The Sun. — 1822-09-26 (London, England)

IMURDEROUS PUN.—A stag, having taken hold of the Emperor BASIL by the girdle with his horn, one of his retinue drew his sword, cut the girdle, and saved him; upon which he ordered that person's head to be cut off, for having, said he, drawn his sword against his Sovereign. A countryman about to alter his condition, appeared last week before a Magistrate to swear the affidavit required by the New Marriage Act, when, on its being read to him, he complained that he didn't understand it. " Not understand it," said his worship; who was not over burthened with sense —" Not understand it ; why, you must be quite a fool." " No, I be'nt quite ," said honest Clod dryly, " but I be very near one."  An Englishman and a German both fell in love with the same lady, by whom they were both equally beloved—the parent of the young lady was equally satisfied with both. They possessed equal talents, fortune, character, standing, and all the rest of the world's goods--in short, they stood on the ground of such equality, that no other mode was left to decide the controversy than a duel. The father, however, to save the lives of two such valuable men, proposed this substitute, that whoever was capable of putting his antagonist with force of arms into a leather bag should be the fortunate candidate. These terms were accepted—the parties met in the presence of a numerous crowd of spectators, and the contest began. The German proving the stronger hero of the two, took his English antagonist, and with main strength put him into the bag, tied him up with a handsome bow knot around the mouth of the bag, to prevent his escape, shouldered him as a man would shoulder a dead hog, and laid his whole length at his mistress's feet, and amidst the shouts and congratulations of the spectators, bore off' the prize in triumph.—(American Paper.) _ _ _  On the 9th of September, between six and seven o'clock in the evening, a wolf flew at a child, about five years of age, as she was sitting at the corner of a field, near the road from Pondeveaux to Saint Laurent (in the department of Ain.) The animal seized the child by the head, fixing his teeth above the left eye. Its screams gnickly brought Andre Monier, her father (who with his wife were at work in the same field), to her assistance, who immediately attacked the wolf with his spade. The animal hopped the child, and rushed upon her father : but he succeeded in keeping him at bay, having received a severe wound in his right hand, until the arrival of several labourers, who were drawn to the spot by the cries of the wife. On the appearance of this reinforcement, the wolf instantly receded about a hundred yards, which being perceived by a young named Claude Boyer, of Replanges, he stole behind it, and killed it by a blow from an iron-bar. Several wolves had been seen the same day along the banks of the River Saone, which committed various ravages in the neighbourhood of Pondeveaux. As Monier and his family were going to the neighbouring village for medical advice, they were overtaken by sixteen persons who had received severe injuries from wolves, and were going to that village for the same purpose. The recovery of the child is very doubtful ; it is feared that Monier must undergo the operation of amputation. The Authorities have ordered a vigilant execution of the laws for the destruction of these venomous animals.—( Journal de l' Ain. )