The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-13 00:00:00

ADVENTURE WITH A B('A
COrSTRECTOR.

.(Fronl the Modros Unittl Service Gazelle.)
Captain C--, of her Majesty's 84th Foot, was
one of • the most indefatigable sportsmen I ever
met with, and the entire of his time that could
be spared from regimental duty was passed in
the jungles. He was a man of vast personal
strength, could undergo any degree of fatigue, in
short, possessed a perfectly isms constitution. his
habits, too, were anything but luxurious—a single
attendant carrying a rifle of large bore, a small
carpet to sleep on, a limited stock of linen, and a
good supply of ammunition accompanied the sports-
man, who pursued his game by day, and at night
sought shelter in some village, perfectly care-
less as to his accommodations in the way of food or
lodging, his beverage being moreover the simple ele-
ment, for he never carried with him supplies of any
kind, trusting his commissariat aid to Providence
and rural hospitality.
In this manner Captain C became well
known to the natives of the country in every direc-
tion where sport was to be obtained ; he was suffi-
ciently acquainted with their language to make
hiinself understood, and the kindly simplicity of his
manner attached thorn to his person, and many of
them indeed have been known to walk miles to
give him early information of large game, which
were his favourite objects of pursuit. Captain C—
was thus quite "at home" in the Wynaud jungle
and great western ghauts, where he probably
brought to bag single-handed more heal of
large game—elephants, bisons, tigers, and the like,
than any other man ever did before, or ever will
again in India. When upon one of these excursions,
Captain C-- happened to be passing the night at
a small village in the Wynaud jungle, when a ryot
who had been out very late searching for a stray
bullock, came to tell him of a large cheetul, or
spotted deer, which he had watched to its lair. He
had also heard from the villagers that a huge
snake had been seen several times in that neigh-
bourhood. He started accordingly after his game
at day-break, accompanied by the villager and
a favourite dog, which rarely left his heels unless
ordered. After proceeding about half a mile
through very dense jungle, and being as the
villager supposed near the spot where the cheetul had
lai I down, Captain C— of a sudden missed his
dog, and hearing a rustling in the bushes about ten
yards off, accompanied by a whimpering
noise, he turned in that direction, and saw
what he at the first glance took for a tiger, from
its colour, a mixture of black and brown, but soon
discovered what the monster really was—a huge
enormous boa constrictor, which seised his poor Juno,
and was at that moment crushing her to atoms in its
terrible coils. The native who was with him saw
what it was likewise, and immediately fled. Capt. C.
afterwards described the appearance of the reptile,
when thus coiled round his dog, as somewhat resembling
a barrel, every portion in violent muscular motion,
and he distinctly heard the bones of the poor animal
crack in succession within its terrible embrace. At
last the monster raised its head and fixed two glaring
eyes on. Captain C—, who in another moment might
perchance have been fascinated by their deadly
-gleam, but with unerring aim he placed two balls
in its forehead. Their effect was not, however,
as he expected, fatal, and the snake instantly un-
coiling itself from its victim, came straight at Cap-
tain C--, who, of course, took to flight, but so
thick was the jungle, that he found the animal gain-
ing on him, from the noise it made amongst the
bushes; and therefore sought shelter in a tree, re-
loading his gun with all possible expedition. Whe-
ther the reptile followed him by sight or smell, he
could notjuelge, but Captain C— was only just pre-
pared for a second discharge, when the boa reached
the tree, and instantly twining itself round the
stem would have soon seized him, but fortunately at
the next shot he blew out both its eyes with a charge
of BB ; yet though the snake appeared for a moment
stunned, it still continued its efforts to reach him,
until by repeated shots it was incapacitated
from rising, not though till Captain C— had com-
pletely emptied his powder flask. and even then he did
not venture to descend, as the reptile continued
coiled round the tree, occasionally by a muscular
movement showing that its vital powers were not yet
wholly extinct. At length, after some hours' solitary
confinement on his perch, and shouting until he was
hoarse for aid, Captain C—had the satisfaction to
see a number of villagers arrive, by whom the mon-
strous animal was soon completely destroyed. Capt.
C-- had no means of accurately measuring its
length -but by a piece of stick, which th natives
said was a cubit long, and he declared that it mea-
sured upwards of thirty of these, and was much
thicker than one of his own thighs, which were of
a make that would have well become the leather
fie for shames of any Life-guardsman The head of
the boa was cut off, by his orders, and sent to the Hon.
Mr. Cole, then Resident at Mysore, and its enormous
jaws may still possibly be in existence at the Mysore
Residency. Pardon the prolixity of
Asti OLD SPORTSMAN.

TRH KING OF THE FRENCH.—On Friday, 11r.
Jones had the honour of receiving from his Excellency the
French Ambassador the gold medal so graciously presented
to him by his Majesty Louis Philippe. On Saturday his
Excellency the Count de St. Aulaire and family honoured.
Mr. Jones by visiting his studio to inspect the bust of his
Majesty, and were pleased to express their highest approba-
tion of the work.
REPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY OF BUCKS.—A
new writ having been ordered to be issued for the election
of a Member of ParliaMent for the county 'of. Bucks, in con-
sequence of Mr. Charles Scott Murray having accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds, it has been generally imagined that the
only son of the Duke of Buckingham, the Marquis of Chan-
dos, who attained his majority on the 10th of September
last, would start as a candidate to fill the vacancy in the
representation thus created, and with a certainty of being
returned. Indeed, it may be observed, that it was the gene-
ral impression throughout the county at the election in 1841,
that Mr. Murray would retire from Parliament, in favour of
the Noble Marquis on his coming of age. We understand,
however, that another arrangement has been determined
upon, and that Mr. Towers, of Huntsinoor-park, Iver, will
be the new candidate in the Conservative interest, supported
by the influence of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham. It
is not expected that there will be any opposition to the return
of Mr. Towers.

DARING ROBBERY IN THE WATERLOO-ROAD.—
On Monday night, between the hours of eleven and twelve, a-
most daring robbery was committed between the terminus of
the Dover station and the Waterloo-road. It appeared that
a French lady and gentleman arrived by the last up-train
from Dover, and on their arriving at the station, the
gentleman desired a fly to be sent for, in order to be
taken to one of the West-end foreign hotels. He gave
particular directions about his luggage, of which he had
a large quantity, and directed that two large boxes should be
placed on the top of the carriage. ORO of these boxes con-
tained plate, linen, silk, and valuable shawls and-costly furs.
The gentleman himself stw this box properly secured, and
stated that it contained some exceedingly valuable property,
and when the carriage left the railway station both boxes
were sate. There was no person on the box with the driver, nor
could any person havetaken it off the fly without the driver's
knowledge. The fly stopped nowhere on the road, but when it
arrived in the Waterloo-road, the bex containing the whole.
(Willis valuable property was missed, and the mystery is, in
whs manner the robbery could have been effected. The
police were immediately on the alert, but hitherto no clue has
been obtained to the perpetrators of one of the most daring and
expert carriage robberies that has taken place for some time.
EARLY LAMBING —o4tss ()stens, of Fleetham, has
three ewes which have lambed unusually early this year;
the first, on the 12th January, had one lamb, another on
the 15th had three, and a third on the 18th had one. The
ewes with their lambs are all doing well.—Berwick Warder.
THE IRON TRADE.—The make of iron in the
United Kingdoin at the present time is near 1,400,000 tons
annually. Scotland furnishes almost one-third part of the
supply—being 450,000 tons annually, or at the rate of 9,000
tons per week. But in the course of two months there will
be nine new furnaces put in operation in this neighbourhood
alone, and their combined yield may be calculated at 1,350
tons weekly, or 70,000 tons per annum. Three new iron
works have also been arranged for, which may be completed,
and have twelve furnaces—the -number we believe contem-
plated-going within twelve months. They will give a
yield, if at all successful, of 1,800 tons weekly, or 93,000 tons
by the Year. We have already said, that the present large
stock of ironis out of the hands of the iron meters; and also,
that their make for a considerable time to come is sold up ;
but the money sought by the present holders will have an
immediate tendency to reduce. the consumption.—Glasgow
Constitutional.

- THE SWINDLERS.—TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—OH Sa-
turday these parties, whose capture we announced yester-
day, underwent an examination before J. Deane, Esq.,
one of the magistrates of the town. The male prisoner gave
his name Kidmar Stuart, 25, and the female, Rosina
Amelia Stuart, 21. Her maiden name, she stated, was
Dettmar. James Wallace, apprentice to Messrs. Delves
and Jul), grocers, deposed, that on Saturday last Mrs.
Stuart came to his master's shop to pay her grocer's bill,
amounting to 4. Os. 2id. She gave him the cheque (now
produced) for 10/ 10s., and he gave her in change seven
sovereigns, nine shillings, a sixpence, and a fourpenny-
piece. She then. ordered some other articles, which were
sent toiler house. Robert Jull, of the firm of Delves and
Jull, grocers, deposed that in consequence of some infor-
mation received from one of their assistants, he went to the
cash drawer and took therefrom thecheck that had already
been produced, and went by the mail train to town. On
the following morning he presented the cheque at the
London Joint . Stock Bank, Princes-street, fur pay-
ment, but the clerk told him there were "no effects."
He also told him that the person signing his name
Kidmir Stuart was a notorious swindler, and that
they had had a very large number of his cheques
presented by different parties for payment Mr.
Joseph Delves, house agent, deposed to the male
prisoneo handwriting on the cheque, he having seen
him sign the agreement for the hire of the house, No. 10,
Calverley-promenade, and the signatures were precisely
similar. The prisoners were then remanded till Thursday
next, in the expectation that further cases may be brought
against them.
MURDEROUS ATTACK UPON GAMEKEEPERS.—Mon -
day information was forwarded to Bow-street that on the
night of the 25th ult. several men, armed with guns and
bludgeons, entered a wood in the parish of Favant, Wilt-
shire, for the purpose of destroying game. The gamekeeper,
however, named James Barrett, assisted by two other per-
sons, opposed them, and a desperate conflict ensued, which
resulted in Barrett and his assistants being so dreadfully in-
jured that they still lie dangerously ill, and with but little
hopes of their ultimate recovery. The fellows who com-
mitted the outrage have hitherto eluded the search of the
officers of justice. One of them' is, however, a well-known
character In the neighbourhood.