The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

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THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1846.

was thinner towards the tail. The head was several times slight',
elevate(' •hove the surface of the water. The front of the head
rather pointed : the eyes were sharp, and glistened like those of a
eat. From to. bath of the head a mane like that of a horse

commenced, which waved backward; and -forwardsinthe water.
The colour of the animal was a blackish brown. John Johnson (mer-
chant, about 60 years of age) : I saw the animal some yearn since in
the fjord ; it was about a thousand paces distant when nearest to me.
It swam very swiftly; In the same time that we rowed about a
quarter of a mile to the aide from it, It had swam about double the
dtstance. I saw it most plainly when it swam in a semicircle round
a tolerably large rock that obstructed its passage; in doing this it
partly rained itself above the surface of the water. Its colour was
blacidelr brown. and about the length of this house (55 feet). With
the cemptlon of the head, I did not nanark much of the body, as that
appsured but little above the earfsee. Judging from what I obeerved,
I should say the thickness of the body was about that of a stout man.
The agitation it caused in the water was very strong. Its movements
were serpentine, up and down, like a leech swimming.—Lars
Johnsen (Kellerman at ffiniilen, about 50 years of age) : I have
several times seen the seagerpent, but some time since, twelve years
ago, in the dog-days, in the fjord not far from here, one afternoon as
I was fishing in my boat. I saw it twice in the course of two hours,
and for borne time quite near me. It came close to my boat, no that
It was onlyabout six feet from me. I became alerted, recommended
my soil to God, laid down to the boat, and only held my head so far
over It that I could observe the serpent. It swam now past the boat,
that was agitated by the ripple caused by its movement in the water,
which was previously smooth, and afterwards removed itself.
After it had swum a considerable distance from me, I
began again to fish. Not lung afterwards the 'serpent came close
to the boat, which now was strongly agitated by its movements in the
water. I laid down and regained quite still, and notwithstanding my
fright, kept a watchful eye on the animal; it paused me, disappe
and returned, thou th not so close as previously, and disappe
entirely when a light wind arose, and ruffled the water. Its length
wan about flee to six fathoms, and the holy, which was as round an a
serpent's, was about two feet in diameter. The tad seemed to be very
round. The head was about a+ long as a brandy linker (ten gallon
cask), and about the same thickness, it was not pointed but round.
The eyes were very large, round and sparkling. I heir size was about
the diameter of the box here (rise indica), and they were as red as my
neckerchief (crimean). Close behind the head, u mane like a horse's
commenced along the neck, and serene itself on ba'h sides, right and
left, while swimming on the water ; it was of tolerably long hair.
The mane as well as the head, ant. the met of the body, was brown
as this looking-g Law frame (old uwhogany). `Spots, stripes of other
colours I did trot observe, nor were there any scales ; it seemed as if
the body was quite smooth. Its movements were ocandoeally fant
and slow, which latter was the ease when it neared my boat ; I could
clearly observe it; it was serpent-like, and moved up and down. The
few undulations which those parts of the body and tail that were out
of the water made, were scarcely a fathom in length. These undnla-
terns were not so high that I could see between them and the water.
When Lan John3en had given this explanation. he was shown the
drawing which Pootoppietan has given of the animal. Ile looked at
it with astonishment, smiled, and Said he round a great resemblance
between it and the animal he had seen. Ile likewise arid, that come
of the other sat-serpents he had seen were a great deal longer than
the one above described
Mr. William Knudtzon, and Candidatue Theologire Bochlum, gave
the following written account We together saw the sea-serpent in a
narrow fjord, at a distance of about one-sixteenth of a mile (half an
English mile), for about a quarter of an hour; afterward, it dived, and
came up so far from us that we multi not see it plainly. The water was
smooth as a mirror, and the animal had, as it moved on the surlane,
the appearance of a serpent. its motions were in an ffilations, and
so strung that white Aeon aopeaxed beige it, and at the side, which
etretched out several fathoms. It did not appear very high above the
water, and its lengtn wan quite discernible. thane it stretched its
head quite erect in the air. The betty was romewhat dark, anti the
head nearly black, it had nearly the form of an eel, or snake,
and a length of about 100 feet, and in proportion to it an inconsider-
able thickness. Tee breadth diminished remarkably from the head,
so much so that the Mil ended in a point. The head was long anti
small in proportion to the throat, as the Later appeared much greater
than the former, probably as it was furn Obed with a mane. Fogel
(Sheriff) Gauche made the following remarks : I saw the ematereent
fur some time in a small fjord, first from a beat, afterwards nom the
beach, several minutes, at a dientnee of from thirty to thirty-six teat.
In the beginning it swam round the fjord at Torvig, afterwards it
went in the deep,.l saw its head stretched considerably out ul the
water. I remarked as well two or three undulations of the fore-part
of the body. its motion wan not like that of an eel, but consiged in
waving undulations, up and down. They were exceanively strong,
and caused tolerable large waves ; they were lamed at the fore part
of the animal, and towards the back gradually lessened. The traces
of them I discerned in a length of eight to ten fathoms, and a breadth
of two to three fathoms. The bead seemed blunted, and had the scar
and form of a ten-gallon cask, the undulations of the MAY were
round and about the dimension of a good thither mock (twelve to
fourteen inches square). The entire length of the animal I could not
judge, as it was not possible to observe the extremity. Its colour
appeared to be dark grey. At the back of the head there was a Inane,
which was the same colour as the rest of the body.
The writer of this article received letters from Mr. Soren Knudtzon,
stating that a see-serpent hail been even in the neighbourhood of
Chrietiaanand by several people, and from Dr. Hoffmann, a respect-
I able surgeon its elate, lying on a considerable fjord to the sauth of
atristianiuuld, ROAM Hammer, Mr. Kraft, curate, and severed per-
mits, very clearly saw, while on a journey, a sea-serpent of ',Haider-
able sirs.
The Rev. Mr. Deinb al, Archdeacon of Male, gives the following
account 01 one which was seen last summer nesar Mulde. The 28th of
July, 1845, J. C. Lund, bookseller and printer; G. S. Krogh, iller.
chant ; Chrietiun Flung, apprentice ; and John /Incases,
labourer, were out on ltonoriale-fjani, fishing. The sea was, after a
warm sunshiny day, quite calm. About seven e'clock in the ad mum,
a little distance from snore, near the Dullest place and Wilde llouee,
they raw a long mmine animal, which slowly moved itself forward,
as it appeared to thorn, with the help of two fins, on the fore-part of
the body nearest the head, which they ju aced from the boiling 01 the
water on both sides of it. The visible part of the body eppea. ca to be
between forty anti tifte feet is length, end moved in undulation., like a
make. The body wan metal, and of a dark colour, and terms •I to be
several elle (an ell two fcvt) in thickness. A., they diasernial a wee ing
motion in the water behind the animal, they concluded that port of
the body was (uncoiled under water. Theta wee one connected animal
they saw plainly (ratline movetnent. When the animal was about lieu
yards from the boat, they noticed tolerably correctly its fore-part,
which ended in a sharp snout ; its coloanal head maned itself above the
water in the form of a semi-circle ; the lower part was not visible.
The colour of the heart was dark brown and the skin smooth. They
did not notice the eyes or any Mile or bristles on the throat. When
the serpent came about a musket-el:tot near, Lund fired at it, and was
certain the shots hit it in the head. After the shot he dived, but came
up immediately. Ile raised his head in the air like a snake preparing
to dart on ins prey. After he hod turned and got his body in a sun:alit
line, which he appeared to do with great difficulty, he muted like an
arrow against the boat. They reached the shore, and the animal per.
calving it had come in shallow water, dived ininicitiately, and danap-
poared in the deep.
Such is the declaration of three four men, and nn one has any cause
to question their veracity, or itostrine that they were so seized with
fear, that they could net observe what took place so near them. There
cre not many here, or on other parts of the Norwegian coast, who
longer doubt the exigence of the sea-ant-pent. The wrier of this
narrative was a long time iseeptieslots he had not been so fortunate as
to see this monster of the deep, but after the litany account', he has
read, and the relations he haa received from creditable witnesses, he
does nut dare longer to doubt the mistence cat the aea-grpent.
Mottle, the 20th Nov., 1315. P. W. DEINLIDLL.
The following gives some later particulars:
Sonde Parsonage, August 31, lain.
On Saturday, the Nth inst., in the mune between the islands of
Kantor Leer and This, a sea monster, suppesed tole a seaanerpent,
was
seen by several persons. Early on this day jug as the steamer
Billrirvin passed through Rognetioni towing a vessel to Denten,
Daniel Saloinanson, u cotter, saw a sot monster whose like he declare,
he never met with although accustomed to the u-a and its inhabitant,'
from his earliest years. The animal came swimming from Rognetiord
in a westerly direction towards his deal,ing at fironneiegekicoset, in
the northern part of the parish of Sun& The head appeared like a
Fasting boat (about 20 feet lung) keel uppermost, and from behind it
raised itself forward in three and sometimes tour and live undulation's,
each apparently about 12 feet long : its rate appeared to be that of a
light boat rowed by four active men. When it reached GrOtinevig.
sitiaset at a distance of two rate shots it turned with considerable
noise and continued its Movie toward. Lundenass. Later about 11
o'clock in the same day his wife Ingebarg, in Daniels absence, heard
a loud noise in the Rea. and she end two little children saw a great
monster, such as described above, take a northerly couree, close by
their place at such a rate that the waves were dashed on the shore in
the same way a+ when a steamer is planing by. Neither of them say
that they saw anything like eyes or tins, or indeed anything projecting
from its round form, but they declare that the colour of the animal
was dark brown, and that it often rose up with gentle undulations,
sometimes, however, sinking blow the surface so that nterely it stripe
indicated the rapid course et the gigantic body. On the same morning
a lad, by naute Abraham Abruhanewn I lagencee, wan out dolling in the
Rognetiord, not far from fundraiser', and just ready to throw out hi+
line when he, as he monis, became aware that at about 100 tathono
distance a monster with a head ae large as a Peering boat (about 20
feet long) and a long body Lay upon the sea like large kegs and was
nearing his boat—seized with a panic he exerted all his strength to
reach the shore, end an the animal taffiarently following him was only
about 40 fathoms off lie leaped ashore, drew up the bout and run up
the bank, wlicilee he viewed the monster which had by this time
approached the shore within 2a fathom's. lie says that that part of
the body which was visible wan about sixty feet in length, and that
its undulating course woe SlillitAr to the eel : that the colour of the
tack wan blackish, shining strongly, and as tar as he could distinguish
there was a whitish stripe under the belly. Report also says that the
scaaseromit wan seen by severed ',email in Bionstiord causing a great
deal of dread, bet of this our informant wants authentic account...—
Our informant further says that be haw no reason whatever to doubt
the truth of die story of the Mall and his wife, or the trantworthinean
of the lad .Abraham, except as far its that his fears may have caused
Wrote are several things through a magnifying glans.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Dec. 1.
There is no news of importance. The Clare Journal
gives some details of agrarian outrage, not differing in their
character from those of usual occurrence. There have been,
in the same county, alight symptoms of the offence which
provoked the suspending proclamation of his Excellency.
The progress of the public works have been checked by
some of the persons employed, from dissatisfaction at the
conduct of the officers ; but the interruption was of short du-
ration, and the works have been resumed.
Our law courts are busy in deciding railway cases—only
the beginning of a bountiful harvest. A ease in every re-
spect similar to that of " Wilde ts. Hopkins," was decided to-
day in the Queen's Bench, by C:,ief Justice Blackburn.
Mr. Bell, the defendant, is an eminent merchant, and was
on the provisional committee of the Irish West Coast Had-
way, but never acted in the capacity of director. In the first
action, Forester, the plaintiff, had a verdict for 3301., and on
the new trial, which, after two days, has just concluded, there
was a verdict for the defendant. The Chief Justice charged
very strongly in favour of the defendant, adopting to the
fullest extent the principle laid down by Sir F. Pollock as to
the absence of liability on the grounds of partnership. This,
it is true, is only a nisi prius decision, but the law of the case
was very maturely considered by his lordship, and will not
be shaken in banco.
As the law courts present the only topics deserving of
notice in the general dearth of news, I may allude to the
curious case of Mc Carthy and Mc Carthy. This involves
the question whether the plaintiff, having entered a convent,
be not civilly dead. After much discussion the Chancellor
has determined to take the opinion of a court of law. During
the argument yesterday. the late solicitor-general, Mr.
Brewster, quoted the opinion of an English text-writer, that
" all nunneries were used as places of proselytism for Protes-
tants." The Chancellor replied :
"Mr. Brewster, how does that appear a matter of fact, when I hare
no evidence on the subject. It strikes me that nunneries are used as
places of education for lathes, whose members are always kept within,
closeted up—whatever may be said of monasteries, whose members
are sent about the world ; but I think that they never attempt to pro-
selytise ; and I must say that 1 do not agree with Mr. Swanton on the
subject, nor could I entertain such an opinion.
A vessel, with a cargo of 2500 quarters of Indian corn, has
arrived in Cork from Odessa. The demand is too great for
the supply, and, in consequence, prices have risen 10s. per

ton. - -
Stimulated by the success of the " Antigone," our lessee,
Mr. Calcraft, has again evoked the genius of the Greek
drama, and presented the public with the " Iphigenia in
Aulis," in which Miss Faucit acted with much grace and
feeling. The adaptation is good, and though the accompany-
ing music is not so beautiful as Illenclelssohn's in the An-
tigone," yet it is spirited, and not without character. The
piece was received, and very justly, with great acclamation.
It is destined for along run.
THE New Loan MAYOR OF DUBLINT.—The lord mayor
for the ensuing Tear was name•l to-day. The choice fell
upon Alderman Staunton, a gentleman who has for nearly

forty years been connected with the Irish press, and has
acquired a high character as a writer and politician. Alder-
man Staunton was proposed by Alderman O'Connell, M.P.,
and seconded by Alderman O'Brien, M.P.
DELAY IN THE PAYMENT OP WAGF.E.—The irregularity
of the payment of wages upon the public works is still the
subject of severe and just complaint. The wag,' paid arc
very scanty, scarcely ever exceeding one shilling per day,
and seldom reaching that standard. When not paid with
regularity, the men are obliged to resort to the hucksters for
credit, and are charged one-half more at least iu eonsequence.
It is not easy for the Board of Works to arrange for
weekly payments, but it is less easy for the people to
de without them, and when payments are withheld it is in
vain to expect that there will not be an outcry against the
government, upon whom, in the end, all the odium must fall.
Hence it is that, after recording an instance in which it is
alleged that a woman had died in 81igo o f starvation, and
that her sister had committed suicide to avoid a similar fate,
the Sligo Champion says " The same scenes may be wit-
nessed in almost every parish of Connaught. Such, at this
moment is the real "state of the country," and yet
the government have grain in their stores which
they will not sell, and they have labourers in
their employment whom they will not pay. Nay,
while they profess a sympathy for the poor, they up-
hold the impious tax upon bread, which they could, by a
simple order in council, at once, and for ever abolish. What
is this, but disgusting hypocrisy? If the English people
knew tut half the sufferings of the Irish peasantry, we feel
convinced their sense of justice would compel the govern-
ment to afford relief. I find in connexion with this subject
another grievaace of which the people have to complain, who
are employed upon public works. The overseers are in the
habit of receiving at the labourers' expense, drink—and of
punishing such of them as do not give treats, by discharging
them or reducing their wages. In some instances, in the
West of Ireland, the wages have been reduced in this way
so low as five pence per diem.

SCOTLAND.
TRB SUNDAT TRAINS.—We (Glasgow Saturday Post)
understand that a subscription has been originated by several
gentlemen connected with the Royal Exchange, for setting
this vexed question at rest. From the well-known public
spirit of those who have taken the matter in hand, we have
no doubt, though it will be connected with considerable ex-
pense, that the whole question will shortly be submitted to
a full meeting of the shareholders, when the result will be
conclusive. It seems, from the Edinburgh papers of tisis
morning, that the number of directors in favour of stopping
the trains is but four! The facts, we understand, are these :
—The seven English directors were unanimous in favour of
the continuance of the trains, but consented to leave the
matter to the eight Scotch, as better knowing the publ:c
wishes, and accordingly stood entirely aloof. When the
matter came before the eight Scotch directors, it was found
that they were equally divided ae to the propriety of stopping
the trains; but as four of them were very rarer to try the
experiment, the others gave way. So the fact is that the
number of gentlemen who have undertaken forcibly to regu-
late the Sunday movements of the inhabitants of Edinburgh
and Glasgow, and all places adjacent and interjacent, is but
four!

PROVINCIAL.
LANCASHIRE._

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THE YOUril NAMED SEDDoN, or Siddons, who was tried
at the last Liverpool assizes on a charge of murdering a
blacking-boy at Madchester, and acquitted, was tried at the
Manchester Borough Sessions yesterday, for theft, and found
guilty on two indictments. The Recorder sentenced him to
10 years' transportation for each offence.
TILE WEATliElt.—The cold has been very severe in Man-
ci'estcr these four days past. On Saturday evening there
was a considerable tall of snow, followed by a severe frost,
which lasted till Tuesday. During Tuesday there was a
milder temperature, but the thaw which resulted was fol-
lowed by a keen frost at night, and yesterday morning the
streets were covered with sheets of ice. During the
continuance of the frost many of the trains on the various
railways have not kept their time.
THE ConDEN FUND now amounts to 77,7161.
YORKSHIRE.

REM:CTION or TEA bETlENl.—Yesterday the inhabitants
of Le^ds, in public meeting assembled ; E. Baines, Esq., in
the chair ; resolved unanimously to memorialise the Queen
for the immediate reduction of the t a duties, and a deputa-
tion was appointed to present the memorial. A resolution
was also passed to solicit the members for the county and the
borough for their zealous co-operation.