Clifton.
A Spanish lady now resident in England, a member of the Latin Church,
mentioned to me, some months since, a custom prevailing in her native land
similar to that in Hull described by MR. RICHARDSON. It arose on this wise:
Once upon a time, on a high festival of the Church, when there was an
exposition of the blessed Sacrament, a dog rushed into the church when the
altar was unguarded, and carried off the Host. This deed of the
sacrilegious animal filled the Spaniards with such horror, that ever after,
on the anniversary of that day, all dogs were beaten and stoned that showed
themselves in the streets.