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" sthlf. That the practice
was not permitted by the
foreign states when they had power and tent itonyin Wit.
'" 6thly, And which *e think in , itself conclusive of
the practicability .of abolishing the practice.nette least
of the safety with which it might be prohibited, that
fli mart instances it has been actually and effectually,
prevented from taking-place, without exciting even -a,
murmur, by either direct interference on the part of
the local authority, or by reuse' of permission.
!4 The officers who acted in these instances of pre- .
vention. it was well known, acted in virtue of the
authority they held under the Government. .1t might
be considered, that in each instance an experiment was .4
made as to the consequence of a prevention, and at;
not one of them appear to have been resisted, or event'.
to have excited any feelings of dissatisfaction, we Erie 1...
it difficult to imagine that a general. prohibition by the; t
Government itself Would be less efficacious, or prodete
sety serious or permanent opposition or discontent. The
very utmost we should apprehend from 'it would he
ennaporary clamour or agitation among the lowest ond .
most ignorant of the people in insulated districts, where
the-practice prevails, and ;where venal Brahenimentay
bare influence, but would be discountenanced and
reprobated by the higher, more intelligent, and edu-
cated classes of the conitnunity. . .
,6 7thly, and lattly,• is! the enoally satisfactory tend
important. fact, that a trent hnstiber ,of 'the ;nest sibte:
and experienced ' servants of-the Company, elploxed
*alder the imenedike aotbinity of your Gov't-111min,
and the Presidencies of Fort St. George and Bombay,
in the stations which afford•the best means of forming
a correcsjudgment'on the lubject, including members .
of your Court of NiZaMtit Adawlut and superintendents
• police, have voluntarily, and some of them nearly
in the same terms, vetoliartn.'ed the abolition of the
horrid practice, end recorded their confident opiniclns
end belief that it might be abolished without any evil
consequence iihatinever.
' " Weimirsehere briefly and sepalively notice another
land most melancholy fact, deducible ft( m the narra-
tives, as far as any appear, of the actual performance
of this horrid ceremony. and the manner of conducting
it, Which destroys at once the plea on which the evutilty
of it has been palliated, and the idea that those Mho
assist &Übe nereittony are influenced by religious en-
thOsiasin s* revetWnce for the Shasters. The fact we
allude to ise that the practice Is miscalled suicide, or
voluntary immolatioti,-,Ahat at the utmost the act isno •
longer voluntary after the victim has weended the pile,.
and been placed by the side of the stead .body. This .
fact, we believe, is'well known to all who have ever
witnessed the ceremony, and is most affectingly eleri;
plifled in the instances adverteCto in former nara-
graphs.of this diviatch. It f0114,41/4 incontestably-, Ott
io every case tll% eitpress rote eland *.ia,trettionVl Of,
the Shaster are di.regarded. B , think, that Mr.
Walter Ewer, in his letter, from w white have ahead?'
Isre
quoted strong diservations On ialject, lan 'bran
reastinabl: grounds for dontatingiTif ei•ea the act of:as-
cending the pile, or the widow's previnus:determination
(.t cinsrnt to burn, can, excepting in very rare cafes,
be entreaty termed vpluntery,; 4-le observes that
.4 few widows would ever tbinh.M sacrificiog them-
selves wilts; . overposeted " sty "force -or perinea
sioni.` end one who would _torn, with natural' andln.
stinctlre'hoeini .frorn then Gest Odea:Of sinking spec
husbend's pilii,.will be at length gradually brought, to.
pronounce a peluc ant consent t disteitcticksith vie,
without one friend Ist advise tw.plotect bet., shq•islittle.
prepared to one* tie stitrcantliot c,tiVid of littiigry
Brahmins end Misted relatitii, alehirriiritiornent
or force : accustobnel to look an 'the ferther•tiittikhe
highest veneration; end to (rumen implicit bellettleall
'their amnions, she dates net. if she was able to alike
herself heard. *sly the certaim, of the various rider s-
cages which must attend the sitcriflee. In this 'uteri
few hours quickly pass, and 'ilk-widow I‘ burnt before
she has time even to thir,k•nptin•the subject. Shetild
superior sense enable her to resist tl &arguments of Acne
about her, it will avail her littlek. people will not be
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disappoimed of their show, and e entire population
of a village will turn out to assist in dragging her to
the bank of the river, and in keeping her down on the
pile. Under the.eciettsorstancet nine out of ten widows
ate burnt to death.

1. detaamano, Governor of Figueiras, has publisls=l
atArthe following proclamation ;
.owslu.pursurusce of iststructions received froas-his Ex-
cellency die Capt. General of the 'PrindPality, I warn
all persons, whatever may be their rank or condition,
that within the period of 21 hours they.memo present
to the Mayors of their respective. villegetalt. fitened
side arms, whether long or short, Slider the penalty
of a fine •of one hundred" (hicks (111.),
„and two
years a; the.galleys. The Nability; and persons who
enjoy other privileges, are-to be considered exempt Irons
this obligation, provided that they shall but
longed to, the 'sevolutionary lof the
abolished Constitution,. and that they have not co,
operated in the late scandalous revolt of this pi iucipality."
PARIS, Nov. is.
Duriog the last two days,.several hundreds of,. infa.l
mous pamphlets have been sent to us, which are printed
at Paris, and forwarded by the post, uodee-printed
covers, to our subscribers in the Departments.: We
have already stigmatised these criminal mannsurse‘and
ma again denounce them before justice and, the public,
Asoinion. We give the particulars of our denunciation:. .
?Die list of our subscribers in the Departmenksvahosal
Amines were reprinted, could not have been takem cot&
not have been stolen, except from the (-faces initlar
street J. J. It.vosseau. Common sense v. ill suffice. tin,
determine whether this fraudulent abstraction, contain-
ing several thousand names, could have been made
without the psrticipatiou, or, rather without the eapsess
nrdets, of the Marquis de Vaulchier, the Postmaster.
General, or of the functionary who acts for him, incase
he may have set off for the College over which ha presides.
We have submitted to the in-pection of several prin•
tirs, the printed covers under which,. the pamphlets
were sent to our subciihers, and all those skilful per-
sons affirm, that these covers come from the ltoyalspress„
directed by M. de Villebois, Master of ltequests.
Thus, then, the Marquis de Vaulchier, or his substi-
tute, and M. de Villebois, ate either guilty of or accom-
plices of the acts which we now denounce. If they sub-
mit to this distinct accusation, their guilt is demon-
stratri ; if they do not avow it, they will bring us before
the tribunals; we shall meet them without fear in ,the
presence of justice.

/ROM Vie JOURNAL DES DSHATS.
PARIS, Nov. 12.
Time flies! These lanes will have scarcely arrived in.
the distant provinces, when France shall have began to
decide upon her destinies.
The Mor.oleur cries to-day—" Royalists, stand firat,l
it is the fate of the restoration which your votes are to,
decider The _Vomits:sr tells truth—more truth than'
perhaps it thinks for.
The conjunctine in which:we are, is tills great and too
solemn to admit of disguise. - We shall express all out
thoughts, which is, perhaps, the only mode of doing all
our duty.
Restorations are, it is well known, laborious enterpri-
ses. It is uteeopted to rivet, once more, the 'chairs co
time over an abyss, to establish a throne, heavy wit§
the weight of *ages, in the midst of passions, et ;iabits,,
of laws, which have no longer any recollections of it,
but which, instead, have many wants and many.wtstes.
The tree has been broken itt two by the lig.'stntng; is
wanted that the mutilated trunk should revive.
Restorations have but one mode of establishiog and
making •themseltrs lasting ; that is, to accept things

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i• In corroboration. of the above reasoning of Mr..
Walter Exer,we would observe, on behalf of the in,
tended victim, that we see it often stated that the widow
was urged and intreated to give .up her resolution to
burn, but we re not told of all,•-nor: of -any part, 4 f
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what had been previously
that resolution, nor of the
ties at tbe.moment in which
delusions which' sere pa
and secure her perseve ante
information on the subject
iliodoo kindred, and then.
of the 'kilos to tell her story,
" Of the savage violation
of theSbaster, which directs

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