The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-28 00:00:00

INDIA.

Extract of a later from Penang, dated Sept.
2, 1825.—" On the evening of the 13th tilt. the.
Mission for Taw)), and Mergui, on the coast of
Tenaserim, quitted Penang, intending to pay the
Rajah of Ligor, a visit at Reddah, on our way.
We arrived there on the evening of the 14th,
sent to announce our arrival, and the next morn.
ing quitted the brig under a salute of thirteen
guns, from a little cruiser which attended us.—
We found tomjons (a light conveyance borne on
men's shoulders) in readiness for IP, and were
conducted into. the presence of this mighty Chief,
whom some of our alarmists had ridiculously re-
presented as meditating the ,'rest vengeance
against as. I
expected to fiat a surly, morose
wretch, but was most agreeably disappointed in
finding him exceedingly civil and affable. He
was reclining on his throne, consisting of an ele-
gant scarlet velvet sofa, with gold embroidered
pillows. * * • a introduced us as the Rajahs
of Tavoy and Mergui ; we made our obeisance,
and seated ourselves in digits placed for us : for
the first quarter of an hour we were on some lit•
tle ceremony, but we then threw it off, and en-
tered into familiar conversation through
interpreters, as he does not speak a word
of Malay. He asked us innumerable ques-
tions on our police, manners and customs ; ex-
amined our dress, made es pull out our
watches, and particularly admired a gold chain
dangling to mine. It is the custom to give these
people any thing they admire ; but I was oblig.
ed to apologise, as the chain was a present from
a valued friend. Ile, however, handed it to a
workman, and ordered him to make a similar
one. Ile was much struck with my height, made
me stand, measured me, and observed that the
Siamese never attained such a length. Some of
his questions were very pertinent, and such us
few natives would think of asking. He was most
inquisitive about the coast of Tenaserim, asked
under whom it was placed, with what Govern. '
ment we were to correspond, and with what de-
:;roe of authority the differnt Governments were
invested ; he hoped that a good understanding
would always exist between him and as, and that
we would behave kindly to any Siamese w ho should
be under our authority. A bout 2 o'clock he order-
ed in refreshments, consisting of fruits and sweat.
meats; but, luckily, we hnd brought some of our
own viands on shore with us, and his Majesty
was highly delighted to see us discuss them with
such good appetites. We could not prevail on
him to partake, but he ordered one of his at.
tendants to do so, who did not seem to relish it.l
We conversed again after eating, examined some
guns, and other articles we had brought with us, '
as presents, and left him at five o'clock. He
gave us each a present on coming away, consist.
ing of at cup curiously worked in gold and silver.
We came off in one of his own boats, and got a
ducking in going through the surf. The Rajah
was very plainly dressed, and, in fact, had
nothing on but a piece of green silk round his
loins ; his son, however, made up the deficiency,
for he was covered with gold and jewels, and it
surprised me how he could walk. The Rajah is
a stout, thick-set, man, and, on a near approach,
extremely course in his features ; he has a
good deal of the Chinaman in his appearance.
He was very affable, and allowed us to seat
ourselves on his throne, much to the astonish. ,
ment of the surrounding Siamese, who al- ,
ready resembling monkeys in countenance,
make the resemblance still stronger, by the
manner in which they are obliged to appear
before their chief ; they dare not stand upright,
but crawl, about on all fours, and if they turned
their back to him, would be in danger of having
their heads chopped off. If they see the Rajah
at a distance, they must squat down till he has
passed. I was never more gratified than with
this visit, and when I become proficient in the
Siamese language, will certainly pay my respects
to the Rajah again. Reddah itself is a vile place,
nothing to be seen but the most miserable huts
surrounded by swamps."

MURDER AT BEastuna.—The Bermuda papers
contain an account of a very horrid murder at St.
George's in that colony, a crime unprecedented
there. It appears that several wanton outrages
having been committed in that place, Mr. Hunter,
the Magistrate,considered it proper to bike notice
of.a complaint preferred by a free man of colour
against one Benjamin Gwynn, which termi-
nated by his ordering the latter to, find sureties
to keep the peace, and as this order was set at
defiance, Gwynn was finally committed to gaol.
n consequence of this, Joseph G wynn, the father
of B. Gwynn, declared he would murder .hunter,
and after furnishing,5th
of Dec. aboutbimselfwiiti six
anris
o'clock,
to seeded, on the
to the house of Mr. Hunter, but this gentle.
man hatovinse
gebeheilihinfhoirroed .
t.fP IG*ll is i'Seen,sl:
tl::lll(sirliiet
re-
fused
senger to Mr. Folger, of
g
that he understood GwYau "as armed with
pistols for the purpose of shooting him, which in-
duced Mr. Folger to set out for Mr. ll.', house ;
on his way to which he met Gwynn, who was
uttering violent threats against the Magistrate,
which induced in hri.ia.'t. o;.?
veryneinilotfiisntarlaitye
and the result w
the contents of a pistol into the body of Mr. F.,
of which v.ound he expired at three o'clock
next morning. The Coroner's Inquest had re-
turned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against
G y ;" and he has been committed for trial,
as v, ell as his tqo sons, us accessaries before the
fact.