The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-25 00:00:00

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SUN OFFI( E, Seven o' Clock.

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EVENING.
Six o'CLccK.

CESAREWITCII.

8 to 1 agst My Mary
12 to 1 agst The Baron
18 to 1 agst Wee Pet
20 to 1 'agst Jenny Wren
20 to 1 agst Remorse
20 to 1 agst Agis
20 to 1 agst Plantagenet
20 to 1 agst Pantasa
20 to 1 ag6t Clumsy
40 to 1 agst Seaman
Very little doing.

THE OBSCENE PROPERTIES OF THE VIILTURE.:-
The above foul bird will devour, with a disgusting trait of
gieediness, the most putrid offal, and in almost all parts of
the east, groups of them, from twenty to thirty, may be seen
assembled together, fattening upon human and other animal
corpses. So depraved, so vitiated, and so rotten is the consti-
tutional system of the vulture, that its veryfeathers may be ob-
served to molt from its wings, at voluntary intervals, whilst it
is in the act of gorging its prey ; and there is one fact in relation
to this repulsive bird which is perhaps not generally known,
it is this, viz., that no animal whatever will prey upon the
vulture, living or otherwise—not even the jackall or glutton,
which are in the habit of burrowing into, and ransacking, the
repositories of the dead, and indulging each a morbid appe-
tite, yet these beasts will rot approach the vulture, but will
turn away from it with total abhorrence. Even the common
flesh fly (musca putris). will not lend its aid towards annihi-
lating the volucrine nuisance under consideration, by inocu-
lating the carcase of the bird with its consuming larvx, but
avoids coming into contact with the foetid mass, so that the
vulture may be looked upon as the most obscene of all car-
nivorous scavengers, and can be viewed only in the light of
a solitary outcast, singled out from the wide and varied uni-
versity of animated nature.

THE FORESTS.—The sport of deer-stalking has
been pursued with success for the last fortnight. Stags are more
migratory than usual this season, few having been seen at many of
their favourite haunts. John Ross, Esq., at Stratligarve, shot a pair
of stags right and left ; at the same place and time, A. 31ackenzie,
Esq., yr., of Ord, got a stag. Mr. Flood and Mr. ellearnly, at
kuchinault, secured four. At Redcastle, two red deer and two roc
.were killed by sons of Colonel Bailie. Colonel Porter shot two stags
at Inchnacardock. Mr. White, of 3tonar has killed one ; Glenmo-
riston one very heavy deer ; Lord Walsingham, at Kinlochewe, one ;
Sir P. Mostyn and Lord Lovat have brought down several good
stags. A very heavy royal stag's head was sent here the other day
from Erchless Castle to be preserved. The beam of the horns is of
uncommon thickness, with wide span, and three thick branches,
forming nearly the famous cups on the top of each. Another royal
head, of nearly equal dimensions, arrived this morning fbom Cord-
many. The antlers are finely overspread with rough projections.—
Inverness Courier.

SINGULAR INCIDENT.—About ten years ago, whilst
a man of the name of Robertson, a slater, and belonging to Dean-
ston, was at work at Kelr House, he accidentally fell through the
hot-house. He appeared to have received no injury, except a scratch
and a slight cut in the thick part of the left hand, in a line with the
little finger. Felling a govd deal of uneasiness in the part, lie thought
he must have fractured a small hone. Sail, however, it gave him
little trouble, except an occasional twinge whilst at work,
until, about three weeks ago, his arm became inflamed, and
suppuration took place about three inches above the wrist,
nearly in a line with the part previously cut with glass. The suppu-
ration soon closed, and the part seemed to be healed, and all going
on as before. About three days thereafter, sv however,^hilst at work
at Inner Trosach Lodge,
lie felt his arm uneasy, and as if something
sharp ruffled LgeiPst his shirt.. On taking off his coat and examining
the part, Ile was not a little surprised to see the end of a piece of
glass protruding—the same that had cut and entered into the paint
of his hand no less than ten years before. On the glass being ex-
tracted, it was found to be 3-7ths of an inch long, and 2-tithe broad
at one end, whilst the other was sharp-pointed.—AStirling Journal.s
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THE RUSSIAN STEAMER VLADimiß.—Thi be
large numbers of our
last few weeks, has attracted the notice of
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citizens. She is of a handsome m
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are of tho most superior description. The vessel,
and its fittings up fittings
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Sancodtiand, the scientific characteristic of whose 5011$ has put their
services in request on every sea and in every clime—is a Paisley
prao.isrrtmtliy'lee sEit,yamtepitte_risisrilanoifißsausilsoirsa..
man of the name of Thomson. The vessel, we understand, is to sail
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at the highest pitch amongst the sporting million, the invariable re
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magistrate, :B OR
and HWICK OF CROORSTON.—We a
mark is, " Wait till we see Bella Life in London"
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krengatataso have
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tieceuliaalr'' interest
in in the management of the affairs of the county of Edinburgh. On
Monday last Mr. Borthwick, it appears, was stepping on board of a
steamer at Rothesay quay, 'when he suddenly dropped down. lie
was immediately carried to M'Corkindale's Inn, and the best medical
aid was procured ; but where, in spite of every possible skill and
attention, he breathed his last on Thursday night.— Caledonian
Mercury.
HE WAS LOCKED VP.—Who was locked up?
What was the culprit's sin against society ? What iniquity had he—
" a poor sickly boy, about fifteen years of age"—committed that
the awful Mr. Combo, sitting in his magisterial chair at Clerkenwell,
should punish the prisoner (who had not 2s. 6d. to pay a fine) with
hard captivity? " What," asks the moralist, " was his evil-doing?"
Listen, and sigh over the wickedness of humanity. The " sickly
boy" had obstructed " the foot-path and carriage-way in Chapel-
street, St. Pancras, with his basketoffrait for sale 1" The audacious
malefactor, " with tears in his eyes, said he had no other way to live ;"
and the offending, destitute wretch, was therefor!? —locked up I—Punch.

DECIDEDLY CRACKED.—A morning paper talks of
the ships of the experimental squadron as being " crack vessels." So
many holes having been picked in them since their powers of sailing
have been tested, that we are afraid they deserve the compliment
rather teo literally. Even the Cove of Cork, where they are at pre •
sent floundering, must see through them.— Puneld.

THE DIGNITY OF THE PROFESSION.—Mr. Sergeant
Davy, eminent in the last century, was once upbraided with lower-
ing " the dignity of the profession," by accepting silver as fees from
a client. " I took silver," he said, " because I could not get gal
but I took every rap the Mlow had : and if you call that lowering
the dignity of the profession, I don't know what the dignity is."