The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-03 00:00:00

SIR JAIIISETJEE JEEJEEBHOY.

Sunday having been the birthday of Sir Jamsetjee
deejeebhoy, a splendid entertainment was given by
this distinguished gentleman at his garden in Maza-
gon, Bombay, to about three hundred of the rich and
influential members of his caste. On the morning
of the same day, from seven to twelve, A.M , many
thousands of rupees were distributed among the
Parsee priests and the poor of all castes and
creed. The worthy knight's garden at Ma-
zagon displayed a splendid spectacle from seven to
eleven P.M. Lanterns were plecsd in good order
along the roads for the convenience of parties pro-
ceeding to the entertainment, and this alone repre-
sented to individuals at a distance something like a
grand procession of marriage or some festival. The
attendance commenced at seven P.M ~ and the par-

ties invited were received with all due honour
by the sons of Sir Jamsetjee, who were seated at the
front door. In the space of about one hour nearly
300 persons assembled in the hail. They were there
atuus•ed by some of the best country musicians and
songsters. At half-past seven, when the attendance
was more than half full, Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy
made his appearance in the assembly, and, having in-
terchanged salaams with all the guests present, took
his seat. He was there supported on his right
by Boinonjee Hormusjee, Esq., and on the
left by Manockjee Noserwanjee Petty, Esq.
Music and songs were going on, when,
at about a little after eight, intimation being
received that the supper was ready, eae and every
one left the great hall, and went to the table. On a
fine spacious verandah, especially built for the pur-
pose, two large tables, at which more than 300 persons
can be accommodated, were plentifully served with
the richest dishes and fruits, and all sorts of wines
were to be had. The first glass of wine, as usual
among the Parsees, was drunk by all, with a prayer
that the Almighty might give good sense to every one.
After a short interval, wine was drunk with great
éclat in honour of the auspicious day, and the health
of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and family. The third
time wine was drunk in honour of the Wadias'
Then the health of the whole assembly was drunk,
and lastly the health of our Chief and Gracious So-
vereign Queen Victoria was proposed, which was
drunk by all with a prayer that her reign might con-
tinue prosperous over these lands. After that, each
had the pleasure of drinking a wine-glassful now and
then in propertion to their respective tastes for the
same. About half-past ten the party rose from table,
and rose-water, flowers, and pan-soopary were distri-
buted. Several of the guests took leave of their host
at the same time, and retired to their respective homes,
while others went again into the great hall where
they were first seatcid. Musicians and songsters were
there ready to amuse the remnant of assembly. At a
little before eleven o'clock, the assembly, after takieg
leave of each other, dispersed and went to their homes.
Bombay Times, July 1.

LYNCH LA IV on a WOMAN in CAL/FORN/A!
A short time back a party of drunken brutes for. e i
the door of a private house, occupied by a Mexican
woman, whom they insulted in thq grossest manner. Of
this she took no notice, but one of the party returning
soon afterwards for the vilest of purposes, and insulting
the woman with the grossest of epithets, her
southern blood boiled over with indignation, and, in a
moment of passion, she matched a knife, and inflicted
upon him a mortal wound. For this she was taken to the
cross-roads and hanged. The San Francisco Picayune
thus comments upon this deliberate murder:—" Now,
we venture to say that had this woman bcen en
American instead of a Mexican—had she boasted of
white blood, as they call it—as though the caste of the
' woman, if it affected her case at all, should nothave tendedn
to make her executioners more lenient—bad shebee
the
of the Anglo-Saxon race, instead of being hung
,ww_oiiane,:a're‘oerieeNrue,
hray;
deed, sh© would have been lauded for it; for
ndofill;
stead of an account appearing in the p pe
' horrible murder by
press in the state woul4d Eliveexicrauling
Lions for the ' heroic conduct of I°4'
lady in the
' dstercuined defence of her virtue bya this
niines.' It was not, her guilt which condemned
Mexican blood. Bui
un-
fortunate woman, but her cast© and
makes thehew
as murder
a der
con-
dition o
one circumstance was wantingto
this woman unparalleled in
atrocity.
herlife sacred, even in the
an
most barbarous ages,
that would have mdade
under the bloodiest code that
nitnsbaewrntihnefainigt p
i,tepshed with
ever cursed the worldbefflirne
its murdered motheil__________--.

aornE.—We deeply lament
cHoL,lrainCii
of Mr. Henry Grattan Curran, sa-
to say that the. 1.
has been plunged into the deepest
eeed7ere magistiate,
Pen diary the accidental death of his only eon, John. tho
MELaw
affliction by .
.. family
ted to dine with some oth I d
, uth as inNi . er a s at the
line 30
of s. Mahon , in Strokestown where his father h
, er as now
house Airse been located as resident
magistrate.
Ile fol-
lowed some tim .
to bedchamber, his companions a iamber, where they had gone
toprepare for dinner, and on the chimney piece were pistols
which the owner believed were unloaded. Oue of the youths
handled one of the pistole, and he was desired to try with
the ramrod if it was loaded, which he did ; but as it unfor-
tunately happened, upon examination afterwards, the ram-
rod had been broken. Resting upon this false security one of
the youths raised the weapon in the direction of Master Cur-
ran ; it exploded, and the lad fell dead on the spot, the ball
having penetrated his brain. The innocent cause of this sad
bereavement is in a fearful state of suffering, falling from one
fit to another, and his life despaired of. An inquest was held
on the body, and a verdict of accidental death returned,. Mr.
Curran most feelingly declaring that not the slightest blame
attached attached itself to the author of the calamity, and. that
a b Lsrnse.
ill-fated youth's parents pitied and prayed for him.
Mallen most kindly proffered a resting-place for the youth's
remains in her own family vault, where they have been con-
signed by a aad and sorrowing assemblage.
1. ?lad
SUICIDE 131 PPRESTOS.--On;•--e-Y afternoon an
Perpetrated by a man
awful act of self-destruction was
perpsouthern extremity
named Edward M'Afford, residing at the
cottages on the left of the
of London-road, in one of two eloast few
weeks been
road. The deceased has
for
the
thlis work as a weaver by At
inca-
pacitated for the execution of
resulted in depression of his
attack of fever, which, it see
IL was left up stairs, at about
. .and mental aberration.
n his mother-in-law, who
spirits
'day afternoo , by
..
half-past five on Fri ~
ere she had been down many trt
re tea, but
her car, and she, on repair-
went to prepare
a fall fell upon
I_l tes the noise of
met by the awful spectacle of the de
bug to the room
; awrgosol of blood, with a razor in his throat.
d lying 'n "
almost decapitated himself. An alarm
cease v had
The poor felloi ,
and the deceased was in a few mi.-
• mediate 3 given,
was lin .
a lifeless state fro his gory hed. Ile
has
moved in mourn his fate.
notes re
le and three children to m
left a wi
Lord
Saltoun is to be a Knight of the Thistle in
the room of the Isto Yiscotuit I\lelyille.