The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-02-10 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE, riIIaVAIIT IL

Our arrivals of all grails bare been very mall sines Kan-
day, sad *bat lee Wheat appeared Ibis sauraing sold no
full as goad terms as ea Mat day. Fine Mailing Barley
being scarce, is Is. per quarter dearer, but there is au ad-
vance on say Giber description, which go at very slowly.
la Beaus, innite, sad Oats three is ea alterative.

COAL MARKET, Vssivaav f.
Wee at Market. nip. 6aM. Price.
61 %avowle 5 .... if.. ihi. 1.43.. N.

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
3 per Ct. fted..69l 6.1 I Insp. 3 per Ct. An. 671
3 per Ct. Costs. tollifif I ludo' Ituuds.. 14 15 sir.
I
3/ per Cent...... 77 I Soutli Sea Stock ....75(
4 per Comm.... nig 1 Old Annuities.... 6$
..ef I
S el. N. A WS. 103 Kn. Bolls., .. 3e 3 pr.
102 103 I Lottery Tickets 434 ti,.
Disi.k . AIN. 18 1.16 I thui.inias
3 16 1 Coos. 14 A. c. liniiiii

ALL PHAN?' HUA7.

ItiTILACT OF ♦ LOFFIBIL Fame INDIA, DATIL,
MafiaWlGS. MALT 4, 1819.
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" For sowe days before oar arrival at A--, we
had intelligence often immense wild male elephant,
being in a large grim swamp within five mks
of us. He had inhabited the swamp for years,
and was the terror of the surrounding villagers,
many of whom he had killed; he had only one task
end there was not a village for many miles ramp'.
that did not know the Bomb ek duet ke /Whet.
or, the large one-toothed elephant ; and one of nu.
party. Colonel S--, hail the year before bee.
charged and his elephant put to the right .bout ba
this famous fellow. We determined to go in put
suit of him, and accordingly. on the third day after
our arrival,starteel in the morning. mustering betweeh
private anal Government elephants. 3i, but *earn
of them only with oportamtn on their heck,. A•
we knew that in the event of the wild one cliergiaig,
he would probably torts against the male eleplisiste,
the drivers of two or three of the largest weir
armed with spears.. On our way to the swamp, we
shot a great quantity of different sorts of gain.
that got up before the line of elephants ; and lied
hardly entered the swamp, when, in coma-gamier
of one of the party firing at a partridge, we saw the
great object of our expeditiou—the wild elephant
got up out of some long grim shout 25t1 yards
before us, where he stood staring at us and Nap-
ping his huge ears. We iinniedtattly mods a low
of the elephants with the sportsmen is the centre,
and went straight up to liisn, until within a 134))ards;
when fearing he was gun% to turn from the
',arty give him a volley, some of us firing 3,3, sod
4 barrels; he then turned round and made for the
middle of the swamp. The chase comma-lace/I ono;
sisal after following him upwards of • mile sills on.
elephants up to their bribe. tat mud.we succeeded an
turning him to the ed:e of the swamp, where lie al.
lowed us to get within 80 yards of him. and gave ham
another volley in Isis full frost, On which lie omit
a grand charge at us. but fortunately only grazsit
one of the pail elephants. He then again made
far the middle of the yearns., throwing up Wood
said water from his trunk, awl making a teirible
noise. which clesey sheered that lee tool hens
seer, ely wootolest. We billowed him. rail were
uli'iged to swim our elephants through a puce
or deep stagnant water, occasionally g Cog ship ;
what maktog a stop in some very gtx.,.,
he allowed ais mgtti,, to Coeur within sixty yards,
and got another volt y, era which he an s aseeimet
• arge more furisql• than the (lest, but wee pre•
vented in +king it good by some 'lsola firestasli.
very el .se to us, which stunned sisal faireivellel)
turned him. He then ina.'e fur the edge of the
again Sal, g a piece of wooer, lipoogi,
wh ▪
e'l we followed with considerable il.fikrulty,
in consequence of our pads and howdahs ii..aar.iag,
become much heavier, from the soaking the)
had gut twice below; we were up to the midd:e
in the howdah% and one a f the elephant* fairly
totaled over and threw the rider aid his guns
into aloe Wit. r. Ile was taken effby one of the said'
el.-pilaw% but Isis three guns tient to the bottom.
'rills aerttletit took Up slinlie time, dulaug which
the ad.! elephant bail made his way to the rttgeul
the swamp, anal stood perfectly stall, looking at
us, anal trumps-1;1,g with his trunk. As suini us we
illl got to lights. We again advanced with Me
ph:nals in rosin of a crescent. iu the full expect:4l'lM
of a drape ate ge, nor were we aatit.ken, T.,.
animal woe allowed us to come within 40 yard. sat
ham, a hen we look a very deldwraste ai:u at has!
herd, and on receiving this fire, lie mile a most
foriuus th lige. in the act of »Inch, and when s I:.
in ten yard. of ensue of si's, be received a mooted
*round, and fell 11% dead as a stone. Al r. a
civilian, lass the credit of giving him his eleatli..
wound, %latch, oil examination, proved to he a small
ball from a Joe M4lllOll gun over the left eye. for.
this ass the only one of 31 that he hail received iii
the head, which was found 40 hare entered the brain.'
When down he measured in height 12 feet 41
inches; in length from the root of the tail to the
top of the head 16 feet ; and 10 feet mood the
neck. Ile hail upwards of 80 balls in Isis head and
body. ills only remaining tusk wheu taken out
weighed and when compared with tame nuts
was cosiSlll, fell small for flit sixe of the sealant. After
Le fell a number of she villagers Caine about us, mad
were rejoioad of the death of their formidahle
enemy, and assured us, that during the last four a.r
five years he had killed overly fitly turn. Indeed, the
knowledge of the imechief lie had occasioned, was the
only thing that could reconcile us to the death of se.
amide ass animal. We weir just three hours from the.
time we !lust law limn until he fell ; and what added
much to Ntr gratification of the day, we lied not a
111,11gle accident to man or eleplilint, excepting Capt.
P.'S upset, slid he was so furittuate as to recover Isis
gulls the following mutating, by means of divers.
Colonel S--, an old arid very keen li.than sport..
man, declared lie had never seen or heard guy thing
to equal the dis)'s sport."

BIRTH.
On the 9.11 Witham', at his house he Hill-street,Berkeky.'
square, the Lady of the Ituu. Thomas Knurl, M.P. of a
daughter.
MARRIAGE.

Oa the Ith jolliest, at Passage Church, near Cork, by the
Res. Richard Lloyd, the Rev. Francis 3PCleland, A.B.
Chaplain to she Settlers proceeding lu the Cape uf 40011
Hope, under the direction uf William Parker, Esq. to Elias
Web. second daughter of Frederick Clarke, Esq. of Passage,
sod niece to the late Major-General Sir William Clarke,
Bart.
DEATHS.
Yesterday roaming, at his hum-, is Remell.sqoare, Sir
V:cary Gihbe, late Chief Justice of she Cainsaiou Pleas. He
lung been in a &sliming state of heal, h.
January 31, at the Viewer, Wootton Bisiett, Wilts, Ca-
roline, vile d the 1t... Themes Hyde Rarhy, sod sister
William Philip Huoywisual, EA. M.P. fur Root.
At her lodgings, in the Upper Bristul-rusil, Belk, aired
73, Mrs. Bell, fetaserly the celsbested and beeetifel 31*
Mansell, uf the Bath awl Loodua Theerer.

Ur tie Slat alt. at Prissitser, Ibirrs. t Frallera,
&meager of Lady Theodosta Vyaer, and giggler Of &drew
V you r, Essi. of Gatstby.Lioesoloshire.
Ou be diti eh. la Chesterton road. Slrs. Catboriae
P. erre, aged 74 years.

HIGH %TATER THIR DAY Al' LONDII?i DRIDGR.
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