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THE QUEEN.
The following is g copy of the Report of the
Lords' Committee appointed in "Porch for lore.
"glen" ►erlwl'titq the merits of throwing the
attemlwiee of Peers no the areolid renittiig cif
the 11111 relative to the Qigersl, and to consider
*lint iirrmigeinents Miplit he tier r rrr v fur the ae-
coinrourlrtion of Peer», &e. uu Ih.t sUit's4.l.lo,l :
" Ist. That sin Lord do sleben* 3 *elf, on pin of loco".
rill( a floe of Mee brad►eJ pottioln for each ilay'n aliseeire,
pending the three firm dna ni.urh priteerilings, ais,3 of fifty
pound, fur each salissopteol atoirsice from the same ;
and in default of payment of auy and every such fine, of be.
illy 1,4,11 relit irosaisiily.
6.2 d. Trial no rsruar. he admitted, save disability from
age, rig. rig of the ate of s►venty year■ and upwards. ur
from Lckisess. or of haring been out of the realm to foreign
parts on Ow 10th day ufJoly Matsui, being the day on winch
lie order for the second reading of the .40 Kill was itin.le,
and rolls ilayilrf out'isf the same, or out of Great Itr,lain, sin
hi. Majesty's taivice, or on amount of the death of a parent,
wife, child. . .

" 3d. Tint every Nell' tolesentinz himself from nee or sick.
remit. do address a biter to the ',roil Chancellor, stating,
upon his loourec, that be is so disabled.
" 400. Thal the Lord Chimerllor olio seo itr a letter to t 1
several Peers nod Prelates of this House, us the fooliowool
forms, and that it COpy of each of she said Resolui ions do se.
company the same :--
" :HY I.ollll—l am commanded by the Howse of Lords to
arynais.l you', that fist Howse expects your Lordslop's mitred.
ante upon the second readint or the 11411, entitled. &C• dtc•nts
Thostsolny, the 17th Asy of August next. al len of She clock,
in the forenoon; wool that it is the farther tiler oldie Howse
Thal no 'And shall absent tonsself from the service of She
House ou the ercomil reading of the said Rill, or nos any alb*
subsegoot nt proceedings of the Howse upon the stone, without
Site bare of the House, upon pain of interring the dospl
of the House.

" Howie of Lords, 1 am, my Lord.
July, 1820. Your Loillahip's humble Servant.
" P. S. I am directed by the Howe to semi your Lordship
the following Rev,lntiont--r see Ihr
.11,repoing b'esolaiimm)
" sth. That the Committee have been attended by the
Surveyor-General to the Board of Workr.and by John
Esq. Architect to this House, and have itiquirial of th.m as
to the additional sccommodation that could be provided for
the itenetwr of Pert', WllO may attend this Hoinie 111:1111 the
proceedings on the said Bill. and it is the opinion of this
Committee, if the House shall think fit,
" That ea humble Address he presented to his Majesty, to
request that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to give
directions that a caller). he erected within the limier foe the
accommodation of the Peers who may attend this House
UPOtt the I...eCeed,flVt on the Bill, entitled, &v. &c.
.4 n.I that a space be railed otf below the Bar for the Sc.
cumin...dation of the CM/11W, Amite, Solicitors, %V.inewee,
acd others, whose attendance may be necessary on the said
Ka-

F LEMAN?' HUNTING.

[From " The Asiatic Journal," rebrunry 1820.1

The art of catching elephants is much the mine
in principle every where, but there is some variety
in the mode of applying it. The ft:divers, who fol-
low it as a profession. must 9111111 Tr their devices to
tin !ocal resources afforded by the country. The
follo‘k Intrr,.t,ve is given in a letter, dated Comi-
batore,Apo; 311. 1219, by an e2,e.wipiess. This
specinien sidords one fact ratting to the habits of
the animal, which, in the opinion of the writer, is
a contribution to the page of natural history.
Early in February last. shoot 3,000 people as.
sembled at the plare•of etudrayous on the •skirts
of the jangle. and the haunt* of elephants being
111%Ceft141,1r11, a semi-circular 110, of !People, pro-
vided will fire-arms, tern toms, fee. and extend-
ing for several miles. was then formed round
them, each end of the line reaching a chain of
hills, the passes through which had been previously
stopped and gisardrif by parties of match-luck
meit.--The ntijrct of this line was to drive the
tlephmts toward+ a narrow gorge, surrounded
by ""1t hills, in which there wss abundance of
food and water for them for several days; this,
howes•er, was no easy task, as the elephants fre-
quently attempted to force the lines, nod get off to
the eastward ; but the line gradually eloped on
them, nod !whin:: at right, kept up large fires to
prevent their I-wrest:Mg through. and-after lu or 12
flays labour, at last soccerded in driving them into
the intended place, where they were closely. sur-
rounded, and kept in for several days. Meantime,
at the debutiche of this pass, several hundred peo-
ple were busily employed in digging a deep ditch,
enclosing ahont n quieter of a mile of ground,
leaving only the space of a few yards as au entrance
untouched.

Two ditches were cut from the entrance to a hill
on one side, and to a rock on the other, to prevent
the elephants 'Assiut; the enclosure ; on the outside
of the ditch ■ matting of boinches about six feet
high tcnt placed to give it a formidable and imposts-
able appearance of jungle. When all was completed
the people were removed from that place, and those
at the other end commenced firing, shouting, and
making ns much noise as possible with drums and
cholera ii4lllllo, which so intimidated the elephants
that they made the best of their way to the oppo-
site cod ; and the people following close, with the
assistance of a few rockets, drove them ►traight
into the enclosure, when the remaining part was
dug away, and the ditch completed ; people were
immediately posted round the outside of the ditch,
armed with long spears and matchlocks to repel any
attempt the elephants might make to cross it.
Next (ley eight tame elephants were introduced
into the enclosure, the Mahouts (riders) couched
close on their necks, and covered with dark cloths.
The object of the tame ones was to separate one of
the wild from the herd, and mob him. When this
was accomplished, four Mahouts, whose profession
is to catch elephants, crept betweeti the legs of the
tame ones. and having fasteued strong ropes to the
hind legs of the wild fellow, secured him to the
'mutest tree; but the Mahouts then retired towards
the dutch, and the tame elephants leaving the cap-
tive to lila struggles, weld utter the others.
In this way 33 elephasita were captured in six
dap, without the I ra engaged meeting with the
slightert accident. to the great amusement of the
spectators, who, perched on trees overhanging the
enclosure. witnessed the spurt will t sharing in
the danger. The sagacity of the tame elephants,
the address surd courage of the Mahouts, from the
first cast of the rime until the last band was tied.
the rage of the animals upon finding themselves en.
trapped, and their astonishing exertions to get free,
afford altogether a scene of no ordinary novelty and
interest.

One of the rlrphant• calved in the enclosure;
the young one was •utticiently strong to run about
with it• mother the first day. And to naturalists

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