operatics the hands of the operator. He
continued punctually to visit my surgery every morning
at the came hour until cured, which I believe was not
it was impossible
less that fifteen days. I found, some time after, that thn
dog belonged to a respeotable I.)Titcher,,ad, every time I
master'saehdou iosen,dnes.s which the
thoa had
vooci
animal displayed by its alert gesturesandeumpmg! and
occasion
5t
extreme to pass
his
dresses
even following me through all my visits. to my patients,.
until he saw me safely to my own lodgings, when. he im-
diately departed for his waster s house, and what is more
extraordinary, all the enticing means .
the resorted to by the
students and myself never could prevail upondog to
enter the surgery after he was dismissed as cared."

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods, week ending June 5,
1852 ... £16,206 3 9
Ditto, Jane 7, 1851 15,101 11 1

Increase in 1852 ...
London Terminus, June 7, 1852.

... £1,104 12 8

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.--A fatal boat accident
happened off Marsden Rocks, on the coast of Durham, on
Thursday at noon. Between ten and eleven o'clock in the
forenoon, a coble, containing the wife of Mr. Woods, of
Leeds, a female friend, Mrs. Woods' two children, and a
servant maid, left the watering place of Tynemouth in a
coble pulled by Jahn Robson and Robert Bart, two haven
boatmen. They proposed making a trip to Marsden Rock,
anewhen they were within a mile of that place was over-
re 2' itt thunderstorm ; the boatmen put in towards the
While near a point called Velvet beds, they threw
the ‘sle,...lvtuaatiawart. the sea which was making, and upset her.
The
sorry do were thrown into the water, and we are.
women and two ehudre
Their beenel,,.'9ld
e that before assistance could reach them the
the old boatman, Robson, were 'drowned.
lacked up on Thursday evening. The
where every,at?ther old man were taken on to '.-Marsden
wh.nton was paid them, and, though von-
,zurt:f danger.
exhausted
.rni:raought on shore, recovered towarda ing, and are
THE STOCx
RANGE AND THE POLICE.--OD
Saturday afternoon,
out three o'clock, same stir was
created at the entranceto of the Stock Exchange, by one of
admit_ Storey, a City detective, in
a ..conlind
their officers refusing
..:Voiria sorne time Storey has been ern-
pursuit of a cgriemaitineanal.a
yoinn.. the neighbourhood of Thames-
who by a
eetoespsencinta. bleconconsnaetxuriodnasy,
offender with the plun-
dered entrance of the Stock
s t r em-
street t
btaodapprehend
robed
him
antS4todrey, wl;vouile.ahe
whom in Threadneedle-street, they af afternoon opoenr s
ohne, wraansdi ni
ns eareh
passingof
run
do_ ey. observed the inch-
passage and enter
s in private clothes
at the time, immediately pursued the
t‘E-lei dual
1 leSha tiaoekx cthhanYg ew.
entering the latter I:milling, he
was etop part.
, band as he was
who demanded his buf,inees. H, nr,,
- e•eeeeed bi, 3' the beadle,
and stated his case. The bead!e refused to ad ! warrant card,
demande.l to know the name of the party
hemwiat him, and
of. Storey refused to satisfy him, and was then referred
search
the secretary of the Exchange, in New then
il.rrred to
ceeled round the building, and Was then informed 1
theatpro.
authority did not extend to the interior of the Stock Ehis
change, and that their officer had acted right in refusingx
him admission. Storey went into the particulars of the
case, and urged its importance, and ultimately found
ad-
mission, but the offender had escaped by some other en-
trance. It is supposed that the criminal entered the Stock
Exchange by pretending that he was a clerk to one of the
stockbrokers.

On Sunday last, 6th instant, 20 persons renounced
the errors of Pciary in the Church of St. Paul'* Bermoud.
hey, Loudon.

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