The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-16 00:00:00

LAST EXPLOIT OF THE FRENCH
.LION•

KILLER.

The Journal des ClTas SC:urs publishes the follo..ving
letter, addressed to a friend by M. Jules Gerer(4,
officer of the French army, distinemhed for his lions
killing e,
exploits
" My dear Leon,---In my narrative of the month of
August, 1850, I spoke of a large old lion which I had
not been able to fall in with, and of whose sex and
age I had formed a notion from his routings. On the
return of the expeditionary column from Kabylia,
asked permission for; General St. Armand to go and
explore the fine lairs situated on the northern- (7.icli•
vity of Mount Aures, in the environs of Klerchels,
where I had left my animal. Instead of a turloagh
received a mission :or that country, and accordingly
had during two months to shut my ears againsr, the
daily reports that were brought to me by the 21,!aba
of the misdeeds of the so)itery. In the beginner;; ot
missiee was termiented, I „To-
Septembr, when my
ceeded to pitch my tent in the midst of the di: trict
haunted by the lion, nod set about my inveetigar one
round a_ent the donors to which be new the r itlSt
frequent vim's. In this manner I spent rnae 1 s
night leyeearh the open ekke without eny satn tc-
tory result, when, urr the 15th, in the mee•re ag,
after a heavy raid which heti lasted till mice. yht,
mime natives, who had explored the cover.
came and informed me that the lion was enseceeeti
within half a league of my tent. I set cut at t tee
o'clock, taking with me an Arab to hold my 12..! Nes
another carrying my arins, and a third in charge of a
goat roost decideily unconscious of the important
part it was about to perform. having alighted at
the skirt of the wood, I directed myself tower:l4
glade situated in the midst of the haunt, where I
found a shrub to which I could tie the goat, and a
tuft or two to sit upon. The Arabs went and
crouched down beneath the cover, at a distance ot
about 100 paces. I had been there about a quay ter
of an hour, the goat meanwhile bleating with all its
might, when a covey of partridges go up behind Lne,
uttering their usual cry when surpr sed. I tx:lted
about me in every direction, but cou_ 1 see Dothing•
Meanwhile the goat had ceased crying, and its eyes
wereintently fixed at me. She made an attempt to
break away from the fastening, and then began
to tremble in all her limbs. At these symptoms
of fright I again turned round, and per-
ceived behind roe, about fifteen paces off,
the lion stretched out at the foot of a juniper tree,
and m. a
ptkoor
snfisgirbewl
efrryfoo fa.from
cmet shee
through the branches of which he was surveying us
t olle
fnfit
retshheno.uiptlhodsoeiurtitobnii:tlci
tssbineuitt
Iwatrs l
iemd
awk-
ward. 1 turned gently round without rising. I was
in a favourable position, and just as I was levelling
my piece the lion stood up and began to show me all
his teeth, at the same time shaking his head, as much
es to say What the devil are ycu doing there ?'
did not hesitate a moment, and fired at his mouth.
The animal fell on the spot as if struck by lightning.
Aly men ran up at the shot, and as they were eager
to lay hands on the lion, I fired a second time be-
tween the eyes, in order to secure his lying perfecly
still. The first bullet had taken the course of the
spine throughout its entire length, passing through
the marrow, and had come out at the tail. I had never
before fired a shot that had penetrated so deeply, and
yet I bad only loaded with ,sixty grains. It is true
the rifle was one of Devisme s and the bullets steel-
pointed. The lion, a black one and among the oldest
I have ever shot, supplied the kettles of four corn-
- panics of infantry who were stationed at le-lenchs tee
Receive, my dear Leon, the assurance of my devoted
affection. " JULES GERARD."

THE LAST AMERICAN DOG STORY.
The advantages of advertising are admirs,bly
trated in the following incident, which we find re-
corded in the last Sandusky Democrat :
Mr. Luke Horton, of South Eighth-street,
keeps a dog called La Vega, an ill-favoured,
fierce-eyed brute, whose untidy habits and cream-
grained temper cause him to be held in detestation by
the family in general, and by Mrs. Horton, her mis-
tress, in particular. La Vega, however, is a great
favourite with his master. About a week ego Mrs.
Horton became exasperated on account of some unen-
durable offence committed by La Vega, and privately
bargained with an old collector of soap fat, named Abe
Walker, who, for a dollar fee, agreed to take the dog
off, and " render him up"
,into tallow, or otherwise
relieve Mrs. Horton from the annoyance of his
presence.
Mr. Horton, on coming home to dinner, inquired
for La Vega, and was chagrined with the information
that his troublesome pet bad absconded. For some
days the absence of La Vega gave occasion for
much rejoicing in the household, and even the
grief of Mr. Horton for his loss was made the sub-
ject of many a sly joke in his domestic establishment.
Mrs. H. congratulated herself excessively on that lucky
thought of hers, which cleared the house of the °diens
brute ; and though a lady who thinks a good deal of
a dollar, did not grudge the money, since it gab:ed
her object so Eff,ctually. In the mean time La V, ga
was detained a close prisoner in the cellar of the soap
factory, ateLsing himself by snapping at the rats
which coursed about the premises, and sustained him-
self, like Napoleon at Elba, with the belief that the
objects of his destiny were not yet accomplished.
On Tuesday morning Mr. Horton appeared at the
breakfast table with a beaming countenance- "Well,
my dear, good news!" said he to Mrs. H. " Wl.at
is it ?" asked the lady, with some secret misgiving.
"I've La Vega back again! Advertised for him;
offered a reward for his recovery, and this morning
he was brought home by Abe Walker." " Heavens !
ejaculated Mrs. Horton ; " what did you have to p
for him ?" " Only eleven dollars," replied Horton,
" one for the advertisement, and ten to old Abe for
bringing him back." " Merciful goodness," replied
the unsympathising wife; "eleven dollars (enough to
buy a silk dress) for the recovery of such a nasty
cur ; and to think that I gave the black rascal a dol-
lar for taking him off." _

This inadvertent confession, of course, produced a
matrimonial duel; the report of which we omit, as
it might appear stale and common-place to some of
our married readers. By this little canine specul l-
tion all parties were gainers. Abe Walker, ths
cunning darky, gained ten dollars; the advertising
sheet gained one dollar, and Mr. and Mrs. Horton
gained some valuable experience, which will tt_Lch
them the importance of mutual confidence between
wedded parties.

TLIE 1110IVMOUTH Al\ D GLAMORGAN

BANK.

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was held at the King's licad, Newport. Reporters wPre
excluded, but our correspondent Lai s, that Mr. Row-LA
Fothergill was called to the chair, and that there was
much discussion. The chairman stated that it was usc'-
lees disguising the fact, that their assets were very small.
There were large debts due to them by parties who hid
overdrawn their accounts, &c., but they could fairly cal-
culate upon nothing but a very large deficit. It was
stated that the only way by which they could meat
and overcome the difficulty, was by a subscription of
501. per share upon the shares which they
considered as good, as there was a large number ,)f
shareholders whose means were most limited, and
who had invested the whole of their accumulations is
the bank. It was therefore proposed that those slisr,)-
holders who held largely, and had the means, should .im-
mediately advance a sum of money to meet the exigency
upon being guaranteed by the creditors that no fi ur h
liability
ypust down
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ueto
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subscription list was banded round, and it was signed by
many proprietors to a considerable amount. The meet-
ing did not separate until a late hour. It appeared that
the liabilities of the bank exceen the assets by at lust
400,0001; that the number of shares in the company was
19,000,. but that not 10,000 of them were supposed to be
lgood;arge coal in consequenceowti er,
stated
of wbich
broadly Mr.
that
tThomashe Powell,
shareholdersa
must at least pay up 401. a share, if not more, to extri-
cate the bank. sThe shares in the company are 201.
shares, of which 13/. has been called. A committee was
appointed to confer with the committee of creditors, anti
another meeting is to be held on Monday next.--•
Chronicle.

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DEATH FROM HYDRC,PHOBTA.—A poor %romp r,
Ellen Harrington, aged 62, an inhabitant of Dunmanways
lately fell a victim to this terrible disease, under cite:in-s-
-tances the most appalling. About three months ago, while
separating two dogs from fighting, one of them, her own.
flew at her in a furious manner, and bit her slightly. The dog
was immedia'ely shot. No attention was paid to the Po"
woman's wound—it healed, and the danger was imagined
past. But on the 7th inst., after returning from town, where
she was transacting business, in her usual good health and
spirits, she took suddenly ill ; the unmistakeable symptoms
of hydrophobia set in ; and after suffering the most dreadful
agony and pain, to which medical aid could minister no re-
lief, death put an end to her miseries on Saturday evening:
Persons are too generally apt to overlook the appareltly
trivial causes from which hydrophobia springs—neglecting tO
call in on the moment medical assistance, ,s hick if it can at
all afford relief, it must be in the incipient stage of WI
disease.— Cork Examiner.