The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-12 00:00:00

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

P. Dickson and G. Blackwood, Stamford, tea-dealers—
W. and A. Foxlow, Colchester, drapers--R., R. M., and
H. Frisby, Mark-lane, wine-merchants—J. Forsyth and
J. Hair, Soho-hill, Handsworth, Staffordshire, drapers—
R. Cooper and W. Beckwith, Spitalfields, silk-manufac-
turers—J. Cawley and S. Moscrop, Stockport, drapers—
E. and H. Dearman, J. Haselden, and W. Hodgson, Li-
verpool, commission-merchants—T. Skelly and S. Donkin,
Alnwick, seed-merchants--T. Morecroft and J. Fowler,
Liverpool, solicitors—T. Curby and L. H. Baugh, Frith-
street—B. Virtue, T. A. King, and A. Murray, Mincing-
lane, wine-merchants--T. Bedford and T. Harley, Wol-
verhamptom, liquor-merchants--3. and W. Undershell,
Crimscott-street, Bermondsey, leather-factors—E. Gwil-
lirn and T. Price, Brecon, drapers—P. Newton and J.
Lee, Chowbent, Lancashire, grocers.

LORD MAYOR'S COURT, SEPT..II.

WYVELL v. MACKENZIE,

This was an action brought by the plaintiff to re-
cover the sum of 1,3101. 14s. 3d., lodged by the de-
fendant in Coutts's bank, the defendant owing
plaintiff more than that sum. The action was
brought by notice of a very ancient custom, which
obtains in London (and in that city alone.) If a
debt be contracted in the city, and the debtor leave
the jurisdiction of this Court, the creditor may
attach any money or goods belonging to him which
he can discover within the city. If he recovers
before the money is paid, he must give security to
the Court, that if the defendant dispute the matter
within a year and a day, he (the plaintiff) shall
answer such suit. But the bank of Messrs. Coutta,
where Mackenzie had lodged the above sum, being
without the city, notice of this action was served
upon one of the partners when in the city transacting
business; and

The RECORDER ruled, after hearing the argu-
ments of Messrs. BOLLAND and LAW on either side,
that this service within the city brought the case
under the jurisdiction of the Court.
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.
SIR WM. DARCY TODD, KNT. V. COUNT LINSINGtEN.

This was an action under similar circumstances, to
recover a sum lodged by defendant (who was in-
debted more than its amount to the plaintiff) in the
bank of Messrs. Hoare, of Lombard-street. It ap-
peared that the defendant had left the country, and
that Sir William Todd had brought an action
against him for its recovery in the Court of King's
Bench, Westminster, and recovered, the defendant
suffering judgment to go by default.
The RECORDER, under these circumstances, di-
rected the Jury to return their verdict for the
defendant, as the cause of action did not arise in
the city.

MATRIMONIAL CONSOLATION.--A younger
brother had espoused an old and ill-tempered wife, but ex-
tremely rich. He used t 3 say, " Whenever I find my
temper giving way, I retire to my closet, and console my-
self by reading her marriage settlement."

HYDROPIIOBIA.--A melancholy case of death
from this dreadful malady, occurred, we lament to state, on
Friday last. About three weeks since, Mr. Fenby, of
Gloucester-street, in this town, was bitten in the hand by
a dog, in Lodge-lane. The wound soon healed, and no
particular attention was paid to the occurrence. On Wed-
nesday last Mr. F. was unwell, and feeling himself thirsty,
went to take a draught of water. On seeing the water he
involuntarily recoiled, and, from that moment felt seriously
alarmed, although satisfied, in his own mind, that the ani-
mal which had bitten him was not mad. This opinion he
held in the lucid intervals he had before he died. He, how-
ever, was persuaded, from his feelings, that he was in a
state of hydrophobia. With this sentiment preying on his
mind, he grew worse, till, on the Friday, he was unma-
nageable by any other means than force, and such was hi*
strength, that it was as much as six men could do to hold
him. At intervals, he barked like a dOg. In the absence
of the paroxysms, he had his senses, was collected, and re-
signed to his fate, which be knew to be inevitable, saying
he was not afraid to die. He died in the evening. He
was married about eighteen months since, and has left a
widow and an infant to bewail the melancholy termination
of his life at the age of 31.—Liverpool Albion.

There is a man in this colony, named Wilkin-
son; well known by the appellation of the "snake
man," who has become so familiar with, and
fond of, these reptiles, that he seldom travels
without having some of the most venomous
coiled in his bare bosom, or stuffed into the
crown of his hat. While in the service of a
Paramatta clergyman, he came home one dm
with the tail of a good-sized snake hanging out
from under his hat, curling over his brow like
lave-lock, and when told of it by the lady of the
house, he very coolly gave the tail a sharp pinch
between his finger and thumb, to make the ani.
mal draw its stray member in. He had some
constantly crawling about his bed-room, too.
and often occupying a portion even of his bed,
without his expressing the least apprehension,
He says he was taught by the French surgeon of
De Freycinet's ship to tame these reptiles, which
he accomplished by simply confining several in
a bag together ; through which procedure, the
snakes soon lose all inclination for biting, per-
mitting themselves afterwards to be freely handled.
as lie has often demonstrated by thrusting hi
bare hand among a bagful of them and holding
theta fearlessly up like a hunch of eels. What-
ever be his mode of taming, however, it is cer-
tainly most effectual. Ile at first approaches:
them cautiously from behind, as they lie bask-
ing, seizes them close by the bead, presses tho
thumb under the jaw, forthwith consign* them
to his wallet, and trudges eagerly on in search of
more; and, though he has caught some thousands
he has never been once bitten.---Cunningham's
N, S. Wales.