The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-25 00:00:00

LONDON OPHTHALMIC INFIRMARY.

We understand that a public dinner of the friends
and well-wishers to the London Ophthalmic infirmary
will take place at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate,l
street, on Thursday, the 3rd .of July next. As this is
the parent of all the institutions which have been
established on its model throughout the empire, and
has been of incalculable benefit to the public, it
deserves every possible encouragement. The follow
ing is its last medical report :
Out-patients, admitted from the Ist Jan. 1833, to
the 81st Dec. 1833:
Inflammation of the conjunctiva, 972—ditto catarrhal,
108—ditto Purulent, 146—ditto, Gonnorheal, 3 1229
Chronic inflammation of the conjunctiva 714
Strumous inflammation of the conjunctiva, 582
ditto with opacities of the cornea, 358—ditto, with
ulcers, 312—ditto, with pustules, 296 1548
Inflammation of the cornea, 48—ditto of the aqueous
membrane, 16—conical cornea, 6 Staphyloma, 23 93
Inflammation of the deep seated tunics, 62—ditto,
with chemosis, 14—ditto, with shrunken globe, or
disorganised eye, 20—arthritic inflammation of the
globe, 26
Inflammation of the iris (including rheumatic and
syphilitic cases), 120—prolapse of iris, from wound
or otherwise, 30—tremulous iris, 5
Cataract (capsular, lenticular, congenital, and Trau-
matic), 114—dislocated lens, 3 ll7,
Amaurosis in various degrees, 362—congenital ditto,
I—glaucoma, 47—Nyctalopia, 2—oscilatory mo-
tion of the globe, 2--neuralgia (severe), 8 422
Wounds and injuries of the eye and its appendages,
most frequently from blows inflicted, or portions of
steel, 75—burns,
Malignant ulceration of the eyelids, 2—malignant
tumour of globe, 1 3
Exophthalmia from disease in the orbit, s—Hydroph-
thalmia, 2
Paralysis of eyelid and of the 3d pair of nerves, 14—
strasbismus with cases of double vision, 26 4O
Inflammation of the eyelids, with or without Ulce-
ration and abscess, 96—hordeolum, 35—tinea
and lippitudo, 444 575
Inversion of the eyelids with trichiasis, 6—ever-
sion of the eyelids, 8
Tumours of the eyelid
Diseases of the lachrymal passages
(Edema, I—pterygium, 1
Rupture of globe (enlarged) 1

Out-patients, Total 5,277

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDFORD RACES.-(YESTERDAY.)

His Majesty's plate of one hundred guineas was one in
two beats by Mr. Theobald's Rockingham, beating Mr.
Harrison's Caleb, Mr. Webber's Adila, and Mr. Grove's
Blemish. . _

The Members' Plate was won in three heats by Mr.
Brown's Fawn, beating Mr Nettleship's Genuine, Mr.
Yalding's Cardinal, and two others.

TATTERSALL'S.

There was but little betting here yesterday, and the
closing prices were as follow :

GOODWOOD CUP, P.P.
11 to 2 agst Mr. Kirby's St. Giles (taken)
11 to 2 agst Lord Chesterfield's uolwick (taken)
11 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's Glencoe
fi to 1 agst Duke of Clevelar.d's Glaucus
9 to 1 agst Mr. Theohald's Rockingham
10 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's The Saddler
NEWMARKET JULY STAKES, P.P.
9 to 2 agst Mr R. Pettit's Kate Kearney (taken)
5 to 1 agat any other
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
9 to 4 agst Mr. Batson's Plenipotentiary (taken)
7 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Bran
9 to 1 agst Mr. Heseltine's Warlaby Baylock (taken)
10 to 1 agat D. of Cleveland's Shilel..h
14 to 1 agst Mr. Powlett's c. by Figaro or Lottery (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sir John Gerard's Billinge

ELECTION OF SIIERIFFS.-At a Com-
mon-hall yesterday, Alexander Raphael, Esq., and
John fledge, Esq., were elected sheriffs for the
ensuing year. The City Chamberlain was unani-
mously re-elected, and after the election of the in-
ferior officers, thanks were voted to the Sheriffs, and
the hall was dissolved.

Sir Robert Peel had a dinner party on
Monday at his residence in Privy-gardens, but owing
to the extended debate in the house the right hon.
baronet was unable to join his guests. The Earl of
Malmesbury, who was to have been of the party, was
also prevented being present by the debate in the
Lords.

The Lord Primate of Ireland (Lord John
Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh) has subscribed
8,000/. ! to the restoration of the ancient Cathedral of
Armagh, the foundation stone of which was laid by
the very rev. the dean on the 21st ult. The vast
superstructure of the venerable tower, weighing 4,000'
tons, is to be supported during the relaying the found-'
ation of the piers, without removing a single stone
from the upper part of this immense tower, by means
of some very ingenious mechanism invented by L. N.
Cottingham, Esq., the architect.
Mr. Henry Pownall, of Russell-square, who
has announced himself as the church and state candi-
date for Finsbury, at a meeting of his friends at the
White Hart, Holborn, on Monday, declared that he
was decidedly opposed to the separation of church and
state. He should refuse to make any pledge as to his
future conduct, and if returned to Parliament, he
would go there free and unshackled, and allowed to
exercise his judgment as he might think proper. The
polling will take place on Monday and Tuesday.
On Monday, the day on which the Bill for
the Removal of Jewish Disabilities was thrown out by
the Lords, the First Lord of the Treasury and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer dined with Mr. Roths-
child. In the House of Lords, the same evening,
Lords Bexley, Calthorpe, and Stourton were present,
and voted for the second reading ; Lords Anglesea,
Wellesley, and the Bishop of Norwich, sent their
proxies in favour of the bill. It is worthy of notice
that no Catholic peer voted against the bill.
The newly married lady of the hon. and gal-
lant member for Westminster, Colonel Evans, is said
to possess an unincumbered income of 4,000/. per an-
num, with an elegant mansion in Bryanston-square.
The lady was a widow with three or four children.

EXPORT DUTY ON COALS.—The follow-
ingis a copy of a letter received on Sunday last by
the ' Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of this
town, from Sir M. W. Ridley, on the subject of the
export duty on coals :
" 10, Carlton House-terrace, June 14, 1834.
" Sir,—A report was in circulation yesterday that
Lord Althorp had decided on not taking off the export
duty on coals. In consequence I waited on him to
ask if he' had come to any decision. He replied cer-
tainly not, and that the question remained as before. "
Newcastle Journal.
MARY SLATER.—The case of the poor
woman Slater is in the recollection of most of our
readers—she was found guilty of cutting, with intent
to murder, a woman of the name of Moriarty. So
strong was the evidence against her, that the jury
hesitated not a moment to find her guilty. Sentence
of death was passed, and she was left to his Majesty's
mercy. Circumstances, however, arose, which led to
an inquiry ; Lord Melbourne was applied to, and in-

formation was procured, proving her entire innocence.
Yesterday his Lordship was pleased to communicate
to her friends, who have exerted themselves in he
ehalf, that he felt himself warranted n recommending
I.er to his Majesty for a free pardon.
THE FANCY.—Bell's Life in London of
Sunday next will contain full accounts of the extraor-
dinary game fights bete een Young Dutch Sam and
Tom Gaynor, and Owen SIVA and Anthony Noon, on
Tuesday last, near Andover. All the rounds and all
1-/e amusing adventures and chair of the lively scene.
An edition of Bell's Life in London is published on
Saturday afternoon at one o'clock, price Sevenpence.
Office, 170, Strand. Orders received by all newsagents.
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—An
extraordinary circumstance occurred in Hyde-park
between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock on Saturn
slay night. It appears that a police constable be-
longing to the T division, whose duty it is to watch
the back of some premises in Hyde-park, near the
Knightsbridge Barracks, observed a man approaching
whose throat was bleeding copiously from a wound.
In reply to an inquiry the man stated that he had not
done the deed himself, but that on his returning through
the park, at the baci: of the receiving-house, near the
Serpentine River, he was met by a man and woman,
ho knocked him down, and afterwards attempted to
murder him by cutting his throat ; he succeeded, how-
,-ver, in making his escape from them. The police
constable immediately removed the unfortunate man
to St. George's Hospital, where he remains in a pre-
carious stated His statement is not believed. On his
recovery the circumstance wilt be investigated. The
opinion of the surgeons is- that the unfortunate man
committed the act himself.
MELANctioLY ACCUANT. A melan-
choly accident occurred on the river Thames on Sun-
day morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, by
which two persons, father and daughter, lost their
hires. It appeared that about ten o'clock the party in
question, a man, his wife, and daughter, and a son,
whose names have not been ascertained, took a boat
and proceeded up the river towards Battersea Bridge.
When they got opposite Honey and Archer's boat-
house, the wherry in which they were came in contact
with a four-oared cutter With such violence that the
head of the wherry was raised completely out of the
water, and she filled immeciiate!v at the stern. The
whole party were, of course, thrown into the ricer;
and the daughter clung tightly to her ..ether, and pre-
vented him from making any exertion to :Nye himself.
Immediate assistance was rendered from t:le shore,
and the mother and the son were saved ; but in the
interim the unfortunate man and his daughter had slink
to rise no more. The bodies were dragged for all day
on Sunday, but they have not yet been found.
Saturday morning, about half-past six o'clock,
a fine dog, of the Norway breed, was seen running
along the New-cut, Lambeth, foaming at the mouth,
and snapping at every thing which impeded its pro-
gress, evidently in a highly-excited and rabid state.
When opposite the Victoria Theatre it darted at Mrs.
Thomas, the wife of a carpenter, residing in the
Lower Marsh, who was crossing the road with a child
in her arms, and, seizing her by the gown, dragged
her under the horses of a break which was passing at
the time. The dog thereupon made off in the direc-
tion of Gibson-street, and the affrighted woman and
child fortunately escaped with only a few slight
bruises, caused by the horses, which were immediately
pulled up by the driver, or the most serious conse-
quences most probably would have ensued. The dog
then proceeded towards the Palace New-road, where
it attacked a small terrier belonging to three garden-
ers, who were going to their work at Battersea, one
of whom discovered the rabid state of the animal,
and stunned it with his hoe, when it was speedily de-
spatched by his companions with their spades, but not
before it had so severely bitten the terrier as to render
it necessary, as a safe precaution, to kill that animal
likewise upon the spot. Both dogs were then thrown
into the 1 Names, opposite the Bishop's-walk.
On Saturday evening last, about nine o'clock,
a storm of unprecedented violence fell over the vil-
lages of Great and Little Abington, in this county.
The wind was blowing strong from the south, and the
barometer at 68 degrees, when the storm rose ; it was
preceded by the most vivid flashes of lightning, ac-
companied by the most awful peals of thunder. Hail-
stones, or rather pieces of ice, of an oblong shape,
nearly an inch in length, descended with such force as
to threaten the destruction of everything in their
way, creating the greatest alarm. Fortunately the
wind veered round to the W. S. W., and drove the
storm, after it had expended the greater part of its
violence during 15 minutes, to the eastward, and passed
heavily over the village of Hildersham, where it left
marks of its violence. Had it continued much longer,
the most serious apprehensions must have been enter-
tained for the corn, which, however, fortunately
escaped uninjured. The only damage ascertained is the
destruction of about 400 panes of glass on the pre-
mises at Abington-hall, the lodge and vicarage. The
neighbouring villages of Babraham and the town of
Linton escaped with little damage. The storm came
from the southward. Only a very small portion of
the storm passed over this town, and scarcely any rain
fell.—Cambridge Journal.
PEDESTRIANISM.—We understand that R.
Skipper, the pedestrian champion of England, err
Wednesday commenced, at Melton, the Herculean
task of walking 64 miles per day, for three successive
days. His route is by way of Hovingham, Stone-
grave, and Helmsley, twice and back each day. He
relies for the remuneration of his labour on the gene-
rosity of the public. Skipper defeated George Wil-
son in 1816 ; also the celebrated Captain Barclay, at
Newmarket, in 1822 ; also John Townsing in 18-M ;
also Wright in 1824 ; also the celebrated Frenchman,
in Paris, 1827 ; also Robert Russell, in Dublin, 1830.
He performed the extraordinary and unparalleled feat
of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 successive half-hours,
on the same ground Captain Barclay walked 1,000
miles in 1,000 successive hours. He commenced this
arduous undertaking on the 25th of September, 1822,
at eight o'clock in the evening, and comidleted it on
the 16th of October, at four o'clock in the afternoon.
To witness the completion of this task, never hitherto
performed by man, were collected thousands of ad-
miring spectators. Among the numerous nobility
who on this occasion honoured the pedestrian with
their presence, were his Royal Highness the Duke of
York, the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Portland,
the Duke of Grafton, Lord Rivers, Lord Foley, &c.
This celebrated pedestrian has been in the army six-
teen years.—Leeds Times.

ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Sunday morn-
ing, at an early hour, the inhabitants of Pheasant-
court, Gray's Inn-lane, were greatly excited, in con-
sequence of a report that a man had been murdered
by three notorious prostitutes, residing in the above
court. The following are briefly the particulars of
the case :—An elderly man, named James Lacey, re-
siding at Gravesend, came to town on Friday to trans-
act some business, when he was detained until a late
hour. On his way through Holborn he was accosted
by a woman, who requested him to relieve her, and
ultimately she invited him to accompany her to a house
in Pheasant-court, which he consented to, as he was
without a lodging. On entering the house he was
introduced to two other women, who asked him whether
he would take anything to drink, and one of them pro-
ceeded to the cupboard and brought out a bottle, and
handed him a glass of something, which she said was
gin. He drank it off, and shortly, after he was seized
with a stupor, and he fell fast asleep. The parties
began instantly to rifle his pockets, and in an at-
tempt to take off his boots he was disturbed, when
he discovered his pockets inside out. He imme-
diately arose from the bed, and demanded to be let
out. On which three desperate looking women
rushed into the room, knocked him down, and com-
menced beating him in a shocking manner. One of them
seized him by the neckerchief, and twisted it until he
was nearly strangled, while another beat him over The
head and face with a pint pot, until he was ladeated
and bruised in a dreadful manner. The third woman
held her hand over his mouth, to prevent him making
an alarm ; and after maltreating him in a brutal
manner they left him for dead, bleeding profusely from
his wounds. The old man, however, recovered, and
crawled as well as he was able into the cg.urt, and made
an alarm, when Johnson, 81, G division, came to his
assistance, and assisted him to the house of a medical
gentleman, where he was rendered every assistance,
and was conveyed to the hospital. He was, however,
able to give a description of the persons who made
the attack upon him, and they were all well known to
Johnson, who proceeded instanter to search after them,
and in the course of a short time he apprehended the
whole of the patty, and took them to the station-
house. The old ;Ilan, on being questioned, said that
he was a boatswain, and he had come to Somerset-
house on some pecuniary business, and had received
Go/. in gold and notes ; " but," said the old tar, "to
he cautious of the land-sharks, I stowed it away in my
boot, and the didn't get a dump from me." He
is now in a mutilated and weakly state. The prisoners
are all young women, but notoriously bad characters.

SECIONE) EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

/IPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

THIS EVENING.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The house met at four o'clock, and examined two
witnesses upon the Warwick Borough Bill, as to the
bribery. After which the house resumed ; when
Lord ROLLE 101esented petitions from Bridport,
Otway, and three other places in Devon, in support of
the Established. Church.