The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-06 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Ban. 5.

The official journal of to-day announces that in
consequence of an audience which Senor Concha,
Spanish ambassador to France, has had of the
Emperor, wherein he gave frank explanations to
his Majesty, all divergence of opinion between
France and Spain has ceased.

TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO.
VIENNA, kirrr. 6.
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On Wednesday last negotiations took place at
Cettigne between the Turks and Montenegrins, in
the presence of the Russian consul. The former
demanded that Montenegro should recognise the
suzerainty of the Porte; that Mirko should be re-
moved from the Montenegrin territory ; and that
the Turkish troops should always be allowed to
march through Bpuz and Nikeich.
These conditions not being accepted by the
Montenegrins, the march of the Turkish troops to
Cettigue will commence to-day.

A FOOLHARDY CONTEST. —On Sunday evening
last a number of young men of that class in life a little above
the labourer were enjoying themselves in one of the shady
bowers attached to a public-house in the south-eastern
suburbs of this city, and jovial fellows they were, for their
beer was not going round in the ordinary quiet "pewter,"
but in gallons and half-gallons. Finding, after partaking
of • considerable quantity of it, that it did not cause that
amount of hilarity amongst them generally consequent
upon • liberal imbibition, they set themselves to dis-
cover • pleasure of a more exciting character. That
choose was wage • , and although many offers were
made sod accepted by several, yet there was one which
none of them seemed inclined to take • venture at, and
that extraordinary one was a wager of five half-gallons
of " Sir John's" that no roan there would fight the
watch-dog belonging to the public-house with no other
means of defence or attack than his hands. Knowing the
&COMM of the dog when aroused, none of them quickie
accepted the offer. However, after some time, one young
man, who fills a situation under • public company trading
from this city, accepted the wager ; and all preparations
having been made, the dog was called out. The man began
the " sport" by tantalising him, and the animal gradually
growing maddened under the irritation, sprang at his
assailant and seized him by the left hand. A struggle that
described as really fearful to witness then ensued. The I
dog is large and powerful, and the young man is of a robust
frame and determined disposition. Finding his left hand
almost altogether in the animal's mouth, he caught him by
the throat to try to make him loosen his grip, but ia
this he failed, for the dog only tightened his teeth on the
band until it was almost bitten through. He then released
his grip, and attacked the man about the legs, on one of
which he inflicted • deep and severe wound. The man
caught the dog by both hands round the throat to try and
strangle him, but the dog by sheer strength forced him
upon the ground, and commenced biting him shout the
bands in • fearful manner. The spectators seeing that the
pine had proceeded far enough, and that there wee danger
of the man being killed, resound him from the infuriated
animal. He had in the encounter received about seventeen
wounds, one of which is of • dangerous character, while the
dog came off almost unscathed.—Cork Constitution.