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INDIA.

We have received a regular Ale of Calcutta Papers from
the beginning of September to the Bth of Octoher, the
contents of which arc of considerable interest. The fol-
lawing are extracts from these papers :
RANIZE, AUGUST 9.
This ballad has a most extraordinary appearance at first sight
doeens of white pagodas are to be seen in every direction, each hill
loving three or font. The town of Itamree is very large, and well
peopled, and the population of the whole island is about 13,000.
'fhe uqops are tolerably healthy, but we have a.tireadful seison in
view. September st.l October, 'when the sun's rays act with such
pestilential vigour on the inundated ccuttay, and the bowel com-
plaint is then stated by the natives to sweep oft' great numbers.
The following intelligence bad reached Bushire, from Persia,
dated the 15th of :Slay, which is not without importance t

(PROlit THE HUIRAUr.)
A communication from Persia narrates the circumstance, of an
ftrneims murder at Ispaban. The deed was committed on the
body of himon Hyrapiet, a respectable Armenian, by the orders
of Haim Ilashim Khan, the Chief of a tribe of Shirhonecs. The
audacity of this Hakim is said to hate been carried to such a height
mat he often made incursions into Ispahan, plundered the shops.
burned the houses, and committed other outrages with impunity.
The scene of the horrid outrage alluded to was the convent of
Sulpha, one of the suburbs of Ispaban. M. Hyrapict was first
seised by the servants of the Khan. and forcibly tied up at the
gate of the convent. The Bishop of the religious establish:nent
solicited pardon in vain, he and the other clergymen being driven
back late the church, whilst the hapless victim was shot with a
musket. The head was thrown into a pit and the body mutilated.
Tile following is an e street from a letter alluding to this atrocity :
King
am happy to Bind you the intelligence of the arrival of the
Kiog of Persia at Ispahan. His Majesty entered the city with
bee, and visited Julplaa on Easier Sunday. A ImOst his
CC mes
ad w.. 1 to cause the arrest of Ilajee Hoskin] who was brought
i.uo Isis presence bound in fetters. The King, after having pre-
viously investigated the matter, and found Hajee guilty of the most
ravage crime, ordered him to be exposed on the rack, and the
aevereat torture inflicted upon him. Ile accordingly suffered the
utmost rigour of the law, his beard was shaved without water and
with a blunt razor, his nose was alit open and a black cord passed
through it. be was placed on an aaa, holding the tail. and carried
through all the bazars, amidst the ridicule of the spectators ; he
undifttrit the severe punishment of the bastingdo on the main
Mod Oltaysery, his eyes were plucked out, his ears cut off. his body
kwondcd with red hot iron, and he was compelled to eat his own
ordure. He is now confined in the gaol until the fritival of the Ra-
gman, when be will be vacated. 'lle tither, uncle, and the chief
of his tribe are also in confinement. The Shah has caused a pro-
climatic° to be made throughout thecity,that whoever shall dare to
Molest hia subjects, or injure the Armenian*, shall suffer the fate of
Hajee.
Another letter contains information of the execution of the cri-
minal on the main road called Alsghspi. His body was divided
lino four pieces, and suspended at the four principal gates of toe

Oil AZEEI6ORE.
The weathee in this neighbourhood has this season been hot be.
rind examp!e, and the epidemic has been weak:tit here and at
Beirut, but not final. The natives generally have been very
A paper of Septernbrr Bth contains the full particulars of the at.
tempt to dethrone the Burmese monarch, of which various state-
ments hate unravel in the English paps 4. From them we learn
that on the advices of the capture of Memo by the British reach-
ing Ara, that capital was, thrown inai the greatest consternation.
Namine. the Continandre.ln•Chief, wwt anxious to erect a revolu-
tion, being weary of the ruitmus mereurca of the King and the de-
solation which the continuance of the war had occasioned throngh.
nut the empire. Ile therefore represented to his Majesty that there
*Ma rock, named Kalah.doun, about eighteen miles front Ave,
to which, if he proceeded alone and was able to break say part of
it, his success ageism& the English would be ensured. But super-
stitious as the Court is, the fasintrites of his 'Majesty suspected it
to be a trick contrived by Namine tort the Golden Feet into a an.
limey plate far the purpose of destroying him, and after seizing the
PAP& of (internment, crafting into terms with the English at
Prome. 'Coon this view of the ease, the Chief had been
tudden to death notice an elephant, hy order of the King. Among
Burmese fore,s titers are said to he three female Shsum Chiefs,
with two thousand followers, whose powers art so prodigious they

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
This Evening, MUNUAY, March 6, will be performed the Opera of
RUB ROY lidAel/REGOIt.

RA; Roy. Mr. Witlilacl77 inutcl7oelad---Ltone; Mr. Slaclitir ;
Nicol Janie, Mr. Harley. Diana Version, Alba Stephen+ ; Helen Mac-
griller, Mrs. Field.
To ronelaile with the Pantomime of
}1 ARLKOCIN, JACK OP Al.l. TRADI7S.
Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Blanchard; Clown, Mr. HP.I;
Columbine, Nike Barnett.
To-morrow, Malvina ; The C.linp ; and John Brown.

COVENT-GARDEN TIIEATRE.
This Beenitig. 31ONDAY, March f, will be perf..rituud the Opera of
RUN ROY 11ACGIZEOOtt. . .

Rob Roy, Mr. Wardei Francis OMaldiwut.c, Mr. Bland ; Ralik
Nicol Jerrie, Mr. W. Farren. Diaua Vernon, Miss Piaui' Helen slac-
rept, Mrs. Faucit.
To conclude with the Extravaganza of
GIOVANNI IN LONDON.
Don Giovanni, Madame Vogris ; Leporell", Mr. Keeley.
:o-morrow, Guy Mennertne; and '1 he Miller and Ids Men.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

GRAND PERFORMANCE OF .ANCIENT AND MODERN MUSIC,

CNUSIL Tilt SIANAGSMIOIT OW SIR GIIISOS •
On WEDNESDAY NEXT, March M.
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PART T.—A Selection of favourite Alm kc., f m Der Frelachutt,
under the direction of the Composer, Carl Bletia You Weber (being his
tint public appearance in this country!.
P sat ll.—solections from ilandePs tcred Oratorio, Judas Maccabena.
PART lit —A Grand Miscellaneous Att.. _ .

Principal Vocal. Performers—Meclre. Atkin*, Brahma, liorneattle,
fkbincon, and 1 itiney ; Menem Farber and Louehurat ; Missies H. Cawse,
Farrar, Luse, Patna, and Liebe; and Madame Vestris.

Tda Ilstessu Passl commented publl.lting on Saturday monists si a
quarter before a,%eti

LONDON, MONDAY, MAHN' 8. 1824.

The French papers of Friday announce the condem-
nation of the Editor of the Journal du Commerce on
Thursday. M. CnirrlAT, however, was left in the mi-
nority in voting for the maxima». of the punishment. M.
B•HTHIL, the advocate for the editor, maintained that the
corruption is the elections rendered the voice of the Chain-
ber by no means the true expression of the wishes of the
nation. M. BARTHE, adds the Coerrier Francais, might
have given. M. Cruse Row DC SOLILIIAC as his authority
for this assertion. That gentleman, and another Deputy,
called out with vehemence, on hearing a petition announced
to the Representatives of the Nation—" We are not the
Representatives of the Nation."
The Emile of Saturday contains an account of a trifling
skirmish between the Russian army and the Turkish cor-
don. About forty Cossacks having passed the Pruth to
take some cattle, the Turks attacked them, and having
killed seven or eight, obliged the rest to recross the river.
The Russian army was indignant at this loss, and eight or
nine hundred Cossacks again fowled the river, killed a good
number of Turks, and afterwards returned to their camp.
This is the whole foundation for the report of the spon.
tancous advance of fifty thousand Rissians on Con.
stantinoplc.