On Tuesday afternoon, abo...
The Times, 1824-10-14T00:00:00

in Tuesdlay afternoon, about four o'clock, the neigh- bourhood of Aldlersgate-street was thrown into great alarm, in con- sequence of the escape of a horse from the stables of a Alr. Beeson, veterinary surgeon, Black HIorse-yard. The animal was under his care, for the eure of a disorder called the " staggers," which is an affection of the brain, and generally termInates in madness. He broke out of the stable, by kicking the wall down. His first object was the carriage of Dr. Spry, then standing in the yard, from which he actually tore a piece from the panel of the door. He next made an attack oil a block of stone, atd in a state of the mest violent irri- tation, rushel into the street, and broke the shop front of the linen. draper's at the corner of long-lane, by which one of his eyes was knocked out. Procceding along Barbican, he came in contact with a horse in a gig, and lacerated hinm in a dreadful manier. The pain carsed the animal to kick and plunge till the Fig was overturned, and the driver narrowly escaped with life. Pursuing his course along the same street, he demnolished the shop.front of a tobacconist, and near it that also of a linendraper. At this spot, a gentleman rushed upon the animal, and thrust a sword into his bodv,which terminated his sufferings. The damage done is very considerable. 'rhe ftbllowing acconznt of an ingenious scheme, devised by a mother to get rid of her child, is extracted from a French work, published uipwards of 60 years ago, and the time of its accomplish. ment is said to be about 40 years before the book wax printed:- One day as a certain priest was dispensing his blessings to chi]. dren in a church at Paris, and as he was attended by a great crowd, a confusion prevailed some little distance from him, at an entrance- door, which excited his attention and that of the tspectators. The noise proceeded from tle eagerness of a woman, weho held a child in her armns, to get at the altar where the priest stood, saying she wanted him to bestow a blessing on the child that she had witl her. The people who were standing around, immediately rendered lier assistance, by taking thc baby from her, and handintg it to one ano- ther, until it reached the priest, who bestowed his blessing in due fornm; wliiC], as soonI as lie had concludet, the child was handed back in the same way it had been forwartded to hiim, but no mother was to be found, fbr she had contrived to glide away unperceived, when the priest was in the act of blessing her offspring. Diligent se:,rch was mnde to discover the authoress of the trick, b;it it was in. cffectual, and the child became a burden to the church." [Advertisement. -In a few days will be published, by Lupton Rele, 13, Corniill, and inscribed (by permission) to fis Most Gracious Alajesty Frienzdsljip's OQcrinmg, or the A,iisiial Rent-e. lIrancer; a Christmas 1'resent ;nd New Year's Gift, for 1825. The illulstrations, 26 in nmmber, are engraved in the first style of the art by Messrs. Heath, Fry, Cooke, &c.; after designs by Messrs. Westall and Stothard, Sir Joshua Reytiolds, D1larillo, Claude, &Jc.; and will include, in addition to the usual nrcign views, a serics of British vignette scenery, whichl will he regularly cotitinued. The literary department contains an interesting variety from the popular pens of Aliss Edgworth, M1rs. Opie, L. E. 1,.. the author of the " Improvisatrice,"lRev. T. Dale, and various anony. mous contributions from distinguished atithors. This volunie has been in preparation for many mnonths, and is published on the most liberal scale: it will be very tastefully fittedl up in a ease, embossed from dies sunk for the express purpose, and containing f nely exe- cuted medallions of Homer, Virgil, Shakspeare, and 1llton. A few proof impressions of the plates will be taken o?onIndia paper, for which an early application will be necessary.