The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-31 00:00:00

HYDROPROBIA.--Last week a terrier went mad in Rom
ford, Essex, and {bit a man and nearly twenty dogs. The
terrier then went away towards Havering-atte-Bower, and,
having there entered Mr. Robinson's grounds, bit four of his
dogs who were lying on the lawn. Two of these were of
considerable value, one a magnificent setter of the late Duke
of Gordon's breed : the other, a favourite retriever, both ac-
customed to live in the house. It is a remarkable circum-
stance, that the retriever, a powerful bitch, who if attacked
by a strange dog was very fierce, yet when bitten severely by
this terrier made no at: empt to retaliate, but uttered a most
extraordinary howl, and slunk away to the shrubbery, from
which place she could hardly be coaxed away, as if instinct
told her that her hour was come. The terrier, after doing
this mischief, curled himself up under a shrub and dozed,
as dogs in this state do, after a paroxyism. One of the ser-
vants shot him, and Mr. Robinson's dogs, which were bitten,
have since been all killed. If dogs, like terriers and the
half-bred brutes that carmen teach to yap and snap on the
top of their carts, become rabid, they are fearfully destruc-
tive ; whilst dogs whose instinct has been modified, and who
have been taught neither to bark nor bite, (as setters) very
rarely do much damage when mad. It is a strange doctrine
of English law, that if (as happened recently) a man passing
a cart in a narrow street is bitten on the ear by a dog on the.
cart, the man can have no redress against the owner of the
dog unless he can prove that the dog is accustomed to bite
men.

THE CHAPEL ROYAL—The ceremony of consecrating the
new Chapel Royal, Buckingham palace, took place on Se-
turday, the Archbishop of Canterbury officiating. At twelve
o'clock, the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent,
entered the royal closet. The pews in the side aisles of the
chapel were filled by the lords and ladies in waiting. On her
Majesty's arrival, the Archbishop accompanied by the Bishop
of London, proceeded with the consecration. The chapel is
erected on the site of one of the conservatories. The interior
has a very light and elegant appearance ; the side aisles are
divided from the centre by two rows of fluted composite
columns supporting a pointed ceiling, divided into compart-
ments, and ornamented in stucco. It is lighted by windows
at the sides, finished with architraves, and surmounted by
pediments. The Queen's closet is elevated on Doric columns
across the west end of the chapel ; the altar fronts the royal
closet at the opposite end. The communion table had a cover-
ing of crimson velvet embroidered with cold ; the back of the
altar, the seats, and the cushions were likewise of the same
rich materials. The front of the Queen's closet, the pulpit,
and the reading desk were also covered with crimson velvet,
edged with bullion fringe, and bordered with gold lace. The
royal closet is lighted by a number of small, circular-headed
windows, and corresponding windows are also introduced at
the other end of the chapel over the altar. The pews in the
side aisles occupied by the Lords and Ladies of the House-
hold, and the seats in the middle aisle are covered with crim-
son. After the ceremony, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Bishops of London and Norwich, and the clergy, and
also the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household present at
the consecration, partook of a dejeuner at the palace.