Star.
London, England, 1822-08-06 00:00:00

TIGER HUNTING.

Catcurra, JAN. 23.—Lieutenant Cotter, of the Bombay
army, having heard that a very large tiger had destroyed seven
inhabitants of an adjacent village, resolved, with another Officer,
to attempt the destruction of the monster. Having ordered
I seven elephants, they went in quest of the animal, which they
found sleeping beneath a bu• h. Roused by the noise of the ele-
phante, he made a furious charge on them, and Lieut. Cotter's
,elephant received him on her shoulder, the other six having
turned about and run off, notwithstanding the exertions of the
riders. The elephant shook off the tiger, and Lieut. Cotter
having fired two balls at him, he fell, but again recovering him.
self, he made a spring at Lieut. Cotter. Having missed his ob-
ject, he seized the elephant by her hind leg, and having received
-a kick from her, and another ball, he let go his hold, and fell a
second time. Supposing that he was now disabled, Lieut. Cot..
ter very rashly dismounted, witb the resolution of killing hint
with his pistols; but the tiger, who had only been crouching to
take another spring, flew on Lieut. Cower and caught him in
his mouth. The strength and intrepidity of the Lieutenant,
however, did not forsake him : he immediately fired his pistol
into the tiger's body ; and finding that this had no effect, be
disengaged his arm with all his force, and directing the other
pistol to his heart, he at last destroyed him, thee receiving
twenty five severe wounds.

THE UNFORTUNATE AERONAUTS..—We are enabled
to lay the following satisfactory communication be-
fore the Public : •
" Turk Dean, Friday, August 2, 1822, Two o'Clock, v. w.
" Mr. GRITIIII/ has gained considerable strength; he is able
to move himself with less pain, and upon the whole is in a very
favourable state. Mr. Gam' is more free from pain, but he still
remains in a precarious condition."—Gliuceder Herald.
The Stage Coach Duties Bill, which has passed the
House of Commons, levies a duty of one penny a mile
on any carriage or vehicle, with two or more wheels,
not being upon springs, and which shall be used for
conveying passengers for hire to or from different
places, and drawn by one horse only ; of twopence a
mile, if drawn by two horses only ; and of threepence
a mile, if drawn by one horse, and having springs.

♦ few days since, as Mr. JOHN BAILEY, cf
more Pond, near Ailesbury, was walking in Baker's
Wood, he saw a snake lying in the path, on touching
the reptile with the muzzle of a fowling-piece it ran
into Me barrel, and in th.st situation he carried it home.

On the 24th ult. Thomas Smart, of Chaytershaugh,
a boy about nine years old, fell into a deep place of
the River Wear, and would certainly have perished,
had not a. young man, Moses Draper, of the same
place, about seventeen years of age, on the alarm
being given, rushed into the river, and with much
difficulty, and the great risk of his own life, succeeded
in getting him on shore in a very exhaustei state.—
The means prescribed by the Humane Society were
applied, and the boy restored to life. It is remark-
able that, in consequence of the emetics administered
to him, five small fish were ejected from his stomach. •
Friday, an Inquisition was taken at the Golden
Lion, Dean-street, Soho, on the body of Robert James.
It appeared that the deceased had been formerly in
a respectable way of trade, but failed, and was re-
duced to indigence and want. On Tuesday he had a
plate of beef from a cook-shop, for dinner; but the
first mouthful he attempted to swallow stopped in
his throat, and killed him upon the spot. An injury
he had received in the throat formerly is supposed to
have been the cause:of the accident. Verdict—" A-
ccidentally choaked with a piece of *beef."
Saturday, an Inquest was held at St. Gilees Work-
house, on the body of Mary Dyer, aged 33. It ap-
peared that the deceased was the wife of a respect-
able gilder in the neighbourhood of Bishopsgate, but
the deceased and him not living comfortably together,
she quitted him, and ever since has been prowling
about the streets, drinking, and in a most deplorabli
condition, occasionally having no food. On Friday
night the deceased was observed in Tottenham-court-
road to walk over the road, apparently in a very
weak Condition, and seat herself at the door- of Mr.
.Smith, a saddler, on which she fell backwards, as inn
a fainting fit. A crowd of persons as4embled roam,
her, when it was discover
rof death. She was
house, where the
was quite dead.
dress, together with
having been found
'ion that she died
Jury. after coosuluog
N. That •the derAla.l'
apparently through

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discoveted that she was at the point ,
as immediately carried to the wash: i
parish surgeon Attended, but she
The appear.tace of her person and
pith the circumstance of DO money
d in her pockets, caused *a imptep, [
d from the want of foods and
the i
i
ging bane *O4 rot, imo,d a wadies,
led that by tiot vaislailkittlas,
b. want. ..--.'-' .' ' il
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