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      OWLS VERSUS BATS . The following singular story of the doings of the Jockey Club at PariB has been published in the morning papers . The long-talked of fight between Lord H . ' s two owls , Tron Beak and Young , and twelve rats , came off at midr ^ ht on the 27 th of October , in the drawing-room pf the Tor-key Club . The bets on the side of the rats , araount-• a-to £ 1250 , were all taken by Lord H ., who backed his blamed champions . The most perfect order prevailed in the drawing-room . The place of every spectator was assigned to him by the judges" of the battle , whose orders were imp licitly submitted to . Lord H . had on his right M MeTy , the poet of Marseilles , who , while the warlike going ovised dozen hes

      ^ reparations were on , impr a strop inspired by the singular occasion . At about half-past eleven Victor Couturier introduced the rats . The large cage in which they were contained was placed upon a table in the middle of the room , in order that the inmates , who had fasted for twenty-four hours , might be publicly fed The dish chosen to sustain their strength and animate their ardour was a pasty of Perigord truffles , prepared by that worthy successor of Vatel , the head cook of the club . In three minutes these delicacies were disposed of , with an- evident relish and appreciation which could hardly have been predicated of rats . Lord H . then ordered his falconer to bring in the owls . Iron Beak and Young were born in Scotland , upon an estate of his lordship ' s , where for two years they inhabited an old tower , in which they were one day surprised and captured by William Perkes , the falconer . They are owls of the

      largest kind . They are each two feet high } their eyes of a g hastly transparency ; their plumage a mixture of various shades of grey ; their talons remarkable for their form , strength , and flexibility . As the clock struck twelve the signal for the combat was given . Victor Couturier let loose the twelve rats . They had previously occupied each a separate compartment in the cage , and finding themselves on the floor of the drawing room , while the digestion of the truffles was going on , were about to fall foul of each other , when William Perkes turned the two owls into the arena . At thia moment a religious silence prevailed among the spectators . Nothing was heard but the piercing cries of the rats and the gnashing of the beaks of the owls . Iron Beak opened the war by flying at . Robert Macaire , alias the Greek , and seizing him by the haunches , pounded him as completely as a boa constrictor would a calf that he was about to swallow .

      Young at the same time as effectually disposed of the unlucky Coquard , alias the Book-keeper . Prince Petulant alias Chamouski , Rodilard alias the Vagabond , and Brisquet alias Cut-Knucklrs , fell altogether upon Young and hung on to his claws . Young caused Rodilard and Brisquet successively to bite the dust , but Prince Petulant obstinately renewed his attacks upon Young's posteriors , and broke his thigh in two places . By this time Iron Beak had slain Voltaire alias the Enemy oi Obscurity , the bravo Ratapoil alias the Vexer , and Darkness alias the Pancake-eater . But he had sustained the injury of a broken claw . The chances were now nearly equal . The two owls were seriously wounded , but five rats only , more or less injured , survived . The interest of the battle

      was at this moment at its height , Poulastrol anas the Wigmaker , who hud hitherto cowered in a corner as if ashamed of himself , suddenly rushed upon Young , threw him upon his side , and literally eat out his eyes . The owl uttered a horrible scream , but in his dying struggles tore open the bowels of Poulastrol with his beak , and the two enemies expired side by side at the same moment . Iron Beak was now singly opposed to Tourlourou , alias the Brush-maker , the Marquis , alias Hide-your-Love , the Parisian , alias the Chaffer , and Princo Petulant . The latter , who had eaten more truffles than any other rat , was furious beyond measure . He clung to the sound leg of Iron Beak , and continued to gnaw it ,

      while the owl killed all the remaining rats . Of all the gallant combatants , Iron Beak , the owl and Prince Petulant , the rat , alone survived , both mortally wounded , disabled , but still Hashing sparks of fury at each other from their eyes . The judges at this stuge declared the battle a drawn one for the present , but decided that the stukes are to be handed to the owner of the combatant that shall live the longest . Upon this announcement , Victor Couturier carried oil' Prince Petulant Vo be doctored and nursed . William Porkes , the falconer , took care of Iron Heal ; , and tin ; baekeiK on cither side ; iro now awaiting with anxiety the result of the skill of the respective medical attendants of the multilatetl heroes .

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      MIS ( Mil . LA NKOUS . 1 ho Queen is Mtill at Windsor . The notable event <> i the ; week there being tho investiture of Earl Jb'itzwilliam with the Order of tho ( Jarter . 1 he gossi p in tho town is Htill UloomeriHin . IMo . M than * ix ladies were lecturing on Monday night * 'i this metropolis : one , Mro . T . ' (' . Foster , nuperior * ' » her coadjutors in many respects , leotured at the llunover-HCjuare Rooms , but w . ib diaappointed in her a "dien <; o . She is a avini- Bloomer . We understand th'it Mrs . Itrougham is going to lecture against J " ooinorism . Mrs . Tracy has written to the ( ' / ironicla t ) state that no respectable Uloomcrs paiticipated in « i « famous lllouimsr ball .

      l'io liiuhop of Oxford delivered a diarize on Thura-V A yl'Hbnry . . i . . K « H » uth . had an intorvi « w with M . Mazzlni on A Ut'HUuy . OnilTi Vi ° li 8 ll ' - H ttriui 1 l ) iiU wil 1 tllko I ) l ! 40 C At lh (< n " ' ° " Tllui" « l « iy « exl . It will lu > combine-el with Sir I " ' " lt < WButh » a » H reported , will be prciu'nt . JknJL . i lmen C "' > « l'c Queen ' physician , waited on 1 V « " »« HU and hi » f « miiv OI 1 lhft HanH \ ,, - aytolan . i 8 ltttuo of the late Lord Ocoiiro Bentiiuk bun bora P Ct > U uI ) tm t" « predebtal in C '« ivendi «» h- « quare .

      A court Of directors was held at the East India-house , on Wednesday , when Captain Sir Henry J . Leeke , B . N ., was appointed Superintendent of the Indian Navy . A general assembly of the academicians was held at the Royal Academy , on Monday , when Mr . William Boxall , Mr . Edward Wm . Cooke , Mr . Frank Stone , and Mr . Henry Weeks , were duly elected associates of that institution .

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      The Grand Duke of Tuscany has conferred the Grand Cross of the order of St . Joseph upon M . de Baumgartner , Minister of Commerce at Vienna . The funeral of the Duchess d'Angouleme took place on the 28 th ultimo , in the Franciscan Convent at Goritz . The cortege , which was very numerous , was headed by the Count de Chambord , Don Carlos of Spain , and his two sons ; and in it were the Count de Montbel , Duke de Levis , and Count de Blacas . Waiting in the church were the Countess de Chambord , the Duchess of Parma , the Duchess de Berry , Count Lucchesi Palli , and Marshal Marmont .

      It wae repotted in the Cologne Gazette that Lord Palmerston had apologised to the Austria Government for the Kossuth " mania . " The Olobe of Tuesday denied the rumour point blank . A letter from Leipsic says , " The catalogue for the book-fair of Saint Michael has just been published . It results from it that , during the short space of time which has elapsed since the fair of Easter last , not less than 3860 new books have been published in Germany , and that 1150 others are in the press . More than one-half of these works relate to scientific subjects . "

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      The judicial inquiry into Mr . Iiamshay ' s case is now pending before Lord Carlisle , at Preston . The proceedings are very prolix , uninteresting , and confused . At the recent municipal election for Scarborough five Liberals displaced five Tories , and among the latter were three of the warmest supporters of George Frederick Young . An influential meeting of the supporters of Mr . Gibson ' s bill on County Rates and Expenditure was held at Newton-in-the-Willows , on Monday . Eight members of Parliament , of all shades , except the thorough Tory , took part in the proceedings . The object of the movement is to place the expenditure and local taxing power under popular control .

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      Letters signed " Clancarty " and " Westmeath " addressed to Lord John Russell , appear in the papers from the lords bearing those titles . They complain of the enforced repayment of advances ; but , as they were written before the publication of the Treasury Minute quoted last week , they are of no importance , except as additional remarks of the extent of the feeling against wholesale and immediate repayment . The Marquis of Londonderry , in reply to an article in the Northern Whig , has issued from his office at Nevvtownards a list of thirty-three tenants , who alone , out of 1600 on his lordship ' s estates in that quarter , attended the recent tenant-right meeting . Of the thirty-three , twenty-eix are in his lordship ' s debt in sums varying

      from Jbo to £ 125 , and seven only appear clear on the rentbooks of the noble marquis . Certain preliminary proceedings in the action brought by the editor of the World , Dublin , against Sir William JSomervillp , took place on Monday . The action is brought to recover a balance due for work and labour in writing in support of the existing administration from July , 1818 , to January , 18 / 51 , a period of two years and a half , and the goods Hold and delivered were copies of the World newspaper sent to the defendant , or forwarded to other parties at hi « request . The sum claimed is £ 0700 . The counsel for Sir William applied for a new bill of particulars . The bill offered appeared to the judges illusory , but a technical difficulty arose on the aflidavits , and the decision was adjourned .

      Another murder has been perpetrated in the Queen ' s county ( says the f , cinster I ' lxprcss ) . In this instance the victim is a small farmer , holding about , six acres of land ; and his oiloncc the supposition that his wife gave Mr . Jell y , Mr . Kenimis ' s agent , information that the principal in the murder was about to sell ofl' and go to America , which led to a seizure on hin property for a year and a half's rent , up to the 2 / kh of March . The following arc the particulars of the atrocity : —Between six and seven o ' clock on Saturday evening , JOdward 11 man , a . stonemason and lurmci , uccoiupuiiie'ci by a number of men

      entered the " Imwn" ol John Klynn , of Hritt . as , near Moiiutmcllick , and commenced levelling ; ui out-bouse , to which hi' had net up an imaginary claim , though it is two years tunce ho had been disposst atte . d of it . I ' lynn came out to resist the work of demolition , when the party turned on him in a ferocious manner , and beat , him with sticks and pitchforks to such a degree an to leave hint unable to stand . Flynn ' s wife was also beaten severely , and received two stubs of a pitchfork . The purty having levelled the out-house left the scene- of outrage in triumph . I'lynn having been removed to bed , lingered in great agony n . short tune when he died .

      Mr . Stone Have his farewol ! lecture on < Ieotro-biology at Cork , on the 27 th ultimo . He t-xpUiiu-d the difference between electro-biology and mchimrritim , tin ; ( irst great diffrronoe bein ^ that mesmeric experiments were poiformed upon persona in a . atute of utter un < iim *<> iouime « i » , and

      electro-biological , on the contrary , upon persons in a waking state , and perfectly conscious of what they were doing , though unable to resist the influence of the operator . Another difference was that mesmeric subjects were influenced by the will alone , and that their minds became as it were one and the same with that of the mesmeriser ; but , on the other hand , the biological patient requires to be told what he is to do , and cannot be influenced by the will alone . Having made this preface , the lecturer then informed the audience that there were amongst them several persons upon whom he had before experimented , and requested those persons to keep their seats if by any means they could do so . Five persons then came forward , as if dragged on by some means or other ; but one still remained . The lecturer , perceiving him , told him

      he would find the room too hot to hold him , and immediately he rushed forward with the appearance of one escaping from a fire . The lecturer then asked each of the six separately whether they were able to keep their seats , and they replied " They were not . " The lecturer requested them to shut their eyes , which they did ; he then told them they could not open them , which was the case ; he then told them they could , and they did . He performed a great number of similar experiments upon them , making them suppose that the house was on fire , that they were seasick , that their seats were hot , that it rained , that they were attacked by snakes , that they were actors or opera singers , and a variety of other experiments . He concluded the lecture by mesmerising two little boys and bringing them from the midst of the audience by mere volition .

      A dreadful boiler explosion occurred on Thursday . A steam tug employed on the Kennetand Avon Canal near Bristol blew up and four persons were killed .

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      The fifth of November was celebrated this year with considerable eclat . The Guy 3 were numerous , large , and ridiculous . Some wore mitres , others high conical hats , others cocked hats , and not a few paper head dresses of an indescribable and unknown variety . The Pope and Cardinal were not forgotten , nor were Marshal Haynau with his whip , and the young Kaiser of Austria , appropriately accompanied by a notorious morning paper . Czar Nicholas also appeared in rude guise , and a gigantic Bloomer astride a wooden horse completed the infinite variety of grotesque ugliness . But of the original Guy , with dark lantern and gunpowder barrels , few likenesses were seen .

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      BIRTHS . On the 17 th of October , at Hotel d'Europe , Alexandria , the wife of Alfred Fowler , Esq .: a son and heir . On the 29 th , at Lovvndes-square , the Lady Mary Egerton : a daughter . On the 30 th , at the Vicarag-e , Corby , the wife of the Keverend C . Farebrother , S . C- L ., rector of Irnham-cum-Corby , Lincolnshire : a son . On the 30 th , in Sackville-street , Dublin , the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Farrant , Eighty-first Regiment : a daughter . On the 31 st , at Frittenrien , the Lady Harriet Moore : a son . On the 31 st , at Bryanston-place , the Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor : a daughter . On the 1 st of November , at Colwood-house , Sussex , the wife of Saint John Bennett , Esq . : a son and heir . On the 2 nd , at Upper Norton-street , Portland-place , the wife of Sig-nor A . Ferrari : a daughter . On the 3 rd , at Ickworth , the Lady Authur Hervey : a son .

      MARRIAGES . On the 22 tid of October , atSt . Matthew ' s Church , in the Island of Jersey , the Reverend Nowell Twopenny , rector of Little Casterton , in the county of Rut'and , to . Vlathilde Anaise , youngest daughter of Captain Marcus Louis , of Avranches , France , late Fifth Royal Veteran Battalion . On the 23 rtl , at St . George ' s , Catesby Paget , Esq ., to Adelaides , daughter of the late Honourable and Keverend Miles Stapleton . On the 28 th at the lloman Catholic Chapel , 1 'ierrcpointplaee , Bath , and afterwards at St . James ' s Church , Uatli , I ) . II . Safe , Ksq ,, London , to Geor < jiana , eldest daughter of the late Colonel Granby Hely . On the -8 th , at Mildcnhnll , Henry St . Qticntin Isaacson , ( Japtain First Austrian Imperial Dragoon Guards , second son of the late Stutt'ville Isaacson , Esq ., it . N ., to Elizabeth Mary , only daughter of Woolton Isaacson . Ksu ., of Mildenliall .

      O . I the 28 th , at Aldington , 15 erke , tin ; Reverend Newton Barton Young-, Fellow of New College , Oxford , to I . aura , second daughter of the Reverend Frederick Barnes , D . D ., Canon of Christ Church . On the 29 th , at Landeveilog \ Carmarthenshire , John Thirlwall , Esq ., of Ijincolu ' ti-iun , nephew of the Bishop of St . David ' s , to Anne tl'Arcy , only daughter of John Wilson , Ksq ., Judge of County Courts ot Glamorganshire and Brecknockshire , ami Recorder of Carmarthen . On the 2 'Jth , at the Abbey Church , Mahnesbury , William 11 . O'Byrne , Es ( i ., the Naval Biographer , to Emily , «! l < l <> Ht daughter of the late John Troughear Handy , Eaq ., of Miihuetibury , Wilta . On tin : 30 th , at the pariah church of Clifton , the Reverend . Robert Augustus Maunsell , youngest son of tin ; Venerable the Archdeacon of limerick , to Knuicea Erskine , youngest daughter of F . T . Hall , Esq ., of Mrunswick-tcirace , Brighton . On the 30 ih , at the : Catholic Chapel , HpaniHh-plaoc . II . Conte Fa . \ di Bruno , to Agnes , youngest daughter of Edward Huddle-Htoue , Esq ., of Hawston-hall , Camttruigcphirc .

      On the 30 th . at . Ht . Anne ' s Church , Dublin , Charles Edward Barry Baldwin , Eacj ., Hon of Charles Marry Baldwin , Knq ., M . I ' . for TotiiCHS , to . lane Frances , fourth daughter of John Warburton , Es <| ., Justice of the Peace , of Crinklti , in tin ; King ' s County , Ireland . On tin ; 3 () ili , ut . llorriard , Hants , Oliver Callcy Codrington , Esq ., ot Dean-IiouHc , near Alrrsloi d , Hantri , to Henrietta , eldest daughter of the ; late Gxorgo Marx , Es <( ., of Kiit . on- square , London . On the 31 st , at St . Geiortfr ' s Church , Hanovcr-scpiaiv , Major Frederic lJrownlow , to Mary EHsengton , widow of tin : late ) William Esuengton , Etei . ( the : Fir . s Great Mulvern . DEATHS . On the 2 Gt . li of October , aged nixt . y-e-ight , the Reverend 1 hoinaH Cokei Adams , Rural Deal ,, V ic . ar of An , l y , Warwickshire . On tin ; 2 Bt . li , at . the Close , Norwich , Susan , widow of tin : Keverend Edward South Tlturleiw , late : Canon of Norwich . On the J « Jth , at , Brighton , William Wyon , R . A ., duel engraver ot her Majesty ' s M int ..

      On the : lillth . iu liiti eighty-aeventh year , the Ke : ve'rcnd Nathaniel George Woodrolle , A M ., lorty-eighl . years vicar of tin : j . ari .-. h of Sonierford Keyne : H , Wilts . On Ihet 3 Ut , al , bin rentideneo , at Uiighton , Josep h Scho / leld , E : s « i , iu liiti eighty third yeai . On the : Int . of November , at . ToiTiii \; lon- ; i <( imre , Thomasi Gulloway , I ' . lt . S . and F . U . A . H ., Ke-gi .-. i . iar ol the Aniicalde Society , aged lllt . y-live :. On the Int ., ut Glouceulri-gatc , Ke-cnt . ' . M-parh , 1 / iiely llullor , in her Hovent . y-e-i glil . h yei . r . On the 1 : 1 , at I . I . rchidmice , No . K , Newingion-j ) liie <' , Kennington , Surrey , I . icuteimnl . . John I . ewin Manuel : i , of tliei ltoyal ManncH , in the Hevcnt . v-mxi > nd year of his age . On the 2 nd , in Wnrwiek-n < juare , Melgi ave-road , I . ondon , Edith , second daughter of Sir James and l . ady Emeu moii Triinelit . aged eleven yeiaib . On tin : lib , aged one } e . tr , Fanny , the infant daughter of Charles k lingcniaiiii , Esej ., . Secretary to the llauovurian Legation , of' 1 , lloliari .-p l . ice , Katon-Mijiiare . At . llr « Mi » hteui- 'mll . I" I'D county of Htallorel , the Keivoronel tiir Jlunry l > eilve : n Uroujfhlon , Hurt , ill hla seventy-fifth yeuir .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS .

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      Nov . 8 , 1851 . ] S&fte VLcabeV . 1061

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1851, page 1061, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1908/page/9/