The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-23 00:00:00

TRUE BELIEVERS AT MEKKA.

The well Zemzem is supposed to be the spring
found in the NNilderness by Hagar, at the moment
when her infant son Ismayl was dying of thirst.
The water is regarded as an infallible cure for all
diseases; and the devotees believe that the more
they drink of it the better their health will be,
and the prayers the more acceptable to the Deity.
A man who lived in the same house with me,
and who was ill of an intermittent fever, repaired
every evening to the Zemzem, and drank of the
water until he was almost fainting ; after which
he lay for several hours extended on his back on
the pavement near the Kaaba, and then returned
to renew his drink. When by this practice he
was brought to the verge of death, he declared
himself fully convinced the increase of his illness
proceeded wholly from his being unable to swal-
low a sufficient quantity of water ! I witnessed
the enthusiasm of a Darfour pilgrim, who arrived
at Mekka on the last night of the Ramadhan.
After a long journey across barren and solitary
deserts—on his entry into the illuminated
Temple (which can contain 35,000 pilgrims in
the act of prayer) he was so much struck with its
appearance, and overawed by the black Kaaba,
that he fell prostrate close to the place where I
was sitting, and remained long in that posture
of adoration. He then rose, burst into a flood
of tears, and in the height of his emotion, in-
stead of reciting the usual prayers of the visitor,
only exclaimed, " 0 God ! now take: my soul,
for this is Paradise !"—Burk/farca's Travels
in Ara(ia,

The two side arches of the triumphal arch to
the King's new Palace in St. James's Park are completed;
the spandrils of these'arches are sculptured with figures of
Fame, those on the side of the arch fronting the Park, ex-
ecuted by WESTMA COTT, those on the reverse side by
BAYLY. The shafts of the columns on both sides of the
arch are each of them of an entire block of marble.
A most disgraceful scene took place at Stam-
ford on Friday last ; a fellow sold his wife for two shillings
net aqd two shillings dry, and delivered her to the pur-
chaser in a halter on the Marker Hill; after which the
trio retired to a public-house to quaff the heavy ;vet
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CIVIL WAR AMONG THE RADICALS

COBBETT'S PORTRAIT BY HUNT.

At a meeting of the Radical Reform Society held
on Monday evening,
Mr. HUNT, on taking the chair, alluded to the se-
eesicas of Mr. Cobbett from the society, on the
ground of some expressions used by Mr. French,
which, as Mr. Cobbett alleged, would, in past times,
have placed every man who heard them tittered in
danger of a prosecution. He (Mr. Hunt) having
been in the chair on the former occasion, had die-
! rinetly heard, and he now pet fectly remembered,
what Mr. French had said. He would agree that
the expres::ions he had used in reference to a Mem-
ber of the Royal Family might have been in bad
taste ; but, used as they were, in such a loose way,
and on such an occasion, in the heat of debate, they
ought not to have been noticed, and, in fact, were
not noticed by any portion of the public press, ex-
rept by Mr. Cobbett himself. Mr. Cobbett also
charged Mr. French with baring said that he wished
for universal confusion,and that he was a republican.
(From a person in the crowd, " So he did say.")
He (Mr. Hunt) had no hesitation in declaring that
Mr. French never made use of such an expression.
(A voice, " Then Cobbett is a liar.") Another
complaint was, that Mr. French bad said that there
were no such bloodsuckers in America as the Duke
of Wellington. He admitted that Mr. French did
use these words; but be was interrupted before he
was allowed to explain. The term was ordinarily
applied to those who drew large resources from the
pockets of the people. Perhaps it was neither de-
licate nor just ;—but who would ever have thought
of hearing William Cobbett complain of it on that
account ? A hundred and a thousand times had
Cobbett himself made use of phrase in the same
sense. Mr. Cobbett said he would no longer be a
member of the society. This was rather extraordi-
nary, and the meeting world be surprised when
he informed them that Mr. Cobbett never
had been a member, for there was one ce-
remony necessary as a qualification,—namely, the
paying down of a certain subscription, which he had
forgotten ever to do, although he did not forget to
receive the half-guinea every time that the Society
advertised its meetings in his Register, and by these
adverti,ements he cleared more than he (Mr. Hunt)
had gained by the whole course of his political con-
duct. Mr. Cobbett made two stipulations as the
conditions of his becoming a member—the first,
that none but members should be permitted to ad-
dress the meetings; the other, which was a sine
qua non, that Mr. Gale Jones should never be ad-
mitted a member. However, if Mr. Gale Jones
were to be regularly proposed and seconded and
elected by the Society, no one would have the
power to refuse him admittance. It was easy to
perceive when Mr. Cobbett entered the door
on the former night, that he never meant to attend
one of their meetings again ; and now lie turned
round and urged the Government to prosecute the
members present, and him (Mr. Hunt) particu-
larly, as he was most liable, from his having been
in the chair. At all events, he very plainly told
the Government that if they did prosecute, he
would be a witness that the words had been used.
They had had a long lecture on republicanism from
Mr. Cobbett. This might be very well from a man
who had never spoken or written in favour of what
he now condemned. But he (Mr. Hunt) had taken
the trouble to look back a little to what Mr. Cobbett
had previously said of the state of Pennsylvania.—
Within une short month, in his Emigrant's Guide,
he had recommended emigrants to go to the United
States, and to take themselves entirely away from
the British Government. And why ?—" Because,"
as he said in a letter to a friend in Long Island,
dated the 25th of May, 1829, "in Pennsylvania
there were no -- borough-mongers—(he was so
very squeamish in his expressions)—there were no
excisemen—no paupers--no parson-justices—no tithes
—no dead weight, female as well as male—no dog-
tax, HO house-tax, no window-tax, no gig-tax, no
tax on servants, no public debt, no town of
Burnley, in Lancashire, where 2,000, out of a
population of 6,000, were living on one-fourth part
.of the earnings of an American labourer." After
some further comments, the paper from which Mr.
Hunt read concluded :—" Ever blessed be the Ame-
ricans, for they have established a government which
makes tyranny blush." But the Reformers need
not be cautioned against petitioning for a Republic,
for they bad never thought of doing so. The radi-
cal reformers should not now go upon their knees
and beg Mr. Cobbett to come back. No man had
a higher estimation of his talents than he (Mr.
Hunt) had ; but if he were to turn tail upon the
reformers, God be praised that he bad done it so
early. He would mention one fact with respect to
Mr. Cobbett :—He (Mr. Hunt) had given him
some ground in Wiltshire, to make him a freeholder
in the county, and he promised to meet him at the
inn at eleven o'clock at night, to draw up some re-
solutions preparatory to the election. After wait-
ing in vain for him for some time, a friend went to
look after him, and returned, saying, " They give
me the Courier, and do you know what's in it ?
That Cobbett is at Liverpool, on his way to Ame-
rica. I pulled a 501. note out of my pocket, and
offered to bet that that was not the case, and that
he would be here in half an hour." Mr. Hunt then
said to his friend, " I hope nobody took you up ;"
for it was a fact, and he would have lost his money.
So, if the reformers pinned their faith to Mr. Cob-
bett's sleeve now, they might some day hear of his
being again at Liverpool, on his road to America,
since such was the treatment that he (Mr. Hunt)
had received from him, although lie had behaved to
him as a bosom friend, and had actually devoted one
year of his life to attending upon him while he was
in Newgate. The object of the radical reformers
was to obtain their rights and liberties, and he hoped
the cause was good enough to stand, even if Cob-
bett, and he, and others were to abandon it for ever;
but he would stick to the ship, and the society
would not catch him, iin.the midst of danger, run-
ning away.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India-house, when the following ships were thus
timed, viz.:—Thomas Coutts, Captain ALEXANDER
CHRYSTIE, and Duchess of Athol, Captain BPIVAIP.
APDANIELL, for Bombay and China; .0-aniret, Captain
J. P. WILSON, and William Fgirlie, Captain THOMAS
BLAIR, for Bengal and China; to be afloat 18th Nov.,
1829, sail to Gravesend 9th December, stay there 21 days,
and be in the Downs sth January, 1830. Abercrombie
Robinson, Captain JOHN INNES, for Bombay and China;
Macqueen, Captain ROBERT LINDSAY, for Bengal and
China; and Orwell, Captain It. M. ISACE, for St.
Helena, Bombay, and China ; to bc afloat 3d December,
sail to Gravesend 21th December, stay there 21 days, and
be in the Downs 20th January. Reliance, Capt. CHARDEk
S. TimiNs, and General Harris, Captain Josuti. STAN-
TON, for Bengal and China ; to be afloat 18th December,
sail to Gravesend Bth January, stay there 21 days, and be
in the Downs 4th February. Marquis Camden,
THOMAS LARKINS, fur St. liana and China, with
liberty to go through the Straits of M4lacca; lardLowther,
Captain CHARLES STEwAnp, and Berwickshire, Captain
FREDERICK MApAN, for Bombay and China ; to be afloat
4th January, sail to Gravesend 25th January, stay there
21 days, and be in the Downs 22d February. Castle
Huntlg, Captain H. A. DRUMMOND, and London, Capt.
TIMOTHY SMITH, for Madras and China; to be afloat 1./,otli.
days, and be in the Downs Bth
.4dinburgh,
January, sail to Gravesend Bth February, kt4y
Capt.
HENRY BAX, -PCH%4/'Scoit, Captain D. J. WARD,
Getp?ge the Fourth, Captain T. W. BARROW, Earl of
Balcarras, Captain B. BROUGHTON, and Canning, C 3.11.
PHILIP BAYLIS, for China direct ; to be float qd Mardi,
sail to Gravesend 21th March, stay tlicri,- 21 Jays, and be
in the Downs 21st April, 1931

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and CABOU.AT, who murdered digit
father-in-law, were e;ecutcd on tl,.e 14th inst;',:lt, at
in France.—Frcnch Pajier.

If the lively young Irishman who, under the
I ntljttl-w.e of 4 too susceptible didposition, litely eloped froi,n
4. street wi.tli the moth, r of ten children, will; be good.
enough to return the husband's watch and seals, which, in
the hurry of the momopt, he put into the wrong fob, 11e
will be handsomely rewarded f,r his pains, and DO quA,
tions asked respecting the morq which he bertowed w
elope iyith..