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A TRAGICAL CHAMOIS HUNT. The French pape...
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THE PEACE CONGRESS AT FRANKFORT ON-THE-M...
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THE SEA SERPENT ONCE MORE. What everybod...
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A MYSTERIOUS MARRIAGE CASE. An applicati...
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POACHEU3 AND GAMEKEEPERS-A SKIRMISH. A s...
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Destructive Floods In Belgium. The Frenc...
sented the appearance of a torrent on Sunday . The waters leaving the Charleroi Canal were precipitated with fury from one part down the Rue Flandre , and from the other to the Rue Locquuenghin . Neither man nor horse could venture here . In many of the other streets it was possible to go about in wagons ; here communication was entirely stopped . The waters , as they fel into the canal basin below the town , carried away two of the walls of the quay . There has been no loss of life at present , thanks to the workmen employed by the authorities , who , by great efforts , have succeeded in changing to a considerable extent the course of the torrent . Many parts of the public ways have been interdicted , on account of the insecure state in which the floods have left them . Firemen have been rent round to the inundated quarters of the city to assist the inhabitants to empty their cellars . "
Letters from Brussels of the 21 st instant say : — " Since this morning the Senne has entirely returned to its bed ; but the inundation has not ceased completely at Lacken and Vilvorde . The town of Hal , which has so cruelly suffered by the waters , is now released ; but the ravages there are considerable . The damages are already being repaired . " It is said that , at Cureghem , entire families would have died of hunger during the inundation , but for the assistance sent from Brussels .
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A Tragical Chamois Hunt. The French Pape...
A TRAGICAL CHAMOIS HUNT . The French papers contain an account of a sad accident which , recently occurred to a young Englishman among the Swiss Alps . It appears that Mr . J . W . Dutton , of Bibury-house , Gloucestershire , grands son of Lord Sherborne , left Interlachen , on . the 6 th instant , with three other gentlemen and several guides to hunt chamois amongst the mountains of the Bernese Oberland , in the neighbourhood of the Blumlis Alp and Jungfrau . The day succeeding their departure they were detained by inclement
¦ weather at some chalets , only inhabited by cowherds in the height of summer . On the 8 th they proceeded to range a district between the Schilthom and the Tschingelham for chamois . During the day two of the party left and returned to Interlachen , being tired of the sport , leaving Mr . Dutton and Mr . Robert Ward Jackson , a gentleman from Cleveland in Yorkshire , who alone were anxious to pursue it . On the morning of Friday the 9 th , they rose at four a . m ., and crossed a ridge of steep rocks into the Gamschithal . Some chamois being descried at a
great distance the party remained at a certain point , whilst Lauener , the head guide , took a long circuit , hoping to drive them , in the direction of the rifles . Upwards of an hour and a half was required to accomplish this , which was an unsuccessful attempt , on account of the chamois having scented him . Upon the occasion of the party leaving their point of view to join Lauener , the following sad accident occurred : —Mr . Dutton , being slightly cold , gave his rifle to a guide to carry that he might more effectually use his Alpine staff in descending diagonally the steep incline of the mountain , covered with loose slaty
deposit upon its rocky face . Mr . Dutton , having Blipped whilst placing his foot upon a piece of rock , fell upon his left thigh and hip , and at the same moment the guide , who was immediately behind him , carrying his rifle , stooped to break his fall and prevent his sliding down the slope . The fastening by which the leather sling was attached to the rifle was not strong , and slightly out of repair . The movement of the guide in order to save Mr . Dutton , had the effect of causing a strain upon the sling more than it could bear . It accordingly gave way ; the rifle fell from him and dropped down the slope , pointing straight up to the party . Mr . Dutton , Mr . Jackson , and the three guides were then close together . Scarcely a moment had elapsed when one barrel went off , and
the ball must have passed amongst them ; scarcely another moment had elapsed ere the second barrel went off ( the rifle not being at more than a distance of about five yards ) . This second explosion was with more deadly effect , for poor Mr . Dutton was shot through the stomach . His first request was to be carried down to the snow , and to the edge of it , therefore , he was taken . Mr . Jackson having endeavoured to stanch the wound as best he might with few materials , immediately despatched one of the guides to Interlachen , to Mr . Dutton ' s travelling companion , the Honourable J . C . Murray , with a request to proceed with medical aid to the village of Kien , the first place down the Kicnthal where any , even rude accommodation was to bo obtained . Mr . Jackson , being
informed by the guides that some materials might be obtained from some chalets at a moderate distance , sent another guide off for the purpose of regaining it . Aftur wating abovo an hour , one man arrived with two poles and a sheet , bringing word that it might be some hours before further assistance could bo got . This being tho case , Mr . Juckson deemed it better to commence transportinghis companion with the four individuals tho party then consisted of . They had first to aseund 1000 or more feet ( this being about 7000 feet nbovo the sea ) to repays the bcloro-muntionud ridge of rocks , and then to descend for nearly two miles diagonally over snow , which towards tho bottom was extremel y slippery . After passing the snow , their route wvs stillstcop and fatiguing , so muchso that it occupied
from , first to last , nearly eleven hours to convey the wounded man to Kien . Mr . Murray , with two medical men , had arrived shortly before the party reached Kien , when their united opinion was that nothing could save him , and that had the accident occurred where medical aid was close at end life could not have been prolonged more than one hour . Mr . Dutton expired , after continuing to bear up with the most admirable fortitude , at nine a . m . on Saturday the 10 th .
The Peace Congress At Frankfort On-The-M...
THE PEACE CONGRESS AT FRANKFORT ON-THE-MAIN . Cologne , Tuesday Evening , Eight p . m . The English and American deputies and visitors to the Peace Congress have just arrived at this place , numbering between 500 and 600 . They crossed the channel from Dover to Calais , by moonlight , with , considerable expedition , but not without sustaining a severe jostling from the waves . Great crowds assembled on the quays at Dover , and loudly cheered the company when the steamer started . This cheering was heartily responded to , and thus , amid reverberating and repeated expressions of joy , the peaceful party proceeded on their mission . They supped at Calais , and at one took possession of a special engine
and train to this place . The American delegation is a large and influential one . Among the English visitors and delegates are those gentlemen who have taken a leading part in the peace movement , comprising a large number of the Society of Friends . Many of the fair sex have also arrived to patronize the proceedings . Mr . Cobden , M . P ., Mr . Burritt , and other speakers of importance are expected to meet the party at Frankfort to-morrow evening . A public meeting will be held immediately to make arrangements for the journey thither , and conducting the conference .
The Sea Serpent Once More. What Everybod...
THE SEA SERPENT ONCE MORE . What everybody says must be true . Now , everybody in Kingstown declares , upon the authority of certain fishermen , yachtmen , and others , that a huge monster of the deep has been for some days past disporting itself in the Bay of Dublin . It is not very like a whale , nor a shark , nor any other well-known fish , but bears some resemblance to a gigantic conger eel . The Dublin Freeman gives the names of two trustworthy and respectable citizens of Dublin who affirm that they saw this strange visitor . Curious enough , the Tralee Mercury of Saturday has an account of a •* sea serpent , " seen off Dingle , in all probability the same monster , whatever its name . Here is the Dublin report : —
" On Tuesday evening last Mr . "Walsh , of Sackvillestreet ; Mr . Hogan , of Sutton ; and several other gentlemen , while enjoying a sail in the yacht of Mr . Hogan , had the additional and exciting pleasure of witnessing the evolutions of an enormous sea monster , which more resembled in shape and size the great sea serpent than any other living thing which any of the gentlemen had ever before seen or heard described . Mr . Hogan ' s yacht was , at the time the monster appeared in view ( half-past six p . m . ) , sailing between Daikey and Sutton . One of the gentlemen on board the yacht saw the monster at a distance of about half-a . mile , rushing with great impetuosity in a direction towards Howth point . He immediately directed the attention of his companions to the strange visitor , and the whole party continued for movements and scrutinize
several minutes to watch his his shape and dimensions . Several portions of the back were in view over the water , and seemed to resemble the coils of a serpent , ' to adopt the phraseology of one of the gentlemen who waited on us to describe the circumstance . The head was shaped not unlike that of an eel , and was borne aloft several feet out of the water . The speed at -which he moved through the water was estimated at twenty miles an hour , and he left a wake such as might be expected from a ship of several hundred tons . The gentleman who saw this monster computed his length at 100 feet ; and Mr . Walsh informs us that Mr . Hogan , who had been many years at sea , was quite satisfied that the monster was not of the whale tribe , or was not of a species heretofore known to mariners and described by naturalists . "
The report in the Tralee paper is of a more suspicious character . The scientific gentleman with his " Ictheus Megacoddensis , " or Large-tailed Fish , has evidently been hoaxing the fishermen : — " On Saturday last , as the Lord Nelson , one of the boats belonging to the Royal Isis Fishery Company , was passing through the Blasket Sound , coast of Kerry , what at first appeared to be a dense volume of fog was seen about a quarter of a mile ahead ; but on nearing the object it was discovered to be the head and neck of a monster of the serpent genus , whose tremendous appearance filled the minds of the sailors with indescribable
terror . After gazing for some moments at the boat , and causing much commotion in the water by the violent undulations of a body and caudal vertebra } , it finally emitted a tremendous eructation , not unlike the snorting of a locomotive engine of the first class , and plunged into the depth of the ocean , leaving a long track of foam and wave to mark its course . The fishermen gladly made all sail for Dingle , and , with no small terror , recounted their escape from the marine monster , and it is to be feared they will not be induced to visit that part of the coast for a considerable time . A scientific gentleman now in Dingle , deeply versed in the science of ichthyology , has informed us , en passant , that this strange
monster was the ' Ictheus Megacoddensis , ' which was not unfrequently seen some centuries since on the Irish coast . "
A Mysterious Marriage Case. An Applicati...
A MYSTERIOUS MARRIAGE CASE . An application of an extraordinary nature was made at Worship-street Police-office , on Saturday evening . Just as Mr . Hammill was about to quit the bench , a tall and rather handsome-looking German hesitatingly entered the witness-box , and asked what course he ought to pursue under the following awkward circumstances : — Three years ago he became accidentally acquainted with a young woman of very respectable family , and , his attentions having been favourably received by her , the acquaintance ultimately ripened into what he had every reason to believe was a sincere affection upon both , sides . After the courtship had been carried on for some
time he had occasion to go into the country upon business which was likely to occupy him for a considerable period , and he , therefore , proposed to the lady that they should consider each other as man and wife , and that their mutual engagement should be terminated by marriage upon his return to London . To this engagement , however , the young woman very strongly objected , upon the ground that , as he was a foreigner , he might in the interval meet with some of his own countrywomen , break off the acquaintance with her , and quit the country , leaving her in a very unhappy position . She therefore insisted that he should marry her at once , and as he had no reason to oppose to
such a proposition , he readily assented to it , and the ceremony was shortly after solemnized . To his astonishment , however , his wife , who displayed a proper degree of affection towards him in other respects , and occupied the same bedroom with him , would not consent to any matrimonial intercourse , and , notwithstanding his persevering remonstrances , obstinately rejected all marital overtures for a period of nearly six months , when , he being tired of such a vexatious life , she consented to a temporary separation , upon the condition , that he should allow her a weekly maintenance , and divide the furniture fairly between them . A whole twelvemonth passed in this manner , when one night she suddenly presented
herself at his house , and thinking that the cause of their unhappiness would then be removed , he gladly again received her , at her own earnest solicitation , and they lived together for another three months , but with precisely the same result and the same persevering obstinacy on her part . The affair now became of too serious a nature to admit of any further temporizing , and he therefore decisively insisted upon her quitting his house for ever and going back to her friends , who had upon several occasions interposed their good offices as far as they could do so with propriety , but with no beneficial effect . With great reluctance his wife was induced to consent to this arrangement for a final separation , but very soon after repented of it , and asserted her right to be taken back a third time , but he felt that such a course would be wholly useless , from
former experience , and , therefore , refused to have anything more to do with her , upon which she resolved upon a course of persecution and annoyance , which had become wholly insupportable , as he could not go anywhere lately without being perseveringly followed and importuned by her . He , therefore , wished the magistrate ' s advice as to what course he should pursue , as , although he still felt a sincere affection for his wife , and would be but to happy to have her , but for the facts he had referred to , he was in hopes that the circumstances were such as would entitle him to a legal separation from such an extraordinary woman , and that he would be enabled to marry another with natural feelings and endowments , otherwise the only course left him was to throw up his employment altogether , and quit this country for ever . Mr . Hammill asked him how long he had been married
to his wife altogether . The German , whose imperfect English heightened the ludicrous effect produced by his singular complaint , replied , " Two yares ; bot I vill note haf her any more ; I vill haf anoder , I most . " Mr . Hammill expressed his regret that he had no power to help him , and saying that this was certainly one of the most extraordinary applications ever made to him , advised the applicant to institute a suit in the Consistorial Court for a divorce , if he had the means of so doing , and as a first step to that end to place himself in the hands of one of the proctors , who would , no doubt , soon put him in the way of obtaining the object he Bought for .
... ...... . The German thanked the magistrate for the suggestion , but left the court in a state , apparently , of perfect doubt and mystification .
Poacheu3 And Gamekeepers-A Skirmish. A S...
POACHEU 3 AND GAMEKEEPERS-A SKIRMISH . A sanguinary conflict between gamekeepers and poachers , similar to those which for the last half century have characterized Wortley and the neighbourhood , took place on Sunday morning last , about one o'clock , between Lord Wharncliffe ' s keeper and a band of poachers , numbering about ten . At that hour Thomas Barker , the keeper alluded to , accompanied by a young man , his jon-in-law , encountered two men in pursuit of game m a , grass field about 250 yards from Westwood-lodge , his own residence . One of the poachers was in advance of
the other , and Barker and he on meeting immediately closed , and a desperate struggle ensued . The son-inlaw and the other poacher mutually retired from each otlier , the latter to bring up his companions , which he did in a few minutes . They had arrived within a few yards of where the keeper and one of the party were encaged , when the latter , unbuttoning his waistcoat , dexterously slipped it and his smock over his head , and then extricated himself from the keeper , joined his companions , leaving the two garments , together with his hat , in Barker ' s hands . At the spot where they halted was a
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 24, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24081850/page/6/
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