The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-02 00:00:00

ASCENT OP TEI AIGUILLE worm

The following amounts (addressed to the Tither
from the Hotel des Segue. Geom. July 23) of the fleet
and wooed sweats of the Aiguille Torte, copied from the
" Album of the Betel d'Azgleterre at Ctiamouoix," are ie.
terestieg at this moment, the filth baths; been written by
Ku Whynther, the geetleman eared ; the mooed by the
Rev. Charlie Hudeoe, eee of these who unfortunately
perished in the lath want of the Matterhorn.
"June 28.-0 a the aftersooe of this day we started to
make an attempt ea the &gale Vert, from the side al
the Glacier de 'Ware. We took provisions from the Mee.
%avert Hoed, sad slept in my teat on the highest pert of
the Couverele. On the following maga& at 3.15,
we started to attack the peak. For a eoesidthable
distance the route we followed toy over adulating
gelds of gleam, which offered sot the slightest
difficulty, and at 5 °Week we fated 007991•1111, at the
height of nearly 12,000 feet, at the base of the actual
peak. lmmediately below the summit of the Vert*, rooks
mind with thew descended to our level ; to the left it was
the eams. Oessional othfoire mounted for some distance,
and were them last in the rooks. The rooks, however, to
the left sad below the summit, it swathed Oa close
'WS, would premat eassiderable diflicutlthe, and we accord.
ugly moved round to the ri&l to examine the couleirs
between the peak Lee Teethe and the Vert* Itself.
These it seemed tram below ware quite eradicable, and at
5.30 we omega the bergatthesd between a small one aid the
glacier below. This wealthy% narrow and tortuous, bat wee
almost *milady of mow t it did not, however, lead Dearly
to the ache hints( the Forteto Lee Drones, so when we
had mouthed almost to its head we crossed to the
lilt Into another and much larger es& This we foo
lowed for $ wieskierable distance until it became toe,
and then we teak to the reeks of its left. We were
now almost immediately below the summit of the Forte,
and, jedgisg by known heights, at an elevation al
nearly 13,000 h. ; the rooks, although sot difficult, caw
sioaally presented awkward plaossond we were ceetinually
driven dal further to the left. At 9.45 we bed struck an
tweet, dwindle; towards the Aiguille de Moine, and at
10.15 we were on the summit itself. This was entirely of
wow, not sharp, and wooed it a doses people, at lent,
could sit. We waited there until 11 o'clook, nthogoising
the villages of Des Barons and Argentilree and many other
points from which the summit of the Vert° can be seen.
'T e deeds then began to ether everything, and we can.
taethed at eget be deemed rapidly ; bat one hour down it
' begat towpath sad °outlawed to do so fur two boors, fining
, our steps and frequently musics us to lose them altogether.
We crossed the &Arued at 3.15 p.m., reached the tent ea she
' Maven& at 4.30, the Meateavert at 6.30 halted ens trees),
sod Chamouniz st 8.15.
"On the whole the wort of the Atoll's Fate conga be
considered otherwise than wish sad in a hag day, with
het walking, it would be quite possible to start from and
return to Chamonnth. timme
" Charnounix. July 1. " BDWLID WIRTYPIZ."

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" 61100aD Asczn as Tall Alaralla Vara

" On the slieTorates ef Tweei.p, the 4th of July, the RIWI.
George Rodgirinees, Bev. Marks Hudson, sod Mr. Themes
Stuart Homo* started frets Clismounk with Michel Oros,
of Tose, Mad Ambeoice Doorros. of ArgeutiZres. and
Pierre Peron, of Zinnatt. The piny slept at the Couraele,
and est off the following mondeg at 2.50 to attack the
Aignille Veda. The mom* was calm asd lovely, and
the snow Gelds in suilleat ceder. There were no ore.
venom whisk math impeded the march. and at the end of
two boom ha party was at the foot of the pair. lutead
of taking the coskir which led directly to the Moine
dais, a mate to the left of the Aigoille Vette
VIII sekeied. At first, en leaving the glacier. the
marsh lay ever rooks, but presently a cookie of olio-
tidiest& length appeared, more to the right. This woe
followed to its summit, sod, disc a little more rook
elbehieg, they gained the smite leading from the Verts
towards the Alpine do Mobs. Over this was distinctly
visible the Alpine de Dru, whose summit WU about on a
level with the point whims it was lint descried. It was
not posibis to follow the above orbs. Sometimes the
party were at ens side, sometimes at the other, and then
spin en its most. It was not till 12.50 that the summit
was eased. TM top of the Aiguille Vert. is somewhat of
a triangular fens. and the highest part is that towards
the ArgestOire. Two Asp were fixed in please where they
were, one or the °Mee visible from the Pl4gike and other
"The dissent was sommemied about 2 o'clock, sad the
Ooriverele plead at 9.45 p.m.; the Montsovert was nuked
about 2.20, sad Ohansousix at 5.20, Go the morales; of
Wednesday. The aimet was over rooks and aria which
ould not he called easy, though there was no one place that
possated say special difficulty. The weather was calm
end clear tides; the whole upedities.
" OIiABLIIK Hanson."

• Michel Oros is the 'nibs who parhihod on Cho Matter•
hors.

TOE AOCIDINT ON THI MATIMINONN. —We
(Times) are requested to As* upon the beet authority,
that Lord !Francis Donlan did set make the fatel slip
which calmed the lamentable saddest on the Nattorbore.
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At 221120 OS TH2 MAXIM Buntrilth.—the ad-
frAna worms of the lirler Bandon' Amoslathe was
lath randy at the Freemasons' Tarsi% far the purpose
of rasowthe a report am to the wealth of the strike at
Yams Oshitra. The secretary reported that he bad re.
tenved • aotithatios from Yew& Cabitt's irm that the
strike had eland OM Monday, the men theist' rammed
work at the admmeed rate Cl wages of ed. per hear. Some
dielectric.' UM alma Hpoia the threatened emitallea for •
further themes Is the spring by the mrpeatare el ed. pm
hour sad by the swam of ed. pee hoar ; bat, as no official
sotto' had yet Moo 10.111 by the rasa. it wee °amidst-ad
that any althea apse tha subject at present would be
preemptive, apd Ihe.gaestioa was postponed for sothettera-
Um at • Mom meeting.

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