The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-13 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.

A very melancholy accident occurred in this neigh-
bourhood on Monday, which has earned distre,s int.) a
wide circle of friends and e!ativop, and caused a deep
and mournful ieeling among all el ,sses of the commu-
nity. About six o'elack in the afternoon, Dr. 13Asil
Tythr, son of the late Alexander Fraser Tytier, E.g.,
of the Hon. East India Company's service (who had
been on a visit to his uncle, the Sheriff of this county),
was in a boat nn the river Ness, in company with a
young gentleman, Mr. William Fraser, son of Mr.
Fraser, of Culduthel. They were opposite Lady Sal-
toun's cottage, where the river is deep and strong, be-
sides being at present much swollen by the late rains.
The boat had got into a strong current, and the younger
of the party, feeling that he could not bold on, called to
Dr. Tytler to come to his assistance. On the latter
repairing to the same part of the boat, his additional
weight brought it to the level of the water, and when they
began to pull, it immediately filled. Mr. Wm. Fraser
contrived to swim or scramble ashore, bat Dr. 'Cycler
struggled to regein his place in .the boat, being encum-
bered with a large and heavy pair of water boots, used
in angling. On making a third attempt, the boat upset,

aad the unfltrtunatagentlerrari lost hic hold, whilst the

trail vpsoi,l fl ,t d with gre:, rapid;ty down the stucarn.
akini was given, and the Loat was tenni, keel up-
permost, a little lower down the riser. At the Woollen-
mill the body of Dr. Tyticr was seen in the midst of the
water, turning round near the surface, and a man put
out in a boat to recover it, but the strength and rapidity
of the stream frustrated every effort. Intelligence of the
fatal accident soon reached this town, and hundreds of the
people repaired to the old bridge, while several expert
swimmers entered the river in various directions in their
anxiety to recover the body. All theirattempts proved un-
as ailing, and there is every reason to suppose that the body
was carried out to sea. The scene on the banks of the
riser was strikingly impressive. Crowds of anxious
spectators watched the progress of the stream, while the
swimmers braved its deep and rapid current, and se•
veral men in a boat dragged the waters in fruitless ex-
pectation. The deceased was about twenty-six years
of age, of accomplished talents and amiable disposition.
He had studied medicine under Sir Cif :rles and
was distinguished for his knowludge and proficiency.
He was the last of his family, the hope of his widowed
mother, and many anxious eyes were turned towards his
future career, which had opeeed under such briiht
favourable auspices. and promied a long life of honour
and usefulness. The sal reality has quenched those
anticipations, and is well calcul ited to remind us of the
uncertain tenure by which all human hopes happi-
ness must ever he possessed.—lnverness CouriL'r.

EXECUTION OF CRIFfiIN..A.LS AT

CONSTANTINOPLE.

(From the Illanzari Shark.)
When a man has been lolled, his friends lodge
a complaint against the murderer, who is with-
out loss of time dragged en the inelikemmly
( Court of Justice) of the district or parish where
the crime wss perpetrate I, and an ilium (report) is
drawn up stating the particul►rs of the compl
on which document he is seat to prison. His tial sub-
sequently takes place before the Grand Vizlr, and it it be
proved that he designedly and without sufficient provo-
cation committed the murder, he is forwarded with the
whole details of his case to the Sheikh ul Islam, who
gives a tetsah or decree, declaring that an individual
convicted of such a crime is by the sacred law con-
demned to suffer death by decapitation. Should there
be any extenuating circumstances, for which the
friends of the culprit imagine that due idiots ance has
❑ot been made, they draw up a petition to the
Sultan, demanding a new trial. Tne matter is their
submitted to the Supreme Council of Justice ( Mcdj-
leesee ahkiamee edleus), and if he be again condemned,
the heir or next akin of the culprit is questioned as to
whether he demands Kussass or Deeyet. Kussass is
the law of retaliation, blood for blood. Deeyet is
the price of blood, or pecuniary compensation in lieu of
it. This is 1,000 drams of silver, or near 3001., which
being a large sum, the authorities may, in the event of
its being accepted in lieu of the life of the culprit, fix
suitable periods for the payment, the culprit remaining
in prison until the whole amount is paid. It is
seldom taken unless in cases where the deceased
has left a young family, for whose support the
money is required. If the heir be an adult, he
usually spurns the idea of receiving gold as the price of
the blood of his father or brother. He consequently
insists upon Kussass.
Ail these needful preliminaries having been settled and
the murderercondeamed, the Grand Vizir (or the Sultan,
should he have been petitioned on the subject) signs an
order for execution of the criminal. This order is
sent to the governor of the district, who decrees it
over to the djellad bashee (chief executioner), to whom
he gives his verbal instructions as to the time and
place of execution. The djellad has a vafta (copy of
the sentence) drawn out in large legible characters.
The time fixed being arrived, he takes with him the
order for the execution, on which the gaoler delivers
his prisoner. The djellad is accompanied by sr !feral
assistants who knock off the chains of the culprit, tie
his arms behind him, and he is immediately marched
forth without being informed for what purpose.
Thus secured and surrounded, the unhappy man
is hurried to the place of execution, which is either
where the crime was committed, or near one of the
gates of the city, in a thoroughfare, through which
thousands are constantly passing. Arrived there, he is
suddenly told to kneel down, aed if previously he had
any doubts as to his fate, they arc now removed. Re-
sistance would be in vain, ill, hope has fled, and he does
as he is ordered. His eyes are not bound, but ►ie is
afraid to look behind him, for there stands the djellad,
who has already unsheathed his sworo, which is straight,
long, very bread, and exceedincly sharp. The execu-
tioner assumes an attitude, clenches his teeth, and
making two or three flourishes with his horrid weapon,
he raises his arm so as to bring his hand to his own left
ear, acd with the edge, close to the hilt, strikes a tre-
mendoas blow on the left side of the neck of his victim
just above the shoulders ; this, if well directed, divides
the bones at the back of the neck, and is foil awed by a
rapid circulor cut of the sword, so appliei that none of
the strength o► the blow is lost, up to the very end, and
the sword near the point passes out on the left side of
the neck, not a sound having been heard but the first
chop, the hissing of the ege of the sword, and the
gurgling of the blood. The head of the culprit rolls
silently in the dust, the body drops on the pavement,
and all is over, the whole operation being but the work
of an instant. i have, however, descrbed it as per-
formed by a master hand ; a bungler after expending
his blow without dividing the bone, has been known to
seize the hair of the head and complete his task as well
as he could. -

If the culprit was a Mussulmin the body is laid on
its back, the head being placed under the right arm ;
The yafta is pinned on,
otherwise the back is placed uppermost, and the head
casesstationed t
urn be edt wt
oewe na I
dt
sh et
hteh
fi
eehts., the face being in both
to the body, which is then left " as a warning to others."
It is thus that murderers are executed.

A thief or burglar is hanged. His trial and condem
nation take place in due form, and the executioners
lead him forth to his fa'c in the same way. On reach-
ing the spot chosen for his dr'ath, a rope with a sliding
knot is thrown over his neck, and drawn pretty closely ;
the other end is passed over a hook, beam, or large nail.
The signal being given, two or three of the cljelad's
assistants haul upon it, the djellad himself probably as-
sisting by lilting the culprit off the ground.
The proper height havingbe,zn attained (and very little
suffices) the executioner with a thick stick strikes the
rope over the head of the culprit to tighten it, and ad-
justs the knot in a suitable position. He then pins the
yalta on the breast, and the task is complete. He de-
parts and a guard is left to prevent any one interfering
with the body.

The usage in either case is, that the corpse shall re-
main exposed for three days, but three days do not
mean 72 hours. In winter they may be 48 hours, and
in summer 24 or 25, at the end of which the odour is
already more than sufficiently offensive. I need hardly
stare that by timinv:, the execution just before the close
of one day, and removing the bady at the very com-
mencement of the third day, very little more than 24
hours elapse.

A more shocking punishment is reserved for haidoots
or highway robbers—viz., impalement, which operation
ale aye takes place on a cross road, and is performed as
follows --The pack saddle of a horse is placed on the
ground, and rendered firm by being put against a tree,
stone, or some other object. This species of saddle
has before and behind cross bars, to which are attached
the loads. The culprit is put with his face downwards
and his neck secured in the fore cross bars. Already
stripped of everything bet his shirt, whilst he lies in
this position the executioner makes a cut with his
knife, and apples a strong styptic to prevent the
fl ing of the hboil. Toe stake, which may be eight
or nine feet long, and is sharply pointed at the end,
h then introduced and beaten out with a heavy
mallet until it appears through the upper part of
the body. Tnarteen or fourteen haidoots were
impaled at Adrianople some years ago ; the stick
in one case came out at the back of the neck, in
another through the chest, in two or three through the
shoulder, in one through the throat, in ot.e instance
through the top of the head. I was assured that
every one of the Victims had first been strangled, so
that tere was no suffering afterwards, though the
punishment appeared to be so dreadful. People talk
of impaled men living for days, and dying only when
they drink water, but I have never seen anything of
the sort in this country. Formerly,
however, they
were, without doubt, set upon the stake alive, and
have frequently heard of
ease in which a man was at
night removed from his stake by his friends, end none
of the vitals having been toneaed, he live) many Years
aft-rwaeis. He never subs, quently stood straight,
however. This was also the
case at Adrianople,where people said that the man was sexed by hot tal-
low being poured into the cavity
when it was drawn forth,
The punishment of impalement has long been dis-
used, and haidoots are nosy sent to the bagnio fir life.
Gentlemen and persons of the respectable class are
punishtd by strangulation, or wnat is commcnly called
she bo.v-string, which is nothina but a common cord.
Their heads, which are removed after death, are brought
merely as proof that the sentence aeainst them has been
duly executed ; but it is now many years since any each
execution took place.
Paellas formerly had the power of putting people to
death without trial, but they
have now no such privh
lege. The Sultan himself does not exercise it, and every
one whose life is taken in execution of the laws, has
first a fair trial, with the right of appeal, should he think
he can thereby better his ease.
In fine, executions in Turkey are now so rare that
I should say fewer take
place than in any civilised
country in the world, neither are they accompanied by
any unnecessary cruelty.—Extracted front unpublished
Notes.

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THE BATHOS.---1t IS a
for to see" a y
pearlygczelle, whiteness, cheeks that have
stolen the deep carnation of the deathless rose, and her
mouth stuffed full of gingerbread. Is'nt
Paper. it?—American

1/1 AR YLEB ONE i'ESTRY
On So.tur:l,:y the tvieFtln,i ,ntat

&

costs in the laic Chancery suit apaius the ve:,!ry bi
the Tory Association of Wig,nore•:trcer, amoucthig to
9851. 153. 9d., was brought specially under considera-
tion.

Mr. GIB3ON said that if they considered for a month
they would have to pay all the same. I-In would there-
fore move that the amount be paid as soon as the pa-
rochial funds enabled them to take the step.
Mr. SODEN, in seconding the motion, characterized
the suit as a barefaced robbery perpetrated by the Yuri
party.

Mr. Gomm thought the least said about it the better.
He congratulated the Board on having no more than
1,000/. to pay. It was more likely to have been 1,500/
Mr. BIERS regretted that the loss had not fallen on
those who brought the Vestry into Chancery. The
Chancellor had said " that. it was a pity they had not
something batter to Io than to occupy 'his Court five
days hearing nothing."

After some further discussion the motion was carrie•l.
ELECTION OF MR. KENSETT TO BE POOR-RATE COL-

LECTOR.

The ballot for the clectien of a poor rate collector
in the room of Mr. Clarke, deceased, the emoluments
derivable from which office is said to be from 200/. to
8001. per :teir, commenced rt twelve, and closed ,t one
o'clock, and as the later hour approached the Vestry
became crowded by its members. At one o'clock
Messrs. Skinner, Joseph, and Sapsford, were appoit t-d
scrutineers of the ballot, and retired with the balloon!!
glasses. After the lapse of about a quarter of an hour
they returned, and -the state of the poll was doel trod
to be as follows :—Mr. Kensett, 79 ; Mr. W.Al], 1 ; Mr.
Lamb, 1 ; Mr. Day, 1.

This announcement was received with loud cheering.
Mr. GOMM then moved that Mr. Kensett be declared
duly el, cted, subject to the Report of a Committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the eligibility of his sureties.
The motion having been seconded and carried, Mr.
Kensett was called in and the resolution and the state
of the poll read over to him.

Mr. Kestserr said he begged to tender his sincere
and grateful thanks for the confidence and esteem
which had that day hem bestowed upon him by his
late colleagues and fellow rate-payers. It was said
that the public was an ungrateful master ; he was never
a convert to that opinion, and the position in which he
stood that day showed that such a principle was erro-
neous. They all knew that he had for nine years
taken a most active and prominent part in the parochial
affairs of that great parish, and consequently had been
subject to all sorts of animadversion and misrepresenta-
tion. A certain portion of the public press had even
through the entire of the present week heaped upon him
volumes of abuse and vituperation, but it
was gratifying for him to reflect that all the
calumnies of that great and powerful engine
had net effected him in the opinions of those
who knew him, who, protected by the ballot, had done
him the honour of recording their conscientious and ho-
nest votes in his favour that day. He hoped that du-
ring the nine years he had held a seat in the Vestry his
conduct was such as to justify the Board in the selec-
t:on they had made ; and he begged to assure thee)
that in taking upon himself the office they had been
pleased to appoint him to, he should endeavour to do
justice to the integrity of the Vestry, and everything for
the benefit of his fellow-parishioners. He concluded by
again thanking the Vestry, and, amidst loud cheering,
handed in the names of his securities to the sum of
1,500/. each, which were Mr. James Coxhead, of 278,
Regent-street, and Mr. Edward Clements, of Marine-
place, New Kent-road.

HIS CUSTOM ALWAYS OF AN

AFTERNOON."
(From a French Paper.)

Remonier, a journeyman plasterer, was one day sus-
pended aloft by his rope, and, armed with brush and
pail, whitewashing a 'house front, at the same time re-
galing his cars with the sound of his own melodious
voice. As his work proceeded Remonier gradually let
himself down, unt.l he soon found himself directly oppo-
site a first•floor window, which by some accident was
left open; No sooner had he arrived at this stage of
his descent, than he wag startled by a loud scream pro-
ceeding from the room before him ; Remonier looked in
and immediately exclaimed," Good heavens, my wife !"
The unfortunate plasterer had caught sight of his own
wife, whom a stranger held encirclA in his arms in a
manner very unpleasant to a husband's feelings. In an
ectasy of rage Remonier sprang into the room, and,
without entering into any superfluous explanations, tell
upon the criminal stranjer and furious!) belaboured him
with his brush.

His wife would doubtless have come in for a share of
this treatmtnt had she not prudently, and mith the
swiftness of a deer, made for the door and effected 'her
escape.

Remonier having assuaged his fury by exacting an
ample account from the inhabitant of the room, made
for his h.,me in order to inlet similar chastisement on
his faithless spouse. Oa reaching. his house he knocked
at the door, which was opened by his wile, whose sea-
tures exhibited the most nedis,urbed tranquillity as she
addressed him, " My dear, why what's the matter ?
how heated you look !" " Heated, indeed ! never you
mind whether I'm heatNl ; where have you been to, tdl
me that ?" " Me! dear ?" returned the wife with con-
tinued sang >mid ; '• why, I have not stirred out all
the morning." Not stirred out ! Well, that's a good
one, when I saw you just now in a gentleman's arms in
the Rue de la Hochette." "Me ?" " Yes, you."
" My dear, you're not well, something unpleasant has
happened to you ; what is it ?" " You know well
enough ; unpleasant, indeed! but I'll have you before
the Magistrate, and you shall answer for your pranks."
In consequence of this scene Remonier soon ap-
peared on the prisoners' bench at the Police Correc-
tionelle. The stranger of the fourth floor appeared as
plaintiff against him.

Remonier is shocked at his position ; he doubts if
there be any justice in France, when he, an injured
husband, is dragged to the bar by the very man who
dishonoured him. Remonier's wife persisted in affirm-
ing that she had not been in the stranger's apartment,
and that her husband was mistaken when he took the
pers')n who was with the plaintiff for her.
" This is too much !" cries Remonier : " this is a
plot, a conspiracy. Of course I had no other excuse
for giving the gentl-Iman a thrashing, if I had not seen
him kissing my wife. 'And what proves that it was
her is, that she denies it on purpose that I may be
condemned."

Plaintiff—Come, my good fellow, I'll do you a kind-
ness. 1 own it was your wife that was with me.
Itemonier—There, he owns it, you see--41e owns it.
Now, what do you say to that, madam ?
Wife—Very well, what of that ? That's no reason
ou should raise your voice, and roll your eyes in
that way.
Remoni,,r—No reason ! No reason !
Plaintiff---Certainly not. Nor was it my reason that
you should tall upon me as you did.

Reinonier—What ? Well, 1 never! Why, I ought
to have annihilated you.

Wife—Not at ;11. There w.is no harm in my
being with the gentleman. It was perfectly honourable.
I am the geutlucaan's washerwoman, and of course I
must bring home his linen.

Plaint ff—Of course, that's all.
Husband—And you paid your bill with kisses?
Wile—The gentleman kissed me, of course ; but it
was all perfectly honourable. 11, Always does it. It's
a habit with him, and one can't affront a customer.

Plaintiff—Really it's the last thing in
.the world I
should think of as to behave at ali improperly to your
good lady.

Husbafid—No, really ! What, then, you only' kissed
her beealse iG's a habit with you ?

Plaintiff—Certainly, for no other reason.
Husband—Well, if that's all, then, I'm sure I for-
give you. Pay tee for the brush I broke on your back •
and we'll say no more about it.
Plaintiff—Stay, stay, you forget that you are the'
person accused.
Husband—Ah ! Oh, well, never mind that.
Plaintiff—Wit's all my heart ; I withdraw my com-
plaint, since you acknowledge yourself in the wrong.
The Tribunal, on considering the circumstloces of
the case, dismissed Remonier.