The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-04 00:00:00

MAD CAT.

. David Hale, a.young man about go yeari of age,
son of Mr. Hale, shoemaker, of :llidtord, while
leaning oven the garb of his tather!s garden,. on the
evening of the. Ist of September last, observed a
cat coming 'down the:garden-walk. tnw*ds,
As the animal resolved to pass andm the gme, the
young man placed his toot in., the way, .to pievent
her, which she instantly seized, and ,On. putting'
4lown his hand to extricate himself, she bit him
'very. severely by the thumb. The lather Q(
young man, hearing a noise, ran put of the.house"
with as stick.; he pointed it, towards the cat several
times, and she as ellen seized it in the most feroci—
ous manner.. Mr.. Hale then declared the animal
was Amid, and: immediately ,dlstroyed her', The
,young ,mant.went, without .delitys• to,Wiieningtr,
and was, aecoding,to the opinions of advisers there,
properly dipped in the salt-water, in . the hope of
averting, the dreadful consequences that 'might
otherwise-arise, from the bite of the animal.. He
returned house again, and kr Mote .than a month
enjoyed his usual health. On Tuesday, the .11th of
Otiotter, the young .man was taken ill with_ the
head-ache'. On Wet:hie:4aq his ho4d-aehe, conti-
nued and got worse 5 and..in r ie .vYqlll4-,he had
symptoms Of a sore throat. ThursLiay:- the sore-
ness his throat :increased; he could hot.swallow ;
his head was very bad :v and it any. liquid..were Of-
fered him, he was much agitated .and ,conv
Ou Riday he could not ,s:ilfer:any„ligklid to. come
near him ;:bur.he ate a:isniall hitpi-Joe,.ted bread.--.
Ile was sensible of his situation, and desired every.
one not to endanger' theniielves by attending ,:hirn.
He foamcd'at the Mouth very much, and aktinies'.
was.grcatly convnlsed. On Saturday his malady. inT
creased; :and on Sunday ht 4 yeas, conithed in hiSsbed;
raving mad. .Two people:Were constantly employed
in wipingthe foam (row h4O, which issued from his
mouth and "nose in large quantities. ,On .Monday
marnityrilhe• 17th, the unfortunate young man was
released from the most dreadfn), 0t..a1l human aac-
• tiens, he expired about Seven.o'clock. in the greatest
agony.
•

FoOT RACE:—A match of a wile forloo (zoineas
took place yesterday, near Hampton, between Cap-
tain Arming, who did COO yards in the Padc, a short"
time since, with wonder ful speed, and a- roan frdm
Den,. of the nameof Forbes. The Captain run his
. adversary the mile, ftir'2o: guineas, with a bye bet,
that he did thiOstatice within five minutes. He
-won both his bets, he.haying beat his adVersary by
00. yards, and coniplii.ted the mile in 4 minutes end
50 seconds. _ . .

`lllairschly a shocking accident happened:betwiict
• the White Horse Cellar and' Hyde Park Corner, 'to
a tine girl, ten ytars old, the ciaughtti. of
*MoieleY, of _Langley, Mrs. MOStley V'A'S ping'
home' inside orie' of the Beth.stage;coachcs with her
Chilaghter, who was not in a perfect Stare of health,
and will leanina' her head out at the windoW ; the
door su4lettly flew open; the child fell our, and her
clothes' became entangled in the hind wheel, and,
shocking to 'relate; she was killed on the spot. It
appeared that site had been killed in the very first in,
stance by'a violent concussions of the ferehead against
the pavement.
A. man of the name of Sweney, alias Major far,
rens.; idle; Gre.gory, &c. Was taken into custody on
Thursday eight, on leaving the' Haymarket Theatie,
charged with having committed divers frauds in town
and country,bytrepreSentinghimself, at various times,
as a merchant and ship-owner, an independent officer
on half-pay, &c.
:
. On Wednesday lifiernoon last, between four and
five o'clock, two young men, brothers, ;the one 18)
and the other 20 years of age, took. a boat without: a
vvaterman, to fetch
.a box. from on board a vessel
lying below .bridge, They, went (hrough London,
bridge, when the fail: being very
,great, and not
understanding the management of the
„boat, she
overset, and they were untortunately both drowned.'

Monday evening an over.drove o went into the
sholi. of Mr:, Levy, 'watelcnitticer;—in :.N.Vh4echripej,
and entered the parlour where Mrs. Levy was sit-
ting storm, who,notbeing able to get by him„ crept
under a siderboird table. The ox..wallced round ;he
room . several times, overset tore
,the
mantle piece down, on which was a number of
watches and bracelets, and '.then turned into the
shop, where be broke the sliow glas4 in which was
200 watches. He was at lettgttt forked into the
street.