The National Register. — London, England, 1817-11-03 00:00:00

NOV. S. shift—and that they must fight or starve." The prisoner, Brandreth, was foremost in all their proceedings, and acted as the commander. George Weighttnan when he met them at Langley Mill, said, they bad been bombarding Nottingham, and that it had been giveu up to them about two o'clock. When they got to East Wovd, James Barnes, who was with them, said, that they had fixed a fresh goveinment at Nottingham, and they were going to defend it—he said that it would SUMI be allover, for that by a letter lie had seen yesterday, the flys of the Tower of London would be given up to the 1111kuplen Club party, if they were out already. Li contin uation, he said lie had not been iu bed front four the pieced_ lug morning ; and that he had been procuring guu.spikes andamnruuitiuu. Brandied', finding they were getting into confusion, formed them into ranks; witness turned out, and Brandreth ()Meted him in again—he said he would not go in for him nor any other man; on which he cocked his gun, saying, if he did not go in he would shout him. Witness stepped up to him, and holding his stack knife to his throat said, it' he, offered to level his gun lie would back his head off. Brandreth then walked away, and a itness rem, ned towar d s L a n g ley Mill. When he had got 60 yards off, he beard a ety of " don't shout." He turned round and saw Brandreth pointing his gun towards him; at the same time he saw Thomas Turner take hold of him and turn the gum of John Hill, Saoutel Ludlam, John 011i011, Edward 'Turner, Hobert Touter, James Taylor, Joseph Taa lor, and Benja- Huiu Taylor, (they were three brothery were all armed with guns ur pikes Barnes said they were going to stop at Nottingham till other counties came into their measures. There might be 200 at Cadnor ; and as witness went back he met several parties on the same lice of march. Of the foot party there were about )illy. There was another party near Langley Mill of about 60 or 70 ; he turned out of the road to avoid them. tl ii.ta AM Bootu examined by Mr. CLARKE. I live at Peutridge-lane-end. On Monday night, the 9th of June, I was taken from my house by the Captain. Looking at the prisoner , there is no danger in saying that it is the same man. The prisoner told George Weightman to go to Nottingham Forest, and conic back and bring tidings of the people in the Forest to Langley :VIAL He did so. George Goodwin, one of the managers ut the Buttcrley Iron Works, deposed to the prisoner, accompanied by see veral otherarmed men coming to BetterleyM ills and demand. lug their inch. He advised them to disperse, telling thew that the law would be too strung fin' then,. He Saw several in the ranks whom he knew, Ludlam among the rest. He advised Ludlam to kave the ranks, and endeavoured to push him into the office, but he would nut go. Launcelot nollestun, Esq. Magistrate of the county of Nottingham, gave evidence as to the disturbed state of the town and neighbourhood, and of his having met the rebels in the morning of the Ioth of June, Within a quarter of a mile of Bast a .` , /11, Ile retin ned to Nottingham, awl dispatched a body of eighteen 11111;001lb CO 1111 l lauded by Captain Philips against their captain. Captain PittUaes of the lath Hussars, examiued by Mr. OLKNLY. On Monday the Oth of June last, he was stationed with a de taehinent of his regiment at Nottingham Barracks. TO- Val th t h e evening there was smile hustle and distiirbance the streets. About ten, a detachisient of military was sent for on their arrival the crowd dispersed. The military wile on the alert altuight. About hall-past six in the morning, witness was called on by Mr. *today ajld Mr. Holleston, and went with a detachment of his corps towards Eastwood. When they got near Langley, they saw (10 men armed. As witness owl his ptu•ty cause up, he saw a man holding out his arm as if desirous of forming a line—but the snub paid no attention to him, but Ile , ' iii all directions, thratiring away their arms. On the way back, witness met the nigh Sheriff, and the yeomanry, coming in pursuit of the rebels. Did nut remember the prisoner. Here the ittiornerGeneral closed the case for the Crown. On the trials of the otL•er pri,oners, no new fact of im portance transpired. l'he witnesses were the same, moil the detail of events were the seine I and, as our readers will Lind the final result in another pallet* our present tinsubcr,we will forbear entering into any farther particulars. ten inquest was on Monday held at the etven Coat Boy, Tuthill &Ids, on the body of J. Bonder, a vagrant to Tothithriehli leisure Fur the first six a eeks of hit COIIfUKIIIeOL he had only the prison allowance. [bread and water), and was confined with 2ti others in a event iS feet by six; but on the governor being imitrined he was ill, Le had gavel given him once or twice a day. The turnkey to the prison said, • On Friday the deceased was reported to me ill, when 1 vititctl hint. He was then lying on the fliair, with a blanket lin a bed; after which two or three other blankets were given to him. On Friday evening I gave him some gruel ; and on Saturday morning some of the men in the ward railed out that he was dead. I went to bini and touc a n it was 80e I (lieu went to the governor, who sent for a doctor."—Mr. Ilimbury, surgeon, said, •• About three weeks ago I visited the deceased, and fund his disease was caused by want of nourishment. I ordered hint souand gruel; the latter he had twice a day, the former occasionally. 'Tice prisoners have nothing but straw to 7W upon. I attended him two or three days, and in my absence try assiatant supplied my place. I saw no more of hint till last Mon.. slay, when he complained or rheumatic pains in his extremities. The tick ward was full, and I did not think his disorder so bad as to send Lim there. I yaw MIL again on Friday, when lie did not appear to Ise worse. There are no fires allowed in the prison, ab it would be dangerous. I gave hint pills sufficient far two days."—('owner, s. What do sou think was toe cause of Ins death ?"—A. " I cannot say, except that he died a sudden death, or was fimnd dead, or some thing to that elffet."—Juryinan, " Perhaps he took the pills so ra venouely, that wlat you gave him killed him."—Surgeon, " I think you are wrong Sir."—Coroner, you think that gruel twice a slay issulticient to support life ?"—A. " With the addition of his bread and soup I think it is. We cannot order them any more, ex cept in cases of great danger, when a discretionary power is allowed." —J Layman, " I tau much afraid he died for want." S. Badcock, a prisoner in the same ward, said, the deceased had a three penny loaf a day, and water and gruel twice a day for the last three weeks, but no soup as he knew of. On Friday he complained of hard lying and cold ; the latter is so excessive as to be sufficient to kill a man of the strongest constitution, they having only a single blanket and the bare boards to lie on. The deceased was very light headed two days, and for several days previous complained of an insufficiency of food. Sometimes he exchanged it for potatoes." Coroner, " How do they cook them ?" " If we tout buy coals, we may have afire, but none is allowed. Mr. !s; odder, Governor of the prison, stated, that the deceased was in a bail state of health when committed ; in eon sequence he ordered Min sonic gruel, which was charged to the county, and Momently commissioned York. the turnkey, to distri bute soup made from meat used Mr his own dinner. amongst those who most needed it. The plave where the prisoners are s very damp and cold, but being many of them to.etlter they keep each other warm. It is far limn bring wholesome. The surgeon gave kiln pills to produce perviration.-1 ink. the turnkey, was then called, but prevaticated eo much that the Coroner threatened to com mit hint. The Coroner then summed up. and :titer an inveatigation, which lasted from three o'clock till half past nine, returned the Mi los itch verdict t—The deceased came to his death by the want of piv per nourishment and medical aid. THE NATIONAL ItEGISTEIR: EAST INDIES. CALCUTTA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 10. Accounts from the banks of the Nerbudda, of the middle of last 'neigh state, that the intrepid Captain Catitheld bad again distinguished himself in a successful attack on the Pindarees. Having received accurate information of the encampment of the leader, Shaikh Doleab, at the head of a large body of horse, he marched with alacrity to the spot, in command of two companies of the 1001, and a squadron of eavaky, and conic upon them near Hendia, without being perceived till he was in the midst of them. They immediately rushed into the Nerbudda in the hopes of fording that river, but in the attempt a very considerable number were cut to pieces, or drowned, and the Chief is supposed to be among those who fell on the occasion. The Jypoor Ukhbars mention a circnmstance which may be considered an entire novelty in the modern history of Indian warfare, and as bringing to light a stamp of character, stud a peculiarity of conduct, hitherto wholly unknown ri the painters of :Willie manners. For unnambered ages past, the fair dames of the East have been condemned to waste their lives in a species Of gloomy and/ unsocial solitude, cut off from all intercom se with the world, and taught to measure all ditty joys by the extent of their threshold. Hence the epithet of purila-mirsheen, or sitter behind the curtain, com monly'nsed as the appellation of a virtuous woman, as contras ted.. with that of purdi•-dar, or curtain render, applied to one of the dissolute character. Dire, however, and hopeless as this universal thraldom appeared to be, the lady of the cele brated John Baptiste has been bold enough to emancipate her self from it, and to set an example, by the imitation of which those of her own sex may assume all the hardier virtues of their lord and masters. ‘Ve are told that this stately virago has lately put herself at the head of her husband's army, laid siege to and made herself master of the fort of Shepoor, in spite of a vigourous defence, and the use of mums by the gar rison. CALCUTTA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL It. We are happy to learn that the insurgents in Cuttack had abandoned their intention of proceeding to Jaggernattt to se cure the person of the Rajah ; for although no apprehension could be entertained regarding the issue of their operations, a rtmeontre might have been the occasion of much bloodshed. They bad, however, been surprisingly active in obstructing the passes, by a sort of stockade, in the wooded anti hilly part of the district in which they had atsembled, and the detach ments that had been sent out to cheek their progress fitund great difficulty in their attempts to reach them, and were obliged to return for want of supplies : those that were sent after them, together with the tents and baggaae, haling been cut off by the enemy. It was in an effort to forage with a small party for the detachment under Lieut. Peideaux in a village not supported to be in the occupation of the insurgents, that Lieut. Faris met with his lamentabh fate. He, and a Son bad ar, at the head of about 50 men. are said to have been shot by some rebels who were skulking behind a wall. The body of the unfortunate officer was instantly placed in his pal:ft:- keen ; but while the bearers were carrying it ell one of them was kdled, and the a euaiuder, unable to proceed, fled from the betlle auction. 'flue village were this unhappy eirenm stance occurred is called Gongparah, and is about a kos front Khoordah. As the party retreated from the jungle they fired two %aka upon the riotera, by which several were killed and wounded. Lient. Prideanx, having no grain, retired upon Piply, and arrived there in the night, after fighting the whole day, and having in his moves% forced eleven stockades. The Magis. trate, ansions to enquire into the cattle of the result, had taken an escort of 61 men ; but hearing that bent. Pridetmx, had gone to Piply, Lieut. Travis, the officer in command, forced his way to Itaicattee, killing and wounding several of the insurgents, who attempted to obstruct his march. On hearing of the retreat of Lieut. Prideaux, Colonel O'Halloran sent the first battallion oldie Istit Regiment, with guns, under Captain 1.41, Fevre, who proceeded to Cumin:ill, where he rP maiurd two days ; but Unable to procure the 11(.4.'01'4;11'y slip_ blies, he was /obliged to return, and encamped on the west ank of the river Cotjurah. Out letters of the 10th state, that by great exertion anti activity grain sufficient for litteeen days, and three' hundred bullocks, haul bceu collected, and that Captain Le Fevre advanced on Khoordah that day.— inglimuloo appears to retain the COMlllalld of the rebels, and euntinuce sending parties front Khoo,' shah in dittetent dire thins to plunder the houses of the Daroghas and 'remit dars. They had burnt and destroyed the greater part of Piply, and then retired wirido the pergunnah, which is said to be m uni versal agitation and revolt. MADRIS COURIER, ETAS 27. We are induced to copy the feilmvieg account of the pro. gress of the Insurgents in Cottaek from the (*alearto Gots en. merit Com rte, on account of the general interest of by the disturbances in that quarter. No doubt was entertained that, on the arrival of the reinforcements on their way to the disturbed districts, trawl tility would be intmediatt Iv re stored. Major General Gabriel Martindell has been ap pointed to command in Commit, and was about to proceed immediately to that quarter. We now give the article alluded to above : " APRIL 2 I.—The 1 0 battalion of the 18th regiment, which marched from Cittnick on the llith to Khoordah, under Capt. Le Fevre, would in its prrsi 4:SS pa,s througb Gongparaks, where Lieutenant Fail is way killed, and we trnst that the conduct of the inhabitants on that unhappy occasion will Riot escape unpunished. The magistrate has pronounced martial law in IXlinoilali. Every thing seas quiet on the 10th, the march of Captain i.e Fevre having drawn the insurgents from that neighluilithood. The disturbance does not extend beyond F.ltoordalt, Lambales, and Koordyse. Letters of the 11th mention, that six companies and two guns were expected from 'llitlnaparc, and a detachment of Roltilla horse had been directed to march to assist in quelling the insurrection and establishing tranquility. " We have already observed that the Rajah of Koordah, Mukoond Ben, is the high priest of the temple olJaggernant ; he is 41%0 the keeper of the wardrobe of the Idol. µ c under stand that soon after the conquest of (Muck, the pi rgunnalt of K1'1100;111 was remarkable for it, disaffection and hostility to the Ito lied. Governm, sit, and fell into such a state of revolt and ene t e .i..,, that it usa., found necessary, ter the iitii pose of seruriug tranquility at the time, to take charge of the person of the Rajah, then a yomit , man, and ietaiti lams in ceisietiy at Jlidnapooe ; his name au.l intinence ha ute. while he was a, kluge, ars veil to ficiter and increase the s esistance of Itis pi plc. After all opiiii.ition hail been subdued, and on the emancipation of the Rajah fr rests •int, the liberality of Government was strongly shown in re:suiting lam to his ikte 547 ditary functions in the temple ; but as there might have hr rn great danger in recomitting to him the management and eon• troul of the purgininali of Koordah, so recently the scene of tumult and disatiection, he was allowed a Malikann, of twenty four per cent. which is more than double the amount given in ordinary cases ; and further to testify the consideration and indulgence of Government, he was permitted to hold the 'retook olLanshalee. In the recent transactions the multi tude seem to have been hurried on by revenge, and the ex pectation of re-establishing the Rajah in his ancient right., as prisate property does not appear to have been touched.-- But it is said that one of the Daroghas or Tclisildars has been plundered of about 40,000 rupee:i. Rajbundoo, the princi pal leader iu the insiirrection, has been proclaimed, and it reward offered ibis his person. lie was the flukbsee of Koor. dali under the Rajah dating the Mahratta Government, and vainly imagines that his rebellious movements will terminate in the restoration of the old regime, In which he and his tbl- • lowers, had derived, and would again derive, the greatest ad vantage. . . "Since the above was written we have received further accounts front Cottack to the 16th. It appears that Captain Wallington had fortified Mr. Busby's bungalow at Jagger :taut, and had surrounded his little camp by a mud wall about 7 feet high. He had Itarown out w iekets on every - side, and was Hell prepared against attack. The party including civil servants, police officers, camp followers, and domestics, was very inconsiderable, and they had with them about 50,000 rupees of public treasure. On the lath, several co- Mums of the insurgents rushed fin ward to attack Fort Busby, but they %VIC 50011 obliged to i ctire with some los% They; however, made another attempt, led on by the son of the De wan of Khoordah 11;004 armed with two large jinjalsonatelt locks, bows and arrows, and bamboos. In this rencontre, having lost f i in killed and about 100 'wounded, they again precipitately retired, and were permed by lama. Patterson to the skirts of the town. Six were taken priqiners, from whose deposition it would appear that the Rajah is the main spring of the disturbance. The carriages of the jinjals were left behind. Captain l.e Fevre, in command of t h e battalion, had been tired upon in Khoordah. He bail hurnt the village of Gingparah, which had been deserted, to die ground. The insurgents avoided coming to all engagement, but kept hang ing upon his rear. " Jughtundoo being informed of the discomfiture unite par ties which had proceeded against Captain Wallington's force, immediately pushed on to Jaggernaut at the head of thou sands of insurgents. It appears that a great quantity of arms had been concealed at Poorer, which were now distributed to the rabble, who, having surrounded Fort Busby and play ed picquets in every direction, began to erect a battery will* two great guns. The daring leader, &Mull with his success, had taken possession of the Collectors Cutchery, and was levying contributions on the pilgrims. Captain Wallington believing it impossible, with his small force, to make any ima pression ou so nainerona and formidable a multitmle, thunght it prudent to retire with the tie.l , lll e under his charge'. He marched MI in the middle of the night, luckily got clear of the town to the. ea side, without being obaerved, and reached Cuttaek on the ifith. Mr. Becher, Mr. King, ann the other Eminent:ln, had also arrived iu sakty. Thus - were, however, ficipiently tired at in their progress, but fortunately no ca. sualty had occurred. Two of our Sepoys who undertook to go to Noreen, spies had been betrayed. One was inatandy killed, and the other spiked and thrown into a hole in the sand supposed to be dead, hut he happily recovered, aud succeed= ed it: getting back to the camp," Since writing the above, Bengal papers to the 10th inst. have come' to hand. They suntan nothing new except dm folk:sting trout Cut laek. By thiseircumsLince we are happy to perceive the coin • 'alum is again open. Color:el Sir Joint Malcolm, and Cortina Fatzelarenceorri v. ed at Calcatta 4/11 the oth " The guns belouging to the detachment front MillnOttore arrived on the 26th tilt., and Captain Wallington with Ii de tachment had joined Capt. Le Fevre at Jaggernaut. The 2d ban. of the lath, with a brigade of guns and a party of the Body Guard, marched ft om (Attack on the gutli, under the command of Major Hamilton, and crossed the Kajtarya river in the morning, on their way to Pooree. In the mean time it appears that some insurgents had made a movement to the northward and eastward at l'iply, erecting in their ad vance several strong stockades to defend themselves from the attack °four troops. We understand that on the evening of the gmh, Major Hamilton marched from Cuttack with four companies of the 2d haft. of the Itith N. I. and the party of the Body Guard t fur the purpose of attacking therein their strong hold. The infantry Clashed forward, and drove the rebels from the stockade which they had erected on the road to a village called Darootang, situated about 9 miles southwest of Cuttaek. The enemy made but a feeble resistance. and only tit ed a few matchlocks and finials, but their arrows Dam tunately were aimed with some ettect. In this rencontre we regret to obse,rve that Lieutenant White, and three sepoys, were wounded by them, the former severely in the thigh, and the latter slightly. At midnight the troops entered Daroot ang, where they remained till day break, and than leaving the village, set it on fire. The insurgents has ing tied with preci pitation, it was impossible to ascertain the number that had bet n assembled. In the morning of the 290) it is said that Major Hamilton proceeded in a south west direction about five koss further, and the detachment returned to Cuttack in the evewing. On the 3011), the 2tl battalion marched towards Jaggernaut, and our letters lead is to conclude that Major I lamilton must hate arrived at that place an the !d of May. It was understood that Jugbundoo had gone tow aids Gouni. stir, but we have no distinct accounts of h:S lOU VVlllellt. " Foal Jaggernaut, the 29th, we hear that the farce under Captain Le Fevre was ready to penetrate into Klima dab, whets the peasantry seem to be awakening from the delusion into %Well the arts of Jugbundoo had tiltossn them. " Major (Vegetal Sir G. Mai tindell al rived at Midnaroro on the 2d, and would probably be at Cattack on the 5111." .rF.sei.i.—ln a Tract lately published at Paris by Mr. Rail, the fol lowing is given as a fair calculation of the number of Jews in the different quarters of the globe 4—• In all parts of Poland, bethre the partition of 177? 1,000,000 In Russia, includin g , ' Moldavia sad W,illachia 200,0n0 In all the states in which the German language is spoken— 500,000 In Holland and the Neeitirlarals /10,01Y) In Sweden and I)crimar'• 5.1)00 In France 50,0(.0 In England tof which London contains I ..!,1 'I 10 1 5l 01 WWI In the states in which Italian is Token 2134(410 In Spain and "l'orttigal 10.4i A In the Irnited States 7 n,O In the Nloltimunedan states of .V.ia. Europe, and Aftica 4,010,43 0 In Venda and the rest of Asia, including China and India Sr .o.ono Tot&I 6496400