The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-15 00:00:00

TERRIBLE SCENE.

The exhibition of the Milanese Menagerie at Lyons was
interrupted the other evening by a terrible fight between
the beast-tamer, M. Faimali, and a panther. The man was
in the cage with two of those animals, putting them
through different feats of agility, when the male
refused to ascend the ladder, and crouched down in a
corner, as if preparing to spring on its master. A sharp
cut with the whip recalled the refractory performer to
obedience, and it began, although unwillingly to climb the
steps, but, when half way up, it again stopped, and, on
receiving a second blow, put out his paw and clawed the
man down the face, making him bleed profusely. The
spectators shrieked with terror, but Faimali did not for a
moment lose his presence of mind, and with the butt end
of his whip administered such a vigorous correction that
in a moment the animal was completely cowed, and slunk
off with its tail between its legs. The tamer then calmly
came out to the public, and was received with tremendous
applause.

The Irish 'limes says that a measure effecting
considerable changes in the judicial staff is in contempla-
tion. " The Admiralty Court will," it is added, "be pro-
bably merged into another, as will also the Landed
Estates Court, and that of Bankruptcy will be placed on
a new footing. The Vice-Chancellor's Court, though of
recent creation, is likely to be dispensed with."
An unlooked-for impediment has been discovered
to the holding of the proposed monster meeting in South-
wark-park, to protest against any portion of it being
leased for building purposes. One of the bye-laws of the
park provides that any person collecting a crowd round
him, and haranguing them in the park, shall be subject to
a fine of forty shillings. It is stated, however, that four
leaders of the anti-Board of Works movement are willing
to pay the fines, and have their say in the Park next
week.

The prospects of a rich and bountiful harvest (says
the Limerick Chronicle) were never more certain of being
realised than they are at present. Crops have seldom
presented a more flourishing appearance, and the recent
rain that has fallen has been invaluable, especially to the
turnip and potato crops. Barley, though scarce, is excel-
lent. Wheat is not by any means so general a crop, at
least in the vicinity of Limerick, as in other parts of
Ireland. It promises, however, an abundant yield.
A Reading correspondent telegraphs shock-
ing accident occurred on Wednesday night at the Reading
junction of the Great Western Railway. A fireman
named William Woodman, about twenty years of age,
slipped from his engine while shunting some goods trucks
and the wheels passed over his body. He was killed on
the spot. It is a singular circumstance that :.two other
firemen are now on sick leave through injuries they had
sustained while working on the engine from which Wood-
man fell.
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SINGULA.II RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—AS a train was
proceeding from Dunkirk to Audwick, the two guards
were engaged in examiningtickets passing, as is the custom
on Continental lines, from carriage to carriage along an
external footboard. A goods train passing on the
opposite line, the two men were swept away by a pack-
age which projected beyond the waggon on which it was
placed. The trains were stopped, and search was made
for the guards, who were found lying on the railway, one
but :little hurt; and the other seriously, but not fatally,
inlured.