The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-15 00:00:00

LAST DAY.

Sweepstakes of •.200 sous. each, heft. • T.Y.C.
Ld. G. Bentinck's c by Lanercost, out of Crucifix, Bst 71b,
Lord Oxford's c by Clearwell, out of Angelina, Bst 21b.
Lord Glasgow's c by The Provost, out of Amulet, Bst 21b
Lord Glasgow's f by The Provost, out of Miss Whip,
agst Lord Orford's f by Emilius, out of Tarantella,
Bst 21b each. T.Y.C. 200, h ft.
BARTON UPON HUMBER MEETING, Nov. 8.
The St. Leger Stakes were won by Mr. Gunning's
Fancy ; Mr. Richardson's Jun Crow ran up.—The
Rowland Stakes were won by Mr. Gunning'sßlack Eagle;
Mr. Malpas's Molly Bawn ran up.—The Cup was won
by Mr. T. Burkhill's Merry ; Mr. Gunning's Lady ran
up.—The Derby was won by Mr. Foster's Algerine.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Taunton harrs., Tues., Hatch Inn ; Fri., Norton-10.
Somerset Subscription lids., Tues., Buncombe-hill; Sat.,
Wythycombe Wood-14
Shropshire 11(18., Tues., sth mile stone, Ba,schurch-road ; Fri.,
Tunstal-10i.
Albrighton lids., Mon., Bishop's Wood ; Th., liimley ; Sat.,
Bell, Tougnorton-101.
United Pack, Tues., Borough Camp ; Fri., Chatwall-9.
Ludlow lids., Tues., Brompton Bryaa turnpike-gate; Fri.,
Bowden Village-10.
Wheatland lids., Mon., Sidbury ; Fri., Venel's Bank, near
Cound-10.
Montgomeryshire hds., Tues., Cock Inn, Forden ; Fri., Ken-
nel-10.
Sir W. W. Wynn's lids., Mon., Worthenbury ; Wed., Chirk
Castle ; Fri., Shocklach-10i.
Cheshire lids., Mon., Peover ; Wed., Hankellow ; Th., Chol-
mondeley ; Sat., Crewe Hall-10i.
Monmouthshire lids., Mon., Llanarth Court; Fri., Broad
Oak-101.
Mr. Archer's lids., Mon., Landue-bridge-101.
Essex Union hds., Tu., Bradwell ; Sat., Totham Maypole-101.
East - Essex hds., Mon., Pebmarsh-street ; Th., Birdbrook
llall ; Sat., St. Anne's Castle.
Brighton harrs., Mon., Patch= ; Wed., Race Course; Fri.,
Dyke-10i.
Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket-hill; Th., Telscombe
Tye-10
Findon hds., Tues., Kennel; Th., Dial Post; Sat., Pangdean.
Glyndebourne harrs., Mon., Alfriston race-course ; Fri., Bed-
diugham-bridge.
Surrey harrs., Mon., The Half Moon, Godstone-road ; Fri.,
Ramsey Green.
Captain Cander's lids., Mon., Bransford-bridge ; Wed., Han-
bury Park ; Fri., Crow's Nest-10i.
Essex and Suffolk lids., Tu., Ardleish-et. ; Fr., Raydon-10i.
The Atherstone lids., Mon., Ashfurlong Hall ; Wed., Osbes-
ton llall ; Th., Gopsall ; Sat., Coombe Abbey-104.
Devon hds., Mon., Sandy-gate; Wed., Stover Lodge; Sat.,
Kennel-11.
Warwickshire hds., Mon., Hinchburgh-bridge Park; Tues.,
Mitford-bridge ; Th., Cubbington-gate ; Fri., Compton
Verney ; Sat., Bealy Village.
Ilolderness hds., Mon., Marston Village; Tues., Everingham
Park ; Th., Brandesburton-moor ; Fri., Houghton Hall ;
Sat., Beswick Village-10i.
Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon., Utterby ; Wed., Stallingbo-
rough ; Fri., Wrawby Village-11.
Eddlethorpe hds., Mon., Settrington House; Wed., Lobster
House ; Fri., Scampston-bridge-10i.
ASIIDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING—TnunsnAY.
TIIE ASHDOWN PARK STAKES.—Mr. Lawrence's Linchpin
beat Mr. Bowles's Blue Coat Boy; Mr. Goodlake's Gazelle
beat Mr. W. Etwall's Western.
THE CRAVEN STAKES.-Mr. W. Etwall's Witchery beat
Mr. Goddard's Grassmouse ; Mr. Lawrence's Leda beat Mr.
Bowles's Bonnet Rouge; Mr. Lawrence's Lobelia beat Mr.
Agg's Arachne ; Mr. Etwall's Western Queen beat Mr.
Bowles's Blue Light.
The Tics and Matches were not run when the post closed.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A BANKER'S SERVANT.
—Yesterday large placards were posted at the different
police-stations, offering a reward of 1001. for the ap-
prehension of Charles Fisher, late a footman in the ser-
vice of Mr. De Lisle, the banker, of Devonshire-square,
Bishopsgate-street, who stands charged with having, on
the night of the Bth instant, broken open some drawers
in the counting-house, and stealing therefrom the sum of
480/, consisting of two 20/. notes, sixteen 10/., eighteen
5/. Bank of England notes, and a hundred and twenty
sovereigns. He is of light complexion, 24 years of age,
and stands 5 feet 4 inches high.

BRITISH and FOREIGN INSTII UTE
At a meeting of the Committee held yesterday at
George-street, llanover-square, Lord Dudley Coutts
Stuart in the chair, it was unanimously resolved—" That
as the winter session of the Institute is now about to
commence, it is desirable to give publicity to such por-
tions of the proceedings of their first anniversary as have
hitherto been communicated to the members only." In
accordance, therefore, with this resolution, the Cona-
raittee have great satisfaction in authorising the publica-
tion of the following authentic report of the first meeting
of the institution :

" The Bight Hon. the Earl of Devon took the chair at
three o'clock precisely, and was supported by the Earl
Grosvenor, Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., Sir George
Staunton, Bart., M.P., E. W. Pendarves, M.P., William
Evans, M.P., Lord William Lennox, Colonel the Hon.
Leicester Stanhope, Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn,
Henry Waymouth, Esq., Charles Cochrane, Esq.,
William Tite, Esq., William Vizard, Esq., 1)r. Holt
Yates, J. W. Moore, Esq., and others of the Vice-Pre-
sidents and Committee, with a full attendance of members.
" In opening the proceedings, Lord Devon observed,
that according to the usual custom of societies of this
nature, we had met to hear a report of the progress and
present state of our affairs, on which—considering the
very short time that had elapsed since a few gentlemen
had met together at his house to hear Mr. Buckingham's
prospectus of the Institute, and to confer together on the
best means of assisting him to complete his original de-
sign—he thought there would be found much reason for
congratulation.

"A short preliminary conversation ensued, as to cer-
tain abridgments made in the report, and the feeling of
the meeting being in favour of its being now read in the
shortest form, this was accordingly done by the secre-
tary, and the balance-sheet signed by the auditors was
also read and explained.
" Mr. Baylis, who moved the first resolution, said that
he had heard so many unfavourable rumours of one kind
or another, that his mind had been strongly impressed
with apprehension for the result ; but after the satisfac-
tory statements of the report and balance-sheet just
read, these impressions were entirely removed, and he
had the greatest pleasure in moving that the report
be received, adopted, and entered in the minutes of the
Society.
" Mr. Tite said that he felt very reluctant to incur
any unnecessary expense, but he deemed it to be so im-
portant to the interests of the Institute that this report
should be m idely circulated, that be begged to submit
a motion for its being printed and distributed among
the members, as he was quite sure that wherever it was
read it would remove many erroneous conceptions, and
be of the greatest benefit to the Society.
" Mr. Simpson, in moving the third resolution, said
that he, too, like others, had beard all manner of evil-
bodings. But when on his first coming to town from
Edinburgh he came to see the institute for himself, and
investigate the mode and manner in which its affairs
were conducted, he could not but be filled with admira-
tion at the beauty, appropriateness, good taste, elegance,
and comfort of the one, and the ability and completeness
of the other. It seemed to him a matter of wonder, as
well as gratification, that so much should have been
done, and so well done too, in so short a time, and there-
fore he had great pleasure in submitting his motion of
entire satisfaction with the management.
" Mr. Tite, in moving a vote of thanks to Lord Devon,
passed a high encomium on the Noble President, for the
application of so much of his attention to the affairs of
the Institute, considering the multiplicity and import-
ance of his engagements ; and he felt sure that his Lord-
ships continued approbation and patronage of the
Society would be regarded by the public as the best
proof of its being founded on sound principles, and con-
ducted with honour and integrity.
" Dr. Camps drew the attention of the meeting to the
zeal, ability, and unremitting devotion of all his time
and talents, which Mr. Buckingham bestowed on the
Institute, and regarded his able management .of its
affairs as the best guarantee for its continued success.
Having witnessed all this for himself, from the earliest
beginning of the undertaking, and seen no abatement
of it to the present time, he had great pleasure in
moving a vote of thanks to Mr. Buckingham and the
Committee, for their valuable services and exertions
during the past year.
" The Earl of Devon, in returning thanks for the
compliment paid to him, said that the whole merit
of the idea and conception of the plan of the
Institute belonged to Mr. Buckingham ; and all
that he (Lord Devon) had done was to co-
operate, which he did most cordially, with others, to
carry this plan out. Ile believed, from the first, that
the idea, though a new and bold, was yet a valuable one,
and might be reduced to practice, though many excel-
! lent friends of his thought otherwise. The result, how-
ever, had shown that their apprehensions were not well-
founded. With Mr. Buckingham he had now main-
tained a pretty close and constant intercourse on the
subject for nearly a year and a half, and he must say,
that he could not but acknowledge and admire the zeal,
perseverance, and ability with which he had achieved so
much in so short a space of time. Indeed, the only fault
he had to find with him was that he was too zealous ;
and the most frequent duty which he (Lord Devon) had
to perform was to exercise the office of ardour checker,'
and prevent Mr. Buckingham from doing too much. But
for his zeal, however, the end could not havebeen accom-
plished ; and he was glad to find that it was felt and
acknowledged in all quarters ; and that the friends and
supporters of the Institute were daily on the increase,
while its evening parties were more and more brilliant
and satisfactory. He had himself attended several of
these, and was much pleased at the evident gratification
they afforded to all ; while he understood that the la-t,
which occurred on the preceding evening, and which he
was prevented from attending by an engagement else-
where, was one of the fullest and most attractive of the
season. In all that was stated in the report on the sub-
ject, and indeed in every other part of it, he entirely
concurred—and he had no doubt that as the advantages
and pleasures of the:lnstitute became more known, they
would be more and more sought after and appreciated.
" Mr. Jesse! begged to ask Lord Devon, whether some
plan might not be devised, by which Mr. Buckingham,
the value of whole labours was admitted by all, could be
secured a more competent remuneration than the present
mode of payment afforded him : as he was sure the
members generally would support the committe in
awarding him a fixed salary, of a much larger amount
than the small surplus now left for all his exertions, by
which the Institute has been brought to its present state
of efficiency.
" Lord Devon said he agreed with the lion. Gentle •
man as to the desirability of securing an adequate and cer-
tain compensation to Mr. Buckingham for his labours ;
but the difficulty lay in this : that as the members were
exempt from all legal liabilities beyond their respective
subscriptions, the question would be, in the event of the
income being insufficient to allow of such compensation,
who was to make it up to him—the committee, or the
members, or both ? The most certain method of secu-
ring a proper return to Mr. Buckingham would be to in-
crease the general income of the Institute by an addi-
tion to the number of its members, as in that case all
would be benefited, and there would be an ample surplus
for remuneration without the necessity of calling upon
any parties'. to Make siip a deficiency: It sliould.be re-
membered that the Institute was yet in its infancy, and
there was every reason to hope that it would go on hn-
proving in its resources as well as its attractions."

DEATU FROM EATING BITTER ALMONDS.—Last
evening Mr. J. Payne concluded the investigation into
the death of ➢ir. L. D. Nind. The ward• beadle stated,

,hat he had made inquiries at all the chemists and

grocers shops in the neighbourhood, but could not learn
that any prussic acid or bitter almonds had been sold to
a person answering the description of the deceased. Mr.
Mason stated, that he had, in conjunction with two

eminent surgeons, subjected the remainder of the con-
tents of the stomach to a test, the result of which was

the production of one drachm of prussic acid of corn
merce, which was quite sufficient to account for death,
and might have been imbibed from the quantity of bitter
almonds found in the stomach. There being no further
material evidence, the coroner suggested the propriety
of returning an open verdict. The jury, after a short
consultation, returned a verdict—" That the deceased
died from the effects of poison contained in a quantity of
bitter almonds found in his stomach."
TILE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT THE ST. KATHA-
RINE'S Docits.—An account appeared in our paper of
yesterday of an attempted robbery of a large quantity
of brandy from St. Katharine's Docks, and of the sin-
gular manner in which the same had been discovered,
and thereby prevented. Some further particulars have
since come to light on the subject. It appears that the
Customs' officers on board of the ship Gem, which has
recently arrived in the dock from Charente, had retired
to rest, after watching from nine o'clock on the Monday
night till three of the following morning, and that, about
six o'clock, the officer was informed by the mate that
one of the casks lying on the deck, which had been
hoisted from the hold on the previous afternoon, had
been plundered to a considerable extent in the following
manner :—The cask was lying close to the side of the
vessel, with the head towards the hatchway, and a hole
had been bored through the side of the ship and the
head of the cask, by which means the brandy had been
extracted, the hole being closed again, so as to escape
observation, until the thieves had got safely away with
their booty. On the cask being guaged, it was found
that no less than 32 gallons had been abstracted. The
number of bladders found in the gutter of the roof of
the cigar warehouse was 16, and were found to contain
nearly 20 gallons, and near the bladders lay a gimblet
and a quantity of ropes, so that 12 gallons of the spirit
is still unaccounted for, and it is supposed that that
quantity must have been securely got away by the
thieves.
NOVEL SYSTEM or ROBBERY.—The Correctional
Tribunal of the Seine was occupied on Tuesday with the
trial of Auguste Maudhuit, aged 24, for robbery. It ap-
peared that the prisoner has chalked out for himself a
novel plan to obtain the confidence of his victims. He
always applied to persons of the weaker sex, and pre-
tending honourable intentions, finished by robbing them.
A written deposition was handed in from a young wo-
man, named Eliza Noise, which stated that the prisoner
had followed her in the street, and pretending the most
ardent love, had insinuated himself into her affections
and domicile, and at last fixed a day for their marriage.
Ile disappeared, however, previously, carrying with him
157 f. She afterwards met him in the Palais Royal, and
had him arrested. Two others of the prisoner's victims
came forward in person, and testified against him. From
one he had taken a gold watch, chain, and other articles,
to the value of 600 f., and from the other upwards of
300 f. The Court sentenced him to eighteen months im-
prisonment and 50f. fine.—Galignani•
TOULON, Nov. 7.—The whole of this clay the port
has been greatly animated with the embarking of troops
for Algeria; 1,100 men left this morning by the steam-
frigate Montezuma for Algiers, and 2,000 were embarked
in the afternoon on board the transport Perdrix for
Oran, and the Provencale for Algiers. It is said that
no less than 5,000 or 6,000 men will embark in the
course of next week from this port for the same destination.

LITERATURE.

KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME.
C. Knight, London, 1844.

Three Parts of this Weekly Miscellany—which,
considering the amount of information which each
Part contains, is unquestionably the cheapest of the
day—are now lying before us, and deserve a word of
notice, if only for the skill with which they are got
up, and the judicious manner in which the materials
are arranged and condensed. One part contains a re-
publication in two volumes of Fairfax's translation of
Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered"—the best, because the
most accurate and characteristic version that has yet
appeared of this epic ; another Part contains " Sketches
of the history of Literature and Learning in Eng-
land," also in two volumes, in the second of which we
find an interesting biographical memoir of Chaucer,
together with copious extracts from his poems, and
criticisms on his genius; and a third Part contains a
"Natural History of the Elephant," written with
considerable tact, and abounding in a variety of
curious anecdotes illustrative of the singular sagacity
of this animal. Each part is embellished with a pro-
fusion of wood-cuts, which add not a little to its
attractions, executed, as they are for the most part,
with very respectable talent. The " Weekly Volume"
can scarcely fail to become a favourite with the
public, for each part contains as much matter as a
volume of Murray's "Family Library," and is only
half the price.. We subjoin an entertaining account
of an elephant hunt in Africa from the Natural
Ilistory of that animal. It is extracted by the editor,
we should premise, from the narrative of Bruce, the
traveller :

" An hour before day, after a hearty breakfast, we
mounted on horseback, to the number of about thirty.
But there was another body, both of horse and foot.,
which made hunting the elephant their particular busi-
ness. These men dwell constantly in the woods, and
know very little of the use of bread, living entirely upon
the flesh of the beasts they kill, chiefly that of the ele-
phant and the rhinoceros. They are exceedingly thin,
light, and agile, both on horseback and foot; arc very
swarthy, though few of them are black; none of them
woolly-headed, and all of them have European features.
They are called Agageer, a name of their profession, not
of their nation, which comes from the word agar, and
signifies to hough or hamstring with a sharp weapon.
More properly it means the cutting the tendon of the
heel, and is a characteristic of the manner in which they
kill the elephant, which is shortly as follows :
" Two men, absolutely naked, without any rag or
covering at all about them, get on horseback; this pre-
caution is for fear of being laid hold of by the trees or
bushes, in making their escape from a very watchful
enemy. One of these riders sits upon the back of the
horse, sometimes with a saddle, and sometimes without
one, with only a switch, or short stick in one hand, care-
fully managing the bridle with the other; behind him sits
his companion, who has no other arms but a broadsword,
such as is used by Sclavonians, and which is brought
from Trieste. His left hand is employed in grasping
the sword by the handle; about fourteen inches of the
blade is covered with whip-cord. This part he takes in
his right hand, without any-danger of being hurt by it;
and, though the edges of the lower part of the sword are
as sharp as a razor, he carries it without a scabbard.
" As soon as the elephant is found feeding, the horse-
man rides before him as near his face as possible; or, if
he flies, crosses him in all directions, crying out, lam
such a man and such a man ; this is my horse, that has
such a name; I killed your father in such a place, and
your grandfather in such another place; and I am now
come to kill you; you are but an ass in comparison of
them.' This nonsense he verily believes the elephant
understands, who, chased and angry at hearing the noise •
immediately before him, seeks to seize him with his
trunk or proboscis; and, intent upon this, follows the
horse everywhere, turning and turning round with him,
neglectful of making his escape by running straight for
ward, in which consists his only safety. After having
made him turn once or twice in pursuit of the horse, the
horseman rides close up alongside of him, and drops
his companion just behind on the off side ; and while lie
engages the elephant's attention upon the horse, the
footman behind gives him a drawn stroke just above the
heel, or what in man is called the tendon of Achilles.
This is the critical moment ; the horseman immediately
wheels round, takes his companion up behind him, and
rides ell full speed after the rest of the herd, if they
have started more than one; and sometimes an expert
agageer will kill three out of one herd. If the sword is
good, and the man not afraid, the tendon is commonly
entirely separated : and if it is not cut through, it is
generally so fax divided, that the animal, with the stress
he puts upon it, breaks the remaining part asunder, Its
either case, he remains incapable of advancing a step,
till the horseman's return, or his companions coming up
pierce him through with javelins and lances : he then
falls to the ground, and expires with loss of blood."