The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-18 00:00:00

A HUNGARIAN SWIMMER.

The Times has published the following letter from a cor-
respondent at Euda-Pest :

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"Sir,—Referring to a telegram from Vienna ix The
Times of the 31st ult., noticing the recent swim across
Lake Balaton (trans-Danubian Hungary), I beg to be
allowed to give the following particulars :—The dis-
tance between Si6fok and nred is barely 11 English
miles (not 22 miles) ; and the time occupied by
Captain Szekr . 4nyesy travertAng the lake was
6 hours 52 minutes (not 17 hours). The swimmer par-
took of no nourishment during the passage, and on
landing declined anything in the shape of stimulants.
The temperature of the body (superficial) was very low
—viz., 351 deg. Reamur ; but after drinking five large
cups of weak tea and undergoing an hour's good
rubbing he appeared to have quite recovered his nor-
mal health and strength. Captain Szekrayesy has ac-
cepted a heavy wager (10 to. 1 being the odds) to cross
arid recross Lake Balaton next summer, without
touching ground, as soon as the temperature of the
water shall have reached 20cleg. Reaumur. He its
beyond doubt a very fine and powerful swimmer,
though his style is somewhat unusual. At every tenth
stroke or thereabouts he keeps his head submerged for
a few seconds, swims always very low, and ' blows '
like a grampus twice or thrice each minute.

"While training for his late swim he was daily in
the habit of crossing from nred to a promonotory on
which stands the ancient Monastery of Tihiny, and
back, unaccompanied by any boat. The gallant Mag-
yar's nerves are in rare order, to be accounted for, per-
haps, by his being a total stranger to stimulants and
tobacco."

on the Postmaster-General if he desires to see the full
success of his excellent scheme and is equally desirous
to avoid inflicting a great injustice on large numbers.
At the same time he might by this simple meanie
greatly check, if not entilely prevent, the petty theft
°f
stage-stamps, so very common and so very diffi-
cult to guard against, which surely should be a matter
of concern to the head of the postal department.—
W. E. BLUNT, 81, New Bond-street, London, Sept. 13.

ADDRESS to the BISHOP of LINCOLN.

The Bishop of Nottingham has just presented to the
Bishop of Lincoln a second address from 1,400 of the clergy,
thanking him for his speech in Parliament against the
Burials Bill, and accompanied by the following letter :

" Leasinghani, Sleaford, Sept. 11, 1880.

"My Dear Lord Bishop and Brother, —I have now
the pleasure of presenting a second address to your
Lordship, supplemental to the first, offered a short
time alp by upwards of six hundred of the clergy of
your own diocese, in which they expressed their grate-
ful thanks to you for your eloquent and touching
speech in Parliament against the BuriNls Bill, and in
defence of the rights of the Church. This second ad-
dress has been sigted by upwards of fourteen hundred
of the clergy of the Church of England, who,
entirely Unsolicited, have expressed their desire
to adopt the same address and to present it to
you through my instrumentality, as a proof of their
gratitude to your Lordship for the course you have
taken with respect to the Burials Bill, whilst not a
few have eagerly desired to do more, as a token of
their respect and affection, which will no doubt soon
come to pass. I have reason to believe that many
more of the clergy are about to send in their signatures
to the address, which I can still accept and record
through an addenda to be subsequently attached to it;
but for various reasons I think it best not to delay
its presentation any longer. Hence I beg, in the
name of the signatories, and in my own, to have the
honour of presenting this address to your Lordship
at once, as a token of our gratitude and profound
respect.—l am your affectionate brother, E. NOT-
TINGHAM."