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Henry • Benjamin Warner was indicted for keep-
ing two bull-dogs in his possession, knowing them
to be dangerous and ferocious animals.
The circumstances of the case as detailed by Mr.
ALLEY, were shortly these :—Some months before
the occurrence which gave birth to this prosecution
took place, the defendant, who is a journeyman gold
beater, took lodgings at the house of Mr. Peel, the
prosecutor, whose wife kept a school for small chil-
dren. When bargaining about the lodgings, the de-
fendant asked Mr. Peel if he would have any objec-
tion to his keeping a bull bitch, which was with
young, on the premises. Mr. Peel replied, that,
he certainly had a most decided objection, as he had
two small children of his own, and his wife kept a
school. The defendant then said that he would
keep the bitch elsewere, but he hoped Mr. Peel
would not object to hiskeeping two puppies in the
yard. The prosecutor said if they were so youne•
they might be kept chained in a kennel in a shed
which stood in the yard, provided the door was
kept locked. Upon these conditions the defendant
came to the lodgings, brought the puppies, but.
neglected to lock them up, as he had pro-
mised to do. One day, when the dogs were
about seven or eight months Old,. .Mrs. Peel
was alarmed by the scream of her little boy,
who was about four years of age, and upon running
to see what was the matter, she found both dogs
furiously worrying the unfortunate child upon the
stairs. They were lacerating it about the head and
throat in a dreadful manner. Upon Mrs. Peel, who
had her other child, only six months old, in her arms,
running to the poor little sufferer's assistance, one of
the dogs attacked her and knocked the baby out of
her arms upon the floor. The dog smelled the baby
all over, and turned it over with its nose upon its
face, but did not bite it. It then returned, and re-
sumed its attack -upon the other child, and the
wretched mother being unable to rescue-it from the
tenacious fangs of the ferocious animals, snatched up
the baby, and ran for additional succour. At this
momenta man named White, who was passing along
the -street., rushed in to save the child, and by press-
ing on the
.back of the dog which had hold
of him, he succeeded in rescuing the child, upon
which the dog seized him (White) by the_thigh, and
bit,him severely.
.He drew -the.dog out, however, into
the street,, where it was killed. The poor child was
all over blood, and on examination was found to have
received no less than one and twenty wounds in the,
face, bead, throat, &c. Mrs. Peel immediately in-
sisted on having the other dog killed also ; but the
defendant, exclaiming " 0, my poor dog," snatched
it up in his arms, and attempted to walk off with it.
Mrs. Peel, however, seized hire, . and demanded that
the dog should be destroyed. The defendant told
her he would give her a guinea and pay all expences
if she would not require the dog to be killed ; and
upon her declining the offer, he disengaged himself
from her hold, and rail away with the dog, but was
pursued by a constable, and taken in the house of a
friend, into which he turned. He had admitted to
the prosecutor that he kept theso dogs for fighting.
The Jury found the defendant Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN censured the conduct of the de-
fendant, in allowing his dogs to remain at large, after
his promise to keep them chained up, and now en-
deavoto ing to shift the blame of that misconduct
froM his own shoulders upon those of the injured
prosecutor. He asked Mr. Peel at what sum he
estimated his expences ?
The prosecutor replied, 181., including medical at-
tendance, and dressing twice a-day, and the loss he
incurred by his wife being obliged to give up her
school for six weeks, while she was attending to the
child.
The CHAIRMAN observed, that that was a very
moderate sum. As the object of the prosecution
was not a vindictive one, the judgment of the Court
was, that the defendant should pay a tine of 35/.3
with liberty to speak to the prosecutor.
The defendant stated, that he could only pay a
portion of the fine at present, but offered to give the
prosecutor good security for the remainder.
The CHAIRMAN said he had nothing to do with
that ; but he dared say the prosecutor would not ob-
ject to good security. He then cautioned the de-
fendant against indulging in this kind of taste; and
said he would find that breeding bull-dogs for right-
ing was a dangerous employment.
Mr. PHILLIPS said, it was a pity that some of the
titled b all-dogs, who encouraged this ferocious species
of amusement, were not prosecuted and made ex-
amples of. That was the only way to check the evil.

FERNANDO- PO: SEVEN DAYS' RESI

•

to wash, a boy was despatched with calibasima to
fetch it. The natives were exceedingly surprised to
sae my ablutions, as they never wash themselves.—
I then made them comprehend that I wanted to wash
my clothes; upon which they took me to a brook,
where I performed that operation, and hung my
garments on stakes to dry; they were not touched

'ill day.
I walked about to several huts, and, like the
people themselves, was quite at home wherever
I went. Made signs to Canning as we passed along,
where a fowl was tied to a hut, that I wished to

have one; he said something to the inmates, and
carried it to another• hut, where the king and a num-
ber of chiefs were assembled. They had got a kid,
which they were about to kill. Two of them held it
up by the legs, and the king cut its head off, and
then smeared the blood about the chiefs. A priest

in the company wis preaching all the while but
when the decapitation was over, the body was given
to my friend Canning to skin, which he managed
very speedily, cut the kid into pieces, and laid them
before the fire. The priest presented a piece to
each, which they put on the fire, entrails not ex-
cepted, and all was consumed indiscriminately..

One of the king's wives came to the priest and
sheaved her Wrist : he took hold of it, and pinched
it very hard for a time, and then motioned as if he
had extracted something from it and charmed the
disease away. Rubbing the part with day, this
extraordinary and skilful cure was completed.
At the king's hut I had some yams and part of
the fowl for supper; the rest I brought away with
me. Near this place is a large piece of clear ground,
used, as I understeod, for general assemblies- of the

natives.
Sunday, 11th. —Went with Canning more into
the town than I had been before, and, to my great
surprise, saw a child, not exactly white, but of a pale
yellow colour. The moment he caught a glimpse of
me, he ran and hid himself in a hut, seeming to be
much more frightened than the other childreti.
Canning took me further up the hill tos another
patch of huts, where I suppose he lives;, a mess
of yams and greens being brought to him as soon a.;
he was seated. After he had eaten his meal, lie

went to another hut, and took down a calibash,
in which were some bracelets, and into this he put

his knife. They were very anxious to have my
knife; one old woman, in particular, cominued teas-
ing me the whole time I was thereouid would have
given any thing for it. We staved a good while,
and then returned the same road we came, followed
by women and children shouting. We stopped at 4
hut, situated about midway, which I believe belongs
to the old chief that visits the ship; in this were
hung.up one of the hats and cloaks presented by
Captain Owen. An elderly man came in, and gave
me three yams; as I was hungry, I told them to
dress one for me. After finishing my repast, we
went to the king's hut, where a .party was eating
yams : in fact, from siwereio to peasant, all live on
them : it is a great rarity to them to have a kid or
goat. We then adjourned to another hut, in which
the inmates were engaged in roasting a rat, and an
animal of the badger kind, but much smaller. They
were cooked whole, without skinning, and then hung
up ; not being intended to be eaten that night. I
did not see any palm-wine in the town to-day, there-
fore suppose it had been sent to the ship ; but the
women brought a good supply in the evening. The
king soon after. left the assembly, and was quickly
follow,ed by Canning; the chief in whose hut I
slept, took me home also. - On the road I saw two
white children (Albinss)—one a boy, the other
a girl.
Monday, 12th.--I was now so sick of yams that
I could hardly touch them ; the king sent boys out,
after-a consultation, to catch a fowl for me, which
they did, and having brought it in, plticked it eritirel‘-
like Plato's man, and only killed it on my making
signs for them to do so. They were then going to
broil it whole, but I had it cut up, and gave them
the entrails for their pains. The rat was also 'roast-
ed again, and they pressed me much to partake of
it, but I made them believe that Captain Owen
would cut my throat if I did, so they ceased to per-
secute me. On walking out, after thk, I saw a'
white woman (another Albino)—a fat hideou;
figure. She walked away immediately.
I again went to the brook to wash my clothes.
A. great many children came to look at me, and one
little fellow approached and helped me to wash.
When I had finished, I spread out myclothes before,
the hut. The chief told me the king wished to see
me; so I carried my papers to his hut, and wrote a
little, which I explained to him was intended to be
read. A lamb was then brought in, and some of it-
roasted ; part being hung up for me to carry away
they ate it without vegetables, but a piece of yam
which I left in the morning was given me ; and they,
began to see that I like meat and yam together.
We had plenty of palm-wine, and I was presented
with a small calibash to take home.

Tuesday, 13th.—Breakfasted on the lamb and
some yams; and afterwards went to the king's
hut. I roamed about by myself a good deal to-day ;
but durst not go fir from the huts. I was left. in
the charge of a stupid old man, who sat singing to'
himself the whole time. I had nothing to eat
during the remainder of the day, till the chiefs came
home : I suppose they had been hunting, as they
brought in two young deer. Wherever 1 went,
was sure to have a score of women and children,
lowing me ; but if I offered to turn round, they all
ran off directly.
Wednesday, 14th.—After walking a little way, [
saw some persons within an enclosure ; they prove:
to be the king and a number of chiefs, and wo
digging up the ground with large stakes ; four of
them thrust their stakes into the soil, and then
"prized" it up : they did not dig up the whole, but
only the spots they intended for planting. About
noon they left the place, and I could not learn Ivhat
they were going to set.
[lt was afterwards rather solemnly intimated by his
sable Majesty, in a Court of Council, that a great many
knives would be very acceptable ; and our friend was dis •
missed. On the morrow he set off, accompanied by se-
veral chiefs; and on the 15th reached his ship in perf.rt
safety. We have other journals of this kind, which we
shall abridge for insertion.]

(From the Literary Otizette.)
Thursday, Nov. B.—Walked a long way up the
mountain in company with some of the natives, and at
length came to their huts—mostly square buildings,
with the sides of split wood, interwoven with palm
leaves. The fire in the centre is kept up during the night
as well as the day. My new friends were very harm-
less : one carried my hammock ; another my bag,
which they kept feeling to ascertain if there were
any knives in it, the objects of their great desire.
The path was slippery and fatiguing, but they as-
sisted me in every way they could. The hut in
which I slept was about five yards square, and very
dry and clean. For supper 1 had some yams : my
companions had a dish of greens chopped up with
some fruit and oil, which I thought very nauseous to
the taste. After supper, I went to bed and slept awhile,
when I was awakened by persons coming in. No
women slept in the hut ; and after eating some
roasted yams, the new visitors lay down and went to
rest.

Friday, 9th.—By daylight the natives were stir-
ring, and one of them, I believe a priest, began to
make -hideous noises, while all the rest crossed
themselves in different parts of the body. After
this ceremony, he gave them clay wherewith to rub
themselves. An old woman then brought in some
boiled yams in a basket, and some greens in an
earthen dish, which the host served out. They ap-
pear to feed sometimes in one hut, and sometimes in
another. When any individual enters, nothing is
said to the intrusion : whoever comes has a share of
the feast offered to him. . •
After the yams were eaten, the native who parti-
cularly accompanied me, and whom I called Can-
ning, took rile to the king's hut, which was larger
than that in which I slept, but not enclosed. • The
king and a number of his principal chiefs were seated
round, as were also his wives and children ; and they
all shook hands with me very cordially. There were
twenty and sometimes thirty natives in the hut, for
the weather was very rainy ; and we had yams five
or six times during the day. The king's wives and
families slept in half-a-dozen . adjacent huts. There
was no sign of poultry or meat (fowls or sheep) ;
hut towards evening a large rat was brought in, and
roasted entire, without skinning, or cleaning of any
kind. I was glad to say adieu before it was
priest repeated
hisreligious
de-
voured as a dainty. The presents of axes and iron
from Captain Owen to his Majesty were shewn with
much parade; and I was importuned to bring knives
drinkingAt chty ligfhrteetlhye of
topy and pieces of iron when I renewed my visit. I
re-
turned to my old abode to sleep.
S
(palm-
wine.) In an hour, a woman brought seven or
eight pieces of yam, and part of the rat, which the
king had specially sent to me. I gat credit by hand-
ing Saturday, it over to my friends. Making signs for water

agony, expired, suffer.
HYDROPHOBIA.—A dreadful case of hy-
drophobia occurred within the last week near Greashill,
the King's County, and indeed it is feared will not stop its
dreadful career, in the death of one woman. A man named
CLEA RY a dog, which went mad, and bit several sheep.:
Thursday morning,
cows, &c. also its own master, his servant maid, and tL,
et,.
or four other people ; one poor woman showed symmt..
oimnfogtritniiiisinredgea.ndgaeiylrrnsous malady a few days back, and after '
tai Tuesday
Otihnersiortlikoisnegwho have ',,oen Lit
was
getting
misfortune to be bit, will fall vict. the Others who had the '
aunidldirddeedinrt nissi,:fetcanretdi,nihwi:
'ma to this terrible dis.-
order.--Dublin Ernans. VOst,

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the e ACC
mostiDENT.—On Tuesday after- •
part of the country happened' at Mr. EVTON.
course of the evening, appalling accidents that ever cc-
FlironeSntiCilon:nltCellileirsY' when, by a tremendous explosion of cubit-
, commonly called the fire damp, no less
retted hydrogen
than nine persons Were killed on the spot, and eleven
others injured more or less severely. THOMAS PA It Hl ,
Esq., of Mold, the Coroner for the county, arrived in the
and proceeded to hold inquest I it
the bodies, which bad been removed before his arrival t.,
their respective homes, some at Bagill r, some on
Flint Mountain, and some in the town of Flint.
—lt appeared that the explosion took place during
the dinner hour of the workmen, between twelve and one •
o'clock, but there was do direct evidence of the cause of it,
and the Jury found a verdict accordingly. It is, however,
conjectured that it was occasioned by the incautious use of
naked lights by some of the persons who brought the MPH
their dinner. The eleven men who escaped with life, coot-
apwnoadsedtecra,mp which
aertouo
is
of
oaffound there.
to the bottom of the shaft to drink
p of thirteen who had finished dinner,
Two boys, who stood in the
midst, escaped unhurt. The explosion commenced at the
extreme end of the mine, instantaxeously destroying those
who remained there, and proceeded up the shaft, scorchior
and dashing about the men who stood at the bottom, in a
most frightful manner, and carrying away the tilaehini-ry
erected at the mouth of the shaft.