The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-12-16 00:00:00

BURNING OF WIDOWS.

Revelal mouths age, in the vieMity of Chanderna-
gem a *male vitaim was immolated on the feral Ole,
ander circumstances peculiarly atETting. She was •
poen woman, who bad been recently betrothed to •
' young man of the sense town. Every thing was prepared
fee slat celebration of the nuptials, whkla 111111 been fixed
for the next day ; the relatives of both partids had ar-
rived from a distance to honest the a:arrange wit!' their
Ipmeeece ; and the circle of their friends already enjoyed
in eatleipatiou the festivitiet which the approaching 'day
would *slier in. On the preceding evening, however,
the bridegrooom was taken ill of the Cholera Merbit.
land is s few boon was a lifeless corpse. lidorniation
1 being conveyed of tbe melancholy event to the bride, she
lostantly declared her determination to ascend the fa-
' anal pile of her betrothed lord ; a long debate was
hereon held between the relations of the bride and the
priests respecting. the legality of the act ; the result of
which was, that In such cases the attesters considering
the bride as bound to her husband by the vow she had
/ taken, permitted a voluntary immolation ou the toners!
ile. The next day, therefore, instead of the music and
I oy which bad been anticipated, the bride was led to the
ts
mks of the (hops, said the snout grief of her trim!'
and relatives. and 'ust with the dead body of her it
husband.
We have beard that another of those abominable
human sacrifices took place on Tuesday last at Chitpoor;
the victim being a young widow of twenty-four rears of.
wee! We are informed too that au equally hotel,' vibe-•
bitioa, called the Chunick Poojah, in which the most
creel tortares are self-indicted by fanatical devotee,. is
to take place to-day, under a Christian Government!
and on the Festival of Easter! while we are actually ceie
beating the Resurrection of the Sarioar of the World •.- -.1
(Celestes Jorrital.)

ANNIDABAD.—On the 2d of Febrir...ry, the in-
habitants of Ahmedabad were mach surprised by
the appearance of a royal tyger, which was brongl.t
io alive from a neighbouring village ; he had keen
caught in a large cage constructed on the pri:.ci-
pie of a rat trap, with a goat for the bait, bet
.but partitioned off with strong bars so as to be
beyond the reach of the tiger; the goat was
however taken out deed without haying apparent-
ly staved any injury; it. is therefore concluded
that the animal died entirely of fright. A large
Amalie:to dog. of_4lo...oordieto. bred. was
into the age for Ail hod. and the gen
who were present were mnch surprised at ob-
serving the dog, instead of being.likvimed at the
terrific animal, immediately rush forward and
seize him by doe nose, and it was a considerable
time before the tyger could disengage hires&
After having been kept for some days to graft-
isce miriesity of the natives, a gentleman of kn*villt
ty in the spordnrworld, pat an mid to his
e ••, by shooting him with a rills through the
forebood. Tbe bell was afterwards extracted, and
was completely flattened, which shows the ex-
. treme hardness of the skulls of these destructive
animals. In the village at which this animal was
caught, above 80 people are said to have been dc-
struyed
by him.
The match for Capt. Weatheram to drive two
horses 38 miles in two hours, for WO grainer.:. end
' which was t,.... have taken place yesterday, was 1 et
elf, by consent, through the frost. the Captain
having paid 20 gnincab for the indulgence. Lt ex-
cite• much sporting interest, and it will take plate
on the first conrcnient dry,
A packet of Forged Bank of England Notes, ad-
mirably ex..scuted, was found a few days ego by
rot-act boys at Liverpool, runceakci among. tome
twirl- rebbib m that I..wn. They arm all Wiled
lE.r..' am! eigitd Needbara.