Star.
London, England, 1825-05-26 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, MAY N.
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Lady Amman, an.' Lord and Lady Bakikiivasr,
hive left
Two dt m. aappOsed to be mad, nsa e their d -th • appear;
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ante, among us today, and as many curs were reported
'as having beentitten by them, the slaughter of the ca-
nine species since has been considerable. One of the
supposed rabid animals was pursued and destroyed; but
the other, in a dreadful state of irritation, is secured in
the house of a surgeon, who is sceptic to the acknow-
ledged opinion that hydrophobia is contagious, or that
it can be imparted, as commonly understood it may, by
the bite of the dog, or inoculation. If he be right, he is
in no danger ; it otherwise, he may be called to a fear-
ful account for his rashne.s, as the diseased animal men-
tioned has wounded him in the arm, one of his teeth
hiving passed through his coat and shirt-sleeeei,
and penetrated the flesh so as to divide the skin and
draw blood. The surgeon, however, is so grounded in
fiis belief, that no injury, by possibility, can result from
the hurt, that he declines even to apply the caustic, and
smiles at the apprehensions that are manifested on his
account. We sincerely hope that no disagreeable con-
sequences may follow. Upon this matter our inquiries
will be employed hereafter, and upon which we shall
report accordingly.
A person named Penny, a builder, has been com-
mitted to Lewes gaol to-day, upon a charge of assault
and battery against his wi'e. Mrs. Tickiier, in whose
house the assault took place, and who had witnessed the
affray, became so dreadfully alarmed, that she'survived
the shock but little better than an hour: shOespired
before surgical aid could reach her. Penny. life con-
tinues ill from,the blows she has received; and as the
surgeon who was examined by the Magistrates touching
her case this morning considered her life in danger,
Penny, as abovementioned, was committed to prison.

SOCIETY for Me BUILDMG and ENLARGING
e CHURCHES and ClidPBM.
The Meeting of this Society was held at the Free-
masons' Tavern yesterday morning, when the Archbi-
shop of CANTICASURT took the Chair, and was supported
by the Bishops of LONDON! BATH and Watts, Huta-
FORD, EXAM/, LINCOLN* CHIATAR, LITCHFIRLD, an
we believe, nearly the whole of the Preleey'of England.
The Bishop of Smassunx was absent only in conse-
quence of other important and indispensable engage-
Meets; and a communication was, also made from the
Archbishop of Yoaa, expressing his entire concurrence
in the objects of the Society. There was a numerous
attendance of Laymen of,high respectability.
Mr. COTTON said, that mach good.had been effected
by the London Committee, and strongly recommended
that individuals, and Clergymen especially, should ex-
ert their influence to mike the Society and its objects
known—for that was to ensure its success.. Nothing
could more firmly establish the affection of the People
for their Pastors, than the solicitude of the latter for
the maintenance of the Church against its enemies.—
It was a subject which be had deeply at heart, and as
o Layman he felt as much interest in seeing the poor
attend their Church, aathough.he were one of its Minis.
ters,—(Hear, hear!).
Votes of thanks were. passed to the Loughs Committee, and to
the Archbishop of Cairreasunr for preeiding et the MandliF.

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We yesterday stated thata murder had been disco-
vered near Bath, on Monday last:- On Tuesday, a
Coroner's Inquest was held on the body, when a vet-
dict was returned of Wilful Murder against some person
or persons unknown. The body, says the Bath Paper,
received this morning, still remains to be owned. A
paper was found in one of his pockets with the name
of a Stephenson."
A Correspondent informs us that some swindlers
now in the metropolis, are passing forged country
notes, purporting to be of the Axbridge and Somer.
setshire Bank. The action-of these rascals is princi-
pally confined at present to the neighbourhood of-
Spitalfields. Our Correspondent adds, that there never
was an 66 Axbridge and Somerset Rank." .
A great number of that respectable community,
the Society of Friends, have arrived in town from all
parts of Europe and from America, to hold their
Annual Meeting, and to transact the usual bilsiness,
according to the regulations and characteristic sim-
plicity of the worthy fraternity.
The 12th instant, Joseph Forster, a seaman who had
signed articles to proceed on a Voyage to London in the
Neptune, Capt. Ware, was committed to Hull Hoes of
Correction, (under the 31st Geo. 111. cap. 39. sec. 3.)
for three weeks, for neglecting and refusing to proceed
Ito sea with the brig, because Capt. Ware had on board
two then who did not belong to the Union.
An Inquest was held on Thursday at Kirkda'e Reuse,
of Correction, on the body of William Hudson, a
prisoner, who lied on Wednesday, in consequence vif
"a wound he received in the groin from a knife, by
George Mittam, a fellow-prisoner, on the preceding
Monday. The Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Marc'
der against Mitten), who has been committed to Laws
caster Castle, to take his trial for the offence.
An Inquest was held at St. Bartholomew's Hespi.
tal, on the body of Eliza Riney, a chid, aged nine'
years. It appeared that the deceased and a younger
brother were left in a room alone, by their aunt, with
whom they resided, during 'Anse temporary absence,
the deceased's clothes by some accident caught fire.
and before assistance could be rendered, she was a,
dreadfully burnt as to leave no hopes of her recovery
and in consequence she-died of the Injuries she sus—
taiaed on Monday last. Verdict, Accidental Death.
ELANCHOLY Aocinzar.—Yesterday evening an in-I
quest was held at the King's Head, Ranelagh-street;
Pimlico, on the body of Mr. John Jeffery. It appeared
that on the Ist of May, the deceased and a person
named Bradford were returning to town, from Kea:,
sington, in a one-horse chaise, and when they arrived
near the Halfway Vane, a stagecoach, drawn by
boar horses, ran furiously against the chaise, broke
both the shafts, stove in the front, and the deceased
and his friend were thrown out. The deceased was
taken up insensible, and conveyed to his house in Pim-
lico, where he died on Monday. The night was ua-
conimnnly dark when the accident occurred, and. it
rained heavily. The coachman stopped, said the-coach
belonged to Mr. Sexton, and that he came glom Brent-
ford. When informed that he would be answerable for
the accident, he mounted his box and drove off, and no
one knew who he a as, nor had he been siace,discovered.
All the witnesses" said the accident was the effect of
gross negligense. The Jury returned a verdict of Ae-
cillental Death —Deodand 201. The unfortunate de-
ceased, who was in his 2801 year, vra a clerk in the
South Sea House, and was in a few weeks to have been,
'dallied to an imitable young female.