The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-02 00:00:00

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by their means the children of their former com-
rades are brought up in religious habits and use-
ful knowledge, and they will unite in invoking a
blessing on THE BENEVOLENT FOUNDER of the In-
stitution,who, before his departure from the coast,
has witnessed the successful completion of his
truly charitable exertions in favour of the soldier's
orphan.

Much commendation is due to the Reverend
Mr. Malkin and Mr. Roy, who have gratuitously
superintended their education, and brought them
to their present state of acquirements ; while to
Captain Millar, of his Majesty's 40th. regiment;.
(who as paymaster of out-pensioners of Chelsea
remaining in India is stationed at Poonamalee)
the Committee of Management feel called: upon
to express their utmost acknowledgements for. the
voluntary and unrequited assiduity which he un-
ceasingly bestows towards the fulfilment of every
object which can tend to promote the benefit of
'the charity.
the object of the Institution is to give an bum-
ble education to the orphans, suited to the sta-
tion of life which they will necessarily fall into,
and to make them useful to themselves and to
society; with this view the children are taught
to spin, .weave, knit, to cut out, and make
their own clothing—all superficial acquirements
that would tend to make them aspire to condi-
tions they can never arrive at, are carefully ex-
cluded from this Asylum.
His Excellency and visitors afterwards dined
with the Commandant and Staff of Poonamalee,
by whom a handsome entertainment had been
prepared, suitable to the quality of the guests,
and to the known hospitality of Captain• E-
dwards, who presided, and the Staff of the Can-
tonment.

B ENGALEE NEWSPAPER.-The following is a
translation of an extract from the Bengalese
Newspaper published at Serampore, and exhibits
a picture of depravity, such as the degraded state
of the Hindoos in this part of India renders too
common :—" About twenty days ago a Brah-
min of the village of Poeelie, in Burd wan, having
married the daughter of another Brahmin, of Go-
palpore, shortly after marriage went to his father-
in-law's horse. One day his brother-in-law and
father-in-law, with the Talooknar of the district
and several others, met to celebrate a certain
drunken and most obscene festival peculiar to
Bengal, and known by the name of Chuckur. This
Brahmin being much importuned to join in the or-
gies, refused ; his brother-in-law, nevertheless,
took some spirits and put them on his forehead
the son-in-law, after some angry words, retired to
perform ablutions, and purify himself from the
pollution; his mother-in-law, on hearing this, be-
came angry, and abused her son-in-law. At night
the Brahmin having eaten nothing, told his wire
that he must return to his own house, and that
he would send for her also in a few days. His
wife complied : the mother-in-law overhearing
this, became enraged, and spoke to her hug-
band and son in harsh language, saying that it
was inexpedient to suffer this man to live. Her
husband, son, and others, who had been cele-
brating the festival, then went to the house, and
knocking at the door, asked for tobacco ! The
Brahmin having opened the door in a hurry, they
rushed in—gagged the mouth of his wife, and
then proceeded to murder the husband, in a man-
ttee-foo brutal to be described. After this, the
Chokeedar of the village having got information
of the murder, came to the spot and saw the
corpse. The Talooknar then gave him 10 rupees
to conceal the matter. The Chokeedar took the
body to a Pear's tomb, where a Fakeer staid,
and hung it upon a tree. A little before day,
the Fakeer on seeing the corpse gave 5 rupees to
the same Chokedar, to remove it.s Another Cho=
keedar of the neighbouring village afterwards
buried the body near a tank. Next morning, the
father-in-law wrote a letter and sent it to his son-
in-law's house. The father of the deceased, on read-
ing the letter, proceeded to the father-in-law's
house, and on the way received an account of his
son's death front his own brother. Numbers of
people then proceeded with the two brothers to
Gopalpore, to the father-in-law's house, where
they were told that the son had hanged him-
self on the Fakeer's tree. The widow of the de-
ceased, however, bursting into tears, revealed the
whole story. Her father and brothers then en-
deavoured to kill the father of the deceased, but
the people who were with him made a noise,
which brought the Chokeedar and the people of
the village to his assistance, st Ito with the Daroga,
came and bound the murderers, and apprehended
the Fakeer who informed on the Chokeedar.
The body was then taken up, and all the accom-
plices were sent to Burdwau jail. The Chuckur
is a festival in honour of Kales, and one of the
most obscene of all the saturnalia that disgrace
the modern religion of the Hindoos of,Bengal; it
is frequently held at Kalyghaut. Both sexes of
all casts are admitted to the rites on a footing of
perfect equality ; the lowest Soonder or Chundal,
is treated with the same respect as the highest
Brahmin ; and they vie with each other in all
species of obscene revelry. Fatal vengeance is
invariably inflicted o❑ those who refuse to join in
the orgies, as in. this instance.—(lnd. Gaz.)

EWEN.

SIIOCKING ACCIDENT.—As Mr. S. Sortnr, of
Dean-street, accompanied illy his friend Mr.
13ENTNGuoROUGH, were returning to London frcni
Twickenham in a single horse chaise on Ttlesday
evening, the chaise was driven against the wheel
of a coal cart in the King's-road, when travelling
at a quick rate, and upset with a crush, which
shattered it in pieces. Mr. Sorre, who was driv
ing, was taken up in a senseless and hopeless
state, and Mr. Beningborough had his arm' and
collar-bone broken.