DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.-A...
DEATR FROMf HYI)ROPHoBIA. -About seven weeks] ago, a young man, named James Drone, aged 27, in the nsrvice of Mr. 1lull, the furrler, of Blackman-street, Southwark, was bitten in the wrist by a dog, at his master's residence, at Brixton. Irn. mediately after the accident, the young man ran off to a doctor in the neighbourhood, who cut out the lacerated parts, and drssed the wound, which healed In a very short tdiae. On Saturday last he complained of pains in the limbsi with sorenesst in the muscles 2 the throaft and on Sunday he became much worse, ahd in the rn ing of that day, when a glass of vrine was offered to him, on con?ey^- ing it to his mouth, he was seized with a strong convulaive fit, ait refused to swallow any liquid. The unfortunate man was conveyed to Gay's Hospital in the course of the day., where the usual reme- diesl ere adopted, wit;out success; the unhappy suffirer, having had repeated fits of hydrophobia during the night, died yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock. DEATH FROM THg BITE OF A CAT.-Tuestlay Thomas Horsfield a tailor, residing at Cottagc-place, Newington, died of hydropho?ia, produced by the bite of a made cat. About eight weeks ago, wnile he was at work in his Sthop, a neighbour's cats which was suspected to be in a rabid state, ran into his house, fol.i lowed by two or three persons, and although he wat warned thar. she was mad, he left his vrork and walked over to the corner into which the animal had crouchea helfe, and promeeded to rub down her back and fondled with her, in order to convince those present that they were mistaken, and that poor puss was only a little out of temper. He, however, had not caressed her niany seconds, before she seized the fleshy part of his right hand with her .teeth. The poor fellow has left a wife and three children totauyijt^prided for. INFANTICID .-(FrOi the Cavanc Tcra1d;)7&ji urder of an infant, under clrcumnstances of its5#al and zipg.i rba. rity, occurred a few days ago, near,Sti6 touse, in the coxioity of Monaghan. A young unmarried wvi4i,t.e'daughter ef a fartner in comfortable circumstances and ratny4 d-'the cotnmons Clas%, had been visibly with child ?or some tif Yatn; and report tittr. buted it to an illicit intercoarse with a l1omarf Catholic cergyman. who was inthusxate at the house, and whom report siteid to have se- duced and got pregnant anothersister, rwho was some time ago de. livered, though no trace ws ever heard of the infant. & fet days since, the young womnan lay in; and shortly after, her father, mo- ther, and two ungles were in the room with the door closed; and a servant oatsade;,herrd the cry of the child, and also heard its mother say to her owvfi*her, " Oh, mother, don'L kill my child." There was no appe r ji,- the infant afterwards. Suspicion was excited, by the generg ige that the young woman lay in-the disap. pearance of tfi ii r ie former confinement of her sister-and the d and from sanie hintg which fell from the servent'1 ccli was made about the place, which led to thediscovery oi'f(nterred child,. and the bonesg f ano. iher, in an -od fort near theirhouse. The discovery eaused tbb mo- ther of the child, her parents, end her two uncles to ab6scod. Co- lonel Madden, of Hilton ai gt xrate, has been exerting himself for their apprehension ana t~ig llating Of this dreadful athcity but as yet his exerflj4have n cceeded Whets a cett^Zor4h#-cittzen kept a eheesemongefi shop lit the X linortl<'iAyman came in, andisked for a envyD worth - of cheese. tivbd eow how to- flak, ; 3yeatt orti," re- plied the trader. ' "N 1epenn'orth! wbt an youanake?' r.ouired tie-utomurt idiiteaof a pound;-whIch is twopenC,. nyworth," rejoine the Iidfh. "-erg el lets it" When the cheen we s weihed be draymas took i slasp knife1 cut it exactly in half, threw down his p.nny, and to6k-p hls moiety; exclaiming=&" Thre, nos you know hew to rne * peaisth ohees 1",