Star.
London, England, 1824-12-27 00:00:00

- BY WILLIAM KNOX.

Time speeds away—sway—away;
Another hour—another day—
Another month—another year—
Drop from us like the leaflet sear ;
Drop like the life-blood from our hearts;'
The rose-bloom from the cheek departs ;
Thu tresses from the temples fall;
The eyes grow dim and strange to all
Tied speeds away--away—.4way ;
Like torrent in a stormy day ;
lie undermines the stately tower,
Uproots the trees, and snaps the flower;
And sweeps from our distracted breast
The friends that loved, the friends that blest;
And leaves u weeping on the shore,
To which they can return no more!
Time speeds away--away--away;
No eagle through the skies of day,
No wind along the hills can flee
So swiftly or so smooth as he,
Like fiery steed—from stage to stage
Be bears us on—from Youth to Age;
Then plunges in the fearful sea
Of fathomless Eternity !

EAST INDIA PAPERS.

BOMBAY.—SUPREME COURT, JUL't 30,1824.
The Court having met at the usual hour, proceeded
with the trial of Lieutenant George Richard Stoven
Fenwick, of the 2d Battalion Ist Regiment Bombay
Native Infantry, charged with the murder of a Bheel
Chief, at a place called Looner Warrah, on the 22d of
January, 1823, by causing him to be hanged by the
neck until he died.
The circumstances which appeared in evidence on
this trial are to the following effect:
Lieutenant T. R. Billamore, being called and sworn,
stated, that he is Adjutant of the 2d Battalion of the
Ist Regiment Native Infantry, now at Rajcote t that he
is well acquainted with the hand-writing of Lieutenant
Fenwick; and that the letter* now shewn him is the
handwriting of Lieutenant Fenwick, and is addressed to
the deponent ; that he forwarded it to Captain Morin,
the Commanding Officer of the Battalion ; and that in
consequence of the receipt of the said letter, be a ent,
by order of Captain Morin, and Vic Lieutenant Feawick
under arrest.
Shaik Abdulla, having been sworn, deposed, that he
is a Subadar in the 2d battalion of the Ist Regiment
Native Infantry, and was employed on a detachment
under Lieutenant Fenwick, the prisoner at the bar; that
the detachment consisted Qf eighty Sepoys, one Su-
badar (deponent), one Jemadar, five Havildars, and five
Naiques, with several troops of the Guicowar's cavalry;
that about fourteen months ago, whilst stationed at
Looner Warrah, the above detachment, with twelve of
the cavalry, was ordered out by Lieutenant Fenwick to
fight the Blieels (or thieves), in the neighbourhood ; that
about 11 o'clock at night they got re.rdy, and marched
about six coss towards a place called Sumaria ; about
four o'clock, when within a coss of the said place, they
halted ; at day-break they, by order of Lieut. Fenwick,
attacked the village of Sumer ia. The fight continued
till it was clear day-light, and all the Bheels found in
the village were killed, and their houses set on fire.
After the fight, Lieutenant Fenwick told deponent that
he bad made two Bheels prisoners, and that one had
wounded a seecry in the band, and was a very savage
fellow. The detachment remained at Somalia till
about ten o'clock, and then marched for their lines at
Looner Warrah. When nearly half-way back, Lieut.
Fenwick, with the cavalry, proceeded on before them,
and left the detachment under command of the depo-
nent to follow with the two Bheel prisoners. On the
road they met the Rajah of Looner Warrah, who said
to the deponent that many. English. Officers had come
there, but none had done such good service as Lieut.
Fenwick, and pointing out one of the Bheels, said, that
was a burra huramzadu, that he had about 400 Bheels
at his command, and that if he, the Rajah, bad caught
him he would have killed him immediately. About
two o'clock they reached their lines at Looner Warrah,
and after dismissing the detachment, and placing the
prisoners in the quarter guard, the deponent reported
the same to Lieut. Feuwick, at the same time telling him
what the Rajah had said. Lieutenant Fenwick replied,
"Itisof no consequence, go to your dinner." About
seven in the evening, having been sent for by Lieutenant
Fenwick, lie went to him, in company with his orderly,
and found him near a mowrah tree, with some dooley
bearers, and one of the prisoners who had been taken in
the morning. Deponent made a salam to Lieutenant
Feawick, who. said, Subadar, lam going to make a
little tumashu (sight)." The deponent asked what tu-
mashu Lieutenant Fenwick replied, "I am going to,
hang the Bheel." 'the deponent, speaking in a low
tone to Lieutenant Fenwick, said, "Sir, according to
the rules of the English Government, when they give
orders from Europe, then the man should be hanged; this
is not proper." Lieutenant Fenwick said, " Never mind."
At this time some of the dooley bearers were on the
tree, and a dooley having been brought, the prisoner
was placed on it, and the rope was put round his neck,
but not properly, and the prisoner was al tried, and
began to shake. Lieutenant Fenwick was Agry, and
desired the deppnent to see to it. Deponent did so, and
put the knot under the Bheel's ear, the other end having
been before fastened to a branch of the tree: Lieute-

mant Fenwick then ordered the dooley to be taken away,
and the Bheel WAS left hanging, and the deponent im-
mediately went to his quarters. The name of the man
who was thus hanged was Etcha Puggee, he was the
rated of the village of Sumai ia, and commanded about
400 Bheels, and was a notorious thief and robber.
Isree Sing, Naique, being called, corroborated the
above evidence.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ballantyne having been called,
stated, pat he is Political Agent to the Bombay Go-
vernment in the Myhee Caunta, and is under the orders
of the Resident at Baroda. Has been at Looner Warrah ;
the country round belongs to the Rajah of Looner
Warrah, who pays tribute to the Guicowar, and also
Scindia. The Rajah is a Sovereign Prince, with power
of life and death in his own territories. The force
under Lieutenant Fenwick was part of the Guicowar's
subsidiary force, and under the orders of the Resident ;
they were Company's. troops. There was an alliance
between the Guicowar and the Bombay Government—
a written treaty ; he had seen it. There was no written
treaty between the Rajah of Looner Warrah and the
Bombay Government. The Rajah was tributary to the
Guicowar; and the British Government guaranteed the
fa/Ewa of the treaties with the Guicowar, by the tri-