The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-07 00:00:00

HYDROPHOBIA.

Another painful case of this horrible malady
bas been communicated to us. About a fortnight
since II respectable grazier, named Ford, residing
a short distance from Ifoxton, having been de-
layed in town until a late hour, was unwilling to
disturb his fowily ; and, in order to rouse the
servants, is Ito slept in a kitchen at the rear, he
ciaiubered over the yard wall, and the instant he
sprang down he was seized by an immense dog,
which ho had but lately received from a friend in
sutiolk, and which consequently had but little
knowledge of its new master. Mr. F. struggled,
hut the dog still kept fast hold of the shoulder,
on which it originally fixed ; at length repeated
cries for help brought out the herdsman and
tAte animal was taken off, but not until the arm
was lacerated in a dreadful manner. From the
report of the herdsman and others, serious ap-
Prebensions were entertained that the dog was at
the time under the influence of madness, as it had
betrayed, for it day or two previously, several of
those symptoms which indicate the approach of
that horrid waled v ; the animal Was therefore
deAtroyed. On the day after receiving the bites,
F. bad the parts cut out and the wounds
cauterized, Gut unfortunately the virus had com-
-I"use"." to the upper part of the arm, which
l'wellod to an excessive size. Medical advice
was Immediately had, and immediate amputation
.of the limb being considered the only possible
mean! of saving life, the sufferer was compelled
to submit to the dreadful alternative. The ope-
n' lion was successfully performed,
and the patient
"110 w in a fair way of recovery, though the me-
dicalgelllit'tnell who were present at the opera-
!ion averred that the delay of another day, per-
-I►sl).4.less, would have rendered every effort un-
"lihng• So much for promptitude in those
Nets Times.)

reamly for this dreadful malady is an-
muticed in a communication to the Editor of the
Norjii lk Chronicle, of ss Lich We subjoin a copy:—
" 411t-1 beg to state through the medium of your Journal,
that a successful remedy may
be found for the bite of a rabid
animal in the uNe of the fluid extract of lead. As hydropho-
!ii%'sya disease specifically of the nervous system, I was led to
!szeii e that preparations of that mineral, cautiousl adminis-
'., etl, would have the effect of subduing the inordinate irrita-
tion of the nerves, and thus remove the furious excitability
t. licit occasions those violent spasmodic contractions of the gla-
ir which threaten immediate suffocation, and which alone causes
the abhorrence of liquids. I adopted the solution of lead as the
roost concentrated preparation, and I exhibited it with complete
success in a confirmed case of hydrophobia in a person of the
I?atne of Roberta, residing in Hatfield-street, Ooswell-street,
London. On the third day after the symptoms became appa.
rat, paralysis of the lower extremities ensued, and from that
Poried the hydrophobic madness ceased, and the patient speedily
recovered. The solution of lead was given in doses of 40 drops
very four hours on a lump of sugar. The patient was of robust
habit, and aged 42 years. " I am, Sir' etc.._
" A RNA U. THOS. FAYERMAN, M.D."
"Os ford-hill, July 21, 1024."

TII UNDER; STORM AT QUEBEC.

&diva of a Letter from an Officer at quebec, to his Friend in
Nottingham, dated June IJ, 1824 :
" On the 9th we had a violent storm of thunder and light-.
sting, and I was driven for shelter into a door-way of the
Inatket-place. After remaining some time, a dreadful ex.
Plosion forced me hack into a shop, and nearly threw me
44/IWt a horse was struck dead on the pavement close to
whet*l stood, and I distinctly saw the lightning strike the
fautt eortductors of the Catholic Seminary. I ran immediately
tI3 tho Jesuits' barracks, close by, as from the movement
tonengst the soldiers at the gate, I thought all was not right.
lYb fears were too well founded. The lightning had struck
up
erracka in four different places, broken the windows,
torn the
the floors knocked down one of the large chimneys, and done
ether injury to the buildutian. Of those two of our men
who were killed, onemen and a child were
killed, end many thrown
iivias,,s. bugler of die company I cotnmand ; he was in the act of
efutu'g his pipe at one of the barrack-room fires, when the
ou eetnc matter descending down the chimney, struck him dead
the spot, and rendered five of his companions insensible.
I.lt,e_rother nufferer had his child in his arms, and the lightning
The !ng one of the windows, killed, them also instantaneously.
}heart-erending cries of this man affectionate wife were clis-
ilmor yond description, and no force could restrain her
.„,n entering the room where the surgeons were making vain
u
emelt,
t to restore the vital spark, by opening the jugular
p;„lnt,the husband and child. Having hastily viewed those
t'r the Jesuits' Barracks which had suffered from the elec.
,1:1„.e. matter. I hastened home to my quarters in the officers'.
which you know are in St. Louts-street, and some ths-
Xtcheef:°lll ;he Jesuits' for the purpose of changing my wet
The next roo,ms to mine were occupied by my friend
10 constant companion, Ensign Cogan, who joined us only last
ill, end from hl3 excellent temper, and being a well-educated
juollusernbileele,l: n 'of good Scotch faintly, had become a very great
Wotililoyminhtehweacsor but also in the first families in
particularly by noticed last winter. After
vluainging lnY wet clothes, and the storm continuing with. great
e ence, sought for society in the company of my neighbour
, ilgaa ; but picture to n tmient, when, on entering his room,
yourself, if possible, my horror and r!sto,
I beheld my poor friend
tat!sterleti lifeless !on the floor in a most appalling attitude—a
blackened corpse ! Ile coat entered only a few =tines
rre before, and taken off his wet and waistcoat ; and being a
Ltuart admirer of li
ghtning (which we bad frequently heard him
doubt, was standing at the window in his shirt, viewing, no
with admiration, the awful and sublime scene without,.
theta the electric matter, being attracted by the upper bolt of
if(c)ettritiVothwr,apuassed from thence into his right breast, and (le-
git his right leg into the floor, from whence it
Thn. a ready conductor in the stove-pipe of the room beneath.
t was a dreadful smell of sulphur and other burnt matter
k " e room, the windows being closed, and my poor friend pre-
,oted one of the most horrid spectacles you can possibly ima-
Ole ; his hair and eyebrows were burnt, the right breast ranch
!potted anti disfigured, the face (which a few moments before
had ten lighted up with the smiles of good nature) was
tH
1),,,e W livid and bloated, and presented a strange contrast to
colour of his hands, which resembled white wax. On
4411"ining the body, it appeared that the electric matter had
!eobef(llorueresdaitdh,e right leg, and burnt the shoe. The attitude, as
had something in it peculiarly appalling ; he
f!fid fallen backwards and with his feet close to the window,
was face upwards, and his arms extended ; the whole scene
a; once presented to my view as I entered the room, amidst
the Most violent contentions of the elements without, and
tkhe brilliant and constant flashes of lightning which gleam-
-oil over his face. Never, while I live, shall I forget the
and !horror of that moment ! We read of such things in novels
tinelsewhere, and shudder at the bare idea ; but here it
tis presented to me in dreadful reality, with every aecumula--
nof horror. I quitted the house, with a determination never
to, reenter my rooms, and for a few days have been living
with Colonel However, to close my sad eventful
l_toyy, it became necessary to commit the bodies of these poor `_urtfrerers to their last homes with as little delay as possible, as
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catxption immediately cqmmences its destructive operations
'l;4es of this nature; in 18 hours after they were borne to the
c. IW" one of poor Cogan's pall-bearers. The funeral
iuto'na dected with great ceremony, all the garrison attend-
r; :d at the church door we were met hy the bodies of the
first I,:retr'offoid child killed in the Jesuits' Barracks. The
they there • t)tc funeral service being performed in the church,
bee j°l"4
,ff:ualeuri
ocei Four grounil , and formed a part of our procession to the
A aaa anrd nielanneachrloyiya mile distant, in the suburb of St. Roche.)
sight it was, to behold the coffins of
itic:teatures, who only a few hours previous had been in
.vigour. Not a dry eye w.as to be seen ; the
Ming, „ allu ation crossed themselves with fear and trem-
rnutilers passed through the crowded streets, and the very
an% partook of the mournful depression with which an
etlyeeared to be affected. We have this morning had an affect-
a.r. Brentelo discourse on the event, from our Reverend
111141; Mll, who was with our division in the Pe.np-
Were' 'll"ced, at one time, the feelings of the worthy Divine
4,0
niso overcome, that he was unable to proceed. Poor Cogan
11041148.1,f had dined with him the day previous to this sad oc-

TUB KING.
wrison, AuG. 6.—Yeiterday afternoon his MAJESTY
took an early drive in his pony phatton, accompanied by the
Marquis ConTiagham and his usual attendants, round Bishops-
gate to Virginia water. After his Majesty had passed some
time at the Lake he returned by Sandpit-gate to the Royal
Lodge, where he dined. Yesterday her Royal highness the
Princess Augusta took an airing in her open carriage, attended
by her Ladies in WaitinFt.. This day his Majesty was prevent-
ed taking his usual drive in the Great Park, the weather being
very unfavourable.

FASHIONABLE CHANGES.
Her Grace the. Duchess Dowager of Richmond and the La-
dies Lennox, for the Hon. Colonel O'Neill's seat, in the County
of Antrim, Ireland ; the Archbishop of Canterbury and family,
from Lambeth l'alace, for Itantsgate ; the Earl of Aylesford,
for his seat, Rockington, Warwickshire; the Earl of Chiches-
ter, for his seat in Sussex ; the Earl and Countess of Harewood,
and the Ladies hascelles, from Hanover-square, for Harewood
House, Yorkshire; Count and Countess St. Antonio, from
Hanover-square to Wimbledon ; the Earl and Countess of Li-
merick, and the Ladies Pery, from Al ansfield-street,for Southill
Park, Berks ; Lady Maria Smythe, from Grosvenor-street, for
Paris; G.Ternon, Esq. from Piccadilly. for his seat, in York-
shire ; the Bishop of Winchester and belly Tomline, from Oreat
George-street,' for Farnham Palace ; the Duchess of Bedford,
for Woburn ; Sir G. Graham, for lirussells; The Rev. G.
Delafield, from Charles-street, St. James's-square, for slants;
the Earl and Countess of Cassilis and family, from Whitehall,
for St. Margaret's ; the Marquis and Marchionas of Salisbury,
for Hatfield House ; The Countess of Carhampton, fur her seat,
Payne's Hill, Kent; Lord and Lady Coventry, and family, in
Piccadilly, from the Continent; Lord Sydney and family, for
their seat in Kent ; Lord and Lady Langford, and family, for
their seat, Englefleld Green, Surrey ; Lady Deering, for Earl
Onslow's seat in Kent; Sir Charles and Lady Coate, on a
tour; Captain Cripps, front Cleveland-row, St. James's, for
his seat, Ashcroft House, Gloucestershire ; Mims Blake, from
Henrietta-street, for Burton Park, Petworth ; the lion. Mr.
and Mrs. Tollemache, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-
street, for their seat in Hem ; G. Forrester, 1.7.9. from ditto,
for itutlandshire ; F. Morgan, Esq. from ditto, for Iris seat id
Hants; A. Morris, Esq. from ditto; Chas. Selwyn, Esq. at
Greillon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from his seat, Down-house,
Essex ; J. Cripps, Esq. M.P., at the Royal Hotel, St. James's..
street, from Gloucestershire ; Col. Fitzgerald, at ditto, from
Ramsgate ; M. S. Prendergast, Esq. M.P. at ditto, from
Brighton ; Captains Stainer and Boyd, 4th Dragoon Guards, at
ditto, from Ireland; Mr. and Mrs. Rickhard Oakley, and
family, from ditto, for their scat in Devonshire; Captain Jen-
ner, from ditto, for his seat, Gloucestershire; J. J. Guest, Esq.
from ditto, for his seat in Wales.

GRAND DINNER PARTIES.
Count and Countess Lieven had another distingui.hed party
at dinner yesterday, at Ashburnham House, Dover-street.
Lord Berwick entertained a distinguished party ut dinner
yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square.
The Dowager Countess of Stamford had a select party yes-
terday evening, at her house in Charles-street, Berkeley-
square.

•
BATu,—Arrived since our last—The Earl and Countess
Clarendon, Lord Bercsfurd, Lord Dungarvon, Viscount Corry,
Lady A. Somerset, lion. .Ir. Corry, Sir A. and Lady Elton,
Dr. Beattie, Admiral and slrs. Difices, Gen. and Mrs. Riall,
Col. and Mrs. Fearon, Col. Morgan, Major and Mrs. Thorne,
Captains Dawkins, Lane, Paget, Roberts, Slcinner, Vandeleur,
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley, ltev. Mr. and Mrs. Casberd, Rev.
Mr. and Mrs. Drummond, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, Rev. Mr.
Elton, Rev. Mr. Lewis, Rev. Mt. Phillips.

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