Half after ten
` _ Nine o'clock _ . ` THE dog 's tail and ears have been sent down-stairs to be washed ; from which circumstance we infer that the animal is no more . His forelegs have been delivered to the boots to be brushed , which strengthens the supposition . ' ` _ Half after ten _ . ` MY feelings are so overpowered by what has taken place in the course of the last hour and a half , that I have scarcely strength to detail the rapid succession of events which have quite bewildered all those who are cognizant of their occurrence . It appears that the pug-dog mentioned in my last was surreptitiously obtained , -- stolen , in fact , -- by some person attached to the stable department , from an unmarried lady resident in this town . Frantic on discovering the loss of her favourite , the lady rushed distractedly into the street , calling in the most heart-rending and pathetic manner upon the passengers to restore her , her Augustus , -- for so the deceased was named , in affectionate remembrance of a former lover of his mistress , to whom he bore a striking personal resemblance , which renders the circumstances additionally affecting .