The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-09 00:00:00

A TIGER AT LARGE.-TERRIBLE SrENR

The &cola, of Antwerp, gives the following
" A frightful mishap, accompanied by the moot ti., -
e mstances, spread terror on Sunday morning last tl,-
the district of St. Jacques. The Zoological
fora long time been in possession of two migificent Bengt
tigers, one of which was to be forwarded t London. l'o
avoid accident, the animal wail placed in a w i4gen ,cur.•l
with strong irou bars. The greatest pre,:autMit w
therefore taken to avoid a cute-U.141e. At hali-pa,
thrrse in the morning the railway armada
ce.ved an enormous animal clearing at a Leu
the wall which separates the zoologs. •r, gel
from:the railway station. Tho tiger had,
having bent and broken two of the irnn hit;
The first object of his fury was the cart he:: r- f r nir,ht•
man, which happened to he passing. The •.:z.'r
on the unfortunate horse, biting him iu fisai.
and tearing the straps that attached him to the cart.
The driver, who at first sought ',arty on the *et.i.
hid himself under the cart, but not lwlor.• wag s
wound in the leg from the tiger's pew. Mciiiiithe
horse, mad with terror and pain, galloped furiously
wards the market of St. Jacques, pursued by
Here another deplorable event occurred. A gardeu-r
was passing the street attracted the fury of the b. 1.:
The tiger sprang at him, tearing his bread, legs. .9.1
neck in a fearful manner. Having faii.hed his vietini the
animal dragged the body some distance: he then almorlosel
it and rushed into St. Anne's-court, white his mesome
caused indescribable terror. M. Vekemans, the director
of the Zoological Garden, having boon informed .-1
escape, proceeded with his staff in purer.. •:::1
came up to tho animal at the corner of St. Jacqu......thet,
near the house Verstrepen. A night watchman 3-1.1 %;I''
or four other persons took refuge in a small shop
as though he intended to rush at them through the wieri 4
He pursued his course, however, through the weir:
M. Vekemans with his assistants, after the animal .;)
into St. Anne's-court, barrimded the entrance :m.l
a trap in it with a view of taking him alive. Thl
got into the houses of the court in order to frighten"
into this trap. The tiger lay couched vaialt tro
door of the atelier of M. De Or"4"l"er'
sculptor, but perceiving one of the we°
is
pursuit on the roof of II hot , h. I.li>,'•
CID the roof of a lower house, and mourned moat m9a secsgi
'position. MM. Vekernans, De Braekel,r, Wcthrenk, aa
Verhoven were armed with guns. The tivr having
csived them, slowly descended from the roof, evid,ntaly
bent on making an attack, and when about
metres off he couched to make his !ring. 11'
order to fire was given, and three gam'
discharged in succession. The first shot appeared to
,hai
missed, the second struck the annual, the third intlieeh:
mortal wound. He tottered back to the entrance ot t h
court, where M. de Braekeleer finished him with a faurt
shot. These gentlemen behaved with great intrepidity...
and but for their coolness and the measures they a4^l'
much greater injury would have been done. The gar 4"),
who was attacked never spoke, and died in the ho.pini"
6 o'clock the same morning.

SIBERIA. —The President of the Administrant'
Council of Western Siberia has just published the rePot.
which he forwards every year to St. Petersburg. It *b.:
mates at 12,000 the number of convicts banished t"
year to Siberia. During the last few years the she g°
had risen to 14,000, of whom more than a sixth 11
women and children. Quito recently the journal:l'ls
still performed on foot. A fifth of the exiles die on it'.
way, or in the hospitals. That mortality is explained by
the fatigue of travelling, apart from all other ciroa•
stances. The mean distant* is 4.21 ea vents (about 20
miles), which represents about 2110 days walking. lir
time neoeicary to reach the more distant government"
one year two mouths and a half.
The German emigrant ship Leasing was wreoke4
on May at Fair Isle, one of the Shetland Islands, o°4
20 miles from any other land. Fortunately no lives WS
lost, but the emigrants and crew, numbering ex
thrown, hi an utterly destitute condition. on the
1.461 no islanders. From Fair Isle they wenroles'
after a few days to Lerwick, where they now am
. The city of Brunbwick has just been beq
a valuable gallery of pictures belonging to gds.'
Laiaicke. The 82 works forming the collection ars ell
*a Int madam. Amongst them is a One Vert