The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-25 00:00:00

A WOLF NURSE.

In the kingdom of Oude, some ten yearn ago, a
male child of about eighteen menthe old was missed by its
parents. It was supposed to have been carried away and
devoured by the wolves, which are very plentiful in that
part of the world. Every winter numbers of children are
destroyed by these animals, not only in Oxide, but is our
own provinces in the north-west. About seven yeen after
the child wee missing, a man who gained his livelihood by
shooting in the jungles saw a wolf and several cubs, and
with them an animal such is he had never seen before.
It was like a boy, but ran upon all fours. The man fol-
lowed the animal, bet was unable to keep pane with it ;
he traced it, however, to a den,
11;i1 a few Liars at/T-
-wards
succeeded in taking the ani alive. t bar ed,
or rather snarled and growled like a wolf, and attempted
to bite its captor. The she-wolf and her cubs followed
the man for some distance, and advent times showed symp-
toms of a desire to rescue the animal ; but, as the man was
armed, they did not venture to attack him, and at last they
returned to the jungle. The animal was exhibited in
Luenow, and caused some sensation. It was eventually
handed over to one of the authorities (an Eaglish officer)
who had a cage made for it. That it was a human being no
one could doubt, though it never stood erect, and
uttered any sonad except a growl, or a hoarse bark. It re-
fused every description of food that was cooked for it, and
would only eat raw ffesh,•hich it would denier voraciously.
Clothes were made for it, but it tore them off with its teeth.
A rank smell issued from the pores of its skin, and its skin
was covered with short thin hair. The smell was that lithe
wolf, by whom it hat been brought up. It was very partial
to hard bones, and would chew and digest them as a dog
would. In a word, this animal had adopted all the
habits of its foster-mother—the she-wolf. Crowds of natives
every day came to look at the strange creature, and at last
the woman who had lost the child was among the specta-
tors. By certain marks upon the animal she recognised in
it her missing offspring ; but she wee by no means anxious
to have it restored to her. On the contrary, she regarded
it with extreme horror and disgust. Every means were
resorted to, to tame the boy ; but without effect. Shut up
in his iron cage, he seemed to pine, and would never touch
fool until forced to do so by the pains of hunger. It would
have been dangerous to let him go out of the cage ; for be
was as savage as any wild beast of the desert Numerous
attempts were made to teach him to speak ; but he uttered
no sounds beyond those already mentioned. Re lived for
about a year, and became in that time a perfect living
skeleton. Just previous to his death he said a few words,
which the man who had charge of him understood to be
these, "Seer durd kirks." (My head aches.)—Dickens's
" Rorsehold Words."

TEE PRINCES IN 1788.—The Prince of Wale
takes an active part in opposition. The Duke of York in
polities talks both ways, and, I think, will end in opposi-
tion. His conduct is as bad as possible ; be plays very
deep, and loses,and his company is thought nsauraia ton.
I am told the Ring and Queen begin now to feel " how
much sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have an ingrate
child." When the Duke of York is completely done up
in the public opinion; I should not be surprised if the
Prince of Wales assumes a different style of behaviour ; in-
deed, I am told be already affects to say that his brother's
style is too bad.—The Duke of Buckingham's " Court of
George III."
ETHNOLOGY OF ENGLAND (VoL vii.. p. 135).—
In reference to that portion of the query by Ethnologicus
which asks " Whether it is yet clearly settled that there
are types of the heads of Ancient Britons, Saxons, Danes,
and other races, to be referred to as standards or examples
of the respective crania of those people 1" I beg to say
that beneath the chancel of the church of St. Leonard,
Hythe, there is a crypt containing a vast number of skulls
and ether human bones, which, -according to Jcake, the
historian of the claque ports, are " Suppoeed by some to be
gathered at the shore after a great sea-fight and slaughter
of the French and English on that coast ; whose carcases,
or their bones, after the consumption of the flesh, might be
cast up there, and so gathered and reserved for mime-
random." Speaking of these relics, Walker, in his
" Physiology," says " These skulls at Ilythe are not of
one race, either Saxon or British, but of several ; two forms
of skull, very distinct from each other, predominate : one
a long narrow skull, greatly resembling the Celtic of the
present day ; the caner, a short broad skull, greatly resem-
bling the Gothic Another kind of skulls,
fewer in number, are evidently Roman skulls."—A'otss and
Queries.

TRAITOR'S GATE, TOWER OP LONDON.—OS first
visiting the Towe% now several years ago, no part of that
ancient structure created so great an impression as the view
seen through the crossed railings of Traitor's Gate. The
tide was railing into its gloomy archway, and, independently
of any other aassuiation, the appearance of the place was
grand and impressive; besides viewing it as a spot where most
important scenes r, f Enghsh history have occurred, upon the
steps under this gloo my gate personages of various Eminence
have passed never to' return to the outward world : upon
them steps, in a pelting storm, the Princess Elisabeth sat
down, and, refusing to move, declared that " she was no
traitor." We never, .after our first visit, went to the
Tower without spendin,6 • few minutes at this gate,
thinking of the past. For some years, however, the
railings through which wo "tad a view of this interesting
place have been planked over and hidden from the sight.
This was done by the military authorities of the Tower, in
order to form the place into a bath for the soldiers of
the garrison: after • very shot trial the plan, we are
told, was abandoned, yet the screen has never been
removed, and so the public are deprived of the view of this
llace without any useful purpose. It is a feet to be
amented, that places of interest, such as the Tower, have
hitherto been treated with little care or taste by military
lengineers.—Thu Builder.