LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

West Coast Times, Issue 309, 19 September 1866, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

The "Pali Mall Gazette" (evening paper) of the 26th July says :— A message from the Great Eastern, dated four o'clock this morning, reports that arrangements were being made for leading the ship into Heart's Content, preparatory to landing the end of the cable on Friday night. Th« weather is favorable, and the signals are perfect. The following telegram had just been received in town :— " Valentia, July 26. Canning to Glass, 11.20 a.m., Greenwich time. We are now in 130 fathoms soundings, and eighty miles from the rendezvous ship, off Trinity Bay. All going well. Weather foggy, but calm."

to the earth, sending his rider flying over his ears Nothing dauuted, ho- mounted again, and shaved, but still cleai'ed, the second leap. At the third, the poor horse showed evident signs of weakness, and again caught the top rail with his feet, and fell over with a craslu his rider, for the second time, escaping without .injury. Ho again mounted, but it was evident to all that he would never clear the last leap. He rode him at it N but the liorse simply rushed against it without attempting to rise. He repented the attempt two or three times, the horse always charging against the fence, knocking it each time more and more out of th^pwrpendioular, and on one occasion throwing the rider over his neck on to the top of it. Mr-Crisp was advised to let him rest for a time, as he still had fifty minutes to spare, but he declined, and, putting him at it again, the poor animal made a final effort, and rose at the fence* but landed upon the top of it, and rolled over with his rider, an indistinguishable heap upon the ground. A general rush was made to the spot, and Mr Crisp was quickly pulled away, a little crushed about the shoulder, but otherwise unhurt. The poor horse fared much •worse, for his neck was dislocated by the fell, and in about ten minutes he was dead. The pluck of Mr Crisp in risking his own neck, as well as that of his horse, in the reckless manner he did, cannot be denied ; but wo very much, question whether tasking the energies of a noble beast, until it perishes in willing but unavailing efforts to obey the impossible behests of its exacting rider, is a deed of which any man can have good reason to be proud.' So far the local paper. We do not hesitate to say that it is a reason for deep regret that the ruffian rider was not killed instead of the far more noble animal."