The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-13 00:00:00

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o'clock. Having occasion to visit an encampment in
the bush to the northward of the town, I rode off lei-
surely in that direction, keeping as near as I could to
the winding banks of the Yarra Yarra, in hopes of get-
ting a breath of cool air now and then from the surface
of the water. I had not proceeded far into the bush when
the hot gusts became more frequent, and in less than
five minutes there came a gale of wind, bringing with it
a long streaming volume of hot, stinging dust, so dense
that, when I could venture to peep up from beneath the
broad rim of my hat, I could not see a yard in advance,
nor could I see below my horse's ears. His nose was
absolutely invisible, and so were my own feet, while the
current of dust swept by us. Being already used to this
I proceeded on my way (most unfortunately I had for-
gotten to bring my veil), and galloped forward between
each of the gusts.
An interval of a few minutes occurred, and the air
having cleared before me--the dust-currents being on
their way for Melbourne—l saw on the high swelling
ground in front, at the distance of about a mile, as it
seemed, a dirty red cloud over the hills and mounds,
which soon rose above the dry squalid grey heads of the
bush trees. It rapidly expanded, and in a few seconds
assumed the appearance of a range of ragged conical
rocks of the colour of faded brick dust. The line red-
dened, and the sky became darker. It was no cloud ;
the whole mass was evidently advancing. Of course I
immediately became but too well aware that this was
some new specimen of the hot blast, of a kind or degree
far exceeding any I had met before. A devoted observer
of phenomena would no doubt have remained, but I
frankly confess that, not understanding the thing, I
bolted. Twirling my horse's head round, I spurred back
at full speed, intending to reach the town before " the
enemy" overtook me. But looking over my shoulder,
I saw that my pursuer was gaining upon me ; there was
nothing for it, therefore, but to make a sudden wheel to
the left, towards a few yards of fence, made of thin
planks of the stringy bark called shingles, which seemed
to be the only remains of some abandoned station.
Feeling sure my horse would never stand what was
coming, but tear away his bridle if I hung him up to a
tree, I jumped off, and hurriedly detaching the hobbles
from the saddle-rings, hobbled him in no very careful
way, and took to my heels for the palings. I was ob-
liged to leap across a long winding gully or watercourse,
amid the pelting drift of the preliminary gust of hot sand,
and had just time to crouch down, with my back against
the fence planks, in a doubled-up posture, my hat pulled
over my eyes, and my face pressed close towards my
knees, with my hands pressing down the crown and
side rims of my hat. With a dry, rushing noise, like a
land storm sweeping through a forest in autumn, the
hot blast struck the fence, the continuous stream pass-
ing over the top above my head, as I could feel by the
pressure and vibration of the boards, as they bent
over me. Notwithstanding all my care, the hot dust
peppered and stung my face, penetrating my ears and
nostrils, covered as they were, tingling under my shirt,
and even getting between my teeth, though I thought I
had kept my mouth close enough. Half opening my
eyes to look upon the ground, in consequence of a
strange sensation of things about me, I saw that I was
covered, and the ground too, all round me, with myriads
of flies, beetles, ants, grasshoppers, and other insects,
which had been driven through the chinks and between
the shingles of the fence. Great numbers of them were
dead, especially the flying grasshoppers, beetles, and a
large brassy-looking fly, something like a long, half-
starved wasp ; but most of the smaller flies, and nearly
all the ants, were in a lively state of dismay, and very
quickly sought shelter at the back of my boots, the folds
and wrinkles of which they literally filled up, covering,
also, the heels completely, spurs and all. After remain-
ing in this crouched position at least five or six minutes,
during which the blast continued to rush over me, and
onwards, with no apparent sign of cessation, it was im-
possible any longer to resist the desire of having one
look at what was going on. Keeping my hand still on
the crown of my hat, with the sides pressed close to my
face, and making what schoolboys calla " squinny-eye,"
I very guardedly and gradually took a brief look up.
Over the top of the fence, and above my head, rushed
an unbroken stream of reddish-gray dust, with the same
stream rushing from each side where the few yards of
fence ended, and meeting in front, so that I sat enclosed
in a hollow wedge of reddish-grey, hot, stinging dust,
beyond which nothing whatever was visible. It seemed
to me that this lasted, nearly half an hour, but, pro-
bably, as a little of this " went a great way" in sensa-
tion, the duration was not so much—perhaps not above
a quarter of an hour. Quite long enough.
Not a soul was to be seen all the way back to Mel-
bourne except three young men, new arrivals, who were
lying with their faces close to the ground, and their
coats and waistcoats turned up over their heads. Even
on entering the town scarcely anybody was in any street.
They had all " run for their lives" and slammed the
doors after them. The hot blast of this day is said by
some who were here on the celebrated Black Thursday
(when the bush took fire for so many miles, and such
numbers died in the towns), to have made them appre-
hend almost a recurrence of similar horrors. In fact it
was a sinaoom, and nothing else. These hot blasts in a
minor degree, are of frequent occurrence. When the
dust cloud sweeps along you cannot discern a single ob-
ject beyond it. No town, no bush, nothing but hot
dust.

So much has been said during the last two or three
years of the beauty, mildness, and salubrity of the cli-
mate of Australia, that it would have been a very fruit-
less task to offer any observations of a difhrent ten-
dency until a sufficient number of successful and unpre-
juliced voyagers returned to bear testimony by their
own personal experience.
The heat is fitful and excessive. After a period of
moderate warmth, cooled by occasional torrents of rain,
the thermometer rose on the 30th of December, to 113
deg. in the shade of a verandah. I hung it up against a
house in the sun, two doors from Captain Chisholm's
office in Swanstone-street, and in less than 20 minutes
it rose to 126 deg. To all appearance it would have risen
higher, probably to upwards of 130 deg. ; but, being in-
disposed to bake myself by standing sentry near the
thermometer any longer, and not daring to leave it least
somebody should just take st down and put it in his
pocket, I was obliged to terminate my observations.
Next day the heat was much the same till the
afternoon, when, the wind changing to the south-west,
we were relieved by a sudden coolness, which re-
quired a change of clothing in the evening. On the
day after this (January Ist, 1853), we had rain,
and the air was as cold as in the early part of
the spring, some three months ago. The rain quite
destroyed the holyday of New-year's-day, with its
steeplechase, &c., as it did the horticultural show at the
Botanical Gardens just as we are accustomed to be
treated in England ; but then we were taught to expect
no such caprices of weather in this heaven upon earth.
All I can is, that on January the sth I felt cold all day
in summer clothing, and on the 6th I fairly returned to
the same underclothing I had worn in the winter, and
found it just the thing.
The following extracts are taken from the "Diary of
a Meteorologist, living in a tent in Canvas Town," as
the encampment on the South Yarra is designated :
" Rounded the Cape in the middle of October • wet,
squally, and wretchedly cold. Consoled by thinking of
the land of promise, the gentlest and healthiest of cli-
mates, where the old get young, where rheumatism is
unknown, where pigs are fed on peaches, and poverty
has no place.
" Landed at Port Philip the first week in November,
the commencement of the Australian summer. First
few days very fine, somewhat over-warm though—about
80 degs. in the shade. Still very fine. A moderate
breeze from the south, fresh from the sea. All true
about the climate. What I hear about the rainy season
seems exaggerated. As to the streets of the town being
often impassable, that is for want of proper drains.
"Fixed my tent on the South Yarra, and hung up
my thermometer. A pastoral life before me.
"November 5 (my first day), the mercury rose to 90
degs. in the shade. Lay panting on a box the greater
part of the day, having walked too fast in the morning.
"Next day, so chilly, was obliged to put thicker
trousers on, and an extra coat. Dark heavy clouds over
head all day ;no sun visible. Mercury once got up to
64 degs., and then lazily sunk down again. In the
evening I fairly shook with cold.

"NCivember 7.—Morning, early; not a cloud to be
seen ; air fresh, and temperature delicious. At break-
fast the thermometer showed the heat to be 70 degs. ;
but the breeze soon dropped, and at about 1 o'clock the
quicksilver stood at 96 degs. in the shade. Lay gasping,
with nothing but duck and canvas about me. Did no-
thing but drink water, lemonade, gingerbeer, and cold
tea. Oranges 10d. a piece.

"Noveniber B.—Heat abated, not above 84 degs. ;
the day following it fell to 72 degs., and in the evening
to 58 degs.
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" Then came a succession of hot days. Monday, 94
degs. in the shade ; Tuesday, 96 degs. in the shade ;
Wednesday. 94 degs. ; then a few moderate days ; then
three suc3essive days, at 84 degs., 74 degs., 70 degs. in
the shade, and then cold, being 60 degs. and 58 degs. ;
moderate again for a few days ; then cold ; then hot
again, 96 degs., 96 degs., 96 degs. in the shade ; then
76 degs., 76 degs. ; then 84 degs. ; then 64 degs., and
very wet ; then 100 dega. in the shade, with hot wind,
sending clouds of infinitesimally small sand that found a
way through everything ; in the evening the wind
shifted, and all night long the rain poured in torrents
awoke in a temperature of 62 degs., which diminished
the next day to 55 degs.
"December 30.—Another hot wind, day and night.
" December 31.—Worse. Thermometer rose to 110
dogs. in the shade, and 130 degs. in the sun. Sky dark,
with sand clouds rushing over our heads. Tents blown
down by hot blast. Some people died from the heat and
suffocation. Mouth full of dust.

" January 8, 1853.—Mercury at 64 degs. ; cold and
raiij.
" January 9.—Mercury at 60 degs. ; colder, and much
more rainy.
"January 10.—Mercury at 54 degs. all day, with
rain. Great coats and gloves. Several blankets at
night. Tents blown down by cold blast, &c."
The writer of the dairy from which the above is ex-
tracted is Mr. W. H. Archer, who was recently an asso-
ciate or assistant of Mr. Nelson, the actuary.
Being at the country-house yesterday (Jan. 9) of Mr.
John Orr, merchant, a shower of rain and hail drove us
out of the garden. Expressing my surprise at the strange- I
ness of the summer, and remarking that all the fine
things which had been said in England about the beauty
of the climate in Australia were, probably, with refer- i
ence to Sydney, or to Adelaide (South Australia), I was
amteennee assurred by Mr. Orr and several other gentle-
ent
quitethat theu sevvaei?.etionosnotfheth2e6tthemofpNmeroavt uerebein
wintePrre were s
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(1842) there WAS a
hailstorm. Sydney which demolished

SEIPP ING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, JUNE 11.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING; JUNE!I3, 1853.

by the savages to blind their pursuers. About 4 miles
from where the murder was committed the first camp
was found. Leaves of books, pieces of dress, and other
articles were found near the camp fire, so as to leave no
doubt in the minds of the guides that they were upon
the right track. The next morning it appeared that the
Indians had separated into several small bands, taking
different directions, and after travelling, some distance
in this way the par iies unite again at a concerted point.
After travelling, sometimes nearly a day, without dis-
covering the least sign, a piece of calico, a shoe, or some
object would be seen by the guides, as certain evidence
that Mrs. White was still living, and that she had hopes
of being delivered from her dreadful captivity. Every
camp that the Indians had left for 15 days was discovered
in a distance of 200 miles. On the 16th day the guides,
after crossing Red River two or three times, following
the winding and circuitous trail of the Indians,' dis-
covered a camp which had apparently been left that
morning, as a fire was still burning in the ashes. After
travelling a few miles objects were seen in the distance
which all thought to be Indians, but, after a severe chase
of several miles, they were discovered to be wild horses,
whcn the troops again returned to the trail. After tra-
velling 15 miles further an Indian was seen making for
the river. A halt was instantly ordered for the moun-
tain howitzer to come up, the Indian camp being in sight.
While the troops remained in this position two Indians
were distinctly seen to plant their ramrods, and take de-
liberate aim at their pursuers. One of the bullets struck
Major Grier in the left breast, directly over the heart ;
and but for the fact of his having, fortunately for him-
self, placed his heavy leathern gloves in the breast of his
coat, he would instantly have been killed. As it was,
the ball passed through his coat, the gloves, and his
shirt, but did not penetrate the skin. The other bullet
killed a horse standing close by. There were about 40
warriors, a large number of women and children, and,
besides the animals in use, 100 head 3f loose stock in the
village. While the command was halted, waiting for
the howitzer, the Indians succeeded in making their
escape with all the stock belonging to them. A strag-
gling Indian was killed, and the troops returned to the
village, after an unsuccessful charge. The body of Mrs.
White was found, about 300 yards from the village, with
an arrow passed directly through her heart. It was
still warm ! It was evident that the Indians had tried
to force her to accompany them in their flight, and she
had probably resisted, hoping that she would be rescued
from her horrid situation. Her little daughter was never
seen. She had been killed and, thrown over into the
deep 'canons' of Red River. .The black woman was
killed the day after her captivity, the bones and hair
having been seen a short distance from the point of
rocks. The body of Mrs. White was laid out, wrapped
in buffalo robes and lodge skins, and buried near the
camp. Fearing the Indians might return and discover
her burial-place, all the combustible matter that could
be gathered was placed over the grave and burnt, and
the prairie set on fire. The troops returned to Taos
after this unsuccessful expedition, having been out 25
days, and encountered one of the most violent snow-
storms ever known on the plains. Mr. Quin, who had
been engaged in packing provisions for the expedition,
lost 17 of his mules by being frozen to death. No-
thing further was heard of these Indians until the
10th of May following, when the mail coming from
the United States was attacked by them near
Red River. The mail party consisted of Messrs.
Thomas Flournoy, Benjamin Shaw, John Duty, Francis
Hendrickson, James Clay, Moses Goldstein, Mr. Bran-
ton, and others, names not recollected, making 11 in all.
The fight appears to have commenced early in the morn-
ing, near Red River, and continued all day along the
road, until they reached the waggon mound, about 25
miles. The whole party of Americans were ' whipped
out.' Five Apaches and four Utahs were killed, and
buried near a lake in the vicinity of the waggon mound.
A large number of Indians were wounded. It was a
dreadful fight,' said one of the Indians, for there were
11 Americans to fight, and they fought like wolves.' Ten
days afterwards news reached Los Vegas, the nearest
military post, and a lieutenant was ordered to proceed
with 30 men to bring the dead, and to pursue and
punish the Indians. Near the waggon mound two
mules were found dead at the tongue of the mail wag-
gon, the harness having been stripped off and carried
away. Three other mules and two American horses
were found dead in the road, in a distance of about three
miles. The other animals belonging to the party were
probably run off by the Indians. The waggon body was
stuck full of Apache and Utah arrows. The mail bag
was cut open, and letters and papers were scattered
along the road for two miles. The trunks w ere broken
open, and their contents carried away. A receipt was
found in the road, showing that 40 pairs of revolving
pistols had been given by Major Ogden, at Fort Leaven•
worth, to Mr. Clay. All the bodies of the murdered
men were found lying within a distance of 20 yards, two
of them having been lanced while sitting inside of the
waggon. The flesh was nearly all stripped off their
bones by the wolves. The bodies were buried near
where they were found, and the letters and papers
gathered up and taken to Santa Fe, and the troops re-
turned to Los Vegas, being unable to find the Indians.
This was the last expedition against the Jicarillas
Apaches, and not a serious complaint has been entered
against them since."

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Rose, from Harnburgh ; Les
Antis, Rouen ; Julius Cesar, Dantzic ; Conservative,
Mauritius ; Rosina, Amsterdam ; Amelia Thompson, Ja-
maica ; Elizabeth and Catherine, Dram ; Oscar, Stettin ;
Ann, Randers ; Eliza Fox, St. Übes ; Lady Kenmare,
Callao ; Friends, Rouen : Eagle, do. ; Thomas and Wil-
liam, Porto Rico ; Kitty's Wave, Caen ; Crown, Ibralia ;
Frau Gibke, Leer ; Alabama, Cronstadt ; Antona Maria,
Bremen; St. Jacob, Dantzic; Stadt Berl in, do.; Proven, Aal
Borg; Hannah, Oporto ; Quarry Maid, Dantzic ; Vittoriosa,
Constantinople ; William Alext.;nder, Dunkirk ; NiGolau
Heinrich, New York ; Auguste, Dantzic ; Edeline,
1l an ders ; Crocus, Rouen ; Cinderella, Dragome,stre ;
Salem, Charente ; Industry, Antwerp ; Cynthia, Pernam-
buco; Santiago, Monte Video; Sydney Claude, Stettin;
Jane Ewing, Calcutta ; Violet, Lisbon ; Josephine, Charles-
ton ; Ocean, Stettin; Ernest Auguste, Memel ; Admiral
Von Heemskirk, Amsterdam ; Warner, Hamburg.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Conserva-
tive, for Mauritius ; Rockcliff, Calcutta ; James, Antigr.a;
Brilliant, Santa Cruz and Grand Canary ; Propontis, Mau-
ritius and Ceylon ; Seelemo, Demerara ; Dublin, Trinidad;
Konigin, Rio Janeiro ; Thomas Henry, Demerara ; Diana,
Altona ; Captain, Cape of Good Hope and Bombay.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Victoria, for
New York ; Blacktriar, Sydney, New South Wales ;
Union, Dantzic ; Harmony, Labrador; Velociforce, Genoa ;
Jenne Louis Fanny, Rouen ; Brilliant, Geelong ; Cynthia,
Portland Bay ; Reenann Engelkens, Melbourne ; Propon-
tis, Cape of Good Hope and Madras ; Gobroeder, Altona ;
Maria Cristina, Santander, &c. ; Argus, Terceira • Caro-
lina, Stettin • Perseverance, Leer ; Walcheren, gydney,
Now South Virales.

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An urn. Share.
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Au5tra1a51a........... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 C 80
British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 be 0 -
Commercial of London. 61. per cent. 1. 0 0 0 20 0 -
Colonial .............. 31. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 -
lonian ............... 61. rer cent. 25 0 0 23 0 -
Lond.Char. Bk. of Aus. - 24 0 0 210 134
London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 36
London Joint Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 22
Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 -
Ditto. 1iew......... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 -
National of Ireland.... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 115 u -
Ditto, New .. .... .. f el. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 -
Oriental Bank Corpora. 181. p. et.& be. 25 0 0 25 0 51
South Australia ... •.. 6/. p. et. & be. 25 0 0 25 0 49
Union of Australia.... :61, p. ct.& bi. 25 0 0 25 0 74
Ditto .. ........... ' 61. per cent. - 2 10 -
Union of London ..... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 30 0
Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 480 0 -
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
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Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 1 ss. 6a.bs. 100 0 0 Al 0 0 -
I titi.o 11-1.ine....... ni. p.c.& b 3. 100 0 0 25 0 0 50
Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 50 0 10 0 -
Atlas ..
•• •• 131.6 d. :_.O 0 0 515 0 •,2
Argus Life
British Commercial
Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 !.i
County ............ •• 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 121
14s. 50 0 0 50 0 17%
Eagle
Equity end Law....... 4;4 per ceg:. 100 0 0 50 0 ~3.4
European Life ... 154. 20 0 0 All paid. 20%
Genera 1.............. - 5 0 0
Pt 5(
Globe ...... ........ 6- Jc-..• cent. Stock. 1506
Guardian ............ SI. per cent 100 0 0
.45 0 0 -
Imperial Fire... i..... 121 pe cent. 500 0 0 .50 0 0 -
Impetial Life
Indemnity Marine.... It. sh. & b.e. 100 0 0 20 0 0 603
Law Fire ... .... • .... 2s. & 2a.bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4%
Law Life..... .. .. .... - 100 0 0 10 0 0 54
Legal and General Life - 110 0 0 20 0 .5
London Fire ...
London ,hip.... .....
Marine........ •• • • l;is.oer share 100 0 0 15 0 0 26
bled. Invlid & Gen. Life '!;.. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 3
Minerva ...... •• • •
Monarch - 50 0 10 0 21s.
National Loan Fuud 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
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Pelican .... •• •• •• • • • • - - - 45
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P'• v Went Lite ........ 11.55. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 41
Rock Life -.. ss. 53 0 010 0 8/4
Royal Exchange ...... 61. )*.ot. & be. Stock. al 236
Sun Fire • - -9,
Ditto Li.e ... I'. Os. - 63
United Kingdom .... 41. p. et. & be. 20 0 0 40 0 5
Universal Life •
Victoria Life •..... • • 41. per cent. - 412 6 534
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Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
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Hunlyrford ..... £ s. d. .X s. d.
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Souzhwars .........• - 100 0 0 - -
Di.to Sew 0:7% p.c. 703. per cent. 50 0 0 -
Waterloo - 100 0 0 - -
Di.to Old Ann. of 81 2/. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 -
Ditto Nw ditto of 71 2l. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0
Vauxhall ........ Av 2/. 70 10 3 - 241,
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Annum. Share.
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East London
Grand Junc.ion .... •• ) 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 50 7i%
Kent- ............ 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 84%
Laml)eih .......... _ - - 1(1/1 ft IN

X s. d. X s. d.
East London
Grand Junc.ion .... • • 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 50 7
Kent—.
LamOe.h .......... 100 0 0
New/liver Company 2l. 10s.
Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0
West Midd!esex —•• •. 6/.os. pr cM.

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East and West India 6141. pr cent. Stock.
East Country.. 2os. per sk.
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Ditto Bonds 41. per cent.
S ...atharine .....• •• 4 per cent. Stock.
S attbarnmil ll. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0
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iluczirm Mart.. .. V. ss. ./0 0 0 35
kusti alien Acrlevlturl 1/. 100 0 0 35 0 0 71
Australian Trust .... 6/. per cent. 35 0 0
Australian Royal Mail 10 0 0 600 1 3
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 108. 10 00100 0 25 British American Land 15s. 2.3 10 071
Canada ... • • .... •• .. SI. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0
1)o. 5 per cent Bonds si. per cent. 102%
Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per cent. 116%
City Navigation Bonds 34 per cen—
Electric Telegraph (A) 25 0 0 20 0 0 21%
Ditto.. •••• —•• (B) 25 0 0 10 0 0
Equitable Reversienry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116%
Ditto New ........ 50 0 ojl2 10 0
Gen. Revers. Sc Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 110 0 0 160 0 0
Gen.StearriNavigation !O n.ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 314
Hudson's 8ay........ Stock. 224
Hungerford .......• .. 2/. 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47%
London Institution ...
London Reversionary Si. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0
Russell Institution.... 12 10 0
Price's Patent Cand. Co. 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 29
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106
Royal Mail Steam.... 41. o. share. 100 0 0 An 0 0
South Australian..... ;it. per &are. 25 0 0 25 0 0 40%
Trust and Loan Comp.
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EXTRAORDINARY CREDULITY.—PRESTON, THURSDAY.
—An instance of credulity unprecedented, perhaps, in
the annals of fortune-telling, has just come to light, a
countryman having been tricked out of 1501. by a
female of the gipsy fraternity. The unfortunate dupe
is Richard Brindle, a labourer in the service of Mr.
John Jenkinson, a farmer residing at a little village in
the neighbourhood of Lancaster. It appears that by
persevering industry and frugality, Brindle, who is about
60 years of age, had accumulated a sum of money, which
he deposited at the bank of Messrs. Fleetwood, Pedder,
and Co., in Preston. During the week preceding Whit-
suntide, a party of gipsies encamped in a lane in the
vicinity of Mr. Jenkinson's farm ; and on the Friday in
that week, Brindle was accosted by a woman of the tribe,
who had in all probability ascertained the state of his
finances. Having got into conversation the crafty gipsy
asked the simple-minded man if he wanted a wife, to which
he replied that "he could do with one." Upon this
she represented that she knew a lady who would just
suit him--one who had " a bit of money, a bit of
land, and three or four beasts." Charmed with this
information, Brindle met the gipsy on several sub-
sequent occasions, and was at length persuaded to
draw his money out of the bank. This he did, and
entrusted the gold to the woman for some mystic
incantation. Receiving back what he believed to be
his treasure, wrapped up in brown paper, he put it away
for a week, and then came to Crediton with it for the
purpose of again depositing it in the bank last Tuesday.
It was not until then discovered that the gold had been
changed for pieces of lead, cut to the size of sovereigns.
It is unnecessary to say that the woman is non C.