The National Register.
London, England, 1823-05-12 00:00:00

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The foll Owing interesting account of one of those
dread All sacrifices is extracted froM the letter of an
Evtglith officer who superintended the ceremony he
describes:
o• Iluitowkw, Oct. 18.—in my premed allitation it falls
to my lot to preside over the exerntiont or crituitods, and
al.n over those turi tilde exhibitions p mmHg' to this cottony,
of a willow burning herself on the limes al pile of her dear
husband; and nit the authentic account of each a scene
may be interesting, f send you a short tlesrolpilon of st:l
suttee al which 1 was lately pretest in my Pew cher:icier'
vires.itliac Aricer. The day botnie It took place (as it
etisioinAry) a repot I Caine l'runi the police of the widow's
intention to limn herself if the magistrate gore hit pet -
mission. On the pi ineipal of relig•usis to:eration this in
always giseei ; tint magistrate iv allowed to argue, and to
rmbavuiir 10 dissuade the woman Gut,, her 'lmpose, but
cannot absolutely lat hid it, unios uudcr certain citrons-
stances, such as when it is not pi rlei Ily voluntary on her
{nut. Myself and several friends went to her house. and
did alt we could to torn her f.unidesign, but she
trusstrered only hyinutitig her She observed,
it is w " The widow *lto but us lit, self with tier
litt.bantrs body enjoys happiness %Walden its Heaven."—
!Living thus failed in our entreaties, which ate, indeed,
smuttily, to tia purpose, we us (lured a 1;114111 to St :itch, and
take care that she had no orient ur intoxicating drugs
given her; and that she went to her death in her SeLlseS, at
least to •11 so as she could he under time it:fluence of
such extraoriliams) famideisin. The 81(0111ot at day-
break, we proceeded lir the ground appioptiated to the
ceremony, where the woman had ail ivied in a tilde tort of
car, cat tied Ott men's 'booth's-is, and accompanied by the
barbarous music of her country. lithe seemed quite 1111C0n-
..1.1 lied at the litirridvacrilice site wita•elestat It/ pgilool).
For my part, when I looked at the pile on which lay
her hushattil's dead body, the fagersts. her nearest
relakions with fitebratids liglitiag the pile, the victim
ilres.ed and shouted istit flowers, the whole scene aim
geared to sue rei a fiightful vision: I could hat dly pea suede
myself of its reality. I spoke to her once mule
(being a high caste woman, the spoke tile fiindoostan
language), and represented to her the humble death she
was about in sufler, and the long time she twist emoting
in the otost dreadful agony. I urged to. her that it was
no sadden or easy dtatli by Ntlieli site was so reach Para-
dise, but a protracted cousse of torture. She heard me
out with calmness, thanked sue for any intentions, which
site admitted were good, but again repeated her int(
tion S.) decided.y as to preclude shy hope of saving her. '
I lilt her pulse, and it was far calmer thrill lily own at the
moment lam wailing. Mrs. E. (of whom 1 have elicit
made honourable mention) thinking her peiettaxictis, as
ono of her own sex, might avail, site w rums the a retch"
rd victim, and in We most earnest 1,1.11111er tried to dis-
suade her. She ollereil her a pension for life, and an
honourable tics jun les. Among
other inducements, intendiug it mobility as all appeal to
female *twit,. Mrs. B. said that the should he made a
lady of, and have a patting • to ride ; site immeniately
aussetred, pointing to the pile, " cc Gemara rave y—that
is my isalanquitt." The victim then pert tamed various
ceteinotties, and prepared herself to. jump on the pile,
which was blazing to receive her. The daisies bail arisen
to a iireat ',eight, and they were feeding ti.cia with ter
and lagguts. 1 theis addressed her for the last time ;I
told het two liner should be used to keep her in the tile,
Lnt conjured her, if her iesoluti 11l faded, to jump wit
and rim 10 Mr ; that .1 was cur:omitted by my police men,
and that I would bear her away from her cruel relations
to a place ut cutely, where they should never sue her
1110 re. Here !ebullition was nut be siiaken. She then
distributed Mow ern and sweetincats,gave site a piece of her
dress, end buying looted tlitee tillitS youth the pile, she
tin ew liesseit in. At that moment the people shouted,
drums and fiance music en iick up, and if site uttered any
cries I heath them not. bite. tessilltrly sat in the fin e, ap-
parentiy alive, for two or ihsee minutes( but move,' only
her 'studs occasionally. Such is the description of a
dreadful act that takes place sissy slay."

SPRING AND NEATE.—There hasbeen some heavy
betting within these two or three days, on the ap-
proaching great light, which is fixed to take place
to-morrow se'nnigltt. Both men are in the first
rate condition. At the time of depositing the last
part of the battle money, on Tuesday evening,
Spring offered to put down another hundred sove-
reigns, or rather to bet Neate an extra hundred,
agrecable.to his challenge in a Sunday Paper, which
Spring replied to, mid it was agreed upon. Belcher,
however, refused, on the ground that he had no au-
thority from Neate to that tact.
On lust a severe battle took place in
the Green Croft, Salisbury, oiitwecn a man named
Lawrence, of Winchester, and Silas Dew, of Salis-
bury. Deci is u man about the middle size, and
Lawrence reminded us of the Goliah of ancient
Airucs. The battle lasted an hour anti 20 minutes,
And Lawrewte wen it by mere dint of weight.—
There was but little science displayed, but Dew was
the greatest prof:tient.
MU R1.1.k.R OP AIRS. RICHARDS,-A second person is
in custody Oil snslit•:lnn in hone concerned in tths Crilliej
! but as it is ste.pected that there are others still at large,
the•final and public CSAlllination or the iacts has been
postponed ma (Mute nay.
A melancholy accident hap pencil at East ltetford on
Tmsilay the 6m illsl.—a little girl, aixtut five years old,
went 111101/Stfted i:Ilt) the %rood yard of Nlessrs. Shaw
and llodson, motets. in s.shO:ll a hoist turtnitg machine
was then at worth. l i is still os:1, she plat.til hersel
against a wall to ,nitniss tile operation of the ma-
chinery, and three nut bring rhom to admit her
r.taioiug her position tvli:.:l the ti,..irse vase,d, her
head w2ll literally crisdicil to pieces. On losing
found, me little sult:rer exclaimed, " Ott Daddy r.-
:dolmal aid was immediately pm/coml, but without
effect, as she lingered in great agony till the evening,
when she aspired. An inquest was heltion view of the
Wily on tat rollowing thy, before the Comma for the
bur..ual►.—Verdict accidental deaths.