The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-29 00:00:00

A PLEASANT BEDFELLOW.

I was
awakened,ad
last night, by a violent storm of
thunder-
. and wind and rain. Hard
dreaming as I was, I had sense enough left to feel
something moving in the bed, and by the light from
nlighning,
a flash of lightning, to my y unspeakable horror I saw,
crawling over the mattress, a cobra de capello. He
his head when he came to my body, and
slowly crawled on to my legs; and, as there was
nothing over me hut a thin cotton Sheet, I could
distinctly feel the cold, clamm, body of the venemous
reptile through the sheet. the heat of' my body
seemed agreeable to the monster, as he coiled himself
up there. I lay dead still; I knew my life-depended
upon my remaining motionless ; for, had I moved
a leg or an arm, he would' instantly- have bitten
me, after vatich I could not have lived many
minutes. A *cold sweat ran in a stream
down my back ; I was in an agony of terror.
Home and friends, and all that was dear to me,
rushed to the memory ; my whole life passed in re-
view before me. I saw no way of escape, and I eon-
Sidered my doom sealed; every flash of lightning
showed me my new bedfellow, in all his loathsome.
ness. Well; there the reptile lay, but how long
heaven knows ; to me the time appeared inter-
minable. When I had lain in one position abont
three hours, my legs became sore and stiff,
from having been kept so long motionless ; and
at this time, I gave an involuntary shudder, which at-
tracted the notice of the reptile. He raised his head
about a foot high, thrust out his forked tongue, and
looked around him, as if for some living' object to prey
upon. I now thought it was all over with me. I prayed
mentally (for I dared not move my lips for fear of at-
tracting notice) for the forgiveness of my sins, when—.
Heaven be praiied!=the reptile unfolded his coils,
and crawled slowly away from off my on to the
bed, down by the bed-post to the floor,
.and then left
tne. It has been said, that poverty makes a man
acquainted with strange bedfellows; it might b
added, so does wandering in foreign clirnes.—From
Journal of a Wanderer.

THE gAltVEST.—Owing to the great number of
agriculturists from all parts of the two western coun-
ties, who have, during the last few days, embarked at
this place for Southampton to attend the meeting
of the Royal Agricultural Society, we have been
able to make very extensive inquiries relative to
the harvest. " One and all" are exhilarated by
the fine prospects which are presented. The white
crops will all be good, but wheat especially ; a hich will
l'e far beyond the average in
straw as well as grain ;
while even the green crops, which it was thought were
damaged,
and in some instances destroyed, by the long
drought, have been surprisingly invigorated by the late
rains. This is good news for the poor and the country
at large.-- West
of England Conservative.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 26.—The de-
mand continues steady, but not active ; nearly 700
tierces West India are reported to have been sold
during the week, and prices are unaltered. Bengals
and Mauritius are flat, and but little business has been
done i
o. these descriptions during the week. Rum con-
tinues in.YerY good demand, and the offices have been
cleared of samples at extreme priccs.—Bristol Mercury.