Star.
London, England, 1810-06-13 00:00:00

INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF A SUTTEE.

" Being informed that a Suttee was about to take
place in the vicinity of my house (in the neighbour.
hood of Calcutta) I repaired to the spot, in company
with a friend, instigated by a strong and natural cu-
riosity; to observe narrowly the deportment of a hu-
man being about to take a voluntary and public leave
of existence, and believing from what we had read of
similar cases, that our feelings would not be shocked
by any open exhibition of the actual pains of dissolu-
tion. I do not recollect to have seen any account of
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a Suttee, which did not, upon the whole, tell rather
favourably for the humanity of those whom an im-
perious ordinance of religion calls upon, to preside
or officiate at such cereitionials. I•think it therefore
a duty which I owe to the cause of truth, to record
at least one instance on the other side of the question.
With this view, I beg leave to address myself to you,

CIITNG'S PATENT WORM LOZENGES.
WORMS are the :nost frequent sources r f
reta's Disease. Their symptoms every parent and
Cl of children should be acquainted swish—They occasion loss an:
petite, a paleness of the colour of the facei einaciation, and
gular state of the bowels, attended after seith violent Palk': thew
bring on convulsions, they affect the growth of the body, and
prove fatal, by ending in a consumption or decay. Boti, as a
ventative and cure of these alarming complaiuts, the above
lent medicine is universally allowed, on the testimony of the
highest characters in this country, both in rank and r •
to have no equal. The public approbation given to the Propektur:
front a penonal knowledge of its wonderful success in their ossit
families, stamps its m...rit beyond competition, and ;Jena unc,i,.4
to it, of which no other medicine of the kind can boast. Krems
and others who have the care of children should have :his rem, sly
as a family medicine to resort to, whenever the stomach or bowds
of children are any way disordered, which It will eleraysbet.inc
to relieve.

in.the hope you will give the nakration a place In
your valuabie newspaper, when you have nothing.
more interesting or novel to insert.
6' The Suttee in question took place at a spot by
the river side, about a quarter of a mile below Bat-
nagore, at eleven in the morning. We arrived about
half an hour before that time, and found the widow,
bathing in the river, surrounded ley a troop of friends,
chiefly men. It was then low water, and the deep
mad left by the tide prevented our approaching suf-
ficiently near to observe with accuracy the ceremonies
that were performed. Our attention was attracted
to the pile, which was placed about high water mark.
It was not altogether more than four ancVa half or
five feet long, to the hest of our observation, and con.
sisted merely of some long billets of chopped soon.
dry wood, fresh and green, from the bazar, retained
in their places by four stakes driven into the ground
lat the angles. The whole was exceeding little, if at
all, longer, or broader, than one of the common cots
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used by the natives. The deceased was supported in DR. FOTHERGIL'S NERirbeS 'CORDIAL DROPS.
THE lateift cause of Nervous Disorders lies •
-1- impure state of the animal juices, Which instead of reiseial;
a sitting posture by two men, close to the pile, and
, ...... in ad
some more billets of wood, with four or five bun-
dles of dry brushwood, and reeds, lay ready for innegrvardsiituitrp,u.s.r!intig the principle of lite, irritate and &ran .e'
I use. The whole of the ceremonies observed on' the is pmduces varieuvoniplaints of a ae t
habit, the animal spirits not befits supported, lipiMchond I.l'l
occasion, were such as are usually gone through, and
widow Hysteritc affections arise, and from this diseased elate or thmeSebitj
as have been described so often in books. The
`was dressed in a robe or sheet of bright red silk, and
had her hair hanging loose and dishevelled, and stuck avtaidrioctutts maladies
e th
I:ll2Ytheisethicliesorders Dr. FUT/ItthllatQf letrsTilt.irerelt%lib.7ol4SnileZenliteittriPD'lre'Eteal.
have been found the bein serneay, the roar po
through with many wooden combs ; her forehead
forand reanimating medicine ;it has been proved an intrealAnsurativa*
was painted with yellow ochre, or orpiment, and shedn insured in warm dims .i ea tor
true
had no other dress or ornament whatever. From tie , elostebaotsetZtilon tobbvalussin4ess s
confirmed in eland
power,Teur,
by-standers we learned, that her husband was a corn- : been fully
~h: with richt nand
of either sex, and too often prematurely prodyeeateklig Ibe ' 4
toe
mon washerman, and that it was not expected by any I
the weaknesses connected withit. No medicine and.let
cj
one that she would have resolved to burn herself, I
as ! se-Vail:audit restorativehqualit les, Or so well adapted to every eles.:4
especially as she had a child three years old, and
fwelaedli muscles of relaxed
warmed,an; animated, ldn&rvanicla"
her relations had offered to maintain, them both, if habits are
acquire fresh vigour, the exhausted 'erns are fill; dt:11 gar limbs
she would consent to live. I shall not take up your
',nattily juices, the spirits drooping and lar;uid
..mud exhilirated, the different function{ of appetite and tliges"tvit
time by detailing the many ceremonies that were per.
h.ed by it, ai dntdhe !boleti Fonst notion riceives new rife
formed. The body of the husband was placed on its
right side, and in due time she ascended and lay i
anedestrorenniogtt
ornoraess
tovetio,et Ifieitalth castemot.be mons.
down by its side, facing it, and literally locked in its mended with too inul ea
cate and highly nervous state which is known to sucxceedmet'lleildbeilleh,
and those peculiar indispositions of the sex, whidi by. watt ut at.
arms. So short was the pile, that the bye-standets
were obliged to bend the legs of both very much, to ;• union, are apt to produce the most fatal'andlUlgOlitg disease;,
enable the pile to contain them. 1 and even death itself.
" During all this ' dreadful note of prepay ttion,' ' wholesale and retail at Mr. Butlers,N 4
, corner of Paternoster-row, London; Baxterando.CO ClEdlsPlidet
'and
,SkoGldlasgow ; &lam, Portsmouth ; Newbery and Son, Dubtuak;
from first to last, the widow preserved the utmost,
! mod rand Turner, Hull; Hoxland and Hayden, Plymouth; and
the most entire fortitude and composure, or rather
apathy, and was unmoved, even at parting with her tmost 00, St ers and Medicine Veuders, in every town, in bottles
child. Tn her processions round the pile, she was 'at 4s. fa.. and 225. each. Of whom may be bad,
supported and hurried round through the crowd, by I Dr. VOTHERGILL's FEMALE PILLS, prise 21. 9d. a box.
many men who held her by the arms and shoulders, i IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
and made the populace give way. From this we at , THE Advantage the Public must always derive
front regularly educated professional men directing almost
first concluded her to be intoxicated, but were the-
exclusively their studies to ones, ecin of ntalaily, was sever:no
wards convinced of Our mistake, by seeing the sm..
!clearly demonstrated than by the unexampled success which her diness of nerve, and perfect composure, with which tended the administration of their new remedy, and the eat -
she sprinkled the corpse of her husband, and vieunt- i attended cruarneedictoha.is performed.
t For
l a long Aeries of years Messrs.
ed on the funeral pile entirely unassisted and alone. ConaarYai
. made the Venereal" Diseas:e the pearrytiicnullauirs obitsttcs their service, hare
We stood within six or seven feet of the pile, and
ration, and are happy in
theigeleistrf
having discovered ajMediocine :liar 1137'
could not be mistaken. The remaining billets of i
mercury, in the cure of that complaint ; it is sufficient to obserrteo
wood were now laid on the bodies, with a scanty 1
nthratthe effects of this remedy are diametrically Apposite to those
mercury,
itsor though it completely eradicates evneortyinv‘en
handful of dry reeds here and there. But the point
to which I wish especially to draw the attention of . the virus, in most confirmed stages, yet it 'toes
injure the
your readers is, that thick strong ropes, thora.:glily constitution ;on the contrary,' it renovates
lin all its natural functions, promotes appetke,and facilitateseYst di.
soaked in water, were previously tied :ound the- bo- gestion ;thus instead of reducing a strong and vigprous toeitiai.
dies of the living and the dead, in many places, to ' don to the frightful condition that mercury does, it not only pre.preclude the possibility of escape, and in seeming serves that constitution in its primitive state, but •estoresawvak
anticipation of the dreadful scene that followed. One i and debilitatectone to its neural strer.rh and vigour. Number.
; less instances are on recent record of the superior efficacy oftins
Bramin only was present at the ceremony, and as
1 emeedicinee,
to
sbinheirendt and specific virtues acting as a perineid
soon as all was prepared, he offered 'to the widow's
illicity pleheai! debility, worht;ther proceeding
h from an mess
hild (in the arms of another) a lighted brand. The I eireanjnealoor
indulgence ofroinmeatut
etonutsoreuh.theidiond s, Omsk
child drew back in affright, when they seized its n" I'4 destructive,
hand by force, and applied the fire to the head, and in a certain pernicious habit. Amidst the melancholyy bc"ll'
sex;
disorders sellich are the coinwypience of this solitary vlce,"mterr-Yar•
afterwards to the foot of the pile. The shorting and i none more AM ctinr ttian that distressuig state of debility and,::.
noise of the crowd had been incessant from the be- ' c •
loud.— : unhappy solferer broods over his misfortune, ashamed.i kthe
..ciency which prevents or embitters the mud-ilex's!state;
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ginning, but at this instept it was incredibly
until lie is reduced to suds a state of weakness all rendorre.
Four strong green bamboos were now laid across the ; lief,
eight , ltitrfe. oppo
hre:;sive. TO such persons it must be a consoliii Mkt-
whole of the pile, which was strongly held by
,ttcyl:t greatest of
now, by a new Infallible mode of
men, so as to keep down all attempts of the miser all hutuanhiessiniis, s':
useless; i stsrro:4instmg,enr.trtalubwlye, and; tiiiti'dYgerotuo
ble creature within to rise ; a precaution not
In all cast* to(delo.lity, deli ilitllli.lun.-
if it be allowed to conjecture from what we observed• '
spumy, Won whatever muse arritt,
at the foot of the pile, near to which we stood. A as wen as in every species ot.verierealjurectioa, talessrs.
and Co. may be consulted by ratiwrits oT either seit with`l;
quantity of ghee, not, I should imagine, apint in greatest secrecy and hail • . • ' hetti;e7,No. lni, .-f•ls.ttossi,.
Garden. Patientsi in :sb:br''.":6'.4kair
all, was scattered on the pile ; the scantiness o; this%
and the brush-wood, and the greenness of the billets, i their complaints, by letter prose 'itiariro, eticcloslitg a Bank note wilt
caused the pile to burn very slow, and rendered it' have necessary medicine and advict sent to any part of th:
•
'• • ~ -W.' itt7;flattatt-Citelen.
necessary to apply fresh fire at one time. I.scarcely - '• -' "'
know how to paint in colours that shall not disgust TO THOIoiALTATLOR, ESQ. •• • - .'
...
ani shock your readers, the horrible close of the , . • is ,EST
•We. , NEW IIItIDGE-th RUT- LONDON.
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acme. Suffice it to say, that soon after the fire took . noteoveati tie, -
TIErl leave to inform you, That ever since the year
effect, the veretcled woman within, in her torment, 1 1790,1 had been afflicted with the I.ues Venerd; Wbicb,frum
stretebcd forth her leg, which now protruded from -rely resisting every cou •of medi •
the knee, beyond the scanty pile ; and by the quick- initeaQsbt:tiiinii; ant of the faculty hererstinel.undergoing Presalised severe
4111.
ness with tliicli she attempted to withdraw it, on its courses of salivatioo,andiiee die. eh d f the Hospital, with.
touching a burning brand, it was evident that .he little relief, would *peg to be of the most inveterate nature. Its
was still ton sensible to the tortures she must then it hi: rry: Coo7pnulolt.fithiasepe/a: lOd.one."etoonlmnYyedisneaaisterdoCe.hadldrhall awls:gem...4l4l= diem
have been enduring. Owing, the brush-wood be legs bsoirts
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ing scattered only at the extremities of the pile, the out in a frighttut :natl.:yr ; my rights' was dmreyadfully pareinful, and
fire there was fiercest. Ina minute or two more, hint been in a state of ulcer: coon for thu last seven years; mv kik
had also two nodes upon it, was very much discoloured, a-d pre
thc scorched and mutilated limb was again thrust
n
out, and s),,,vly consumed before our outraged eyes, nearlylesu to sk
such
.rivem excruciating.piain, particularly when warm in lied, as
43hrovst ;innt !who
!am
able
'v
ein , ho ren ediso:litel I a care
re-
while the tremulous and convulsive motion hich it cnmeinhai fiy Mr. J.T Ao
exhibited to the last (for many minutes), too plainly to
them here,) to t. ke your Leake's Patent Pills, which I siva
:hewed that sensation and life yet existed in the mis.ri to do on the tafth May; in the course of a fortnight I began is
able wretch within. A kind of incredulous horror head and
litnefit—ln Wilt more than a month the ulcers co o /
artna were soundly healed—moo after, the steam ti If
at what was passing, had till now rivetted us to the
spot ; but the scene became too shocking, and we leg bealed also: leaving, however, considerable discolour.•
quickly retired. I ougl tto observe that the utmost sst;ion in the skin, stud pain in the bind of the left, which, by tl.e
little longer perseverance in your invahop
iit difference, withoilt any symptom of the b..iceslitlsilleelg of
sT,sisCibaasiddeda ; the nodes dispersiug, tie 'kin repining
remotest itinatural hue, and the no•turiial pain' g dually ' tif Iti ta
compassion, prevailed among the whole of the spec-
taturs, not CX opting the mother and sister of the
. became, by yo,ur. liberal advice and nisedreine perfristiecel; free— from'
my former complaints—have reeervete d my' former spirits an I
strength, and am become lolly an.! 'at, in which starebariag co
widow, who were pointed out to us among the crowd." tinned many months to the astonishment of all who knew met I
------ , cm at a less in what terms to ex2ress my gratitude, but het )4!
for the good of omer soaring mortals, to make din my caw as
A ship carpenter at Lime:hens! has, with creditable public as possible, as I shall on every occasion—in so de* PA
ingenuity, built a three decked ship, completely rid-
ged, and which is so portable as to be carried on
on :t vane,will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful obedient very n litonl,k sidd
ALEX. MtaeleElL
man's back, and yet sufficiently large to enable 411.: Swan's Close, I li.g,h-street, Edinburgh.
maker to sail in her up and down the River. I Prepared and so!.I by the sole Proprietor, Thomas Tayltifi
It will be remembered that a man of the name of Member of the It cyal Coilere of Surgeons in London, at his Louse.
Andrew Nardi, an Italian, was tried for the murder moo.re. ,thkaZen v4oilitti-rtenet
a; wherei, after a. chon;iait.lit resieddez
its
tor
of a man, in Long-acre, about three years ago, when Venerealyt
Complaints,p and thosece ticg linYcidentasl to the
Cure of
Mr. Paull was a Candidate for Westminster A plea
of insanity was recorded, and the prisoner was con. of his profession should always observe in such cases, be 631'
Parts of Generation, with that inviolable secrecy whi mot
tens himself, the advice and assistance he gratuitously aded-
fined in Newgate, as a lunatic, but afterwards libe- :inters to persons taking this Medicine, will be esteemed, by ayerated, and banished the couhtry. He returned a few cerning Public, as an advantage seldom attained and void of all
months ago, and appeared at Marlborough-street ambiguity.
Office, yesterday, on a cross charge of assault, from a Perfume No. 104 Os
They are also sol.d by his appointment, at the Perfumers, NO.
watch-house, where a person swore he threatened to
95, :-.1. Atban's-stritet, Pall Mall ; the 'Foretop,
ford-street • Mr. Disborough's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill, •nearilcir
murder him. Nardi was committed to Tuthill-fields, posite the Monument ; and by one person in every 'considerablo
under the Alien Act, , town in England, ace. in boxes only es. M. each, sealed up wit?'
The Holyhead mail was lately' overturned about "and plain directioni, whereby persons of either sex may curs
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three miles from Shrewsbury, in consequence of the themselves with ease and secrecy. '
forewheel axletrge breaking off, and the coachman i . . .
was so much bruised, that -he died next day The '
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