The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-07 00:00:00

WONDERFUL PIG.—A little gruntEr was
ushered into the world last week, in the yard of the Ele-
phant and Castle Inn, in Hunslet-lane, Leeds, kept by Mr.
Priest, formerly of the George Inn, Wakefield. It was
considerably larger than any other of the litter, of which
there were altogether eight in number, had seven legs,
and only one large eye about the united size of four,
placed in the centre of the forehead. Immediately an-
terior to the hind legs, was an apology for the hind quarter
and legs of another pig reversed, and behind the fore legs,
which were well formed, was the resemblance of another
fore leg. The nose and snout had the appearance of an
elephant's trunk, being a long elastic cartilage, and the
mouth was scarcely perceptible. It is well worthy the
attention of the curious in those matters.—Leeds In-
telligencer.
PERSONAL PUNISHMENT.—Monday at Marl-
borougb-street Touissaint Laye and John Dement, the
former Lord Cadogan's steward, were brought before Mr.
Chambers, charged with having jointly committed a violent
assault upon a person named Marshall, living at No. 1,
Vine-street, Piccadilly. It appeared that Marshall,
who was unable to attend, owing to the wounds
which had been inflicted upon him, was walking
in Vine-street, towards his lodgings, about ten o'clock on
Sunday evening, when the prisoner Laye came up to him
and struck him, without previous warning, with a cane
loaded with lead. The assaulted party was prostrated
by the blow, and such was the force with which it was
given, that a portion of his ear was severed front his
head. The blow was repeated, and the injured man
caught hold of the stick and held it, upon which the other
prisoner attacked him with his fists. Both prisoners were
laid hold of by the police and conveyed to the adjacent
station house. In defence, the prisoner Laye attempted
to enter into a statement relative to the alleged seduction
of his wife by the injured man ; but Mr. Chambers said he
had nothing to do with private matters of that sort, and
held a violent assault had been sworn to, and whatever the
prisoner's provocation, he must be taught that the un-Eng-
lish proceeding of knocking a man down in the public streets
with a loaded bludgeon was an offence which the law
treated with just severity. Mr. Chambers said he should
hold both parties to bail to appear next Thursday. Lord
Cadogan bailed the prisoners, and they were in consequence
released from custody.
PARTRIDGES.--The breeding season bids fair
for an abundance of partridges, but a Correspondent in the ln the Sheriff's Court, yesterday, an action
North informs us that in consequence of the long-continued To ALEXANDER ROBERT JOHNSTON, Esq. was brought by a person named. Hatton against Mr. Wil-
rains which have prevailed during the last and preceding H. M. Second Superintendent of British Trade, &c., &c. son, a gentleman of fortune re:tiding in Devonshire-street,
weeks, a great number of young ones have fallen a sacrifice Sir,—A gross and shocking outrage against the foreign
MarYlebone' to recover 41. 3s. 4d. for a month's wages.
to the floods in low grounds, not being sufficiently strong community having been perpetrated by the Chinese autho- It appeared that the plaintiff had entered the service
to effect their escape. rities in causing a man to be strangled this afternoon in of the defendant as butler, on an agreement, as he
alleged, FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS.—During Sa- front of the foreign factories, we, the undersigned that a month's notice should be given before
turday night and Sunday morning last no fewer than ten British subjects, most earnestly request that the British .
, leaving. The defendant discharged the plaintiff without
fires occurred within the precincts of the metropolis, seve- flag may not again be hoisted until reference has been made giving the stipulated notice, and the action was accord-
ral of which were of a most destructive character. One to her Majesty's Chief Superintendent. ingly brought to obtain a mowth's wages, at the rate of
happened in Hoxton New Town, and was nearly attended (Signed, Wilkinson Dent, Charles S. Compton, and a 50/. per annum. The serva.nts. of the defendant were
'
with loss of life. It originated on the premises of Mr. great many others.) i called by the plaintiff s Counssel, and stated in the course
Taper, cheesemenger. The loss is said to be above 1,000/. Canton, Feb. 26, 183 g.
Mnor:
THE WARWICKSHIRE MAGISTRATES. of their examination that their agretewmenentyt_ofonuernhteoruirnag,
Wilson's service was to give only
lice previous to leaving • but as the defendant called no
The unconstitutional and tyrannical treatment of untried On Wednesday night the wife of Mr. Sewell witnesses to show that he' bad not made the usual monthly
prisoners in Warwick Jail having been branded by univers silversmith, Bradford, dreamed that the Chartists were agreement with the plaintiff, th e jury returned a verdict for
sal reprobation, the framers of the abominable regulations knocking at her door. In her terror she rose from the bed the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. A technical objec-
the cellar, where a premature ac- ion made by the defendant's
will probably be compelled by public opinion to adopt a and secreted herself in
re-
system more in consonance with the boasted freedom of couchement from terror came on, and she died before the erved for the opinion Court above.
of the
The Cork Southern Rat:orney was, however, British institutions. The Warwick Advertiser, a paper morning.—Halifax Express.
that last week conveyed a gentle reproof to us for intima- The King of Sweden has sent Count Brake as ~
ling our dissatisfaction with the jail regulations now tacitly Ambassador!porter of Saturday says,
Special
to St. Petersburg, to congratulate by the late heavy rains—some setting it down as very con-
admits that we were right, and that those 'regulations
wrong. "We are satisfied (says our the Imperial family on the marriage of the Duke of Leuch- We have various accounts o (the extent of damage done
that
et
siderable, others admitting ti tat though injury has been
if the Magistrates of Warwickshire can
makecontemporary)such newt a
r_ tenberg and the Grand Duchess Maria,
done, it is not so great as ma y be imagined, and that fine
rangernents SNOW STORM IN JULY.—During in the prison discipline as to meet the desire g a thunder- weather from henceforth woi ild insure a fair, though of
storm on Monday, July 29, Skiddaw was completely course deferred harvest. Th is weather, we are glad to
of those whose sympathy has been excited in favour of un-
covered, even to its very base, with snow, which remaiocd say, we have experienced si nee yesterday morning—as
tried prisoners, they will most readily do so, and rejoice in
the exercise of their power to lighten the grievances of
old part of the Bridge
for some hours afterwards, forming a strange object at this' favourable as could be desire. 3, and we hope still to
the
the depressed and the afflictions of the unfortunate. Hu- particular season of the year, amidst the richly verdant realised the best expectations of the farmer.
.Among h
rnanity and justice will have equal consideration." scenery of the neighbourhood.— IVhitehaven Herald. ce-sualties produced by the dos .ds are the carrying away of
Court, near Doneraile,
DUBLIN, AUGUST 2.—The accounts from the Dr. Chowne mentions, in the current number of the .
southern parts of Ireland are very alarming as to the injury the Lancet, the very singular case of a Swiss, who had and nearly half of
the crops and the country have sustained from the unex. undergone the process of hanging thirteen times, and yet Youghal..
ampled heavy rains in the early part of the week. The survived it all. When death at last bad seized his prey, SUPPRES'SION OF FAIRE OP FAIR.—A strong
north has escaped from the visitation. Wheat advanced his body was examined to ascertain the cause of this strange :
effort is now making b the- Mal listrates, the Clergy, and
OBldridge, n the road to
in our market to-day from one to two shillings per barrel. tenacity of life, and it was found that the windpipe was Killeigath
the principal inhabitentys of elle P arisbes in the neighbour.
Oats suffered no alteration. White Wheat 425. to 475., turned to bone, a zufficient cause certainly for his not being hood, to obtain the sio a of Fairlop Fair, and a
suppres
suffocated.
1, as Secretary of State for
oats 19s. 6d. to 20s. per barrel. The weather to-day memorial to Lord J. Russ&
here has completely taken up, and every appearance of THE CARDIGANSHIRE BOROUGHS.—We can the Home Department ',is i tor in course of signature
settled weather. assure our readers, upon very good authority, that Mr. throughout the district. EssHerald.ox
We regret to hear that IVIr. Denison, the Mem- Lloyd Williams will not come forward to disturb the peace ROYAL MINT.—On M 'ay a youth named
onu
of these boroughs, ber for West Surrey, is at present suffering severely from oughs.
Weneree, while attending on ,
one of the coining presses,
one of the violent attacks of the gout to which he is sub- An auctioneer in a county town, while enrra 1 incautiously
b gec got too close to 11-, whene
r a part of the ma-
ject. The in his avocation
lead, and fractured it in a ,
symptoms were yesterday such as to give rise n a few days since, thus exalted the merits cbinery struck him
to seine
on the 1
of a carpet which he was desirous of ll• ‘, Gentlemen ' sufferer was removed '
apprehension for he 1-1 G ntleman's safety, e on. e ea mg : shocking manner. The unfortunate
but we learn, on • ' and ladies, so
hospital in the Mile-end-
me eo le are '
inquiry at his residence in Pall-mall, to- Brussels , , p p in the habit of selling carpets for without delay to the London
day, that he is which are not Brussels, seee;.„, eaceived was found
no longer in any danger. but I can most positively road, when, on examination,t'
re , --The Archbisho of Dublin has assure you that this elegant article was made b .Ar be of
y tr. to
a nature th IN but lan. •
just passed through Brussels P Brussels himself."
to Fn
, gland. Being Sol' on his return from Germany -
tertained of his recovery.
FAST DAY.—La Friday I named
English Church residin solicited by the members of the Last , was observed here STABBING.— On Saturday e veiling a la,
g at Brussels to confirm the (Paisley) as one of the sacramental fasts. The day Coker, fifteen IT
years of age, residing s a Harefield, nesse ,Is
younger members of their c
otreregation, that ceremony being a persons closely confined through_ bridge, having had some altercat ion with an itinerant
took place on Saturday, inof
Musee. The Rev. E. Jenkins ancdhapel in the Rue do out the most the year, availed themselves of the op. dealer in fish, named Gates, ti e latter struck him a
attended the Archbishop. On S the Rev. W. Drucy portunity of making excursions by coaches, canal boats, blow, whereupon Coker pulled oil' his knife and stabbed
Sunday morning his Grace and steamers. The shops were all
preached in St. George's Church, Rue de le shut, and the streets Gates in the stomach. Gates lingered until eleven
and in the afternoon in the chapel inthe day were generally kept
Orangeuir, during the in a state of becom - ' o'clock on Sunday night, whenexpired Coker has
Rue du Musee.— ing order and quietness. The
Brussels Papers, July 30. Churches, we understand, been taken into custody to abide the result of the Coro-
had a fair attendance.—Paisley Advertiser. ner's inquest.