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back again, and desir e d th e pr i soner, as he was ac quainted with the value of the bond, to procure change for it elsewhere. The prisoner said he could not do that, as it was to late, and wetild rather the prosecutor changed it. After some further conversation, during which the prisoner said he was a friend of the Prussian Ambas ,”dor and B a r on R ot h sc hild , witness allowed him to Jetty° with the money; he promising to get the bond ne gotiated on Monday, and call and give him the amount. Oa Monday he called according to promise, and apolo gised for not bringing the money, alleging as an excuse that ho had not been enabled to disprove of the bond, without consenting to the lass of 101(the bond purported to be for 251.) Prisoner then wanted witness to make a further advance, which he declined. Defendant then left, and from subsequent inquiries which he made he was informed that t h e b on d was spurious, and that his acquaintance with the Prussian Ambassador and Baron Rothschild was purely imaginary. Prosecutor then gave information to the police, and defendant was taken into custody last night at his lodgings. Mould, 123 C, proved taking the prisoner into cus tody at his lodgings in Park-place, St. James's. Ho found nothing upon him but a passport and 3/. Mr. Lewis denied that the bond was worthless. His client would in a few days be is possession of 5001,, and I would then pay Mr. Thicry the amount. Mr. BINGHAM would afford defendant an opportunity of settling with t h e p rosecu t o r by a llowin g him till Mon day to do so. In the meantime he would take good bail for his appearance on that day. LITERATURE. BLEAK ROUSE. .No. Era By Charles Dickens. Rick seems to be altogether incorrigible. Among the other intentions of our author connected with the development of the story now in course of publication —is that, we conjecture, of showing how a blithe young mind may become darkened and soured, and how a promising career may become blighted and lost Chaucer b the influe nce o f the Upss of the Court of y. We question even if Rick's affection for Ada will be of very long continuance. About the cleverest passages in the number before us, the one issued from the press with the commencement of this present October —are those in which Caddy's intended love -match is revealed to Mrs. Jellyby and to Mr. Turveydrop. Than the latter nothing could be more delightfully ridiculous, as scarcely anything could be more painfully true to the reality than the former —Mrs. Jellyby being one of those abominable pretenders to philanthropy without the fervour of Mrs. Fry or the genius of Mrs. Chisholm. Sweetest, tenderest, and most beautiful of all the incidents just recounted is that in which Chorley finds herself in stalled as the maid of Esther Summerson. It is an exquisite little scene, described as only Charles Dickens could describe it. Among the characters recently introduced we begin to like more and more Mr. George, the fencing master, and Mr. Bucket, the police detective. The last mentioned is a personage very new to the regions of fiction, and the employment of his agency adds somehow very wondrously to the fascination of the romance. It is evidently no mere fancy sketch —but as vivid as actual, as true to nature as a figure moving across the living picture of a camera obscura. Poor Gridley dies just as Bucket finds him out, secreted at George's Fencing Academy defended by Phil, and tended gently by Miss Flite. The description of the death scene is touching even to solemnity. Happily, from this sombre locality we turn off to the familiar one of Cook's -court, Cursitor-street—where we find Glister restraining her " fits " to give a morsel of supper to poor, hungry Jo, and where the spiritual instead of the corporal food of the said Jo is attended to by the Rev,. Chatband, after that Apostle of Humbug has invested a great deal as usual—decidedly more than is pleasant—in the oil trade, to the edification of his partner (not in the oil trade but in life) and the Suppressed amusement of the apprentices. Suspicion has entered into the heart of Mrs. Snagsby as to the reservation of some secret by her partner in the Rubber of Existence —until the house " becomes ghostly with creaking boards and rustling garments," Mrs. Snagsby dogging the heels of Mr. Snagsby un known to himself, in perpeual watchfulness—" bone of his bone, flesh of his flesh, shadow of his shadow." " Phiz" contributes to the eighth number of Bleak Rouse two of his most ingenious and characteristic illustrations. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 4. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert attended Divine service yesterday in the parish church of Crathie. The service was performed by the Rev. A. An derson. Viscountess Canning, the lion. Mary Seymour, the Right lion. Sir J o h n P a ki ngton, Colonel the Ho or n. C. 13. Phipps, and Lieut.-C o l one l t h e Hon. A. Gdon attended h er M a j esty. Sir Edwin Landseer remains at Balmoral. The Dean of St. Paul's fiad an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home -office. The Earl of Kinnoull and Lord James Stuart had also interviews with the night Hon. Secretary. Dispatches were received from the Governor- General of Canada yesterday at the Colonial-office. CITY COlitilllSlON OF SE IVERS. Yesterday a Court was held at the Guildhall, Mr, Deputy Peacock in the chair. Mr. H. L. TAvLon moved that the resolution of the Court agreeing with the report of the Committee en General Purposes to offer a sum of 3001. per annum for offices for th. use of the surveyor, instead of his pre-ent offices, held at a rent of 601. per annum, be re scinded. He stated tha t apartmentsas no d ou bt th e unoccup i ed of in the tovvn-clerk' s house und er th e roo f the Guildhall could be appropriated to the purposes of the increased busineis of the surveyor, there could be no pretext for additional calls upon the poor -rate Payer fur what might be considered dy some to be a necessary a ccommodation for their officer. The Court agreed to the motion, and also to a motion by Deputy Harrison to the effect of conferring with the Court of Common Co al ternative unbil on the su bj ect—an which seemed to be considered necessary upon the occasion. Upon the m ot i on of Mr. E LLIOTT , a return was ordered to be cow s made of th e number of places wherein are kept in the city of London, and the number of cows kept in each place. Letters were read from the Chartered and the City Gas C ompanies expressing the wngns of company t o h ave its gas tested by sci illi entific es men. each Entered upon the journals.—adjourned. me • ____...... )l____,ONl Ine vicarage of East Langdon, Kent, has become vacant by the death of the Rev. P. De Chair, M.A. ; it is worth about 200/, per annum, and is in the gift of the Earl of Guildford. The rectory of Blanton, near Kirton-upon- Lindsay, Lincolnshire, has also come vacant by the death of Mr. De Chair. It is worth 1001, per annum, and is in the gift of Mr. W. Dallison. The rectory of Aston, near Rothham, Yoshire, has beco me vacant by the death of the Rerev. WilliamrkAlder son. The benefice, which is worth about 9001. a year, is in the gift of the Duke of Leeds. DESTRUCTIVE WIIIRLWIND.---On Sunday last, be „rtween three and four o'clock in the afternoon, the town of Lyme Regis, in Dorsbtshire, was visited by a terrific whirl- Wind, by which a stack of hay in the Home Bush fields, Weighing upwards of five tons, was carried up into the air and scattered about the country In every direction. A field of fax also, at a short distance off, was torn up by the roots and scattered about the neighbourhood. The damage done to the farm and land upon which the storm fell 'with its greatest fury is very considerable. In addition to this, an immense body of water from the sea, just off the end of the Cobb Walk, was drawn up into the:air on high, like a water spout, to the great astonishment and alarm of the good people of Lyme. Ilappily, the waterspout did not discharge the main body of its contents upon th. town itself or the ad joining lands, as in that case the damage done must have been incalculable. During the whole of the day the sky had assumed a very strange and lurid appearance, as if a violent thunderstorm had been coming on. But no rain actually torren,s (to uosoen,tinhge t w o o g r o d t s h e o r f fell until after the whirlwind, when it continued far about half an hour to pour in heavy ~ ery partial in citosasvti.sitalt,ihoen,roaandd an eye-witness), as if heaven and earthlw.ere The storm, however, was did not extend far either way along the immediate however, has been partly washed away near • , Scene of disaster. -.....,_ FORTIFICAT IONS OF M I LFORD HAVEN.—The con raittee of fortifications, erected on on their recent tour been of inspection. visited t h e large martello tower which had the Stack R oc k for the defence of the arsenal, and the idea o ccurred that th e b u i lding was easily accessible by means of directed to take scaling ladd ers . Accordingly the captain-superintendent of the d oc k yards, Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart., was . .Is im portant the proper measures for the due ascertaining of M point, an d a few days ago, at the head of a party of s eamen and M ar i nes, who were properly provided with ladders and other equipments, the captain-superintendent landed on the rock, and in a short space of time the seamen P r oved to a certa i nty that the fortification was very ineffi cient, This was found to arise from the fact that the face of the rock had not been sufficiently cleared, and some rising points offered every facility for scaling. These will have to be cut and c l eared away, and it is hoped that the whole can done w ithout injuri ng the foundations of the building. The workmen are progressing with the sinking of the ground doubtless, every care will now be taken that the rock is pro rlY and efficiently scarped, so as to avoid the necessity of any additional expense when the work has been considered finished TalytiZlraAtr,_ ARTILLERY.—WOOLWIC 11, OCT. s.—Captain fore noon f T°l: , of Royal Horse Artillery assembled yesterday Commandarntthe inspection of Colonel Whinyates, C. 8., K.H., Bloomfi eld, c , who was accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel and Captain 'i' t , ; l l l cl udi t a ndi n g officer of the Royal Horse Artillery, ral of Artillery. n%Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-Gene square ia co , se 14 inspection took place in the east weather. The tr quet ea of the unfavourable state of the for Canterbury, oop will march on Thursday, the 7th inst., , where it is to be stationed. 'Recruiting par ties have been recentl3:addedtaiched from the companies sta tioned fat Devonport both men and horse will is expected an augmentation new only two troops of the Horse brigade at Woolwich, the Master-General, now Commaealtrinent of Artillery. The late Chief of the British army, has always placed great reliance on the artillery branch of the service, and it is psaeiodfto be in contemplation to send four companies to the Ca Good Hope, to aid in putting an end to the war in th t 1 a colony. DUPLICATE TELEGRAPH EET VC/PE N I IVERPOOL ANT) MANCUESTER.A second line of telegraph has been ' constructed at a cost of 5,0001. for the thirty-eight miles be- , °Teen at And UguclivitQr, With 14.141e§um meg. ' 114 24M is e x g THE SUN; FRENCH WRITERS FOR THE STA GE. There are in Paris eight or nine hundred aathors or composers who have had one or more of their works presented on the stage; but the number of authors or composers of the now pieces represented in Paris in a single year is about 250. Paris is much more prolific of new pieces than London, and the payments made by the stage of Paris on account ofauthorship form a considerable item in the year's expenses. The year 1851 may be taken as a fair sample of the rest. In that year the two hundred and fitty authors owned two hundred and seventy-three new pieces, of which number one hundred and eighty-six were vaudveilles, and thirty-two were pieces produced by the theatr es en j oy i ng part in the subvention. The method in which French authors are to receive payment for dramatic works has been practi cally subject to much fluctuation, and great discussion has been held upon its theory. The rights of the authors in the case of the Opera, the Comedic Fran , catae, and the Opera Comique, are now established upon a system fixed by authority. For other theatres a scale has been fixed by the Association of Dramatic Authors, and gener a ll y accepted by the managers. The follow ing are now the author's dues upon each night's per formance of his piece. We express the larger sums of money in round numbers, by addition or subtraction in each case of a few odd shillings. At the Opera—for an opera in live acts: for each of the first forty representa tions, twenty guineas; for every subsequent representa tion, eight guineas For an opera in three acts: the two rates of payment are fourteen pounds and seven pounds. A ballet in three acts, seven pounds, and then two pounds. A ballet is one act, four guineas, and then one pound five. At the Comedic Frei cAise—A twelfth of the gross receipts (after deducting the right of the indigent) for pieces in five and four acts; au eighteen VI for pieces in th ree ac t s; a twenty-fourth f or pieces in two acts or one act. At the Opera Comique—After de ducting the tax for the poor, and eighth and a half, that is to say, two-seventeenths of the receipts, for pieces in three acts. At the Odeon, Vaudeville, Varietes, Gym nase, and Palais Royal, twelve per cent. on the gross re ceipts. At the Gaite, Ambigu, and Porte Saint Martin, ten per cent. At the Theatre National, one pound thir teen shillings and fourpence nightly for a long piece, and ono pound tea shillings for pieces in three acts, daring the first twenty-five representations, and one pound for each subsequent performance. Fifteen shillings a night for pieces in two acts; ten shillings and tenpence for pieces in one act. . . . The whole amount received by authors from the stage of Paris is about twenty eight thousand pounds a-year. The whole stage in the provinces yields to them about seven thousand more. Ia addition to this, they have, of course, the copyright of their manuscripts, certain fees called primes de lecture, and the right of signing —every night when their plays are acted—a fixed number of free admissions, which are sold at a price lower than that of the tickets issued by the theatre, and produce an additional fund of profit to the authors which is not by any means to be despised. It adds to their aggregate of payments no less a sum than sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds a year.- Dickens's " Household Words." MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE HIGHWAY. ' On the forenoon of Tuesday last a most atrocious assault was perpetrated on the person of an old gen tleman, named William Lothian, from Dysart, while journeying on the Newport-road, and nearly opposite the parish church of Forgan. Mr. Lothian was re turning from the Perth circuit, and, after having passed the Newport toll, he met a man, who inquired of him as to where he was travelling, telling him at the same time not to be in such a hurry, and that he would keep him company ; but the old gentleman did not appear to relish the offer of the stranger, and pursued his journey, closely followed by the man. On reaching the spot already mentioned, he all of a sudden received from behind a murderous stab with a knife, such as that used by shoemakers, between the side and the back, which was repeated several times, and with great v i o l ence , on th e shoulders a n d other parts of the body. Mr. Lothian immediately fell, speechless, and bis ruthless assailant stood looking on, apparently little moved by the atro city of the deed which he had just perpetrated. For tunately for the ends of justice the villain's proceed ings were observed by an old man who was working on the roadside, and who instantly ran forward and seized the scoundrel, holding him until his cries at tracted the attention of the workmen in the neigh homing blacksmith's shop, who at once hurried to the spot and rendered assistance. Mr. Lothian's assailant gave his name as William Dougall, from Dundee, and was immediately transferred to the custody of the constable of the district, and conveyed to Cupar. Dougall, who is a weaver, appears to have been drink ing hard of late, and was not altogether recovered from its effects when taken into custody. He is a native of Fife, and was at one time in the army, but h as , been discharged for several years.—Edinburgh Witness. TORTURING IN AMERICA. A shocking affair occurred at Lodi, Indiana, last week. A man named H. B. Smith, a trader of Covington, Kentucky, suspected a young man in his employ, named Cochran of appropriating the sum of 2,800 dollars. Smith, who had demanded of Cochran where the money was, seemed satisfied with the ex planation, and continued to employ him. But it now appears Smith only feigned to be satisfied. In company with a bteeraman and a driver, he took one of his boats and started for Lodi, under pretence of getting a load. When near the place be made an excuse for sending the driver back to Covington, telling him to return the following morning. He then went into the boat, drew a revolver on Cochran, and commanded him to tell where the money was, or he would kill him; he now had him in his power, and unless he confessed he would take his life. Cochran . said ho could no t t e ll hi m, for he did not know, and repeated the explanation formerly given. A struggle ensued, and the steersman, coming to Smith's assist ance, tied Cochran's hands behind him. Smith then placed a running noose round Cochran's neck, and, passing the rope over a hook in a joist, drew him up until he stood on tiptoe. In this situation he was kept from two o'clock in the afternoon until the next morning, Smith in the meantime venting his anger in oaths and abuse. Fearing he would be discovered should the packet pass, he let the young man down. He was in such an exhausted condition that he im mediately fell upon the floor, unable to rise. They then returned to Covington. Smith has been com pelled to give bond in the sum of 500 dolls. for his appearance at court. The steersman has escaped.--A Lerrysville Eagle. RESIGNATION OF A LIVING BY A BISHOP.—The Right Rev. Dr. Eden, who was appointed Bishop of Moray and Ross in the early part of last year, has just resigned the rectory of Leigh, Essex, which up to the present time he has held in connexion with his bishopric. The Right Rev. Prelate justified his continuance in the living by the circum stance that as a Scottish bishop he was a dissenter in that country, and could not therefore, be said to hold two livings (which would otherwise have been contrary to law), and he maintained that so long as he resided the requisite number of months at Leigh, he had a perfect legal right to the re tension of the benefice. The living is one of considerable value, amounting to between 700/. and 8001. a year. The Bishop of Moray and Ross intends for the future to reside at Elgin, which is situate in his diocese, THE BISHOPRIC or MEATH.—A rumour reached us yesterday that the Rev. Dr. DPlCeile was likely to be selected as successor to the late Rev. Dr. Townsend, Bishop of Meath, who died at Malaga on the 16th ultimo. We have no idea of the source from which the rumour in question first emanated. and are inclined to doubt its cor rectness—not becaus e th e R ev . D octor wou ld not b e an ac quisition to the bench of Bishops, but because we scarcely think that he would leave Liverpool for an Irish see.— Liverpool Standard. PARTIES TO A SUIT IN CEIANCERY.—It is enacted by the 43d section of the new Act, 15th and 16th Victoria, cap. 86, that the practice of the Court of Chancery, of setting down a cause merely on an objection for want of parties to a suit, shall be abolished. The Hanoverian army has received orders to wear Mourning for cis dayg for th Duke of Wellington. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is taking up the question of the alteration in the hours of attendance in the out-door department of the Customs. On Monday the council have agreed to receive a deputation from the officers upon the matter. In the meantime they are desirous of having the opinion of the various mercantile associations in regard to the proposed change. PORT OF LONDON.—Th e Lord Mayor has recently appointed Air. Harford Arnold to be one of the harbour masters of the port, in the place of Lieutenant Stone, re signed. Mr. A rno l d was several years master in the mer chant service, and is well acqua i nted with the navigation of the river Thames, and previously to his appointment passed a most satisfactory examination by the authorities of the Trinity- house, dent of thgeoneOraZierlCaia:l VVI vEs AT A p R I : 4 k l 7;rtiser, in speaking of the fa -An Oregon correspon dent every actual settler ,rnarill mous Ore gives a mile square of land that it set the whole countr rine astir, i r, before an d every certain er 3, bu dyd gotate, m sass ar. marriageable women, how and that could. The scarc3i; Herald,'ever, was such that, in soLofi girls of 14, 13, 12, in order to secure the and even 11 years of age were married land perquisites!—Nt w York the new DOCU Chance MENTS lAct N TUca E .C OURT .1) F c D ANCERY.—In Chancery 86 ther respecting the productio ( n opf documentse inarethtwo provisions plaintiffs and defendants. It is declared to beel possession of the application of a plaintiff or awful for the Court, upon defendant in an commenced by bill or claim, suit, whether . . to make anorder for the production, by the plaintiff or defendant, upon oath of such of the documents in his possession or power relating, to the matters in question in the suit as the court shall thinnk right ; and the Court may deal with such documents, When nner as shall appear just. produced, in such ma ___ CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. We understand that John Duncan, Esq., who has for the last two years so ably filled the chair of this railway, has resigned office, his resi dence in Aberdeen and professional duties putting it out of his power longer to continue devoting so large a portion of his time to the business of the company. He is succeeded in the chairmanship, by William Baird, Esq., of Gartsherrie.— Caledonian Mercury. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—Dr. Bernal), of Troy, remarked in a sermon lately that if Franklin tamed the lightning, Professor Morse taught it the English language.— Washington Gazette. RAILWAY FROM RUABON TO RUTHIN.—A com pany has been formed, and surveying operations are now being carried on, to establish a railway from Ruabon to Ruthin, to proceed thence through the Vale of Clwyd, down to Rhyl, where it will join the Chester and Holyhead line. A prospectus has just been issued, stating that a line will also be made extending from Mold to Denbigh and Ruthin, under the auspices of the London and North-Western Com pany. LONDON, SPORTING NOTES. No. CCCXXL ANALYSIS OF THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE HANDICAP. (Continued from No. 320.) TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. SlR,—Before resuming my remarks on the Cambridge shire, I may as well observe that my selection for the Cesarowitch—Candlewick—bas been extensively pep pered during the last two or three days, and from what I hear, on good grounds. This, however, lam not altogether convinced of, therefore shall defer making another selection until Friday, when I hope to name the absolute winner of that race. I shall recommence my Cambridgeshire remarks with SAUNDERS'. lot; which consists of BOBBIE NOBLE, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b; LE Jun', 4 yrs, 7st 21b; end RINGLEADER, 4 yrs, 7st 11b. The stable will be represented by the first-named, who, it is said, can run over Ringleader at level weights. My opinion of Hobble is, that he will run extremely w ell, but will not finish nearer the winner than third or fourth. He is in very good condition at the present moment; and, as he is capable of improvement, will, no doubt, be brought to the post in a state as nearly ap proaching perfection as is possible for human abilities. BERESFORD has ALCORAN, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b, the former conqueror of the great Stockwell, but now, sad tale to tell, has no chance of finishing anywhere but in the ruck; Robbie Noble, at only a pound more, completely settling his chance. JOB MARSON has auk MIDDLETON, 5 yrs, 7st 81b, and the Mau SHERIFF, 3 yrs, Est 121 b; the latter being by far the best; but neither, in my opinion, possessing any chance of winning. STEVENS has BUTTERFLY, 3 yrs, Est 31b, who has shown some very tidy running at different times this year; and LONGINUS, 5 yrs, 7st 71b, the fancy horse of the stable. The latter has begin backed for a good amount of the circulating medium, but is a horse of very inferior grade, and, con sequently, not likely to win this race. PECK has a couple; HOOKEM SKIVE; 4 yrs, 7st 71b, whose best performance was running a bad third to Newmins ter for the Leger last year, a position be is not likely to obtain in this race; and TROUSSEAU, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b, who, no doubt, if brought well to the post, will run respect ably. BULLOCK has Lord Warwick's 6 yrs old GRIEF in preparation who is by no means overburdened with weight at 7sl 61b, but he is very stale. FORD'S Couple: GREY TOMMY, 3 yrs, Tat 51b, who has been off work; and DULCET, aged, 6st 61b; neither of these are likely to prove any remunerative speculation if invested on. YOUNG STEPHENSON has five of Lord Clifden's in the entry—namely, HOTHORPE, 4 yrs, 7st 41b, who is slightly fancied by a select circle; POODLE, 3 yrs, Est 71b, in on very fair terms; SACHEM`, 3 yrs, 6st 41b, also well in; BILLY BAR, 4 yrs, sst 121 b—this animal will, in all probability, be the representative of the_ stable; and TERMAGANT, 3 yrs, 54 41b, a thorough bad three years old, but bids fair to be a better animal next year. I have not a very brilliant opinion of any one of this lot. OSBORNE'S string numbers six—THE CUTLER, 4 yrs, 7st 31b; ALLEGRO, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b, who has no chance whatever; THE PACCTER, 4 yrs, 6st 91b, in very nicely, but scarcely good enough for this spring; LADY AGNES, 3 yrs, 6st 71b, made perfectly safe by Evadne at a pound more; RACHETEE, 3 yrs, sst 71b, distance too short for her peculiar qualities; and JESSICA, 3 yrs, let loose at sst 41b, but nevertheless will not be able to live the pace. The winner, I fancy, is not in this lot. _ . T. PA RR'S WEATHERGAGE, 3 yrs, ist 21b; and BARDOLPH, 3 yrs, 6st 61b, are both much too slow. R. I'ANSON has Lord Glasgow's CARACARA, 3 yrs, 7st 71b, in preps. ration; his chance, however, is but a so-so one. BUTLER has only a solitary nag of the Duke of Bedford's in training for this event.—FLlßT, 3 yrs, who at 7st is, I belie►e, not much fancied by the gallant captain who conducts the movements of this stable. GOODWIN has only MUSICIAN, who though a five yrs old, and weighted at 6st 131 b, can hold out no hopes of a vic tory to his owner. WADLOW'S stable is represented by Alderman Copeland's couple— LADY MITOTT, 3 yrs, Est 121 b, without the shadow of a chance; and CANDLEWICK, 5 yrs, 6st 111 b, about whom at the present moment I shall say nothing. W. JONES' Miniature filly by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 4 yrs, Est 101 b, is no go. MARTIN has the winner of the CoIumn—KHADIDJA, 3 yrs, Est 101 b—whose chance is not very rosy; and DOLLOND, 3 yrs, sst 21b; a cast-off of Lord Clif den's stable, bought for fifteen guineas. There has been a good deal of talk about this animal in connexion with the Cesarewitob; some asserting, in the most positive terms, that he is pretty nearly as good as Poodle. I hold him in but little estimation; but as ho is among the feather weighted class, it is just possible he may have an ex treme outside chance. COOPER has only one of Lord Ribblesdale's engaged for this event—HERBERT, 6 yrs, 6st 91b. If this horse never had a chance before, the light weight allotted to him gives him one now; but I very much doubt his pro• fiting by it. CARLISLE has MANIFOLD, 5 yrs, 66t 91b, preparation for this event, but notwithstanding it will be run on his favorite distance, and hie lenient treatment by the handicapper, I cannot hold out any hopes of victory for him. JOHN DAY'S powerful stable will be represented by Sir R. Pigot's Father Thames, 3 yrs, 6st Slb, who, if he can only live the pace, will stand a very fair chance of finishing in front. (To be concluded to-morrow.) I am Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Oct. 6. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.—TuEsaay. Innkeepers' Plate Handicap of 70 soya. The winner of any handicap of the value of 100 soya. after the publi cation of the weights, to carry 71b extra. The winner to pay 5 sous. towards expenses, &a. Grosvenor Course. Mr. Carter's Farmer's Boy, sst 101b...(Waddington) 1 Mr. Leache's Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, sst 41b (Cliff) 2 Mr. J. Henderson's Crabbs, aged, sst 121 b ...( Wells) 3 Mr. Waller's Mrs, Bircb, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (J. Veale) 0 Mr. Stirk's Tancred, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (Stanway) 0 Mr. G. Osborne's Equal, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Carroll) 0 Mr. Martin's ShilmalierWest, st 121b(Winterbottom) 0 Mr. Longshaw's f byAccident, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib(A. Dodd) 0 Mr. J. Davies's Butterfly, 3 yrs, sst 81b (T. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 3 yrs, sst 61b (S. steggles) 0 Mr. F. Eglinton ne Sinina, 3 yrs, sst ...... (Aspinall) 0 Betting-7 to 2 agst Sabra, and 4to 1 each agst Farmer's Boy, Equal, and Crabbs. Won by a length. Selling Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 50 added; three yrs old, Bst; four, 9st 21b; five, 9st 91b; six and aged, 9st 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 21b; winners, extra. The winner to be sold for 200 sous., if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less. Once round and a distance. Mr. Wilkins's May Blossom, Est 51b (301.)...( Wells) 1 Mr. Armstrong's Free-trader, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (304.. 2 Mr. Jackson's Augean, 5 yrs, 7st I Ilb (301.) (Fowler) 3 Betting-6 to 4 each agst May Blossom and Free trader, and 3to 1 apt Augean. Won by a neck. The Shorts' Handicap of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 50 added, for all ages; the winner of any handicap race, value 100 soya. clear, after the publication of the weights, to carry 51b extra. The winner to pay 5 sous. towards expenses. Seven furlongs. Mr. Inman's Maid of Lincoln, Est 21b (Waddington) 1 Lord Caledon's Kitefiyer, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Wells) 2 Baron Rothschild's Hyacinth, 3 yrs, Est (Chillman) 3 Mr. Hargrave'sOsbaldestcn, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ( W.Sharpo) 0 Mr. Hemingway's Koh-i-Noor, Est 41b Veale) Mr. Barten's The Surveyor, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Garhan) 0 Mr. Henderson's Needle, 3 yrs, sst 81b (T. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Moore's Nightstar, 4 yrs, sst 71b ...(Aspinall) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Figurante, sst 61b ...(S. Steggles) 0 Mr. Hobson's Barbata, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Carroll) 0 Mr. Smith's Wee-VV'uo, 3 yrs, 4.1 1211, (Cliff) 0 Betting-7 to 2 agst Hyacinth, 4to 1 agst Koh-i- Noor, 5 to 1 agst Kiteflyer, and 8 to 1 each agst Sur veyor and Figurante. Won in a canter by two lengths. The Mostyn Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 40 added, for two and throe yrs old; two yrs old colts, 7st 51b, and fillies 7st 21b; three yrs old colts, Bst 121 b, and fillies Bst 101 b. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Robinson's Billy Richardson, Sat 71b ...(Bumby) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Exact, 2 yrs, Tat 121 b (J. Osborne) 2 Sir C. Rushout's Sextus, 2 yrs, 7st 51b. .(A. Archer) 3 Betting-5 to lon Exact, 6to 1 agst Billy Ri c h ar d. son, and 8 to 1 aget Sextus. Won in a canter. Handicap of 5 soya. each and 50 added for t wo yrs old; second to save his stake. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs., and pay 5 sovs. expenses. Three-quarters of a mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. R. Walker's Game Tommy, 7st Bst...(Ch ar lt on ) 1 Mr. Meiklaen's Ada, 6st 121 b Mr. Shepherd's Ace of Trumps, 7st 21b Mr. Eglinton's Llanforda, Bst 21b ......... Betting-5 to 4on Game Tommy. _Won in a canter. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TIIESDAY. CHESTER HANDICAP.-5 to 1 agst Costerdale, (t); 6 to 1 agst Candlewick (t); 7 to 1 agst Nancy; and 7 to 1 agst Truth (t). CESAREWITCH STAKES.-8 to 1 aget Knight-of-the. Shire (t); 12 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn (t); 12 to 1 agst Ariosto (t); 18 to 1 agst Weathergage, (t); 20 to 1 agst Bird-on-the-Wing (t); 20 to 1 apt Le Juit' (t), CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.-12 to 1 agst Knight-of the-Shire (t); 20 to 1 agst Hobble Noble (t); 20 to 1 agst Convulsion (t). CESARE WITCH.—(BY TELEGRAPH.)—Messrs. Howard and Clinton have just received a telegraphic message direct from the trial-ground. Their gratification is in tense in being able to satisfy fully the anxious expecta tionthe advanta ge o f " • will be on the winner— aye, waiting; you of their subscribers and the public. You see now the winner, we cannot be deceived. We told you if he could just manage to pull through this second and severer trial he'd win. Now read copy of telegraph:— "To Messrs. Howard and Clinton * " " two o'clock. The trial is just over * * * * won hard, held by two lengths easy, distressed." T e l egraphs have been sent to , Manchester " * * was second and much and London, to get the money on at 40 to 1. Fee for subscription up to andincludin g C am b r i dgeshire, 10s. 6d.; to Derby, 3 guineas. Howard an d C l i nton, Post-office, Coventry-street, Soho, See Bell's Life for our late bril liant successes at Newmarket, Warwick, Doncaster, 84c.; and also for a copy of the very flatterinr, notion of Argus pf fiept, 21. in the gaoling post PERU. (From the Times.) VALPARAISO AUG. 22.—Thi s goes by th e A mer i can steamer destined to occupy a position in the line be tween San Juan del Sud and San Francisco. Much excitement has been produced by the false report that the United States Government had ordered the Commodore to take possession of the Lobos Is lands, or sustain American ships in getting cargoes of guano. The American Commodore arrived yesterday; he has not been at the Lobos Islands, nor has he received one word of communication from his Government on the subject. It cannot be presumed that the United States Go vernment would attempt to take islands recognized always as belonging to Peru. They are visited con stantly by boats from the main, and frequently have residents upon them. The Education Bill, referred to in my last, is still without looking up, announced the presence of the distinguished stranger. " Captain Welsh then approached the centre of the room, and giving his High Mightiness a decent Yankee bow, which was cordially returned, at a sign, advanced and took a seat beside this Brother of the Sun and Cousin of the whole Firmament, while the attendant officer backed out, without looking up till he got to the door, when he got up without raising his eyes, and with a low salaam went into the ante room. A familiar conversation now ensued, through an interpreter, during which Captain Welsh took occasion to speak of our own country, its institutions, the goodwill of our people towards the Japanese, and our desire to be on good terms with them, and in such a way as was calculated to leave a good impression ; and, so for as he could judge by subsequent events, he succeeded in this. " Sweetmeats, confections, and various refreshments were introduced ; and at the close of the conference he received permission to visit the city freely, when he was dismissed with much courtesy, and escorted again to the beach with the same ceremony with which he was received on landing. " His future intercourse with the natives was con tinued with the same friendly demonstrations, and his descriptions of their manufactures, their high ad vancement in many of the arts, of their customs, of their agriculture, their horticulture, were highly interesting, some of which I would repeat, but it would make this communication too long. lie found that the self-styled missionary had rendered himself obnoxious by his extreme pertinacity and meddling disposition ; that he was a drunkard, and made many false statements, and it seemed to be his particular aim to bring about some collision between Japan and his own Government. Captain Welsh offered to bring him off, but he refused to leave, and the people were anxious to get rid of him. There seems to be hut little doubt that if such men as Captain Welsh were to visit Japan frequently, a favourable opinion with regard to our nation would spring up, and a friendly communication mi g ht b e o p ene d with this strange people. " I saw the shipwrecked Japanese frequently at San Francisco. They were gentle and agreeable in their deportment, and appeared highly delighted at what they saw, and with the kind treatment which they experienced from the citizens generally. They differed in appearance from the Chinese as the Ger mans do from the French, being broader shouldered and of heavier frames, though not taller, and the most of them had their heads shaved smooth, some leaving a scalp lock. before the Senate; it excites a strong interest among foreign Protestants, who will never consent to have their children at schools under the surveillance of Catholic priests and Jesuits. The Bill was denounced by one of the senators as monstrous, and it is not likely any action on it will be had this session. We are to hope more liberal measures will prevail ; parents would otherwise be compelled to educate their children in other countries, which would cheek immi gration, close up the avenues to intelligence, and re tard the progress of the country. The snows have nearly closed the Cordillera ; never theless we have late dates. It is much to be feared that Buenos Ayres will not enjoy that quiet and re pose which all desire; there are strong symptoms of disorganization. Emigrants are leaving this for Australia ; they have done so well in California that it is not impro bable many ship-loads will leave Chili for the new El Dorado. Our direct dates from London are to June the 17th, via New York, Juno the 26th, again antici pating nine days by the latter city. As spring opens more activity is observed in busi ness. Large supplies of remittances have brought exchange to 464 d., and it will probably reach 47d. to 48d. Flour is at 8 dolls. 2c. and firm, the last quotations from San Francisco 20 dolls. per bag ; copper is 17 dolls. 2c. per 1001 b., the maximum price it has ever reached in Chili. An impetus has been given to copper mines, and the export from this country next year will be much increased ; the want of labourers is the great drawback. The clipper American ship Palmer put in for water, 86 days from New York. She reports meeting Flying Cloud off the River Plate, and very heavy weather off Cape Horn. A large number of ships are overdue here. The late scarcity of coal on the coast has given action to the mines of Chili, and, although the qua lity is not equal to good English coal, it answers well, and will be better when mined deeper. The best mines are found in the Bay of Arauco, near the shore ; the veins about 5 or 6 feet wide ; and may be shipped at about 10s. sterling per ton. Total con sumption 300,000 tons annually. (From the New York Journal of Commerce.) Immediately on receipt of dispatches at Lima, the 31st of July, sent by the Peruvian Minister at Washington, the Council of State clothed the Execu tive with extraordinary powers. One steamer and two ships of war were sent to the Lobos Islands, and three more were to be sent immediately after. Ge neral Destua was at the island with a force of 300 men. " The above account was given me in the fall of 1850, and although I cannot pretend to give all the facts, nor clothe the descriptio❑ in the strong and clear language of Captain Welsh, it is substantially, though briefly true." A NEW -r f.EAM CONDENSER. A correspondent of the New York Courier and Inquirer writes to that journal—" As this is empha tically the ago of steam power, and of progress in its use, whatever relates to this subject muse possess es pecial interest. The object of this communication is, to state through the columns of your valuable paper, that there is now in full and successful operation, at the North Point Foundry and Machi ne s h op i n Jer sey City, a condenser,'invented by Mr. J. Miller, lately of New Orleans, which is calculated to exercise a most powerful influence on the employment of steam power. This condenser is so constructed as to convert the steam into water, return it to boilers undiminished, and thus, when they are once filled with pure water, they will continue to operate for a week or more without adding one additional drop of water to that already in the boiler. A steamer could readily carry, in a few hogsheads, an ample supply of fresh water to last acr os s the Atlantic Ocean, or, if salt water were used, it would be immediately converted into fresh by the condensation of the steam, and very trifling precipitation of salt or other impurity would take place, while under the existing system the boilers are speedily choked up or burnt out, and all the pipes are in danger of filling and becoming foul, and, to this cause alone, nine-tenths of the steam boat explosions, and other accidents are attributable. It has been ascertained, from actual experiment, that a steam-engine, with this cond enser attac h ed, will produce equal power, at a saving of more than one-third of the fuel. By this attachment it turns the high-pressure engine into a low pressure, and ,reduces the great unwieldy air-pump now in use to one-tenth its size. This is a great security against danger or derangement of th© machinery. Any sort of engine can be used for the attachment of this condenser. Another essential advantage is, that the engine and machinery are reduced in bulk at the top, and the main weight can be placed nearer the bottom of the ship, thus increasing the steadiness of its motion, and its safety in rough westher. I un derstand that one of these condensers is also in com plete operation at Pittsburg, and has attracted the favourable notice of many of the most experienced steam-boat builders and engineers. Proposals have been made to put it on several of the best boats running on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and will, no doubt, be soon carried into effect. Arrange ments are also in progress to put it on several of the ocean steamers in this city. It is regarded by the best judges as one cf the most valuable improve ments of the day, and as certain to save the lives of thousands who travel on steam-boats and steam vessels. I visited this engine and condenser at Jersey city, yesterday, in company with several intelligent and experienced gentlemen, and witnessed its opera tion. Nothing could be more simple and beautiful. I was assured by the tenders and workmen that it had been in constant use for nearly nine months, and that it had never failed to perform satisfactorily, and gave evidence that it was a thorough and triumphant at tainment of the great desideratum, of clearing the water of all impuriti e s, an d th us protecting the boilers and engines fr om th e i mm i nen t peril of explosions, collapses, and accidents, such as have so often filled our land with mourning." The English steamer Lima, that left on the 11th of August, landed 515 men, well officered, at Payta, on the 14th. They would leave the next day in the steamer Bimae, for Lobos Island. Orders have been given to station 2,000 men at Lambayeque (coast opposite Lobos Islands). The Lobos Islands would be strongly fortified, everything being prepared for so doing. JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE. From the New York Journal of Commerce, Sept. 16.) The following narrative of a visit of Captain Welsh, commander of an American East Indiaman, in 1850, to the Island of Japan, has been furnished to the New Orleans True Delta, by A. D., a California corre. spondent : " The expedition which has been recently fitted out to Japan has awakened some interest towards that comparatively unknown country, which has been so long almost sealed to the civilized barbarian of the west, and of which, in this age of progressive know ledge, so little is known. During my residence in San Francisco I became acquainted with Captain Welsh, of the ship Merlin, an Indiaman, and he gave me the particulars of a visit he made to Japan in 1850, which were highly interesting. With great personal courage, Captain Welsh possessed a superior education ; he was a man of discernment and obser vation, and was, withal, a gentleman, with that frank hearty manner which is so characteristic of our Ame rican captains. His statements may be implicitly relied on. While sailing off the coast of Japan some casualty occurred, which rendered it necessary for him to make the nearest land for repairs, and he ac cordingly put in. "On arriving in the roadstead, he took a boat with a crew armed, and pulled towards shore, which was lined with thousands of people, many of whom were apparently soldiers, and he was a little apprehen sive as to the nature of his reception. He lay to a few minutes in consultation with regard to the course he should pursue, when, on looking a little higher up, he observed on a point or bluff, where the crowd was not so great, a man waving his hat, and appa rently making signs for him to come there. Ac cordingly he pulled in that direction, and recognised by his dress a European ; and, as he approached within hearing, his ears were saluted in English with Come on, come on, for God'a sak e co me on ! Take me off, or I shall be murdered !' Although there were many natives at that point, no obstacle was offered to his landing; and on going ashore he was met on the beach by the European, who proved to be an Englishman, and who, as he told him, was a mis sionary, and had resided there three or four years. After repeating that he should be killed, he assured Captain Welsh that there was no danger, for he would be well treated, and that the natives were friendly and well disposed. In the interior, two or three miles distant, was a large city, which, from sea, struck Captain Welsh with surprise by its magnitude and the number of its domes and spires, and where, he learned, on landing, the governor of the province resided. "At first, he availed himself of the missionary as an interpreter, but, subsequently, learning his charac ter, he would have nothing to do with him, but depended on a man he had on board, who could speak Chinese, which was un d erstoo d b y many of the Japanese. He was soon waited on by an officer, dressed in a peculiar costume, who inquired what he wanted, which, after disclosing, the request was transmitted to the governor, who soon returned an answer, that all be desired should be complied with.' The necessary arrangements were soon made, the ship hauled in to a safe place, and the work begun. "The intercourse between the crew and the natives ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. OCT. 4.—J. 0. Westwood, Esq., president, in the chair. Since the last meeting the soci e t y h as re moved to more commodious premises, at No. 12, Bed ford-row; but the meeting-ro om not b e i ng in readi ness, this meeting, by permission of the Zoological Society, was held at their h ouse i n Hanover-square. Among the visitors was Mr. W a ll ace, who has been collecting . objects of nat ura l hi story i n South America tor several y ears , an d who narrowly escaped death in returning to this country, the vessel in which he was having taken fire in the midst of the Atlantic Ocean, and he and others on board having been picked up from an open boat by a homeward-bound ship. All his collections were totally lost. C. G. Pickers gill, Esq., was elected a member, and W. Quin, Esq., and R. Shield, Esq., were elected subscribers to the society. Mr. Bond exhibited larvme of the rare anticlea herberata, feeding on leaves of car- berry, from Cambridgeshire. Mr. Weir exhibited coleophora deauratella, from clover fields near Tun bridge Wells. Mr. Edwin Shepherd exhibited many fine lepidoptera from near Dover, including the rare vanessa antiopa. Mr. Stevens also exhibited a speci men of this butterfly taken near Hampstead ; and mention was made of other specimens having been seen in various parts of the country. Mr. Hunter brought for distribution many specimens of monony chus psendacori, found on the seeds of iris fcetidis sima, in the Isle of Wight. Mr. Douglas exhibited bred specimens of elachista testaceella and rosier sammia pygmceana, both rare moths. Mr. Hunter mentioned that he had found it a convenient plan to dip small pieces of cloth in the solution of sugar used as a bait to attract nocturnal moths in places where there were no trees on the trunks of which it might be put, and a piece so steeped would serve for a week. The secretary read a paper on the identification of the lepidoptera whose larvae mine in leaves, described in the " Memoires" of Reaumur, illustrated by living examples. He also read a notice of the habits and manner of capture of the Groo-groo worm of the West Indies, the larva of a beetle, esteemed a delicate article of food. was so regulated by Captain Welsh, that no cause of complaint should be made by the latter, and very soon the most friendly relations existed between them. In a few days, the governor sent the captain an invita tion to pay him a visit. Of course this was joyfully accepted, notwithstanding the missionary had endea voured to fill his ears with their treachery and faith lessness. At the hour appointed Captain Welsh was received on the beach by two or three thousand sol diers, dressed in quaint and strange uniforms; the officers wore gorgeous robes, trimmed with crimson silk, gold and silver, bearing wands in their hands, tipped with gold. As they approached, the crowd of natives drew back respectfully, the soldiers formed lines, and the officers saluted him with reverence, bowing almost to the ground. "He was conducted to a splendid covered sedan, highly decorated and trimmed with silk, and when seated, he was elevated upon the shoulders of bearers, and the procession, with numerous flags and banners, moved forward to the sound of gongs, trumpets, drums, and instruments for which he could find no name. By a beautiful and well paved road, lined with trees, they reached the city (the name o f w hi c h I have forgotten) where the number and magnitude of its public buildings, the splendour of its hou ses , th e amount of its merchandise, the neatness of the streets, with the general order and strange beauty which seemed to pervade the whole, struck him with surprise and astonishment. He estimated the city to contain at least 200,000 inhabitants. They were met by dense crowds of men, for not a female was to be seen in the streets ; but the waving of the wand by an officer in advance, instantly opened a passage; and as they passed through the throng of animated beings, he was saluted by the multitude reverently bowing almost to the ground. GLASGOW, OcT. 2.—CoTToN.—For the past week there has been a very animated demand from the trade, and large sales have been made. Speculators have also been in the market buying freely. Prices have advanced about %d. per lb. on most qualities of American, and in some instances an advance of Md. may be quoted. In goods and yarns a fair business has been done, and spinners are less disposed to meet the views of purchasers than they were a week ago. Inos.—The excitement in our pig-iron market has been con eluded great during the week, and heavy cont rac t s h ave been n.. eluded both for cash and open delivery. The upward t endency was rather checked this morning, and a fewP forced by timid holders, but as buyers came for ward ad. to 55 5 . price sti ff ened, the market c lo s i ng goo d at .54 arcels were the cash, and 555. fid, to 565. three free on board. Bars are brisk, and Lancersro T , M A: wereDti T e O n N g E a . On Monday, some soldiersg ed monthhsa,voopaendv foradvanc e d v d ar 3 r i a . n r t e s r , ton since July. STABBING AT THE CAVfAt o VALET n in their room in the barracks in va rious em p l oyments, when some words arose between two of th em, one of w h om, Rich- T l2 D th E mond, had recentlyjoined as a recru it — the other, Coop er , an old soldier who had des erted, _ but who had undergone th e punish men t awarded to his offence. In th e course of the dispute Richmond taunted Cooper with having been a de serter, to which the latter retorted by giving him a box on the ears. Richmond, who was at the time cleaning and polishing his sword and accoutrements, immediately made a stab at Cooper; the sword, fortunately, merely inflict a slight flesh wound, having glanced from one of the ribs just below the region of the heart. Cooper again struck Rich mond, when the latter snatched up a pair of scissors (which were lying on an adjacent table) and stabbed Cooper in the back, following up the blow by another stab in the arm. He was immediately put under arrest, Cooper in the meanwhile having been taken to the hospital. On a first examination it was feared that the vertebrae had been severed, and that the point of the scissors ( which were found to have been broken) bad remained in the wound. On further examination, how ever, it was ascertained that the injuries inflicted were not likely to lead to a fatal result, and we are glad to say be is fast approaching to con valescence.—,South-Eastern Gazette. We are happy to be able to state that the health of Mr. G. F. Young has been greatly benefited by his sojourn On the Continent, and it is expected that he will shortly re" tam t 9 England, " Arriving at the palace he was met by an officer splendidly attired, and conducted with much respect into a large ante-room, built and decorated in the style of Eastern architecture, where he was politely requested to take off his shoes, which he complied with without hesitation, but inwardly resolved tnat he would submit to no farther humiliation. Soon he was conducted to the door of the reception-room, which on entering he was almost dazzled with the splendour of its decora tions. It was covered with a carpet of surpassing richness—the walls were hung with crimson silk in the most gorgeous manner, glittering with spangles, and gold and silver trimmings seemed to be lavished in such profusion, that it reminded him of the tales of enchantment of the Arabian Nights. At the further end was a raised form, and seated cross-legged on a cushion, under a splendid canopy of silk, was his Highness the Governor, dressed in a gorgeous oriental costume. From the door to the throne stood several officers, richly dressed, holding wands of office in their hands, who, as he entered, made him a low obeisance. His attendant officer, on entering, fell on his hands and knees, and crawled to the throne, and WEDNESDAY EVENING- 1 OCTOBER 6, 1852 BEAR HUNTING IN INDIA. (From Fraser's Magazine for October.) We were camped at Koosoor, a village on the Ghauts, when we received intelligence of a " butcbe walee," namely, a she-bear with cubs, and immeei• ately started in pursuit. The scene of action was a narrow path or track running along the face of the Ghaut overhanging the Concan ; to our lef t rose a scarp of rugged black rock, in many places overhanging the p a th ; to our right the mountain side went down in a fall which, if was not perpendicular, was not very far from it. Beneath us a deep ravine ran to our rear into the angle formed by the intersection of the face of the cliff we were standing on with that of another cliff projecting forwards into the Concan. The bear was said to be lying on this path, under an overhanging point of the scarp. The shilearries plan was to drive her down upon us, and they accordingly pointed out to us what they considered a good post for us to take; but I, being anxious for " first blood," pushed on ahead ; my companion pushed on ahead of me again ; I followed him up, and it ended in our getting very neer to her den, which, however, was concealed from us by a jutting shoulder of rock, round which the path wound. If we had exerted our ingenuity to find a bad place, we could not have done much better, for the projecting rock cut off all further view, and gave the bear the best chance in the world for ad vancing under its cover, and then making a sudden dash at us, with the least possible exposure to cur fire. Immediately under the point where we stood the fall to our right hand was for a shorn distance mo derately sloping, fringed with bushes, and bearing one small tree, in which my companion, like a wise man, instantly ensconced himself, thereby gaining the double advantage of being able in some degree to see round the corner, and of being cut of the beast's way. I stood right in her path, to the great disgust of my shi karry, who thought long shots by far the pleasantest way of fighting, but who, in the execution of his duty, was bound to stand close behind me with the spare guns. For some time we:waited in a dead silence; then rose the yells of the beaters, strangely echoed back from the projecting mountain side in our rear and the deep ravine beneath, out of which they seemed to come surging and whirling in strange tumult, so loud that I could scarcely help believing that; they really were men yelling. I had before this been in at the death of several bears, but had never seen one charge, and conse quently had no very clear idea of its style of execut ing this performance, beyond an idea which I h a d picked up f rom books and pictures, that on ap proaching withi n a mo d era t e gun shot it would rear itself on its hind leg:, and waddle up to me after the fashion of a tipsy man, with the in tention of " hugging," thereby giving me every leisure end convenience for taking a cool shot. Fortunately, I was not so persuaded of this fact as to neglect to cock all barrels, and to keep my finger on the trigger of my rifle, and my eyes rather anxi ously fixed on the turn of the path. Suddenly my companion fired, and I heard two savage grunts round the corner ; still, for a second or two—two very long, unpleasant seconds—l saw nothing. All at once my shikarry, in no end of a fright, sang out, " Mar, mar, sahib !" " Fire, fire, sir!" and a g r e at b ear d as h e d on to the path at a hard gallop, grunting furiously. She came so suddenly, and charged so savagely, that I had barely time to fire my rifle and fling it down before she was close on me; another spring or two would have brought her to close quarters, when I snatched my second gun from my shikarry, and took a regular snap shot at her head. One does not very clearly know how things happen on such occasions, but Ido not believe that I even had the butt of the gun to my shoulder, but just threw it out like a great horse pistol and fired ; and at the same time making a step sideways, to carry me clear of her charge, I lost my footing, and went scrambling and tumbling into the bushes which fringed the lower side of the path. In the midst of my down fall, however, I just cast a glance at the bear ; saw her, on receiving the shot, contract her self convulsively into a ball, and, with loud grunts, go rolling head over heels down the slope, bound ing from one projection to another like a great bundle of dirty clothes, till she went clean out of sight. My next glance was at my shikarry, who had preceded me in the tumble into the bushes. I caught a glimpse of his face before the delightful expression had worn off--his great cavernous mouth wide open in huge horror, the long bristles of his moustache standing straight on end, and his little eyes nearly starting out of his head—he looked like the frightful hairy Jack-in the-box, all mouth, teeth, and bristles, that they some times sell in London toy-shops. We lost no time in get ting into the ravine below to ascertain the fate of the bear, and found her quite dead, just where she had fallen. with her upper jaw smashed by the concussion. Both my bullets had struck ; the first had been too low, bad raked her along the belly, and lodged under the skin ; the second had entered behind the head and gone completely through the neck, coming out at the throat. She had two cubs, they said; one we caught, a little savage beast, about as big as a terrier dog, who made the forest echo again with squalls that would have beaten out of sight the united screams of all the parrots in the Zoological Gardens. I confess that, on this Occasion, I was not very far from being, as the natives assured me, "eaten;" and it was not the only time when I escaped more by good luck than good management ; but, nevertheless, I be lieve that of all big and savage game, a bear is the one which can be encountered with the most safety, and which requires the least amount of good shoot ing on the part of the hunter ; that is, if he can only make sure of his own coolness and steadi ness ; if he cannot do that, he had better stay at home, or, at any rate, never trust himself out of a tree. Some animals are so hard to kill that a ball, unless administered with the utmost exactness, pro duces fbr the time being no effect ; and they are, at the same time, so swift in pace, and crushing in weight and size, that few men would have the nerve to let them charge up within the very short distance at which alone a bad shot could, with any certainty, reckon upon putting his ball where ho wanted With a bear this is not the case. In his hinder end he would carry off the fire of a battalion, and seem rather the better for it, which is one reason why a "stern chase" after a bear is of even more than the proverbial length ; but.a ball anywhere in the neck or chest floors him at once ; and though his charge is as savage as that of a bull-dog, neither his speed nor size are such as to prevent the hunter from letting him come within a few yards of the muzzle before giving the last shot. If be should fail in that, and still come out of the scrape unhurt, he may consider himself a very clever or is very lucky fellow. -----, *Km band, and succeeded in cutting and tearing my way through, and reaching the bottom or centre of the valley. Here I found a sma ll pa th which 1 followed at random, till by good luck I stumbled en an old solitary native, herding buffaloes. I immediately pressed him into my service, and under his guidance succeeded in reaching the spot where the pursuit had come to a check, and my companion, perched on a rock overhanging one of the little tributary ravines which dint e d th e upper part of the mountain sides, was beleaguering the bear. Before long the beast was dislodged, and, as he was skulking off for the bottom of the valley, wounded by a rifle shot, I gave chase at full speed, and, preceded by a villager, and followed by my gun carriers, went tearing, skipping, and diving through the jungle with such effect that on reaching a little narrow path which, hemmed in and darkened by the thick dry overarching jungle, traversed the mountain side not far from its base, I found that I had outstrip ped the game, and got below him. As I ran along the path, I cou ld , b y the crashing of the bushes in the jungle above me, trace the bear's course, which, although not very far from parallel with mine, was such as to bring him every moment nearer and nearer. I fully expected to come into collision with him, and wns not disappointed ; a loud crash close at hand, and a horrid yell from the natives of "Ba , ba , ba, be, ba ! Aid a , a b le ! " —and before the niggers i h a d time to maize a good bolt of it, he was in the midst of us, jumping, grunting, and roaring, and looking in that ;,_.gloomy, overshadowed path, amongst the crashii?g bushes, like a srr all hippopotamus. My guide, who had been leading the way, dashed by me in full flight, bringing the bear's charge on me. I fired one barrel with the best aim I could get. I cannot say whether I hit him, but he came on as viciously as ever. I s h oved the muzzle of the gu n a t hi m , an d again the blaze of the powder lighted up the dark path, and for the mo ment hid him in the glare. Under cover of the smok e I made a dash a t t h e j ung l e on t h e upper side of the path, and was immediately pulled up short by the wall of dense bushes ; the bear, apparently jumping and confou n d e d b y the last shot, was and roaring in the path just beneath me. If he had cast his eyes up hill instead of down, he would have had nothing to do but to pick me out of the bush, and take his revenge ; fortunately, all he saw was the downward slope clear of enemies, and with a furious plunge down be went, crashing into the thick underwood, and vanished from sight. I hastily collected my scattered flock of followers, who had carefully carried themselves and the guns out of the battle, and made for the bottom of the valley. By this time the beaters began to close up from all quar ters, and to appear in little parties in Indian file, in all ha lt threading at a trot the narrow jungle p a th s, flocking eto the scene o f action. Ashikarry amongst them !Allotted to me that the bear had fallen in a dry rocky nulla down in the bottom of the valley. I pushed on into it, and for a few moments followed its course without catching sight of him. He did not, however, leave me long in doubt, for he no sooner saw me than he picked himself up, and, with his muzzle all bloody and his tongue out, evidently feeble and desperately hard hit, but savage to the last, came up to the charge at a slow canter, with the greatest determination. I took steady aim, and knocked him over ; he rose again as if to charge, but before he could get under weigh, I hit him again, and down he went, struggling in,' death. I got another gun from the natives, who, as usual, were dancing about at a prudent distance on the borders of the skirmish, and putting it close to his head, finished him, just as my companion, who had been by some accident thrown out in the chase, came up. We were both greatly amused at the speed and ingenuity with which the shikarry, a decided "enemy to strife," and his long-legged lanky son, a still more promising member of the Peace Society, contrived to show up the instant that the bear was floored. Ido not mean to accuse the race of profes sional shikarries in general of this little weakness, but certainly these two, not only on this, but on many occasions, showed a curious precision in making their appearance just as the last breath left a beast, and not one moment before. I once, and only once, saw a bear show decided want of "pluck;" once, too, though I did not actually see it, I knew beyond all doubt, of a wounded bear, in the very act of closing with a hunter, being turned by a dig on the snout from the muzzle of the gun. The first instance was a most clear case of faint-heartedness. I and an army of beaters had beleaguered a small patch of forest, in which two bears were lying. One of them was dislodged in front of me, and seeing me in his path, stood and gazed for a moment, as a bear usually does, and then, breaking into a canter, came down at the pas de charge in the most valiant way in the world. There happened at the moment to be a good many scattered beaters about, and I was just in the act of calling to them to clear the way and let him come on, when, to my amazement, the brute pulled short up in his charge, began ramping and jumping and roaring at us, with much the air of a bullying cowardly dog, who barks and jumps without any intention of really attacking, and then quietly turning tail, trundled back by the way he came. I was so much taken aback by this performance that I bad not the wit to fire till he had got his croupe well turned towards me ; I then sent a volley after him, which may have nettled, but certainly did not stop him; and he not only had the baseness to run away, but further, to save his life and get clear off by so doing. - ------- - STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—An improvement in the weather affording a better prospect of a full crop of cotton, appears to have rendered the market dull at New York, and rather in favour of buyers in the south, particularly at New Orleans, where the arri vals of new cotton are heavy, and where opinion is becoming favourable to a crop equal in magnitude to that of last year. During the last day or two business was unfavourably influenced by advices from Liverpool of the Bth Sep tember, showing an increased desire to sell, but a di minished disposition to buy. The buoyancy which showed itself up to last evening in the Liverpool cotton market is evidently checked by these accounts, but no change is reported in prices. The effect in our own market is a somewhat subdued tone of business as compared with last week, —a disposition among the buyers to hold back, in the expectation of some little advan tage in price. Beyond this there is r o change in the least degree unfavourable to prices ; and it does not amount to more than a quieter state of thing s than we had to report in our last publication. The spinners of mule yarns for the east do not flinch from the advance previously required; no abatement is made from the full rates of Saturday for warp s an d cops ; and the producers of reeled w a t er twist will not relinquish the small fraction which was last week re covered. The firmness of the yarn department of our market remains, therefore, unimpaired. Indeed, for the finerspinnings, from Sea I s l an d cotton, the nota tions ha have b een q again adva nce d to-day. The Ame rican advices have affected goo d s i n a less degree than yarns. There continues to be a good general de mand, fully sustaining the previous rates in general, s ad imparting a hardening tendency to those of some descriptions. The accounts from India, which are on the whole favourable, as will he seen by the extracts, have led to an increase of transactions in shirt madapollams, and jacconets, as well as in yarns, and to some improvement in prices. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had but a dull and inactive market to-day. The man ufacturer re fuse to sell at th e i r f ormer pr i ces , an d the merchants are unwilling, e xce pt i n f ew case s, to give the advance required to leave them a rem unerating profit. Th e price of wool r ema i ns fi rm an d the manufactur ers purchase sparingly. HALIFAX, SATURDAY. —The attendan ce i n our very slender. ; an d b ut few worsted goods of any piece -hall to-day has been sort _ have be en dispo se d o f . The demand for yarn for Germany is languid, an d, although the spinner s are fully employed, it is a t rates which are n ot ade q uatel y t remunerative. Th e tran s a c tions in wool have been more extensive and an advance in the quotations h as b een estab l ished, yet not eq ual to the ad vance asked by the growers. mip,„ERSFIELD, TuEsDAY.—There has been a fair amou nt of business done in our market to-day, chiefly in se asonable goods for the winter markets. We have ba d a quantity of buyers in the town, and on the whole a good business has been done. The ware houses have been pretty well employed during the week. Most of the shippers are beginning to be busy. I once failed in bringing down a charging bear at close quarters, and escaped untouched; „partly, I imagine, because the bear, although not dropped by the shot, felt ihimself severely bit and his strength failing; partly from sheer good luck. We were in pursuit of a bear in a large thickly-wooded valley, hemmed in by mountain-sides and hill-tops, and were posted so as to command t wo p asses, which, at about a gun-shot distance from each other, formed the only means of egress from one end of the valley. We bad been compelled to choose our own posts, for our shikarrries were down in the valley with the beaters, and our chief guide, the village patel, a most unwarlike character, who used to amuse us by shaking from head to foot as if in an ague-fit whenever he got within hail of a bear, had shown himself utterly inefficient. For some time we watched the operations of the natives below, and at length had th e pl eas ure of seei ng the bear get up just out of sh o t, in rear of th e line of beaters, out of a pi ec e of jungle whi c h they had beaten carelessly, and quietly walk off to the far end of the valley, where there was anot h er aparsis shotgul guides, off,s, bolted My companion, ff i n who o bad with hi m several village pursuit. I, a lth ough not was impeded by a deep narrow ravine choked with dry prickly bushes, which detained me so long that before I could get clear of it he was out had brought with me from cantonments, of sight. My gun - carriers were, un f ortunately, all c onsequently as li tt l e acquainted with the jungle as myself, so that I had not hi ng left but to w at h hi c a h n b d o k n e n e d p e i d n follow at a venture in the di rect i on t h e b ear had and men were whom I t a k e n, choosing wh a t b ore the greatest resemblance t g th a e c v e a u l r le s y e , a h l o ai n ff g way th the e s t t w e e e p e n hilltop sidesand bottom. My path, as j ung l e pat h s taken at random usually do, soon vanished, and left me cli m bi ng amongs t ro cks a and thorns to such a disagreeable extent that I g ave _ up the pu rsu it as h ope l ess, and struck down for th e bottom of th e va ll ey , h op i ng to get on better gr ound. In this I was gr i evous l y di sappointed ; the deeper I plunged into the jungle, th e thicker a nd more impassable I found it; and after making considerablellly way with much labour and pains over a tract of ground in pursuit of the cries of fainter and the beaters, which began to grow . fainter in the distance, I cone .t . O 5 regul ar stand-still in front of a thorny thicket, which seemed effectually to stop further progress. I was at my wits' end, and being quite sick of following the deceitful jungle paths,which , made , as I imagine, have an by wild beasts, seemed to especiai talent for going round and ro und, . d into a thick busb , I quietly sat do wn , and set my gun-carriers to hollow for assistance to the look-outs perched on the bill - tops. They heard us , an d i n t h e obliging manner peculiar to the gentle Ilindoo, hol loaed in return, but not a step did they move towards us, and final/Y,as the bear pursued his course, they walked off in the same direction, leaving us to take care of ourselves. By this time the cries of the beaters had sunk into silence, and I, in an awful state of mind, hot, dirty, scratched, and almost visibly smoking with mingled beat and wrath, began to think of laboriously cutting my way up to a hill-top, and thence striking for the tents. As a last effort, however, to rejoin the hunt, I Went viciously ut.the thorny thicket, knife in 'ETATS IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY.—The new Act "To Amend th e P rac ti ce an d C ourse of Proceeding in the High Court of Chancery" will remove several causes of delay which have hitherto obstructed suits in equity, espe cially with regard to having all parties before the Court, and also as to bills of reviver and supplemental bills on the death, marriage, &c., of any of the parties. By the dirt section of the 15th and 16th Victoria, c. 6, the Court may decide between some of the parties without making others interested parties to the suit. In case of abatement (by another provision), by marriage, or otherwise, the Court may make an order which shall have the same effect as a bill of reviver or supplemental bill. The order so made is to have the effect of making the persons named parties to the suit without the del a y of a supplemental bill. There is another clause to prevent supplemental bills. New facts, after the commencement of a suit, need not be stated in a supplemental bill, but may be introduced as amendments. FREE-TRADE PmcEs.—There was lately sold a large farm in Anglesea at forty-four, and an extensive landed estate in Carnarvonshire at thirty-four years' purchase upon rack rents. Cattle and store sheep change hands at prices that quite satisfy the sellers. One extensive corn grow er i n Anglesea last week sold all his wheat at 475. The corn crops are unusually good, and, generally speaking, well secured. It was reported last Friday week that the average return of 70 acres o f w h ea t grown upon Ty Newydd, the property of Colonel Pennant, was 61 / 2 quarters per acre. In the face of such facts, surely no one can have the hardihood to maintain that free trade has destroyed all agricultural prosperity.... 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