The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-27 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

SUNDAY, MAY 25.—Arrived the Ellen Jenkinson,
Blundell, from Lisbon; Commerce (steamer), --,
from Dublin ; Neptune, --, from Dantzie ; Fama,
Hallman, from Memel ; Harlequin, Miller, from Smyrna ;
ispham, Evans, from Leghorn ; Erwarting, Wolf, from
Memel ; "Wow Anna, Koster, from Antwerp ; Iman,
Varck, from Ostend ; Valharding, %reviles, from Rotter-
dam; Pantaloon, Walker, from Messina.
The Clarendon, , Jamaica, for Liverpool, was
spoken April 30, lat. 43, long. 45.
The Nimrod, from Mobile, for Liverpool, was spoken
April 22, lat. 35, long. 68.
Telegraph Office, May 25.
No. 152, Pantaloon, East of Light Ship. Also a brig
with quarantine flag.
A barque off Point Lynas, inward, standing off and on
for a pilot.—No. 101, the Tagus schooner, passed Point
Lynas yesterday.
Passed Holyhead (supposed) No. 362, the Margaret,
British brig.

On the farm of Connychan, about two miles
south •west of Amuiree, a wild cat of uncommon ferocity
was last week caught in a trap. The animal measured
44- feet from the head to the point of the tail.—Caledonian
Mercury.
On Saturday, while a man was conducting a
dromedary, exhibited here as a show, along the road near
to Priestfield, in this vicinity, a horse and cart happened
to approach it. The horse took fright at so unusual a
spectacle, and reared and plunged till it overthrew the cart,
with the carter beneath it. The unfuitunate man was
killed on the spot. The owner of the dromedary is in
custody, and the case is undergoing investigation by the
Sheriff.—Scotsman.

On Wednesday afternoon a dreadful storm of
bail, accompanied by much thunder and lightning, was
experienced at the villages of Wonston and Hunton, and
the neighbourbood,.though in a less,degree. Such a storm,
or any which can be compared with it, the oldest inhabitant
never witnessed. The hail fell in torrents, and has in the
above named villages literally destroyed the fruit and vege-
tables, and so stripped the trees and plants of blossom and
leaf, that their appearance is now truly lamentable. What-
ever windows were exposed to the north were more or less
broken. The ground/presented a winter-scene till some
hours after sun-rise the next day, being covered with a
mass of frozen particles, mostly of the size and shape of
marbles, and many as large as nutmegs. The corn and
grass-fields are much injured, though in a various degree
on the same farm ; chiefly from the circumstance of rain
falling in some situations though in torrents, while in
others pieces of ice came down With irresistible force, cut-
ting and tearing off not merely leaves but the young shoots
of trees, the stalks of pulse, potatoes, &c. and making a
complete wreck of flowers of every kind. The storm last-
ed, with some intermissions of its fury, from about two till
half-past four in the afternoon, and was awful in the ex-
treme.—Hants Chronicle.

A most distressing occurrence took place near
Wolverhampton, on Monday morning, by which a very
respectable individual has been cut off in thy prime and
vigour of life. The person whose untimely death it be-
comes a painful duty for us to relate, was Mr. Jolts
NORRIS, High Constable of the North part of the Hundred
of Seisdon, in this county. He had been spending Sunday
in a visit to his brother, at Enville, from whence he was
returning on foot the next morning to his residence at Me-
ridale, near Wolverhampton, when he was overtaken by
Mr. CARTWRIGHT, of Himley, in a small gig, who having
a vacant seat, invited him to accept of it. After they had
ridden together for a short time, the horse became restive
and unmanageable, and set off at violent speed. Instead
of keeping his seat, Mr. Noams unfortunately sprung out
of the carriage, fell upon his back its the road, and, without
a struggle or a groan, died in an instant, a concussion of
the brain having been produced by the fall. It was near
Graiseley that the accident happened, and being so close
to the town, a medical gentleman was immediately fetched
to the spot, but his assistance was of ao avail, the spark
of life had fled for ever. The body did not present any
appearance of external injury whatever. —PotteryMereury.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—A young
man in the neighbourhood of Banbridge, who had become
passionately attached to a female who lived in the service
of a gentleman in the same vicinity, but unfortunately with-
out a reciprocation of affection on her part, accidentally met
her in Banbridge in the course of last week. After a good
deal of persuasion, he prevailed on her to enter a public
house with him, when he ordered for her a glass of wine,
into which, under an erroneous impression that is prevalent
in the country, he infused a love portion. The gentleman
in whose family the girl lived had been frequently in a deli-
cate state of health, and, from having seen him use similar
medicines, she recognised the infusion and refused to drink
He said be would have no hesitation in drinking it himself,
and repeatedly pressed her. She again refused, when he
desperately seized the glass and swallowed its contents. He
was instantly taken ill, and, thought every medical assist-
ance was given, he died in a few hours after, in extreme
torture. On Saturday last he was interred in the Chapel-
yard of Lisnavaghrell. The whole transaction is a melan-
choly instance of the consequences of those unfounded and
even superstitious notions relative to the supposed power of
philters, which are unfortunately prevalent among the lower
classes in many parts of the country.—Saunders' News
Letter.

IFROCIOU2 ATTACK OF A DOG.—Abont
one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, a dog, which is sup-
posed to have broken loose from a house in Surrey-square,
made a furious attack upon a poor lad about 13 years of
age. The cries of the lad first attracted the attention of a
lady, who ran from her house with a hair broom and StH,
ceeded in beating the dog oft; when he seized the broom in
his laws, and she was left defenceless. The dog then re-
newed his attack upon the lad ; when the lady returned to
her house and brought a carpet broom, which the dog
likewise tore to pieces, and the lady was once more dim•
armed. The dog again attacked the boy, who was now in
such an exhausted state as scarcely to be able to speak._
Twice was the dog beaten off, anti twice did he renew the
attack. The lady then ran into the house fur safety, and
was obliged to leave the poor boy to the mercy of the en-
raged animal. A gentleman in the neighbourhood, who
had just seen it from a window, turned round for a weapon
to make an attack upon the dog, when the animal escaped.
lie was, however, shortly afterwards despatched by a la-
bouring man, who heard the cry of " Kill that dog !"
Kill that dog!" The poor boy was picked up, but was
not able to stand. lie was put into a cart, and conveyed to
the hospital. From subsequent inquiries, we learn that
six of the bitten parts were cut out, and that caustic has
been applied to many others. It is feared the dog was in
a rabid state. The mother of the poor boy was at the time
lying upon a bed of sickness.

RAW HIDES.
Per Stoke. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d.
Best Heifers& StQers3 0 :3 6 Ordinary 2 0 2 2
6 2 9 Market Calf--S 0 each