The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-29 00:00:00

EXECUTIONS.

Hannah Rocking, •.not more Than Sixteen year.
of age.,
.wNs executed at Derby on ;Mondry last,
.for poisoning a yonng woman of the name of
Grant,, whose situation she wished to oct ups".
At goon, on Monday, Mary Woodnign, agetl 30,
was executed in front of the Devon Coun!y Gaol,
for the. trittriler:of her husband, pursuant to her
seureiwg on. Ft iclny;. Her conduct after condem-
nation was marked by the same. obduracy and ,
impenitence as she •exliThiterl at her trial. Ott
approaching, the. rop site appeared greatly agitat-
ed, but-quickly resumed=-her former daring spirit,
and ascended the platform with a firm step. flee
eyes Were. earnestly directed: towards die 4), im,n,
to take her last look. at Smallacombe (the fellow
with whom she bad cohabited.
.and woo was un-
der confinement there, for issuing base coin),
but irt•ans,had been taken for preventing Iris up_
bearing to her view,.B,4lilappuintnietit which she
teemed to feel severely.,

LITERARY REVIEW.

lIEUDE'S VOYAGE and ANIRNEY overland from IN-

DI A. Dile Volume, 4to. illustrated by-Plates.

After some very unpleasant occurrences during

the passage, the Author arrives at liosheer ; gives

bonie intelesting particulars regarding this port,
KArt•li, Orlin's, and our trade up the gull ; ant
leaving Bussora with a guitie and an Arab iervant

o►:ly, comniences his journey overland through
the deseri. The first ex►ract we shall make is
from the Author's description of a Public Enter-
tainment in the camp of the Bedouins :

" The preparations for the feast were certainly
Conducted in a style of profuse hospitality,
which I was not prepared to expect. Three or four
buffaloes' hides, sewn together, were spread upon
the ground, in the midst of the large circle that
•had filled the tent, and extending several feet be-
yond the outer wall. It was easy to perceive, from
the grease and filth it was loaded with, • that this
delectable t able-clot h had descended as an heir-loom
in the family, for many successive generations : the
guests, however, approached its wide circum-
ference with the appetites of hunters pteparieg for
the chace. A long train of slaves and servants now
appeared, extending from the private tents to the
presence, and each bearing in •Ins hand a mighty
travl loathe!' with coarse black rice, and the legs,
beads, and bodies. of many a slaughtered sheep,
which I had seen browsing in perfect tranquillity
•an hour or two before. I had soon occasion to
perceive their skill and care in the cookery was
about ereval to the, simplicity of their •manner of
serving; :on Large pieces of the ,skin, that had
been neglected to flayed, where banging in
loose folds or pat...-5. on many a goodly joint ;
and the whole appeartd, in truth, as if the animal
had been aorn to pieces by the hungry dogs that
now •spproached, waiting, at a respectful distance,
their expected gleanings of :he feast.
• " The whole being quickly arranged, the
• Bi,w Allah,' or grace, was pronounced it. an
audible voice; and the Chief, dashing his brawny
hit iico the nearest leap, set us art exanip
cotiStr•tined to follow from pure civili:y, and
to avoid :iffence• The utmost silence prevailed
for a while, until the Chief, having sati nerl the
first cravings of a kern appetite, looked room!,
and eneoureged his guests to persevere. I was
se unlucky, at this moment, as to attract his at-
tentiou ; when, observing; nee •at a steed, my
stomach being in a very critical unsettled state
from all I had witnessed, he seized a remaining
head with past of the neck and shoulders hang-
ing to it, and fast euieg his claws in the cavities
of the eyes, divided the morsel in two, and bec-
koned the to eat. I felt this the concluding stroke
to rite sickly feeling that was stealing ever all my
faculties : alter an attempt, therefore, I ts•ts ob-
liged to resign my seat ; and the remaining guests
all ►isiog in their tion,itheir places were supplied
by some inferior company, that was only entitled
to appear at the concieston of the feast.
" these also were withdrawing, the
servants handed water round (as before (linnet)
to wash nor hands; and the hungry curs, that had
been kept off with diliicuity,now rushed in with ea-
Dine fereeiy, attacking the bones, the wooden
trays, (Ind the hide itself. In a morpeot every thieg
was clear ; and coffee being handed round to -all
the guests, (the youth standing up respectfully
behind his father, as during the whole of the en-
tertatiment, and presenting him with the cup,)
we smoked the partio,o pipe, and prepared to
menet. Stranger, sahi the Chief to me at parting,
(as it was interpreted), I understand [boil art a
servant of the great Aly's. Thou art come a wcary
dangeroes pilgrimage, ouch art 'arrived in the day of
stiite. Mien thou art presented to the Pasha,
(as, God being willing, thou shalt reach Bagdad
i►i safety, with the assistance of my guides,) tell
bun thou has( dwelt with the Montifies at Coot,
in arms, and for the support of his cause, God
being willing ! for be is great, the son of the
mighty Solytnan not bend to a Georgian
slave ; Sapid Pasha accompanying the word
with one of those motions it was not easy to
misunderstand. Sayud Pasha, is the Pasha of the
Mout ifies." lie coecledes this part with a brief his-
tory of these Bedouins; and !peaking of that tract,
tA!;i:::h is supposed to Lave bean assigned to man
before his fall, he says : " At 8 A. M. we crossed
a rivulet, emptying itself into the Euphrates. It
flaws on the boundary of the original abode of
fallen man. Alas-! • how changed this paradise !
It is nott a barren waste, that scarcely produces
a scaly), crop of the coarsest grain." The entire
period of our author's wanderiugs in the desert
amongst the Bedouins, his meeting and descrip-
tion of their army, are equally interesting. lie •
visits Babylon, devotes an entire chapter to his
friends in the desert, to the manners and habits
of their lives, and reaching Begdad during the
height of the contest, gives (no doubt) a very ac-
cura'e accOnut of occurrences during the siege ;
with a brief review of the history of Bagdad, and
the deposition and death of Saynd Pasha, whose
head he afterwards accompanies to the capital.
We shall reserve all notice of onr author's jone-
hey into Koordistan, were he seems to have pe-
netrated farther than any other European before
himself, for some future opportunity.

The examinations before the Secret Committee
of the Hoitse of Commons, for enquiry into the
state of the Bank, terminated on F►iday. The
importance of the subject., and the extent of the.
evidence, will of course require much time and
delW.eration befdre the Report can be presented.
The result is expected with much anxiety by all
classes in the City of London. In the lionse of
Lords' Committee, the exam►nations arc not yet
efuicludtl.

Li the Rolls of Parliament, A. D. 1445, is a
Peti,ion from the Commons of two Conwies in
England, stating, that the number of Atiornies had
lately increased from six or eight to twenty-four,
whereby the peace of those counties had been
greatly interrupted by suits. The Commons there-
fore petition, that it Indy be ordained that' there
shah he no more than six common Attornies for
Norfolk, the same number for Suffolk, and two
for tic Ci:c of Norwich. Any other person ac►-
ing as an ..,ttorney, to forfeit twenty shillings !