The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-22 00:00:00

iXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCZ.

The Exeter mail-citach,- on its way to 14ortiIlin,
;vat attacked ten
n unday night at •lVintersloitr-
'4ut, seven miles on this side of Salisbury, in a
most extraordinary manner. At the moment
when the coachortn pulled tip to deliver his bags,
one of 'the leaders,waS suddenly seited by a fero-
cious animal. This Produced it great confusion
e.tid alarth ; tiro' passengers who Were inside the
snail got out, rib lino the house, mid locked them-
sek es tip in d roust gbovest airs ; the horses kicked
and plunged yiolently, and it was with difficulty
the coachman eould prevent the carriage front
being overturned.. -At was' soon perceived by the
coachman and:guard, by the liAlit of the lii kir i
chat the • animal ilii.th hail seized the horse
Was a huge hones'. A large mastiff dog came
tip, and attacked her fiercely, on Which 'she
quitted the horsy, and turned upon him. The dog
fled, but Was pnrsued and killed by the lioness within
about 40 yards. of the place. ' It appears that the
beast had escaped front a caravan that was stain):
ing on the road side, belooging to the proprietiirs
of a menagerie, nit theft Way to Salisbury fair.
An alarm being given, the keepers pursued and
hunted the lioness into ;in hovel under a granary,
whielt served fur Leeßing;tipiCtiltural linpleM lag.
\boot half-past eigia, airy- bad secured her so.ef-
iectually, by barricading the place, -as to prevent
ter escape. The horse, when first atta.eked,:fought
With great spirit, sheet) if at liberty, would-1)11)bn.
lily have beaten down his antagoniNt
.11 fib his
fare feet, but in plunging lie ensharritsoM himself
in tire harness. Thy lioness, it appears, had in.
tacked him in front, and syringing at his throat,
hail fastened the talons of ha fore feet on each
Side of his 'neck, close to the head, Mille the
talons of )ter hind . feet were forced into his
chest. In this situation she hung, while the blood
Was Seen flying, is if a vein had been opened-4)y a
lancet. The. ferocious
,animal mis,sedth.e throat
and the jugular vein, but the horse is so are/Writ-
ly torn he is not expected to survive. Ile ti'as a
capital horse-, the best in,t.he set. .rf be ex.preSsion
of agony to his tears anti moans wits most piteous
and affecting: .A fresh boric having been pincitr-
ed,th..e mail drove on, after haeingbeen detained,
three quarters ofluvhoar by this eXtrattidinary i.b•
strtiction. The horse attacked was the otr leader,
and as the muil drew up stood exactly abreast of the
CUraV4lll front WiliCll the lioness path: the at'ault.
Had the carriage Ueda little wore advanced she
would Pr(lbitbiYliii.ve dal red neon the coachman or
guard, who in that ease would have been more
immediately within leer eye. The ,coaclitn;in at
first proposed to' alight and stab the lioness with
a knife, but was prevented by the remonstrance
of .the guard, iyho observed,, that he would ex-
pose himself to certain destruction, as the ithittliii,
feeling berNelf attacked, win Id .t urn upon him and
tear Win to pieces. The prudeoce of the advice
has been clearly proved in the fate •of the poor
40g. It was the engagement between 'hint and
the lioness that Offered time for the keepers to
rally. Had it not been fur that interference the
mischief kit the mail would have been more Con.
,siderahle.

l'AithPotiTtc Puititc,,--The !bird experiment
with the itaraperolc—Apparatus of Al. Schmidt,
has succeeded still ,bette,r than the two tin-
nier. The present took place opposite the Fire
.Pump, in presence of a nunicrons assemblage.—
The small paddles which served to direct the ma-
chine in its course through the water, have blien
replaced by a species of oars, which can glye so a.
shipwrecked person the ,nteimi.of quickly attain-
ing his (Aker, of of struggling sucees§fully against
the mosvrapid cement. The person stated in the
l'arapontic Chair directed himselt and. tented any
way, with the greatest facility. There is" no do,ibt
but this .machine (of simple and cheap construc-
tion), will anon, assistance,toShipwreckikd Mari-
ners, especially as it unfortunately too often takes
place near the coasts, where often the crervb tit
vessels are ,wrecked or •Cast. away on banks or
reefs, at no great distance Croat the land,

ItEjdA,RtiABLE PIIILOSOPETICAL VACTor--It !inherit
long suppthed that iron is not liable to alteration
in water. The follow lug circumstance, however,
proves the contrary :—Aturang the numerous ar-
ticles raise) by the Diving Bill from the Sound,
is a case iron Li-pounder, which is soft etiongli to
be cut with is knife. Probably this may ba owing
/0 the separation of tho caihon and- other sub-
stances hoot tlic iron, which had the-eifcct of re-
nuoin; it to its original malleable state. •

The following is. the. manner in. -ishich the
Mayor-of,. Calton', hi France, in the, department
of the Lot, recentircontrived to keep (town the
price of greiii :—AboHt the entl of June, the price
of wheat was rising every maker-day alilrtningly;
and-from its increasing ieurcity, there .was reason
to re4rit would rise .to 60 Irsitcs the hectolitre,
and perhaps even be ititpossible to be got. ,The,
Mayor foritie'd butt -executed-the plan of purchas-
ing it quantity oe grain out of the departnicot, at
theexpence of the town) and selling it at a loss,:
in the public market, in urtlec to infloOec the,
price, and cdrb the I:npidity of the cotti-ticitle94-,
in consctintmcc, 636 hecttilitre) purchased by th'el
town at 37 ft.. wets lOW on the successive titarket,
thiss preceding the, trarvest,, at."-33 fr..-4011etitS.,
dealers -try means of this wise competition,:
werecompeiled lower their ttriees to of t-Irv'
Mayor 3 and the harvest Caine witlitita :,the price,
.of corn having ever exceeded ;i3 tr, 50:e. The:
municipal -finances- lost ;2,:.12ii fr. by tluie opera-:
tiun but. it cantipt be eatiedJt 10350inte.it
served Cabot's froze it frightful 4carth.