The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-15 00:00:00

KENSINGTON SESSIONS.

On Saturday Mr. Hall, clerk to the trustees of the poor of
the parish of Kensington, came before the Magistrates, and
stated that, in consequence of the large number of useless dogs
prowling about the neighbourhood, the greatest alarm had been
created in the minds of the inhabitants of Earl's-court,
Brompton, Kensington, the Gravel-pits, Notting-hill, &c.,
from a report that several of these animals had been bitten by
dogs in a rabid state. The householders of Camden-hill and
Kensington Gravel-pits had memorialised the trustees on this
subject, and the Jury of the inquest on the girl Crook, who
died from hydrophobia, had agreed to a memorial, calling on
the authorities to cause the destruction of useless dogs. The
surgeon of the Union had written to Mr. Hall to state that he
had seen a rabid dog bite tNO dogs drawing one of the trucks
kept in the neighbourhood.
Mr. Conn inquired why the provisions of the local Act bad
not been put in tome by the parochial constables ?
Pun:men, one of the beadles said, agreeably to the Act,
the beadles had, in June last, issued printed bills, cautioning
persons letting their dogs about unmuzzled under a penalty
of M. ; that notice had, however, expired a few weeks since.
The Magistrate then sent for the inspector of police, and on
his arrival, Mr. CODD, after telling him that although there
was no general law bearing on the question, yet the Kensing-
ton Local Act empowered any officer to act under its provi-
sion, said he had sent for him to desire that he would instruct
all the policemen under him to commence seizing, on Monday
next, all dogs they might find prowling at large, for the pur-
pose of being afterwards brought before the Magistrates, and,
should no owner appear, be destroyed.
The same directions were given to the beadles and parochial
constables, after which the matter dropped.

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SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY.—The liberty of spe-
culation, says Sir John Herschel, which we possess in the do-
mains of theory, is not like the wild license of the slave broke
loose from his fetters, but rather like that of the freeman who
has learned the lessons of self-restraint in the school of just
subordination. The ultimate objects we pursue, in the highest
theories, are the same as those of the lowest inductions • and
the means by which we can most surely attain them have a
close analogy to those which we have found successful in such
inferior cases.
On Friday morning the body of a seaman, a man of
colour, was picked up ia the river near the eastern entrance of
the London Dock, at Shadwell. It appeared to have been in
the water several days. It is supposed that the deceased had
fallen overboard from some vessel in the Pool.
FAVERSHAM, WEDNESDAY.—This morning at
eleven, a powder mill, belonging to Mr. Hall, povrder-n:lert..
chant, of Faversham, blew up with a tremendous explosion.
It is a green charged mill, situated near Ospringe. The charge
had been on about four hours, and the powder had obtained its
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full strength, although not prepared for use. top of the
mill is entirely blown off, and one side shook, it is supposed to
the foundation ; there were two pair of runners in the room,
and the weight of powder which exploded was upwards of
1001bs. The mill-man, Thomas Andrews, who is the only
sufferer, was about to take off the charges ; fortunately for
him he was standing between the runners, or he must have
been dashed to pieces ; as it is, he is
have
is dreadfully burnt in the
face, and it is feared th:-•
gentleman
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him. A medical gentlean was soon on
since pronouns. d the injuries to be
millnot of a dangerous nature.
The extent of the damage to thecannot be exactly ascer-
tained. The shock produced considerable alarm in the neigh-
bourhood, and the report was' heard at great distance. It if
impossible to account for the accident, a
—Kent Herald.