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THESE are to give Notice, That on Tuesday,
the 15th of Next Month, at Tex o'Clock is the Morn-
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Pirtualling Yard, Deptford, smithy Lots of the following
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wstiread Vinegar Stares.
lir ead Dust
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dour Cocoa
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valarancei 1 Cocoa Bags 1 Wine Pipes
ilakehnuse Sweep- Waxed Bags Wine Hogsheads
Orlugs Stares. Irish "fierce.
, eserved Meats Leafier Irish Barrels
‘'efs Chests Batt &c. &c. &c.

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Llieteoen following days, otherwtse the Deposit Money will be
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" NO extension of time will, on any amount, be granted.
She Stores may be viewed during the working hours of the
Pare on the three days immediately preceding the day of
Safe;

Catalogues ns‘y be luid on application at the said Yard.

JOHN HILL, Comptroller.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, June 4, 1824.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
, UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG-
4aND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give
14°tiCe,

That a SPECIAL GENERAL, COURT of the said Com-
r:"9 will he held at their Howie in Leadenhall-street, ou
"IDNESDAY NEXT, the 9th Instant, at Eleven o'Clock
!II the Forenoon, for the purpose of laying before the Pro.
Pfletors Draft of a Bill, now before Parliament, to audio-
114e the East India Company to trade direct from China to
/44 British Colonies and Plantations in America.

JOSEPH DART, Secretary.

EAST, INDIA HOUSE, June 7, 1824.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of F:NG-

‘_I4ND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, du hereby give
4lutice.

That the GENERAL COURT of the said . Company ap-
-I."ointed to be held at this House on Wednesday, the 9th
Natant, is made further SPECIAL, for the purpose of lay-
ing before the Proprietors Draft of pill now befoto Parlia-
tutnt, " to eo.tioue the several Acts for establishing Regu-
laiions far the Security a the Revenue on Goods imported
hem places within the limits of the Charter granted to the
East India Campeau, and to grant Duties
.on Sugar imported
(tuna places within the limits of the said Charter, in lieu of
former Duties."
JOSEPH DART, Secretary.

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CHINESE FEMALE.

Public curiosity has been considerably excited
during the last week, in consequence of the announcement we
gave of the Chinese Lady, who has arrived from the Celestial
Empire—the first of her countrywomen who has visited Eng-
land. Various causes have combined to delay the public exhi-
bition so long, but we apprehend it has chiefly arisen from an
anxious wish that our beloved Monarch should previously be
gratified with a sight of this celestial beauty. The Waterloo
Rooms, 94., Pall-mall, have been engaged for the Exhibition,
and are now completed. They are furnished as near as possible
after the manner in China, in the centre of the room there is an
oval platform, raised about 18 inches from the ground, 14 by
10, covered with scarlet cloth. and yellow at the sides, with a
light brass railing two feet high to prevent intrusion. A ca-
nopy, after the Chinese order, is suspended'over the platform,
which terminates in 13 points; at each of these points there is
a winged dragon, a bell hanging from his mouth suspended by
a short chain. The canopy is covered with silk, and decorated
with drawings of dragons, and other reptiles. The ceiling of
the room is: en suite. Upon the platform, the Lady, dressed
in her. Chinese costume, with her husband and brother, intend
receiving their visitors. While the gentlemen will read, write,
or play, at, chess, our Ladies must not be surprised at seeing
the celestial beauty making a pair of shoes, for Marlin a son
goat, and such is very often the practice in China. From the
ceiling twenty Chinese variegated lamps are suspended, of va-
rious shapes, exhibiting landscapes, figures, flowers, &c. In
the alcove, a Joss or Temple has been formed ; in the centre
there is a painting, representing the Chinese gods Pak-Ti,
Quan-Ti, Tien-Hong-Leong-Leong, Wang-Quang; and the
goddess Cune-Yaam-Pooshant. To the right of the gods is a
view of the land where the souls of the good ascend, a counter-
part of the Elysium of the ancients. On the left are four or
five figures representing their holy men. On the altar there are
various gods, a species of penates, and several vessels in which
they burn incense and offer rice and sweetmeats to them. The
front of the altar represents a Chinese table of justice, covered
with yellow cloth, the front with scarlet. Several very curious
lamps are suspended from the dome of the Temple. The walls
of the room are entirely covered with drawings by the artists of
Pekin, representing the battles of the Chinese by land and sea,
hunting and fishing matches, &c. &c. The Chinese have been
at an immense expence to fit up the room, and we have no doubt
that they will meet with the encouragement they deserve. We
are informed that his Majesty has manifested his intention to
visit the exhibition, and see the lovely Yhou-Fung-Queou.—
( British and Indian 01,scrver, Jane 6 )

INDIA.

IDOLATROUS WORSHIP.
(From the Calcutta Monthly Journal. )

D6ORGA POOJAII.--
The past month has wit-
messed the anniversary of the festival in honour of the Hindu
goddess Doorga, which we learn has been numorously attend-
ed, as on former occasions, by Christians of various rinks, of
both sexes, and of every age. We advert to this subject,
which we are not aware has hitherto been publicly noticed, with
the most painful feelings, and with an earnest desire not to be
misunderstood. Notwithstanding the puerility and absurdity
of idolatry, and the gross immoralities almost invariably con.
nected with the performance of its rites, we fully admit that its
votaries have just as good a right to celebrate the honours of
Doorga as Christians have to engage in the public worship of
the one living and true God. But surely it is not too much to
expect that the latter should abstain from giving countenance
to the worship of the former, by a regular or frequent at-
tendance at an annualfestival, at which the grossest and most
revolting obscenities are unblushingly practised, and which is
held in express honour of what Christians must, in all consist-
ency, consider as•possessing no claim whatever to the attributes
or worship of Deity. We have not room to point out the
various evils by which this practice is attended, or to refute
the different excuses by which some will attempt to palliate it.
We state the plain unvarnished fact that it operates to the en-
couragement bf idolatry and vice, and that it is considered by
the natives themselves as a virtual approval of their worship ;
and we think that this alone should induce every sincere Chris-
tian and every lover of his species henceforth to withdraw his
presence from these midnight orgies. , It is true that even if
this were done the idolatrous worship would still be con-
tinued probably for a considerable time ; but there would
no longer be thrown around it that halo of splendour
which dazzles the eyes of the vulgar, and by which
even the more enlightened shelter themselves from their
own contempt. The growing knowledge of this age and
people is already making the fabric of superstition totter to its
base. Leave it therefore to the operation of its cause and it will
soon crumble to pieces ; but the operation of this cause cannot
fail to be materially impeded by the continued countenance of
Christians to a system of religion and a mode of worship which
they profess to consider hurtful as well as erroneous, not only
as giving to dumb idols that worship which is due to the Divine
Being alone, but injurious also to the best interests of human
society.

" To corroborate the views given above we add that the
members of a wealthy and respectable Hindoo family known
to us, who, however urged by the convictions of their minds, are
at present prevented by circumstances from discontinuing the
usual routine of idolatrous worship, would long before now have
entirely given up the Doorga Festival but for the hints and
solicitations of their European friends, . who thus, unwittingly
'we doubt not, counteracted their laudable endeavours gradually
to free themselves from the trammels of a debasing supersti-
tion. We have also been informed, on good authority, that a
distinguished and intelligent native, on the occasion of the
Festival of the present year, declared that as he is in the habit
of expressing his contempt of the Hindoo gods and goddesses,
in the presence of his European friends during three hundred
and sixty-four days of the year, he would not be so inconsistent
as to invite them to a festival in honour of one of them, on the
three hundred and sixty-fifth day. We leave these facts, with-
out any further comment, to make their due impression upon
those who are Christians in name and profession, and espe-
cially upon all who are so from conviction and by practice."

A SUTTEE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE BOMBAY GAZETTE.

Sin—Should you deem the folloWing account of a Suttee,
that took place hear the other day, worthy of a place in your
Paper, you will oblige a Subscriber and perhaps benefit the
cause of humanity by so doing :
The victim chosen for this cruel and ungodly exhibition was
the widow of a Bramin who died in the South Concan some
days prior to this ceremony. On approaching the fatal spot
she was preceded by two led horses handsomely caparisoned,
and attended by ten or twelve Ilramins and about the same
number of women, with'inusic, drums, dt.c.
Few spectators accompanied the procession, considering the
scene of action was on the immediate neighbourhood of the
city—near to the old Palace.
At first sight of the woman I was surprised with the idea
in common with others, that she was more or less intoxicated ;
but before the various ceremonies were gone through, which
on such occasions precede the act of burning, those doubts had
given place to a perfect conviction that she was in her sober
senses and fully aware of the dreadful act she was about to per-
form. Of this I am the more satisfied from the question,
having been frequently put to her by the European
Gentlemen present, " whether it was her wish to be
burnt," to which she always
that she knew what see was doing, and that it was
her own pleasure to burn." Having offered the more harmless
, • returned the same answer,
sacrifice of incense on a small tire from which the pile that was
to consume her body was afterwards to be lighted, and having
parted with all her golden ornaments to those in attendance,
she deliberately, and without shedding a single tear, took a
last leave of all she held dear on earth, ascended the pile and
there laid herself down, with the ashes of her dead husband tied
round her neck. The entrance was then closed with dry straw,
and the whole pile surrounded with the same light material, and
immediately set fire to by the officiating Priests.
I had placed myself directly opposite the entrance to the pile
and could distinctly see the unfortunate victim struggling to
escape. This (lid not pass unobserved by the attending Bra-
mins, who instantly began to knock down the canopy, which,
containing nearly as much wood as the pile itself, could have
effectually secured their victim in the fire had it fallen on her..
All this while no-one excepting the Officiating Bramins inter-
fered, but when the sufferer did make her escape from the
flames, and on running towards the river either fell or threw
herself at the feet of 31r. T., that Gentleman, assisted by
Mr. S., immediately carried or rather dragged her into the
water, in which the latter Gentleman suffered by incautiously
laying hold of the burning garments.
An attempt was now made by the officiating Priests to carry
back their victim to the blazing pile, which was resisted by the
gentlemen present, and one of their number was dispatched to
acquaint the Magistrate of her escape, antt'.learn his pleasure
regarding her. But before the messengers C'ould return with
an answer from the Civil Authority, the Bramins had per-
suaded the unfortunate woman once more to approach the pile.
And as she declared, on being questioned by those present that
it was her own wish to, re-ascend the pile, they stood aloof;
fearful of giving offence to the prejudices of the native popu-
lation on the one hand, or to the Civil Authorities on the other.
She declined, however, for some time to ascend the pile, when
three of the attending priests lifted her up on their arms, and
threw her on the fire, which at this tune was hurning with great
fury.
From this dreadful situation the miserable wretch instantly
attempted for the second time to make her escape; but the mer-
ciless Priests were at hand to prevent this if possible, by throw-
ing large pieces of wood at their victim of putting a speedy
termination to her sufferings. But it was impossible 'for any
man of the smallest pretention to feeling to standby and wit-
ness such cruelty, and therefore the Gentlemen present again
interfered, when the victim speedily made her escape a second
time from the fire, and ran directly into the river without any
assistance whatever.
The unfintunate woman had no sooner entered the river than
she was followed by three of the officiating Ilraniins, who were
told to desist from all further persuasion, as nothing farther
would be permitted until the arrival of the 11lagistrate.
Not doubting their compliance with_ this sq very reason-
able request, they were allowed to remain with the woman in
the water ; but no sooner had the Europeans turned their backs,
anxiously looking out for the arrival of authority to put; a' stop
to such cruel ana diabolical proceedings, than the same three
who iiadth
yrownrom this attempt she was speedily rescued'
her, on the pile, attempted to drown the
suffering wretch by forcibly throwing her down, and holding
mheren ender water.
by Mr. A. and Mr. i%l, who supported her in the water till the
arrival of the long-looked fin deliverance.
Tbe Collector himself soon followed, and to the great joy of
a few of the by-standers lie immediately ordered the principal
peribriners in this tragical scene into confinement, and the chief
actor or rather sufferer to be carried to the hospital.
I regret to add the woman died about noon the following day,
forsaken by all her own relations as an outcast, unworthy crea-
ture. The fall of the other performers I will not anticipate.
I remain, Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant, •
Poona, Oct. 4, 1823. F. I.