Star.
London, England, 1825-07-25 00:00:00

sUPEUSTITIO NS.

At the Annual Meeting of the Dublin Auxiliary to
the London Missionary Society, held in Dublin, on
Tuesday last, the Rev. Mr. Reeve, Missionary from
Mary, in India, related the following curious circum-
stance connected with the religious notions of the Hin-
doos:—" The Hint:loot," he observed, " differed in
their moral character from other people; they consi-
dered all animals as Goo's creatures, and looked on
those persons who eat of the flesh of animals as canni-
bals. They know no diarence between the spirit of a
brute which goeth downwards, and the spirit t f a man
which goeth upwards. They consider the sun and
moon to be heroes, and they think thunder is the grum-
bling of the gods. They have thirty millions of idols,
and their idols are exposed for sale in the public
streets. You will see in the market-place baskets of
fruits and baskets of gods alike exposed for sale. The
time the Hindoos devote to the adotation of their
idols ought to make Christians blush for themselves.
Some of their processions hold from five o'clock in the
afternoon until three o'clock the next m nning. and
them are frequently twenty thousand persons in tlio.,e
processions, carrying their idols, with dancing and song',
from street to street. They also go to considerable ex-
pense, and a Hindoo temple frequently receiv, s offerings
which amount in value to the sum of 2QA 0/. yearly.
Such are their errors that many of them impale them-
selves alive on spikes, drown themselves in rivers, and
bury themselves alive. it is not an uncommon thing
for a Hindoo to run a knife through his tongue, which
he lets hang out of his mouth with the knife sticking in
it. They sometimes toast themselves bei;ne a huge
fire, or carry flue on their b ire heads; and these extra-
ordinary acts they commit for the purpose of appeasing
the anger of some of their gods, which they had them-
selves made. It appears by a calculalon which had
been made, that in every four hours a Hiudoo woman
was burned. A Prince of the Hindoo tribe,) who died
lately in India, had eighteen wives, and they were all
burned on the dead body of the Prince, together with
the child of one of them. The Hindoos had' gode for
every kind of vice ; thus, those who lived by ptunder
had a god who would sanction it. One of their gods,
who sanctions stealing, was represented with a pound of
butter in one hand And a pot of milk in the other. An-
other of their gods was represented ase monkey, and
another as half bird and half man.
[Here the Rev. Gentleman exhibited some specimens
of the Idols of the Hindoos ; they resembled very small
wooden toys. 3
A Hindoo once mentioned to the Rev. Speaker that
he recollected perfectly well when he (the Hindoo) was
an old cow, and that he even remembered the masks
he had in his ear. He said, that he gave good milk
when he was a cow, and that, that was the reason of his
being changed into a man. The Rev. Gentkman in-
stanced the case of the conversion of a Native Hindoo
woman, who was by trade a weaver ; and also the con-
version of the father, sister, and mother of thil woman,
who all, subsequently, became holy followers of Cll lihr.
He also mentioned the fact of a Gentleman who is
resident there, expending the entire of his income, which
is two hundred pounds a month, in forwarding the
object of the Missionary Society, in establishing and
supporting native schools, and having preachers ap-
pointed in the different prisons.
CORN EXCHAN.CTR, NCI:MK:LANE, JULY 15.
There were tolerable good arrivals of nearly all descriptions of
Grain last week; but this morning, the quantities of Corn fresh up
are only moderate. Prime Wheat has met a dull sale, but is nut
lower than this day sennight ; all other sorts are nearly unsale-
able on any terms. The Barley trade has become excessively heavy,
on account of the apprehension lest the ports should open for this
article. The unfavourable accounts of the crop of Beans have occa-
sioned a further advance in this article of 2s. per quarter. Peas of
both kinds are rather dearer. Oats meet buyers slowly at about
the same terms as this day se night. The Flour trade is dull, aml

prices unaltered.
Wheat, Red (1824) 58s. 70$. Rye, old, 00g. 00s.
- old, 00s. 003• Beans, Small, new, 48e. 5111.
White, 1824, 625. 761. - old, 00s. 00s.
- old 00s. Ms. Tick, new, 375. 425.
Barley, 1824, 345. 425. -.... old, 00s. Dos.
Old, 00s. 00s. Oats, Feed, new, Vils. 245.
Peas, Grey, 1824, 395. 41s. I old, Os. Os.
Old, 00s. 00$. Poland, new, 935. 28s.
Maple, 1824, 425. 435. old, Os. Ois
---- old, 00s. 00s. Potable, new, 2.41. 975.
White, new, 495. 451. old, Os. Os.
--- old, Os. Os. Scotch, 28s. 31s.
80i1_mer5,01w82,40,4163.005:.5. I
hour, pet
ARRIVALS LAST WWI.
5,931 I Peas 654
1,145 I Irish Wheat - • --
3,534 Irish Oats • 5,97.. i
9,967 Foreign Oats l aiS
2,c06 linglish Flour, sack 71,301
SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY as.
The comparative coolness of the weather, has caused a slight ad.
sauce in Beef, and the best Olen are 4s. 10d. to ss. pee stone; and
the Inferior Meat 41.2 d. to4s.3d. per stone. In the 'AI utton trot&
there is also an improvement, 4s. Bd. to 51. per stone bPing the quo.
talon for the finest Kentish and Leicester Wethers ; bnd 4s. 9d.
to'4s. 6d. per stone for the inferior. The Veal trade rtmaihs steady ;
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.. revealing his correspondent's name,as likely, ilknown, to at Pesaro• peared that Dill( tl had quarrelled and fought a day or to 4s. 6d. per stone for the inferior. The Veal trade remains steady ;
lead to the ruin of himself and family. InAiihti,t,howevets RAPID READING AND AnTICuLA rtoN,-01) S.tbbath- two before this transaction, and his face was bloody and in Lamb *ere IA Pr* much alteration. Pork is Worth rather •
more than ow.iltklay.—lk-atts, 9.,277 ; Sheep; :11,6!10;15r, Ito;
day. May 16,1825, Bliss roux Kr)sant.v, of Gilmantown, daugh- and scratched at the time Dobie struck him. The Jury
can the critical moment, and the letters (it the delcild ant
ir,,Te—ae.,-ci ite-htit.astst.-sfigrirlsaiccilaTie,tivoiictins, ter of DAvln Evorlirr, 1.5. c. read vocally and distinctly, between
seven o Mck in the snort:lug and lave minutes bt-fore 41i1X to the returned a verdict of likurstaughter against Dottie, and B:esi
, 4s. 4.1. to Its. per stone; Mattnn, 41. 4d. to 54:•• Veal, 4.:.
Tad ten! 1:-;:ted,-and deceitful." TLe;e letters earns. do v. i• aveing.th kw
of h .r . - issued by 6d. tons. Lamb; sq. to 6s. Pork, 54.6 d. to 6s. 4a hi
cW C rn - 717. eivid..,-. ;UM .-att:ll;ag to vnel.—.l- ay per load, •
1.,) a 1::UCI: littet p rirAi, 'A hen Sissiscn sail he cLuld no idenene.er Pp•r. blot) and committal to Newgate. Az Ss. to £4 151. Clover, £4 ss. to Al 101. &rave, sel las. to £4
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