The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-07 00:00:00

THE lOWAY INDIANS.

A most interesting illustration of the peculiarities and
habits of the red man of the " Far West" was afforded
on Wednesday to a royal and distinguished party at
Ealing Park. At the invitation of Mrs. Lawrence, the
fourteen loway Indians, accompanied by Mr. George
Catlin, Mr. Melody, and Jeffrey, the interpreter of the
tribe of loways, visited Ealing Park, for the purpose of
affording several members of the Royal Family an op-
portunity of witnessing their performance. They arrived
at the park shortly after three o'clock ; and after exa-
mining the elegant suite of apartments in the mansion,
they were conducted to the beautiful lawn, where they
alt reclined, forming a most picturesque group. At a
few minutes after four o'clock, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duke and Duchess
of Meeklenburgh Strelitz, and the Princess Mary ; also
the Duchess of Northumberland and Miss Percy, Lord
and Lady Prudhoe, and several other distinguished per-
sonages arrived ; and the whole party having assembled
upon the lawn, the loways immediately arose, and the
ceremony of an introduction was gone through ; after
which they gave several of their dances, and concluded
the first part of their performances with the ball-play,
which appeared to afford much gratification to the com-
pany.
A dinner was then provided upon the lawn for the
loways—the banquet consisted of roast-beef and plum
pudding, the beverage being water and cider. After
they had partaken of this repast, presents of jewellery
were made to them by Mrs. Lawrence, when they all
strolled over the grounds. The royal visitors and other
guests then retired to the mansion to partake of refresh-
ments. The loways afterwards finished their perform-
ances by giving the farewell dance, in the presence of
the whole company. Neu-mon-ya
advanced and addressing Mrs. Lawrence, thanked her
for the polite invitation to meet the royal party, and
ralking Rain) then
also for her kindness tow ards the loways. He then
briefly addressed the Duke of Cambridge. He said, that
he was glad the Great Spirit had allowed him the honour
of shaking the royal Duke's hand, as he had heard that
he was related to his Great Mother, the Queen. By
shaking the hand of so great a chief, he considered that
he had shaken bands with all the people of England.
Whilst crossing the ocean, he had thrown into the
water much tobacco, hopicg to see his Great Mother's
face, which they all
wished to look at before they went
back to their wigwams. The Duke of Cambridge again
shook hands with the chiefs at the conclusion of this
speech, after which the Indians left the grounds, highly
delightedsurEß
SUPERSTITIONS their visit to
o E EalingpuN is'kA.
singular in-
stance of the superstitious feelings of these Children of
the "Far West" may be briefly mentioned. On Wednes-
day morning the sky
was cloudy, and the appearance of
the weather indicated rain. As it was known to the
fourteen loway Indians, now at the Egyptian Hall, that
they had received an invitation to meet the Royal
Family at Ealing-park, it was important to them that
the weather should prove fine ; but as the indications
at an early hour were rather against it proving so,
Se-non-tY-Yah, (Blister-feet), the great Medicine-man
or doctor of the tribe, condidered it requisite to invoke
the favour of the Great Spirit, which most interesting
rite was performed with much solemnity, in presence of
the whole party at their rooms. This rite consists prin-
cipally of burning tobacco, uttering a few mysterious words,
and making sundry singular movements; after which the
favour asked is expected to be granted. It will be re-
remembered, that the day proved to be a remarkably
fine one, and Se-non-ty-yali seriously believes to this
moment that this was solely owing to the solemn rite
which he performed !

RENTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIB,--Permit me shortly to notice a subject which
requires public attention now—l mean rents.
The country is " overstocked" with money ; it is down
tnionp—oi both ntlelr remain s,
property of course in propor-
(._...a nd yet landlords cling to
i estvu
their former ratio of rental. This subject must be taken
up in good earnest, or the " moneyed class" will eat us
all up, and then what will that god of theirs, money, be
to them ? What with taxing and heavy rentals, a sad
end must come.
intoo iw
September 6. LOOKER ON.

A recent Parliamen-
tary CHELSEA Aco?ituartrEhxes=tisc..
officers of pensioners (who are to muster in a few days
for inspection), relative to fines and Penalties as framed
by the Secretary at War,
_i_inder the Act for the enrol-
ment of out-pensioners. There are twenty instructions
respecting fines and penalties,
resp new enrolments,and ~ bil-
leting and messing. The following rule has been laid
down for billeting and messing:—" In case the enrolled
pensioners
in any district are called out in aid of the
civil power, or otherwise placed in circumstances render-
ing it impossible for a time to return to their houses, the
staff-officers must, if no temporary accommodation can
be afforded them in barracks, or other public buildings,
make arrangements for their being billeted in the same
way as if they belonged to the regular forces of her Ma-
jesty, as authorised by the 6th clause of the Act
of 6 and 7 Vic., c. 95; and with the view of providing
for their being properly subsisted on such occasions, the
staff-office shall, during every day on which these pen-
sioners continue to be so employed, advance to the ser-
geant or other non-commissioned officer in charge of the
squad, such sum not exceeding one-half of the day's pay,
as will be sufficient to purchase the materials for three
good and sufficient meals of like quantity and quality as
are usually enjoyed by her Majesty's troops serving at
the station, or of superior quantity and quality, if the
majority of the pensioners wish for it; and in the event
of the said pensioners being called out on such duty, at
any period after noon, a sufficient sum shrill be advanced
to provide a dinner and supper for that day, or if called
on such employment after sun-set, then sufficient only
shall be issued to provide supper for that evening ; all
such sums shall be expended, by the sergeant of each
squad, accompanied by one of the pensioners selected
for the purpose, who will, when practicable, take re-
ceipts for such expenditure, and account to the staff-
officer for the amount advanced, and, at the conclusion of
each day's duty, the staff-officer will pay over to each
pensioner the balance due to him, after deducting his
share of the sums thus expended, and any fines that may
have been incurred," &c.