The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-08 00:00:00

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PLounnisto.—On Friday last,* number of the
farmers in the parishes of Kilbarchan and Hous-
ton, gave a day's ploughing to Mr. Robert Car-
ruith, in Lonehead, on occasion of his taking pos-
session of the farm of Little Fulton, in the former
parish. Fifty-five ploughs started about eight
o'clock, which by five in
,the afternoon had
ploughed about 35 acres. The work was, pro-
nounced excellent by the most competent judges.
The ploughmen, as well as their masters, were
liberally treated by Mr.Carruith, with bread and
cheese and porter; and Mrs. Carruith, with cha-
racteristic hospitality, had a dinner prepared in
a neighbouring farm-house (their own being at
too great distance) for as many of their friends
and acquaintance as chose to call and partake of
it. It is pleasing to see, so frequently as we do,
so much of the ancient simplicity and hospitality
of character and fraternal good-will-still existing
among this foundationrclass of,society, in spite of
the influence of surrounding foppery, chicanry,
and selfishness, so prevalent among almost every
other class ; and notwithstanding the tendency
to a spirit of competition among themselves, na..
turally generated by the great changes in the
farming system, which have taken Place in mo-
dern times. • May these characteristics of the
farmers of Scotland long continue to be an or-
)
nament to their country, a blessing to themselves,
and a high source of gratiAcation to every hu-
mane and moral mind—to every person possessed
of either,,.genuine. benevolence or• good taste.—
(Glasgow Courier, March 2.)

Deplorable as the circumstances altogether are, good may
arise out of them. The attention of the Sovereign of Oude will
be turned to the necessity of taking the moat vigorouv mea-
sures for protecting the lives of his subjects from the aggression
of atrocious banditti that haunt obscure corners of his domi-
nions. The circumstances that have transpired in conse-
quence of the inquest at Bingah throw some strong suspicions
upon some neighbouring hordes of Pear lifucrrahs or Shigal
Khores. The object of their attack appears to have been two
fold—plunder, and the wish to get rid of one whom they con-
sidered an intruder. These, barbarians look always with jea-
lousy at those who would extend agricultural pursuits, and
thus gain an influence which might lead to their own embar-
rassment. Perhaps, too, they dreaded the too close vicinity of
European intelligence, as likely to prove formidable to them in
their future plans. Be this as it may, we trust that the mur-
derers may:meet the reward of their dreadful crime, and that the
Shigal Khore Decoite throughout (Jude maybe reclaimed
from their lawless life, or punished as they merit. Perhaps a
few general observations respecting Shigal Shores may
be acceptable. Their profession is rapine, and they
sacrifice human life, not merely remorselessly when it stands in
the way of their object, but with ferocious wantonness. They
together, subsisting themselves chiefly
jungles for months
reproachful name of
on the, flesh of jackalls—whence their
lead a most wild and unsettled life. and often live in the
Khores or jackall eaters. The Zemindars, instead
of checking them, and giving such information against them
as might lead to their seizure and punishment, it
is to be feared too frequently find it their interest to pro.
tact gthem, receiving of course a share of the plunder
as hush-money—the usual amount being, we understand, one.
fourth of the spoil. They always set out upon an expedition
about the end of the Desarrah and one expedition frequently
takes up several months; but neither time nor distance damps
their ardour when they
have a prise in view. They assume
various disguises and go in the character of pilgrims. Byragees
and Jackets, &c. To preserve as much as possible the appear-
ance of being pilgrims, they are always, we believe, accompa-
nied by their women. When the prize in view is large, and
well guarded, a great Sirdar murntuthethe body of Decoits, and
Rept) s or rich
they assume the pomp of of a Sewaree. To give the procession
bundles
ohuoenedsalpae pn. edoafbr aus npl Iceoe
aerkoitlfheea..yth arear
ca l also usually Zemindar's suite, they
take care to be prowde _ covered doolies, palankeens, tat-
e, which afterwards prove useful in carrying
away any ppoil :accompaniedniedby
one
obrymaorbea band
of music. Outwardly they seem to have no weapons, but
privately ca
the gang, which, when they reach the place where the Decoitee
is to be committed, they fix on the
the first jungle they pass through. _ ends
With these seemingly slight
weapon, they have been known in a night attack or by surprise
to overpower parties of Sepoys. Indeed there is no doubt that
they prove much more destructive than swords or matchlocks.
They never attack but under cloud of night as at Mukree
when the boat of Budgeneatli, the Patna Banker, was plun-
dered of property to a large amount, and at Bingah on the oc-
casion of the late horrible catastrophe.
Our readers will remember that a horde of Shigal Shores,
some time back, entered Behar, where they were detained and
seized by that active and able Magistrate Mr. Smith. On that
occasion, Maherbaun their chief assumed the pomp of a Se-
warree. Ile was afterwards executed at Gyah.
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The fact of the murder te:
of ._
-
unfortunate man appears to
have at length been established beyond a doubt. The Court
of Inquiry to which we alluded in' the Gazette of the 17th of
July, re-assembled at Bingah in
Oude on the 2d and 3d of
July, for the purpose of examining the grave, and with a view
to discover by whom the murder was committed.
It is greatly to be regretted that the original information on
the subject was not more detailed andhave
explicit so as to
rendered unnecessary a
protracted inquiry into such melancholy
particulars. But when uncertainty remained, the full investi-
gation of the unhappy occurrence, however distressing, be-
came an imperative duty.
On the 113 d of Jane an official communication was made by
the Aumil of Bareitch to the King of Oude, Which contains
the statement and deposition of Pirtee Sing, brother of Sheo
Sing, 'Talookdar of Bingah, on the subject of the murder.
From that communication it appears that Mr. itevenecroft and
the Talookdar had been for many years on terms of intimacy
and friendship, that in consequence, about four months pre-
vious to the date of the murder, he returned to Bingah with
the intention of residing there, to which Sheo Sing consented ;
that he selected a small spot of ground, about one coss from
the fort, in the skirts of the jungle, built a grass hut for his
residence,• and having taken in farm two or three villages from
Sheo Sing, commenced upon the cultivation of indigo; that
settling there he dismissed several Burkundases who had been
in his service, contrary to the advice of -Sheo Sing, who ob-
served that he had taken at) hie abode in the neighbourhood of
the jungle, and would require protection ; that Sheo Sing for a
short time sent some of has people in the evening to keep watch,
but that afterwards Mr. Ravenscroft prohibited their attend.
ance, and he remained there with only ten or twelve de-
pendants, who were in the capacity of Khidmutgars and
bearers. Pirtee Sing deposes to the death of Mr. RaTenscroft,
anti subsequent burial by Mr. Platt.
The Court of Inquiry proceeded to the grave, and the mo-
nument erected over it being removed, they found a coffin, and
on opening it, a human body. After a minute examination of
the corps, the progress of decay and corruption being so great,
the Court could not actually declare its identity ; but from the
appearance of the grave clothes, stained in several places ap-
parently with blood, they conceived it to be the body of a man
severely wounded, and in the way Mr. Rayenscroft is said to
have been. The Court remarked that the body had a large
beard.

The first witness examined on oath was Ensign John Platt,
a Member of the Court. He was present on or about the 6th
of May, 1823, when the late Mr. Ravenscroft died, and his
death was, in the witness's opinion, occasioned by the wounds
he had received. Ile saw the remains of the deceased interred,
and read the burial service over him. He identified the coffin
in which the body was deposited. He concluded the body to
be that of the late Mr. Ravenscroft, but could not swear on
account of its decayed state. Mr. Ravenscroft had a large
beard at the time of his death. The witness had heard that the
ruffians, supposed to have committed the murder, were
called Seor Murwahs. They were estimated at nearly
a hundred in number. Does not exactly know what property
belonging to Mr. Ravenscroft was stolen on the night of the
attack. Mentions a double barrelled Joseph Manton's gun,
a rifle, and two swords. He saw two or three camel trunks
which had been broken open, and their contents taken out lying
about the bed room, and also a chest of drawers of which two
drawers were broken and their contents plundered. The pro-
perty which was in a Godown appeared to the witness un-
touched. Ensign Platt shewed six wounds that he had receivcd
on the night of the :attack.
The second Wit'aef4 was In:may Syce. In the attack he

By a letter from Cawnpore we learn that Lieutenant-General
Sir Dyson Marshall, K.C.B. died there on the
Ls
July.—
On the same day, Captain Shaw, of the 113th departed
this life. •
In the list of casualties we regret to have to record the name
of Benjamin Comberbach, Esq. who died here on the 2d Aug.
aged h 3 years. -
It is with sentiments of profound regret that we have to no-
tice the death of Mr. G. Finlayson, Surgeon of lI.M. Bth Dra-
goons, and well known as the able, scientific, and most indus-
trious Naturalist to the late Illission to Siam arid Cochin China.
Our cotemporary of the Ilurkaru has the following observa-
tions relative to the source of the complaint which proved fatal
to him.

" In an early part of that voyage he contracted the seeds of
that disorder which have brought him to a premature grave,
and the valuable botanical and zoological collections brought
round by him from the late interesting Mission, bespeak his
perseverance, diligence, and industry, in the important de-
partment intrusted to him by the Government. Attached to
its duties, he made them his sole study, pursued them with ar-
dour, and, sacrificing every other consideration, ha; at length
paid with life for his zeal in the walks of science. Dr. Fin-
lay.son had served with his regiment in the Peninsular cam-
paigns, and in Randy, and has left a wide circle of attached
friends and correspondents to Lament his loss. Amongst the
latter were main, of the most scientific men at home, and with
Baron Humboldt kid Mr. Davy, he was on peculiarly intimate
terms. His valuable collection of Natural History, to which
we hare before alluded, is on its way home in the General
Hewett, for the purpose of being deposited in the Museum of
the Hon. Company in London.
From our cotemporary, John Bull, we have taken an ex-
tract, which follows, relative to the death of this estimable man,
on board the General Hewett.

" Thus has been cut off moat prematurely one who was an
ornament to his profession and to physical science. In his
manner Mr. Finlayson was the most gentle and unpresuming
of mankind. (lifted by nature with talents of no common
order, highly cultivated by a liberal education, and well grounded
in general information, he was one of those whose conversation
war valuable, and whose society was truly improving. But
with all this he was remarkable for the modesty of his man-
ners. the unassuming tone with which he delivered his opinierut,
and the amiable placidity of his general manners. In a word,
as a man of science, a member .of society, and a gentleman of
sterling but unobtrusive worth, Mr. Finlayson's memory, by
those who knew him, must be cherished as much, as his death,
in the prime of his life and fame, will be lamented.
[Extract of a Letter from the Hon. Company', ship Gtneral

. _
Hcrrett.]
" ST. 11 fi LINA, MAT 2G, 1823.—We had a passage to the
Cape of eight weeks (less oneday), during the latter part of
which we encountered three very heavy gales of wind, but have
not suffered at all from them. I believe all the ships that left
Bengal before us have had very tedious passages, and have
suffered more or less frorri the same bad weather. We fell in
with the Paget off the Cape, found the Marchioness of Ely in
Table Bay, and several others were in Simon's Bay. The
Providence came into these Roads two day's since, and has
sailed this evening. The Larkins looked in, but did not anchor,
three or four days since. The Ely sailed yesterday; the Ter-
magant sloop of war to-day. The Duke of Bedford sails to-
morrow, ourselves the day following.
We lad a passage of ten days from the Cape, and had a
heavy gale of wind from the S.W. the day after we left Table
Bay, with a most tremendous sea; it lasted about twenty-four
hours; we lay to the greater part of the time. We have had
two deaths since we left Bengal ; our baker, who died from a
large abscess in his liver, and had been a sad drunken fellow ;
lt-nd Dr. Fiulayson, of I i
_l4 Majesty's tith Dragoons, who is a

At Patna, on the lst August, Charirs Elliot Money, son of
Wigrarn Aloney,Esq..of the Civil Service, aged 11 months:
On the Ist August, at Mrs. Bean's Seminary, Miss Emma
Williamson, eldest daughter of J. Williamson, Esq. of Ma-
lacca.

On the 3d August, Benjamin Comberbach, Esq. Attorney
at Law' aged 53 years.
On the same day, Miss Helen Mary Ann Ingle, infant
daughter of Lieutenant IL Ingle, of the 15th regiment N. 1.,
aged six months and 17 days.
At Balasore, on the evening of the 7th August, after a short
but violent illness, Eliza, the wife of Wdliain Dent, Esq. of
the Civil Service, (and only daughter of Colonel Beaver); aged
scarcely 20 years. The sudden and untimely decease of is
charming and interesting young woman, thus cut otf in the-
early dawn of life, will be learnt with sincere regret and aym..-
pathy by all who enjoyed the pleasure of her acquaintance.
Lovely in person, gentle and unassuming in her manners, and
endowed with wsingularly amiable, engaging, and affecticinate•
disposition, she was the pride and delight of her connections
and friends : whilst to him, who most bitterly mourns and
deplores her loss—who shall attempt to describe her Value?
her memory will be long cherished, and lamented by the so-
ciety which she adorned; and her relatives, to whom the vir-
tues and goodness (),f her character had endeared her in a peen-
liar degree, feel that in the event here recorded they have sus-
tained a 'Woe, which- no time can heal.

On the 7th August, in the prime of life, M. Mellicknauz,
Esq. aged 31 years, much regretted by his relations and friends.
On the 7th August, Mrs. Eliza 31•Neight, the Lady of Jas.
M'Neight, Esq. aged 38 years.
On the night of the Bth of August, at the Presidency Gene-
ral Hospital, Serjeant.:Major .fames Scott, of the Ist Light
Cavalry, leaving 4.disconsolate widow, three children, and.tither
relatives, and a large circle of friends, to lament his lass.. The
deceased possessed a disposition adapted to promote the plea-
sures of domestic life ; and his death has left a sad iinpressints
on the hearts of those who were capable of, appreciati*the
suavity of his mannets and the placability of his. disposition. by
a familiar intercourse with him.. His death is principally...CO' be
attributed to the affects of the clitnate Which was so.oppreasiyely
hot for a few months previous to the setting in of the' ains,
that he fell into a fever, which he suffered with the most exem-
plary patience and re!ignatiori during a period of about three
months, but which ultimately eloseA his mortal caree.r..-,
At Allahabad„ on the 9th Angitst, 'Thomas Jents Watson,
the infant son of Capt. T. C. Watson, aged, 6 nionthit.aud
days.
On the 10th August, 'at er a lingeringi Ilneats-of 21 days of
fever, Mr. C. Al. Kent, aged 44 years,. :which he.bore.:Witlt
christian fortitude, leaving behind)-ifin five disconstA4te..'..chil-
dren and a circle of friends to lament his irreparahleletss.-
On Wednesday morning, ,the 13th August,.. precisely at 9
w. at. Mrs. Elizabeth Samuel,_ after a lingering illness. of up—
wards of 3 months, which, however, she bore With truechrikkor
fortitude. She paid the tribute of nature at about the age' of
years, and left her disconsolate husband, a large farnily,
and numerous other friends and relatives, to betnean her un-
timely loss.
On Tuesday, the 19th-August, .Maha Rajah INkis sen Re-
hadur, son of the late Rajah Nobo Kissen. To speak of the
virtues anti illustrious qualities of the deceased, panegyric would=
seem to exhaust itself and the affectionate and • .Sincer.etribute:
of friends would appear to border on .hyperbolical adnitration..,
He was in every sense of the .word„ A father to.the poofand the'
destitute—never considering the particular caste or 01114 of
the petitioner, but extending his charities to all Clasis.and na-
tions. On his public career, it would be 31:pert/tit:AA tojwell,
as none can be ignorant of that integrity and
.surriortalent
which marked every action of the great and good-Man. lie
died universally regretted and his memory will be cherished anti
revered by his grateful relatives and friends.