The Sun.
London, England, 1815-09-07 00:00:00

ATTACIIMENT TO ANIIVIALS.

Some months since two persons died in Paris,
who bail been_all their lives remarkable for at-
tachment to animals, 'One was a person of pro-.
pert") he inhabited a small house ; 011 the
first floor he kept guinea pigs, on the second pi-
geons during thirty years he had been celebrated
for having the finestlanimals of those species.. His
house was deserted by all his.friends in 'consequence
of the intolerable stelich arising !remit
,his mena-
gerie. His property would hare ken sufficient
to have s,,pported him with respectability, hut he
had expended SO ninlidi in food for his favourites,
and in the improvement of his stock, that when
he died not a shilline; was left. His relations
were obliged to sell off all the- Guinea pigs and
pigeons to defray his funeral expenses.'
The other sin!,tilar character was a persc it who
constantly cart ietl dogs in his pockets. lie was, in
every sense, the friend and supporter of that valmt-
ble epo*Oped. Ills bread and soup, lie always
shared with Ids favourites ; they Were his constant
companions, and he watched over them with the
care of a nurse. He had terriers, poodles, spaniels,
and, in -short, one of almost every breed. As
they increasedin number and size he found him-
self at a loss to 6:3rry them in his usual way; how-
ever, he atlas t contrived to keep one untie r each arm,
two in his pockets, and one on his shoulder. Thus
engaged, he frequentlyienjoyed a promenade on the
Boulevard, followed by the rest of his tlompanions.
The ridicule of the. passenget s had no effect. Llc pre;
ferret! the comfort of his canine favourites to his
own, and the pleasnre he derived front iii ma-
nagement a them wore than compensated for
the jokes and satire of the public. About two
years before his death he had the misfor-
tune to lose his sight, and in that situation his
dogs returned the kindness received from th6r
master. Determined not to part from. them,
he fastened the whole to a cord, and his faithful
eompanions led him occasionally on the !Ivourite
walk which he had led them. At his death the
howring'of the animals was dreadful, but the per-
son who iiiherited It property having less sensrbi-
lit y than the deceased, applied a horsewhip, and
forced then) into the street, %where they remained
about the house tintit the body was laid in the grave:
What became of the dogs after we did not• learn.
however.was .on the whole a most striking
instance of mutual attachuient between wall am)
the west grateful of. all anitnals.'

MOB IN OXVORD-STREET.7--Bruce four o'clock
On Tuesday afternoon, and until a late hour last
night, the space in front of the hOuse of Lava and
Co. has been occupied by an assemblage of seve-
ral hundreds, and in the ,evening partieularlv,,
thousands of persons,• arising from the following
circumstances :---1 t appears that on Tuesday after-
noon some Cries of murder were heard, proceed-
nig front the house of Mrs. Lava, 'and a person
in apparent stiffering was seen at one of the upper
windows: of the house; a report was instantly circa-
laced that it was a young female who had present-
ed herself at the window for the Purpose of throw-
ing herself out, from the hands of bet murderer;
her head was streaming with blood, and when she
had approached the window she was suddenly
dragged back, and supposed to have met her
death 1. This 'elation naturally excited the indig-
nation, as well as encreased the untidier of the
enraged poputace, and it sown became necess;.ry
to call in the ahl of the pester officers, when
an investigation of the matter took place,.
and the following explanat was 'given
Mrs. Lara, it appeared, had sent Iter son Oil
.t nttrs-
sage on Tuesday, who instead of executing it,
thought proper to stroll to the fair, for tvhich,
upon his routs» home, he was justly punished.
Being naturally Of a -violent and perverse dicpo-si-
Hon, lie resisted the chastisement, though
and by his screams and cries of " Murder,:' had.
excited The alarm of a few individuals, who had
mistaken or misrepresented the fact. This expla-
nation, however, was not considered fully satis-
factory by the credulous multitmle; who tunii a
late hour last night remained before the house,
calling out for the body of the niurdercd. person-as
well as the murderer 1. •
On Thursday 31st August, the reverend Doctor
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, Minisfrr of 'Straiton,
shire, was unanimously elected Professor of M oral
Philoophy, in the United College, St. Andrew's,
in the room of the late ProfesSortoox.
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Yesterday evening a young ivoman, %vitt) bad
imprudently V entered into one of those' danger
ous machines called :ming-, in Bartholomew fair,
was suddenly thrown, out, -.and tell with Such
violence, that one of her aims' was broken, and
the other, as well as her body, severely injured.
She was conveyed to the hospital:
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The Kidderminster coach was overturned on
Tuesday, about 26 miles frotu town—several of
the passengers wercanuch hurt and bruised. •
On Monday morning last a fine girl, of about
seven years ot age, niece to at Mr. Willis, of
Grove-place, Goswell-street-road, having risen at
an early hour, for the purpose ot lighting one of
the fires, a burning stick fell beneath'her clothes
unperceived,' and she was shortly afterwards -en,-
veloped in flAmes. Her screams soon brought
down i\l r. Willis, who, in his exertions to arrest
the tire, was dreadfully burnt in his hands and
arms. The child Was conveyed to St. Bartholo-
metr'S Hospitals, where it lingered in great agony
until Tuesday, and then expired. -The Coroner's
Inquest, which has since sat upon the body, have
pronounced a verdict of—Accideutal Death.
'!'lie body of the man whose clothes were found
on the bank of the Thames opposite to Lambeth
Church on Sunday morning is not yet discovered.
His name is James Smith, a bricklayer; who lived
in the neighbourhood. He has left a wife'prreg-
tiant; and three children, to lament his loss. On
going to bathe that morning, he called on a neigh-
Jour to accompany him, whO refused getting up,
and he went alone.

Tuesday se'nnight - there waS, a melancholy ac.
cident at Garbraid Colliery, .near Glasgow.—James
and GeG p rge uncan, father and 'son, ‘Vereascend-
. big the pit, when the basket upset, and they
were thrown' with great violence to the bottom.
The lather was killed on the spot. The sou was
'Carried to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow ; but, as
both hit thigh ln,ues arc fractured, and his face
and forehead,traversed I,y a very deep cut, his re-
cuyery is not expected.