The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-31 00:00:00

THE INFANT lIINDOO MOURNER

(From
.the Rengal...Hurkaru, a Calcutta Newspaper.)
Upon a woody bank I roatn'd at eve,
Close to the Ganges gliding stilly on ;
And thro' a glade the sun's last beams I saw,
And o'er the golden tide their radiance stream'd— -
It was a sweetly pensive hour of calm;
The myna chirp'd upon the manga bough,
Aid gently coo'd the ring-dove, 'midst. the leaves.
I heard a fretful cry of infant wail,
Tremulous, floating on ,the breeze of eve,
And paus'd to listen—when these words I caught :
" Mother.! mother ! Oh my dearest mother !"
I hurried onward to the sandy waste
That edg'd the, water. On the around there sat, N
Near a heap of ashes,- tnould'ring drear,
Weary and desolate, a little Child :
One tiny hdnd a drooping flower held fast,
Emblem most meet of that, unhappy child ;
The other wip'd away the scalding tears .
That from her dim black orbs tame trickling down,
As ou that achy heap she gaz'd intent,
Repeating still her cry of infant wail,
Mother,! mother !
,Oh my dearest mother !
" Stranger !" exclaimed an aged peasant near,
" The story of that orphan soon is told :
Child of my- child, her father paid the debt
Which awful nature claims, nor reeled 'his babe,
Who deem'd him sleeping in a heavy sleep :
And wont you wake, my father? she would say,
And wont you speak, nor take me on your knee,?
The brahmin came—a garland in his hand,
And hung it on the vierim'mother's neck;
And there the living with the dead'went forth.
The drear procession reach'd the fated ground
Where wood and fire as meet convenient lay.
The child her mother follow'd, laughing still,
Or skipp'd before her, sportive as a lamb :
Or grasp'd the hand whose soft caress was life.
At last the parent stoop'd and kiss'd the child,.
And as she kiss'd her, down a truant tear.
Trickled away, and from her quiv?ring
Tlie pangs she 'spoke not, breath'd upon her child.
A quick presentiment appear'd to cast
Its instant gloom upon the little one :
Unto her mother's bosom fast she clung,
'And sobbed and wept. The mother soothing, placed
You flower, now faded, in her infant hand.
The frail pledge remains, but 0 ! the giver !
One last long kiss she gave, and tore away
And the pile she mounted by the side
Of him who press'd that bridal couch of death. •
Her infant fain would follow, but we held •
The little struggler, while her piercing cries
In vain reach'd her, who soon could hear no more.
" C.lme hack, my mother; mother ! mother ! mother !"
The din of direful discord rose, and smoke
Ascended blackly through the sunny
The crowd dispers'd, hut still the .babe remains,
And remained since that dread morning hour,
Weeping, and gazing for her mother there
And nothing finds but loneliness and ashes.
Mark the sad wildness of her, young despair
As on that ashy heap her gaze is tix'd,
With bitter tears and deep convulsive sobs ;
And hark again! her cry of infant wail, '
" Mother ! mother ! Oh my dearest mother !"

The system of gambling which is' daily prac-
iised on the Sstock Exchange reflects disgrace on the coon-.
try. If only such men as himself suffered from theeffects
of Mr. fienty's conduct, none would, be found to commise-
rate them, but it. unfortunately happens that the specious
artifices of the ;lobbing gentry decoy many honest individuals
into spectdations, by which they are titteil.y ruined. A
Sunday Paper informs the public, that in consequence of
one of those disastrous speculations, a Military Officer of
rank and highly respectable family connections, has been
obliged to seek an -asylum on the Continent. We have
since ascertained him to be the brother of an ex-functionarv,
who is the. intimate associate and friend of a• Noble and
Gallant Duke. It is sai‘t,that some others, whose pursuits
are equally uncongenial with the region of the Stock Ex:.
change, must also take flight, if they are not vet on the
wing. —Mord ng Herald.
Crowds of lookers-on have assembled in the
Market-place, about twelve o'clock at noon; on
the two lagt Saturdays, in expectation of wit-
nessing the public castigation of 'Rogers, who
was sentenced to be' whipped at the Borough
Sessions, for attempting to drown a young man,
named Abbey,. in the . canal' near St. Mary's
It seems, however, that there is a diffi-
culty in the way ; no per Son can. be found to
undertake the office. Hence, we understand,
the delay beyond the usual time in carrying the
sentence into effect. Jack Ketch says, that: not
haVing‘ been able to give satisfaction on a late
occasion, either to his employer'or to the person
on whoin he was engaged to operate, he shall
decline that part of his profession in future.-.
Leicester Chronicle.

AWFUL VISITATION.--An awful visitation
of Providence occurred at Kettering,in Northamp-
tonshire. Yesterday , morning, between • four
and 'five o'clock, the inhabitants of the town
were alarnied by loud claps of thunder and
lightning of the most vivid. line, • such as the
oldest inhabitants never experienced.. About
five o'clock, after one of the loudest explosions
imaginable,' one hOuse,- situate in the centre of
the , town, was struckiby the electric fluid, which
entered at the roof, and having descended
three floors, in its prOgres destroyed a boy who
had just got out of bed for 'the purpose of
quenching his thirst with some water, 4hich was
at a short distance frOm the bedstead. The
house wa3 immediately in flames, and, notwith-
standing the engines were, on the spot it;inie-
diately, and every assistance rendered, two other
houses adjoining were burnt to the ground, 'anti
most of the goods; belonging to the inmates
consumed. Within about half a mile of Let-
tering the turnpike llotise of Mr. Hughes was
also struck by lightning. The family, con-
sisting of nine persons, were all in bed at the
time. The electric fluid entered at the roof,
and having passed through the room in Whicly
Mr. Hughes and wile were, struck the bedstead,
*Which was' shiver'ed 'to atoms, and the curtains
were also set in flames. Extraordinary to relate,
neither of them were in the 'slightest degree in-
jured, nor any' of the other inmates. The elec-
tric. fluid in its progress passed through the side
11 wall of the house through a large hole:. Marge
oak tree .was also struck by the fluid, and
splintered to the ground.

SPORTING INTELLIGECE.

TATTERSALL'S.-RLY 30.

• The absence of many of the levling men at Brighton,
where the RaCes commence tLi= occasioned the at-
tendance to be le;s fitniteroicS than on Thuriday last ; the
betting at fir •t was rather languid; but:owards even-
ing, and till alit-Ale after six o'clock, it became spirited,
and produced some slight alterations. Mameluke, who
appeared to waver last week, rallied in the course of the
afternoon, and at the end was firmly placed at 3 to 1.
Granby is at 5 to 1, 'but his party was not by any means
strong. Nonplus totters, and some hint that he has been
found to he second best to the rest of the lot. Matilda
and Lunaria improve. I‘Jilek is going, and Reviewer is
quite in the back ground. Shortly after the room closed
the majority of the Subscribers Present left for Brighton
RaCes.

THIRTY' G
C to 4 agbt Matilda

IESTEAS STAKES AT YORK.
l to 1 agst Moonshine (taken)
ST. LEGER.
25 to 1 agst Lumley's colt
33 to 1 agst Translation
3i to I agst Antiope
35 to 1 agst Sancho
WO to 25 agst Reviewer
IMO to 25 apt Moonshine
;st Coalition.
y sold Lord Marneliffe's Re-
two-r-old filly by Reveller,
.
Aralton, fix 35/. 14s.

3 to 1 agst Aramelnke
'5 to 1 agst Granby
14:to 1 agst Nonplus -
16 to 1 agst Matilda '
16 to 1 agat Lunaria
14 to 1 agat Malek
1000 to 25 a:

Messrs. Tattersall yesterda7
former for 73/. 10s., and a •
dam by Waxy, her darn by N

BRIDGNORTH RACES.--FRIDAY, JULY 27.
A SWeepStakes of 10gs.- each, with 10gs. added, for all
ages; Two miles.
Mr. R. Bronncker's b. m. Susan, 5 yrs, Sst. 71h.... 1
Mr. Ormsby Gore's b. h. Hesperus, aged, 9st. 21b.... 2
Sir T. J. T. Jones's Maid of Mansfiehi, 5 yrs, Sst. 71b.
A most capital race, won by a head only, the nearest
thing to a dead beat ever seen.

A Hunters' Stakes of sgs. each, with :20gs. added by the
Town, for all figes. Heats, two.miles.

Mr. H. Gwaltei's Tenbuiy Lass, aged, l Ist. 1316. 1 1
Mr. T. C. Brock's. Cock Robin, aged, list. 181 b. 3 2
Mr. W. Smith's br. by Spectre, 4 yrs, 105t.'... 2 0
Mr. Wadlow's Sir Edward, aged, llst. 131 b........ 4 dr
The first a capital heat ; the second spoiled by the fall-.
.ing o&rthe Spectre filly, who was so seriously insured, that
it was,stabbed on the spot, the leg being broken : tha ri-
der,escaped unhurt.

The Members' Plate of 50/., given by William Wolryehe
Whitmore, Esq., for all ages. Heats, three miles.
Mr. Ormsby Gore's Hesperus. aged, 9st. 71b 1 1
Mr. Cooke's Maid of Mansfield, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b 2 dr

A poor race : or,lyfone heat, and that won by the old
home east:.

CocKiNG.—The. following is a statement of the Main
of Cocks fought between the Gentlemen of .Shropshire
(Evans, feeder), and the Gentlemen of Gloucester (Phil-
lips, feeder), for 5 rove. each Battle, and; 1005 x. the Main.
EVANS. M. E. FifILLIBS. 3f. B.
Thursday 7 2 Thursday 2 3
Friday
Saturday

20 11

7 6