The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-06 00:00:00

FALL OF THE "FEMALE BLONDLN"

BOLTON.

On Tuesday evening an intensely exciting scene 0/
witnessed at Bolton. In connection with Mr. Pablo
Fanque's circus, the Female Blondin" had been
announced for an outdoor performance. She vrAs
to
walk along a rope fixed from the third storey of the
Old Coronation Mills to the top of the circus, the
height of the rope being about sixty feet, and the dis-
- some eighty feet. About half-past seven the "Female
Blondin" entered the Coronation Mills, which are be42g
pulled down, and ascended the rope. She sauntered alone'
for a few feet with a light and easy step, but at about
fifteen feet from where she started there was a larg° poly
knot on the rope several inches long. She essayed to or°
it, and then turned back. In a moment, however, she ro:
sumed her perilous journey, amid the breathless anxiety c 1
thousands who s o sixty feat beneath her. She approaebet
the knot cautiously, crossed it, but just as her lot foot
was leaving it she stumbled. At once she threw her
pole to the crowd below, and with a d,sperate effort she
grasp„.d the rope. She is a strong muscular woman, Ot
exerted herself greatly to regain a pr,s:tioa on the rope,
hung ,penclud by 111.1. Lands. The wild •st excitement Pre;
.11
Tailed amongst the spJetatirs. 'Tors wore loud 0.1"
"Lower the rope," which was done, but ouly for a very fe'r
feet. With more speed than it can be told, a great Dulu!gi
of n'en massed themselves together at the placo over
she hung by the rope, and begged her to let go and fal•
Sh
did so, and wa.s caught by them; and although the dist'l
she full was almost fifty feet, she sustained no injury beY°
the fright and a shake.
A contemporary says :—" Not many days igm°
when a Trapese performer, who calls himself
fell at Birmingham, wo commented in an article, entitl;
The Dance of Death,' upon the immorality of sfl°.
dangerous performances. We asked the interferell
of authority to iusist that, when a high rope is. lishl
a not so largo as to render a fatal fall impossiblelil "
suspended under it. Alvante wro; ous a letter, of which rho
following is an extract : —"I can Assure you I Have
until now as safe on My Trapeze Bar as some would bo
But Ae:
the ground, being a thorough Master of My Art.
..
cidents will Happen to Everybody weither a Gymnast
Steeple Chaser, You May slip ou a Piece of Orange Peel and
break e leg, but to Prevent for the future A Re Occurreiic"
of An Accident of the Kind I shall Have a Net under Id:
all the way were I Perform. I am getting on famon',d
and shall soon be Able to resume my Professional Duti°s'
SIG. ALVASTE, Sall The Flying Man."

THE UNIVERSAL FEELING ICY

TIPPERARY

A special correspondent of the Daily Yews, writing frel
Thurles, Tipperary, on the agrarian outrages in 1re1,,;
gives the following description of the universal feei'.;
there anent tenant right :—" I said that there was n°
co
spiracy amongst the peasantry of Tipperary to take eic`to
the lives of obnoxious landlords, or to inspire terror
the Legislature, and that for that statement I bad
th
best authority. But although there is no conspfreel,la
the legal sense of the word—no conjuratio, no combinatiel
bound together by oath or other formula to coal
illegal acts—there is a conspiracy in the etyniel°giecni,
sense of the word—there is a common feeling and Con'',„'
sus, an instinctive and involuntary compact aree/3:be
the people, in opposition to the legal rights of
landlord class. This sentiment is so universal that n°'°-,:
cares to deny or to conceal it. There is a latent feet
which finds expression in acts more than in words, areeigi
the farming classes that, as they till the land, tu.4,
have naturally the first and highest claim on the Pr4l,lleg-'s
I had an illustration of this only this morning l'');:o
fair day in Thurlas, and of course it has brOughtci
the town many farmers of the better ft
Two entered the coffee•room where I sat. The
question asked was, Have you seen the paper to-de-lit'
No, it has not come yet, I believe.' I wonder if tle;
has been another murder ; I hear that several have beat
threatened.' It is a bad business ;it prevents caP"o
coming into the country.' The Government ollgll, e
put it down.' The
o
ought can the Government do ?' ).-o
ought to tell the people what they mean to pronose''
,co,
the conversation went on for some time, diverging e."
sionally from politics to the price of sheep, yearlings' 01
steeplechasing. Both were moderate in tone—one I cy,,e3
perceive more Tory than the other, for he retne%e
emphatically that ' democracy was too much on "8,
increase,' to which the other rather coolly assentel
At last one said—and this is the p0i1't...,1)4 f
which I wish to illustrate the feeling that exietece
hear that Mr. C., of Holy Cross, has given liewies
to a tenant.' 'For what ?—non-payrnent of re,x)tus
'No ; the lease has expired, and, as I understood,
added, `Mr. C. has gone out of the way.' Well, TPIO
think that is right; in a country like this, where e filDe
can live only by the land, I don't think he ought t 0
llt,
evicted As long as he pays his rent—that is, a fair rei°t
Perhaps the farm was worth more than he was palirjgelll
it ?" Begad, no ; I believe he was paving nearly the
value--255. an acre.' `Nell, lam sorry fer Mr. 0
don't think it's right if the tenant was even :113°40111
arrear of rent, I would rather let it pass, for a roan WZIP
be down to-day and up again to-morrow. Besides, :13,
C. has got plenty on his lands, and he has but one
I have given here word for word the conversation of 11,
well-to-do Tipperary farmers, and I have no doubt th'4o
the intervals between buying and selling something jest
similar nature is being said all over the town.
does this conversation prove? It is fair to suPP°secil
while the tenant here spoken of held under Mr. -1 to
suppress the name, which is a very common one both "eiiio
and in England—the tenant had a fair return Wog
capital and labour ; whether he increased the let,"
value of the farm did not clearly appear. But the
aid
having expired and the contract ended, what further °to
had the tenant? None, says the law. Yet here Were,,,,,
men—farmers, or, it may be, men of small proPe7o
for they were accustomed to follow the hounds 3%0e
take part in steeplechases--admitting that there ws'es,i It/
duty behind the legal contract the violation of which Used
made Mr. C.'s conduct to be regarded as harsh, and ea,,i)eri
Mr. C. himself to take himself out of the way. Thie
same opposition was manifested in the case of Mr. Set;itie
of Ballycohey. Take that case in its plain features, c42,,fr,
out exaggeration and without passion. What did beg
Scully Scully do ? No one can deny that the land of BallYc-01
was his—that he entered into a contract with his tei;r:ciee
there by lease—that for the violation of the cot"-4jeci
in that lease he entered the land, acconeVsceil
by public force of the country—which evidently sile;er
that he was doing nothing but what the law—the e%'o
sion of reason—warranted : two persons, a bailiff :t
tl
policeman, were shot, and what was the result? , %re'
universal feeling of the whole kingdom, not °WY inn theland, but in England and in Scotland, was arraYed, the
side of the tenants who resisted the law, and seei
landlord who endeavoured to enforce it. Here, thee:
the universal instinct, not of a district, or a entintY:„
kingdom, or a race, but of three kingdoms and all fl'e-lioSe
the side of those who resisted, and not on the side
who carried out the legal right."

mt

The Inns of Court have resolved to aPPti;
Reader. on llindoo, Mahomedan, and Indian Lel°, ;01 tO
view to the examination of gentlemen from India E°
-,,1i615
dispensation of terms as a qualification for call to the 9', of
Bar. The Council of Legal Education have the elect'°-

the Reader and Examiner on these subjects. 00
NORTH NORFOLK ELECTION PETITION.'": e
petition " Colman v. Sir E. H. K. Lacon and F. W1.3`1)
is to be heard on Tuesday next, at the C aritie,
Mr. Se) j ant Balantine has bten ratan e 1 for tbe,lllo
tioner ; Mr. Rodwell, Q.C., Mr. O'Malley, Q. l'nrol'°
Blomfield for the members. At the Judges' Chaulu -ej
order has been drawn up for particulars to be furhis'
the respondents of the alleged charges.
DEATH OF SIR THOMAS MARYON 00
Thomas Maryon Wilson, whose name will be falljiglillorri
lord of the manor of Hampstead Heath, died at
ham on Tuesday night, at the age of 69. As CO;°0- pea
the West Kent Militia, he had attended the annual
Sorpa
ing at Shorncliffe, but his health had been failingl°o" 013;
time previously. The deceased baronet, ivh°:ls°
married, is succeeded by his nephew, Sir ohn "
Prittlewell, Essex.
AST's,i
THE VISIT OF PRINCE ARTHUR TO of ')
His Royal Highness, in responding to the to l3elfgt
health, at the luncheon provided by the BlaY°l. efisstl;
in the Music-hall on Saturday, is said to have sP°' heat
an ease and freedom which quite charmed those 11410 ere 4.
him. His Royal Highness, who was loac,llY,l:eien,r,
said:—" Mr. Mayor, Lords, Ladies, and 6-en' tPA
The reception you have given me here to-dgY' '—,111;
truly hearty and enthusiastic manner with which I°-o,ocl'
received this last toast, have touched' me desPll,;sB °
have ,g 1
difficulty in finding words adequately to eNP—Nit
feelings.
(Cheers.) It was my wish that the
Belfast should terminate my present tour in fre °chilirive‘
e
order that my last impressions should be thoso or'
from seeing her where her industry and corninerc tbig
greatest—nowhere can they be more so than ,
prosperous town of Belfast. (Enthusiastic cheeriings.:
tv
is the. more agreeable to me to pay this visit eh tiel'eriagA/
anniversary of my birth. (Loud and prolonged ci
Unfortunately, the time is too short for rne t° 8-eesir /0))
could wish, but I trust at no distant period te rell ewe
visit. (Enthusiastic cheering.) Your hearty 1: 001
alone is a sufficient inducement. (Loud applause.
part, will spew my appreciation of it by endeavors 10,
merit your esteem. (Cheers.) Two bright exarquestrioll/
been set before me by my beloved father and 11 foil
godfather, and these I cannot do better than ',pod
(Cheers.) One motto guided them through life— 3 40
before pleasure.' (Applause.) I sLal.l try to
own.!!:_abgaglipacußthaintig_clictraa