nion for our lamented hero's name and memory. (Signed) "CHARLES TYLER." A subscription of 2000 guincas was collected for this monument, and has been remitted hither. A vote of the house of commons, without a dissenting voice, after an ample discussion, has recommended the erection of a monument in honour to captain Hardinge in St. Paul's cathedral. The merchants of Bombay have presented a vase of 300 guineas value to the rev. Mr. Hardinge, as a memorial of his lamented son. The committee at Lloyd's have conferred a similar gift upon Mr. George Hardinge, his uncle, as having been his adopted father. But in the lustre of his fame, nothing is more brilliant than so marked a zeal for it, as that which lord St. Vincent and sir James Saumarez have displayed. They were champions for the monument; and their just influence had the most powerful effect upon the board of admiralty and upon the executive government, who originated the measure in parliament. One of the first marine painters in the age has just published a picturesque engraving, and which cannot be recommended enough to the publick. It is a description of the victorious frigate, after the capture, in the act of towing in her prize off Ceylon. It is beautifully coloured, and has the effect of a drawing. CHARACTER AND ANECDOTES OF PAUL, THE FAMOUS TIGER HUNTER IN INDIA. BY CAPTAIN WILLIAMSON. Tiger hunting is a sport replete with danger, and of real interest, even to such as do not partake of the active diversions of the chase. Of such importance has the search for tigers, and their consequent destruction proved in some parts of Bengal, that large tracts of country in a manner depopulated by their ravages, or by the apprehensions to which the proximity of such a Scourge naturally must give birth, have, by persevering exertion been freed from their devastations; and in lieu of being overrun with long grass and brambles, have become remarkable for the state of cultivation into which they have been brought. This happy revolution may be (at Cozzimbazar island) justly attributed to a German named Paul, who was for many years employed as superintendant of the elephants stationed at Daudpore, generally from fifty to a hundred in number. This remarkable man was about six feet two inches in height; his make was more than proportionably stout, and his disposition was completely indicative of the country which gave him birth. Nothing could ever rouse him to a state of merriment, even amidst the uproar of midnight festivity, of which he partook freely, but without being affected in the least by copious libations even of spirits, while others confined themselves to wine, Paul would sit nearly silent, with an unvarying countenance, twirling his thumbs, and accasionally volunteering with a German song, delivered with closed eyes, the thumbs still twirling, and with obvious tokens of delight at the sound of his own voice; which, though not offensive, was by no means equal to his own opinion of its merits. Paul never took offence; he was bent on making money, and his exertions were in the end amply successful. He was possessed of a coolness and presence of mind, which gave him a wonderful superiority in all matters relating to tiger hunting. He rarely rode but on a bare pad, and ordinarily by himself, armed with an old musket, and furnished with a small pouch containing his powder and ball. He was, however, remarkably nice in the selection of elephants for this purpose; and as he was for many years in charge of such numbers, in which changes were perpetually made, from requisitions for service, and from new arrivals, we may just ly conclude that he did not fail to keep himself well provided, by the reservation of such as were, in his opinion, best qualified for his views; and, indeed, the instances which occurred within my own knowledge, fully satisfied me of the superiority of his discrimination. The consciousness of his own corporeal powers as well as of the steadiness of the animal that bore him, and the continual practice in which he lived, could not fail to render Paul successful, even had his disposition been somewhat less phlegmatick, and his mind less steady. Accordingly, all were governed by him, when after game, for which he would search to a great distance, and would perhaps set off thirty or forty miles, with as many elephants, on hearing of a tiger having committed depredations. As to hog hunting, Paul thought it beneath his notice; and, as he used to express himself, "left that to the boys." Indeed, it was very rare to see him on a horse. His weight and disinclination, no doubt, were partly the cause of his rarely taking to the saddle; but, as he was a great dealer in elephants, and always had several in training for the howdah, we may fairly conjecture that the display of such as were ready for the market, was the motive which operated principally towards his riding clephants on all occasions. Paul's aims were at the head or the heart, and in general his shots were well placed; rarely deviating many inches from the parts at which he levelled his musket. He charged very amply, and never missed of effect for want of powder. I once fired his piece; but the recoil hurt me severely, and exhibited the difference between his feelings and mine. Paul, who, I doubt not, has killed as many tigers as any hundred persons in India, used often to remark, that he could instantly, at the sight of a tiger, decide whether or not it had been in the habit of attacking the human race; or whether its devastations had been confined to cattle, &c. He observed, that such as had once killed a man, ever after cared but little for any other prey; and that they could be distinguished by the remarkable darkness of their skins, and by a redness in the cornea, or whites, of the eyes. Paul was assuredly a competent judge, but, I apprehend this assertion partook more of hypothesis than of reason. At all events, it may be considered as a very nice distinction. Many circumstances seemed to corroborate his opinion as to their predilection for human flesh; it having been observed in various instances that such tigers as had been in the habit of attacking travellers, rarely did much mischief among the neighbouring herds. Paul once killed five tigers in the same day. Four of them were shot in less than an hour, in a patch of grass not exceeding three or four acres, where only one was supposed to be concealed. Some tigers receive a score of wounds before they fall; and I have seen a skin so perforated as to resemble a perfect sieve. Paul used to boast, and with reason, that he expended less powder and ball than any other person. Indeed, his first shot was in general the coup de grace. He was remarkable for killing such tigers as charged; on such oc casions he always aimed at the thorax or chest, and never within my recollection had an elephant injured under him. He used a musket somewhat shortened in the barrel. Paul, however, was not entirely free from accidents. He once got a scrape from a tiger's claw through the toe of his boot, and another time was, if we may use the expression, unhorsed, by his elephant coming suddenly upon a tiger when he was in pursuit of a buffalo. He very honestly confessed that all his presence of mind forsook him, and that, when he came to himself, and saw the tiger sitting on its haunches at the edge of a clump of surput, or tassel grass, about a dozen yards before him, he was near fainting. Luckily its attention was attracted by the elephant, which, with her trunk and tail erect, ran screaming over the plain. Paul was also famous for the immense nets he made use of in the taking of game. I have seen him employ nets a thousand yards long, and entangle every species of game, from a buffalo to a hog deer. In Britain we are unable to appreciate the merit of such a man of might and skill. But in a country where tigers have been known to watch for the man forwarding the post letters, and to carry off a courier daily for a week together; where, also, no part is free from their incursions, and where many children are, from time to time, destroyed, such prowess is of importance to the country, and even to the state. SIR, TO THE EDITOR OF THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. I THINK it will not be uninteresting to the readers of your most valuable miscellany, to give you an idea respecting the general character of the present emperour of the French, or the conqueror of Europe, Napoleon Buonaparte; and to present you with a slight sketch of his per son. Napoleon is about five feet five inches in height, well made, and somewhat muscular. It has been observed, that, notwithstanding his fatigues, he has a tendency to be corpulent. His complexion is a pale olive; his eyes piercing; his hair brown, cut short, and uniformly unpowdered. He seldom smiles; and is, in the natural disposition of his mind, impetuous; but he corrects this habitude by a powerful command of his passions. He is very abstemious; takes snuff abundantly; and remains at dinner with the imperial family but thirty minutes. When they dine en famille, he eats of the plainest food, drinks four or five glasses of wine, takes his coffee of (which he is extremely fond) and departs. He passes the evening in visiting the Lyceums, or places of publick, gratuitous education (of which Paris and its environs are full) examines the scholars personally; enters newly established manufactories; and when he deems the inventor worthy, invests him with the insignia of the legion of honour, which he frequently takes from his own coat for that purpose. On his return to St. Cloud, if in the country, or to the Thuilleries, if in town, he hears a concert, converses with his family, takes a slight repast, and retires to bed about eleven o'clock. In the morning he generally rises with the lark, goes to his private cabinet, and examines written documents upon the affairs of state, or representations from all the ministers, both domestick and foreign; inscribes a concise resolution upon each, to be delivered to the proper officers in the course of the morning. In all these duties he is as regular as time itself; and even when he is encamped in the field of bat tle, I am informed, that he his attendant Mamaluke is uniformly behind his person; and I was told, that he sleeps at the entrance of his apartment, or tent, when he is on duty from the capital. pursues the same system, upon a narrower basis. At six or seven o'clock he rings for his coffee, and then dresses himself for the day. His dress, on ordinary occasions, is a blue undress uniform, with white It cannot be denied, that he is kerseymere waistcoat and breeches, indebted, for a great portion of his military boots, a cocked hat, with a success, both in the cabinet and in small cockade, placed on the very the field, to that judgment which he rim, a sword, and the order of the has displayed in selecting his minislegion of honour suspended by a red ters and officers, all of whom have riband from his buttonhole. I been advanced for their individual should inform you, that no person merit. He has sometimes listened enters his cabinet but his pages, to the recommendation of distinand those only when he is present; guished persons, in filling up civil and when he departs, he takes the vacancies of little importance, but key in his pocket. never any other. Marshal Augereau is the son of a grocer, at Paris; marshal Lefebvre is the son of an inn keeper; general Vandamme was a taylor in Brabant; and a great majority of the rest were of the same description. His library is fitted up in the English taste, and rather plain than otherwise. It is decorated with marble busts of great men, among which you find those of the late regretted Mr. Fox, and the immortal Nelson. The emperour had a great personal esteem for Mr. Fox, and treated that illustrious patriot, while he remained at Paris, with the most conciliating respect. I am told, that he has remarked, that Mr. Fox was to Britain what Cassandra was to the Trojans; always telling truths, but, unfortunately, never believed. I carried my curiosity so far, as to take measures to learn what books this extraordinary character was fond of perusing, and found that Ossian's Poems (well transla ted into Italian) the works of Newton and Leibnitz; Smith, on the Wealth of Nations; the works of Montesquieu, Tacitus, Guicciardini, &c. formed the leading articles with which he amused or employed himself in his leisure hours, if such an active mind can be supposed to have any leisure. To indulge the curiosity of those natives and foreigners, whose rank and talents do not entitle them to an introduction at court, he takes an airing every Sunday evening, in the gardens of St. Cloud, with the empress, the imperial family, and his marshals; and I have observed, that Napoleon endeavours, by every species of artificial attention, to acquire and retain the good will of his army. He never suffers an officer to strike a soldier, on any pretence whatever. Their punishments are through the medium of shame, privations, or death. In England the citizen and soldier run parallel in their interests; but in France, the soldier is paramount in authority to the citizen; and this partiality is, perhaps, necessary in a government which owes the acquirement and consolidating of its power to the zeal and fidelity of the national armies. His ambition is boundless, and seems to swell in proportion as it is exposed! If it is asked: Has he any political enemies in France? I would answer, truly, many; but the well conducted system of his government precludes all opposition to his will; and even those enemies are be coming less numerous every day, as the brilliancy of his career neutralizes the enmity of those who deprecate his power, by making their national vanity a party to his person al renown. Hoxton, Nov. 27, 1809. A PARISIAN STAG. THE people of Paris have been for some time past highly amused by Messrs. Franconi, who have tamed and trained a stag to all the performances of the most docile horse. This stag, being brought forward on the arena of a stage, looks round on every side with an air equally expressive of gentleness and intelligence. At the command of his master he bends his knees and respectfully bows his head. M. Franconi gets upon his back, cracks his whip, and fires pistols, at which the animal shows neither fear nor alarm. After the first experiment, the animal is left to himself, and made to perform the exercises of the ménage like the best trained horse. He sets off at full gallop; turns and stops at the word of command. He leaps over rails with wonderful agility, and even clears two horses at once. After every performance, he stands still, fixes his eyes on his master, and endeavours to discover from his looks whether he is satisfied. M. Franconi then goes up to him, pats him, and bestows other caresses, for which the gentle animal testifies the highest gratitude. In the last place, a triumphal arch, charged with fireworks, is erected in the air and set on fire, when the stag, impatient for the signal, starts off the moment it is given, and passes twice under the blazing arch, amidst the shouts and applauses of the spectators. MR. EDITOR, SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE TOAD. [From the Sporting Magazine.] READING lately, an account of a live toad being found in the centre of a hole of a large tree, induces me to transmit for your insertion the following relation of a circumstance nearly similar, and which happening under my own eye, I can vouch for its authenticity: Near the village of Tumley in Lincolnshire, and within two hundred yards of the seat of sir George Tumley Norton, is a small field separated from an extensive moor by a high rampart, the remaining vestige of an ancient work, considered by antiquaries as an encampment of the Romans, when resident in this island. The surface of this space was covered from time immemorial with naked rocks of large dimensions, and from the various moss, and general wear of weather upon their surface, appear of extraordinary antiquity. In May last a considerable repair being necessary to the parish church, it was suggested whether these stones were not fit for the purpose of reestablishing the decayed parts of the walls, being at hand, and without the usual labour of excavation, and upon being examined by a builder of the neighbourhood, were found highly eligible for the end in contemplation. During the breaking them in pieces, and squaring them for the work, Í frequently visited the spot to collect specimens of fossil petrifactions and crystalizations, with which they abounded, and on again walking to the place on the 20th of June following, saw the workmen dividing a block of unusual size with iron wedges, which being effected, we saw to our astonishment a large cavity enclosing a live toad, very black, of horrifick appearance, and offensive smell. Its form differed very considerably from those in the marshes in the vicinity, particularly |