The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-25 00:00:00

WARRINGTON V. COOK.

44 WIIEIST LOVELY N/VOSIAN STOOPS TO FoLLY."--7.
From the statement of the plaintiff, who appeared to he
deeply impressed with a feeling of shame at the disclosures
'she was compelled to make, it appeared that the father of
the child she supported in her arms allowed the sum of ten
shillings weekly towards its support, and this amount has
been from time to time transmitted to Mrs. Warrington by
the father, through the agency of the defendant, Mrs. Cook.
The money had, however, been kept back upon one pre-
text and another; and a number of weeks having fallen due,
the plaintiff found herself compelled to seek redress in that
Court.

Mr. DUBOIS—What do you say to this, Mrs. Cook ?
Mrs. Cook—Oh, Sir, don't ask me ! My modesty has
been outraged and my decency violated by that
COMMI3SIOSER—SoftIy, my good woman—better wordS,
if you please.
Mrs. Cook—Better words, indeed! she's no better nor
she ought to be. I'm a married Looman, and got my
marriage lines and a man witness to trove it.—(Laughter.)
COMMISSIONER—SO much the more fortunate for you.
But why havu't you paid this poor girl her money? Mrs.
Cook—Oh, the good for nothing—she's had it.
Mrs. Warrington—You unfeeling woman, how can you
say so ? - Mrs. Cook—l've got a letter to prove it.

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COMMISSIONER—Hand it up, Mrs. Cook. Let us see 4t.
Here Mrs. Cook fumbled about her huge pocket a con-
siderable time, and at length supposed she must have for-
gotten it.

- The Jury, after very severely animadverting upon the
heartless conduct of the defendant towards the plaintiff,
who was already suffering all the ignominy that she could
possibly bear up against, ordered Mrs. Cook to pay the
tooney immediately.

A RUSSIAN FAIR.—The Emperor of Russia has
made several new regulations, conferring additional privileges
on the fair of Nijny Novogorod. Nijny Novogorod is the
Russian town par excellence. It is there only where the true
Russian blood is met with. Moscow is the city of the nobles
of the old school ; St. Petersburgh the seat of Russian civi-
lization ; Archangel is the depot for the riches of the north ;
Odessa forms a link in the chain of eastern commerce ; Riga
is the port of the Baltic—the monument of faith; Kazan and
Astrachan are the towns conquered by the Tartars ; but the
city of Nijny Novogorod is the moat Russian and important of
all. It is at the same time the ancient cradle of the Russians,
and the modern depot of their commercial wealth. The Volga
and the Oka unite • their waters near it; all the
.great roads
centre in it; all that the east has of the most rich, or.the west
of the most elegant, is to be found there. In one word, Nijny
NovogOrod is the'entrepot of Europe and Asia, since the mo-
l',.tnent that the Emperor transferred to it the fair of Makariew.
In 1836, the fair produced 118,000,000 of paper-money
rubles. Through it are passed into Russia the shawls of
Cashmere, the pearls, the drugs, the tea, the stuffs, of the•
East, the porcelain and the horses of pure blood ; and from
thence are passed into .Asia cloth, glass, and hardware.—
Journal de Frankfiirt:
A young man, named Hussey, was found dead on
the shore at Bridport ; he had fallen a victim to the drinkieg
of raw spirits.—Devizes Gazette.
A singular circumstance has lately occupied the at-
tention of the good people of the town of Voreppe (Isere).
A medical man was proceeding on horseback about dusk to-
wards Grenoble, when a young mati; who had concealed him-
self in a hedge by the road side, sprang towards him, and de-
manded his money or his life. The disciple of Esculapias
replied by discharging a pistol at the robber, put spurs to his
horse, and gallopped off. The next morning the identical
young man called on the doctor to have his wound dressed.
The doctor generously attended to it, and contented himself
With pointing out to his patient the dangerous course he was
pursuing, and recommending his return to the paths of virtue
and honesty.—French Paper. _ _ • .

The St. Petersburgh Commercial Journal pub-
lishes the following imperial ukase :—" After examining the
report of the Committee expressly appointed by us, we order-
1. To promote the export trade, corn of all descriptions ex-
ported over the land frontiers to Prussia shall be exempt from
all export duties., 2. Instead of the duties en foreign salt im-
ported through the custom-houses of Tauroggen, Ceorgenburg,
and Polangen, amounting to 24 copecs in silver per Prod, and
12. k per cent. addition—with the quarantine money there shall
be levied, till further orders, a duty on foreign salt imported
by the above custom-houses of 32 copecs in silver without the
addition, and the quarantine money."
When a man dies, they htlieve that the devil stands
in ambush before the house, in order to get peFsess!on of the
corpse on its way to its last abode. As the rabbis, however,
surround it all the way to interment, his Infernal Majesty is,
cowed by their presence ; but still he follows the procession,
in hopes of finding some favourable opportunity, or of slippin,g
into the grave along with the defunct. When the body, thereH
fore, is near the opened grave, the bearers suddenly retreat
with it to a certain distance, and a rabbi attending thorn throws
some gold pieces as far as he can in different directions. The
devil, who is by this time either in the grave or near it, is
tempted by' his avarice to go and pick up the money ; and
whilst he is thus employed, the corpse is huri led back ,o the
tomb, and earth thrown over it. Oue day that I tallad about
this custom to a Moor, who has a bigoted hatred of the poor
Israelites, I asked him if it was nbt unlike a Jew to throw away
his money ? Ah, yes,' he said ; but it is very. like a Jew to
cheat the In the burials of females, this ,scattering of
money is never practised : Satan, it is alleged, has already
too much trouble upon his hands to wish getting hold of a
woman.—Campbell's Le/ters front the South. _ _

During the very foggy weather which occurred be-
tween the 7th and 10th of February last the lighthouse at the
Mull of Galloway was surrounded by small birds, in such
amazing numbers that the light-keepers were .employed for
many hours in beating them off, so as to free the light, a:id
when the dense mist cleared away they picked up more than
six hundred which had been killed. What is very re-
markable, during the same period similar birds appeared in
flocks of still greater numbers at the lighthouses on the island -
of Pladda, situate about sixty miles north of the Mull of Gallo-
way. At Pladda there are two distinct lights, on upper and
lower stations. Both were beset by innumerable birds, which
Were, as at the Mull light, switched off by the 14,,ht-keeper.
No fewer than 1,129 birds were picked up; which had thus
been killed during the fog. The birds were chiefly laths,
with some thrushes, blackbirds, starlings, fieldfares, and red-
wings. The prevailing winds on the coast bad for about eight
days been from the south ; and the gales were occasionally so
violent that stones from the beach were driven against the
lizhthouse windows. We should suggest to the lightkeepers
that when birds occur that are unknown to them, or appear
remarkable for the colour of their plumage, or shape of their
! bill, or feet, they should send the birds, or its skid (having
head and feet attached), to head-quarters at Edinburgh. It
sometimes happens that rare foreign birds which have lest
their way are attracted by the beacon lights on the (.109t,—,
EdtOuryli Paper,

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The roar of the roused bear was soon heard, and by
the time the men had reached the middle of the field,-
his course could be traced by the crashing of the broken
stems, which
,yielded like . grass to the powerful brute,
" He's away," shouted Rivers, as the black monster broke.
from the cover, and gallopped at his awkward pace towards
the hills ; " hurry for first bloßd !" and giving Clasher
his head, off he dashed in hot pursuit, with Time at his
heels. The bear turned round for an instant on hearing the
clatter of hoofs; then, sending back a roar of defiance, re-
sumed his flight. On nearing-him both took a pull at their
horses' heads to have them well in hand before the encoun-
ter. They_ were now at his haunches ; he half turned to
meet them. At that instant in went the spears, and as they
passed at full speed each buried his spear blade deep. The
enraged brute made frantic efforts to overtake them, gnash-
ing- his foaming teeth with impotent fury, and roarinc, so
fiercely that even the well-tried Arabs showed some reelue-
tanee to face him again. They were at length wheeled
round, and again coming up nearly abreast, both spears
were delivered and withdrawn with fatal precision ; the
horses, obedient to the lea and rein, turning off beautifully
at the critical moment. 'The bear now bleeding profusely,
still continaed to retreat, occasionally standing at bay and
charging desperately. He had antagonists to deal with,
however, who were perfect masters of their weapons, and
mounted on horses which turned much too rapidly to be
overtaken by his clumsy. efforts.
Spear after spear transfixed him 'whenever a favourablA
opportunity occurred, till at last the exhausted brute, hiss
sides dripping with blood, and his tongue hanging (rem his
parched jaws, lay down among some thick bushes, unable to
run further. It was then that Rivers, exclainii4; " that.
he was done" spurred up his horse to give the coup de
grace. Too much excited to be cautious, he did not listen
to BlOwhard's warning voice, who earnestly called to him,.
" Don't spear him in cover, or he will have you to a ,cer-
tainty ; I tell, you he is not done. For God's sake"—Bc-
fore he could finish the sentence his prediction was verified.
Clasher went boldly up and leapt into the centre of -the
bushes, but he-eould not turn off as in the plain when the
spear was delivered. The bear, exerting the last remnants
of his strength, reared to his full height as the blow wi:s'
given, and seizing Rivers by the thigh dragged him from
the saddle. The noble Arab, snorting with fear, plunged
wildly forward,. leaviro his helpless rider, and galloping
madly from the spot, at once announced what had hap-
pened, already confirmed by the horrid yell of the bear at
the moment of seizing his victim. " I knew how it would,
be,". muttered Blowhard between his clenched teeth, as gars
dismounted and drew the long hunting knife, which het
always carried. Leaving his horse he sprang to his friend's:
assistance,_ who lay half stifled under the bear, which still
retained his hold. Without a moment's hesitation he threw
himself upon the brute and plunged the knife to the hilt
behind the shoulder, repeating his blows till the monster's
jaws relaxed in the convulsions of death.
Rivers, on being dragged from tinder the lifeless carcass,
leapt up and warmly thanked his friend for his deliverance,
Although covered with blood, it was not his own ; the bear-
was so completely blown, that his gripe had not penetrated.
the leather breeches in which the hog-hunter always rode,
and a trifling bruise was the only result of an accident whicli,
promised 'to be serious.
" You have got well out of it this time," said Blowhard,
coolly wiping his reeking b'ade ou the shaggy hide of the
prostrate bear ; " but he would have had your scalp before
1 could have saved you, iflae had not been near the 'death
throes." DECCAN.

Note.—The Indian be. r, Ursus Laniatus, is a variety
whose habits are little known by naturalists. It is found
ill most mountainous parts of India, and in some places
bears are so numerous, that I have known fifteen found in
one day. I have myself seen seven within six hours. Al-
though not carnivorous, it frequently attacks and kids men
from mere wantoni.ess, generally seizing his victim by the
head and tearing away the scalp. Of this I have known
several instances.

JUVENILE PROSTITUTION.

(from a. Correspondent of a Morning Papi.ir.)

About a fertnlght• since a little girl, aged 14, rtnrael
-Maria Egan, suddenlyAisappcared from her mother's house,
in Waterloo. court, Cannoc-street-road, St. George's,
from the suspicious circumstances of the case appriensians:
were entertained that she had been decoyed to one of the
numerous brothels in the neighbourhood. A very minute.
search was instituted by her friends without avail, unti'.
within the last few days, when it was discovered that she
had been detained at ai house in Wentworth-street, White-
chapel, a brothel kept by a relative of the notorious Sheen,.
who some years since cut his child's head off.

The little girl is of an interesting description. She VW»
found by her uncle,'who had been endeavouring to 'trace-,
her, as she was about to make her escape from the housm
in Wentworth-street, the cuter door of which she had just
reached. He immediately secured her, and searched, the
rooms, in which there were 12 or 14 girls, kept there for the
purposes of prostitution. Most of them-were very youri_!•
Oa Wancsd t.e girl E.;rn, with her friends,
applied to the London Society for the Pre% ention of Juve-
ode Prostitution for advice and protection, when she gave
the following statement :
She said, that, as she was walking along the Commer-
cial-road about a fortnight since, she met a girl
.eighteen
years old, with whom slfe got into_ conversation, and was
induced, at her persuasion, to accompany her for a walk.
They walked together sonie distance, and at length passed
up Brick-lane, and turned into Wentworth-street. They
entered the house No. 77, and she was then immediately
taken hold of by another girl, an inmate of the house, and
forced into.a room, which was instantly locked. The girl who
had decoyed her stopped and spoke to the woman,.who was
the keeper of the house, from whom she believes she received
money. She had not been long in this room before a man
came in, and locked the door after him. She thou thought,
for the first time,-th.it she had been brought here for some
base purpose, and she began to scream violently, but the roma
was too fin removed fur her cries to lie heard (being at the
back -pin of the premises), -and the monster in human
shape, after cruelly ill-using her, effected his design. Ha
was a man about five feet six inches high, middle-aged,
parently well-dressed, and appeared to be respectable. Ho
gave her no money, but, having accomplished his pt,xpose,
left her locked up in the room, vvhere she was aft.erwards
kept. She was compelled to remain in this plane, submit-
ng to the most disgusting and brutal treattrunit, until she;
was rescued by her uncle.

Her mother is a poor woman, whose hush►,nd died se,me
time since, leaving her with four children, three of vitioin
arc dead, and the fourth is the object of the bor.:id tale
thus described.

There is no doubt as to the ',.rtith of the p-,;.t.P7.4 statement,
°'Lioned, and stip, persisted in the
as she was very closely que
same story as she had Previously made to .her mother, under
whose protection she at present remains.

THE WEii.THER.—Dr. Kirwan remarks, if a storm
arise fram t:ec north or north east, near the vernal equinox_
the lium,l,er is generally dry, five times in six hut if from the-
r.cuih or south west, a wet summer generally follows,
The large oak at Ashton, she property of Lord:
Exmouth, vvCich considered the, finest in the county, has
been sold for sixty guineas, and will be felled as soon as the
barking season commences. About thirty years since it was
sold for 1001., but. a Chancery suit opportunely arose, and
saved it from the axe of the feller till the present enlight-
ened period. The late Mr. Ellett, of the Turk's Head, St. „
Thomas's, ofrered 70/. for it several years back. The leng; ft
of the trunk (a straight column) in gross timber is 72 feet, at
which height it girths about two feet; at six feet above the
ground it is 20 feet in ciicumfetme„ It is tic admiratiy of
all vksitql:S.—Tiftegerii 7'irtAl4,