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from and after whicli no tender or 

 ■payment of money made in the 

 silver coin of this realm of any 

 sxmi exceeding the sum of 40 shil- 

 lings at any one time shall be reputed 

 a tender in law, or allowed to be 

 a legal tender within the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, either by tale or weight 

 of such silver coin, or otherwise 

 howsoever. 



Given at the Court at Carlton- 

 house, the twelfth day of Fe- 

 bruary, one thousand eight 

 hundred and seventeen, in the 

 fifty-seventh yeai' of his Ma- 

 jesty's reign. 

 12. In the march of a detach- 

 ment of our Indian army, under 

 the command of Sir Geo. Holmes, 

 from Baroda to Palempore, in the 

 territories of his Highness the 

 Guicawar, two young officers of 

 the .5Gth I'egiment were amusing 

 themselves, duringa halt, by snipe- 

 shooting. They had been beating 

 the jungles on the banks of a river, 

 and one jungle they had repeatedly 

 tried in vain. They were, how- 

 ever, surprised by a tremendous 

 roar, and the sudden spring of an 

 enormous tiger from this very jun- 

 gle. Lieutenant Wilson, on whom 

 the animal sprung, upon his reco- 

 very stated, that he neither saw, 

 nor heard, nor felt more, than 

 that the monster's mouth was close 

 to his own. H is companion. Lieu- 

 tenant Smelt, saw the tigei' spring; 

 he gave a backward cat-like stroke 

 with his paw, and on Wilson's fall, 

 he smelt to him, paused for a mo- 

 ment, and then leapt off as a cat 

 >vould have done if disturbed at a 

 meal. Smelt expecting Wilson 

 had been killed, reached the camp, 

 and immediately sent the dooleiy 

 (a sort of palanquin) bearers to 

 the spot. They found the gentle- 



man alive, but insensible : his flesh 

 had been torn away from the head 

 downward to the lower part of the 

 back, and a wound also on the 

 thigh; in all 19 wounds. A half- 

 eaten buffalo was foimd in the 

 jungle : luckily for Wilson the tiger 

 had dined. We are happy to add, 

 that the wounded gentlenian is now 

 living and well : both the sports- 

 men will be rather more cautious, 

 in future, how they go snipe-shoot- 

 ing in India.— C«/cM«a Paper. 



13. A most shocking murder 

 was committed between 9 and 10 

 o'clock, upon the person of the 

 Rev. Mr. Longuet, at Pangbovu'n, 

 near Reading, in Berkshire. Mr. 

 Longuet was a Roman Catholic 

 priest, and a teacher of the French 

 language, residing at Reading. 

 On Thursday last he paid a visit 

 to the family of Thomas Morton, 

 Esq. who resides about six miles 

 from Reading. Mr. Longuet 

 quitted ]\Ir. ]\Iorton'5 house be- 

 tween 8 and 9 o'clock : previous, 

 however, to his quitting it, Mr. 

 JMorton came to the door with him, 

 and, observing that it was a very 

 dark night, endeavoured to per- 

 suade him to continue there all 

 night. This hospitable offer, how- 

 ever, was unfortunately for the 

 poor gentleman rejected, accom- 

 panied by these words — " I know 

 the road very well; and although 

 it appears very dark now, it will 

 be much lighter to me when I get 

 from the light of the candle." He 

 then bade Mrs. Morton a goo.d 

 night, and pursued his journey. 

 He had not proceeded many miles 

 before he was attacked by some 

 villains, who barbarously XTiur- 

 dered him, apparently with some 

 sharp instrument ; for, when he 

 was found on Friday morning, his 

 head was nearly «svered from his 



body. 



