The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-04 00:00:00

By N. WANOSTROCHT, LL.D.

The Seventeenth Edition, revised and corrected, by A.
L. JOSSE, Author of a Grammaire ETagnole Raisormee,
the Tesoro Espanol, &c.
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THE MEDICAL GAZETTE of this day
contains forty-eight closely-printed pages of
Original flatter:—consisting of Observations on New
Structures, by Dr. Elliotson (London University); on
Pulmonary Haemorrhage, by Dr. Watson (King's Col-
lege); on a New Lithotome, with Wood-cuts, by Mr.
Todd ; on Injury of the Spine, by Mr. Smith ; on the
External Application of Camphor, by Mr. George and
Mr. Ashwin ; on the Phenomenon of Insanity, with Dis-
sections, by Mr. Davidson (of the Lancaster Lunatic
Asylum); on Cholera at Bishop Wearmouth, by Mr.
Dixon, of that place; on the Non-Epidemic Nature of
Cholera, by Mr. Ainsworth (of Sunderland); Papers on
Cholera, by Dr. Allsop (of Birmingham) and Dr. Sutton
(of Greenwich); Case of Blue Cholera in London, cured
by Dr. Weatherhead; on the Cholera as it appeared in
Constantinople, by Dr. M'Carthy, Physician to the Sultan ;
Account of the Cases of Cholera which have occurred in
Edinburgh, with the Remedies employed, and Observa-
tions by Dr. Knapp, of that place; on the Anatomy Bill,
by Mr. Travers; Editorial Paper on the New Population
Returns; Mr. Brande on the Refining of Gold; Dr.
Hodgkin on the Spleen; Mr. Caesar Hawkins on the
Means of Arresting Bleeding.
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FATAL ACCIDENT FROM HuNTING.—We
regret having to announce the death of the Rev. Mr.
PRICE, Rector of Lower Weedon, Northamptonshire, oc-
casioned by an injury received while hunting with Mr.
OSBALDESTON'S hounds on Tuesday. The Rev. Gentle-
man joined the chace at the place of meeting, Stove Wood,
and a fox being soon found there, a spirited chace took
place, the fox making off at a slapping pace in the direc-
tion of Everdon. In leaping a brook at the latter place,
the Rev. Gentleman's horse fell with him, but without
doing him any injury. On getting up, considering the
accident to be the fault of the horse, the Rev. Gentleman
administered the whip to it pretty freely ; after which he
remounted and followed the hunt. On coining to a fence
at the extremity of the field, the horse, in clearing it, pro-
bably stimulated to encreased exertion by the chastisement
it had so recently received, leaped unusually high, and in
the descent the Rev. Gentleman was thrown with great
force against the pommel of the saddle, and bruised so
dreadfully that lie almost immediately fell to the ground.
The utmost sympathy and attention were shown to the
Rev. Gentleman by the large field of huntsmen who wit-
nessed the accident. He was promptly removed to the.
house of a gentleman in the vicinity, and expresses sent ofl
for a physician and a surgeon, who shortly after arrived ;
but the injury received was so extensive and of such a
nature, as to defy the utturst exertions of their professional
skill, and the Rev. Gentleman expired within six hours
afterwards, having endured in the interval the most ex-
cruciating pain. Intelligence of the melancholy occurrence
was conveyed to Mr. ABBEY, one of the Coroners for the
county, who has held an inquest on the body, at which
the above facts having been proved in evidence, a verdict
of Accidental Death was recorded.

A short, shaggy-haired, bull-headed fellow, who gave
his name Henry Allen, was placed at the bar under the
following circumstances : —Sapwell, the street-keeper of
Bislaopsgate, said for the last six months the inhabitants
had been continually annoyed by some person leaving the
carcasses of skinned cats and dogs about the different alleys
in the parish. The parish authorities had endeavoured,
without success, to find out the offender, until the night
before, when the defendant was detected by a boy in the
very act of depositing a whole sackful' of skinned cats and
dogs in Angel-alley. Upon being taken into custody, lie
denied having thrown them there, but the sack was a suffi-
cient witness, as it was quite wet with the blood of the
animals. The officers accompanied him to a miserable
room in Srnallcoal-alley, which he occupied with a woman
with whom he cohabited ; and although their noses were
none of the most delic ite, they were nearly overpowed by
the stench which proceeded from the apartment. They
found there a quantity of bones, and the carcase of a large
turkey, full of maggots; the bind-quarters and fore legs of
a Newfoundlan'l dog, apparently fresh killed, were also
found ; and from the manner the joints were dressed, it
was the opinion of the officers they were intended for hu-
man food ; in another corner lay a young child with its
back broken, on a heap of filthy rags. It was evident
that the prisoner was an old hand and in extensive practice
in the " skinning" line, so it was the deterniination of the
parish not to allow him to remain, as the nuisance of late
had become intolerable. The prisoner replied to: the
charge, by asserting that he had not thrown the dead cats
into the alley.
A very sharp boy, named Atterbury, contradicted this,
and stated, that his curiosity being excited by seeing the
prisoner with a sack on his shoulders, he went behind and
felt that it contained something soft. He continued to
watch him till he came to Angel-alley, when the prisoner
emptied the contents of his sack on the stones. Among
its contents was the carcase of a large dog with its coat off.
Alderman Sir C. MARSHALL—HOW do you get your
living. Prisoner ?—The prisoner hereupon made a genuine
Whitechapel salam to the Magistrate, and said, " I'm a
hard-working young man, your Honour's Lordship, as
wouldn't eat nothink hut a honest bit of bread. I vorks
at Blackfriais-bridge in summer as Jack of the vater, and
in vinter I takes my Pack and picks up old bones and
anything else as comes handy—here's the hole fact of the
matter. I vent out to get a few taters for supper, ven
up comes this young varmint, who owes me a spite, with
two hofficers, and they lugs the afore your Vorship for a
crime vich I'm a perfect innocent on.
Alderman Sir C. MARSHALL—But how do you ac-
count for the (log's legs which were found in your room ?
Prisoner—Lord bless your Vorship, them are vorn't no
dog's legs ; they were the legs of a donkey.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Hobler—Pooh ! the officers must know the &Er-
enee ; besides, where could you pick up donkeys?
Prisoner—l never knows vot I picks up sometimes.
The worthy Alderman remarked that the practice of tie
prisoner was enough to create a pestilence, and if it was
not abandoned, it would be his duty the next time to visit
the offence with severity, lie would allow the prisoner
to depart this time upon a promise that he would leave
off his disgusting trade, and remove from his present
quarters.—The prisoner gave the assurance with great
alacrity, and was allowed to depart.