The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-05 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

ORDERS IN COUNCII4.—(MILITAnY SToitzs.)
" Council-office, Whitehall, March 28.

" ant directed to acquaint you, for the information of
the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs, that the Order in
Council, dated the 30th of September last, which prohibits the-
exportation of militaty Stores, will expire on the nth of this
instant (March), but which will be renewed at the first Council
to be held by'his Majesty. As, however, such Council may
not take place..before the expiration of the present order, I am
t desire that the said Commissioners- trill give directions
forthwith to. their officers, to consider the said prohibition as
being in force, notwithstanding the said order may not be • re-
newed previous to its expiration. I am, Sir, &c.

" G. C. GREV I UAL
" I'. 8. The Older in Council, Of the same date, which pro-
hibits the exportation ct canuon,•gun.carriages, Re., will not
be renewed.

" Thomas Initmorc, Esq."

Detachmenti belonging to the 2d, 3d, 30th, and :10th Regi.
ments of foot marched yesterday from Westminster, for Can-
t rbury.
Detachments belonging to .the 4th and llth Regiments of
Light Dragoons marched yesterday from Westminster, for the
Covalry Depot at Alaidstone.
aiaeltinents belonging to the 13th and 30th Regiments of
Infantry marched yesterday from 'Westminster for Chatham.
A 'detachment of the 05th Regiment of Foot marched yes-
terday from Westminster for Dover.
A detachment of the Royal. Staff Corps marched yesterday,
front Westminster for Ilythe.
A detachment of the 81st Regiment of Infantry marched
yesterday, tiont Westminster for 11'inchester.
Detachments belonging to the 37th, 70th, and 7iirh Regi-
ments of Foot,, marched yesterday, from AVesubinster for
Portsmouth.

Detachments belonging to the liith Hussars, the 3d Dragtion
Guards, and the 1-2 th, 33(1, 77th, and rrOth Regiments of infan-
try, marched yesterday, from Westminster fur Bristol, on route
to Ireland.

Deutctunents belonging to the Glith, 71st, and 9.lth Regiments
of Foot, marched yesterday, from iVesuninster for Plymouth.
Cot to in the Wiltshire Regiment of Yeomanry Ca-
valry—Thomas Viscount Andover to be Captain, rice Gordon,
resigned ; George F. Earl Bruce to be ditto, vice Colley,
resigned. -

MAD DOGS.

IWe cannot he tot) early in calling the at tett-
'don of families particularly, and indeed Of all owners of dogs,
to the necessity of attending with care to the condition and
security of those animals during the ensuing summer, in order
to guard not only their neighbours but themselves against that
dreadful disease—hydrophobia. The following narrow escape
which a family had on Monday last from this horrible malady
will show how suddenly the most cherished and I.trourite am-
nia's may be the destruction of its caressers. Mr. Lloyd, a
hatter, in the Strand, had a very beautiful Newfoundland dog,
of uncommon size and strength, but of the most docile and
• playful disposition : so much so, that he was the constant.play_
fellow of seven young children of Mr. Lloyd's ; formerly the
dog was• usually chained by a collar at night in a dog-kennel,
for his us,- in the back yard ; but in the morning, when un-
chained, his habit •was to pay his first visit to the children
by scampering inn) the house up the stairs and into the
apartment which the children occupied, and front thence to
the yard ; during the day he had a free ingress and egress,
the yard-door being generally open. On Monday morning,
Mr. Lloyd heard a violent rushing against the yard door,
which most providentially at that moment happened to be
latched to, and at the same time heard the dog making a
very unusual noise, and, opening one of the windows which
overlook the yard, he saw the -dog with the chin hanging to
.his neck, having by his strength forced the staple out of its
place, which secured him to. time kennel ; the animal was en-
deavourin,,,, with all- his strength to open the yard-door, but
Mr. Lloyd at once suspecting that something must be wrong,
instantly secured the door ; by this time the dog became, to
all appearance, raging mail, he howled and barked in a most
hideons manner, while the slime and foam poured in vast
quantities from his mouth, and his eyes blazed with tire. Mr.
Lloyd, with a viete to an experiment, procured a pail of water,
and dashed it over the animal from the window, which inane,
diately receded wilt horror from the liquid, and barked and
raged with tenfold fury ; he dashed himself against the walls
of the yard, which fortunately were of a height that he could
not attain the reach of, although he occasional', sprung from
the ground several feet into the air. Mr. Lloyd s hest impres-
sion was to destroy the animal at once by shooting hint, but
• he was: persttaded by some of the neighbours, as the'clog was
a very floe and valuable one, that perhaps it was only a tem-
porary tit of some sort that affected him : a dog fancier was
then sent for, ' who had wormed the animal when a pup. By
the time this man arrived, there was as much excitement in the
neighbourhood as to how this dog should be diepeesed of, as
there was upon the destruction of its neighbour the lute ele-
phant. The back premises of Illn Lloyd, where this yard is
situated, reach to a court which communicates with the Strand ;
this court and the yard wall were thronged with spectators ;
every window and roof-top that overlooked the yard were
crowded. . The dog fancier got on the top of the wall, and ad-
dressed himself in familiar language to his old acquaintance,
but•the dog heeded Wm not ; he threw him a piece of meat,
Gut the animal would not touch it, and disregarding all
around him, he pursued his maddened career. Mr. Lloyd again
proposed to shoot the animal, and several of the crowd
aeconded his proposal ; blunderbusses, carbines, muskets,
and • many other equally destructive instruments were
quickly supplied, and in it few minutes, except that them
were no soldiers sent for, them was as strong a three us
would have destroyed ' Chuny" himself. The dog fancier,
however, desired that previous to the destroying of the dog he
might be permitted to go down and pay him A visit in the
yard, and have some conversation with hint to ascertain exactly
the „state of his mind, " because," said he, " if I can only
get at him to bleed him in the mouth, perhaps the lit may go
off:" there was a general exammatm of horror at the idea ot'
the man attempting to bleed a Mad dog iii the mouth, parti-
Cularly so puwertul is dog as this; and Mr. Lloyd' strongly
remonstrated with the man against his making any liueli rash ,
atteMpt... The man wa,,, however, determined to enter the yard
at oil hazard, and said " Only give me a broomstick and a rope,
and I will -manage- gum." Mr. .Lloyd said., that if the
man was determined thus to • risk Ins life, it was entirely
against his wish and without his concurrence, and again en-
deavoured to dissuade the man from his perilous attempt,
but in vain.; for the broomstick and the rope being produced,.
the man, nothing datrted, jumped with client intcoot:leereydard.—
J with
.lust at this time the dog, in some degree exhausted from Ilia
violent exertions cif above an hour, had Crouched into his kennel,
and no part of..him was to be seta, but his head,
foam, and the firy flashes' of his eye's; time doolmcier approach.
ed him cautiously, calling him' by - his name, holtung the
deali Inl onfottl tivitt.liaenngeutimigetitloe Inmiin4:l-,1
broomstick horizontally in one hand, and the rope with a :moose
on it in the other,-hut the dog took no notice at' lihn ; time man
whistled
.andth-titedadirleilszi allele:de:A
but hi vain,
having got .close to the kennel door, he seized the chain
which hung - from the dog's neck, and in an ins td nt • most
dexterouslr slipped the noose of the rope over his head.
Thoogh t meannal growled and barked most furiously dur-
ing nil this time, he never attempted to spring itt the man
until the latter drew him, by the rope front the kennel by
main force ; the dog, now treed from the kennel, instantly
flew at the nuns, who still belch the rope -in one- hand, and the
stick in the other. On his approach, open-mouthed, the man
presented the stick to bitn, in the horizontal positiomm, which
-tife dog seized, and tore with his teeth until he thrced it from
the man's grasp'.' this done, he again attacked the man who
.110\tr ;4oiz44Ltheviutin, holding thus,'. ;lie rope in one liamtd, mid
the chain in
flewthe • other, both secured round
either
he'urutionmatill'es
neck ;: be .several - times at die man's. throat, but.
' Lie latter checked- him by pulling him right with the rope, or to The Lft with the &titre The eon_
• teat now raged for a considerable time, until at length the
man .became much exhausted, while the dog seemed toThave
acquired fresh fury and strength; and fearing the cense-
- quences of protracting the struggle, he called out for help at
-a moment when the dog, who, on his hind legs, stood as high
as the man, was making'a desperate effort to grump his throat.
The assenibled crown now alarmed more than ever for the ,
man's safety, called out to shoot the dog, never recollecting
that to shoot the dog nOlutt- time was also, in all probability,
to shoot the man- In an instant sortie two dozen. gun-barrels were presented, until the man called out not to fire, -no doubt 1
preferring his chance of escape from the dog, to that of survier-
mg a discharge of musketry, and fortunately lie called out in I
time, fur no shot was tired. 'rime man still struggling with the i
enraged animal, called out, for God's sake, that some men
should enter the yard and kill the dog with clubs. This hint 1
ivas instantly acted upon ; several sprung into the yard, armed
with iron bars, sticks, &c.,-and thect°g'B head was in "mule" I
ssetlaiiPgdel:dt
we satths this
rallintsc:ldBrt.,
beaten in pieces, alMost in the arms of the man who thus es. g
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an
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sreceiving tall! 1
of two.men time saman-edniignhtthlains
rectiona of Mr. Lloyd; tied by the hind legs, through which a
ed on time shoulders t
the Thames. .t
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