The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE RIPER/18.

Six,-May I again trouble you to acknowledge
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London.-1 am, du., FELIX JOSEPH.
92, New Boad•street, Lapdog, Nov. 17.

PERTHSHIRE.—WRITE HARE AND PARTRIDGE
&worm. —On most of the shooting quarters in this
county the sport has now been commenced, and the low covers
are much better stocked than was anticipated. White hare
shooting on the northern moon has been very saccade'
and from 1,50) to 2,CJO have been begged on several
estates within the past three weeks. 'They are very
numerous on the Grampian ranges, and on some of the passes
from Coll to 80 may be shot io a few hours. Rue deer are
very numerous and in flue condition. A large number have
been shot on the best wooded estates. Brown hares and
rabbits are plentiful on the low covers. Partridges
and pheasant. are scarce, but healthy and well-con-
ditioned. In (Brothel's a the oovers are excellently
stocked. At Strathallan, Lord Strathallan, the Master of
St/alkalies', and Captain Greenhill have enjoyed excellent
sport, and have killed from 500 to tit) heal of game. Lord
Lupplio Lord Charles Ker, Sir Thomas fdoncreiffe, anal
party, bagged upwards of 1,000 head of game in four days
shooting on the Dupplin preserves. On the luchbrakie,
Trinsty-Gask, Muocreiffe, and Mansfield estates, several
hundred head of game have been bagged 'bring the week.
SERIOUS ACCIDKNT AT • MENAGERIE.—OiI
Thursday evening an unfortunate accident occurred at
the large and well-appointed English and American
Hi nee Circus, recently erected by Mr. Richard
I, is Creahalbstreet, off Dale-street. On that evening,
while the performance was going on in the circus,
a arrant named litacarthy, assistant of Mr. Alin I
Moffat, was passing the cage in which the
lions are confined, and one shutter of which had just been
removed for ventilation, when a homes seized him by the
arm. The unfortunate mou's shrieks rang through the
budding, and no doubt that his life would have been sacri-
ficed, but Mr. Batty, the intrepid performer with the
wild beasts connected with the Hippodrome, was fortunately
close at hand ; he dashed to the rescue of Racarthy, and
actually wrenched Dim from the grasp of the lioness..
The den of lions was immediately wheeled into the centre
of the ring, and Mr. Batty entering the cage, at once
went through his courageous performance with the animals,
to the astonishment and resseuranoe of the immense
audience, which bad been disturbed by the poor man's
screams. The man was removed to the Noithern Hospital,
where, in consequence of the severe lacerations inflict d
upon the limb, it was fouidiedvisable to amputate the fore
arm. The patient is now progressing favourably towards
recovery, and we understand that Mr. Bell has made ar-
rangements by which the poor fellow, though thus maimed,
will not be pecuniarily a sufferer by the accident.—Liner.
pool Allnon.
EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY BY A FEMALE SKR-
YANT.—A daring robbery has been committed at the resi-
dence of Mr. Wailham Lucke (one of the magistrates of
Witte), &end. In the evening a loud crash was heard, and
on the inmates of the house going out to see what was the
matter, it was ascertained that the noise had been caused by
the smashing of some glass in the conservatory. On se/arch
being made it wu found that the drawer of a room adjoining
the conservatory had been robbed of its contents, which
were two 51. notes, one 101. note, and twelve sovereigns,
in aU 32.1. It was also observed that the door of the room
was locked, and that the window had been left open. One
of the female servants, a young woman named Louisa
Newman, was musing, but in a short time she made her
appearance, lied, on being questioned about the matter, she
made the extraordinary statement that she had met a young
man with whom she was acquainted ; that he bad presented
a pistol at her bead, and insisted on her telling him where
some of the valuable articles belonging to her mistress were;
that she had done so, and that he had then robbed the house.
Information was at ooce given to the policienbut Mr. Super-
intendent Wolfe, from the very first, disbelieved the story's(
the young woman, and hinted his suspicions to Mr. Locke,
who, however, expressed himself satisfied of the innocence
of his servant. The police thereupon made every laclulr9,
with a view to trace the alleged thief, but, so far froth doing
so, Mr. Superintendent Wolfe was more firmly convinced that
the thief was the servant girl, and on his reeommendation she
was given into custody. Her person was then examined,
and it was found that she had recently received some very
severe cuts, and it is surmised that in attempting to leave
the room in which she committed the robbery, she endea-
voured to escape by a portion of the roof of the conserva-
tory, and that while so doing she slipped through the glom,
thereby severely injuring herself, and also making the
noise which disturbed the inmates. The prisoner was taken
before a magistrate on the charge of robbing her master of 32/.
in money, and, some merely formal evidence having been
given, she was remanded to the itelksham petty sessions.
The same evening the prisoner admitted that she com-
mitted the robbery, and stated that she had hid the money
in a certain place in the shubbery, adjoining the house.
The police accordingly searched, and found the whole of
the money secreted in the spot indicated by the prisoner.
The prisoner had only been in the service of Mrs. Locke
three weeks and three days when the robbery was com-
mitted. At the close of the evidence the magistrates com-
mitted the prisoner for trial.
ROCHIB POINT. —The Cunard Company's tender
left Queenstown at au early hour this merging for the light-
house, and has been there engaged the whole day in getting
• gun into position. This gun is intended to be used as •
signal for the steamers in foggy weather. By its aid the
Saab will be enabled to make out the lie of Roche's Peat,
and will therefore be able to enter the harbour fearleraly at
periods when, without its assistance, they could not immure
to do ea.--Cork Azawiner.
The barque Bonanza, Captain Clark, arrived
yesterday, in twenty-four days from St. Helena, with 158
• eaptured Africans. Two deaths occurred during the voyage.
The captain reports that there were about 7C3 Africans at
St. Helena, but there was no conveyaoce for thaw. It is
also stated, on the authority, we venues, of sense aldose
en board of a man-of-war, that in oae hursoisea es the wait
coast of Africa there were abort 5,C)0 taro paused up,
awaiting the arrival of alaven.—Demerera paper.
We ite happy to announce the formation of
=utter company for the cultivation of cotton in this
e tatted. The coaceny lea °know one, with • capital of
• 50,0001. already subscribed. A large ahendosisd anger estate
Me has purchased in the lower part of the part& of (b-
-roaden, and operations have ban alreacircemensed ia the
Glaring of lands, kn.—Jamaica 121141riken•