The National Register. — London, England, 1813-09-05 00:00:00

174 N. piece where he discovers himself to M rA. Ormond, Av• thought him defective, since after so long an absence, his conduct ought rather to have been marked with caution, than by so sudden a disclosure of himself, and those wows delkered with such pathos and effect by Mr. FAWCETT " For you gave it when you could ill afford, in consideta- Con for the dittressed, and regard for the feelings of a fa ther," were by no means su ffi ciently forcible. We have before passed our encomiums on l‘liss KELLY, in the character of Zoraydd, which ranks amongst the first of her peiformances. Her exertions, on this occasion, were worthy of the greatest applause. The other characters, with the exception of a few changes in the performers, were much as before, though little room is left for praise, and as little for censure. PANTHEON. The attractions of this Theatre continue to increase, and this wiil always happen where exertion keeps pace with suc cess. The 7'rarellers, once the most splendid performance at Old Drury, has been produced here this week, with undiminished lustre The magnificence of its scenery bas been augmented by some addi tional views. One represerting an irruption of Vesuvius, is full of grandeur and sublimity. The rolling thunders of the mountain &ire heird at a distance, whilst its dark cone appears on the other side of the bay, enveloped - in lurid snioke. On a sndden a red glare an nounces an irruption; showers of fire emitted from the volcano, fall and seem to quench themselves in the waters of the bay ; a flood of blazing lava tolls down the sides of the mountain, and during this tremendous agitation of nature, a procession of nuns and friars with lighted tapers moles slowly along the shore, channt ing the Sicilian Mariner's Hymn. The airy forms and white veils of the nuns, the trembling beams of their tapers, and the soft and solemn cadence of their voices, contrasted with the terrific grandeur Or the labouring volcano, form a most impressive and sublime scene. The decorations do not constitute the only excellency of Ike Travellers, as represented at this Theatre ; the parts are well cast and ably sustained. Mr. HILL, as Koyan, displays considerable poWers of voice, regulated by a pure taste, and is well supported by Miss SINGLETON, Miss GREVILLE, Mr. HILLINGTON, and Mr. Muso RAVE. This performance, which would have done honour to one of our Winter Theatres, it scarcely need be added, attracts very full houses. POL ICE. BOW STREET. CHARGE or MIRDER.—Monday, Abraham Reeves, the 2d mate of the East India Company's ship the Java, underwent a second ex amination, charged on suspicion of the wilful murder of a Lascar of the name of Ramsame, on board the said ship. Moonshy Choslatn Hyder, the Professor of Arabic at the East India Company's College at Hertford, attended with a copy of the Koran, which was beautifully illuminated, for the purpose of inter preting, for the witnesses, and administering the oaths. He stated hintselt to be a true Mussulman. What was stated on the first exa mination respecting the Lascars having a particular mode of put ting on turbans, to exonerate Ahem from the obligation of an oath, or to enforce one, might, he said, be practised by a particular tribe , but was by no means general. With respect to the feet being unco- , vered when an oath was administered, he acknowledged that to be correct, and he had a bootjack procured, with which he took off his boots, previous to his being sworn to well and faithfully trans late between the Magistrate, the witnesses, and the prisoner : hoW. • ever he kept his stockings on, so that the custom of bare feet was nut literally complied with. Gulamalec, the principal witness, was then sworn by the Moon shy, in a similar way, after first questioning him as to his belief in Plahomet, the Koran, and his being a true Mussulman. The oath was administered in the same t . orm of words as the English, except the conclusion, which was " So help me God and his Prophet." v.ey held the Koran in their hands all the time they were giving e examination proceeded very slowly, in consequence -of the (Monty of making the witnesses understand the questions and the translations. It occupied the attention of Mr. Read from twelve o'clock till between five or six, when it was discovered that the proceedings were considerab:y retarded by the Mren , shy not being sufficiently master of the Etil.lish language!, eiti,er in translation or orommeiation ; and in consequence Mr. Gould who has the care and superintendence of the LASCUIS chile they ate in the punt of London, introduced a young man of the name of Charle , William Nettall, who stated himself to be a native of India ; that his mo nger was also a native of that country, and his father a Scotcoman, and himself of the Catholic religion. He was, tliciefoi , sworn to faithfidly translate, which he did very quickly, on both sides, and very expressively. In addition to witat we stated on Sunday last, it appeared. that On the morning after Ramsame Was found dead on the deck where he had been left Kith only a blanket on the body was stripped and washed, as is customary, ny his country men, when they discovered a email fl u nk on his forehead, supposed to have been occasioned by blows given by the prisoner, and also a bruise on his side. The Lascars applied for a boat to take the body on shore to buoy it agreeably to their custom, whenever it is practi cable ; but this was refused, and they were ordered to throw the body overboard ; this they retniied to do on account of their religi ous scruples. Some of the Portuguese sailors on board were then ordered to throw it overboard by the prisoner, but they also de clined from the same motive. The prisoner in consequence kicked it overboard himse.f. Gulamalee was clerk to the Serang or Boatswain, and on the lat ter coming (L.. board the Java, is about ten days after the death of Ramsame, he enquired how all his men did (meaning time Lascars), when Culanialee told him of the circumstance of Ranisame's death, which induced the Serang to go to M. Brown, the chief mate, and enquire the cause of Ranisame's being treated in the way he had been. Dlr. Brown told him to go to ri--11, and mind his own basi ness, struck him a violent blow, and also ordered him to be lied up, when he received seven dozen lashes ; and, on being take n down, he was put into irons, and remained in that state for Mice or ton days. When the Captain came on board, one of the Tendall's was flogged, and put in irons : he was the Boatswain's mate. The Captain also, on hearing the Chief Mate's statement respecting the Serang, ordered him to be tied up again, and to receive three dozen more lashes, which were inflicted accotdingl . y. In addition to the charge against the prisoner respecting Ram ' same, various acts of cruelty were stated against others during the • voyage. Brown, the chief mate, ordered a boatswain's mate to bring a rope to tie up the cook, a Portuguese, to be flogged ; to avoid this punishment the man lumped overboard and was drowned. Mousdin, a Lascar, was flogged twice while the ship was in the Saeger Roads, and received three dozen lashes each time; and while the ship was at Batavia, he was flogged again, and received seven dozen lashes. While they were at Batavia some Officers of a King's ship came on board in search of white seamen, to press them when Mousdin told the officers where some of them were concealed. These the officers found and impressed ; they also took with them Mousdin, kept him on board the King's brig seven days, and thee returned him to the Java. He then received a flogging of seven dozen lashes for giving the information, and was kept nine days in irons. Mr. Biscoe was present when he received his flogging. The LascArs' chest, containing opium, and other favorite articles of their's, was broke open, and the contents thrown overboard. Sedan Maloy, a Lascar, was stated to have been struck by Mr. Ballard, the boatswain, with a piece of fire-wood, which, as they termed it, cracked his head. The boatswain tied the wound up with his own handkerchief. In four or five days after, Sedan. Maloy died. • At the time lie received the blow he was considered in good health. The body was thrown overboard by the litisoner and Mr. Brown. On a further investigation and cross-examination o 2 Gulamales it appeared. that when the Captain came on board, tifter the death of Ramsame, be ordered the stores provided by the Serang for the Lascars. to be taken aft ; some were giving to the goats which were on board; some were thrown into the yoop ; but it was net known what became of the rest. It was not known what the Serang received three dozen lashes for. Many other details were given of acts of cruelty exercised open the crew, n of whom deserted, and 25 died, during the voyage. The prisoner's Counsel submitted, that froos the nature of the evi dence, this was not a case fit to be sent to a Jam. Mr. Read, the Magistrate, thought otherwise. It was in proof before him that Romaine never asoved from the spot after the blows he received from the prisoner, aid he should certaiuly send 1 . 4.1 t nce. t