The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-26 00:00:00

HUNTING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Friday week
a deer and a hear gave no little trouble to some of the in-
habitants of Chapel-en-le-Frith and Stoney Middleton.
The deer had arrived at Bugsworth, per Wheatcroft's boat,
and was to be forwarded by their waggon to the owner,
Mr. Butcher, of Sheffield, who intended it for the mena-
gerie now collecting in the Botanic Gardens. He was duly
deposited in that conveyance, but at Stoney Middleton the
waggoners must needs have a peep at him, and raised the
covering for that purpose ; the animal, probably not liking
so tedious a mode of travelling, instantly seized the oppor-
tunity, sprang out of the waggon, and was out of sight in
an instant, He was not seen again until Sunday, when he
was discovered by a party of men who had been employed
to search for him, in a wood close by Middleton. After
many efforts they succeeded in enticinr, him into a sheep-
pen, and, rusbing in after him, they fully'eXpected to seize
him, bat with one bound the deer sprung over the heads of
five or six of hiS escort, and knocked down the remainder
the chase was, however, commenced anew, ana with better
success, and the animal was at length secured, and 'sent to
the owner. On the same day, and by the same convey-
ance, a bear was a part of the loading of Messrs. Wheat-
croft's boat, and which gave the luckless waggoners even
More trouble than the deer. The efforts of four or five
men were directed to the object of placing him in the wag-
gon, but his violent resistance made it a difficult matter,
and in the struggle his collar (to which the .chain was at-
tached) broke, and the bear finding himself at liberty,
knocked down three of his persecutors, and departed at the
top of his speed. He luckily ran into Hibberson's ware-
house, where a grand hunt immediately commenced ; the
doors were closed, lights brought (for it was after dark),
and dogs turned in. Bruin behaved very gallantly, and re-
peatedly put to the rout his human pursuers, to whom he
was a formidable object, having no muzzle or chain on him;
he was, however, secured at last, and forwarded to his deS-
tination . at Sheffield, but not before he had severely
scratched, bitten, and torn the clothes of his assaitants.—
Sheffield
NARROW ESCAPE.—The evening of Perth mar-
ket-day last week was dark, and the rivers considerably
swollen by rain and the melting of the mountain snow. At
the " Boat of Forgan," a ferry on the Earn near Forgan-
denny, a young man, Adam, son to the tenant of the mill
and mill farm there, while on his way from the market,
attempted to get into the boat, as he had sometimes done
before, without alighting from his horse. The animal made
a false step, or missed his footing, and both.were immersed
in the rolling flood. The alarm was given to the father,
who stood on the opposite side. He heard the cries of his
son, and called out to him to seize whatever he could get
hold of. He fortunately caught hold of the horse's mzne,
and clung to it. The animal made way by swimming to-
wards the opposite shore, but the banks where he was likely
to attempt a landing were so steep and precipitous that this
would have been impossible. The young man had the pre-
sence of mind to foresee this, and called out for the boat to
prevent his crossing. This was with difficulty effected, and
both were ultimately rescued on the same side of the river
from which they fell in.—Perth Courier.

MIGRATTON.—During the past week two of, the
American line of packet-ships, the Philadelphia (Morgan),-
and the President (Chadwick), have arrived from New
York ; the former in '2l days, with 20 cabin and 60 steerage
passengers ; and the latter at Portsmouth in 19 days.
The Louisa, Commander Truman, one of the regular line
of packet ships, sailed yesterday week from the St. Katha-
rine's Dock for New York, having on board no fewer than
125 emigrants, principally Trechanies, farm _SerVant§i and
agricultural labourers, with their waves and families,