Star. — London, England, 1824-06-30 00:00:00

I 1 • .► IV. ).. the names, 'or threvnerse) len tleman, or rather , the latter sously laying gar.. _ was now made by the officiating Bramins.to carry back their victim to the blazing pile, which was resisted by The European Gentlemen present, and one of their number was dispatched to acquaint the Magistrate of the woman's escape, and learn his pleasure retarding her. But before the messenger returned with instructions from the civil authority, the Bramin had succeeded in per suading the infatuated wretch once mare.' to approach the fatal - pile; and as she declared, on being asked by those present, that it was her own free will and desire to re-ascend the funeral pile, they very properly ceased to interfere, fearful of giving offence to the native popu lation on the one hand, or to the civil authorities on the other. The woman declined, however, for some time, to re-ascend the fearful pile, when three of the atten. dant priests suddenly lifted her up and threw her into the fire, at this time burning with great fury. Prom this dreadful situation the poor sufferer instantly attempted to escape, Lea the merciful Bramin priests were at hand to prevent this, if possible, by throwing large pieces of wood at their miserable victim, with the intention, no doubt, of preventing her again disgracing herself by escape, more than from any desire of putting a speedy termination to her sufferings. But it was impossible for any man possessing the smallest pretension to feeling, to stand by and quietly witness such cruelty. The Europeans, therefore, again interfered, when the woman speedily made her escape a second time from till fire, and ran directly into the river without any assistance whatever. I have forborne hitherto from all remarks on the mo tives which can influence men to commit such horrid deeds; I simply state the facts to which I was an eye-I witness, leaving it to those who have the power, and who, I am well assured, also possess the inclination, to introduce such wholesome regulations on those occa sions as will in future prevent such repeated acts of cruelty and barbarity as I this day witnessed, and finally, the murder of an unwilling victim. But to re turn to my story, for I regret to say that the villainy of the scene did not close here. No sooner had the unfor tunate woman entered the water than she was followed by three of the officiating Priests, who were distinctly given to understand that they must desist from all far ther proceeding in the matter, as nothing farther would be tolerated until the arrival of the Magistrate. Not doubting of their compliance with this injunction, these men were allowed to remain with the woman in the river; but no sooner had the Gentlemen turned their backs, anxiously looking out for the arrival of autho rity to put a stop to such diabolical proceedings, than the same three men attempted to drown the suffering wretch, by forcibly holding her head under the water; and I must allow that death, at this mo ment, would have been a happy relief to the sufferer. Ftom this situation, however, the was speedily rescued by Mr. who continued to support her in the water till the arrival of the long-looked-for deliverance in the person of Mr. -. The collector himself soon followed, and, to the great joy of his countrymen, he immediately ordered the principal performers in this tragical scene into confinement, and the chief actor, or rather sufferer, to be conveyed to one of the native hos pitals. I regret to add, the poor woman died about two o'clock this afternoon, forsaken by all her own relations and friends, as an outcast unworthy creature ! The fate of the other performers I will not anticipate, as I under stand they are to be brought to trial for murder. They cannot, however, either with justice or propriety, be ca pitally punished, it being a custom of long standing, authorised by the Native Government, and sanctioned, they say, and perhaps believe, by Divine authority. But the Hindoo Scriptures only admit of straw being used on such Occasions, and direct that the woman her self should set fire to the pile with her own hand; it would be no very great interference with the religious prejudices of the natives (if I am correct in my asser tion), were the Government in India to promulgate re• gulations founded on that law, be it divine or human. And this, in my opinion, may be done with safety, if cautiously introduced, and temperately acted upon ; when I will venture to predict, that you will hear no more of widows burning themselves, either with the dead bodies or with the ashes of their lords. “ I remain, Ste. " J. T." . . ,mes, and in ;i e TA , ,t i t a l;e G r! eitierself a; the feetlf NJ - e k . 1, assi.ted by Up4-‘.., 'Wu tely carried NW. dragged Nht‘siti'a/g). which art i Gentleman suffered a little by incautiou ; hold of her burning garments. An attempt lII' I ig • H. 9 Yl'l. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE, APRIL 27. _ _ Everything announces that our political horizon will soon be overcast. The old French colonists cannot reconcile themselves to the idea of losing this country, to whkh they have foolishly clung for many years. They seek rather to flatter their hopes with chimeras, than dare to look upon the truth. It certainly must be acknowledged that the faults of our Government, sub sequent to the arrival of the Ft ench Commissioners du ring the time of Petion, have greatly contributed to cherish in the minds of the old colonists the idea of overcoming or entrapping us. In this state of things it is our duty to be prepared for the worst, and should our enemies again venture to come over here to molest us, it will be our pride a second time to repel their ef forts, and again prove to every nation, except French men, that their pertinacity is in vain. The following is the natural plan of defence for the Haytians in case of an attack by a foreign enemy, and it is the one that will be inevitably adopted, should our peace be disturbed. It has been printed and circulated with the approbation of every , true friend to his country ; “ PLAN OF DEFENCE. • "The moment the alarm gun has announced the appearance of an hostile feet upon our shores, and has resounded from mountain to mountain; the moment the whole nation has been informed that an obdurate enemy seeks to insult the territory of the Republic, and that the country calls upon its sons to assemble in its defence, every Hayden ought Instantly to quit his occupations, and take up arms. Every means ought to be employed by him to destroy his enemies and preserve his wife and children from slavery ; intent only on saving his country front an ignominious yoke, every means in his power ought to be considered good and legal. The war brought against them being in itself opposed to the eternal principles of jus tice, as well as religion and humanity , the invinitd are thu s autho rized by their enemies themselves to treat them nut as friends and brethren, but rather as tigers thirsting atter their blood and that of their families. Having taken up arms in so just a cause, they pledge fidelity to each other, and at the foot of the altar of the Muse thou, they severally put up thefollowing prayer :- 4 . ' ALL-reweave'. BEING, *llO has created man for happiness and liberty, without which no virtue can exist, we bend before thy Om nipotence at this awful moment, and pray thee to weigh our cause in the impartial scales of justice. If we are the aggressors—if in this enterprise we trespass against the laws thou hast established for our relations with other men, whom thou ordajnest us to treat as bretliren—if we take up arms to deprive them el the unalien able rights thou thyself lust granted to them—in that case, we pray thee to strike us to the dust. But if our enemies are they who trample under their fret those brotherly relations which thou but e stablished anion nivu—'Len treat them as we above ask to be WallAth. Absolve u from the constquenees of that war of ex: termination which, berme thee, we swear to wage against them , upril they shall disappear from our land. 4 . Such Will be the prayer of every Harlan. " The bold Haytians, relying on the justice of their cause, en camped on the hills overlooking the sea, behold the enemy's columns land upon their shores, and, confiding in the zeal of their chiefs, calmly see them approach their positions, without attempting to disturb them ; but as soon as night has cast her veil over the earth, the Haytians in small detachments approach their invaders, and prevent refreshing sleep from relieving their wearied frames after a long voyage. On the following day they harass them unceas =all sides, inviting the enemy to pursue them, yet , without g them an opportunity to come to an engagement ; for why, brave Haytians, should you expose yourselves against an enemy whom your sun will have exterminated in a few days? You ought only to fight against those who shall have escaped from the darts of this your powerful auxiliary, when they shall have scattered themselves on the surface of your invaded land. To ilsk against them on their arrival would be madness. Your Gary would not be to gain pitched battles, but to drive them even "idly- out of your country. Thus will the wisdom of your Chiefs ink the impatience of your warriors. Already everything that alid.be of service to the enemy has been destroyed or poisoned; the resources of the country have been cheerfully annihilated not to fall into their hands. The Haytians keep only those roots and plants for their subsistence which, unseen, propagate in the bosom of the earth—all the rest have been carried away or destroyed.— Thus do they continue to carry on a war of marches and counter marches against their enemy, guarding only the defiles in the mountains which lead to the recesses in which their families are hidden. Their plan of warfare will be ambuscades, and attacks on posts, or convoys the enemy may seek to send into the interior.-- cavalry, stationed on the plains, will shine in this partisan warfare, in obtaining advantages over an enemy uuprovided with horses. Thus will the Chief of a free country know how to hus band the blood of his children, whom be leads on to the perils of war in the just defence of their country and freedom, whilst those tyrants who seek to destroy us, send over their hirelings to be ex posed to butchery for the purpose of enslaving their fellow-crea tures, with whose freedom they are alended. " A few weeks have already passed over , their heads, and they are seised with the yellow fever, which Is already committing ra vages in their ranks. Sal, Hayden, tide is not time for an attack. Be patient. Let the scourge spread mad destroy. Your avenging sun aids in your defence. Continue to harem, and don't attack them. Force them to move during the moments of a burn lhg sun, and allow theth no repose during the freshness of the night. Let them be cohtinually reminded of the crime they are committing— let their hours of slumber be moments of torment. Three months have now elapsed, and the epidemic fevers are at their greatest height—this, Hayden', is the moment to strike the blow. Re double your efforts, display your whole strength, and drive these unjust invaders from youriand by open force. Drive them from the interior towards your burnt towns. • The sea shore is already covered with the bodies of their comrades. Should they embody and fortify themselves, force them to live on provisions unsuited to the climate : surround them closely, and leave the rest to nature. flews will they be compelled to embark to save the remnant of a inimelle army, and this one victory gained, you will never again be iced. Remember the past, and always bear In mind that you ere Ma does stronger than ever you were before. You will be amply rewarded for all your sacrifices. Take courage andpersevere. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE SO, 1824. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 966, but soon afterwards some heavy sales were made, which caused them to lower to 951,1, for the Account, owing, it is said, to an Express having arrived, bring. ing the French Renter somewhat lower. Up to the present time Consols are 94, 96. L- FOREIGN FUND& This being Settling-clay for an Foreign Securities, there is scarcely anything doing, except in Mexican Strip and settling the Accounts. An South American Securities are very heavy. Current Paces I-014 Spanishof t. 4, Itamoslan org g, Alliance Shares 14 to 4, Madan Scrip 11, Colombian Se, etainaart iu t, New Prussian 99j, Old WO, Portuguese loti, French Scrip 14, i. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 239 23834 S per Cent. Reduced 95% 95 % per Cent. Cons. shut-3* per Cents. 102 4 per Cents. Old 101-4 per Cents. New shut 4 per Cents. Assented 101% 1 h Bank Long Ans. 23 2215-16—India Bonds 83 81 83 Exch. Bills of £l,OOO (2d.) S 2 7 5 ; (1 lid.) 34 2 Do. Small (2d.) S 2 7 Consols for Acct. 96 1 4 95h 96. Two of our Morning Contemporaries, who, like the two Kings at Brentford, have both been smelling at the same nosegay, treat us with an article each on thZ sub- ject of the Mexican adventurer, ITURBIDIL The He raid gives its intelligence in the shape of extracts from a letter " addressed to General de ITURBIDX, by a re spectable merchant in Vera Cruz," dated April 16th, and the original of which the Editor states himself to have seen. In this letter the Ex-Emperor Is told that it is quite impossible to establish a Republican Govern ment in Mexico; that there will be neither government nor tranquillity until the Republic disappears; that many of Irueninz's enemies are now clamorous for his return ; and that he (the writer) longs to see uthe Li berator of Mexico re-established in all his rights"— rights, whatever they are, which he had abdicated, or rather bartered, for a pension of 25,000 dollars a year. The writer further says, in his letter to humps— “ I am convinced, that if you landed on the coast with only one servant, you would be at the bead of 10,000 men within eight days.” This passage, which is almost literally the same in both the Herald and the Times, led us to the inference that both Journals had derived their information from the same source—a circumstance in itself rather suspi cious, inasmuch as it stews an eagerness on the part of some person (a partizan of ITuaninz's, no doubt) to get this letter published. The Timer, which does not give more than one literal extract from this letter, pre ' sents the substance in the following form t • We have seen a letter front 31exico, received by the Valorous, written by an individual who evidently has access to the views of the existing Government, as well as those of most of the leading men of the country, and which is curious as affording some in sight into the real state of parties there, as well as of the actual support Iturbide may expect to receive on his landing in Mexico. It is, in fact, addressed to Iturbide himself, under impression that he still remained in England, waiting for the favourable moment to proceed on his expedition. To judge from the tone of the commu nication, the writer appears less a partisan of the ex-Emperor, than one actuated by the desire of rescuing his country from a state which he considers impossible to be a permanent one. He admits, however, that Mr. Harvey, whom he considers ht a state of actual in fatuation with regard to those wbo are at the head of affairs. has con stantly urged to Mr. Canning, in his recent communications, the ne cessity of supporting those who have the reins of Government in their hands. In this point, too, he is supported by the other Commissioner. —The Officers of the Valorous, who visited the capital, have formed, he says, a contrary opinion, and are prepared to report the persons in power as wholly incapable of acquiring the confidence of -- the different provinces, an as to unite them under one form of go vernment. It is obvious, however, that the Commissioners must have , had much better opportunitiel for fordting a judgment, than could possibly have occurred to naval officers during so short a stay, and whose minds also might be in a state of irritation from the insecure state of the country. and the dangers to which they were exposed on their journey from the capital. The writer of the letter on which we are remarking wars, on the other hand, to have the most decided conviction that neither the existing Government nor any other can have influence enough to unite the Mexicgrprovinces into a federation, with any chance of permanence, as he considers that a form of Go vernment for which the prejudices and habits of the people render them wholly unfit. He therefore comes to the conclusion that Itur bide is the only man whom all persons, not actually connected with the Government, would be willing to see placed at the head of the state, and that there remains, therefore, no serious obstacle to his success. In support of this opinion, to quote his own words, he adds, " So firmly am I persuaded of this, that were you to land to morrow in Mexico, attended by only one servant, you would cer tainly in less than a week be at the head of 10,000 men." ' That a Republic may not be the best form of Govern ment for Mexico, we think very probable; but it would be difficult to find any one man who should possess ta lents to unite all parties, and to ensure the support of the people. That ITURBIDE has a party in Mexico, who for their own private views may wish to see him again in power, we deem very probable; but we do not think that his conduct when in authority was such as to ensure him a very extensive at tachment. It has been said that the Mexican Army was in his favour, but it did not appear so, for when he abdicated the Throne, the first of the three propositions for terms that he made to the Congress was, " that the army should not decide his fate, but the Congress." On his tyranny while Emperor, we shall not now dwell, it is sufficient to say, that neither the persons nor the property of the Mexicans were safe, and he has been accused of many acts of the most wanton bar barity. Indeed, if we are to rely on the Proclamation issued by the Mexican Congress, on his abdication, he confessed them. This Proclamation, a copy of which was given in the STAR of the sth July last states, that, lingnstin Iturbide, convinced of the nullity of his Proclamation, and et the Incompatibility of his political life with the safety and hap. pines* of this Assericao &ate, and influenced by tensors, for his Im potent attack on our national liberty, has implored the generosity of this magnanimous nation, that it would pardon hie enormous errors, and allow him, in a remote territory, to tranquillise the rensones of his comickuce, and strive to forget the woes he had billeted en humanity." We do not, we confess, attach much importance to the confessions of Mr. humps, but they spew what was the feeling in Mexico of his conduct ; and we are not aware that any subsequent event has occurred to restore him to favour. The French Papers of Sunday, with the Etoik of Monday, have reached us. The war of party is still carried on in these Journals. The advocates of M. de CHATZAIIBRIAND are incessant in their attacks on M. de Vam.s, who seems' to treat them with contempt, or at least indifference, arising, we prnstime, from con fidence in his own strength in the Cabinet, and the fa vour of his Sovereign. The E:-Minister is preparing for a grand attack, in a forthcoming history of his fif teen months' Ministry; and BELLUNO, the Ex-Minister of War, has already published a defence of his Admi nistration, in which he reflects with great severity on those who dismissed him. The Mowiteur of Sunday contains several Ordon nances relative to the duties on wines and other liquors. The same Paper announces, on the authority of letters from Semlini that the evacuation of Moldavia and Wal lachia by the Ottoman troops has grown more doubt ful than ever, and that information of a disagreeable nature on that subject had been forwarded by secret agents to the Courts of Vienna and St. Pctersburgh. The French Papers contain the Reports of the two Commissions appointed to examine the aarges con tained In the budget for 1825, and the ways arid means by which those charges ate to be met. Tbe4mount required is rated at 898,933,180 f. in which the Corn. mission proposes a reduction of 950,000 f. The total of the ways and means is 8a9,510,283f. which leaves a surplus of about 1,1704403 f. over the expense*. This sum, however, cannot be p,roduced, we ate told, with out some " amelioration," that is to say, some heighten ing of the taxes, which will render the Project less popular than that of last year, when no increase of taxation took place. The Reports were ordered to be .rinted, and distributed to the Members, but no day was fixed for their consideration, on account of the number of other laws now occupying the attention of the Chambers. The following intelligence from Greece appears in the Etoile, a Journal by no means favourable to the in dependence of that country : TRIESTE, JUNE 12. We have at length news from the Morea. The daptain Pacha has made a landing with 5,000 Janissaties its the island of &Jam, but he has been obliged to re-etnbark without having effected any thing. He then went to Salonichi to ask reinforcements. The Asiatic troops whom he was to take on board at Miasma, in the Gulf of Smyrna, are so undisciplined that they cannot be employed. Since the resignation of Colocotroni, the most complete union prevails among the Greek Authorities. The Government has been again installed at Argos. Thirty Greek vessels, with 3,000 troops on board, sailed for Can dia, while thirty others observed the motions of the Captain Pa ha. This proves that the Turkish Admiral does not inspire much terror into the Christians. The first payment of the English Loan has just been made at Missolonghi : it consists of 400,000 Spanish piastres. There are reports of great victories gained by the Greeks. We wait for the nolirnsation of them. The Etoile contains at great length the POPE'S Bull, proclaiming the Universal Jubilee of the holy year 1825. Fattiest Fusins.--103fr. 20c. Bank Actions 1922 fr. 50e. Neapo litan Rentes 906; Spanish ditto SO. The Duke of Kent packet, arrived at Falmouth yes terday, in seven days, from Lisbon, with mail and dis patches. The British frigate LIVELY, and the Portu guese frigate, which she l ad convoyed to Brest with Don Mtctm, haJ returned to the Tagus; tie Roy. t i Don was left in France, as the fittest count, y fur the purification of his morals. The Quail./ still remained at Lisbon ; all ss as quiet in that capital yesterday se'nnight, when the packet sailed, but arrests continued frequent. The F►ench line of battle ship Santi Pedro, though appointed to leave the Tagus the day after the preceding packet, had not yet quitted.--Flinda i tr a . tern Luminary, June 27. Charleston Papers are arrived to the 2d of June, but there is not one word in theft worth extracting. THE KIAG. WI NDSOR, JUNE 29.--It is expected that his MAJESTT will take up his residence at the Royal Lodge on Salta. day nest. This morning his Grace the Duke of W. LANGTON, Lord LIYBRYOOI., Lord ABERDEEN, aid Si , C. LONG, Commissioners 01 the grant for the repaiir of Windsor Castle, arrived ter the purpose of inspecting the plans. Immediately after their arrival Mr. JEFFREY WYATT proceeded 1¢5413 Castle, and laid the who!e of his plans before theist fps inspection, and we have no doubt but the alterations will immediately commence. His MAJESTY returned to his Palace in Pall-mall, about half-past .ten o'clock, ott . Monday night, from Windsor. Yesterday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the PI in ceu Auciovra visited the Kum. Prince LEO . FOLD left town yesterday, for Claremont. The Duke of Sussex, we are concerned to hear, is much indisposed it Kensington Palace. The Neapolitan Ambassador transacted business with Mr. Secretary Caxxnto, at the Foreign (Mice, on Monday. Mr. Rust[, the American Ambassador, transacted business on Monday, at the Colonial Office. Archdeacon OWEN, the late Chaplain to the Forces, died worth.upwards of £200,000, half of which he has left to his nephew. - The Floating Island in Dement Lake, Keswick, I:as again made its appearance above the surface of the water. It is seven years since this phenomenon was last seen. Thor Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess cf Lowman:sag, of Austria, arc at present residing at the Bugle Inn, in Newport. PAPAL Jualcia.—The latest intelligence from Rome states, that on Thursday, the 27th of May, the POTS caused the general Jubilee for 1825 to be proclaimed in the portico of Se. Pe- Nes Church, and by notices posted up in various parts of the City. k win commence on Christmas-eve this year, and continue twelve moths. This event is of every 2.5 years' recurrence, but political dreemstinces prevented its taking place in into. It appears by the last intelligence from New York, which is to the 3d instant, that there was no immediate fear as to kruantroz, as several detachments of troops had been sent off to Carthagena. The letters announce the formation of a new Mining Company in Mexico. It is stated, that at the time the English and the French Company were forming there, some enterprising indivi duals dispatched agents through the United States, and they appear to have secured several valuable mines. At 'the time these accounts were sent off from Tampico the utmost tranquillity is represented to have prevailed throughout the Mexican territory. M. OUVRARD.—The Madrid Diario of the 13th con• tains the following Notice :—" To the Subdelegation of the Rentes of this Province, and the Secretary's Office attached.—Process has commenced against M. Victor Ouvrard, ek-Commissariat of the French Auxiliary Army, among other things, for excesses committed at his own house at the time the notification was made to him of an Ordonnance of the said Deputy-Intendant, which be sent back with violence, without deigning to receive it. In consequence of his having been accuses, by a Royal Order of the 9th of this month, and sentence having been pissed on the 10th, by the Intendant and his assessor, notice has been given to the said Onward that he should present himself before the Judge to hear the charges made against him, and to cater into a de. fence thereon." ' HORRIBLI VANATICIIIII.-A book has just been pub lished in Paris , ' containing a narrative srt the atrocities committed in the Canton of Zurich, in 1823, by a Fana tical Association. The details are of so horrible a na ture that we cannot credit theta. Men and women, in their zeal in the cause of CHRUIT, are described as de parting so monstrously from the heavenly and liumai.e dOctrines of. our SAVIOUR as to murder each other is their adoration of him ; and a female, after having com mitted the most sanguinary acts in the sante spirit, was by her own desire crucified, add while upon the Cross, nailed hands and feet, she cried out td have a nail driven through her heart and her head broken with an iron mallet, both of which hbrrid acts were performed. We cannot think of disgusting our Readers with the details, which we can no otherwise considet than as gross and infamous libels upon pure religion: Yesterday morning, two adroit •shoplifters, fashion ably dressed In bide coats and black ctaiats, entered the shop Of Mr. Jarman, dealer in curiosities, of St.James's street, and while the one diverted the attention at the shopman by asking the price of musical muff-boxes, &c. the other managed to putloin several valuable articles of jewellery, with which they got clear off. In the year 1822, the foreign tonnage itriporteci into the port of London amounted to 106,099 tons ; and during the last year (1823), by the Parliamentary pa' pers, it was 161,705 tons. BRITISH Setarra.—The teddctien in the duty im posed on the Spirits made in Scotland has caused an immense increase of . the quantity produced; and the rise in the duty on Spirits distilled in Ireland has ope rated as powerfully in reducing the quantity made. 117 the Returns sent to Parliament, it appears that in the twenty weeks ending on the first Saturday in Marc!:, 1822, 1,123,718 gallons were made in Scotland, and 2,084,607 gallons were made in Ireland ; while during the same period in the present year, 2,104,023 gallons were produced in Scotland, and only 1,144,007 gallon; in Ireland. W. Bilderdyk, admired as the first poet Stroclern Hot land has produced, and not less distinguished by the brilliant qua lities of his mind, did not, in his youth, seem.to spew any hair!' disposition for study. His father, who formed an unfavourab.e opinion of his talents. was muck distressed, and frequently re proached him in severe terms, for his inattention and idleness, which young Bilderdyk did not appear to pay much attention. 1 11 1776, the father, with a newspaper in his hand, came to stimulats hint, by spewing the advertisement of a prize offered by the So' ciety of Leyden, and decreed to the author of a piece of pottry. signed with these words: " An Author 18 years old," who was in vited to make himself known. " You ought to blush, idler," said old Bilderdyk to his son " here is a boy only of your age. and though so young, is the pride and happiness of his parents; and you It is myself," answered young William. *rowing Wu' self into his father's arms. It was observed by Captain FRANKLIN, that during the severe winter they experienced near the Copper Mine River, the lids froze as they were taken out of the nets. In a short tinge this became a solid mass of ice, and by a blow or two with the hatchet was easily split open. If in the completely frozen state they mere thawed before the fire, they recovered their animation. This is a very remarkable instance of how completely animatiou can be suspended in cold-blooded animals. ~' .