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j o — j — # 7 —r o ) 4 r J1801.” The trophy became the property of the late Mr. Williamtoy, of Cheam, in whose possession it remained forty years, and y whose executors it was put up to auction. It is satisfactory to know that the relic is now within sight of the old Victory, Nelson’s flag-ship, and at the centre of the naval service.The gigantic whale captured in February last in the Gulf of Taranto, Italy, has been subjected to a critical examination by Professor Capellini, who, in a report lately published, states it as his opinion that the whale is of a species hitherto unknown to science, and he has named it Balana tarentina, in allusion to the locality of its capture. This unlooked-for discovery of a new species of huge marine animal, taken in connection with the alleged appearance of anotheru monster ” a short time later, and in the same neighbourhood, as vouched for by the officers of the Royal yacht Osborne, is regarded as a strong argument in favour of the existence of unknown huge marine living objects, such as are popularly indicated by the name of “ sea serpents.” The opinion is gaining ground in Italy that the sea serpent of the Royal yacht was some creature usually living at the bottom of the sea, but disturbed by submarine volcanic phenomena.The following particulars concerning the new peal of bells for St. Paul’s, now in course of construction, are interesting :—The first and second bells are given by the Drapers’ Company, im-Eressed with the triple crown and the motto, “ Unto God only be onour and glory ; ” the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth bells by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts and the Turners’ Company, of which she is a member, with the Turners’ motto, surmounted by a coronet, under which
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London Week News
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Dec 29, 1877
Page 21
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Richard M.
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