The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-24 00:00:00

UTTIVZOU2S OM THE MAW.

A Spanish priest much attache& to the chase, when
he was entering the church, one day t()warcis the close of
last century, was informed that a wild animal was in
the neighbourhood, and away he w rnt, called up his
dogs, and set off in full chase. He In s never since ban
allowed to stop ; and often on a fine sr ill evening, when
the sun is setting, his ligun: may be se en scouring along
the horizon, while his pack of dogs fallow after him in
full cry.

--Bartholomew Dillon, Esq., of Ball quip House,
Kilkenny, who died on the 1:5-th inst.,-Yoted for the Tories,
West and Grogan, at the Dt.blin election, though he had
been bed-ridden for sever2l weeks. We suppose the
assessor saw him in perso n as really as the Spanish
peasant still sees the huntit tg pr lest.
A rumour is abroad at Turin that his Sardinian
Majesty is about to make a tur nel on an immense scale
through part of Mount Cenis,. 'to diminish the difficulty of
that route into Italy.

A NEW SPECIES OF ANIMAL,
DISCOVERED BY r )2,NIEL O'CONNELL.

" 0 sight of horror, ugl r and deform."—MlLTON.
" There was another thing also that interfered to mar that
election (Dublin)—it was an animal called an Ass-Esson."—
Speech of Daniel 0' Connell "at the Cork Election.

Mythologians may talk mighty high,
And extol their hen a aphrodite Venus,
With other such epice n e fry
As frighten the hear t, of Quw genus ;
They may prate of the it Satyrs and Pans,
And sirens whose u iouths make sweet bubbling,
But there ne'er was a monster like Dan's,
Which of late het .iscovered at Dublin.

Geologians may that by their spades ;
E'en Iguanodon
.antell at Brighton
Must be utterly ca s t. into shades
By what Dan a k his Dublinites light on ;
They may talk of tb eir gneisses and sands,
And monsters all human size doubling-
131ct their monsters a re nothing to Dan's,
Which of late he d iscovered at Dublin.

Now Dan found this :monster deform
In no granite, or q .yartz, or coal section,
Not mummied or pet rifled, but
Broad alive at the . DuOlin election.
'Twas no sheep in wo .clothing, or goat's—
No Catholic monk f n.cnufessor—
But a biped who rock ones l the votes,.
And goes by the narrle ( Ass-Esson.

" 'Tis an animal ugly," quc th Dan,
" As e'er fixed a blot upo: 1 zoology,
And to call him less ugly th: as sin
'Twould itself be a sin and false eulogy ;
So I'll turn into showman," q aoth Dan,
" And go about Ireland—C otl bless her—
('Twill help out reform, will t plan),
And show up this ugly Ass—e;3sor."
So from Dublin sped Dan with his tail,
And went to the fair at Co
And there this Assessor he t: two, eked,
Poor devil! and showed hi m no pity.
" Though Dante's Inferno," (moth Dan,
" Be a hot and voracious ( mg:dpher,
Of horrified ugly ones—this
Beats all that o'er roaste d in sulphur.

" Oh a far more respectabl'a 'boy
Was each of the Cyclops, of Etna,
Black Brontes, Pyracmori.,, or Strops,
Or their grandson, the. 'blacksmith at Gretna ;
Nay, a perfect Adonis to this
(I pwear by the mother that bore me)
Was he wbom Pub. Virg. it declared
To be Monstrurn, hce,TendurrA, inforrae.' "

Ah! Thehans may talk mighty high,
And extol their hermaphr•odiute Venus,
With other such epicene fry
As frighten..fhe heart of Qua genus;
They mry pry ;e of their Satyrs and Pans,
And sirens -whose months make sweet bubbling;
But they ne'er saw a monste.• like Dan's,
Which of late he dis?ove red at; Dublin.

The receipts of the prilcipal railways in opera-
tion for the last week, are as folio ws:—London and Blackwall,
908/. ; Hull and Selby, 909/. ; York a.nd North Midland,
1,9(;5/. ; North Midland, 4,573/. ; Bihningham and Glouces-
ter, 1,7521. ; Midland Counties, 2,911/. ; South Western,
7,338/. ; Birmingham and Del by, ; Great Western,
13,8241. ; Greenwich, 8901. ; T lorthern. and Eastern, 895/. ;
Birmingham, 18,820/. ; Eastern Counties, 977/.; and Man-
chester and Birmingham, 3491.
LONDON AND 13R/GIiTON ItAILWAY.—NO
official returns are yet given of the traffi'e of this line, but we
hear that it In, been about 1,0001. and: 1,2001. for the twa
weeks it has '.seen opened, which is quite as much as we ex-
pected, if riot more, for the vlace to whit h the line is opened,
that is, ur.on a heath almost without a road to it. But not..
withstarp.iing this, we understand that two more of the coaches
have been taken off the road and put up )n the railway. A
statement having appeared in the BrigA ton Guardian, that
the Company is sustaining great loss in consequence of the
opening, we have made inqairy, and we have reason to believe
the statement to be quite iinfounded.—Rcalway Magazine.
Vauxhall Gardens were again attended, last
evening, by a most fashionable audience, amongst whom were
his Royal Highness the Duke of Brunswick, the Duke of
Leeds, Earl and Countess of Glengall and party, Lord Powers-
c,:tirt and party, Lord Marcus Hill, Hon. James Macdonald,
Sir Charles Kent, Earl of Chesterfield, Count d'Orsay, Lord
Macdonald, Earl of Egliatoun, &c.
A SECRET.—" My dear Murphy," said an
Irishman to his friend, " why did you betray the secret I told
you ?" "Is it betraying yen call it ? Sure, when I found I
wasn't able to keep it myself, didn't I de -well to tell it to some-
body who could?"