The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-17 00:00:00

HYDROPHOBIA.

A lamentable instance of the effects of this fatal malady
has occurred within the last few days in the parish of San-
don, in this county. Mr. Robert Booker Day, son of Mr.
Christopher Day, a respectable farmer, occupying Mill
Hill Farm, was in December last in the act of holding a
stick be fore a yard dog upon the premises, when the
Animal snapping at it slightly grazed t'te skin of the
youth's wrist. Soon after the dog was shot, and
Although the young man felt a presentiment that be
should ultimately fall a victim to the insidious
disease of hydrophobia, he studiously avoided all
mention of his suspicions to his parents, anxious, as he
stated during his sufferings, to prevent uneasiness in their
minds on the subject. He continued in his usual health
until Friday last, when he felt a painful sensation in
the arm and shoulder, and in the evening other
symptoms presented themselves which, exciting alarm
in his friends, medical aid was called in. Mr. Hare,
assistant to Mr. Foaker, surgeon, of Great Beddow,
in the absence of Mr. F. attended in the first in..
stance, and subsequently the case was visited also by
several gentlemen of the medical profession in the neigh-
bourhood. On Sunday morning the patient refused all
liquids, and appeared agitated at the sight of his tea ; the
symptoms gradually increased, and on Sunday afternoon
he became so violent that it was found necessary to have
recourse to a straight waistcoat and other means of restraint.
He foamed at the mouth, his tongue being constantly in
rapid motion, and his pulse at 120 ; still at times he was
perfectly sensible, and appeared to be much comforted in
the opportunity afforded by intervals of the paroxysms to ex-
hort the family, nine in number, to the observance of a re-
ligious course of life ; and in the expression of a con-
fident hope of salvation through the mediation of his
Saviour, he breathed his last on Monday afternoon. It is
a remarkable fact that two hours before his death he pre-
dicted that in the space of that time his sufferings would
be so terminated. He was in the 19th year of his age,
and respected for his steady and religious habits. Another
member of the family was bitten, we understand, in the
temple, by the same dog a short time before the de-
ceased's wound. was occasioned, but no serious consequences
have yet ensued, and it is hoped that the animal was not
at that time in a rabid state.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
[A perusal of this lamentable case, in connexion with a
consideration of the almost omnipotent influence on the
human system of the imagination, will probably lead to the
conjecture that poor Day's disease was occasioned by
alarm, acting on a timid and perhaps weak-minded lad.
Madness in dogs is extremely rare. Some medical men,
indeed, have denied its existence altogether.]

REJOICINGS IN ORKNEY AND
SHETLAND ON THE OCCASION OF HER
MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE.

KIRKWALL, MARCH 2.—Our grand ball in honour of her
Majesty's Marriage went off in the best style possible.
It was most respectably attended, and created no little
sensation. It took place on Friday last, and did us honour
as well as the Queen. Dancing commenced shortly after
eight o'clock, and was kept up with great spirit until a
very early hour.
LERWICK, FEB. 20 —An illumination took place here
on the evening of the Queen's marriage, and a more
agreeable and cheerful sight was not witnessed with us
since the rejoicing for the last pace. We were all brimful
of loyalty, and the feeling evinced was most delightful to
behold. Nothing happened to disturb the general feeling
of satisfaction, save and except the breaking of a window
or two—the proprietors of which were determined not to
be fashionable on that auspicious evening. A countryman
of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who was here,
seemed to enjoy the scene, as well as the occasion of it.
as much as any one amongst us. —John o' Groat Journal.

PROGRESS OF TEMPERANCE tie GLasoow.--They musl
be few in number who have not heard of the tee-tote'
triumphs of Father Matthew in Ireland. We were not
aware till lately, however; that a similar spirit had deve.
loped itself so extensively in Glasgow ; but it appears
that its influence is already beginning to be broadly appa-
rent, and that principally in the class which needed it
most, viz., the lower Irish. We believe that fully 7,000
of all classes have enrolled themselves under the tee-total
banner, and its effects are such that some hundreds of
men, who were formerly a scourge instead of a blessing
to their own families, and who were the pest and an-
noyance of the place, nave turned over a new leaf,
and are characterized by an orderly and thinking demean-
our. The Bridgegate, and some of the Wynds, where, so
often as Saturday night came round, '° Greek met Greek"
in the mauling onset of Irish labourers, has become com-
paratively quiet, and the scenes of HiLernian fun are no
more. We believe some of the leaders in this creditable
work would hail the advent of Father Matthew to give the
finishing touch to a change altogether so much deserving
of countenance ; but there arc others who fear that the
revulsion, which may come soon or late, from absolute ab-
stinence to the excess of indulgence, will do much to obli-
terate tee fair reputation of the whisky Lent. Let U 3 hope
the best, however, and express our wish that a change so
beneficial may be a lasting one.—Glasgow Herald.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE
of Loans.—At the present time, when a Bill is before the
Upper House for reforming the Court of Chancery, it may
be useful to give an instance of another Court that re-
quires reform—namely, the Supreme Court of Appeal. It
would be difficult to find any mode of deciding an appeal in
equity more ridiculous and absurd than that which is practised
in the House of Lords, of which the following ex-
tract is a faithful acconnt. It is taken from a pam-
phlet of Mr. Leahy, Barrister, published by Ridg-
way To constitute a House' for the hearing of
appeals, three Peers only are necessary; and it very rarely
happens, that more than that number are present upon those
occasions. Of the three Peers thus appealed to, the Lord
Chancellor is usually one; the other two are summoned in ro •
tation from a list made out at the beginning of every Ses-
sion (6), and are different every day. As the Chancellor
considers it his, peculiar duty to attend to the case before the
House, the other Lords very justly look upon themselves as
only present for the purpose nt producing the necessary quan-
tum of appellate authority, by adding a couple of judicial
cyphers to the deliberating unit which is placed upon the wool-
sack. They accordingly endeavour to while away the dull
period of their attendance by writing or reading letters, or en-
tertain themselves with perusing the accounts of political par-
ties in the Time:., or of fashionable parties in the Morning
Post. These resources are not always effectual for the expul-
sion of ennui ; and I have occasionally seen one of the here-
ditary Judges go fairly to sleep even with his face to the bar.
As the duty of attending appeals in the present time is the most
laborious obligaton connected with the dignity- of the Peerage,
it is distributed as evenly as can be done amongst all the Mem-
bers of the body whose services are available ; and there-
fore no individual Peer attends a second time, until
all the other Peers then in town have had a turn
at the work. If, therefore, the hearing of a case
continues for three days, it is heard on the first day by Lords
A. and 8., co-, more correctly speaking, they are present at
the hearing. The Lords summit-led fur the second day will be
Lords C. and D. ; and for the third, Lords E. and F. When
the judgment comes to be delivered, the Lords present, besides
the Lord Chancellor, will bo Lords G. and H. The Chan-
cellor on this last occasion recommends their Lordships to
make a certain decree; and to this recommendation an imme-
diate compliance is accorded by Lords G. and H., who, in
consequence :of the arrangements above stated, have not
been present during any part (•.f the bearing, and are
therefore entirely ignorant of the reason why they take
away 5,0001. a year from one man and give it to another.
If the Lord Chancellor be not trresent, and the Deputy-
Speaker be not a Peer, as has been the case when Sir John
L each or Sir Win. Alexander occupied the Woolsack during
an appeal, the absurdity becomes a little more comical; for as
the Deputy-Speaker is not a Peer, he cannot in the House ad-
dress their Lordships, and he is therefore obliged to whisper
the decision into the ear of Lord G., who very gravely rises and
recommends it for adoption to Lords H. and 1., who both agree
with Lord G. in making an order of the foundation and mean-
ing, and perhaps even Of the terms, of which all the three Lords
who profess to make the decree, are equally and totally ignorant.