The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-08 00:00:00

A MAD RAJAH.

Run Bahadur's Brahmin queen gave birth to three
children, and immediately after her confinement was at-
tacked with small-pox. Run Bahadur now became
almost frantic; all the hakeens (native doctors) were
consulted, and large rewards were offered for a perfect
recovery. The doctors at Nepaul were propitiated and
consulted. Sacrifices and daily offerings were made to
them. The ranee getting worse, all became alarmed
and the king furious. Hts ministers and doctors then
advised that, as the holy city of Benares contained many
celebrated men, a deputation should immediately be sent
there to fetch as many as could be induced to come to
Nepaul under promises of large rewards for a cure.
These arrived in due time, but all their art was in vain.
The small• pox had done its work most effectually, and
on the queen's recovery (she having stipulated the king
should neither see nor visit her until she was well), she
requested her attendants to furnish her with a looking-
glass. When she beheld for the first time the dreadful
ravages made on her once beautiful face, she heciunedia-
consolate, and dismissing her attendants poisoiTed herself.
The vegetable poisons of Nepaul are quick and deadly;
and to this day no antidote has been found for them.
Upon hearing of her death, Run Bahadur'rushed into
her apartment, end, beholding his once lovely queen a
corpse, and dreadfully spotted with the small-pox, he
became frantic. Ho cursed his kingdom, her doctors,
and the gods of Nepaul, vowing vengeance on all. He
first sent for the unfortunate Benares doctors, denounced
them as liars and impostors, and ordered them to be
cutso odffly flogged, and each to have his right ear and nose
in his presence. This was dulyperfarmed ; and
they were afterwards started to the British dominions as
a warning to all future impostors. He then wreaked
his vengeance on the gods of
Pas
(not even except-
ing the famous templei of Pat Nath), and after
abusing them in the mostgrols2s
12,000 goats,
he accused them
of having obtained from him
hun-
dredweight of sweetmeats, 2,00 C, gallonsats, some
milk, &c.,
false se pretences, and that he rould take summary
vengeance for having wilfully disfigured his u
then ordered all the artillery, varying from itireeen.to 1112e-
pounders, to be brought in front of the palace, with all
the made-up ammunition al Khatmandoo. All the guns
were then loaded to the muzzle, and down he marched
to the head-quarters of the Nepaul deities. On arriving
at Pas Pat Nath, all the guns were drawn up in front of
the several deities, honouring the most sacred with the
heaviest metal. When the order to fire was given,
many of the chiefs and soldiers ran away panic-stricken,
and others hesitated to obey the sacrilegious order; and
not until several gunners had been cut down, were the
guns opened. Down came the gods and goddesses from
their hitherto sacred positions ; and after six hours'
heavy cannonading not a vestige of the deities remained.
Their temple sharing the same fate, the priests ran
away confounded, many escaping to the British terri-
tory, but those who were not so fortunate were seized,
and each deprived of his holy head. The Goorkha king
now became satisfied, vowing, however, no god should
ever again be elevated in bis dominions 'until his de-
parted queen was restored to him. His life after this,
as may be supposed, was a short one. The principal
chiefs of his court, therefore, who found themselves the
objects of his cruel and revengeful persecutions, again
formed a conspiracy against the rajah, which was brought
to a desperate issue rather promaturely.—Capt. Thomas
Smith's Narrative of Five Years' Residence at Nepaul.

MORTALIT Y in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1852.

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*lB7
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... 5 t
Tubercular Diseases ... • ••• ... 183
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 131
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 44
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ••• ••• .•• ••• ••• ... 91
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ••• ••• -•• r•• • •• • 59
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ... 12
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... 12
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 17
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... 6
kalformations... ... 5
Cremator° Birth ••• ••• •• ••• ••• 17
Atrophy

Old Age ... ••• ... „,„„ 44
Sudden ... „, 20
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance „, 95
Causes not specified ... ••• „, 3

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...
... 987
Population Deaths in cone- Deaths
Enumerated, 'Yowling week in the
1851. of 1851. Week
?lest Districts... 376,427 • • 167 ... 152
North Districts.. 490,396 .. 194 „. 183
Central Districts 393,256 ... 176 „. 158
East Districts ... 485,522 ... 186 ... 241
South Districts .. 616,635 ..• 280 „.. 253

Totals— ..... 2,362,236 ... 1,003 ... 987
.., ... "•... 516
Males ...
Females ... ..:___:::...— ••• ... 471
BIRTHS IN To WEEK.
... 789
Males ... ... ... •.
Females ... .., ... ••• 724
Total ... ... ••• "• ... 1,513
*ln this number are included 33 by Scarlatina, 41
by Typhus Fever, and 17 by Diarrhcea.
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