The Sun. — 1825-09-09 (London, England)

AND SUICIDE.—An assassination.and a suicide were committed at Perpignan' during the night of the 28th of August. The following are the deplorable circumstances, which led to these events :—The servant of a Field Officer of the division of the Eastern Pyrenees went, in the evening, to ask for a lodging at the abode of a servant of the Colonel Commandant of the Artillery, on the pretext that he was too late to obtain admittance at his master's. About two o'clock in the morning the latter felt himself struck a violent .blow on the head. lie instantly seized the hand of his murderer, crying loudly,, " An assassin!" A struggle ensued between them, but, overcome by several blows from u knife, and exhausted by the loss of blood, the wounded 'man fell senseless upon a bench. Several persons living in the house almost Immediately came to his assistance. The murderer then threw himself on the bed, and wrapping himself up in the quilt, he fell out on the opposite side. He was observed to strike himself with such violence, that, nobody dared to approach him, while he no longer moved, but then he had ceased to live. The wretch had cut his throat. His victim survived him only a few instants, but long enough to make known a part of this relation.—(Courier _Francais.) FIST;-AND Fowr..—On.Friday last, a,salmott, a wild duck,. and an owl were taken in a net in the river Wye, near the Hay.. Mr. JAMES, of the Rose and Crown, in that town, having placed his salmon net in the river, proceeded with his assistants to beat the water in the usual manner, to cause the fish to strike ; on drawing the net, the first thing that attracted their attention, was a large owl, with its head fast between the cork line and the net; :Atte salmon next appeared, a welcome captive, and after they had drawn up a considerable portion of the net, a wild duck was perceived to be entangled in it. How the bird of wisdom contrived to get into its perilous situation, it is impossible even to conjecture, as none of the men saw it until they 'commenced drawing the net ; but the duck, it is supposed, on being disturbed by the beating of the water, dived, tul in doing so, got its head fast in the meshes. - SMALL Pox.—The Bury Gazette contains the following paragraph :—" Alarming as this disease called the small-pox has been in this town, we are sorry (query, glad), to find that the fatality and extent of it have been very much exaggerated. After the Most strict inquiry, we can assure the public, that the !limber of deaths occurring ftom, that disease, in this town, within the last three months, has not exceeded fourteen—and that there are at this time, twenty cases of smallpox within our boundary. It is also satisfactory to find, that of those who have died from the disease, not one had been vaccinated !"  On Tuesday evening Mr. CURTIS, of Hampstead, dined with a friend at Smithfield Bars ; he quitted betwee❑ eight and nine o'clock to proceed home by one of the Hampstead coaches, and passed along Saffron-hill, when two ruffians seized hold of him, and dragged him up an alley. The fellows carried him into a house, forced him up one pair of stairs into the front room, where two women were sitting, threw him upon a mattrass, and while the men held him down the women rifled his pockets of nine sovereigns ; from the resistance and noise he made, the party became irritated, dragged !din from the room, and threw him down stairs. He was so much injured by the treatment and stunned by the fall, that he became insensible, and was conveyed back to his friend's house, where a surgeon was procured, who accompanied him home to his family, and remained all night with him. Apprehensions are entertained that the spine of the back is seriously affected. He had a valuable lady's watch in his fob, without any chain attached to it, which the robbers overlooked,