The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-12 00:00:00

WORCESTERSHIRE.

The magistrates of the Petty Sessional division
of Worcester decided yesterday to close all fairs
and markets in the division, under the provisions of
the order passed by the Privy Council on the 22nd
ult., for all horned cattle from that day for two
months. It is expected that the other districts in
the county will adopt a similar course.

The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Wednesday, 18th inst., a special settling day in the
shares of:Hodges's Distillery Company, and in Brill's
Brighton Baths Company, both of which are to be
marked in the twice-a-week list. The following
resolution has also been passed by the committee :
" That, after full consideration of the circumstances
connected with the General Estates Company, the
committee hereby rescind the order of the 25th
September, suspending the buying-in of shares of
the said company."

ADVENTURE ON THE TIGHT.ROPE.—The Buffalo
Courier states that Mr. Leslie having undertaken to
give the people of Bayfield, Canada West, a performance
on the tight rope, stretched his rope across the James, a
distance of 600 ft., and proceeded to walk over it, and, when
midway, to go through various manoeuvres and feats of
skill. Lpon afterwards nearing the opposite bank he found
a number of persons greatly excited, and could hear them
say, " him, he's the devil !" " Cut the rope !"
" Cut him down !" &c. Leslie continued to move along on
the rope, but before he could reach its terminus the slender
bridge was cut and he was allowed to fall a distance of
nearly 25ft. In his descent he caught hold of a tree and
thence rolled down the embankment to the water's edge.
Finding that he was plumed by the ruffians he made his
escape to the woods, and after travelling about a mile and
a half he managed to get a horse and buggy, with which
he reached Seaforth.
THE BONE CAVE AT RYHOPE COLLIERY.---A
great additional quantity of human and other animal
remains has been discovered in this cave within the last
few days, and as it has not yet been fully explored, or its
termination reached, it is likely that still more will be
found as the quarrymen go on with their work. Amongan
the bones dug up on Thursday last are two adult
childhum
skulls, male and female, the lower jawbone of aalmostf
five or six years old, and a number of other, bonesdunensfonsof
enough to construct another skeleton..
both,
the two adult skulls are as follows :
21/in.; longest diameter, 71-in. and 7i
in.
sin. and
pos-
terior lobe, Gin. and nin. ; and amiss
badgers,foxes, cats,
791'relu-mhaetrreous:ethefe
been carried off by the
rabbits, &c. Including what has
4in. There are also more bones of
workmen and visitors, there must have been several
bushels dug up in all. Several bits of charred wood have
been found, and also a chip of wood, clean cut with a, very
sharp axe, indicating the date of the human remains within
a few
centuries. In a little recess near the roof of the cave
was discovered a number cf small bones of different kinds,
evidently placed there by hand, just such a depository as a
girl playing at housekeeping might be supposed to make.
Some of the ox bones appear to have been broken with a
hammer, and one of them bears the mark of having been
sawn through. The most probable conjecture now is that
these relics are those of a family of thieves or robbers, or of
refugees from invasion or persecution, and that they had
met their death suddenly and unexpectedly—perhaps by
suffocation, like the Macdonalds, of the Isle of Eigg, at the
hands of the chief of Macleod, or the Arabs in the cave of
Dahra, at those of General Lamoriciere. Thero would be
plenty of brushwood near for such a purpose.