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CU ES TER'. SUM 41ER ASSIZES.
113 e fore the. Elves. Sir lion .1)A t.t.As, end e Spe.
oiuf afsiry.
maw-tic e. apilltsote. est.
LAE 'I,4I'4ISONMENT.
Mr. ToPt4ING oveLited thin case in a very elv ;ilea
speech. He attuned the Jury, that it was %sail the
otisicerest concerti be oat either' upon, in Counsel
Cr the Plaintiff, to state his enure of complaint
's ;labial the Ulrfendunt ; and his convern arose from:
his haviog ktiown the Defendant almost from his
earliest infaiwy. But, however unpleaseut the office
rif.iiii advocate might he Nino such no occasion, he
email unt.-fCren perremal enosiderittioo, shrink Irmo;
/Cie' discharge of ht. duty. Tile complaint agitiunt
the Dekalitat was, that, without tiny reitsonable
. or probable 'ground, lie luel vetoed the Plaintiff to
he imprisoned. and detained in prison a considera-
ble tine. The pt mita, tonne time ',reclaim to the
tra,;.aetion Out of which this action arose, lied been
el ',ring on business with credit, in the name.
i'mt!:. neighbourhood of Mr. Jidinsoo, who w;1, •
• oleo, in of 101113:10, tad a J 'pane of the Peace,
11 , prwaLset were satin:lied to those of the De-
f. :mina,. Con.eipieistly mu,t. from that cis
comeante, hate hem well aconninte.l with Ins
on:nation. The Pleilitiff had, unfortunately, mei.
tied a woitotii,, who turinal tint a dissolute and pro-
fligate chatiseter deserted by his wife, 111, (fasten-
tic cancan's were nut attended IN' and he hecitair
einbarratisetf its his eiretotouttssees ; he went to
Usisffou, to ..soleatour, if possible, to arrange 14
affairs with his. creditors; advantage wart take.n'
Of his absence, and be was made a bankrupt; hr
'surrendered himself to his coininissioir,. end re-
turned to London, where he fell into the heeds of
a remorsektis creditor, alto,lliough the bankruptcy
bud deprived him of ail his property, cast htai into
• %risen. lie remained the prison of Ludgate
upwards of a tisclvemonth. and thin wan known In
thepeletidant. Ile was at length relieved, through
the !ambiguity of the Attorney who had been ene
pioyed agniir.t him.; soil who, pitying his forlorn
aid distressed state. famished him with a small
snug of mouey. with which to purchase decent
clothe*. After having hems sixteen mouths itn.
priosned, he we no sooner at liberty, than he net
out to see a relation, near Chester. from whom be
111,1 tome expeetatons. The Defeat:hint was ia•
funne.l of hi. retorts ; and, though he was well ae.
<planted with the helpleaa aituutioes lie had been in,
lie thought proper to muse a warrant tar hi. entire-
lieusinii, um, a cliarge, unnupported by any evi-
dence. that lie had left his wife aiol family charge.
able to the ;burin). The warratti stated, that com-
plaint of the tart had been made by a per,on of the
name of Smith, the over.rer of the parish. The
Learned Counsel proceeded In state, that, upon
• this warrant, the pi siliti if was arrested; that be
was sent SIC it Vagrant to the coinmon paint ; after.
it ink brought up to the Sessions, with the worst
felons, and, upon the representation of the Llefen.
Jaiit in the It.-acre of Justices, again remanded. It
was suggeetod to him, that he nii4lit be released,
if hr would dispose of the foremen which isdsj
joined tlimie of the Defeuilaut ; hitt thia /M. lelnin.l
tiff could 1101 do; hr natio*, by the bankruptcy,
been ilive,ted of as iuteiest. fir .van accordingly
continued in a state of catiiiiieinitin till again*.
queot Slessiine,, when he was discharged. Fu this
injury he sought a compensation in damages. Tim
Learned Counsel iru•tetl, that, us there %vs,. no
reasonable pretence for the imprisonment, the Jury.
would award that compensation which *nail hews
the effect of' deterring the Dt feudiaut from ems.
witting ailpihir weer of irsjuialey.
The facts stared were proved ; peal it appeared
by the evidence oflimith, theoremic', that he het
'never made any cOniplisint of vagrancy. eirainst the-
Plaintiff,- and, entealnently, sled
,thus
bad enjustifialAy used his name. fur the porporo.uf•
apprehending the Plaintiff. upon the poet...gee of Itis
baring alesertedhis

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Mr:Cttoss addressed the Jury beludi of the
13efetirtaist. I. Ilia Client," lie . ..had no
anxiety as to the result of.the verdict ; but he we,
extremely 111.3E10154 that it should not he understatott
he was a man capable of actin; in at appreiinive
wanner towards soy person, particularly a neigh-
bour. He wa,.. aii active and upright Plagibtritte,
whuee utile obist ass lionriitly to perform the du-
tics his office iinpoled opals him. Ile hail liecii
formed repeatedly, by the over-eir; Hitt the
P 141604100 left his wife and children chargeable
to the parish—.they hart %west constantly relieved,
and when he found the l'lsiinisitt was in the
neighbonrhond, and had not sought after his
busily, he thought himself Island to ni!.,,kt the
measures he did. The Plaiiiti.f atit% well arev.e.l.,
and made an appearance as if he wins perfectly elite
tii maintain his readily; and helms' been tepeatesltv
told the Ilefetvdont hail no wide to commit. in, if
he would undertake to albs* theist stanethiug, bat
he had obstinately relu.sed to do as,"
Several witnesses were examined on the part of
the Defendant, who prov..kl that the I'laintiff hat
bees in the iteifighbourhaod of lois remits. said was
prepariag to depart, otiltunt seciog th;tn, or ins.
"sitriug after them, alien he was turn into car-
t dy.
- Toretwa replied. Ile contended, that the
dofente 114.1 not rilumeil the Plaintiff's claim to
-exemplary
Sir ktonent Litat.t.as shortly addressed the Jury,
that' it "mooed to he admitted the ear-
ha.l irregularly toinievt, eniewquently the Plain-
,ts;f aiei entitled to a verdict; tilp alumni' of that de-
ssi.s zes w 444 theri.tire the single question.
The jury consulted a few misstates, and retained
a verdict for the Piamtitt-aDandagerlol.

A few days female servant of Mr. gPAtir,
of Old Qin•lowiiti eat,. broke open a Itareatt-desit,
belonging so her megter, and took out 15ut, in
1) ink notes, a box ref !ialforiite, and a hill of ex-
cionge fur 1001. nrl,b Cot h nlie el"rotoktl.
Monde). pc ;a, ly Toroley :nornitpt, the
boon) of a lily, the corner isf Viiiesess-street.. Itra
Lion-slo ere, eve: broken open, curl robbed or pi.t.
and other ar:ieles 40 the aruouut uJ upwards of

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Tile quantity °firth) which fell in the lipit month
usonl t" four Sadie"; in depth; a vintity per •
iinpreeellented at the, like 111111•011 a the lIIV.
sevcatogienl nrinsa of this eevistry. • The oleyth of
rWin in the tnn preceding months ,was.likesrise go.
. -tunny 6crut, hiseiu,; eiceedeil nevem inches.

TOrR TA tatnizr.
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'Elie manuscript notes of an Officer el tht liewg..l
snub-made from actual oloservatlano during to late
tour through the Baajals to Lahore, ;having been
°longingly communicated for publication in 7/ie
Mirror, we have the satisfaction
reading with various v" •
which. as they cfr

tribes bearcely Itw
Topentis; and as tl
matter, borne tilt
bummer, of so

are pernuatltil th►
rtiitisi; and nereptai
•' Oti..the 15th
at Itvje.pore Girt
iu cotarany with
lug .frutu the.

town of Corte,. al

the • frontier an col

Jumped and Sailed;

the general appeal
high statt: of eul
proof of the fertili
people. I was no
tun' I experienced

town of Bore., wl

gratify then curium
nary sight of a f
ladies,vrives of thi
troiluced to my ft.__ .
tore to their surprise. They 4.- r, a.
I.lllglird h. artily et my appearisice. a
multitude of inatifiriet. They seltrii ua,t if I did
not wear a list; if l ever ventured to. ickjittag
face to the sun, or if always staid witltta dart. Or
moved abbot ituder cover? whether the tisble-whisap
was placed io my tent, was what I slept upon! (raj.
though my tilt was close beside it, but *ilk die
curtains down). They took a particular money of
the cot. looked at the bed clothes and catmint
that! then examined the lining of the tent, &c.
at all which they seemed greatly sorprised Mid de-
lighted. Corimity is one of the strongest plutons
of the fair sex, whether iu Europe or in lochs, end
you may judge bow much the Jautate lather were
gratified uu this occasion, by their exclantiltiou,
that God had been very kind iii oudulgiiig them
with so wooderftil a sight as a Entopeesh which
they considered as equal to the two other great
gifts of Heiremq namely, the Son and 'Soon.—
Thus ludimoos comparison. the Wiles prulnsbly
intended Sc a compliment to me; though it must
hoe ascribed in soma auewure to their foociiieNs fur
hyperbole. which I had frequent opportunities to
remark. 'They were all of pinata* appearance.
with mild regular features; and olive complexion.
agreeably contrasted by btaiitiful. well arrauged,
white teeth; for which all theNativea of the Poorab,
both man and woolen, are remarkable. Sestina
this

pawn nor the betel-nut grow in any part of
country ; and the lips and meth of the 'mitres art
unstained by the use of these hisuries, which give
so disgusting an appearance to the mouths of man
other Asiatics.
'1 The people were well droned; and bore glary
apprentice of health. ease, sad caoteototeat. the
effects of a just and good Griventgtent. to which
the ialiabitants of those districts ore happily sub-
ject ; sod to proof of this observation 1 may men-
tion that. during the whole course of toy inquiries,
I heard lint rule cause of complaint. The coiner-
toes.are assessed to the amount of one-half the pro.
ducessf their crops, which is paid its kind to the
Chief. en issoliey-curreticy is very limited through-
; mat throitrinjals. Atthinigh thut is the genera rate
of monsement. yet aver? oillowance is made to the
Cultitsigoir -for unfavourable seasons, and every
, .speetes7 of uppressiou carefully guarded against
Ise tiste,Chiel, who. although he is absolute, rules
with seek moderotion told jostler, that he is be-
loved aid revered by his people, whose bappi-
nrss he is studious to promote. Though vested
with uticootrotAed poises, his administration of
joetice is Mildthd equitable. lie seldom dooms to
death even for murder; se lenieut is his system of
polity, that oriole, of that heiuons nature are pu-
nished by the temporary imprisonment of the cri-
minal, by corporal chastisement. and confiscation
of property of every thuarniiiatiou which the Chief
converts to his owu use.' All Offeuces. whether
murder, or the slifhteet misdetneetionr. site under
the cogniaauce oA sae Kottrwall, who submits a de-
tail of till the cases that come before him, to the
Chief. bflwhoru alone punishments are awarded,
agreeable to his will. This system of judicial ad-
o' ttt isttation seems to have a happy effect, insomuch
that capital crimes are rarely perpetrated; amid the
police nitthe differeut towns is so well,regalated,
that persons of all moires eater them with contitl-
enee, aural meet with uo tooleststion while they re-
main. The same atteutioa is *hewn to an English
;tenderisers. as its our own territory. by the Rote-
null, who readily sends the usual supplies of oro-
nation, and for which he will receive no payment.
tie aloe banishes a guard of Chokeedars at night. -
The town of Bores sod the adjoining districts
were iodependeat of Rajah Itonieet Sing, at the
thee I allude to. The inhabitants of that tract of
country are both Knghs and Sikhs. The Sitsehs,
or Lions, or: proselytes of Gooroogobinil Singh, a
reef/tat mina, who lived in the reign of Alum-
ghee', and declared himself to the world. as the
convertor of marts into Lieu's.' They ere all sol-
diers; hut florirooplatid Singh was sot a Singh
Neither the time nor manner of his
cleat!, is noticed its 'thy record, nor in any tradi-
tional account. •
u A Stieft wishing to become a Singh, finds no
difficulty in accomplishing his proselytism. lie
goes to the Akalere or private of the sect, at Am.
nitsur, who ask him if lie wishes to become a con-
vert to their persuasion, and if so, to produce
proofs of his •dstermivation ; upon which the con-
vert breaks.' with his own hands, the 'lamer, the
small thread or cord worts scalars the shoulders by
most of the Hustle° sects, and, after the perform-
ance of venous ceremonies, he is given to drink a
eherksist •ultide 01 sugar sod water. from the "hand
of an Akalee. After this initiation, be never shaves
his based. nor cats his hair. end ought not, accord-
ing ton rigorous observance of the doctrines, to
par his weals, but that it dispensed with, though
soontrory,to the rulesof the lsw-giver. Now become
a *ugh. he 1.11 heterodox and distioct front the
Ilintiote, by whaiin he is considered as an apostate.
is nut restricted in his diet, but is allowed, by

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the tenets of his nee religion, to devour whatever
toad his appetite may prompt, excepting beef. He
is Billiard also to drink every kiwi of liquor—Stith
are the Slush*. The Silelis are those, who (if ori-
ginally Hindoos) together with the peculiar tenets
and otalervances prescribed to the suet by its finni-
der, Tilianuk, retain firmly the institutions of their
faith, in strict •conformity to the doctrines of
Brahma.
Both the Siltlis and Singhs marry one wife,
amid, in the event of her death, may marry again ;
but if the husband die, the widow cminut again
euterthe nuptial state ; but the widow of data is
allowed to marry a second or -it third husband.
Widows 'rarely dcclare themselves Suttees* in any
part of the Palijah; but to the city of Jumoo ii
contrary practice prevails. There it is generally
practised, and is indeed, considered us en indis-
pensable sacrifice to the maides of the' deceased
husband; and if the widow does not voluntarily
attend the corpse of her husband, and consign her-
self with it to the dames, the ftsjepnots consider it
their duty, in such CUACIN to pat the widows to
death, sail to cast their bodies into the fire, to he
bnrut witb their husbands. So- horrible a custom
ti ilti4. dues, I believe. no where else prevail. lbw/-
ever frequent time instances of widows devoting
themselves to death oil the pile with their deceased
liiiiibiussfs. yet 111 all these asses,exeeptiog su the
city ofJomoo, it' it be not in every inetence foltiu-
boy, dim is no where else that it is ever urged ur
earwax! by any measure oftomtnilsies.
" A SA') will neither eat liar drink with a Singh,
after tire abjuration of kis' f• till, and rejection of
the doctrines of Ilrailinu, ion helve any furtberira
, tereouree or COMICXIISU situ him, than if lie were
a Christian. Main Jams Immure Sing/is; and the
wives of both, that is, both of Singles arid Jude.
are nut uninurol, and shut up like the Sikli we-
men, but go abroad unveiled and at *arum ; and
the women of both sects base the genseellisoratin•
tion of chastity. . .
.. I arrived on the lath of April at Malone,
where I found the weather pierciurgly cold dining
the nights, and till eight o'clock in the morning.
My route lay through a tile, level, open country,
with a delightful view of the distaut hills, passing
fllustafabad, a pretty lavge town, walled in ; but
it may be noted that mg town, and even villages,
are surrounded by a wall, in this part of the
country, as a defence against the attacks of
parties of predatory horse from the Punjub.—
Mustafahad has a utudel in its isterior, built of
burnt bricks, with curtains, round towers at the
angles, and a cavalier in which the chief resides.—
He exercises the functions both of prince and of
judge. The town of Mustafabad and four village*
are dependent upon hits. This part of the couutry
is 60 completely divided and subdivided into small
independencies, that many of the villages, accord-
Mg to the information 1 obtained, art governed by
two chieftains, one exercising independent jurisdic-
tion over one portion of the inhabitants, end the
other over the remainder, each bring entirely inde-
pendent of the other; and this is pretty nearly the
state of government throughout the country, ex-
tending to the Sutledge. . .
ii Malone is a einall town, walled in, and has a
citadel in the centre. Here I. conversed with a
sturdy veteran Singh, who was present at the
battle of Boxer, and had visited Calcutta about
that time. He mentioned, that the people in the
Doab generally live to SO. 90, and hoe years, an
account to which I could readily assent, fromthe
appearance of the country, which is very open, dry,
free from jungle, and well cultivated. lie told we
that be never recollected such a season as the pre-
, sent, which has been remarkable for frequent
showers of rain at short intervals, since the begin-
ning a March, and which have had thereffect of
keeping off the hot winds. that usually prevail in
this part of the country during that mouth, though
°lily in a moderate degree.
.i Man roves are es Numerous in the country
between the Janina and Sutledge, as in our own
provinces. and the chief difference that I could per-
ceive, was in the nature of the soil, which here is a
fine brown marl, producing wheat, barley, groin,
and other graius, and capable of great extension
in its cultivutioh. The different chiefs are too
jealous of each other to admit of any general com-
bination far the public good. They are chiefly
occupied with selfish, narrow views, anxious as to
the means of maintaining their own indepesidence,
to repress the encroachments, or to take advantage
of a rival eisidlain. In this state, the country has
remained fur a long series of years.
is From what I had hitherto experienced, I was
convinced, that during my journeying in this touts-
try, I should be regarded as as object of rare and
singular cariosity ; and every day gave fresh proof
of the fact. No sooner was my tent pitched, than
it was surrounded by all the inhabitants of the
neighbourhood. Wherever I canoe, the curiosity
of the people was excited. Meu, women, amid chil-
dren, on horseback and on foot, asseintiled from
every quartet of the vicinity; and never quitted
, me till the derknese of night deprived them of so
i marvellous a sight as • white into wariout a beard."

• y►idow, who devotes bend/ to death oa the hood
pits ei her huibaud.

In some parts of the country, particularly in Sus-
sex and Lancaster, atlevtionrenng ealivussee have
begun, under au opinion that an immediate dis,o-
Wiwi of Parliament will take place.
The triumphal arch, erected in the Carousel at
Paris, by order of Ho APA IT V, to iininortitlise the
glory of the French armies, is finished. It faces
the Thuilleries on one side, in the direction of the
Vestibule, and the Louvre on the other. It ii 45
feet in height, 60 in length, and .201 in thickness.
While the Eddystone light-house was erecting, a
French privateer took the men at work upon the
rock, together with their tools, and carried them to
France; and the Captain was iu expectation of a
reward (or the achievement. While the captives lay
in prison, the,transaction reached the curs of Louts
XIV. he immediately ordered them to he released,
■nd the raptors to be pat in their places; declaring
that " though he was at war with England, he was
nut so with mankind."—lle directed the men to be
sent hack to their work, trills peculate; ob►erving,
that" the Eddyttome light-house was so situated as
to be of equal service to all nations, haring occasion
to navigate the channel between England and
} ranee !"

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NAVAL IN? LLICE WE.
roatimott Oct. 3.
Arrived the Lively, with a fleet of Jilin from the
I tis ; among them are,' the Arery, Harris
Ocean, Bruce ; Young Henry, Andersen ; Diane,
Ittly ; Isabella and Ann, J ; Leda, ;
and the I:trawler, ----.
Nothing sailed this day.
ro.ymovra, OCT. 2.
('awe in the Surrey, Wainer, from liontfurtil ;
she ailed under convoy of tlw .1 Om, Lloyd, arm(
ship, wait 10 others, (most of them have arrived of
runt ports) ; also the Orestes, sloop of war,
a cruise; Swallow, With a fleet to the Westward.
DEAI.. OCT.
Suilyd toe Crit'ln, to Sheerness; and ttse
tioremzo trixtott4. no a cruise,
A small first of tr:--
jest)'s Shy* as pas

• FitOM
Ga•veackn, (k-r, •
lEossulori-; Emperor,
Aswan ; mod Pm, 11$'.
A brews, SI aokse, CAdis
ihc Blossom, 1141 lie, fur Sli

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e the SottAction to present our
was .elections of their contents,
chiefly relate to voitntrier and to
itowtt bey' s(' their manes, to En-
they atfortfb main% touch valuable
lustratioas of. the characters and
oguhar i ii 4 wad Stit'lis, we
tat their dtt will be lute-
Ittalite tar
of April ' the Joann.
list, seem , rtallpore,
lv a Jarge • , , retu ra-
lardoar • seri et the
kituetcd • that .of
sited float : 'l4 • *rent
edge. 1 Lunch
.I; 'ed With
earatice of Olt; •• is
UttlVatloll. WIC 'Pity
11141 I. f"'":'
lity of the sal, t eie
o leas pleased with OW kitia
:Rd front that
whoall wasetoliird sicateeory.tioAt to
*laity with the nowt
European. • 1 virtue,
he livints, be 0 to-
preselic,! ; a t eet•aweiwa,:.
vie surprise. 'l'h4 > t•.O ai Mei

r.moc.,„ ho
reusitio with. IA NI,.
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