North Wales Gazette

,) ,vl S'JUTE ;VALE;S, v "¡jng is from The Auairxztzs-i, «. rifty -n: dished at Sydoe>, New ts'octh Wales: — '■■■ co^Mie-'d ui another part of ;>ur tt.e. lute s?r edition {<> Western -port, bv H jvoM and I?:; me. cannot fail to attrttct '■ it has made us acquainted :*x?rnsiTe r^nsre of territory of which we •tore utterly ignorant, the finest in' point > "irit -r. 5f climate. An adrni able port, too. and 2M :nfer.or Ti tnagtri tudc to any y"t known • r">ony. runs into the vei y heart of it—thos j ig every fiic iity of communication which ■■■ and conMierce can need. With these 'led apitflp formaioi of-,i -,et. combined with the still continuing spirit ••?* trrcrton to this colony, and with the almost of V.n Diemah's Land, it ap- to «s impossible that the beautiful tract of r,a,- Port can be much longer Doked. We regret, however, to state, that •scovery .101 promise to be of any iii-i- bt'Pf"? te the inhabitants of this part of the '•fly* It appears that between Sydney ;Iid tit -re are no fewer than four distinct chains of r' y mountains, some of then so lofty as to have summits corered with snow in the vf-rv rriidst mmer. £ t is true that all these mountains f- ih t it! ¡;en passed by Mr. Kovell and hi? party are, therefore, not absolutely insurmounta- i-. :.mt still they are .sulifcicatly inaccessible to er any thing iike an active and constant corn- •r.'f- nation by land, between the country in the --i^libourhood of Western Port and this colony, ;)roblematical. Caule may possiiiJy pass e one settlement to the other with diffi er w I bat we suspect that s>H carriages must be ■act 2side.. AJ inland commerce, we fear, will <• to be carr;ed L packs and panniers on the t •<•:$of mules. This conjecture, however, rests < hypothesis, that the several chains of ic-.ita..as waich have been -lately traversed, "h across the t,) the westward for t-.r Ju they terminate abruptly on th:irapproa,h ;"ds the.Lnchlan, it wiii.be a task of no di- tncuity io make a ca»riag« road from FJ.vhv.rst all 11) Westf-r,) In th;s ease we may ipect from the delioi«v<snes.« r?f the climate, and -,)r(;' ilreTICe with th<» F.ngiishso srenerally-give '■* > a cold climate over a warm one. that the tide "t settlement will tu.-n, and, instead of flowing as "t presef.t in a northern direction, along the hanks fH 'nte.S fliver and of the Macqnarie, will flow ■. wards the southward until it overspread the nmense tract of fertile country just discovered. thig hipz)er, it }« almost impossible to ■i'ilict the advantages that will result to the .:iy from.tilts uissovwy. To say nothing of ilie amazing range of P, and that too of the > v best qua. itv, wh would throw open to • Socks and herds. if is not easy to conceive • he-extensions It may give to onr agricul- and comme.'Cfc-, and the vat ions new branches industry &occ'ipa*ioR which if may lead to. It w ild not indeed b" IJ: ttterof m-tch surprise to us if found ourst'Sve.? ply Jog between Western Port Port Dairympie. The distaace between these is but a few ssii,! travellers :ice to Van Dietnan's Land, or fhence hither, nave no doubt would, as in most other cooa- L s, prefer a journey Ly land, as far as it might nfacticable, to thcs perils and suffwings of a voyage, b.ad they the option. vTe merely nsentiou this as one of the probable changes which ih:« valuable discovery iriy occasion in our mode communication with the sister coiony in Van a i i ii Many O,?f eh-ajiges I wiH tinqufstjonably result frsm it, about which it •v i!d be premature, and might be considered as hardly speculative to hazard conjecture. We I f, howeve. unwilling to l-n a discovery of 'iis value and magnitude pass altogether i;n« no*.iced, and we only hope that the local Govern* will duly appreciate and regard the enter- -isiug travellers, to whom the coiony at large is >>i.r»bted fot an addition, of fertile territory. In Ioii our population and industry nay have such :• >.isiderable:exi>ansio;i. What acids to !to( enterprise is the circumstance of i*3 being <-os'iducted almost entirely at the. <x pence of Messrs sfovell and Ilijnte. who received but iittle assis* tn.'iee from Oovernmeut." Here folio the account alluded to The fob<j«njg particulars of the expedition -s the country to Western Port cannot fail to < ■■>\v interesting to otir readers. We give them •i.arly as possible in the words in which they C (I.-ii! I"I tI I On the-3d Ü: October last we took our de- ;i-re frotn the district of Appin, accompanied SiTVaiitx, hvin; a for » ei! weeks, and proceeded to Mr. Hume's sta- t On the 1/th we continued iourney in a south-west direction, and the ¡ f "wing da passed over a fine gracing country, [I'lains, calle(I by, • ivitivcs Yarr atid in tilt: evening of the foj- _< jwing dav .we ai iiv ed on the banks o'f the Mor* uuvJjidgee, which wr crossed on the :J, and 'nliuuing ottr route to the SW, over ati open st country initii the 21th. when, finding it iin,- .) •iic;ibte to ascend the mountains in front, we ned it expedient to leave our carts on the a with voe. heavy articles and on the 29th we dis- ■ •■■■■red a passage over the mountains, which run ocaiiy north and south, and on the 31st we de- -s-i-s.led this ran«e and arrived at a small river er, i' ni, about a mile distant t'1'l1!J\ another of lir,.cediti!,T to *v ;J branch, both runi:ing hi n direction towards Morruiubid.gee. On the tth and.dth we pur- "t our progress over the mountains,, and on vcning df t'»e hh we descended in a country .'ilferent aspect, being very much broken, .an'd of > 'i covered with snow. whMi iud;jef>d us to w a more westerly vnn-se. Upon thi» course-. continued until the 13th, pjssiug through an country. wHl water. by nnme: ons creeks.. then resuinrd our route to ttiy SVV. and pro- led until the Ibth, when we reached the banks si river situate in lat. S6. i », s. This river, ><ch we named Hume's River,* t ikes its rise • „■ •: the snow mountains, and is .ibout 1.1(1 yards t.iruadth, and deep, the banks about ten feet -re the level of the wafer, but apparently <rv<»r- -.•v-d in times of Hood, the htreatn running about :or four miles per honr in a VV. to S W. di- i-; ion- On the 2(Hh we cro <sed to the south i!'of 'be river by menus of a boat made from v sticks and a tarpaulin, and on the Ist -v<- o -ttiuued onr journey -through h cou-Ury inter- ;'d with -.wamps an 1 lagoons for about four We-then came to a branch of the |>rpc<"d- ,"Fr. bv ni the evening to another branch of'the same which w;is torded without diificoUy, Our i(> was slili «o the S W. fore.st land abounding xcellent pabturage. the ev*»nin» of the -> we arrived on tile banks of a small but :river, which we named Owen's River;' -• the lat. 38. Si). S. which forded on the ;tg day, and pur-suert onr journey along-the j a r,sn?« of inouniait'S, w!r-e.h mounu-ioS. j ■ossed on the 3'^tb, a id decern.)e;} <>r) ;he ;»Oth'- j count t y, and continntiig .onf | .f- we a'-rived on t.h« S4 of r).oi'inb»«r at- a 1 41 i ¡hv¡¡¡;¡-Crf.\jf,1 fionlt-nrn River, we 1 cu- cnurse to the .S>V. until tb» 8-h, ':¡J weie obliged to alter to the Nff. on account of z monntair}, which being covered with low brash wood and scrub was found impassable. On the 12th we resumed our journey to the SW cams in j5i<fh't of some plains, which had a very superior Hp|»(arance to any we had passed, and on the following day we bad ottr opinion confirmed, as throughout this day's pfogresss the land ex- ceeded onr most sanguine expectation. fn th, course of this afternoon we ascended a hill, from whence we had a very extensive view of as fine a country as we had ever seen in any part of the colony, extending from SR. to W. We continu- ed our journey in a south and west direction through the same description of country, abound- ing with small river- and creeks, all running in a southerly direction, until the of the 16th, when we had the satisfaction to reach Western Port, and encamped on the right bank at-the head of the b:iy, at the back of a large island in the hay. A iarge riverwe S,,iw coining "r,)-,ii the east- ward. which empties into Western Port. This rivvr appears to come from between a range of iy) an IV (lir-ctioti. There were many other rivers wh;¡, crossed thr plains we had passed for the last two or-three days, which dis- charged themselves into this, ^rei we consider it. in point of magnitude, to be eqnal to any hitherto discovered in the cedouy. But our previsions being nearly exhausted, we had not time to "X- plore 1t in the way we could otherwise have wished. 41 For some rlY" previous to onr arrival at W estern Port, the country was of a most superior description in resoect to pasturage and we found ;t fo heeo«a!lygoo(? elven to the edge of the water. Although there appears to be a deficiency of wood at Western Port. yet there is for all the purposes f¡Jr which it miffht be required on a farm and about 60 miles distant from that station, any quantity of timber of the best quality might be obtained, which could bt- brought to Western Port with the utmost facility, by means of the river which runs from the mountains as before mentioned. We did not fall in with any natives in the L!Igll course of our journey to Western Port, although we frequently observed traces of them. At Wes- tern Port we met a tribe, with whom we were on amicable terms, though at first they gave us reason to apprehend they were hostile inclined. 01 our return we met about 100 men, women, and children they behaved themselves towards us in the most friendly and peaceable manner. These natives we considered superior to any we had pre- viously seen in any part of the colony. We left Western Port on the ISlh of December, and re- crossed the Goulburn River on the 24-th, about "35 miles more to the westward than on the preced- ing occasion. We continued our journey in a more western track, until we came to the second range of mountains, on our outward journey, when we resumed our old track and on the 16! li of January we reached the spot where our carts were, which we found in the same state as we had left them, although We had positive proofs that the natives had been there during our absence. On the 18th we arrived at Mr. Hume's, at Lake On the 18th we arrived at Mr. Hume's, at Lake George, lifter an absence of about 15 weeks, dur- ing all which time we had not more than six day's rain, and the, country, generally speaking, seemed to havp suffered severely from the. wan* of it. Our provisions lasted us to the end of our jqurney, with the exception of flour, which was expended 3 days before we returned to Lake George. t: THE FIGHT I BETWEEN Tit P, LION NgRO AND SIX DOGS, J 0 .5,000 Sovereigns. This singular'combat took place on Tuesday, in the Old Factory Yard, at Warwick, close to 1 the spot where the stage was erected for Cannon and Ward to fight on the preceding Tuesday, and where they would have fougiit had they not been compelled to remove info an adjoining parish. In the course of Mouday, numbers of people went to See Nero in the ajfternnon he was put into his cage, and wa, greatly admired by fvery one who saw him. j The Dogs were handled bv Mr. Edwards, John Jones and William Davies, assisted by Samuel Wedgbury. < The dogs which were kept chained Separately in two rooms adjoining each other, in the town drew nearly as many visitors as the Royal Beast. Those who were good judges of the canine race, said ihey never saw a fii,r set of animals collect- ed together at any time. They had indeed, a mogi and teri-iac api)earanrf,. and soi)if, of them. after the manner of the Romans of old. bora their honoured scars" visibly imprinted on their foreheads. The following are their names and colours: 1. Turk, a brown coloured dog. ) 2. Captain a sallow and white dog, with skew- bald face. I 3. Tiger, a brown dog, with white legs. 4. Nettle, a little brindled bitch, with black head. 5. Rose, a skewbald bitch', 6. Nelson, a white dog, with brindled Spot*, 6. Nelson, a white dog, with brindled í1()t. There were eight cogs ui readiness, hat soon: after they arrived at Warwick, nneofthsm fou.vvt with another Whih had broken loose, and had his windpipe torn outthe survivor was CDinrleteiv scalped in the contest, but net in <he least dis- abled. Nero's caravan -w«.s drawn up the care (which was made in tvhrewsbnry); liol it was some time before Mr. VTotnhw^ll and the keeper could prevail on him tr «*n!er it • when hp. out he was greeted with great appiause. The den was eft-vatec, on a fa of wheels, which raised it four 'et tro » e gro r The whole had a light anc I'es i™t t» i i w and so admirably constructed, it f r i s d the requisite strength for wt c streoiing in the least the view of i e The arena was a parellelogra r\*ir s Ion bounded on the north bv an im n 3 fc with 50 large windows, the girt i b*,itlv tmken out for rhe accominoi it r <■ > t;¡to:'I: the east by some of Mr. Woweirs caravans: the south-east by a building witn wm- rlow the south by caravans, and the rest by buildings, & a temporary screen of hoard. The windows were provided with seats for six per- sons, 3 above S. Many persons stood on M-. Woivvbwell's stage and others, at a less price, stood in the arena. The Cage, or Den where the fight took place, was mentioned in a former Chronicle. A platform was erected sloping from the ground up to the cage, for the dogs to run up to make the'attack. At a quarter past fOeven three of the dogs were brought to the platform. As soon ns the lion perceived ttietn he advilice(I towards, them, and ley down with his nose almost close to the rail- ing. At this instant the greatest anxiety pre- vailed in the minrt of every one prespnt. Mr. Womb well, who had previously determined to Tiled to remain inside during the tight, was now called ¡ upon by a great cumber of voices to come out.— With this request, after some time, he reluctantly complied when he was loudly applauded. (n a ShNt timo the three dogs were let loose, j they ran in boldly and 1JHde at the lion's bead hi s long shaggy mane prevented them from get- j ri ng hold of his neck or jaws, and he kept them from his nose :for some time bv lifting up his head and-knockieg them down with his paws, tn tfl1S manner the fight continued, the dogs attacking-, aod seizing him by the mouth tiad nose when he was taken hold of, tossing up-, and throwing about. ( his head to shake the dogs off, and knocking them down and lacerating them with his claws. In I about twelve minutes one do was beaten and taken away a second, on Nero making furiousl) HT him. ran QUI. of the cage but the third, little bi-itidlecl bitch, which had been completely scalped by fighting two or three days before, and had been otherwise much torn about the head, continued the attack alone nor could all tbe etInrts of the lion .drive her off. At length, quite ex- hausted, they both lay down, the bitch lying be- tween the lions forelegs, with one of his paws across her track. The bitch, by biting the lion as he lay, got free and attacked him again with what little strength she had itft, and Nero, as he was able, kept knocking her off with his legs.- She was at length drawn out. This part of the fight lasted fifteen minutes, and all the dogs were fairly beaten. Every one, Was astonished at the manner in I which the lion repulsed the dogs. He did not seize, them with his mouth and destroy them as every one supposed he would have done, at with his monstrous teeth, but acted all the time upon the defensive never attacking but when at- tteked, and defending himself ad the time with his feet. The dogs game as they were, we>e well aware of the power of his paws, and-often avoid- ed the blows himed at them. lf.th« lion bit any one of the dogs, it was the one that i-iiii away, for it was remarked that he rushed at him more than once with the utmost fury. Thedogs were much torn about, the head, neck, and shoulders, and bled profusely. When the dogs had been taken awav, the lion walked about the with his mouth open, evi- dently wtLh distressed. Mr. Womb well want into him with some water, which he dashed ia his face to refresh him. Nero then lay down and drank some water that was given to him, and con- tinued ly ing till tlie other three dogs were brought to the platform. Their noise roused him, and he walked round the cag, evidently wishing to make his escape to avoid them. He had lost much of his courage, and appeared greatly distressed on their appearance. These dogs were larger and stonter than the former three. The instant they were loosed Nero ran from them: in a short time they all three seized him by lips or nose, and brought him to the ground, that is, in the sporting phrase, fairly pinned him. The lion, by knocking the dogs about with his paws, throwing about his head, and rolling over, again got loose. The dog's still stuck to him, and brought him down a second, and a third time. They were then driven off, This termination of the fight did not seem to satisfy the company, who thought that either the dogs or the lion was to be completely beaten. In a short time thedogs were turned upon him again and soon pinn'd him down as they had done be- fere. It was now evident to every one that, the dogs had the best of it, and to continue the fight longer would be to inflict upon the noble beas! an unnecessary and cruel punishment—-The dogs were then drawn from the cage, lacerated, like the for- mer three, by the lion's claws, and covered with blood. The lion did not use his teeth at this part of the fight. The Lion, it was evident, was overmatched, considering the manner in which he defended him- self. The mild and docile disposition of Nero is not equal to the task of FIghting- with three stout well-bred bull dogs. What a more ferocious Lion might do we cannot say but if these annuals do not make good use of their teeth in figh»ng, so many dogs will always be too much for them. j The issue of this combat would detract in a great degree from the generally received opinion j of ib« invincible cowa^e. <Sr almost u-»p*ra.- .c.wt i atrength of th« Lion, L w. ¡ Nero must have lost much of the natfve fierceness of disposition that belongs to this animal, from his having b'»«n Whelped and brought up in this country, and the-deg/ee of tameness inseparable from his constant association with his keepers, and the caresses of his owner, Mr, Womb well, in his native state, where he roams abroad as the Lord of the Forest, the case isry different: at the C»p« of Good Hope, a race o'f dogs of pecu- liar ferocity and strength, and of a SIze equas to the Newfoundland breed. Is kept and traIned. at the public expense for the purpose of destroying this King of Beasts," but in all cases, where a lion is found, at least. SO of these dogs are. ne- cessary to his destruction, and then 8 or .S of tfiem cessary to his destruction, and then 8 or .S of tfiem are sure to be killed in the attempt. In many cases too, he no! (infrequently keens the whole.pack at bay, snd finally retreats victorious The prices of admittance were S guineas. gui- neas. guinea, and standing places 10s. VV e In means of knowing what ;he rece'pts file hut a great number of persons, fcens:.)««»! the high prices, were present. The p!cjc»j>0c;teis at the door wpre very active but Rat successaii. Mr. Worabweli has a staalfer lio'b w"b more ferocity about him, whicn he has roatehedto Sgnt on- Saturday, at the same place for It'tf guineas. Me is to f:^ht s"'xdogs, but on! v two of them arc to be set or. htm at one time. to be set or. htm at one time. SECOND LION FIGHT, Wombwell matched his Wallace, a S.te, lion, cubbed in Scotland, against six of the hem. dogs that could be found.-—1Towards eight o^'clock on Saturday the Factory-yard at Warwick was well attended, atos. each person, and soon after the battle commenced—The lion was turned from his den to the same stage oij which' Nero fought, and the condition was that two doors-should be at a time. Tinker. Ball, Bill", Sweep, t o. Tiger, were the six dogs selected. In t i found. Tinker and Ball, were let loose, mi both made gallant attack the lion shewed f, however, to be a forest lion, and fought He CiRpPed his paw upon poor Ball, cooK- tlaker in his t-etb, ;;0,1 deliberately walked round the stage with him as a cat wouid with a mouse. Ball, released from the paw, worked fU s f n 'd, but Wallace treated his slight paeSob- » r by akkk now and then. He at length y ,— e4.Tinker, who crawled off the stage tis well >t Id- The lion then seized gall in his i and he would have bee 5 almost devoured, u t stc-ond got hold, of hhr, throug-h the bars. 4 .batsled him 8.way-Tu!'p\n. a London, & Sweep, m Liv^ronol dog. made an excellent attack, and ft -},i g- n.tly, but both vers vanquished in less th~< =f w "M'e. The- London ¡Ei'i hôited3 soon « hp t';o t'd extricate himself from the lion's grasp but i- -p would have been killed on the spot hail i bt e't i .-ekeised, W^gbury Untied Bitly aniTi t tig *» rr,(,gt look" upov: the. wound? *s a'o' r ftoth went tn work, WaNict f ze by the If xs, and when shak- ing him, T:¡;o; as >■ Wedgbury cried out, you see how yc've gammoned me to have the in s u •laud killed." Billy, however, est i r wi:h his ife. He was dragged throng-I) the ru ving received a mark in his loins, which (if be I'I"C\,Hrs at,ill) \vill pro bably render him unfit any future contest. The I victory of course was red ia favour of the | lion.—Nero has coo-.pietely recovered but Turk is dead, and his other opponents much torn J QllÜ manned. .-# RECOVERY OF PERSONS APPARENT- LY DROWN KD. I At this season of the year it is very common wheh the heat becomes oppressive, for any per- { sons to indulge in the luxury If bathing, alid-it Unfortunately happens (as it has lately occurred in this vicinity) that some, from want of caution, or accidental circumstances lose their lives, while others run the most imminent hazard, but who, perhaps, are recovered before the vital spark is extinct. In cases where the thread of life haugs upon such a feeble tenor, much good may occa- sionally be accomplished by adhering to the following rule of treatment, which have been put into our hands by a correspondent, who suggests the propriety of establishing a society in the town, on the plan of the Humane Society at Liverpool and Hull, that should possess a room and apparatus for the effectual adllljnisiration of the best method for the recovery of persons ap- parently (irowne(I METIIOO OF TREATMENT RECOMMENCED BY THE SOCIETY. Loose no tilIl"2. Avoid all l'ougli 3. Never hold the body up by the feel.—.4. Nor roll the body on casks. --5. Nor rub tlie body with salt or spirits.—6. Nor inject tobac- co-smoke, or infusion of tobacco. RESTORATIVE MEANS IN APPARENTLY VROTYNEO- Send quickly for Medical assistance but do no (tie carejxilly, wi'th the head and shoulders supported in a raised position to the nearest Strip the body a.nd rub it dry then wrap it in hot blankets, and place it in a warm bed in A warm chamber,—S. Wipe and cle-arl tile month and Iwstrils.-4, (n order to restore the natural wartn'h of the ba !y;—.1. Move a heajea covered • warming pan over the back and spine.—2. Put. bladders or bottles of hot water or heated bricks to the pit of the stomachy the armpits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the feet..—3. Fo- ment the body with hot flannels but, i' possible, L Immerse the body in a warm bath as hot as the hand can bear without pain .as this is pre- ferable to the other means for restoring warmth. -I), Rub the bodybrisk\y with the hand; do not, however, suspend the use of the other means at the same time.—6, In order to restore breathing, introduce the pipe of a common bellows (where the apparatus of the society is not at hand) into one nostril, carefully closing the other and the mouth at the same time drawing downwards and pushing gently backwards, the upper part of the windpipe to allow a more free admission of air, blow the bellows gently, in order to iajlale the lungs, ti;l the breast be a little raised the.mouth and nostrils should thpn beset free, and a'moderate pressure made with the hand upon the chest. Re- peat the process till life appears. -7. Electricity to be employed early by a Medical Assistant.—8. Injection into the stomach, by means of elastic tube and syringe, half a pint of warm brandy and water, or wine and water.—9. Apply salvolatile or hartshorn to the nostrils. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS- On restoration to life, a teaspoonful of warm water should .be given; and- then, if the power be returned, small quantities of warm wine, or weak brandy and water, wariii the paf!(>ni should be kept in bed, and -disposition to sieep encouraged, except in cases ot upopiexy, JI1!:)ication, or caMp-de S(jíeil. G-reat care is re- quisite to maintain the renlored vital, actions, and utlhf same, li-m-v io prevent undue e.Tctlemmt. The treatment recommended by the Society is to be persevered in for three or jo><r. hours. It is an erroneous.opinion; tha t persons'nre irrecovera- ble because life does not soon make i-is .appear-, ancti and it is absurd to suppose that, a body-, "lust "()-t Permission 0 r a Coroner. — tsinniujnafii.-Uhronicte d;¥"(.T;