The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-21 00:00:00

GENERAL CANICIDE AT PARIS.

Nothing is more simple or more reasonable
than to establish severe regulations against the
immense number of prowling dogs which infest,
our capital, to the great danger of the citizens
lives. It was then wise to order, in the first •
place, as has been already done, that every do,g-
having a master should be muzzled or led in
leash, on penalty that those who should neglect '
that precaution should see them poisoned. it
was also useful to have dogs wandering about the
streets taken up, but the execution of this nte*r
sure has given rise to the most revolting abuses.:
The Police imagined the idea of letting loose
the streets of Paris a band of individuals charged".
with the extermination of dogs. A premium all.;
50c. per head, on each head delivered, is granted
to these new agents ; a species of justice-room Mal,
been made, where the victims are conducted a°.
strangled by a machine, the lever of which /5
put in motion by a girl of 12 or 13. But Ole
Police might have foreseen (if to foresee is their
duty) that among people of that class excess°
were to be feared ; and, in fact, in order to in •
crease their profits, they have carried their imprt".
deuce and audacity beyond all idea. They ja
pudently seize dogs muzzled, under their Wale
ter's eye, and at the shop doors, sometimes 111;,,
surprise and sometimes by main force, if no othe
than female protection was at hand. The losce
lence of one was carried so far as to cut the
string in which the dog was following his master/
One fellow put in use in la rue Nlazirine a tell'
ning knot, which he threw round the neck e •
beautiful dog belonging to a butcher, whose sh'ir;
he was minding. The dog was extremely powec.:
ful, and resisted ; his howlings brought ,
master into the shop, who, being arrOe
would no doubt have punished the fellow, ha
he not ran away. The insolence of these
killers arrived at last at such a point, t./".'5
on Friday last a general hue and cry
raised against them, and the people declared woi
against them, pursued, and took seleral. sy
of them took refuge at a straw-hat manufacturers;
and his pursuers were so exasperated agl'irlif
him that ten or twelve gendarmes were h3re,,,e'
sufficient to shield him from their rage. S01:-6,.
owners of dogs walk about with a drawn VI
in one hand and the dog in a leash in the other.'
others less determined have been put under t:°n
.o.
tribution by the dog-killers, at the rate of 0,
sous per head. Scenes of the same kind 1311,:tH
taken place to•dity ; it is positively said, t 11,0!!
near the Luxembourg an officer was walking vt/t
his dog in a leash, when a killer had the audact
fficey
to cut the string and seize the dog. The 0 1,,,,
immediately drew his sword, and laid the 1110,,,,
able wretch dead at his feet. It is bardl9 C°'.,,„
ceivable how the police of a capital can be
ducted with such a mixture of violence and'ii• to.
pacity. A useful measure is adopted for' pe,
safety of the citizens, and it seems it cannO.to 0
executed without opening a door to oppresSl°oo,
the result of which may be as fatal as the,
sought to be remedied.—(Courier Francais-)
ver
DREADFUL FlRE.—Last evening, about sew&
o'clock, a fire broke out in a very extells;pt.
building, intended for a piano-forte rnanufact.°o
opposite to the Southampton Arms Taver7ft:
Camden-town. The premises were the prt)r•
of Mr. Mr. GOULD, the piano-forte manufactu hool`')
were newly built, together with a smalleffieti4e.
adjoning, intended for his private dwelling'of
A very large and valuable stock of woods
rious kinds used in the business had -Pe Dasie.
moved to the premises a few days since, an .feelt.
ness was to have been commenced there neStoijb; '
Some workmen who had been employed.'" 01
g the interior, had left but a short time yes`iftthe
evenitr, when flames were seen bursting t.1:11
ground-floor window, and spreading Wite.oggq
mense fury over the entire floor. Me6,s,iterellf
were dispatched on horseback to the. 45.1 41/,
engine stations in town, and an ample suPP:f.tllf
.water was soon turned on from the null° the
•r ,ie
Hampstead water-works, but even 1, ,ent,
London engines had been on the spot at t"..0:iP0.5!'
the fire first broke out, it would have b.eel'ile fsC
Bible to prevent the entire destruction of t'l9 pfi);
tory, so furious and rapid was the fire it! I eiriOei
gress. In 7 or 8 minutes the whole Pt oftet,
were in one blaze, and in a short tittiee
nothing but the outside walls were lt1:1
standing. The fire communicated t°
ti°
ft
tended private dwelling of Mr. Gould'tbee
soon reduced it to the bare walls, but forthed,
gines having by that time 'arrived, the c 0
che •
progress of the destructite element was 'fie
Some idea may be formed of the nature °teet.:oMcfr
from the circumstance of a house at.- tb stiotilt
side of the road, which is very wide (we,,, frOl,lA
caught 70 50;
think at least 50 yards) having
and burned considerably. The fire gjeol%
to have been caused by the workmen eyed
some embers in a grate which they had • '
heat their glue.
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DIED. ' gV
aged 20, John Choltneley, second son of Tholvai 001'
On Wednesday, the 13th inst., at SwakeleYa, Tru'l
Or tiO
Clarke, Esq. se 10 irk
On Tuesday evening, the 19th inst., at his boll eyor, 4.0
street, Grosvenor-square, Mr. John Stevens, sucv • ofl`
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Yesterday, at Nine Elms, Vauxhall
53d year of his age. ,v, yo, , ci
age, William Hollingsworth, Esq. " rOniir
,e 4 13' ill
On Sunday last, in her 88th year,. Mrs. Frio- 'ivillsil 46/
Revensbury-house, Mitcham, relict of the late
~, is? 'A
natd, Esq. ~,,0,.., IF
On Tuesday last., at Islington,Miss Ann 'Pali- 1-6 r,
C ' e
daughter of the late Rev. Nathaniel Trotnian• of j!lr,A• edt,
On Tuesday evening, Elizabeth, the wife ~rs' C'`'l raid' '
Gwinnell, of Park-place, Kennington, and 0"-A-19, Pjiglliv. ...
On Tuesday, the 19th inst., at Mortlake, Age- ,id S''',
the wife of Mr. Joseph Christian, of the Strand ti' ‘. •
street. tiP
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