The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, IioN'DON,AV, OCTOBER 29, 1855_

land. The crew of the, vessel; Seeing,the number of the
enetny, and direadihg; seine filrihk,:r iniSehiet, made sail with
;111 haste, abandoning their luckless comrades to their fate.
" The captives were conveyed with savage triumph into
the village of Hirrihigna For the ivilnle biu been a strata-
gem (4: ..„di t.;;Anto, Fot
,tutu hljrittPr Ati of the
tipti tVlittl.hb thignt wreaK nls vefigeattee. He
piiSOnerS tipdtir ii Ai.Obg guard; until the day of
fesfilVal: rtliff tli4l 1-10€(1; led
tl "
ChitLne public square 01 the village and turned loose,
one at a time, to be shot at with arrows. To prolong their
misery and the enjoyment of their tormentors, only one In-
dian was alloWtd to shoot at a time. In this way the first
three Spaniards were sacrificed, and the Casique took a
vindictive pleasure in beholding them, running in their
agony front corner to corner, vainly seeking an asylum in
ay noolc, until after being repeatedly wounded, they were

shot to death,
" had tlet10) ti lad gctifeely eighteen years old, and of
a tiOlik family, was the fourth victim, As they were lead-
ina him forth, his eittrittiie yrilitit touched with compassion
the heart4i the wifo arid daughters of the Casique, who

itittreeaed in his favour.
" Hirrihigua listened to their importunities, and, for the'
present, granted the life of Ortiz ; but it proved to be a
most wretched boon. From morning until evening he was
employed in carrying Wood and water, being allowed but
little sleoth and less food. Not a day passed that he
was not beaten. On festivals he was an object of bar-
barous amusement to the Casique, who would oblige him
to run from sunrise to sunset, in the public square of the
village where his companions had been so barbarously sa-
criftced. Upon those occasions, a number of Indians were
stationed at different parts of the quadrangle with bows
and arrows, to shoot him should he halt one moment.
When the day was spent the unfortunate youth lay stretched
on the hard floor of his hut, more dead than alive. At
such times the Chief's wife and daughters would come to
him privately with food and clothing, and by their kind
treatment his life Vvrtii pre9aved,
" At length the Cacique being determined to put an end
tD his victim's existence: orduredthat be shot& be bound
upon a *math lie, in the form of a huge gridiron, placed
%vet a bed of burning coals, and roasted alive.
" The cries and Atiolo hf tht tidgerdble sufferer reached
his female protectors, and their entreaties were once more
successful with the Cacique. They unbound Ortiz,
dragged him from the fire, and took him to their dwelling,
where they bathed his wounds with the juice of herbs, and
tended him with assiduous care. After many days he re-

COURT CIRCULAR.

The King, attended by Sir Hetbd4 taylor; arrived in
town soon after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Wind-
sor Castlo.
Thd Queen; attended by the Ducli:ess Saxe Weimar
and VOttet? Erlio.§t Philippsthal, arr;Ved at St.
James's shortly afterwards from Windsor Cagle.
At twd O'clotk his Majesty held a Privy Council for the
further Of Parliament:
The Privy toutwillcirs present Were; the First Lord of
the Treasury, the Secretary of State fait tofeign Affairs,
the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, the
First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster, the Lord Chamberlain, Sir Charles Vaughan,
and Sir Alexander Johnston.
At the Council, Parliament was ordered to be further
prorogued from Tuesday the 10th of November, to Thurs-
day the 17th of December next.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Coun-
cil in Waiting.
At the Court the Right Hon. Sir Charles Richard
Vaughan, G.C.H., late his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Ame-
rica, was presented to the King, on his return, by Viscount
Palmerston, Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs:
Lod 'Alford was presented to his Majesty by the Lord
Chamberlain, atul kissed hands on being appointed one of
the Lords of the Bedchamber. His Lordship received his
gold key of office.
The King gave audiences to Viscount Melbourne, Lord
Glenelg, Viscount Palmerston, the Marquis Conyngham,
the Earl of Minto, Lord Holland, and Sir William Gomm,
the Field-officer in Waiting.
Viscount Falkland and Sir Charles Rowley, G.C. H.,
were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
The Duchess of Glocester and the Princess Sophia
visited their Majesties.
Baron d'Ompteda, the Hanoverian Minister, Sir Hussey
Vivian, Sir James Kempt, Sir John Macdonald, and Sir
William Parker, had audiences of the King.
The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe
Weimar, left town at half-past 6 o'clock, on h&-leturia,o
-Windsor Castle.
The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, left St.
James's soon after 7 o'clock last evening, for Windsor
Castle.
The Duchess of Glocester has arrived in town from Bag-
shot-park.

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covered, though his body WM marked with many a deep scar.
" His employment was now to guard the village ceme-
tery, which was in a lonely field in the bosom of a forest.
The bodies of the dead were deposited in wooden boxes,
covered with boards, without any fastening except a stone
or a log of wood laid upon the top 6 so that the bodies
were often carried away by wild beasts.
" In this cemetery, Qrti* Wag gtatinned with a bow and
arrows, to watch day and night, and was told; that should
fk single body be carried away, he . would be burnt alive:
11e returned thanks to God fill• having freed him from the
dreaded presence of Hirrihigua; hoping to lead a better
life with the dead than he had lately done with the living:
" Upon one occasion while be was watehing, towards
morning sleep overpeWered him. Being awakened by the
lid of not br the chests suddenly falling; upon examination
he found that the body had disappeared. The chest had
contained the corpse of an infant recently deceased,--the
child of an Indian of note.
" Ortiz supposing some animal had dragged it away, im-
mediately set out in pursuit. After wandering for some
time, at a short distance within the woods, he heard a noise
like that of a dog gnawing bones. Drawing near to the
spot with a stealthy step, he dimly perceived a living object
among the hushes, and invoking aid from on high, dis-
charged an arrow at it. The thick and tangled underwood
prevented him from seeing the effect of his shot, but as the
animal did not stir, he flattered himself that he had killed
it. With this hope he waited until the day dawned, when
he beheld his victim, a huge creature of the panther kind,
lying dead, the arrow having passed through its entrails and
pierced its heart.
" gathering together the mangled remains of the infant,
and replacing them in the coffin, Ortiz dragged his prey in
triumph through the village, with the arrow still in its body.
The exploit gained him credit with the old hunters, and for
some time softened even the ferocity of Hirrihigua. The
resentment of the latter, however, for the wrongs he had
suffered from white men, was too bitter to be appeased.
Some time after his eldest daughter came to Ortiz and
warned him that her father had determined to sacrifice him
at the next festival, which was just at hand. She stated
that the influence of her mother, her sisters, and herself,
would be no longer of any avail to save him, and therefore
wished that he should take refuge with a neighbouring Ca-
sique named Mucozo, who had sought her in marriage, and
would befriend him for her sake. " This very night," said
I the kind-hearted maiden, " at the northern
.extremity of

the village, you will find a trusty friend who will guide yo
to a bridge about two leagues hence ; on arriving there you
must send him back, that he may reach home before the
morning dawns to avoid suspicion—for well he knows that
this bold act, in daring to assist you, may bring down de-
struction upon us both.
_Six leagues further on you will
reach the village of Mucozo. Tell him that I have sent
you, and expect him to befriend you in your extremity. I
know he will do it. Go, and may God protect you !"
Ortiz threw himself at the feet of his generous protec-
tress, and poured out his acknowledgments for the kind-
ness she had always shown him. An Indian was at the
place appointed, to direct him, and they quitted the village
without alarming the warlike savages. When they came to
the bridge, Ortiz sent back the guide, in obedience to the
injunction of his mistress, and continuing his flight,
found himself, by break of day, on the banks of a small
stream near the village of Mucozo.
" Looking cautiously round, he saw two natives fishing.
As he was unacquainted with their language, and could not
explain the cause of his appearance in their neighbourhood,
he was in dread lest they should take him for an enemy and
kill him. He, therefore, ran swiftly to the place where they
had deposited their weapons and seized them. The savages
fled to the village, without attending to his signs of friendly
intention. The inhabitants sallied out armed with bows
and arrows, and were about to attack him ; but Ortiz fix-
ing an arrow in his bow prepared for defence, crying out at
the same moment, that he came not as an enemy, but as
an ambassador from a female Cacique to their chief. For-
tunately one present understood him, and interpreted his
words. Upon this the, Indians unbent their bows, and re-
turning with him to their village, presented him to Mucozo.
The latter, a youthful chieftain, of a graceful form and
handsome conntenance, received Ortiz kindly for the sake
of her who had sent him ; but, on further acquaintance,
became attached to him for his own merits, and treated him
with the affection of a brother.
" Ilirrihigua soon heard where the fugitive had taken
refuge, and demanded several times that he should be de-
livered up. Mucozo as often declined ; considering himself
bound by the laws of honour and hospitality to protect him.
Hirrihigua then employed as mediator another Cacique, a
brother-in-law of Mucozo, who went in person to demand
Ortiz. The generous Mucozo, however, indignantly re-
fused to deliver up to a cruel enemy, the poor fugitive who
had come so well recommended to his protection, and
treated the request as a stain upon his honour. The two
Caciques continued their importunities, but the high-
minded savage remained faithful to his guest, though in
maintaining inviolate the sacred rights of hospitality, he
lost the friendship of his brother-in-law, and forfeited the
hand of Hirrihigua's beautiful daughter, whom he tenderly
loved."

THE EAR 7'II. Br ROBEAT Munlß,
Author of " The Heavens," " The British Naturalist,"

C. V.
London : Thomas Ward 6- Co., 1835.
Mr. Mudie is one of those delighful instructors of
youth whose works deserve to be translated into every
language. There is a charm about every thing he
writes sufficient to command the attention of the most
volatile disposition ; and his remarks are so judicious,
even on apparently threadbare topics, that matured
minds cannot fail to glean valuable information from
them. The little volume, upon the merits of which
we now sit in judgment, is equal, in all respects, to
the previous productions of the author. We had an-
ticipated, from the name, a dry detail of facts, and a
statistical enumeration of places, forgetful of the pe-
culiar grace with which Me. Mudie invests whatever
he touches. 'Most agreeably have we been disap-
pointed. The " Earth is a charming little work—
one which Burchill's " harmless little men" will re-
read with as much pleasure as a fairy tale.. We cor-
dially recommend it as a Christmas present to all good
boys and girls.

TITHES.—On Friday, at an early hour, the Court-
house was crowded to excess—every avenue leading to
the interior of the court thronged with anxious expectano,
all waiting to hear the result of the tithe processes, which
were served in such numbers, and were to be tried before
the assistant barrister, Wm. H. Curran, Esq. The first
cases called on were those of the Rev. Mr. Armstrong,
rector of Moylough, and of his father-in-law, the Rev.
John O'Rorke. In letter A alone 119 dismisses were
granted against this reverend gentleman. No less than
live thousand processes were served, and the attorneys,
engaged for the people are so unreasonable as to pray
dismisses in every case. A thousand pounds will not he
able to meet the demand.—Galway Patriot.
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