The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-13 00:00:00

HYDROPIIOI3IA.

JOHN WETHERLY, a boy about 13 years of
age, the son of a widow, residing in Duke-street, Lisson-grove,
died of this dreadful disease yesterday. We have made in.
quiry into the particulars of the case; and the following may
be depended on ;--Some time in the month of February, the
deceased, in company with two other boys, was passing along
the'Ldgeware-road, when a dog, apparently without a master,
ran towards them, and without any provocation bit Wetherly in
the cheek close to the mouth, then attacked another of the boys,
and tore his nose in a shocking manner, and had just leaped
upon the other boy, and was tearing at the collar of his coat,
when he was driven off by the people who had collected on hear-
ing the screams of the boys. The dog immediately ran off, and
nothing further was heard of it. Unfortuaately, the deceased
did not apply to any surgeon till next morning, when the bite
was only partially cut out. The wound must have been se-
vere, as the face was much disfigured by the scar. No parti-
cular anxiety was evinced by the boy or his relatives till Satur-
day last, when the symptoms were such that recourse was had
to medical assistance, and from that time till his death, Sir
Astley Cooper, Dr. Hooper, Dr. Lardner, and some of the
first medical practitioners, have attended for the purpose of ob-
serving -the symptomseand affording relief to the unfortunate
youth. The principal symptoms were violent peke in the back
part of the head, and spasmodic affections, approaching to shud-
dering, when water was presented to him. There was a con-
siderable flow of saliva ; and as the patient had great reluctance
to swallowing any liquid, he kept rolling it about in his mouth,
and at length spit it out in a half frothy state. When water was
presented to him (which the attendants gave him commonly in
a tea-pot) he had great reluctance to it till the vessel reachedhis
mouth, and would repeatedly tell them to take great cute as they
brought it forward, but when it reached his mouth he thank the
water apparently with ease. He swallowed his food as usual,
and seemed to find relief from sucking oranges. The whole
system seemed to be in a state of the most morbid sensibility.
When he heard water pouring from one vessel to another, he
was affected with spasms. The least current of air from a
door, or when a person breathed strongly on him, gave him the
greatest annoyance, and he repeatedly complained of persons
whistling in the street. In this state Mr. Barker, of Berkeley-
street, who attended him as rergeon, administered to him
Goulard's Extract, a remedy which had been proposed lately,
and which was said in one of the numbers of The Lancet to
hive been used on one occasion with success. He was like.
wise bled profusely, but all was without effect. He finality
lost the power of swallowing, spoke at times incoherently,
the pain in the back part of his head continued, and on
Alonday evening the pupils of his eyes became dilated,
accompanied with squinting. He continued in this state till
his death, which took place yesterday about noon. During
his illness lie occasionally spoke of the dog, but did not
seem conscious that his disease was the effect or the bite. The
other boy is at present quite well,but his friends, as may be sup-
posed, are in the greatest anxiety about him. It is to be hoped
that this melancholy occurrence will draw the attention of the
public to the subject. Certainly some means should be devised
to protect children and others against the straggling dogs that
are to be seen in almost every street. Last summer scarcely a
day passed but complainti were made at the hlarylebone-office
against the grievance. All the Magistrates could do was to hold
the parties to bail to answer for the consequences; but fre-
quently the owner of the dog could not be found; and besides,
what money could make any recompense for the indescribable
anxiety which the unfortunate individual must endure for many
days after the accident has taken place ? One poor olel man who
had been bit by a dog, stated to the sitting Magirtrate, that he
had not slept for nine nights afterwards.

WANT OF EXERCISE AND ENIPLOTIIENT.—Dr.
STrYENnAm had a patient, whom he had long prescribed- for, 1
on account of one of these complaints. But his prescriptions
were insufficient ; and, at last, Sydenram acknowledged that
his skill was exhausted—that he could not pretend to advise
him any farther ; " but," said he, " there is a Dr. Robinson,
who lives at In v ern es s , w.wohrnaos Iwsolhtlamaiteutripcitlflat
tiiinsneginnotroowenoraeskilled a
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plaints of this kind than I admesinyaotitionh;adb better consult him.
1 will provide you with a letter of introduction, and I hope
you will return much better."
tune, and soon took the road ; hut travelling was a very dif-
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I f sin, sir, as well as I ever was in my
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do you goad : in going,or that."—" Well," said Syden-
eason to thank Dr. Robinson. I wanted
to send you a j with an object in winv. I knew it would
you I Dr. Robinson in contempla-
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DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—This morning, as Col.
hus's Greenwich coach was proceeding to tom
along the Borough, the net-eh broke ; the coach•
man %%as thrown Off anti had his thigh fractured
When the accident happened, the coach was ful
inside and out, amounting to eighteen passengers
and most fortunately for them, ail escaped un
hurt;
excq't being dreadfully frightened.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Apra 12•.

Whitehall, April 11, 1325.

The King has been pleased to constitute and appoint 113
Right Hon. James Ochoncar, Lord Forbes, to be His $A
jesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of sbe
Church of Scotland.

The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of 01(24
Britain and rreland, appointing Lieutenant-General Sir
ham Clinton, G.C.8., to be Lieutenant-General of the 01'4"
nance.

&men-Office, Aprill2, 1825.
Members returned to serve in this present Parliament-.
County of Berks--Robert Palmer, Esq. of Holme-parkyr
the said County, in the room of the Hon. Richard Nell'St
now Lord Braybrook, and one of the Peers of the Unit"'
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Borough of Petersfield—Jatnes Law Lushington, Colonel °.
the Hon. East India Company's Military Service, in the roct
of Sir Philip Musgrave, Bart., who has accepted the Chiltern
Hundreds.
City of Carlisle—Sir Philip Musgrave, Bart, in the footli
Sir James Graham, Bart., deceased.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
W. Long, Little St. Andrew-street, Seven-dials, oil-
Met-
chant, from March 8 to April 19,

BANKRUPTS.
-21 r
G. Wiggleswerth, Halifax, factor, to surrender Ad
22, May 24, at the Magistrates' Rooms, Halifax. So W`
Messrs. Jaques and Battye, Coleman street.
M. Baxter, Cambridge, livery-stable-keeper, April
May 24, at the Red' Lion, Cambridge. Solicitor, Mr. Nei-w",
. Barnard's-inn, Holborn. - -
°
E. Gough, Sedgley, Staffordshire, nail-factor, April ' .`
grt,
May 24, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Solicitors, Illes
Wimburn and Collett, Chancery-lane.
ths'
R. Drury, Shrewsbury, furrier, April 25, May 23, 24, at
Shire-hall, Shrewsbury. Solicitor, Mr. Griffiths, Souttuirar
ton-buildings, Chancery-line.
, T. Wilson, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen-manufacturer, If,
20, 21, May 24, at the Public-office, Barnsley. Solicitor,.
Bartlett, Bartholomew-close.
a.
J. Bray„ London-wall, livery-stable-keeper,. April
May 24, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basingliall-street. 15°'
tors Messrs. Watson and Broughton, Falcon-sqUare. tte
• T. Ash, Birmingham, grocer, April 22, 23, May ft; tige
Swan Inn, Birmingham. Solicitors, Messrs. Ellis, 0"
Walmsley, and Gorton, Chancery-lane.
24'
J. Thomson, Cheltenham; victualler, April 19;20; 141 Ilk-
at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. Solicitor,. Mr. King,
jeant's-inn, Fleet-street.
J. Mills, St. Clement's Church-yard, Strand, stay-11331a-
turer, April 30, May 7, 24, at the BankrupteCourt,
hall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Mayhew, Chancery-lane. 6.
J Harrison, Red Lion-street, Holborn, trimming-tnantla.
_ng,
' turer,.April 30, May 7, 24, at the Bankrupts' Court,
hall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Watson,' Gerrard-street, Sollo*

DIVIDENDS.
1131
May 3, P. Marshall, Scarborough, grocer:—. de 3, ;47,,t0.
bert, Slone-street, Chelsea, schoolmaster—April 19, It• 7A,,ke-
Laurence-Pountney-hill, merchant—May 3,T. Browne,
street, Grosvenor square, plumber—May 7, T. Ackland, °e,,,41,
Greenwich, butcher—May 6, J. Banks and W. °I'll:. t..
Beetles; Suffhlk, linen-drapers—April 16, T. Rose, Reimstreet, Pall-mall, wine-nierchant.
CERTIFICATES, MAi 3.
W. Neyerd, Brunswick-street, Shoreditch,
Stewart, Trowbridge, draper_ ..1, Newbank, Earl-street,
son-grove, Marylebone, stage-master—P. Johson Jub
place, Commercial-road, linen.draper—J. Smith, litist°".„
low merchant.

• , _
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. MoOre,
H. D. Broughton, J. Sutton, W. Furnival, and. WA' ljunt,
salt-manufacturers—H. Pyall, Lambeth-walk, and 0. ~.'''ort
Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, and Craven-building*, '-'reet,
lane, engravero—E. Priddle and S. Sanders, M arylebone-s;bir
milliners—W. Warburton and J. Goss Minorie*, ot*
chandlers—J. Vale and J. Hardy, Birmingham, silver P
—R. Hopwood and R. H. Furness, Bridlington, YPTIDAsIi:
tallow.chandlers--J. Walker, S. Mat}ey, and J. 'Taylor' and'
ton-under-Line, machine.makers—W. Bayer, J. Howallolf,
F. Lenland, Liverpool, brewers—j. Newton, and J. g,"ti,;erit'
Little Chelsea, brewers--J. P. Bowyer and D. Tyson, I°ll,o'
street, linen-drapers—J. and P. WoolcOtt„-Sherborne, cal 3„
carriers—W. and J. Coxon, • Spondon- Derbyshire, ister-*
nufacturers—T: and E. Forrest, Birmingham, rile-bre71,1).„
G., S., and S. Moxon, so far as regards Samuel Moso:0:::.....1
Stonehouse and J. Gregory, Manchester, cotton-op/11'i DO'
Woodward and B. Hope, Bristol, soap:boilers—al:4W:
H. Dodd, Penrith, milliners-LJ.- M. Child, 0. H. %I Or'
and H. Cook, Black Hook, Thomas Chappel, end Std
Collieries, Pembrokeshire.

rIV
DEATH BY BOX ING.—A fatal pugilistic cO c - 400
bat took place on Monday, at Wendover Common, bet-,0"
Arlington Corner and Gerrarcls. The combatants were ,;0
cote, a sawyer, and a teacher of the boxing art, and Ilavi'&1;°1
coachman, and the match was for 5/. A very hard bto
seventy rounds was fonght, at the close of Which LleatitOw
carried away and died in the night.
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COURSE OF EXCHANGE, April 12, F-•
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BULLION

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Foreign gold, in Bars A II 9
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Silvry Stantiai l 111

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On the 11th inst., of a daughter, the lady of D.
Esq., Proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Hayrn.arket

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