Star.
London, England, 1818-09-02 00:00:00

&Amid. The lieetenattt-Covernot also took advantage a
sorrow and feeling of the moment to establish The &mar
Ausillary Bible Society,' and the Rev. :Sir. Wu: ; our Chap.'
lain, preached an appropriate sernitot on the occssien. Kt*.
'can equal the melancholy with which we 841,1 OTtrWeitned
consequence of this sad catastrophe. By none does it A
pprar
I have been more deeply felt than by our Litutenint-Gerert
Ilia 114)1,21 Highness P.ince Laiwou. was particclarly
hint at Claremont, where be was always a weicane
during his late visit to England, prior to lais aitpoineannt
fiettleariern.
" The duty on the export of spices has berm then
in a short time we shall export enough for the cotine.;•l
England, and eventually of the Continent. The ciltiveters
themselves well paid at a halfpenny per lb. for rut :;.t,
we had a right to espees, from the liiierd and enliere:e
of our new Lieutenant-Governor, I tate:tea:el 1:e pr
immediately abolish slivery, and emancipate t•
the forced deliveries, fcc. under which they tzv.: "ten.
bottred. The gutting and cock-fighting farm, the
endlers evils, are to be abolished irons the Ist cf
'country has suffered much from earthquakes. Titey
on the 16th of :Starch, when the most violent sh,n.lti atm
nearly all the public t difices are in ruins ; the Government i
melees, and every building in the place rent and
out—these earthquakes have continued at intervas
list month, but hopes art entertained that they are no:
,There has been a South American pirate swet.ing me
some time, and if the Patriot cause succeeds, the Inn:
will be supreme at filat.illa." •

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The Asiatic -Aferivr peesents several incidents
tive to the IndianrWer which we have not obse
to be noticed in the Official Dispatches, and w
indeed, from their nature, mufti not be expect/
find a place there. It appears, that shortly
the great battle 'of Maheidpoor, the BUYS (a Pr
of HOLICAR'S family) was cruelly murdered. Si
been previously-placed in confinement in ans.qui
of her having wished to prevent a war v.:111 the 7
lisp. A Council was then held by Roost;c::
ROOSHUN KHAN, and Giiurrox tx, by trfin
was determined, that she should be put to dna'.l;
she was accordingly taken down to the bed of the
and publicly beheaded. Several quarrels after this
place between the different Chiefs, but the infition
ROOSHUN BEG prevailed, and the bark ras fo7
The consequence, however, was fatal to him.
battalions which he commanded were cut up
dispersed, himself wounded, and his influence
hilated. On the South of the Nerbudda, the A
of the PEISHWA hid taken great rains to seduce
Sepoys in our service, and had induced 5ev,.7...:
longing to the Bombay Presidency to de: t. pr..
by bribes and promises of reward, and p.: 11
threatening to inflict cruelties and oppreui.es ca
their families and friends. In consequence, the
and Military Authorities, at all the British stlt:ms,
were particularly enjoined to extend protectior. to ail
the families of Sepoys who sought refuge within oar
territories. This measure, joined to the subsequent
defeats - which the PLIsHWA erperienced, had con.
pleiely put a stop to the desertion among the Sepoys

In an another part of our Paper OUT Deaden
will find two sets of documents under the beads cf
Lower and Upper Canada, which arc deserving tf
very serious -attention, for the singularly oppc-;
character of their contents;

In the one we are pre.:ented vith an Address ft-
the inhabitants of the city and vicinity of Quebec .
General Sr lons 91tEgustoostr., on his TEtirern
from the sitnatiOn of Governor in Chief of the P-c•
wince of Lower Canada, in which they express in II:
.strongest /mintier their gratitude, slant, under hii Es.
eellency's auspices, the progress of trade and industrj
s been faCilitated by improvements in the internal
nopurtuninations thioughowt the province. agric9ltnrl
has been patroniZed and encouraged, mail Nry.ble•
some laws have been promoted, the pet;tiwu (!i tat
ailject listened to and impartially decided, and to
constitutional rights and liberties of the people nava.
I.iiably respected.
11 Contracted with this, are two Addr-cses from -.11
Legislature of the Province of Upper C.inada, to t..
PRINCE RECENT, which breathe nothing b.,.... I
language of remonstrance and complaint, and 7..•.. e
picture of the state of affairs in thdt_ P..-,Vince -, di
ferent as it is possible to conceive from t'.-:
Canada. They state, that duri:v; the
the United Stares, Vpper (':raga h..
nearly the whole pressure of the encm.
attacks—that by the bravery of its ow
tinguished in tawny brilliant acf.or.s,
neral devotion itt its inhabitants to t!:
Britain; the Profiling Was presorred ft
don—that the injury the Province s
the inroads of the enemy, in 1c);:
property, and general intarupticsa of
pursuits, has been such as to reduce
of high prosperity to one of great
decay—that it was the Harty ?f Me R!:
their Soreieign to hare kit/ /fief .-.-(: the
a faithful account of their servi..ei .
but that they are without the cov...);A:;
that this has been done, or that greet
of their obtaining the selicl they :o ir

The dates of tl:cte A.idre< are,

very recent ; but aee have ro.t,ua to

Mutter of them is fic,h, anti

cireumstaa,:c..s uf proptl-
paid to them th.t the Pravinee of 1.(
now become a scene of so rtic% v
under the eq.& vecal

indifference o.ri:,,.oventinent on the si

a loss to acN:ottnt
thew

for oa an! s.:li

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destination,

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