ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



was apparently wounded in the 

 shoulder; but nevertheless sprung 

 on Mr. M. whose arm he lacerated 

 dreadfully ; and feeling at the 

 same time a peon's lance, he re- 

 h'nquished his first hold, seized the , 

 poor man by the throat, and 

 strangled him before the party 

 dared fire, lest they should kill his 

 victim. He was now at bay, but 

 sheltered in such a manner as ren- 

 dered it difficult to bring him 

 down, when, suddenly, the man 

 on the look-out gave another 

 alarm, and the party almost im- 

 mediately perceived a lioness which 

 had broken cover, approaching 

 their rear. The same instant their 

 ears were assailed by the shrieks 

 and yells of men, women, and 

 children, occasioned by the animal 

 crossing the road in the midst of 

 the coolies that were carrying tiffin 

 to the village. A woman and a 

 child were almost immediately sa- 

 crificed to her fury. The woman 

 was literally torn to pieces. This 

 proved not the last calamity of this 

 memorable hunt. The gentlemen, 

 with the peons, left their former 

 enemy, to attack the lioness, who 

 threatened the village. The party, 

 from tlie rapid manner in which 

 the beast was followed, were not 

 able to keep very compact ; and, 

 most unfortunately, four of the 

 collector's peons advanced upon 

 the place where the lioness had lain 

 down. She immediately sprung 

 upon the nearest, and brought 

 him to the ground, and crushed 

 his skull, and tore his face, so that 

 no feature was discernible, and the 

 skin literally hung in the wind. A 

 companion who advanced to his 

 assistance, she seized by the thigh ; 

 the man, in the agony of pain, 

 caught the beast by the throaty 

 when she quitted his thigh and 



fastened on his arm and breast. 

 At this moment the gentlemen ad- 

 vanced within 15 paces, and as 

 she was still standing over her un- 

 fortunate victim, lodged 20 balls 

 in iier body. She retreated to the 

 hedge, where some more shots 

 terminated her existence. She had 

 abundance of milk, which, from 

 the novelty, most of the party 

 tasted. Both of the peons died in 

 a few hours. Mr. M. is recover- 

 mg. 



Description of his Majesty the 

 Emperor Napoleon. (From a Rus- 

 sian document.) — The figure short 

 and compact ; the hair black, flat, 

 and short ; the beard black and 

 strong, shaved up towards the 

 ear; the eyebrows strongly arch- 

 ed, but contracted towards the 

 nose ; the nose aquiline, with per- 

 petual marks of snuff"; the counte- 

 nance gloomy and violent ; the 

 chin extremely projecting; always 

 in a little uniform without orna- 

 ment ; generally wrapped in a lit- 

 tle grey surtout, to avoid being re- 

 marked ; and continually attended 

 by a Mameluke. 



A rape and murder were com- 

 mitted on the body of a young 

 woman, named Hannah Leatham, 

 in the service of Mj*. Jackson, of 

 Brignal, near Greta-bridge, on 

 New Year's Day. She had been 

 sent on an errand to Barnard-cas- 

 tle, which place she left about five 

 o'clock in the evening, on her way 

 home. Her body was found next 

 morning, about two miles from 

 that town, on the road to the High- 

 street (a road much frequented), 

 with her head nearly cut from her 

 body. A coroner's inquest returned 

 a verdict of rape and murder a- 

 gainst some person or persons uo- 

 known. Several men have been 

 taken up on suspicion. 



