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AUDLF.V END RACES, VION.

1401111 DAT, APRIL 10.
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4 apl siu I.ol:4,llBrainourn 4
filr. B. Forth% Luck ....
3 paid forreil—Escsi betting oa Luck.
Ladies' Subscription Purse of 30gs. Heal*.
Sir C. Coles Losatic

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11:r. Mahout's Stilly..
Curtain Greavireo Merrworound
5:... Itates's Griuder
4 to 1 opt Lonatie-2 1.6 1 so Merrygoroood--10 to 1
sigst thomiter. Feu? heats.

DEAR HUNT.

[From she Ca?JAM Iterordor, February 23

A week or two sines., two lads, living in the town of
rustier, Greene enmity, discovered a large black bear.
11.ey printed hint from morning until chase of the day, fee-
s: v•Ally an wear silo strike him; the depth of the snow pre.
v-"sing his rouniug from or *Hackies them, and they bring
from the nature of their weapons, to materially
i 'Os reaching Site little falls of the Cauterskill,
the bear put Messofffenin the kw. of a roil, ■nd very delilx•.
z.-teLy rolled off she preeipirv, a height of about 11/0 feel
Joe followesigistarning. a conspaley started in pursuit cf
and di.ensered that he bad received so hart front his re.
veal. He was traerd to the highest peak of th• Catskill
r-.owilaiu Mooed Top), mail driven auto a rave, where be
The quarter • weighed "nibs. after dressing, and
h:., akisi mesestred right feet from the nose to the tail.—
(.Vittl: York Paper.)

A shocking spectacle pro...nowt itself on Sonde, forenoon
i" the passengers on London Bridge. hefne low ws.
1. r, ■boot eleven o'clock, while the Iniolge was ciawded with
1.,,p1e going le their respective plarrs of worship, a Peter-
.t, fall of meth 6eviog been seen ...mime down the river,
a desire to "hoof She L. trifle, in the t dans
k• rams state of the tide, the spectator., who had pert:Need the
a,r. tunirontrus design, ism on the approach of the boat, to
tit, rashest side of the bridge,ge &tertian+ the result of this
1.., aOll% rotes prise. The traat, with an awful velocity, had
**A.., down the tell and been w►irled by the vortex its such a
r,.,iiiirr at to yrrsent her broad.ide to the stress., when the
• apprehensive of king swamped, threw their weight
p.m the appetite quarter to raise the gannet they coo-
.'teed in danger. The attempt they made Is guard them.
that side pm wed fatal MI the other. The 'snag
tin:lanced soak below the genteel. and in a moment filled;
the toes, involved is raging eddies, usfortuaately lost
e., mice of allied, sad aggravated the perils of their sites.
tr,si l.y Ilse effutia which they made, is their despair, to
• to our arether. Without immediate aid from the shoes
all appeared lately to perish. The moat ardent exer.
goon writ, however, isisteotaitemisly employed is their be.
111.4 and by this iiesmoable iaterpnsititio trio, appentotly
i•hermen, weer preserved, to winless the writhe of
a com, aa,. who had Panes a victim $s the sasltasst et Ns.
sell sad his tempssigise.

tErrING AT TA7rißs4Lvs,
1110414.4 v, Arkin. 17. '
$4 he .art Pindarre 11110 1 apt arepot
111 le 1 seal ballet 11 10 1 apt Duke
le I anal A,l,Nium 14 se 1 apt 4.441 of Tepee.

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t Iv 1 ages Mariasta 10 se 1 ages Rcarrva

CAPE OF GOOD DOPII.

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TO TILE EDITOR OF THE CALCUTTA JOURNAL.

• ,
Sllll—Observius will pleasure that you make your Journal
dello/dory for iuforaimtion Usl all subjects, and that you es.
moorage those of roneral no well souls politico! or heal
valuer, 1 hive ovular. 4 to offer you a ottammeript journal
of sonar eartiroiutio which I Maul uremia* to make in &firth•
era Africa davits( a May of several •oaths at the Caps of
Good Hope —I am, Sir, yours, Ste.
A CIVILIAN.
On Me Ganger, October se, IWIO.

Ott the morning of the 25111 of April I left the
Cape. my Altars('lmmo servant following with my
b34gage in • waggon drawn by eight horses. We
took the road to Stellenbosch. end I was coon
jousett by coy companion. who keeps a very good
hotel in that village. The morning wee so foggy
that we lost the rued. soil did not arrive at the half-
way house until ten o'clock.
The toad thus fir is through is deep sand; hut
taboo two miles from this house you scuffle ou fiord
good Krouml, end continence escruding the first
lenge of lolls : several neat white farm-houses are
on either aide, end so you prucsed. the scenery
'round is beautiful. Behind cots, Table Moun-
tain, Comitsaitie, Wye"mfg. ace. On your right
the hills shout Hloursunt's Holborn!, and in front
the monotains belong! Stellenbosch ; stud this beau-
tiful village is seem it' toe vale before yoa, sur-
rounded with vitirvards. the lands rising and felling
like the wave. of tile sea. The houses are all white.
neatly thatched, and in regular streets in the vil-
lage; while eround them are neat little gardens.
sheep. kraut% &c. The view altogether is the
most beautiful I ever saw.

At half-past two I arrived at the hotel. In the
evening a resiwciable old German came no. who
was extremely cou►muatcative, and-related to me
tl►e principal occurrences of his life, from the time
of hi. leaving Hesse Cassel. whets a youth. to the
present slily ; including all the circumstances which
had induced him to settle there, end give up all
thoughts Gf returning to his native country.
My horse requiring to be shod, I went to a Dutch
farrier. With a knife and hammer, he contrived
to pare the hoof, and heating the ►does (which I
had brought with we) he applied them red hot on
the hinifs to burn them into their place;.
29th.—This morning I left Stellenbosch in
S•vattz'a waggon, which B. had sent to me from
Caledon. The rood was good and tlevel, and in
shout four hours we arrived at the house of M►.
flriulto. wl►ich is sit►seted just at the bottom of the
Hottentot Holland's Kloof. Hewes not •t home,
Ina hie Frow received me, and was all politeness,
regretting she could not get • dinner ready before
eveoing,.&c. From a state of affiurtice an niefor.
timate occurrence had reduced this family to their
present poverty. One of their slaves h•d been con-
fined in the prison of Cape Town, he returned
home with a gaol fever, which iminediateiy infected
the rest of the slaves. and out of twenty-nine twenty-
seven died. and also two of the children of my
hostess. The price of a slave in Africa is from
1,500 to 4.000 rix dollars, mid they constitute the
proicipal part of the wealth of the Dutch farmer.
30th.—On my deparinre, I inquired what I had
t ► pity, and was informed that it was always left to
the generosity of gentlemen; I presented five dol.
lairs, which, considering I had hail bat a bail dinner
and us bad a Iced, I thought very generous, but my
disinterested hostess, to my surprise, paid, that it
was scarcely sufficient for the feed of my horses.
Sarin after leaving the house, we commenced as-
cending the Hottentot Holland's Kloof (Kloof is
a term used Bars; pass through the mountains).
The road is a gradual ascent, but being stony and
winding Hindi. the waggons often stop to rest the
cattle. The slew froM the summit is awfully
grand.
We now descended; the slope was still more
gradual on this side; tl►e driver of the waggoi.
Swartz, told u►e that he expected I would break-
fact at his house instead of the usual place, Mr.
Uri✓s. I consented. •nd au gto the left, at
reached his farm at 10 o'clock ; it was a miserable
hut, said it was It o'clock before his wife could
set on the table * grilled chicken and some sheep►.
tail butter.

It was my intention to remain here sill day, but
the house and every thing i►► it was so dirty and
wretched, that I requested Swartz to give me a
guide to Caledon. telling him that he night bting
uu the waggon tl►e next day.
At 1 p. as. I mounted my horse Hottentot, and
preceded by the guide, poised along a hard good
road; the scenery around was beautiful; we had
Dow to go over another range of ►neuntains by the
pass of the Hough Hook, which, though tint so
sleep as the Hottentot Holland's K 1110; is, from
the loose pieces of rock, &c. more difficult to r.de
Over.

At sun-set I arrived• at the Hot Baths at Cale-
don, where sod hi. sister hod been residing
some time for the benefit of bathing. They re-
ceived Me moat kindly; and- I was to stay with them
some days. I have said neighing of his Bot or Pal.
nit Rivera. for us lib (implied fallen fur sonic time
the beds were quite dry..
The hut springs arise at the bottom of a range
of mountain's. A Doctor Hammer, a Germans, has
erected here a rouge of buildings for the accommo-
dation of visitors. Oil one aide are smell mums. and
on the other, the bath ; and you daily pay accord-
ing to the number of rooms you have. The hot
water is conveyed through covered drains into the
baths, which are about six feet wide and three
deep. By letting the water in over night, it is luke-
warm by the morning; but at first the beat is lit
deg. Fahrenheit's thermometer.
Dr. H. lass often analysed the waters, and finds
there is iron, sulphur. and vitriol in them ; the
greatest proportion of the former, the least of the
latter. He calculates. that there are six grains of
the mineral to each bottle of the water. sud in this
proportion gives the powders lie extract*. The hot
springs arise at the back of the bath to the N. E.
You ii.cenei the hill a few hundred yards, and find
several circular holes of about It inches diameter,
the bottom of which cannot Me found. The water
bubbles up sod rum of in different streams slows.
the MI. One of these springs, which is said to be
less impregnated with sulphur. is kept clean to
supply water foe drinking.
(To So esaltwaar.)

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT GUILDHALL

7NII DAY.

N. 11.

J. Bunkrr, Craton-wired, ironmonger
J. and C. Lytle, Finitiory-square, inerehada
J. Marinlush, Kin."' ..... maiiiter
H. Kwile, Wed &nit'skald, bolder
W. Thorpe, • Epping, hanker
J. Berker, flirand,, busier
14 Brewer, New Bruifursi. grurer
.1. Varky, Great Tack&ld..dreet, ristseller