Star.
London, England, 1821-10-18 00:00:00

TIGER HUNT IN THE EAST INDIES.

G elms Sawa*, JAN. 16, 1821.—We lost a man here, on Sun-
day morning, who was taken off the banks by a tiger, and car-
ried into the jungle. He was a poor foolish fellow, who had
been here for many months receiving his victuals from the
Coolies, except what he got from out tables: He was seen by a
Coolie, dancing and singing on the bank, and immediately after
the Coolie, observing a tiger crossing the bank, lost sight of the
mat, and reported the same to Mr. NUNN. Mr. N. returned to
me with the intelligence, and we immediately set out, accom-
panied by two Sepoys, in search of the poor fellow. Going along
the back we were met by one of the Coolies, who had the cloth
, of the missing nun, found nearly a mile from the bank where
he was seized, and all covered with blood. We reached the
place, and were able to trace the path through which he was
dragged into the jungle. After following the track for some time,
I lost it, and looking round rather sharply for some mark to guide
me, I saw, about twenty yards off, a most tremendous large
tiger sitting ready for a spring, with his bead facing me. I had
only time to call out to the others " Here he is," as I levelled
my piece and fired. The ball entered his head through his nose,
and the monster roared most hideously. Mr. News and one
Sepoy came up and fired at him, both shots I believe taking
effect. lie however got up and was making off: the other Sepoy
was now by, and it appears had been so frightened he could not
discharge his piece. Not knowing this, I snatched the musket
from him and gave chase to the tiger. On coming up I thrust
the bayonet up to the muzzle of the piece, when the animal at-
tacked me, but I stood stiff to my charge. lie then turned and
ran away from me for nearly a hundred yards, and I lost both
of my shoes before I brought him up the second time. He at-
tacked me again—and I looked round to see if there was any
assistance at hand, but not a person was in sight, except my boy,
who was close at my heels with a rifle gun, calling out, " Bun-
dook Saheb." I caught the piece out of his hand, and putting
another ball into the tiger's head, he was dead before any one
came up with us. He knocked me about so that I was scarcely
able to move the next day, and my breast i 3 much pained now,
where he drove the musket up against me as I attacked him.
He was as much as 12 men could carry; 11 feet long, and his
fore leg much bigger than my thigh. I never will lay any blame
to a Sepoy for being frightened at a tiger, for that fellow would
have killed twenty Sepoys if they had missed the first fire, and
in the jungle he was enough to frighten the devil himself.

Two soldiers, a few evenings ago, at Chelsea, were bragging
of the privation they bad undergone, when one of them said, be
had slept for weeks on rough boards, with a wooden pillow,the
other observed, that was comfort compared to what he had en-
dured, having slept night after night ill Italy on marble- An Irish
fisherman, who was in company, observed, " it was all bother
and nonsense, for he had often slept on a bed f f widen."

A letter in the Limerick Chronicle, signed a " Ro-
man Catholic Priest," states, as his contli med opinion,
" that all the parties which disturb the public tran-
quillity, have originated inightingfactions."

In the alms-house at Trome, there is at this time
living a woman, named HEWLETT, who remembers
the visit of Queen ANNE to the Nouse family, at
Berkeley House, and taking wine with one of her
MAJESTY'S waiting maids.

Tuesday, a young man, a labourer on a farm near
Brighton, was brought before the Magistrates, at the
Old Ship, charged with having a cask of geneva in
his possession, thereby incurring the penalty of £lOO.
In his defence he said he had found the cask in a
ditch, and knew not what it contained. " Had you
found such a thing, your Worship (said he, turning
to one of the Magistrates), and nobody by, I dare say ,
you would have thought there could be no harm in
putting your hand upon it."—" I would as soon have
thrust my hand in the open mouth of a mad dog !"
was the forcible reply.—The fine was immediately
confirmed ; and, in default of payment, the young
man was committed to the county jail.
FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, as the
Salisbury luggage van was proceeding out of town
through the Strand, when nearly opposite Northum-
berland-street, the axietree suddenly broke, and the
van was thrown on its side; unfortunately a Gentle-
man, one of the proprietors, named WYATT, was sit-
ting.on the box at the time with the driver, and was
precipitated under it. On his being taken up, he was
quite dead, and appeared most dreadfully disfigured.
His body was conveyed to the Northumberland
Coffee-house for a Coroner's Inquest. Neither the
driver nor the guard received material injury. The
horses immediately stopped on the carriage overturn-
ing. Mr. WYATT has left a wife and large family.
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