The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-04 00:00:00

ELEPHANT HUNT.

BOMBAY, JULY 3.—Khasgur, a town in the province of
Agra, 64 miles N.W. from Furruckabad, has:for some time
-been ravaged by a wild elephant with only one tusk, who had
,taken up his abode in a wet dyke near the town, from which
he issued whenever he happened to-be so disposed, and without
fear or mercy, devoured men and beasts, villagers and travel-
lers, as they came in his way. The Sahabina Alashan having
been moved to compassion by thelamentations of the inhabitants,
undertook the deliverance of the town, and resolutely bound
up their kurinzi himet to destroy him. They accordingly pro-
vided themselves with twelve good elephants, and under the
supposition that the wild elephant would shew symptoms of mild-
ness at the sight of a female, they determined to take a female ele-
phant in their train—placing her, however, in front, with an ad-
vanced guard under seven bold Burkardaz, well mounted on 7
elephants, with a great concourse of people, The Sahabina Ala-
shan then took post in the rear, and gave the word to advance.
On arriving at the ditch the wild elephant was discovered, and
a shot was immediately fired at him. This did not in the least
alarm him ; on the contrary it excited • his utmost choler, and
lie turned his face towards the Shabina Alashan and began to
shake both his ears at them in a manner at once wild and ter-
rific. Upon this the armed Burkardaz on their elephants ad-
vanced within one hundred and sixty yards of the spot in a most
courageous style, supported by the Sabina Alaskan in the rear.
The elephant, wild as he was, very judiciously took alarm at
this formidable advance, and enleavoured to retreat. The
hunters upon this opened a heavy fire, which drove the animal
out of die ditch. The whole body then pursued and crossed the
dyke, and, after a severe contest, this formidable animal was
slain by a ball entering his left eye. On opening him, no less
than eighty balls were found in his head. He measured 91.2
cubits high, 12 feet in length, and 73 round the neck. He had
been a resident of the ditch at Khasgur for upwards of four
years, and had killed during that time about fifty of the inha,
bitants.

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CURIOUS ANECDOTE.—Mr. COKE, of Long.
crd, in the County of Derby, (brother to Mr. Coke, of Nor-
folk) was the father of several amiable and accomplished
daughters. One of the tenants on his estate, a young farmer
of superior address and attainments, had by the depression of
the times become in arrears for his rent : his landlord sent for
him, and expostulated with him on the subject, and hinted
to him, that with his handsome person he might easily ob-
tain a wife amongst some of his richer neighbours, that
would soon enable him to pay off his arrears, and place him
in better circumstances in the world. The young 'farmer
listened to the advice, looked thoughtful and departed. In
a few days he returned again, and told his landlord, he had
been reflecting seriously ' on their last conversation, and
would follow his counsel. At this intaview one of the
daughters of his wealthy landlord was present. In a short
time afterwards, it was discovered; that John Greensmitb,
(the name'of the young farmer); had effectually taken the hint,
and, by an elopement to Gretna Green, had become the dutiful
Son-in-law of the gentleman who had thus unwittingly bestow-
ed upon him this sageadvice.—( Birmingham Chronicle.)
VtrooLsAcii.—Col,man dining one day
with Lord E—e, the Ex-Chancellor, in the course of con-
versation on rural affairs, boasted that he kept on his pasture
land nearly a thousand sheep. "'I perceive then," said Col-
man, with an arch smile, " your Lordship still has an eye to
the woolsack."
About sixty English gold and silver coins of
various denominations, belonging to the reigns of
HENRY V. and his immediate ancestors were
found a short time ago, in an old cop upon Cock-
ney Moor, near Bolton. They were deposited
in a cow horn, and were probably hidden during
the wars of legitimacy between the houses "g
Lancaster and York. We have seen one of the
silver ones (a double groat piece) of lIEN►tY AT.
which was nearly as fresh as it came from the
mint, except that the edges were clipt in two or
three places.—(Preston Paper.)
A Madrid paper (El Universal), in noticing
the Regency of Urgel's loan, to prevent a mis-
take which might arise from the letters b and v
having the same sound in Castilian,, observes—
" As between the names Ouvrard and Hub-
bard. there is a certain consonance, particularly
for Spaniards, we think it necessary to observe,
that these houses have no relation to each other,
and that their reputation in the mercantile world
is. very different,"