Star.
London, England, 1815-02-27 00:00:00

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BoiNflitmer.—!Saterday evening two. &Us Altie
twelve, the other thirteen years of age, were charged.
wish stealing Bank.notes to the amount of 416, the
prOperty of Mr. Pearson, 'of St. Clement's Parish.+
lie attended with his wife to give evidence, when it
appeared that they were preferring the charge against
their own daughters, *so shocking to the.feelings of
ltenitnity,:that the Magistrate hesitated going in to
it, but, extraordinary to relate ! the lather urged the
Magistrate to proCced. The. girls seemed insensible
of their situation. The mother said they frequently
staid out all,night—lately..they staid out three days
and three nights, and spent the money. The father
stated that he had no confroul over them, but ac-
knowledged that he had neglected their education.
They admitted that they did not seek after the chil-
dren when they absented themselves, until they dis.
covered, on Saturday morning, that they had stolen
436 in Bank-notes; they then made diligent starch
after them, and discorrered them going into the one-
gallery of Covent Garden Theatre, when on
searchiug them £l4 with some silver was found up-
on them. They appeared very clean in their pet-
sons, and denied having been in improper company.
The Magistrate declined committing themlor site
felony, and recommended the parents to instill inut
their minds good morals ; by proper management
they might yet become useful members of society.—
They were accordingly discharged from custody.
.Saturday evening, as Mr. Grimaldi was passing
throogh.King-street, Covent Garden, he felt some-
thing at his coat-pocket, which induced him to turn
soddenly round; and finding he had been robbed, he
seized a man who was close behind him, and with
assistance conveyed hint to C, vent Garden Watch-
house, and from thence he was brought to this 01-
.fice, when he .was recognized to be a well-known
1-Character, of the name of Chamber:, and was fully
Committed.
bIAN6IOA.HOUBE.—SatuTday John Wilson, charged
with robbing the firm of Fourdriuier and Hum, pa-
per.manufacturers in Sherburne-lane, was re-exaiiiiiied
and Wily committed.
CPUILIMALL.—Saturday, a respectable telltale pre-
ferred a charge against a special Constable. She
stated, that in August last she went in conipany with
.her uncle to the Parks, to witness the scenes then ex-
hibiting in commtmordtion of the Peace, when a lid
about 17 contrived to cut three gold seals from her
watch-chain. She seized him by the collar, when
the prisoner stated that fie was an officer, and took
the thiel into custody. The prosecutrix soon alter
observed the prisoner take ti.e seals from beneath the
back of the boy's coat, and suffering him to depart,
escaped himself in the crowd. it was not until Fri-
clay last she again met him, and Ow instantly' recog7
inized him. Sir C. FLOWER thought the case one of
an extraordinary nature ; but as the utleuce was char-
ged to !lave been committed in the county of Mid-,
dlesex, the prisoner was remanded to Bow-street. *.

A Hair To THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY,

The Brahmin system produces the urroost excesses
of false humanity -cind hideous` cittetry: Th..)
Can retain a widow by force Oil. flu fLatrirl.pile front
which she would escape—who burrothers alive with
their husbands-..who teach the mother to exprise her
iztant to ants and vultures; and in alple"clistricts to
drown all the female children as soon us laiwn—who
teach children to force their aged parents
.into the
river, or to .suffocate them by stopping their mouths
and nostrils with mud—who guild in oil mills the
OfitiLS of a rival idolatry, and pour boiling oil into
the ears of the wretched Sudra who has chanced to
come within hearing of the reading of their holy &oks
—hold it criininaf to destroy any thing that has life;
even vermin. Some sweep the ground before them
with a broom which they carry for the purpose, lest
they should tread on an unseen animal ; others
_breathe through a thin cloth to prevent insects from
enteliug their mouths or nos;rils: they have even
hos;litals for vermin, where btggars are hired by the
night to serve as food for them.
But to the po;nt—Mr. Foloses, in his Oriental Me-
moirs, narrates an anecdote which may be wined to
good account, as pointing out a mean by which in-
controvertible evidence may be afforded to some of
these deluded people, that their religion is founded in
fraud and imposture. A •Brahman, who possessed
more information than most of his brethren, lived in
habits of intimacy with an Englishman fond of philo.
tophical pursuits; he learned English, read his friend's
books, and profited by his instruments. The English.
man having obtained a good microscope, displayed its
wondrous powers to the astonitheid Brahmin; and soon
convinced him, by ocular demonstration, that absti..
nence from any thing possessing life was impossible;
for that be devoured ;numerable animalculz on every
' vegetable which he ate. The Brahmin on his nest
visit wished to buy the instrument. This Was refused,
being a present; but, wearied by importunity, the
Englishman at last made him a present of the micro.
. scope. His eyes &liked with joys he hastened front
the var4nda— laid the. *floppiest. • is, of the,
lireps, and with a stone : .R ,ntt
smashed it to pieces. TO'die angry.** che4 or
donor, he replied, that when he sea '•• •3, he slbtitd
call and explain •his irtiallons. On .tat vidt ber
thus addressed him s : •

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" Oh that I had irmkined in thlit, happy state 91
ignorance in which you found me ! Yet I confess,
,that as my knowledge increased so did my pleasure,
till I beheld the wonders of the microscope; From
that moment I have been tormented by doubts,—l
am miserable, and must continue to be so.till I enter
upon another stags of existonce. , I am a solitary in-
dividual among fifty millions of people, all brought
up in the same belief as myself. And all happy, in their
ignorance.• I will keep the secret within my own
bosoms it will destroy my peace, but I shall hare
some Satisfaction in knowitig 'heti alone feel those
doubts which, had ; not destroyed the instrument,
might have beeln
.communieated to others, and ren-
. .deredlhooliabdi wretched. Forgive me, my ttiend—
, and bring' here no more implementirof knowledge I"
. • Wheannot refrain from qUotiag berg a just...a pa-
thetleetnuirk, of a Reviewer (714,Quarkr#)--" This!
ie a fine story ; but how much finer might it have!
!'hiata if the European had been a ehrisuan philoso.
I :Ohm. as well as an eiperimeritaltst I" .' • "
I• Let an-the Missionary Preachers, before .they set,
flout on that Journey, be-instructed in ~the leading.
' principles of those branches of science which give'