The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-13 00:00:00

HYDROPHOBIA.

We quote the following strange story (for it does
not appear like truth) from the Perth Advertiser :
About a month ago a dog belonging to Mr. Fenwick,
George-street, gave pretty strong symptoms of being
iri a rabid state, by biting three or four of its own spe-
cies, without anything like provocation, and immedi-
ately thereafter fastening on a horse belonging to James
Rollo' a licensed carter in Brigend. The aggressor,
as well as those he • had attacked, with the exception
of the more noble animal, were drowned or other-
wise killed, with all convenient speed, to save pro-
bable consequences. The horse (a fine stallion) was
bit on the upper lip, but the wound, which seemed
trivial, soon healed, and was quickly forgotten. On
the evening of Sabbath last, his owner, on going into
the stable, found him in rather a feverish state, froth-
ing at the mouth, and perspiring copiously. This cir-
cumstance, however, did not at the time bring to mind
any recollection of the injury done by the dog, as natural
causes might account in some measure for these mani-
festations of excitement. On Monday morning Rollo
rose about four o'clock, to cart a quantity of clothes
to the North Inch for bleaching. On entering the
stable, he was immediately struck by the horse, and on
essaying to put on the harness, the enraged animal caught
hold of his left shoulder with his teeth. By dint of su-
perior strength and fortitude, however, he succeeded in
extricating himself and adjusting the harness ; but no
sooner had they cleared the stable door, when the
infuriated animal again rushed upon its master—seized
him by the arm, and, throwing him down, trampled and
tore at him alternately, and would have made him a
mangled corpse in a short time, had not a house-car-
penter and a policeman run to his assistance, and, striking
the maddened brute a blow on the head with a hammer,
forced him off the prostrate man. The horse was
now yoked by the assistance of the carter's son,
and the clothes taken to the Inch. On returning he
was driven knee-deep into the river, but, though
showing no marked repugnance to water, he refused to
drink. Without taking off the harness, he was again
placed in the stable. In about three hours afterwards,
the young man, thinking the animal would now be
somewhat cooled, re-entered the stable, but found him
wilder than ever—striking out furiously, and making
every imaginable effort to bite. After great risk and
exertions, however, he succeeded in taking off the har-
ness, with the exception of the collar. Throughout
the dav, every succeeding hour added to the inten-
sity of the animal's fury, and by evening his contor-
tions of rage and agony were absolutely terrific.
By that time the door was strongly barricaded, in
the fear lie should make his escape. Two or three
individuals, anxious to see the animal in the heat of
his paroxysms, made way into the loft above him.
The scene was appalling in the extreme. Below them
was the infuriated brute, dimly seen through a cloud
of steam fed by the fires that raged through and dis-
tended his nostrils. Every vein and muscle was fright-
fully swollen. He had broken his binding, torn his
collar to tatters, and was kicking and stamping furiously
through the stable. Now he would neigh, now heave
groans of the deepest agony, then, shaking as with
an ague-fit, would gather himself up, and maidenly.
with a scream, : spring aloft, making the very house
shake with his fall. Then he would groan again,
or, gnashing his teeth, roll his eyes wildly and
savagely around. He ever and anon tore with his
teeth the flesh from his breast, would shake for a mo-
ment the quivering carrion, aad then dash it from him,
as if he found relief in the intensity of his sufferings.
The walls of the stable were now literally covered with
froth and blood ; and in this dreadful state the animal
continued till exhausted nature gave way. The poor
brute died about two o'clock on the following morning.
On examination, the carter's arm was found to be dread-
fully lacerated, and other parts of his body seriously in-
jured. However, we are happy to state, that his
wounds, as yet, give no symptom of danger, but bear
every appearance of healing much sooner than could
have been expected.

THE TRADING AND LANDED INTERESTS.—
It is a lamentable fact, but it is true, that the friends to
the bread tax act more cordially together in the agricul-
tural district than the enemies of that tax act in the mann-
facturinc, districts, as the returns at the present West
Riding election sufficiently show. The bread eaters are
inadequately represented in Parliament, while the corn
growers in that assembly outnumber the manufac-
turers and merchants in the proportion of ten to
one. No wonder if, in such a state of things, the
people of England should be condemned for many years
to come, to eat dear bread—to endure the inflictions of
monopoly—to see their trade and manufactures pass
to other nations, and their workpeople suffer under
the troubles incident to an increasing deficiency of
labour. All this might have been reversed if the ma-
nufacturing and commercial interests had supported
their friens as unitedly as the bread taxers have sup-
ported theirs. It is impossible to hear a shout in a ma-
nufacturing town over a Tory triumph at an election
without exclaiming " they know not what they do." The
returns show that the Tory majority in the agricultural
districts amounts in round numbers to 3,000 ' • and the
majority for the Liberal candidates in the trading dis-
tricts to 2,000, Though there are nearly twice as many
voters in the trading as in the farming districts, tholat-
ter adhere to their monopoly for keeping up the price of
grain, and act with more union than the former for
securing the advantages of cheap food and better em-
ployment.—Leeds Mercury.

,
A picture, by David, representing the coronation
of the Emperor Napoleon, one of two ordered, (this at
the price of 75,000 francs), by the Emperor himself, the
first for the Louvre (which is now at Versailles), and the
second for the Milan Museum, was, last week, brought
to the hammer in Paris, and knocked down at 2,300
francs. The picture in question, not having been paid
for, remained in the artist's possession at his death, and
bears au inscription and signature in his own hand-
writing. We may mention, too, that the picture by our
countrymen, Mr. 'l'. J. Robins, representing the Veloce
in her situation of peril last year, at Dunkirk, with the
Icing of the French on board, and which the artist ex-
hibited at the Louvre, has been purchased by Louis
Philippe, for the Historical Museum at Versailles.—
Athenceum.
We understand that the marriage of Lord John
Russell, and the daughter of the Earl of Minto, takes place at
•Minto House about the 20th of the present month. Orders
for tne bridal-cake have been received by Mr. Blair, of the Ita-
lian Warehouse, South Bridge.—Edinburgh paper.

--„
LAUNCH OF THE CAMBRIAN.—On Monday
evening last, was launched from Pembroke-yard an exceedingly
large and splendid frigate, of 36 guns. She is about the ton-
nage of the 74 gun ships, admeasuring 1,622 tons. Her guns
will be of a calibre equal to her tonnage, viz., on the main deck
long 32 pounders, nine feet six inches ; weight of gun and car-
riage 53 cwt. On the quarter deck and forecastle also 32
pounders ; length of each, seven feet six inches. She went off
the stocks in the finest style imaginable, precisely at seven
o'clock. Lady Philipps, the lady of Sir R. B. Philipps, of Pic-
ton Castle, gave her the name of Cambrian. She has a fine
Druid head. A great number of fashionables had assembled to
witness this grand and imposing sight, and all went off well.
The Collingwood, an 84 gun ship, is to be launched next month.
Cambrian.

PRICE OF CRABS:—Last week a fishmonger
sold two crab-pots for 101.—a circumstance sufficiently ex-
plained by the tact that he was a borough voter, and had always
previously voted for the Liberal party, but at the last election
r ;ted for Beckett. and Jocelyn.—Leeds Times.

LARGE CUCUMBER.—Mr. Wm. Hume, gar-
dener to S. W. Cattley, Esq., of Clapham, exhibited two cu-
cumbers at the Chiswick Horticultural Show on Saturday,
grown on a new principle, and measuring each twenty-four
inches in length. These cucumbers were grown in the ex-
tremely short space of six days.
TRIESTE, JUNE 28.—Accounts from Corfu
say that. shortly before the departure of the Lord High Com-
mtssioner Sir Howard Douglas (who arrived at Vienna on the
25th of June), several persons were arrested charged with
causing and keeping up the excitement of the people.

SWAMPING OF A STEAM-VESSEL—On Sun-
day a.fternoon, between three and four o'clock, the utmost
censternation and alarm was manifested by the numerous pas-
sengers on board the Aurora steam-vessel, which plied be-
t Ween London and Battersea Bridges, in consequence of infor-
mation that the vessel had sprung a leak, which in a few
seconds was discovered to be too true, as the water was pour-
ing fast into her hold from a hole in her bottom. It was low
ater at the time, and with assistance the whole of the pas-
sengers, notwithstanding their numbers, were safely landed
without a single accident. It appeared that the vessel passed
over an anchor, which injured her bottom. On' the return of
the tide nothing was to he seen of her but a small portion of her
funnel appearing above the water. The occurrence took place
between 'Vauxhall and Westminster Bridges on the south of
the river.

R. Cootes, the pedestrian, cotimeneed his great
match of walking 1,000 half miles in 1.,000 successive half
hours, on Wednesday, June 30th, at the Green Hills Gardens,
Augustine's.gates. The match excites intense interest,
the gardens having been thronged with visitors every day since
the commencement, and it was calculated that on one occa-
sion not less than eight or ten thousand persons were pre-
sent. The books of the umpires and referee show, that up to
the present time, this extraordinary task has been correctly
performed. Cootes is in good health, and appears confident of
accomplishing the feat; he eats heartily and sleeps well during
the very short intervals of rest allowed by this undertaking.—
Norwich Mercury.

THE BENCH.---The Scottish Pilot of yesterday
says, " A rumour has been current in Leith for the last two
days, that Mr. Rutherford will be immediately raised to
the bench in room
the bench. In ant.
r.onifiatobiLnoenoarhdleobf Jeffrey, whose declining
health has rendered hi tobusy
thpi perform the
Tory'the dutiesha ngbe
hangers
on and canvassers hatvuel
for whom they cannot, or will not, notsytells.n"leiWreg havevnte votes,
good reason for believing that the firs't part of this statement isy
unfounded. It may be true that the prospect of Lord Jet' -
ftey's tetiremeut has set the Tory canvassers in motion t
but
even though the country were to lose the services of tha-
excellent Judge, it is extremely improbable that Mr. Ruttier;
urd woull he his successor.— Scotsman.
THE VERY LATEST.—" Don't you wish you
may.get it ?" as Chubb's lock said to the shop-boy, when he
.vvantvd to open the cash-box.
. REFORM AND REGISTRATION SOCIETY.—
, -A. very numerously attended meeting was held on Wed-
nesday evening last, in Mr. Livesay's large room, in
Church-street ; Win. Ainsworth, Esq., in the chair, to
form a Reform and Registration Society. A committee
was appointed to carry out the object of the meeting, and
several subscriptions and donations were announced.—
Preston Chronicle.
THE WEATHER.—The weather during the
early pert of the 'week was wet, cold, and ungenial, and
the quantity of rain that fell on Monday night, and Tues-
day morning, was so heavy that the low lands on the
Margin of the river Lostock, in the neighbourhood of
I.4land, Ulnes Walton, Eccluston, and Croston, were
Rwed ; and also the meadow lands in the neighbour-
hood of Sowerby and that district were under water, and
much damage in both districts has been done to thehay-
raSS. We are
.happy to state that since Thursday the
wc4l4q 1 been more genial.-;-Preston Chronicle.

MORNING SUN.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals.—The Maitland, Baker, from Bengal, in the
Downs, sailed Feb. 15, St. Helena, May 10 ; William
Lockerby, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Feb. 3, St.
Helena, May 8 ; Hindoo, Mawson, from Bengal at
Liverpool, sailed March 8, St. Helena, May 27 ; Ophelie
and Anne, Barker, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed
Feb. 6, St. Helena, May 10 ; Alexander Robertson,
Brown, from Ceylon, in the Downs, sailed Feb. 23, Cape,
May 1 ; Valleyfield, Joble, from Singapore, in the
Downs, sailed March 3, St. Helena, May 16 ;
Orator, Jerry, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed
February 17, St. Helena, May 15 ; Jupiter, Sed-
man, from Singapore, off Portland, sailed 26th January,
Cape, April 23, St. Helena, 14 ; Caleb Angus, Poole,
from Manilla, off Cork, and proceeded for London, sailed,
Feb. 17, St. Helena, May 10.
Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Meteor, Walker, May
16, from Manilla, and sailed 17th, to Cork ; Caroline,
Hawkes, 16th, from Calcutta, and sailed, 19th, to Lon-
don ; her Majesty's ship Southampton, Hillyer, from the
Cape, and sailed, 19th, to Rio ; Woolsington, Pearson,
19th, from Ceylon, and sailed, 20th, to London ; Perse-
verance, Nicholson, 25, from whaling to London ; John
Bagshaw, Reddington, 26th, from Mauritius, and sailed,
27th, to London ; Shakspere, Henderson, 27th, from
Bombay, and sailed, 27th, to Liverpool ; her Majesty's
ship Wizard, Lieutenant Somerville, 27th, from the west
coast of Africa to Rio Janeiro ; the French barque Paris
passed on the 16th of May.
Arrival at Madeira—The Sarah, Heidrich, from Lon-
don to Bombay.

Arrivals at Batavia—The John Horrocks. from Liver-
pool; Prins Frederick der Nederlanden, from Rotterdam.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

Hebe, Manilla to London, in the Straits of Sunda; Janet,
Gibral.'er to Rio Janeiro, lat. 5, N., lon. 23, W.; Dutch
barque Aldermassher, lat. 9, lon. 23; Lady Katharine
Barham, London to Jamaica, 23d ult.., lat. 24, lon 36, by
the Caleb Angus, arrived at Cork. Baboo, of Greenock,
for Bombay, lah May, lat. 20, S., lon. 23, W., by the
Regulus, arrived off Weymouth. George Champlen, 26th
Sept., with NO blls; Brixton, of London, 21st April,
with 500 blls.; Indian, of Lindon, 13th June, with 400
blls.; Martha, of ditto, 6th July, with 1,600 blls.

A FACT FOR THE NATURALIST.A lady
near Torquay had, during the past week, two hen ca-
naries sitting in the same nest, side by side, each on her
own eggs, and living very quietly together.— Western
Times.

EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE.—On Friday,
the 11th ult., Mr. H. Smarhige, jun., in the purish of
Halwell, had a swarm of bees at seven A.M., about three
P.m. he had another from the same hive, and three days
after he had another, making three stocks from one in
the small space of four days—an incident never before
known to have happened in that neighbourhood.— We. -
tern Times.

A Flsit BOOKED."—There are various ways,
it seems from the following fact, of capturing fish. with-
out having resort to rod, net, spear, or gun. On Tues-
day evening last as the Waterwitch packet, No. 2, was
coming from Lancaster, near Farleton, and the mate,
James Dixon, was sitting in the bow of the boat read-
ing, a trout about a pound weight leaped from the
water upon the book which he was engaged in perusing,
perhaps being curious along with him to pry into its
contents ; we have " learned pigs" and many other ani-
mals in the world now-a-days, why may there not be
learned fish also ? However this may be, the finny biblio-
pole fell a sacrifice to this thirst for matter out of its pro-
per element • no sooner was it upon the book, than the
mate pressed both together to his breast and secured the
prisoner, taking it below to exhibit to the passengers
alive as it was. Seeing was believing in this case, al-
though such things are not to be seen every day.

GLASS-CLOTH.—We have had submitted to
our inspection about a couple of yards of this new spe-
cies of cloth, woven entirely of glass, by a Mr. Richard
Baker, a glass-maker, and a more extraordinary and
beautiful production of the loom it has never been our
lot to witness. Our readers, who have never seen a spe-
cimen, may be apt to suppose that glass-cloth must be a
plain white glossy fabric, but we assure them they are
much mistaken if they think so ; the specimen we have
seen is partly composed of a beautiful diamond pattern,
and partly in stripes and colours of the most delicate
hues. It seems to us, if the texture were a little lighter
(which we are assured it can be made), that the cloth is
admirably adapted for waistcoats for the dashing young
gentlemen about town, and for ladies' reticules ; and we
trust, for the benefit of the ingenious individual who is
exhihiting it, that not a few will take the hint, and order
some pieces immediately. Mr. Baker, three years ago,
had the honour of presenting her Majesty with a pair of
glass-cloth slippers, and an apron made of the same ma-
terial, with which she was pleased to express her unqua-
lified approbation, and to order a sum of money to be
paid to him. He has likewise had interviews with Lord
John Russell, and other distinguished individuals at the
Home-office, on the subject. He informs us that he is
the only individual in the kingdom who can produce this
material. This ingenious man (notwithstanding the royal
and distinguished patronage he has received), is, we are
sorry to say, in very embarrassed circumstances. He
very recently lost the whole of his money (amounting to
about 901.) by the failure of his employer, in whose hands
he had lodged it, and having a wife and a family of six
children, he is under the necessity of exhibiting the pro-
cess of spinning the silk and weaving the cloth for a sus-
tenance. We are assured the exhibition will well repay
a visit.—Hull Advertiser.

THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION AND
THE PHCENIX COMPANIES.-The law proceedings which
have being going on in the French Courts have ter-
minated. It will be recollected that the Britannia
steamer, belonging to the General Steam Navigation
Company, came in collision with the Plurnix steam-ship,
belonging to a Company at Havre, and that the latter
was sunk off Margate in deep water mid totally lost.
The Steam Navigation Company having had two deci-
sions against them in the French Courts have resolved
not to prosecute the matter further, as they do not expect
to have justice f& some time. The Directors, have,
therefore, given up the Britannia steam-ship to the Havre
Company. The Britannia is, we hear, worth from 26,0001.
to 29,000/. and that the law costs which the former will
have to pay, amount to about 4,000/. or 5,0001. Had
the case been tried before persons competent to judge
upon such a matter as " a collision at sea," in which much
nautical skill is absolutely necessary, the result would,
we confidently believe, be in favour of the General
Steam Navigation Company.—British Queen.

- -
YORKSHIRE GENEALOGIES.—Family' genea-
logies are kept by the enumeration of the given, or, as
they are called, the Christian, names of the ancestors.
" Jack o' Dick o' Bob, top o' t' hill ." that is, Jack is
the son of Dick, and grandson of Bob, who resides on
the top of the hill. Surnames are little used in the dis-
tricts where this registration serves. " Olive o' Susan's
o' Mary's o' Bill's o' Matthew's o' t' Mount :"
" she wed Robert o' Bob's, at Foster Clough, Far Lane
Ends, near Midley."—Rev. R. W. Hamilton's Prose and
Verse.

AN A WFUL EXPLOSION.-FOUR PERSONS
KILLED.—A dreadful explosion of carburetted hydrogen
gas occurred in one of the pits of Rhodes Bank Col-
liery, near Oldham, on the forenoon of Friday, the 2d
inst. Eleven miners were in the pit at the time, of whom
six were in the part of the mine where the explosion oc-
curred. The noise of the explosion was tremendous,
and the earthworks of the shafts were much disordered
in consequence.

CRIMINAL OFFENDERS.—We extract the
following statistical information relative to criminal
offenders, &c., from a return moved for in the last Par-
liament by Mr. Joseph Hume. From this return it ap-
pears that the total number of persons committed for
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jet
t;peder:on and pro-
perty, in England and Wales, amounted in 1838 to
27,187—0 f whom 19,q97 were col • •
meted• The nuMber
of persons committed' for trial in Scotland in
11a81318
outlawed 2. in 1839 to 3,409,—of whom 2-'6.-2
in
amounted to 3,418--of whom 2,679 were convicted
cond.
. and 18391840
to
vieted and outlawed ; and in 1840 to 31,
2,945. were convicted and outlawed.da 1838 to 17,723—0 f
8115 Irelandlso'f
number of committals anfoupnt
whom 9,609 were convicted ;.1
1840 to 23,892—af whom
12,049 were convieted ; .e 1839 to 26,392 --of whom
11,194 were convicted. , (AT
fined to his bed for the
native candidate, tonactonin. r. IA est, the Conser-
We regret to sltahtpte
last three days,
%ter
at the hustings and in the booths,
the care of Mr. Kirby, having
caught a severe co.
to inquiries this day,
,however,
and chest. The answer
accompanied by very'
.serious inflammation of the throat
blip Erening Mail.
The greater part of my property• .
is situated
.
in a
Nhvia..tstetrh._atphiez had a good night and was considerably
district (the Carse ofeGnonev)n,eacznasindde,reodwipnegeutoliatrill3
favourable to the groe,
great variation in the price of corn, I found it impossible
either for ,a tenant or landlord to calculate the fair
amount of rent. I therefore adopted the plan previously
tried by a neighbouring proprietor, of a grain rent,
which has since been extensively resorted to in Scot-
land), to be calculated according to the market
prices, so that I can speak from experience as to the
great fluctuations to which the farmer is subject under
the present Corn-laws." " I have also found, during an
experience of 14 years, that the value of rich land has
deteriorated considerably, whilst that of the poorer soils,
up to within the last two or three years, since when trade
has been ou the decline, has risen in value, and a
greater quantity. of that description of land has been
taken into cultivation, not certainly for the produc-
tion of wheat, the quantity of which grown in the
district which I speak of is much diminished, but to be
farmed on what we term in Scotland, the green crop
system. Some of my tenants, who have signed a peti-
tion against the Corn-laws, can give practical evidence
of the fact, which seems to be overlooked by agricultu-
rists, that the land can give a return with greater ad
vantage to itself, and consequently to the cultivator. of
other produce than grain, as, when they grew wheat,
they were always in arrears of rent, whereas now they
are able to pay punctually, deriving at least half their
profit from their stock, and consequently the cry of poor
land being thrown out of cultivatic n is quite a fallacy.,
Lord Kinnaird's Letter to the Anti-Corn-law Association..
On Saturday morning last, as Mr. James
Groves, a market gardener from Pinvin, was proceeding down
Red-hill, on the London-road, with a cart load of vegetables.
and fruit, the back chain broke, which caused the shafts of the
cart to fall considerably, and the horse took fright and started
off at full speed towards Worcester' which threw poor Groves
from the fore part of the cart where he was sitting. It appears
he held by the c ainrkti.unnfeosrts,twwa
sten odhr tlhavreeorend
tstehtceoo
fnbtlso.,d,yw.
to fall head first, and, the wheel passing over his head, he died
instantly. An
Carpenter'sAu
returned. Groves vraaa very steady man, tbirtv-eight year of
Death'
returned.
*age, and has left a wife sad city - .- •
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