The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-14 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
in 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-
v.is?zikilled, 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 stab:e, 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 night 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
essa.ying 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, trainpled 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 hint 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
shoring no marked repugnance to water, be refused to
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 efihrt to bite. After great risk and
exertions, however, he succeeded in taking off the har-
ness, With the exception of the collar. Throughout
the day, 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 he 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. Ile 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 ap, and suddenly,
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
covered vviti;
teeth the flesh from his breast, would shake for a mo-
irnttl
ment the quivering carrion, and then dash it from him,
le poor
as if he found relief in the intensity of his sufferings,
The walls of the stable were now literally
to be odrumf.
froth and blood ; and in this dreadful state thi.el
continued till exhausted nature gave -way. • •
brute died about two o'clock on the following
On examination, the carter's arm was found
to state, tht
fully lacerated, and other parts of his body seriouslyrea'm -
is
:7(1 sooner than could
jured. However, we are ha
wounds, as yet, give no symptom of 'danger at
be ur hir
every appearance of healing
have been expected.
AN A L

MERICAN
_A IN,
-,,,,,.'S CRITICISM ON
E:AILISH FEMALE EEAUTY.—I think one of our parties
must strike an Englishman like a nursery ball. Even in
at --- House I saw few young
this imse e
extre asseenmpley
people, mennonly Young ; but I must confess the
tout ensemble struc/tme as very superior in physical con-
dition and beauty to a similar assembly. with us. Our
girl, with her delicate features and nymph-like figure,
is far more lovely in her first freshness than the English ;
but the English Woman, in her ripeness and full de-
velopment, far surpasses ours. She is superb from
twenty to forty-five. . . . . The women here, up
to live-and-forty (and splendid women many of thein
are up to that age), dress with taste—fitness ; afterthat,
abominably. Women to seventy, and lieav::n knows
how much longer, leave their necks and ai::os. bare ; not
here and there one, " blinded, deluder!, and misguided,':
but whole asiemblies of fat woreiln—and, 0 tempiolriiit.t:
0 mores !—and lean. Suet :arclunent necks asi
seen bedizened with ..iamontls, that
to stir
scented only te nullthe '
fit
-.,
in azure
the caldre" ,of ," 's ' oiacoetit's witches.
Dresses
arms as if
and arms bai•ocr.
s"tir,-nrid rose-coloured silks, and baareesheru
,s,
b though
they were as round and dimpled asthat
seem only kept
they are mere bunches of sinews,.
This post mor-
• together by that nice anatomical
wristband, on which Paley expatiates. '!'his
of the
tem demonstration is, perhaps,tis a benevolent admonition
fur past vanities, or perhaps
exigfter all, au act of penanco
Miss Sedgwich's "Letters
come at last ! Who knows
to the young and fair, that,l_to this favour they must
,frola Abroad."
of Strowan was on his way to
July, as Mr. Graham Stirling
Drummond Castle, and when within the
A FACT FOR SPORTSMEN.—OR the ht of
fislcin the pond at
the old one fluttered along the
them flow over the park f
I:, erb_riott.l:of young woodcock& Three of
smaller than the rest in her claw&
. Perk,
a d h
re i flushedck i,
(;
u p_ a,
one
illr. S ir.ing P?
fact. The fourth. time the old bird
might to certain of the .
—."""' t b, r up three different times,. in order that he
"'pp— the
be found. 'This IS a curious fact in natural
pd young one close to the paling,
.among some ferns,
where it could not
I,story, as it has teen, , c
or
hitherto held that these birds do nut
i breed in Scathu.d.—Criasgott. our. .

v EINfING SUN.

THE CHURCH AND THE TREA-
,
SultY.
We have just received a Parliamentary paper, moved
for by that indefatigable friend of the Liberal cause, Mr.
Gipon, and ordered to be printed on
.the 17th Julie last,
showing the amount of public 'Money paid to the Mode-
rator and other. officers .0' the General Assembly, and for
their law and - miscellaneous expenses, of the 'existence
' of which we are satisfied the public were entirely igno-
rant. It appearS that the ASsemhly receives annually
11,000/. out of the public fands, which theyapply 45 they
think fit, and that of this sum the Moderator receives
no less than 2001. a year for doing nothing Surely- this
is' a gross misapplication of the taxes levied from. the
whole body of the people. The following is a statement
of the expenditure for the year ending in May, 18401—
Balance in favour of Procurator from last
Account
£64 -3 2
Paid Salaries by order of AsseMbly as
follows, vis. :
Moderator
Procurator
Principal Clerk
Sub-Clerk
Agent
Agent is London
Procurator's Clerk
Beadles
Bar-keeper and Crier
William Rowley
Account due to the late agent for general
business, as authorised by the Committee 47 7 4
Mr. Johnston, for stationery, from 16th
May, 1839, to 14th August, 1839
Messrs. Lindsay and Co. for ditto, from 13th
May 1839 to sth May 1840
Mr. W. R. Murray, son of the late agent,
for preparing inventory of, and giving up
papers belonging to, the Church.
Interest on Begranted for money borrowed
by the Procurator hu1834, for ex-pc4lses of
NeilstOn a ppeal ,
Balance d y the Procurator

200,0 0
200 0 0
133 6 8
113- 6 8
113 6 8
21 0 0
30 0 0
32 0 0
2 2.. 0
4 14 6

G 15

3 4 6

£10,99 4 0
The ret lrns for the two tireeedingyears are, nearly tile
same. In that for 1838, are the following additional
items :•—" Inter'm *cuts, for accounts prior to last As-
sembly, 14 it. 17s. sd_ .•, Mr. Waugh, printer, 92k:111-&-71.1.;
Agents' a.ccoun!s for law business, 156/. ;is. sd: la. that thr
1839 there apj ears :—Mr. Waugh, for stationery and
printing preys us to 1837,• 97/. Is. 9d. ; " "Paid agent
to account of Lis claims for general and ln* business,.
including. cupies of the Record of Assembly for the ITth-,
versity of St. Andrews and for the Church, 2091."
plain, from some of these entries, that the pUblia-m y one is actually employed by the Church to defend its rebel-
lion against the State which.created and supports hot
Surely such a gross misaptlication of the national funds.
will be prevented in future !
It is stated in the return that the alloWa.nce
Church was formerly paid out of thA hereclitaryl•ei'e-
nues of the Crown, and that it is now paid' out 'of the
Exchequer in Scotland. It'does nest appear nen the,
present allowance was fixed, or whether the ..N4A-4-Itru..'
monists have succeeded in getting it increased tr, its pm_
sent amount ; but this ss by no means ii9r.,',3o,le,judg.c ing from their success in other cases. ....;an any- ht,c.oi;
readers tell when the payment
..200/. a year ko
Moderators of the General embl • meaced
tss y
Scotsman.

ROYAL MARINES:
_
(From the United Service Gazette.)
We have been assured, front time. to .. time, ...both by:
Admiralty officials in Parliament, and .their toadies cAit,
of doors, that the officers of the :Royal ,Marines' have no ground of complaint in reference to the %:fiStribu-
tion to them of rewards for their service's dining the
campaign_ in Syria. It was affirmed, 'r.de6d,.tvitli that
unblushing effrontery which cht:;.-aPieriseS most of. the
the assertions of the thick
thin supporters Of the
Government, that tkj
'.4nours and rewarda_distribatvd,
b
ontween the account of th,o Syrian campaign were fairly divided
_ things, 'and navy and the marines. Facts are stubborn
13 cannot be disputed. We have ithltidy :Shown
2. what proportion the honours were distributed for 'this
campaign between these two arms of the servipe. The
following is a comparative account of the bestowal of
twose substantial boons, promotion and pecuniary re-
ward :

s.

1 Commodore, from 2d to Ist class, increase
per diem tl6,
I Secretary to ditto
1 Clerk to Secretary 0 16 5
1 Commander to Cothmodore's Captain
16 0
13 Lieutenants, to be Commanders, and ap-
pointed to ships on full pay
I Lieutenant, from Junior to First .......... cossi,
26 Mates to Lieutemoit's full pay, appoi .v 0
nted
to ships, and Mlpernumerariesl . 7
5 Mates, to Lieutenant's half-pay 0 3

13 Commandors.to le 9 5
Captains half-pay
9 Lieutenants, to Commanthifs ditto U IA 6

17 6 .5 17 0
Total daily expense, exclusive of Master .s,
Surgeons, and Pursers lO 11 11
From this account it will be sera that the navy .has
obtained an increase of army rank to the following ex-
tent, viz.-1 brigadier gentoral (temporary), 14 lieute-
nant-colonels, 22 netjor, and 42 captains •(permanent.)
The Leuteuant oulonels obtain the rank of colonel sifter
having been posted three years, anti the whole of. the
ranks nn increase of pay by-service and seiikrity.
' Thirteen Lieutenants have, it will have been seeni-beeti
made CoMmandt rs and appointed to ships,- with rail in-
crease ti their pay, at the lowest calculation, of rm. per.
diem ea 41; and. had the 22 Lieutenants promote4lweii
placed o t the 11,1 f-pay of Commanders, stiine-wouldfiavo
• sacrificed 2s. 6d. per diem, but (A:m.6 would have tymy •
lost Is. Gd. ; which, when it is remembered that co
pay • officer; may live as they like, dress as they like, antreside wherever it may be- most convenient to theta to
reside, must be admitted to leave them no great cause of
complaint.
Let us see how the case stands with regard to the
Marines employed in the same service. Captains of the
Royal Marines have been rewarded by the brevet rank
of MAjor, with an increase to their Nil pay of only 2s.
per diem, with the contingency of losing 3s. per diem if
placed on half-pay, as well as of deriving no benefit from
their brevet rank of major when promoted. It (=mot
surely be pretended that these advantages are by any
means commensurate with those which have been con-
ferred on the sister branch of the service for the siune
campaign. The officers of the Royal Marines, whilst
they rejoice that their brethren in arms of the navy have
had their due, cannot but feel that they have been most
shamefully and unjustly used—au opinion which has re-
ceived confirmation not only from many Officers in the
navy, but from several of those who have participated in
the above-mentioned rewards.
The sum stopped from the pay of Captains of Royal
Marines (the only persons in the fleet who were called •
upon to pay for them) for their daily. rations, would
have given the brevet to all the .Captains.of that corps
employed on the coast of Syria, and surely they are not
less entitled to consideration than all the Captains, Com-
manders, First Lieutenants (with some others), and
forty-two mates of the navy. have they performcd their
duty less gallantly or less faithfully ?
The Royal Marines form one-fourth cf the force on
board a ship. The proportion in the Navy and Marines
is in the ratio of twenty to one in favour of the former.
Should there be, as appears inevitable an augmentation,
of the corps, the subalterns generally' (many of Munn
have very hardly earned it) will obtain promotion, but
the captains will derive no benefit from the increase, un-
less it includes an additlon' of field officers. The talal-174T1'54
terns employed in the late campaign in Syria are 1164,:„,ii
eligible for brevet rank ; but when stair appointments.
become vacant, many will have, strong claims to be
pointed to them.

Friday night, the
DARING ATTEMPT AT tURGLARY AT
AVitri-rititrrolc.--- ONE or Tun 'BITRaLA/tS SHIM—OIt
Ult. 'have been heard of t;a. litany of the most daring ut ~eta
anY
years took place at a lone cottage at Whittington. 1:01tr„H
i.
tempts at burglary Which
Carlisle; Tile tuttake is inhabited br an elderly- temaln;
a widow age4iBo, named Buckle, with be r daughter,- and
a youth (we
believe. hpr gravulsoo, (Feel abouc .14 year
The intriatei're:fil-elt6 rest 41 thk Pvrlißl, but were
shortly.,afterwards.apprised adatiger 'by a little (1,1 in
s. • , • -
the cottage. ! The bow arose and distinctly heard an at-
tempt to pick the lock oi: ,Alle door, and upon •looking
into the he distinctly, perceived Eve or
six mon. of rufdanly appearance. The younger fe-
nude arose and inquired of the''lio if ' the run.
Was oae( d 1, •nd said she would (pen the win_
dots and asli the men their husines,... The lad
(who had been keeping off birds during the d„y
replied that the gun was loaded, and. the wo-
man cautiously opened the window, mid -ustkeed thtit•
intenticms, when one of the men replied tho,-. would
"la her know in two minutes." By this tune rho
thieves became more resolute, and were attemptinz
force the door with a heavy instillment resembling II; '
hammer or an axe. The woman then called to •the bur,
and he discharged the gun at the man who was ;in the
act of striking the door, hitting him in the'shohlder, or,
as the boy supposes, on the left side, under the arm. Ire
fell instantly with a loud shriek, and a man who stood • •
at the opposite side of the (Icor also fell. The party in-
si
eietki t
leagsbshit buy
annYlvleltiel
dt
cnilgy
t•
sttittly decamped, carrying the wounded man with
, with stn
, and
lute
them. The gun was reloaded, and the woman took her
sbplooilct;ilanitlgythree::tmtiliarigiiiteelods to
s
then made, and has been continued, no clue has been
obtained as to who the 'Artie.; arc. A heavy rain came •
on directly after the occurrence, and prevented all traces,
of their steps. Strong suspicion attaches to a persos
known to the cottagers, but he has not been exert silt' u
the occurrence, and fears are entertained that he wle:'..ho
person who was shot, and that he has forfeited hic life.
—Garfisle n, triot.
GOOD LIVING.—The Bishops in France are—
said to have had the most hixiviouS dinners hi- aginal.l4/
on what were erroneously styled fitst-days : and that-
cooks had such a reputation for their skill, that the:
having served a Munseigneur d'Eglise was it passport to,
the kitchens of all lovers of good ratirq. There are
people so profane as to insinuate that fie exoeflence et
which the cooks arrived in dressing Iry diners-- nitziyte, is
one of the causes why Catholicism has continued•qo
flourish ; but this, of course, must Ixe looked on its a.
malicious hint of the enemies to that faith which thus
proves itself less addicted to indulgence in tlat fietih titan
are i:s decryers.---lady Blessington's Idler in France,.
The time o'Clock mail clown • ttain to 131-41
water on Monday morning- not over : •
t torso, wan,' v, strayed with font. othf.rs on the-line t •
ween the
at N ailsul and aniwell. The poor animal • stationsi
w •
cut to pieces. The titters, more f lit'-rally
ortnnat
r oetion.—Bct tit Await. /, cweaped