The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-10 00:00:00

A TIGER HUNT.

The following account is taken from a letter written
by an individual at Goonah to a relation in Edin-
burgh :
" On the evening of the 16th of December last word was
brought that a tiger had killed a buffalo and a cow, and
had carried them to a deep glen. It was too late to
start that night, but off I went by peep of day next
morning, got about a hundred beaters, with fellows to
beat drums and blow horns, enough to make Old Nick
bolt. A number of native gentlemen came, we put the
beaters into a likely-looking hill, and those armed with
guns took up their position : no tiger came out. A
hyena stole out opposite to where, I was : I knocked
him over. Another consultation was held as to the pro-
bable place the tiger was in : agreed, off went the
beaters.

" All the Sirdars begged me not to remain upon the
ground, but to get up a tree, like them, and I should be
quite safe if the tiger came out. I humoured the poor
fellows, but had not been perched there ten minutes when
bang, bang, bang went the matchlocks. I saw a rush of
men, swords flashed in the air, and spears were bran-
dished, and I heard the roar of the tiger as he was hit.
I saw the people driven back in all directions : he
had charged them. To remain up the tree when all
this was going on was not my nature, so down I
jumped, calling to my servants to bring my spare
guns. They followed me very well, and we rushed
to the ravine. The tigress (for it turned out to be
one) had gone off to a dense thicket on a rising ground,
standing by itself. She was seen to go in, and no one
saw her coming out. Thither we went, and all stood
fifteen or twenty yards outside, stretching their necks
and straining their eyes. At last I was sure I saw her
watching us, just a small red patch among the green
foliage. I pointed out to the men what I felt convinced
was the tigress, put the rifle to my shoulder, and fired.
I was right ; she gave a roar and fell. It was impos-
sible to see her for the long grass and underwood, but
we distinctly heard her growling. But how to get her
out was the question, for no one seemed desirous of
being better acquainted with the scenery inside.
" There were at this time upwards of 100 men assem-
bled, but the noise was such I could not make myself
hoard. I lost all patience and moved towards the
thicket. All called out to me not to venture, but go I
would, my mind was made up, so I looked round if there
were any volunteers—a fineyoung Rajpoot sepoy was at
my back, with his matchlock. We went to the end, and
entered the dense thicket of high grass, creepers, and
underwood, and some difficulty we had in making our
way. When we got in about fifteen yards, the tigress
must have got sight of us, for she growled in the most
savage manner. We could not see her. It was now
most exciting, at the same time the feeling most intense,
and, I must say, most ticklish work. My faithful Raj-
poot comrade kept side by side with me. There was a
dead silence among the people outside.
" We had got about twenty yards into this labyrinth,
guided by the growling of the tigress, when we got
sight of her, not ten paces in front, sitting up, her eyes
flashing fire, and growling at us most intensely. She
seemed all ready for a spring. The rifle was up in an
instant. I took a steady, deliberate aim at her head.
Yes, although I say it, who should not say it, I do give
myself credit for that affdir. My hand was as steady as
ever it was in my life firing at a hare. Well, the ball
penetrated the centre of her head. She gave a roar.
No; I shall never forget it! She made one spring at
us, and we were driven back. I could almost feel her
warm breath. My clash tent-pitcher, unknown to me,
had followed with a spare gun. The stump of a tree
caught his foot, and, before the poor fellow could recover
himself, she seized him, and died at the instant with him
in her mouth. Had she lived a quarter of a minute
after seizing him, she must have torn him limb from
limb. No; in the whole course of my life I never saw
or heard of such an escape. His arm was a good deal
lacerated by her claws—one claw had penetrated through
a thick silver charm, which he wore on his arm, to the
bone. She had seized him by the back with her teeth ;
but, most fortunately, the clashy had on my ammunition
bag, containing powder flask, bullets, and a little of
everything, and her teeth went through that.
"It was some time before I knew whether the brute
was really dead, or only shamming ; for she did not
move, and her eye still flashed fire ; but she was dead,
and no mistake My gallant Rajpoot comrade and I
carried home my poor clashy, and I am glad to say he is
doing well. Now, you have had my tiger adventure. It
had long been my ambition to kill a tiger on foot, face to
face ; and I have done it, and the skin is in pickle."

them whenstate of ANOTHER CAPTAIN CAPTAIN JOHNSON.—In last week's paper,
cooursreaudeenrscewoefrehiinsfcornnueletdyttohat a vessel had arrived at Kirk-
wall, the captain of which had been bound by the crew, in
captain had been drunk four weeks,
canon The following additional particulars have since been
heads. At last the crew, unable
furnished •—" The vessels name is the Ariadne of Arbroath,
mCaeputtaionf
tJhoehnereSwt,epthheencas. p She has on board a cargo of
railway sleepers from the Baltic. According to the state-
arrival to Kirkwall, and upon their
during which time he struck, kicked, and threatened the
piatola crew—sticksbeing
heldand other weapons
their
reapons being applied, and loaded
andany fleoentr
brrtoougtohltertahtee svuecahaeclruelties, bound the fellow hands
beastly'that they had to haul him out
The
officers, on receiving the warrant for his apprehension, pro-
ceeded to the vessel, where they found the captain in such a
statelodgeodf
intoxication,
of assault against him.
of the cabin by means of ropes, and then carry him on a
hurly to prison. Being in such a condition, he was not in a
fit state to be examined, and it was expected to take several
days to make him sober after such a long ' speel' at the
bottle." The Procurator-Fiscal went on board the vessel
and sealed up his cabin, which, according to our correspon-
dent, who saw it, '' was in an awful state of filth, and
contained a ' beggarly account' of empty sad broken
bottles and rum casks. There was also a pair of pistols
shown, one of which the captain had threatened to fire at
one of the seamen, John liewgg, an Irishman. He after-
wards broke the butt end of the pistol on Hewgs' back.
On Thursday Captain Stephens was tried before Sheriff
Robertson, fOr assault to effusion of blood, committed
within the jurisdiction of the Sheriff of Orkney. The cap.
tain pleaded guilty, and was fined 51., which he paid on the
spot. The Sheriff, in passing sentence, said, he was glad the
panel had pled guilty, which saved him the exposure which
would have been made had the witnesses been brought for-
ward to give evidence. The captain denied some of the
accusations preferred against him by part of the crew, such
as that about the pistols. He admitted, however, having
" assaulted and repeatedly knocked down and kneeled upon
his breast when down, and otherwise maltreated Michael
Hacket, mate of the Ariadne."—John o' Groat Journal.
SIR THOMAS he Aria is somewhat singular that,
at the time of the last election, Sir Thomas Wilde should
have received during his stay in this city his appointment
as Attorney-General, and that yesterday, on the eve of his
second election, lie should have received his elevation to the
dignity of Chief Justice., We presume that; he will at-
tend our assizes next week in his judicial capacity.—Vor-
cater journal.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ROLLS' COURT, July 9.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MORESIS.
This case was mentioned to-day by order.
HODGEINSON Z. WYATT.
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This was an exception taken to the report of the Master
by the defendant, to a Bill to the effect that the defendant
was bond fide mortgagee to the plaintiff for a sum of 600/.
The Master's report found that the defendant was indebted to
the plaintiff in a sum of 530/., while the defendant alleged
that he owed the plaintiff but 330/. The debt was proved
by the evidence of a porter in the employ of the plaintiff,
which, it was also alleged, was an insufficient proof of debt.
Mr. Roupell opened the case, and was followed on the same
side by Mr. Collins and Mr. Kindersley ; and Mr. Turner
appeared for the plaintiff.
The cause occupied the whole of the day, and had not con-
cluded at the rising of the Court.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT, July 9.
(Before Sir L. SHADWELL.)

DI RE LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Mr. STEVENS applied for payment out of Court of 33,750 L
on the withdrawal of this Bill.

IN RE GREAT GRIMSBY AND SIIEFTIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Mr. ELLISON applied in like manner as to four branches of
this project (the Bill having passed), as follows:-45,0001.,
20,000 L, 23,0001, and 3,0001.

LN RE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

Mr. DEsmsorr;applied in like manner, and on a similar oc-
casion, as to 250,0001.

HARVEY V. COLLETT.

The arguments in this case were resumed.
Mr. WALKER and Mr. HEATHPIELD appeared in support of
the demurrer, and argued that by the authority of all the
cases on the point, this being on the face of it a bubble com-
pany, and the plaintiff coming in the character of a share-
holder, could have no equity as against the company. The
Bill was also clearly defective for want of parties, for the
plaintiff, although a shareholder, was not an original sub-
scriber, and could not represent that body, of which he was
not a member; and that, therefore, some of the original sub-
scribers were necessary parties.
Mr. BETHELL, Mr. J. PARKER, and Mr. WELFORD ap-
peared in support of the bill. First, there was a prelimi-
nary objection to the demurrer, which was to the bill of
" Daniel Whittle Harvey, complainant," whereas the bill
was by "D. W. Harvey, on behalf of himself," &c. This
was a Spanish railway, and therefore under Spanish laws,
which made the transfer of scrip legal, and hence the argu-
ment as to the illegality could not hold ; he also stood in the
place of a subscriber. It was on the failure of the under-
taking that he first discovered what had been done, and the
reason why he could not get an allotment was that the
directors were retaining to themselves shares for the purpose
of selling them to profit.
Mr. WALKER was heard in reply.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, that it seemed to him the
case came to this very short point—viz., whether the thing
projected by the directors was not, on the 4th of March,
1845, in- their knowledge wholly impracticable. This was
very material, because the plaintiff in his bill stated, that
having been influenced by the prospectuses which had been
put forth, he purchased 100 shares, so that such right as lie
might thus have to interfere came after the 4th of March,
1845. The bill charged that on the 14th of March, 1845, all
the directors knew the fact that the difficulties to be over-
come were such as to render the formation of the railway to-
tally impracticable, and "'that the same then was totally im-
practicable," and it was singular that there was a similar
charge in a preceding part of the bill. It was most positively
alleged that it was not only a bubble, but known by the
directors to be so before the plaintiff became a purchaser.
There was a statement that by an article of the Spanish code
the shares might be transferred, and by another that in an
anonymous company a limited responsibility only was in-
curred by the shareholders; there was, however, no allega-
tion whatever averring what was the law of Spain. It then
appeared that there were certain grants and concessions by
the Spanish Government, and the Queen herself conde-

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scended to become a patron, in company with a long list of
Dukes, Marquises, and Counts. There was no allegation that
the projection of a scheme known to be impracticable could
be carried out any more by the law of Spain than that of
England. It must be taken that at the time of the pro-
spectus being issued the directors knew that the railway
was totally impracticable. If the plaintiff so stated
it, he stated that the defendants were projecting a fraud—
a mere bubble. He (the Vice-Chancellor) was not at
liberty to give such relief as the plaintiff asked by his
Bill. Nor was he at liberty now to say that all the relief
he did ask was to go for nothing, and that he could merely
recover the amount of the value of his shares from the defend-
ants. The demurrer must hold on this general ground ; it
was not necessary to enter into the various other questions
which had been made. If it had not appeared to be a fraud
by the directors at the time of issuing the prospectus, the
principle of " Hitchin v. Congreve" would apply. But for
the purpose of overwhelming the directors with the charge
of fraud the plaintiff had gone too far. It seemed extraordi-
nary that such a man as the plaintiff, and so well informed
generally in public affairs, should have purchased shares in
such a company as the present, and it must be taken that he
was influenced by the prospectus. On this Bill, as it was
constructed, no relief could be given, and therefore the de-
murrer must be allowed.
(Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.)

IN THE MATTER OF SIR GEORGE STEPHEN ♦ND OTHERS, EX