The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-21 00:00:00

ROBBING A FRENCH CAPTAIN.

The Moniteur de la Flotte has a curious account
of an accident which took place during a visit made
by a French frigate to the Corea. It says :—" We
first of all arrived in Caroline Bay, and were well
received by a mandarin. We afterwards went to
Deception Bay, and there the same mandarin showed
us hospitality. He also visited the frigate, and ap-
peared astonished at its arrangements. We paid
him great attention, and made him some presents.
Two hours after his departure one of the officers
missed a watch, and everything • indicated that it
had been taken by one of the mandarin's suite.
The captain at first was not disposed to make any
complaint, but, on reflection, he sent an officer, to
the mandarin to 'claim the watch, and several
other officers accompanied him. The hour was
late, and darkness had set in. On landing, the
officers took a guide, who led them to a village at
about an hour's distance, where the mandarin re-
sided. There, they were taken to a large square
building which appeared to be the town-hall, and
at the door they found guards watching over the
banners of the mandarin. This latter received them
with great kindness, in presence of a number of his
servants bearing torches. When he heard that a
robbery had been committed by one of his people,
he manifested surprise and indignation. He then
gave some order, which was transmitted from one

officer to another, and which appeared to cause
great agitation among the crowd assembled out-
side. In about a quarter of an hour, an old and a
young man were brought in and knelt before the
mandarin ; the former held the stolen article in his
hand, and muttered what appeared to be an appeal
for pardon. It then turned out that it was another
son of the old man, a lad of 15, in the service of the
mandarin, who had stolen the watch; and having
been seized with remorse, he had given it up to his
father and taken to flight ; and that, according to
the law of the country, the father and elder bro-
ther had come to be punished in his place. 'ln
France,' said one of the officers, 'robbery is se-
verely punished, and is considered most disgrace-
ful. And so it is here.' said the mandarin.
He then pronounced a sentence, and in execution
of it, the son was bound hand and foot ; the father

took an instrument somewhat resembling an oar,
and bearing the name and letter of the mandarin ;
and the spectators broke into a slow monotonous
chant. Just as the father was about to strike, the
officers, interposing, begged that a pardon might
be granted, and the mandarin, after some hesita-
tion, accorded one. He then explained that after
the son had been punished, the father would have
been bound and punished also. The prisoners, offi-
cers, and spectators having retired, the mandarin
offered his visitors a drink called saki, and some
salt fish, and expressed a hope that the theft com-
mitted by his servant would not leave a bad impres-
sion on their minds. He then, in answer to their
questions, said that his name was Li, and his title,
Mandarin of the third class, Governor of a Pro-
vince.' The officers afterwards left, the mandarin
accompanying them beyond the village, and causing
ten torch-bearers to light theta the rest of the way."

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ash-pit belonging to a court-house, leading from Lace-
street,. Liverpool. The body hacl a long deep wound on the
back of the neck. The local coroner has had the matter
under investigation.
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AN INDIAN I. t( DER HUNT.

(From the Bombay 1 Ytan4rd)
A tiger hunt which has ji Lk t taken place in tk
vicinity of Broach deserves special mention °
account of the good conduct a nd courage shown Ur
the police employed. Cal it. Grai lam, superinteir
dent of police at Broach, had pit( •hed his tent 0
the 15th on the Surat side 3 of the river near Ilfuli
sote. He received inform' ition abou t the middle °I
the day that a large tiger had taken up his positil
in a village near, and ha( L just kill ad a woman a°,
severely mauled a man w 'hem he fi mind working
a field. Graham at ()nee .sent off a :3owar to ask tiA'
men in Broach to :come of 't, saying that he wolf",
wait till 5 o'clock, and then t, if no one came, he woi/P.
attack him himself. nos i )war found some difficnitl
in crossing the river, ant; did not get into Brow
1
`hought it useless
till near three ; and place was 14 miles
as the
the other side of the river,
and horses and of,
not ready, the Broach men 1.
go that night, and resolved to start next morniaP
Graham waited till five, and Ciei i set out witll
naique and six Sepoys of the a rmed police, ari,
some peons. As they were going towards the pla„
through a cotton field, suddQnly the tiger sprioll
up from the cotton and charged G raham, who gad'
loped off, and the tiger, failing in his Charge, re'
treated. Grahan i ordered his me n to load, and
,„
taking his rifle ga ye chase to the tiger. When P"
got within 50 yarn's he pulled up and made a beall'l
tiful shot from the saddle, his grey Arab standing !
as steadily as a reel:. The ball passed through tl,l,ie
tiger's neck and brought him down. Graham wait's'
till his men came ui p and advanced on him. TO
he gave him another 7shot, on which the tiger sprani
up apparently unhin -t, and roaring furiously charge
right down on the Sepoys, who received him Wl'
a volley, which did not stop him. He rushed Os
coolie police Sepoy, who with the utmost coolungs
and courage received him with a bayonet, inflicting
a severe wound on. the head. But the tiger NI
down the Sepoy's defence, and seized . the end °
the musket in his jaws. So immense was th,e
strength of his jaws, that the musket and bayonet
bent to a right angle, and the marks of ills
teeth are visible, gr ooved out in the iron of the
barrel. Seizing on the Sepoy he clawed him fear:
fully. Graham cmild not get his second gun fora
minute; seeing which the peons, Mussulmaus'
drew their swords, a nd most gallantly attacked the,
tiger, they slashed him so with their swords tho
he left the man, when Graham, who had g°t 1
his second gun, put a ball through his heart'
They took the tiger and wounded sepoy and set off
at once to Broach, where they arrived about four 00
the morning of the 16th. , The sepoy 'was sent t°
the hospital, and the doctor thought he would re'
cover, as no large vessel appeared to be injured,
though he was fright fully lacerated. He asked fori
four hairs from the tigers whiskers, which he sal,',
Were a charm to cure him if tied round his wrist'
However, on the night of the 16th he began to sill;
rapidly, and on the 11th, to the great regret of aim
he died. He was a most gallant fellow. We never
heard before of a tiger being shot from the saddle"'