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bull in a lotlge on his farm, the 

 animal, which had previously 

 evinced a vicious disposition, broke 

 the halter by which he was con- 

 fined, and ran furiously at Mr. 

 Else, knocked him ilown, and 

 then gored him in tlie abdomen, 

 so iliat the bowels obtruded ; in 

 which state lie was carried into 

 his liouse, but died in a few mi- 

 nutes afterwards. He has left a 

 wife and six children. 



5. Dublin. — At the examina- 

 tions for Sizers' entrance into 

 Trinity-college last June, ayoung 

 man from Kerry, not sufficiently 

 master of the English tongue, re- 

 quested permission of the Exa- 

 miner to translate into Irish. His 

 wish was consented to by the 

 Examiner, who, luckily for the 

 candidate, was an accomplished 

 Irish scliohir, and the young man 

 gained a distinguished place. This 

 fact is curious, and highly credi- 

 table to tlie gentleman who exa- 

 mined, who is a Fellow of tlie 

 College. 



Inundations in Holland. 



Tliiel, Juhj 5. — The water is 

 already risen to 16 feet 6 inches, 

 iind increases houily ; it stands 

 in many places upon a level with 

 the lowest dikes ; measures have 

 been instantly adopted to raise 

 them by means of clay and wicker- 

 work : the lower lands are in 

 most jilaces imdei- water ; faimers 

 who had cut their liay eight days 

 ago have lost the whole; it is all 

 washed away; the glass which is 

 yet standing is now rotting in the 

 ground. 



. July 7. — The water continues 

 to rise without intermission ; it 

 stands at present at 17 feet 6 in- 

 ches. All our waste canals are 

 run over, and the high state of 



the water, in the rivers, not only 

 confines the inundation, but the 

 continual rains increase it : there 

 is no egress for it : the river is 

 now completely on a level with 

 the dikes : at this season such a 

 lamentable state of the waters has 

 never been witnessed. 



Arnheim, July b. — The torrents 

 of rain which have fallen, accom- 

 panied by waterspouts and storms, 

 in Germany and Switzerland, to- 

 gether with the continued rain we 

 have had in this district, have 

 produced such an effect upon the 

 Rhine, that the water has risen 

 in the river at this city to the al- 

 most, at this season, unparalleled 

 height of 1.5 feet 7 inches. But 

 the most lamentable prospect is 

 before us : it rose last night 14 

 inches, and is increasing hourly. 

 In every |)art of the neighbouring- 

 country, where the lands are ra- 

 ther low, they are in a state of 

 inundation. Cattle are removed 

 into the stalls, and as a great 

 scarcity of fodder exists, the con- 

 sequences are not to be foreseen. 

 At A elye a dam has been con- 

 structed, which will require all 

 the spare hands to preserve. At 

 Nimuegen, the water stood yes- 

 terday already at 16 feet 1 inch, 

 and ran over the quay. At 

 Oostcrhout, every exertion was 

 employed to resist the body of 

 water which had already produced 

 so much injui y in that neighbour- 

 hood. The districts of the Maas 

 and AVajd are nearly all imder 

 water ; the height of the water in 

 the rivers having, during the last 

 tw o months, prevented any being 

 let off". It is the same with the 

 land near the Waal. At Rosande 

 and Oosterbeck it is upon the 

 point of running over ; and if 



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