The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

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. The Overland Mali, icialch would leas,a Eambay on thp Ifit
of February, is expected to reaph London on Wednesday or
Thursday next.
The Havre papers state that 150 more English workmen,
for the Paris and Rouen Rilroad, were landed at that port a
few days since.

CURIOUS FACT.—A few days since, a merchant in Inver-
ness, received an anonymous letter, with three one-pound
notes, being, as was stated, " for a debt not in his books."
How the debt was incurred, it is impossible to say—pro-
bably goods to the amount had been abstracted from the
shop by some person, who has thus sought to repay the in-
jury, and pacify his own conscience. •
It is understood that Lord William Paget, who was elected
as a " liberal" for Andover at the last general election, has
formally seceded from the radical ranks, and joined the su-p-
-porters of the Government. The attendance of. Lord Wil-
liam at ministerial divisions is now regularly requested by,the
customary Treasury summons. His lordship voted the other
night with the Administration against Lord John Russell's
motion for a fixed duty.—Evening Paper.

MODE CF POTTING DOWN A NEWSPAPER.-It seems
that the editor of the Tablet Roman Catholic Journal hav-
ing fallen out with its proprietors, lately started an opposition
Journal, called the True Tablet. Determined to crusts this
effort, the friends of the Tablet collected a mob of 200 or
300 partisans, and though they succeeded in very nearly
making a wreck of the office of the True Tablet, the result
was, sundry broken heads, which occupied the magistrates
of Bow-street police, a large portion of Saturday last.

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—The honourable member
for Lambeth having, a few evenings since, in the House of
Commons, inquired if it were the intention of her Majesty's
government to introduce a bill for regulating the medical
profession, Sir James Graham replied, that during the recess
he had communicated with many parties whom he thought
likely to give useful information on the subject, and he had
it under consideration to bring a measure relating thereto be-
fore parliament during the progress of the present session.
This intelligence cannot be otherwise than gratifying to those
members of the profession who have, within the last few
years, so perseveringly advocated the cause of medical
reform.

THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS.—The young and lovely Prin-
cess of Hesse Darmstadt, who has lately married the heir to
the throne of all the Russias, was most agreeably surprised
on her arrival at St. Petersburgh by a delicate attention, or
rather a spontaneous effusion of real heartfelt kindness, from
her imperial father-in-law. On being conducted to her
apartments, she found them completely furnished, even to
the most minute details of footstools, &c., exactly in the
same style as the suite of rooms at the Castle of Darmstadt,
in, which she had laughed away the happy hours of child-
hood. On the drawing-room table was placed a small silver
bell. The emperor requested the princess to try whether the
bell had the same sound as that which she had at Darmstadt.
The princess shook the bell, when suddenly the doors were
thrown open, and all the old and faithful servants to whom
she had bid adieu, and who she thought were then in the
Castle at Darmstadt, rushed in, and overwhelmed the prin-
cess with their acclamations of joy, at being still allowed to
serve her whom they had watched over from the hour of her
birth. The young princess was overcome with joyful surprise,
and poured forth in glowing terms the expression of her gra-
titude to her imperial father-in-law.
THE WINDOW TAX.—Of course much interest is excited
with regard to the forthcoming scheme of finance, but no-
thing seems to be known of what actually is in contem-
plation. There is one proposition which we have heard men-
tioned, so simple in its nature, and which would prove, we
think, so popular, that it would afford us pleasure to hear it
propounded. It is to withdraw altogether the window-tax,
and substitute a house-tax to an extent to cover the deficiency
thence arising, as well as the deficiency in the revenue. The
evil of the window-tax is very great indeed, without any
adequate advantage. We speak not of the unhappy way
in which it has interfered with the style of architecture
throughout the country, but of the inconvenience, disease,
and misery arising from people in the middling and lower
ranks of society blocking up their windows, with the view of
avoiding, or reducing the amount of, this tax on the air and
light of heaven. In many parts of the country it is distress-
ing to look-upon, and still more to go into, the farm-houses,
and other houses of respectable people, not only defaced, but
made dark and unwholesome, from the operation of this tax.
Of course, the number of windows was originally taken,
and is still held to, merely as a test of the value of a house;
and as equally good or better indices of that value, for the
purposes of taxation, can otherwise be obtainecrove are dis-
posed to think, that the substitution to which we have
pointed above, would be one of great and unmixed good,
and would add very sensibly to the popularity of the exist-
ing government.

TERRIFIC COMBAT.—The family of Pentrehydd. near
this town, were disturbed one morning, before day, by the
loud barking of a dog, and as be continued his noise, Mr.
Griffiths got up, and after searching for a long time, found a
large boar devouring a potatoe-pit. In vain did Mr.
Griffiths and his servants attempt to drive him from there,
immediate destruction seemed to be their lot; at last the clog
was let loose, and a very severe engagement was the result,
which lasted upwards of half an hour; the dog was dread-
fully wounded, his thigh being ripped open from one end to
the other, and the boar planted his tooth in his throat till the
blood ran in torrents. The dog seemed quite exhausted,
and retreated for a short time ; but taking second courage,
although his leg was nearly separated, and was hanging ap-
parently by a shred, he renewed his attack, and at last the
boar was obliged to make his flight. The battle being over,
the dog fell almost lifeless in the yard, but in a short time re-
covered, and is now rapidly regaining his strength.—Merthyr
Guardian.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—A full report of the
proceedings of the half-yearly meeting of this company, held
on Thursday last, will be found in another page. The an-
swers elicited from the chairman by Mr. Baker, appeared to
give general satisfaction to the large number of highly re-
spectable proprietors who were present ; and the remarks
which this gentleman made relative to the personal differ-
ences between the two engineers, Messrs. Brunell and Gra-
vatt, not only appeared to make no unfavourable impression
upon the meeting, but Mr. Baker must himself have been
convinced of the futility of them, in finding no proprietor
ready to second his amendment. As regards the conduct of
the directors in the management of the undertaking, there
was no variance of opinion, Mr. Baker thrusting himself
forward to second a vote of thanks to them. The future

prospects of this concern must now be considered highly
flattering. There appears not the slightest doubt of the line
being further opened to Taunton before the day specified in
the arrangement between the proprietors of this company
and their lessees the Great Western Company. The alacrity
by which the last call of 10 per cent. has been paid, shows
the confidence of the proprietary in the concern; and the
large balance in hand, it is estimated, will be sufficient to
carry on operations beyond Taunton, without making ano-
ther call for some time to come.—Bristol Journal.

An action came before the Court of Exchequei, on Tues-
day, at the suit of Mr. Thornton against Mr. Portman and
others, to recover money had and received for his use. The
case excited intersat in the sporting world. Mr. Thornton
is a merchant in the city, who had laid divers wagers with
Mr. Gurney, a gentleman well known on the turf. Mr.
Portman and some other gentleman, with the sanction of the
Jockey Club, became trustees for Mr. Gurney. By the rules
of the club, a party who dois not pay his losses cannot claim
the bets which he wins. Mr. Gurney had betted very largely
at the Epsom Races, and was unable to pay his losses on the
settling day. Mr. Portman had lost the sum of £1,350 to
Mr. Gurney ; and when asked by the trustees to pay his debt,
he refused, as Mr. Gurney had not paid him ; unless the
trustees would undertake to pay in full all Mr. Gurney's debts
on the Epsom account. The trustees signed an undertaking,
accepting the money from Mr. Thornton on condition that
they should return it if the debts were not paid in full by a
fixed time. They had failed to do so ; and hence the present
action. 'Witnesses were called for the defence, who proved
that their claims had been satisfied by a part payment of the
debts due to them from Mr. Gurney, and the trustees under-
stood that to satisfy the condition of the undertaking. Lord
Abinger said that the debt due from Mr. Thornton, arising
out of a transaction not sanctioned by the law, could not be
held as legally due : but the undertaking was in a legal form,
and could be inforced. The jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff with £3,330 damages. Mr. Thornton's counsel was
desired to say, that he never meant to put the money in his
pocket, but he should present it to Christ's Hospital.

BANK FAILURE AT BRIGHTON.—On Friday morning the
town of Brighton was thrown into the greatest consternation
by a report that Wigney's bank (the principal partner being
the member for the borough) had stopped payment. At an
early hour crowds of persons had assembled in East-street,
when, from the following announcement being posted on the
door, the report was found to be too true :—"l.\,,lessrs. Wig-
ney deeply regret that they are under the painful necessity
of suspending their payments. March 4, 1842." The shock
will be severely felt, as the majority of their customers were
the tradesmen of the town • and it is generally reported that
only a small dividend will be paid. Amongst the sufferers
are a great number of the Brighton fishermen, who have left
here for the purpose of fishing for mackarel off Plymouth,
and were in the habit of sending their money to the bank
weekly for security until their return home. These poor
fellows have from £2O to £BO each of their hard earnings de-
posited in the bank. In consequence of the failure a run was
immediately made on the two other banks, the London and
County Joint Stock Bank, and on Friday afternoon a highly-
respectable meeting took place at the Town-hall for the pur-
pose of expressing public confidence in the other banks. The
failure has caused a general gloom throughout the town, as
great confidence was generally placed in the bank, although
it had been whispered about the town for the last four weeks
that a stoppage was likely to take place. Numbers of per-
sons have made the bank one of deposit, consequently lost
their all—a circumstance of frequent occurrence with country
banks. Mr. Capps, the great coach proprietor, is said to be
a large creditor.
BANK LIABILITIES AND ASSETS.—There has been pre-
pared for parliament an account of the Bank averages of lia-
bilities and assets from 1834 to the present time, distinguish-
ing the circulation, deposits, bullion, and assets, which are re-
markable as showing variations to the extent of £10,000,000
between different periods. Thus the total liabilities, De-
cember 1834, were £30,560,000, assets £33,082,000; De-
cember 1835, liabilities £35,000,000, assets £37,674,600 ;
December 1837, liabilities £28,193,000, assets £30,899,000;
December 1839, liabilities £22,684,000, assets £25,651,000 ;
being an extraordinary variation from 1834, &c. Nor is that
the only curious dissimilarity ; for while, for December 1834,
the notes in circulation were £18,304,000, and deposits
£12,256,000, for 1839 the notes in circulation were
£16,732,000, and deposits £5,952,000, not half the amount
of 1834. The bullion in the Bank, in 1831, was £6,720,000;
in 1839, £2,887,000. The amounts of securities run somewhat
more parallel : for December, 1834, they were £26,362,000;
for December 1839, £22,761,000; for December 1811, notes
in circulation were £16,972,000 ; for February 1842,
£16,636,000. Deposits, December 1841, £7,369,000; for
February 1842, £8,506,000. Total liabilities, December
1841, £54,341,000; for February 1842, £25,136,000. Secu-
rities for December 1841, £22,768,000; for February 1812,
£5,237,000 (only half the amount for March 1838). Total
assets for December 1841. £27,254,000; for February 1842,
£28,117,000. The account is prepared by Sir George Clerk,
and is dated Whitehall, Treasury, February 18, 1842.
CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.—The total amount of all pensions
granted between the 20th day of June, 1840, and the 20th
day of June, 1811, and charged upon the civil list, pursuant
to the act of 1 Victoria, cap 2. is £l2OO per annum, as fol-
lows, viz. :—To the Rev. H. Barez, teacher of German to
her Majesty, £lOO ' • to Signor Guiseppe Guazzaroni, teacher
of Italian to her Majesty, £5O ; to J. B. Sale. Esq., teacher
of singing to her Majesty, £lOO ; to Thomas Steward, teach-
ing of writing to her Majesty, £100; to Monsieur Francois
Grandineare, teacher of French to her Majesty, £lOO ; to
Miss L. Anderson, teacher of music to her Majesty, £100;
to Madame S. Matilda Bourdin, teacher of dancing to her
Majesty, £lOO ; to H. Williams, for services as constable at
the Monmouth riots, £2O ; to T. Walker, for like services,
£2O ; to E. Morgan, for like services, £2O ; to P. W. Dease,
Esq., for geographical discoveries, &c., on the northern
coast of America, £lOO ; to E. D. Kennedy and A. M. Ken-
nedy, daughters of Sir Robert Kennedy, late Commissary-
General, £lOO ; to George Burgess, Esq., in consideration
of his services in the advancement of learning, as editor and
publisher of various works of Greek literature, £100; to
,'Thomas Webster, Esq., F.G.S., for exertions in promotint,
the science of geology, £5O ; to the Rev. Thomas Kidd,
M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, in consideration of
services in the advancement of learning, as the editor and
publisher of various works of classical literature, £lOO ; and
to B. Thorpe, Esq., for services rendered to literature, par-
ticularly in the Anglo-Saxon language, in addition to the
pension of £l6O per annum formerly granted to him, £4O.
—Parliamentary Papers.

Wily 4 nopl with Itig Al 11iiteiato set,

•Tu LATE pANK P4KOHL P.o4l3lMoit VF MAucius'inm.
Thelwell, James Skerrett, and Bridget Jones, in
custody on suspicion of stealing a leather box or pot tman-
teau containing £2OOO belonging to Messrs. Cunliffe, Brobks,
and Co., bankers, on the Bth .ult., from the Perseverance
coach, on its way from Manchester to Blackburn, were
brought up for examination on Wednesday, at the Borough
Court, Manchester, when a good deal of evidence was pro-
duced against them. When the examination was concluded,
Superintendent Berwick applied to the court to remand the
prisoners till Wednesday next, which was agreed to.

•
POPISH LIDERALITY.—We regret to have heard, says the
Limerick Chronicle, from a correspondent in the west of
Clare, that a priest has threatened froili the altar to denounce
any one of his flock allowing accommodation, in ground or
premises, for-a Protestant school about to be opened in-the
parish, under the sanction of a clergyman of the establish-
ment, who has no other place but the church to instruct the
children of his flock." [Will this open the eyes of Protestant
gentlemen who occasionally demean themselves by laying the
foundation-stone of Catholic chapels, and contributing li-
berally to their erection n
ETHEROW VIADUCT ON THE SHEPPIELD AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.-011 Thursday, the 17th ultimo, the
foundation stone of this viaduct was laid by —Chapman,
Esq., of Broadbottom, one of the directors of this railway,
in the presence of the contractor, Richard Hattersby,' Esq.,
many of the resident gentry, and others interested in this
great undertaking, and a numerous body of workmen. The
latter and the different agents connected with the works were
afterwards regaled with a goOd substantial supper in the
" good old English style." The length of this viaduct will
be about 500 feet, and upwards of 130-feet in height. It will
consist of three arches, the centre one being 150, and the
others 120, feet each. The arches are to be composed of
Memel timber deals similar to those erected on the New-
castle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway. Joseph
Locke, Esq., engineer-in-chief, and Alfred S. Jee, Esq.,
resident engineer.

THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN AND HIS PRO-
TEGE.—The streets of. Dublin were yesterday placarded, and
the newspapers in the Roman Catholic interest occupied,
with the following announcement :—" The Rev. Thomas
Maguire will preach in the church of SS. Michael and John,
Lower Exchange-street, precisely at seven o'clock. The
subject will be the Absurdities, Contradictions, and Blas-
phemies of the Thirty-nine Articles, being the Parliamentary
Rule of Faith of the Episcopalian Protestants in these
realms." The wording of which will be admitted to be very
decisive. He will preach on the " absurdities, contradic-
tions, and blasphemies of the thirty-nine articles,"—that is
to say, he will demonstrate that the clergy of the established
church hold that which is "'absurd," " contradictory," and
" blasphemous," that they are, in fact, promulgators of
" absurdity," and preachers of " blasphemy "—in a word,
BLASPHEMERS. Weil; all will allow that that is very
plain talk. This is being quite honest, candid, and above
board. He brands the clergy, as they walk through the
streets, as BLASPHEMERS, and the' individual who is at
their head, Dr. Whately himself, as, of course, an " arch"-
blasphemer.—Dublin Morning Press.

ANOTHER CONVERSION.—it is most gratifying to have to
announce that another Protestant minister, the Rev. Mr.
Sands, made a profession of the Catholic faith, in the Catho-
lic church of Maryborough, on Saturday, and publicly assisted
at mass in the same church on Sunday last. When it is
known that this reverend gentleman has been for many years
officiating in the church established by law, it affords some
evidence against those Protestants who, without inquiry or
evidence, assail the religion to which such men as the Spen-
cers, the Masons, the Sibthorps, and the Wackerbaths have
recently been united.,—Dublin Post.—lf the conversions
of the Spencers, the Masons, the•Sibthorpes and the Wack-
erbaths, possess the same merits as that of the Rev. Mr.
Sands, the Church of England can afford to make a present
of all such worthies. The Reverend lr. Sands, referred to,
is a degraded clergyman, who has for several years resided
in a cabin at the road-side, between Maryborough and M ount-
rath, and• " officiated" as a " couple beggar," in which ca-
pacity he has been considered a very great nuisance. At the
Lent Assizes for 1831, he was tried for the illegal solemniza-
tion of marriages, for which he was found guilty, and sen-
tenced to be hanged ! This sentence was subsequently com-
muted to imprisonment, after the termination of which he
again commenced his former avocation, for which lie was
tried at the Summer Assizes, 1841, and, but for his advanced
age, would have been transported. This sentence was again
commuted to twelve months' imprisonment, which has just
terminated •, and as we have him now transferred into the
Roman Catholic Church, there we shall leave him ! He was
originally degraded for—with other offences—appearing in a
state of drunkenness in the pulpit of Maryborough Church.
—Dublin Statesman.

DEATH HY A KICK—CAUTION TO BOYS NOT TO FIGHT.
—An inquest ivas held at the Church Tavern, Bolton, on
Thursday last, before John Taylor, Esq., touching the death
of Matthias Crook, a boy of about twelve years of age, son
of Matthias Crook, weavor, Pilkington-street, Bolton Moor.
The deceased, it appeared, had met his death in consequence
of a kick on the abdomen. Edward Thompson, serjeant of
police, deposed—About 11 o'clock on Wednesday evening
last, I went to deceased's house, which is in Pilkington-
street, Bolton Moor. I saw deceased's elder brother whose
name is Edward, and was told by him that about three weeks
ago, a boy named John Marsden, who is now in custody,
ran away with his brother's cap, and that the deceased had
thrown a turnip at the prisoner and blackened his eye, and
that ever since Marsden had been plaguing deceased, and
would never let him be quiet. He furthr said, that on Sun-
day morning week, he was going to school with deceased and
met with Marsden ' that he took deceased's cap off, and said
he must fight Marsden. He then said that the two boys ran
at each other and the two kicks met, and that was all he saw.
He said that his brother was hurt, and would not have fought
had it not been for him.. His brother, he added, complained
of being hurt in the belly. After some further evidence, the
jury returned a verdict nf manslanghter against Edward
Crook' and John Marsden.

LAUGHABLE CASE : HOW TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH
OF WHISKERS.—An extraordinary application was made, on
Monday last, to Mr. Maltby, at the' Marlborough-street Po-
lice-office, the ludicrous dptails of which not only kept the
risible muscles of those present in the court on the full
stretch, but even overcame the gravity of the bench. A sim-
ple-looking young man, the sides of whose face exhibited the
effects of some adhesive stufrwhich had been applied to them,
being completely raw, made the following cqmplaint :—A
friend' of his had, he said, a magniticFut pair of whiskers,

which rendered him the fav'ourite of all the girls, and he,
wishing to be similarly adorned, inquired of his friend how
he had contrived to acquire so manly an ornament ; his friend
replied, that lie had purchased, in Paris, a small pot of oint-
ment, for which he paid 10s. ; it was so efficacious that it
only required one application to cover the barest face with
the most bushy whiskers ; he had already given some to two
or three friends of his, who, three weeks after application,
sported hair where all before was bald, and having a par-
ticular friendship for the applicant, he would give him a small
portion. Having misgivings that the affair was a hoax, he
asked his friend whether he was in earnest. He positively
assured him that he was so. Therefore, on Sunday night he
applied some of the vaunted medicament to his face in the
shape he wished his whiskers to be, rubbing it, according to
directions, well in, and then binding his face with a linen
cloth. After the operation, he got into bed and enjoyed a
brief sleep, too brief, alas ! for he was speedily awakened by
the anguish he began to suffer from the effects of the invalua-
ble whisker ointment. Thinking that the pain was caused
by the shooting of his incipient whiskers, he endured the an-
guish till daylight, when it became so intolerable that he
jumped out of bed, and, tearing off the coverings from his
cheeks,„to his dismay the skin came off with them, and he
now despaired of having any whiskers at all. (Immense
laughter.) Mr. Maltby inquired the complainant's age ?
Complainant ` I am 21." Mr. Maltby observed, that it
was strange a person of his age should not have known better
than to believe that the ointment bad such extraordinary
power. The complainant said, he had had medical advice,
and had been told that it was common blister salve. (The
truth of this the state of his face proved.) Mr. Maltby in-
quired of the complainant what he wished him to do? The
complainant replied, that he wished the hoaxei• to be sum-
moned for his loss of time while being cured. Mr. Maltby
replied, that he could not assist him. He hoped, however,
that this event would bell wholesome caution to him, in after
life, how he trusted to the representations of others. Tne
affair was, no doubt, an absurd practical joke, and one which
had inflicted great pain ; but he had no power in the case.

INTERESTING DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN VILLA.—SOme
workmen employed a week or two ago in digging gravel upon
the land of Mr. Whittett, of Comberton, came upon a quantity
of massive brick-work, and immediately communicated the
fact to their employer. He, with that respect for other ages
which it is to be regretted was not exhibited by those who
caused the destruction of our ancient castle, suffered not the
hand of spoliation to attack that which might prove to be a
very interesting discovery, but caused the earth to be care-
fully cleared away from the brick-work, which now presents
an admirable specimen of the masonry of the Romans. It
forms the foundation of a building of considerable area; the
portion already cleared is 24 feet long by 10 feet wide, and is
in the direction of north and south. On the western side
are two small compartments of different area, and the whole
is paved with well-burnt tiles, 15 inches long by 104 inches
wide, firmly embedded in the grout, or calcareous conglo-
merate so much used by the Romans. Upon these and in
the small compartments are rows of piers, at irregular dis-
tances, each formed of ten
.bricks, 11 inches thick, and 8
inches square. .The exterior and other walls are 3 feet thick,
and 31 feet high, and cemented together, with a fair surface,
by the same enduring concrete. They, as well as the foun-

dation, arc composed of masses of stone, principally Ketton
stone, chalk marl, and immense flints : this shows the in-
dustry and perseverance of the builders, fur these sorts of
stone are not found in the neighbourhood of Comberton.
Within the area the space was filled with fragments of tiles
and the peculiar Roman bricks of various and beautiful
patterns of stucco and fresco painting, exactly similar in
thickness and composition to-those discoverectin-the ruins
of Pompeii and Herculaneum : the colours are quite bright,
and although in distemper appear to be uninjured by the
lapse of time. The tiles are of various forms and excellent
workmanship ; many of them are in the shape of those used
in the sudatoriuw bath, and their interiors bear evident marks
of fire. Among the other articles discovered are fragments
of window-glass, and one portion of a drinking-glass—frag-
ments of course sepulchral vases and pottery of various forms
and manufacture, some of them very curious—hair-pins
formed with much ingenuity of the Belemnite fossil—a piece
of leaden pipe cemented into a large brick—an iron instru-
ment, somewhat like the skid of a carriage, the use of which
has not been ascertained—quantities of oyster shells, of a
species now little known, &c. The extent of area, the frag-
ments of window-glass, (an expensive rarity, only used in
superior buildings,) and the painted fresco work, lead one to
imagine that these interesting remains are those of a Roman
villa of some pretensions; and this idea is further strengthened
by the discovery of the tiles used in the bath.—Cambridge
Chronicle.

AFFLICTING CASE OF Il YDROPIIOBIA.—On Monday
Mr. John Hvndman, city coroner, held an inquest at the
house, 83, Mecklenburg-street, upon the body of a man
named Michael Conran, aged 28, by trade a gardener. It
appeared from the evidence, that about seven o'clock on the
morning of the 6th of January last, the deceased was walking
to the residence of Mr. Bushe, at Clontarf, where he was
used to work, when his attention was attracted upon the
road by a very small dog of much beauty. He stooped down
for the purpose of patting it, and having played with it for
a minute or so, he spat inadvertently upon it; the dog grew
incensed, and springing towards the face of the deceased,
who was still leaning over it, made a snap at him and bit
him in the under lip. The deceased struck the dog down,
who immediately ran away, and he never after saw more of
it. The wound on his lip healed up in four or five days, and
he thought nothing of it until Friday morning last, when he
was going to his work he complained of feeling very ill.
He continued at his work that day, but returned very much
worse about 7 o'clock, when he complained of great pain in
his lip and general illness. He called for a drink of water,
saying that he was thirsty, but when it was brought to him
he suddered at the sight and refused to drink, and said that
there was something the matter with his throat which pre-
vented him from swallowing. All that night he raved in his
sleep about the dog, imploring that it might be killed, and
giving an accurate description of it. On Saturday his malady
increased fearfully. Ile shuddered at the sound of water,
and although he retained his consciousness and memory to
the last, he occasionally leaped about so frantically that it
was found necessary to call in the police to hold him. On
Sunday morning he was conveyed to the Richmond Hospi-
tal, where he died about four o'clock'. As the hour of disso-
lution approached, his sufferings appeared to undergo much
mitigation, And he died composedly in the arms of his mo-
ther, being at the time in the full possession of his mental
drop
faculties—Verdict, " Died of hyhobia."--Dubfinpaper.