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London, England, 1830-11-19 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF 4 CELEBEITED ILARAUDER.

(From the Cakulta Ms Bull of Apr 1122.)
On Thursday, the 18th inst. was executed at Ahmednoggar, with
seven of his associates, the celebrated marauder Bake*. -This man,
whose courage and talents might, during the disturbed period of Indian
history, have enabled him to achieve great things, uncler the present
organised administration of affairs, could attain no higher elevation
than that which, in all ages, is due to unprincipled agreeing upon
the welfare and property of their fellow-creatures. Born a Brahman,
his impetuosity appears to have been tempered with a large proportion
of the subtlety which distinguishes that wily generation ; and far
many years he succeeded in carrying on his system of robbery in del.
wee of justice. Although the scourge of the districts in which be re-
sided, so great was the terror with which he was regarded, that no
person'webold enough to bring the evidence against him. Some yeas
ago he was in confinement at Dhoolia, but contrived to make his es.
cape, leaving a note for the magistrate, in which be humourously apo-
logised for absence without leave,' on &plea of being tired of confine.
ment and gaol diet. Daring his last imprisonment he had nearly sue.
°ceded in liberating himself, but his plans were defeated by the tree-
chary of a fellow prisoner. His common tuod was parched grain, and
he performed his devotions seated on the flat otitis sabre, after the
manner of those of his caste who bear arms. Like Mallow; be en. •
deavoured to stimulate the seal and secure the respect of his Mann
by the assumption of a religious detector, and, for this purpose,
proclaimed himself an incarnation of Chundobity the deified patron of
Mahratts thieve.. His object, as proved in Court during his trial, was
to raise against the government the whole of the predatory tribes of the
Deccan: Amongst the participators of his fate was his son, a promising
youth, and well worthy of such a sire. No Frenchman, in the hour of
trouble, could have adopted with more gaiety and confidence the motto, I
" Le bon tempo viendra," than this hopeful chip of the old block, who
after his awes, seeing a person mounted on a horse to which he took a
fancy, very coolly assured him of his intention of possessing it, cost free,
in • very short time. The execution took place at two o'clock, r.a.
under a numerous gond, as it was generally supposed the rescue of the
prisoners might be attempted. The most prevailing castes sent represat.
wives to this spectacle of justice, the peaty on the scaffold consisting
of two Brahmans, one Sing, or Pordesete, one Mussulman, two
Mabrattas, a Merl of Guserat, and a Dher. Omer fling, the Per.
dessee, is end to have been the man who, on a recent occasion, wished
to sabre a British Aka, who, like the Jewish traveller, " fen
amongst thieves," and would have 'acted his sanguinary purpose but
foe the interrelating of Bake*. As a reward for this act of kindness, the
robber cider merely reittested to be allowed to help himself to a pair
ollektl=twidek hot! escaped the rest of ohs peg, and which be
Oa Aver. He ties the a esapieet rape.,
to pr"="stl en Ye jemmy. Ile* eel prilmody uneesters ere
an ornament to my Tile vbellywity emee their Atte with firm.
nen, sad pan* topeered, in *a eyes er Marotta spectators,
seenyre.

The number of ass la the Sussex blockade is about
1,100. These occupy upas a line Obeying the dlnu et the coset), '
of one hundred and twenty miles, and which Keehn tow Chiehleter to
six miles beyond Rye.

SCINTILL.S.

TO ISOLDINB.
To love was never yet to sin,
Although the evil spirit deckt
In holy love's apparelling
So many a guileless soul has vrreckt.
Pure love can never be a sin,
Not wooing the fair form of clay,
But the blest spirit housed within,
And hallowing still the shrine's decay.
Then say not that to love were sin,
For 1 would joy to see thee wed
One worthy of thee, Isoldine,-..
And I would love thee west thou dead. J.

THE ANCIENT SCOTS CANNIBALS." Quid loquar
coterie nationibus, cum Ipse adokseentulus In Cia viderim Scut„,
gentem Britannicum, hamanis vend cansibus."--BT. Jzstonx.—Th.•
assertion is positive; but it is easy to suppose bow even a mint, aini,
adolescutulus, may have been imposed upon respecting the matetials act
the banquet. There was a grand controversy, now forgotten, on this
passage, arising out of a note in Grinon. in which Dr. PARR cut a
principal flgure--Some 3188. for &Woe read Atiseetlos," Quarterly
&•view, No. 81, p. 126.—Can any of the readers of Tax STAR in.
form J. J. W. to what controversy the reviewer alludes, and where the
particulars are to be found ?
THICK SKULLS: The following extract from Dr. Cricli-
ton's " Inquiry into Mental Derangement," proves that this reproach
anatomically correct, when applied to those who labour under a defer.
of intellect Is very remarkable, that the skulls of the greeter
number of such patients, are common' very thick; nay, some have
been found of a moat extraordinary Among 216 patients
of this description, whose bodies were inspected after death, there were
167 whose skulls were unusually thick, and only 38 thin obey;
among which last number, there was one which was much thicker on the
right aide than on the •1441. But in particular it was observed, that
among 100 raving madmen, 78 had very thick skulls, and 20 very thin
ones; among which skulls there was one quits soft. Among 26 epilip.
deriving madmen, there were 10 found with very:thick skulls, and
'four very thin. Among 16 epileptic idiots, there were 14; and among
20 epileptic patients, 10 who bad very thick skulls. Among fst me.
lancholy patients, there were 18 with very thin skulls; and lastly,
among 30 idiots, 22 with very thick, and six with very thin skulls :
all others had skulls of natural thickness."

Iwozwious Dtv mg.—One day last week a son of Vul-
can residing in Elgin, applied to a carpenter to have a broken pane of
glass replaced in his window. The week finished, it was proposed by
arpenter, and agreed to as a matter of course by the man
of smoke, that they should have "a glass" together in settling
the small account for the " job" done. " Now, Thonta,,
says Vulcan, "it was a little nickam of a loon that broke the window ;
do you think I can have recourse for the rice of replacing it sgaine his
father ?" " How old may the little villain be ?" inquired Thomas.
" Between nine and twelve," was the answer. There can be no doubt
of it," rejoined the carpenter; " make the father pay you, by all
wrens," end be enforced the doctrine by a "dint" of his fist on the table,
which made the house ring. "lam of the same opinion,. Thema ; take
your glass;" Nothing loth, the glass was empty in a twinklinz.
" Thomas, do you know it was your own son that broke the window ?
Thomas looked confounded. Only conceive how provoking it was to hare
last his glass, his workmanship, and the price of • gill of whisky to
boot, all In consequence of having the above doctrine wormed ot t of
him by mere trickery.--Eloin Courier.
Tun Hones on Comm:intl.—A woeful disappointment
awaits the stranger from the country, who expects to find the House of
Commons enshrined in a habitation proportioned to the importance and
dignity of its functions. St. Stephen s' Chapel is a small, shabby
house, not much larger than the aisle in which the General Assembly
meets, as plain in its furniture, and less imposing in its general effect,
because it is flat roofed. " The first thing," says a lively writer, " that
strikes you, is its mean and sombre appearance. When at home you
heard the Chapel of St. Stephen's spoken of,you naturally supposed that
if there was not something of the grandeur and grace of a national ball
about it, there would be at least some of the venerable and imposing ap.
pearance of an ancient church. But you find that this place—the place
where so much wisdom is accumulated,and whence so much eloquence is
distributed over the.world, ought to be called the chest of St. Stephen,
rather than the for its square form and wooden texture make it
seem better for a linen chest to the oedema a storehouse to the
Patent Steam ashing Company, than for accommodating the collate,ads‘eteel,
live wisdom of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Not one vestige of the
ancient structure is to be seen. The whole walls are of wainscot, as dark
and dingy as heart can desire ; the fiat roof is so close upon the gallery,
that It seems as if intendediamhirinseral extinguisher
mto the House ; the
Speaker's chair, bating the arms, would do no honour to &ein.
dal Mason Lodge ; the and scats are not more tasteful than
those of a dissenting 1111:114= in a manufacturing village; and th,
three windows which throw light upon the house, are as common
place in their structure, as mai In their heads, as the country gen.
tlemen who show forth thole IMelhanal gllgaswleg from the third bench
upon either hand of the Speaker." A narrow gallery runs all round,
supported bEiender iron pillars. The part et this at the foot of the
room, reach to the dotted line, is foe strangers. It leas five rows of
seats, and s about 130 persons. The reporters for the morning
newspapers occupy, not thefirst row, as one would expect, but the back.
most ; and they are accommodated with a private door and • room, into
which they retire during divisions. The part of the gallery extending
round the other three Wm of the House, is reserved for members. It is a
rule of the House.—o very useless one—that strangers should be turned
out as often as a division takes place. To get this accomplished quickly,
the gallery is provided with two doors, by one of which persons pass out,
and by the other they are let in again; and as those who are first out are
thus let first in, and have their choice of the seats, there is a universal
effort to get out as quickly as possible. From the stranger's gallery
these is a view of the Thames, through the windows at the upper end of
the house.—The Speaker seldom takes the trouble to look to the mem.
her who is speaking, or to listen to him. He may be seen penning a
note, or leaning over his chair speaking to a member while an ha.
Teague is delivering. The forms of the House are the very reverse of
imposing, and its proceedings have rather a disorderly appearance to a
stranger. There is much motion in the way of ingress and egress ;
much whispering • and often such a buss as drowns the orator's elm
quence. It is said that a journey to Rome ha* cured many a bigot.
red Catholic of his reverence for the Papacy. So a plain country.
man, who comes to London with high notions of the dignity and so-
lemnity of the Honourable House, may well be surprised, when be
Into St. Stephen's, and finds: net a numerous assembly an grave
ilete, but some 40 or 60 fellows, some foppishly and some shabbily
dressed, sitting in an obscure room, talking, gossiping, and naoib,;
shout, with less of state and business form than may be met with in a
kirk session—and sending forth rescripts that bind the whole country,
new model its laws, drain its resources, and turn the fortunes of the
confiding millions upside down. There would be a moral grandeur i:i
its exterior planeness, if it did not cover so much unsoundness below.
ON 2 EFFECT 01 STlAm.—The Liverpool and Mancha
ter steam coaches have, weave told, driven 14 home-coaches off the
toed. Each of the hone coaches employed 12 horses—there being thin:
stages, and a change of four horses each stage. The total horses cm-
i played by these coaches therefore was 168. Now, each horse consumes,
. on an average, in pasture, hay, and corn, annually, the produce of one
• and a half saes. The whole would thus consume ,
the produce of 25:
'saes. Sup therefore, " every man had his am,' upon which to
rem his y, as some politicians have deemed sufficient, the maintr
lama of 262 families is gained to the country by these steam.cosches.
The average number in a family is six, that is, four children, besides
the father and mother. The subsistence of 1,612 individuals is thus
attained.

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BIRTHS.
In Leeson-street, Dublin, the lady of Ilajor Dundaa, of a daughter
—At coon!, Cork, the lady of D. Daly, Esq. of a son and
beir—.At ogue Castle, county Clare, the lady of Capt. W. Scott.
of a daughter—Satutday, in Wexford, the lady of R. Bolton, E.g• of
a daughter; and on the same day, at Sarshill, the lady of S. Boxwell,
Esq. of a eon. The ladies are sisters, and the children their brat-Ixan.

MARRIk
The Oth inst. at St. Matthew's, Friday-street, Mr. G. Smith. of Ps'
ternoster-row, to Ant, eldest daughter of t►e late Rev. E. Whiteloek.
of St. John's, Weardale, Durban.—The 18th inst. at St. Oeorlic'6,
Bloornsbury Capt. Keratenten. of Canewdon, Ifasez, to Mary Ann.
second daughter of the late Rev. R. Berkeley, LLD. of Writtle, Bases.
The 4th inst. Capt. S. C. Rowley, of his Majesty's ship Welk/kJ,
brother of Via•Admirsl Sir J. Rowley, Bart. LC B. to Mary, WY
daughter of the late E. Crony's, of Newtown, County Kilkenny, Baq•_

DIED.
At Clonakllty, Lieut H. T. O'Brien, of the Royal Marines—W(4'
mislay, at Saniwich, the Rev. W. Wodswords, rector of St. Peter's, ID
that town, M.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and chaplain to
Lord Pahnerston. Besides his attainments as a classical and mathe-
matical scholar, he had acquired the esteem and affection of all who
knew him, by his independent and upright spirit, tempered and 101•
proved by the kindest manners and most benevolent heart. He will be
long and deeply regretted, not only by his personal friends but by all
his parishioners. The living which he held was in the alternate Pre-
sentadon of the Mayor and Corporation of Sandwich and of the Lord
Chancellor, and it was at the earnest and unanimous solicitation of that
body that his Lordship bestowed the prefament on Mr. WodNwottl"-
The I4th inst. at her house at 41i11.11111, Ann Rankin, relict of the late
J. Rankin, Esq. In her 81st year.

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