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they have been unsuccessful, and it is believed that
this will not be accomplished without the help of a
steam pump. That even when the 14ft., now risen
to 20ft. by reason of the surface drainage having
continued to pour in, has been emptied the real
bottom of the shaft will be reached is open to
doubt, for the:old inhabitants of Upper Areley,
-which is the nearest village, and is a mile and a
bail away, talk of the pit as having in their child-
hc od the reputation of being 100 yards deep. No
one, however, has any recollection of the pit being
in work, and the only record of mining hay lug been
practised there is to be found in the parish books,
where there is an entry of certain mines in the
parish of Areley, in which the coppice is situated,
being rated.
The locality has always borne a bad name, be-
cause of the alleged lawlessness of the people who
used to inhabit it either as fixed residents or as
squatters ; and strange tales are told of dark deeds
whispered to have been done both in the coppices
and in the adjoining wood. So far as the revela-
tions already made by the searching of this pit
shaft go they would seem to be not altogether
groundless. The nearest plate of abode is the
Holmes Farm, about 100 yards away ; the next'
nearest place where people live is 300 yards off,
where there are three cottages, near to the Bewdley
and Cleobury Mortimer road.

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THE APPROACHING PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION.

The following letter has been addressed to the
Editor of the Anglo-American Times
SIR, —ln the United States all parties are now
looking forward to the Presidential election. Can-
didates are being placed in the balances. The state
of public sentiment and the popularity of men and
measures are being discussed. Movements, now
deliberate and slow, will gradually increase in
power, directness, and rapidity. When the smith
commences heating his iron he takes time. He
thrusts it into the forge, works a little at the bellows,
sprinkles a little water on the ashes, works again at
the bellows, and again, as the blue flame ascends,
stirs the ashes. But how changed is his course
when the iron is at a white heat ! How quickly
does he seize it and fling it on the anvil ! With
what force, directness, and rapidity his blows
descend ! When the iron is hot, time is power.
The public mind in America is becoming warm
on the Presidential question. The white heat state
will be when the Conventions meet to nominate
candidates for the office. Their every nerve will be
strained and every effort put forth.
The earlier American Presidents were chosen
because they stood by the people in their struggle
for independence—because they had evinced the
qualifications of leaders in the day " that tried
men's souls," and because they " made a nation."
The non-existing party machinery of County, State,
and National Conventions had not then been
framed. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, after
filling respctively the office of Vice-Presidents,
were chosen Presidents; while Madison, Monroe,
and John Quincy Adams were respectively ap-

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creasing amount of free discussion. Thapitice-to- -,‘:'F',-417iri
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All Party have a strong case; the White titan's party ' . - - - ---' ~',
a weak one. The former has the truth a's,s_l4.
pon ; the latter prejudice, which cannot stand the :1
conflict. Coloured men, too, are coming forward
and pleading their own cause in speeches to the
people, in conventions, and in the newspapers.
The elements in the South are becoming fused and
plastic. They will receive a good impression. An
open Bible, a free people, a free press, and a repre-
sentative Government, will vindicate their rower in
making America peaceful, united, and prosperous.
I hail, therefore, the discussions preparatory to
the next Presidential election. They will promote
the regeneration of the public mind, will strengthen
and unite the good, weaken and disperse the evil,
aid America to discern her duty and discipline, and
train her for the fulfilment of her great mission.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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Prince D. Soltykoff has been olectcd a member of the
Jockey Club.

Epigram, who ran in a Selling Sweepstakes at New..
market on Friday was claimed by Captain Machell.
Minster was struck out of all his engagements on Tues-
day, the Bth, at 10 p.m.
The filly by King of the Forest out of Come Arouse,
2 yrs, has been named Queen of Darkness.
We believe that Mr. Harry Hall, of Newmarket, has been
favoured with instructions from the Duke of Newcastle
to paint a portrait of Julius.
Traviata, after winning a Selling Sweepstakes at New-
market on Friday, was claimed by Mr. Brayley for the
Marquis of Hastings, and she returns to Danebury.
The Rupert's dam colt, 3 yrs, was claimed by Captain
k2hell, after running second to My Love for a sellinK
Irtiiidicap at Newmarket, on Friday.
The assumed names Mr. P. Francis and Mr. Harborough
have been registered. Mr. P. Francis's colours aro violet
black sleeves and cap.
THE WHIP.—Mr. Chaplin is now the holder, Rama
having walked over the Beacon Coarse and received 200
sous from the Marquis of Hastings's Lecturer on Tuesday
last.

Rhine Wine, the winner of a Sweepstakes at Newmarket
on Thursday, was sold to Mr. C. Brewer for 150 guineas,
and Sir Frederick Johnstone claimed Demon, wile ran
second. Rhine Wine was afterwards purchased by Mr.
John Denman for 400 guineas.
Lord G. Manners's fi'ly by King Tom out of Adeline (2
yrs) was named St. Angela after winning the Maiden Plate
at Newmarket on Tuesday, and she ran in that name for
the Middle Park Plate.

Worcester Autumn Meeting will take place on Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, October, 29, 30, and 31. The
following are the entries for the flat race and steeple-
chases : —Worcester Autumn Handicap, 23 subs; Nursery
Plate, 31 subs ; Handicap Plate of 30 sovs, 14 subs ; Grand
Stand Plate, 29 subs. Hurdle Race, 18 subs; Severn
Bank Steeplechase, 21 subs ; Grand Annual Steeplechase,
23 subs; Free Handicap Steeplechase, 35 subs.