The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-22 00:00:00

LITERAWY REVIEW.

'ORIGIN of the PINDARIES; preceded by Histo'r'ical Notes
on tI Rise of the different Mabratta States.—By an OF-
FIcER in the Service of the Bono-Limble EAST INDIA
COMPANY.---(From the Qn«revrlq Review.)

[Continued fro,ii Yesterday's Sus.]

" Heretofore their practice has been to plun-
tier all places thil can master ; when resistance
'is made they dismount from their horses, and
-either keep op a fire from some shelter upon the
defenders, or, in the event of their having no fire-
artypi, shower (low') large stones upon them till
they oblige them to relinquish their post, when
the l'intlarries. charge forwatd and storm it. TI
Boy of the assailants be kilbd or wounded they
gi%e op the attack. The wounded are carried
/1%1 •ay on,horseback as well as their means permit,
hot when notable it, accompany the toll they are
left to the mercy of the vill.gers. As soon as
they get possession of a town, ever} lII4D Seizes
such of the nrifortimate inhabitants as fall in his
stay, and compels them by threats HMI torture to
make a di,covery of the place where (twir wealth
iv concealed. The usual node in tvhich they ex-
tort confession is
,by tying a cloth, filled with
ashes or fine dust, over the no e awl mouth of
the tinhapor sufferer, and,. by strikiog hint forci-
bly on the hack of breast,robtiging him to inhale
it. The sof:ocating pangs which result front this
treatment being found the most certain and ex-
peditions method of overcoming human tot tit tide,
they are the most usually inflicted. No regard is
paid to age or sex ; all are doomed to the same
excfneiating tot Illelll4.

" Of the spoil thus obtained there is no regu-
Jar division, but each. man retains possession of
what he can secure. Yet as some must remain
on the outside (if the town or village to hold
their comrades' horses, they are then entitled to
R proportion in those who employ them ; and,
in this case, the booty is divided into three parts.
The captor takes one as his right, another he be-
stows upon the person who held his horse, and
the third, which is called licer Moto,' (neculiat
allowance.) he keeps for his trouble in getting it.
In the event of an ogirra' (strange') acquiring
a large booty, the iholtdar will often seize the
whole of it, unless he has been satisfied by a don-
ceur beforehand. Quatrels continually occur re-
lative to the distribution of the plunder among
those who take it ; these are always referred to
the lubbreea fur adjustment, and i 1 small tax on
each forms his chief solace of etoolumeot. lie
aFtsenibles a sort of council which settles the af-
fair immediately, and the propriety ut its decisions
is rarely questioned. When it happens, as it
sometimes dues, that the lubbreea himself enters
a village to encourage his people, it he sees a
party engaged in robbing a rich individual, hr
claims a shale of what they may obtain. This is
occasionally refused, but more frequently grant-
ed, though noire Itom persuw."l regard than as an
acknowledged tight.

" Ti. is is the ,node of arranging disputes aris-
ing out of the division of pluuder. 'Die more
inveterate feuds which prevail among them, as
well as among all other Moslem trines, ate not
beard•of dm-oil.; an expedition. %Viten once as-
sembled, previously to ' setting out, all former
quarrels are left in abeyance, and the utmost cor-
diality takes place. The thirst of private rcrenge
is sactific«l to the common cause, or its pursuit
postponed until the Dussuct or illoluirt ma may
utlford an opportunity of gratifying it with
impunity.
" From the circumstances we have stated, it
will appear that even while we write new and
famous leaders may have sprung up among the
)'indarries ; but a brief sketch of those most dis-
tinguished, and the. era when their extirpation
%vas determined upon by the Indian Government,
cannot fail to be interesting.
" The lubhreeas of the putties which invaded
the Deccan end Northern Circars, are Buskoo,
Bhattia Bheeka, Syed, and liajee Marsh' ka Rum-
vans. The chief of the Holkar branch of the
Pindarties is named Kawder liuksb ; those of in-
ferior note Toolcoo and Sahib Khau. Their
united strength miry he computed at nearly five
thousand horse, which are generally cantonell in
tre vicinity of litintyni and Shundra. Kurreem
Kum), Chectoo, (or Seetoo, as he is 0 ten called,)
and Dust Niohammud, are also principal and
'martini chiefs, and most of the subordinate
beads of dburrahs or tribes pay a sort of tacit ac-
knowledgtnent to their superiority.
" Of the recently more active invaders, Buk-

too, otherwise Hoosain Buksh, is the most emi-
nent character among the lubbreeas of the pre
sent day, and is accounted a man of the greatest
sagacity and skill, excelling all his contemporaries
in the conduct of a • toll.' tie is represented as
a tall,
.fair,. hanclionie person, of ttivathletic faint,
and about thirty-five years of age. Though brave
and entrrpriziug►, he is cautious it) the extreme,
and never risks an action when he can carry his
point by.other means. In difficulty and danger
bis, chief resource is the consummate art with
which. he eludes his pursuers ; and his prudence

and cunning have been manifested in sonic extra-
()Edam y retreats. Constantly on horseback from
- earliest years, he is enured to every hardship
ant) fatigue neither elevated by SUCCeSS, nor de.
pressed by defeat, his courage and prese3ceot
mind. never fail him, and he sets an example of
perseverance and fortitude in the most toilsome
marches and ininduerit perils. He is also niaSi er
of ;the grea&art of conciliating all around bim,
whom be attaches to his 1 ersoir by affability and

kindness, as was evinced by the conduct -of :his
followers.on the match front the Nerbuddalt. So
strougly did they ftel their dependence upon him,
and so sensiblelvere tht.y.ot the magnitude of the
Joss they should sustain if any accident happened.
to hint, that even in their most urgent distress,
when in want of a meal themselves, they would
always procure something for the Liibbreea. Such
is his
.reptation, that the best and bravest of the
I'indarry Sirdats followed him in this last excur-
sion, confident of 81.1Cct:SS under his auspices ; and
the very toll ' which accompanied shim was not
his own., but belonged to Cadir Nabob, who, not-
withstanding his rank and title, was content to
serve under hint in the field. Bhattia and Media'

Sep; also acroinpanied Bucksoo in Ills eNpetliiinii
to Citintoor,i;bo he w.us the nominal !lead of die

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-critileili.-racy. They eemairicauniteil nbill they
crossed the Kistnah : 13heckie-Seyd separated
from the horde alter the plunder of Guntoor, but
in his retreat pursued nearly the same route as the
other two, when, i,r crossing the Ajunta Owns,
lie was overtaken by the Mysore cavalry, w 4,,
captured some men and horses,' and killed several
of his followers. Ile is, nevertheless, •noted as a
gallant and resolute leader, whose courage is
equal to any exploit.
lineksoo continued his retreat from Guntoor,
accompanied by Blootia, till he mrsivert in the
neighbourhood of Colonel Doveton's cam? : 1,4-re
he accidentally lost his party dur'ng the night,
and sounded his trumpet for them to join him;
Bhattlit'S trumpet teas also blown at the same in-
stant, and the l'indarries were thereby divided
into tleo `tolls,' which took different routes.
li'tattia was attacked by Lieutenant Reid of the
20th, in descending the ghauts, and .ustained
some lbss in making his escape ; while llocksoo,
either more wary or more fortunate, passed no-
seen between 11. e detachments intended to inter-

rept hip). It- has been calculate►l that each luau
in his toll ' carried off between fifteen hundred
inel two trowsand rupees; and by his socercs in
this undertahina, he not only arvirett hin►selt
very considerable property, but added ureatlY to

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Iris fame as a pAutizan.. Embuldened by prospe-
rity, he now declared that he wOu'il render ',him-
self memorable as a Libbreea, and visit countries
where the name of a l'indarry had tie,er been
heard lie accordingly prepared to rav3;4e tne
British territory to the soufh of Toombild,ira, and

to enter the Kokeen. But obtaining information
of the monerons.detachmeuts c,n the banks of the
river, and of the natural difficulties of the coun-
try, he was obliged to forego his original design;
and, after making a few marche:r up the north
bank of the Kietnah, turned towards the north by
Punderpoor. On his airivsl near B.,renita, he
learnt the dispersion of toll '; the spi-
rits of Isis men were witch depressed by this news,
as they apprehended the SAllie disaster might at-
tend them if they ventured too close to the vici-
nity of Jeroor, or Abinedmiegur, which Bucksoo
had ;Imposed. They became loud i. rie:r de-
mands to be led homewards ; but the listsbur '
having gathered hot little'booty in proportion to
the others, be wished to afford do in au opportu-
nity of procuring more, and theretwe took au
easterly direction, leisurely plundering the coun-
tiy from Tooljapoor to Nooldrong, u here be was
surprized by the detachment sent after him under
Major Macdowall. The least important effect of
that night's surprize was the complete disarming
and dispersion of a hotly of banditti, who had
been the scourge of the whole country. Ott this
occasion, Bucksoo suffered the greatest disgrace
thare could befal a Lnlibreea, by losing his two
horses : his standard, his trumpets, and his match-
lock were likewise taken, and he bitlisell',_not
without difficulty, escaped from the field on toot.
'"Klie chief Thokdars in Bucksoo's party are
Cadir Nabob, whom we have aheady mentioned,
Kolee Raorneka Medina (father-in-kw to the
Nabob), 11.1ahommlee, Buleoloor, Byram Khan
Kala Bhukna (called also illawria)., and Bloika
Loda (a Minden), from. Chettoo's army. Tooker()
Dhakera Booths Kyratee and Shaik came
from Cureem Khan. Cacti'. Nabolvis, or was, a
person of considerable rank, and !elated to or
connected with Cheetoo. The prisoners affirmed
that he received a hall through th'e bony on the
night of the attack, which killed him on the spot ;
Kolre Raorneeka Bhukna is al-o repotted to have
had his arms brokeo, indeed this was a fatal
affair for the Pindarries, as Mahomudee, the first
Who raised the standard awl prOposed the expedi-
tion, was among the missing, and is supposed to,
have been slain in the field. Bhutto Loda is said,
to have been shot in the right shoulder, the half.
passing through his hotly, and coming out behiud
the left, in which deplorable condition he was
borne off by two others on horseback. Buhadoete
is a brave eoterprizing Buzzack (leader of a divi-
sion), and was the individual who discovered the
defenceless state-of Khanapoor, and brottght the
' toll' to sack it. Byratu Khan is a bold and cou-
rageous soldier; Le covered the retreat of the
toll' with about 40 men, when pursued by the
Mysore horse ; and by :he bravery and skill
which he exhibited in this emergency, end hien
the wounded and dismounted to get otit of dan-
ger. Tookoo Dhakera separated from Bockson
with about two hundred men, to the north of
Beeler, to plunder the districts near Oodgeer and
Mangan), and be is supposed to have ptoceeded
to the sea-coast near Bombay : he is acknow-
ledged to be inferior to none 10 courage and con-
duct. Bajee Narsia ka Hatnizans is the chief who
undertook to plunder Jugernauth, and entered the
Gaojam district for that purpose; little more is
known of him than the losses he sustained its that
attempt."—(To be concluded to-morrow.)

A HUMAN BODY Fol./No.—Saturday morniog,as
some labourers were digging in the gravel pits in
Hyde York, to the extreme terror of one of them,
he saw a human hand protruding through the
loosened gravel, one of the hugers of which fell
off the moment lie viewed it ; he called to his
fellow labourers to look at the object, and: they
Colnmenced digging in the spot. Alter excavating
the bill for some time, they him/gilt to light the
body of a matt. A shell was sent fur from the
workhouse of St. George, Hanover-square, and
the body was conveyed to the workhouse.; it is
supposed to have beet, under the gravel for se-.
veral months. The clothes were so rotten that
they fell toyieces, and the body was reduceil to
such a state of ‘decompOsitiOn, that while it was
being put into the coffin, it tell asunder.—An In-
quisitioo. was taken on the body yesterday, before
Mr. Lewis, the coroner, at the Barley Mow,
Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. The witnesses
produced two knives, such as aye used by plumbers
and glaziers,.a pair of spectacles, and an empty
pocket-book, which they found in the pockets of
the deceased. The witnesses stated, that during
the summer it had been the practice'oft poor
houseless creatures to take shelter its the gravel-
pits for the night, and they were of opinion that
the deceased had gone into the pit for shelter
freta rain, or to sleep for the night, and diet:l'3yd
had fallen upon him and smothered hint. it "."
imposSibli: to say if marlq of violence were on the
horny, it wns,so decayed. The .1,1-y retutucd a
verdict 01 " Accidental Death."

'OLD 13A1 LEV.

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SJ'E.I.[.ING ON THR RIVE. -
Veste-rdor,James Rowley, a mariner, aged /G,
James ChathLers, and Wm litertuts, ty.ro, salesmen,
stood indicted, the former for stealing 13 pieces
of printed cotton, value 261. from on board the
Issbella, lying in the ',Oudot' Docks, and the
latter for teceiving the saute, knowing them to
have been stolen. The first named prisoner was
a seaman nn board the ves.,,el in question. 0
the day mentioned in the indictment, he was
'milled by the mate of the vessel while in the act
of leaving it, who found a part of the property
in question on his person, when he coLfessed to
the robbery, and made an offer to inform hint
where the remainder was, having disposed of it
to the other two prisoners, if he would forgive
hint ; but this not being complied with, the pri-
soner refused to give the information. lie sub-
sequently, however, did confess where it was to
the officer who bad him in custody, when their
premises were scotched, and the properly found.
On Burton being taken into custody, lie said it
was his master's (the prisoner Chambers) money
that bought the property, but they were both
present when it was puteha•ed. Rowley also said
that it is-as another man who had broken open
the trunk, but himself who took the property out
of the

A peat nurnher of persons were called to esta-
blish t_lie tact ag:tinst. the prisoners.
Rowley, in his defence, said, one of his ship-
mares, named Herringtou, gave him the property
to sell for him, And also that the prosecutor had
offcred to compromise the matter for 2.7./.
Chambers (let-tared he was tvitol;y unsw:t.re that.
the property was stolen..
Burton said he teas oily a servant of Cham-
bers, and aced nnticr his jurisdiction ; and that
he had only been two days in his employ. Ile did
not receive any wages, but a share 'of are profits
on the goons sold.
Several persons were called to the characters
of Ch,inhers and Burton, who gave them very
good ones.
The COMMON SERGEANT, in summing up, which
he tint most minutely, mid the Jury it would he
nce'essa!y, to make out the capital charge, that
property to the amount of 40s. should be proved
to be taken at one time. The fact of Burton be-
lug only two days in the employ -of Cliarobers,
was a point for the particular attention of the
Jury. He prtienlarly adverted) to the expression
of Rowley, when detected, namely, " that he
should only be transported, and lie did not care
for that, as they should not keep hint long."—
l'his, he observed, was most certainly an aggra-
vation of his offence. Ile particularly commented
on the tact of the parties going into the parlour
to hatgain for the property in question.
The Jury deliberated for a considerable time,
and found Rowley Guilty
.of stealing to the
amount of 393. anti the otheri Not Guilty..
John Martin was indicted capitally,.for steatin7,.
on 28th July, a watch,
,chain, and! seas, value 2/.
10s., the property of John Ballwin% in the dwel-
ling-house of Sir J3lll Graham, Bart.
By the witnesses- called on the'part of the pro-
secution the fact,s.were clearly proved.agaiirst the
prisoner. In his defence, be said that the which
was his own, and that be had bought it at a pub-
Heap's, named lieadington, 'living neariCaniaby
Market.'

, To support this asscrt'son, John Headington
was called. Ile kept a public-house, the vigil of
the Alaidenhead, in Maidenhead-court, Carnaby
Market. He recollected the prisoner being at his
house at. some time, but he could not specify.the
particular day, and heard something about a
watch, but could not tell what price was given for
it by the prisoner, or who sold it. .
A witness, who had known the prisoner for a
few months, was also called to character. He
relieved the prisoner was an honest man, 'rod car-
tied Ott the business of a bookieller, paper-
hanger, or something of that kind.
The Jury, with little hesitation, found the pri-
soner Guilty of stealing to the value of 395.
As soon its the verdict had been pronounced,.
the Recorder called Ileanington into the witness's
box, and :iddressed hitts,." You have been guilty
of with!l and corrupt perjury, and 1 shah com-
mit you to Newgve." lle was instantly con-
duCtext front the Coirrt to the •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

A CASE OF GREAT MISFORTUNE.

Cultama investigation of a truly aMieting nature
took place yesterday before Sir W. CUKTI3, the Sitting Ma-
gistrate at this Office.
Thomas Oldersbaw' an elderly man, whose appearance, al-
though its rags, bespoke lunch respectability, was put to the
Bar. charged wilts riot and disorder.
Mr. Godwin, of Paul's Chain, stated, that fur a long time
past the neighbourhood of Doctors' Cumnions had beets
dreadfully annoyed by the violence of the prisoner, whti re-
sided there. He was continually heating and ill treating his
wife and children, and the inhahitants were often called in
the middle of the night from their beds by the most terrtls
cries of murder." Yesterday morning an alarm was given
that he was pulling down his house, and upon going t here,
the witness found him with a large poker demolishing the
walls, and throwing down pieces of bricks and lead, tot he great
danger of persons in the street. He refused to desist, and
was so violent as to require the, assistance of two ()dicers to
convey hint away.
Sir W. Curtis thought,- that however wrong the conduct of
the prisoner might be, Ise- had a sight to make alterations id
his house. if he thought proper. •
Mr. God ain said, he had other charges to prefer. Fcr the
last two or three years the'pt l=oner had her guilty of a se-
ries of cruelties to his wife and children, which were almost
without parallel. Unless something was done for their pro-
tection, murder would certainly ensue.
Sir W. Curtis—Let's 'see the wife.
A woman of decent appearance, hnt pale and emaciated,
then came forward. She had with her Isere children, one a
boy, twelve years of age, wanting upon crutches, and appa-
rently in the salt stage of consumption ; the other was nearly
blind, and very ill. Upon being asked by the Magistrate to
give some account of her family, she burst into tears, and
said that her husband was by profession a Conveyancer, and,
had (nice been in atllaent eircunistatices. By a train of un-
fortunae events, however, he became reduced, and within
the last six years they had tulle' ed privations and distress
almost NO much tar. human nature to bear. They had
gratin:illy parted with elvery thing of rattle, and note even
their honsehohlfurnitare was gam-. They had ;It sine time
twelve children to supporL but nine of them had-died Within
a short perital. 1 ler hoshand conk) nut bear the idea of ap-
plying for relief, and for whole dapfand nights they had been
without a marsel of food. Froth Thursday last until Satur-
day they had only a little bread, which was all given to the
children. Oft Saturday night, being utterly exhausted, he
took • he coat front his hack, and sold it to purel7;l•C
_ food.. .

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This tale of distress e'NcOtt.l Ihr sympathy of all alto heitrd
it. The poor niother could le carct ITl,rocetd fur tears, ;and
her children stood Ite.ntle her cr,lnt{.
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sir W. cm ti, asktd tier lYir.v ;11e.ageotititeil fur the violence
of her ?
Slat a`i:s-vrcird, that previous to their aliafortnnes he was

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enttd &ha tcand tempered, but befieerd
s,if .11G Lniiin en had oisordered his braid. Lie 'ljs -
the very hest of husbands.
The poor man, at ii,aring th's, hnrst into an 8"A UG
tear,, and claSped his hands to,;eth,,t as thnotgll he ".4:1;e1;li3,1
:fir. (nit! win and other nei4hbonts thatt
seen Older-sliaw drag his wife loin Lis lion.e, and roll Se
the snow, beating her at the s,tllll titer ten il)fy• 1‘11.." vis!
Glared that the deplorable situit i of the two childretlibeic
owing entirely to the treat fluent they had eceived
fri)m grill
father, anti another chid had died a short time ago.. nn a
inure pitiable state. ttinfot
:.Sir W. Curtis onserverl,.that the sufret ings the tinf°l-
man had entinted were enough to disorder t stroo4est;li'-$
,and every one: most deeply leek for the distre.i.ses.ot I 1 OM
his fatuity. Something, howe,-er, must be tioneras wtAl.tr;o6.l
.sur;iort as the scent ity of the wife•and chiltireo,
officers of the parish in Which they liv.d were 1).10" "betiii
It was their ditty to maine'n provisio.i for the where 000414
and he would tare that they Should do so. The,";4 841
Aldertrian desired that the prisoner shoold be remanue.,
the parish IithCCVS desired to 4.11 i 0'1!
Mrs. Oldershow—l bald, your %Vol ship, be will
treated, and hot e soniettrim.. to eat, tot Mb"'
his fast. since South!). mot iimg•
Sir W. Curtis told her to be quite easy upon that icol—
MOST INIPOR'I'ANT DISCOVERY:
Bo*-Stayk.'l..-011 Friday to, nine, Salmon, helOngir,
the above Claire, received Ifiratl iatormatinn severfaritO
30413 making o it•passe;y o ~nlin,ig blank .prillga-;,.00.,
mill signing different Magistrates' signatures to then), '44'7.4
ptivp.se of tiefranilitr; eitt Parishes. lit all
Pt
.Eitgloutl, which hit. been cart ied to :t most
extent ; consequence of St.-Paton ocu: edar
and, with the assist tote of LitVelitler
W,llt. to the house' of N.
stieut, St. Giles's; and on going to the first floor (0-.''''e
found it lucked inside when Sitioion immediately I'ryp
upeit, and. found live persons bihily employed, tw°n4e".,,,,ile
three WO/lIVII ; the 111t11 61111)4 up the tIIC
with their, lion/Iles ready -to gu un their routes. 1"6,-„30
titer bundles was found a larize gitainity of forged P'l"l,[4l
e,:tt.egoettee of which theywr re :di At cored and taUrt, fot
Ii Ic:HAN) BruNr Es,i. when they Were fully,10111oot'l)
trial. Their names are, Jamts ti'ellieott. :11`Pgs, .
:kip! Nlary ;tail Catherine
mon( y that lint, liceit &sirs he thtut tram ditfcrott id
in sxt.iu t' parts of the country is ininunse.