Star. — 1828-02-18 (London, England)

DISTRESSING CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA,  CAUSED BY THE BITE OF A FOX.  Some weeks ago a pat agraph appeared in most of ske public journals announcing the death of John Chandler, the ostler at the Derby Arms Inn, Croydon, who died from hydro' hobia, occasioned by the bite of a fox, kept in the stables of the Derby Arms. No symptoms of the vial .dy being evinced by the fox, it was supposed by Mr. Moreton, the landlord of the lan, that the poor man's death hid been occasioned by a fall from a horse which he had a Omit time prior to his death; but, for tbp oene al satisfactivn of all parties, the fox was destroyer, nit, however, until he had bitten several persons. Among others injuied was Robert Kemp, a man known in Croydon by the nick name of Devon, and generally env!, yeJ by Mr. Moreton as a helper in his hunting stables. A small subscription was raised for the man at the time of his being bitten, and by that means he was provided wiih medicine; but it is supposed that he only took one or two doses, so strongly was he impressed with the idea that the foa was not in any way affected pith hydrophobia. He enjoyed gold health until Thursday last, when he 'hewed strong symptoms of that cheadful malady, and I was conveyed to the Croydon poorhouse, and attended by Mr. Bottomley, the house surgeon, who immediately thought it necessary to call in the assistance of other medical Gentlemen, among whom were Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Stunstall ; the poor know was sensible of his situation, and on seeing several persons standing round him ready to secure his arms in case of a fit suddenly coming on, he assured them that he had no wish to in. jure them, and that he would not butt a hair of their heads, at the same moment exclaiming, " here's an end for me to come to, a strong healthy man of 24. Oh, the poor for—give me a razor or a pistol—knock nut my brains with a hammer—pray destroy me!" In this state be continued until night (during which time he received religious tonsolation from the Rev. Mr. Cole, the Curate of the Parish), when death put an end to his sufferings, notwithstanding every exertion on the part of the medical'Gentlemen who attended him.  The body was opened on Saturday morning by Mr. Bottomley, in the presence of the other medical Gentlemen ; they all expressed their opinion as to the general healthy appearance of the body, and had no doubt but that the bite of the fort was the cause of his death.  Fate.—Early yesterday morning a fire hi-4e out in a house in Carlisle Street, Soho, which entirely destroyed the sense; but owing to the great exertions of the titemen its ravages happily extended no further. Wednesday night some thieves, finding the front window of Mr. GALLOWAY'S house open at No. to, Pariah-street, Borough, let themselves in very quietly, and walked off with about half a dozen gown pieces, .tbe family being below stairs at the time the robbery was effected. la the High Court ofJasticiary, Edinburgh, on Monday last, a person named Ewart, was tried our the murder of Henry Pennycook, a weaver, on the 4th of December last, in the churchyard of Lilsberton, a village near Edinburgh. It appeared in evidence that the pi I sorter and the deceased, who were intimate friends were employed by the parish officers to guard the churchyard of Libberton against resurrectionists. The prisoner and the deceased having, during the night, taken different dirceeons on their watch, the deceased WAG shot by the prisoner in the dark, under a belief that he was a resurrectionist. There was no evidence to show the result to have been other thin accidental ; but the judges having charged thiJury that the use of fire arms in such cases was illegal, no private individual, under any circumstances except to protect his person when in imminent danger, or his house from the midnight robber, being entitled to use fire arma, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was condemned to death, with an understanding that he would be recommended. in the proper gushier. •