The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-09 00:00:00

A TRAGEDY ON THE GLACIERS.

ARGENTIERES, Nov. 29.
Two of the most adventurous chamois hooters in
Switentswil haws Jot bet their lives at the glacier of
Argendress, wader sirsombiams peculiarly distressing. M.
Cartisrdwat robbed at this pima, went oat, a few morn-
Zc
sr with his sae, a Yte hart woratote. The
elieseressed a Wow sash se the soratets are
assansssed to dig, awl Wimp hineself ea the greeted, face
inewieneds, ims la warp sacwalleace, haring to take
Ma Mead at belts.. galdeab • bap Assatity of
enith its en Id" sad ha was unship to she. Es called to
hie ma, who crept Is after bins, and tried in
vain to ultimata his father *sea the load
which was pressing spew lisa. While thus engaged
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wood slip of oath Wek piss sad wend het
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hours of walkaisi the ass died. Vas est ths hook at
his father. His bit weeds wen tail et Putt albslisa seal
anxiety for his parent. Throe lag 4p and
without food sr light, far from all Moan aid, walk M
wove, and with the sorra sf his sea as bin bask. dill X.
Carrier lie in this plass mill his ibisads, who bad Ism est
in search of the list hater, Mad him at the paint at
death. The unhappy sufferer only lived long mos=
00•11111ankat• these ;articulate, and died while his
were carrying hint home.

TIM FATAL PRIZE-FIGHT AT WOODHLAD.—In
the &toren of yesterday we pew the brief facts of a
prize-fight at Woodhead, it Mead 7. in which a man
named George Wilson (better blown in Birmingham,where
he came from, as " Magemel was punished till he be-
came ineentible, and Mberwerels, on being taken to Man-
chester, died. On Tuesday nning an inquest was held
en the body of the deesesed by Mr. Ilerford, coroner for
the borough of Mancimmer, when it appeared that the de•
ceased was assailed to light with Thomas Welsh, of Man-
chester, ediewsrie Mews as " Tiny Tom," for IW. aside,
and that they, went eat to Woodhead to fight on Monday
morning. They were accompanied by • number of friends,
and supporters from Mazehester, where both had recently
been living. Preliminaries were arranged, and the fight
commenced in a field about a mile from Woodhead, and
lasted for an hour and thirty-five minutes. The men
fought seventy-eight rounds, in which Wilson appeared to
have the advantage of his antagonist. At the close of
the 77th round both men were down. At the commence-
ment of the 78th round Wilson retreated before his an-
tagonist, and the round conclude.' by his falling between
the ropes. The back of his head struck upon a stone
which had been placed there by some of the spec-
tators, on account of the wetness of the ground, and he
was taken op insensible. He was afterwards recovered, and
was brought to Manchester by the last train that night. On
his arrival in Manchester, he was taken to a hes:amuse in
Charter-street, kept by a man named Swift, and a medical
man was sent fur. Despite his exertions, however, Wilson
died about 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning. Several persons
who were present at the light stated that Wilson slid not fell
la coasetsseace of a blow from Welsh, u no blows had been
struck that roand.—Mr. Bent, surgeon, who had mode a
poet oarless examination of the body, stated that death had
arisen from the rupture of one of the blood verse's in the
brain, which might have been caused by the fall described,
without the deceased's having received a blow.—The de-
ceased's father was also examined, and stated that his son
was liable to dizziness in the head, and that some years
ago, after fighting for three hours with a man named
Fletcher, he had fallen In a similar manner to that in e Lich
he was described to have fallen on this occasion. Upon
this evidence, and being informed that there woo no yrs:Ma-
-1 hility of soy other teatime:), being obtained, the jury re-
turned a verdict th it the deceased had died in consequence
of a fall, but how that fall wu caused there was no evi-
deuce to show. Welsh had boon apprehend, d by the
police, mid was presets at the :inquest, in cuatody ; hut as
the verdict of the jury did net trim:mato hint ke was die
charged from custody. Ile hal been very severely punished
by his antawlnist. Wilson was an active and will made
man, and the odds were much in his favour. Bath men
have be. n °gaged in previous pugilistic encounter., and
both of thins were, on other accounts, known to the Man-
'heater police.