Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-06-21

Chamber Of Peers are clogging the wheeisl
while the Deputies are pushing on the carl
lriage. Talleyrand is seen at distances
apparently rejoicing in the effect of his
laaifices. n
lBRIsTOL MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The want Of room prevented US last
week from inserting the subjoined inter-
testing abstracts of tlle proceedings of this
society, held in the Guildhall on Thurs.
lday the 18th alt.
The following is the speech delivered
Iby Major General prolo, in the service Of
1.-THE Honorable East India Company at
bengal, who most ably filed the chair on
this occasion.
! After military service OF forty years
an actual residence OF thirty
lsix years in India, | can truly say, that
1.-THE people Of the East are in a deplorable
Istate Of darkness, with respect to religion.
lThey do indeed profess to believe in a
Supreme God, but their popular deities
Ireseu.ble those oil Greece and Rome; as
jCowper says, {. Gods such as guilt makes
'I,gelceme.' Ii our forefatbefs, under the
islominion Of the Druids, and their cruel
lsuperstitions, were to be pitied, SO are
1.-The Hindoos under the Bramins, and the
dominion of the power OF darkness; by
(which would express not only literal de-
wills, but the power ofignorance, supersti-
ltion, prejudice, and sin, which is the
/ Iackest of darkness. i have twice pas
,Ised the temple OF Juggsernaut. marching
nth troops, and both times we we're halt
led to afford an opportunity for the Hin
|ioos to worship the Idol. Ibeheld the a.
venues of the Temple strcwed with SOULS
land human bones, and heard one of cur
j wn young surgeons exeiaim in profess
lsional enthusiasm, "Oh what glorious
study is hear ~ have bcena witness
tlof the enthusiasm with which the Hinaocs
.|expose themselves to probable martyrdon
10y crowding with fanatical violence, to
-Ionly ordinary worship OF the idol. At
1.-THE FIRST time of our passing one man was
,lrampled to death, and others were dan
|gerously bruised. On the return Of the
Troops, several more were much burt, for
There were eight battallions OF seapoys !:
Il observed that the Bramins who iRhabit.
led the Temple we're fat and sleek in ge-
Iaeral, and seemed to be despotic lords Of
he town and its population. The cen
trast between the former and the latter
Twas extreme the people and their hou-
|ses, presented the depicrable spectacle
lief famine. disease, filth and crueboppres-
lsion. | well remember, that felt horror
i'm marching through the streets, not on.
lily from the above genera! appearance of
-Itiis misery, but from the howIings anG
screenings of the women, who caMe
Infringing their bands to the doors Of their
houses, and fell on their knees to tie Bri-
.itish officers as they passed. The imme-
.|diate cause | do not certainly know, for
There was no halt at that time, nor any
|notice taken but apprehend that they
Iimplore protection from the cruel tyranny
)of their masters. Many of the Hindoos,
lwho are British subjects, are not afraid Is
speak their sentiments in confidence re-
specting the character of the Brmins. Il
reeol,ec, that shonkeene, in the b,zar Of
i[be hattsllio, Of ubicb had tho temro
rarv command. in he cso,na;ons Of Mar
cr;S CornuaIl;s reo,estod no Jo fnr.,;sh
Sim with a written nassncrt and crelen-
Itials as he intended to en- bark for Ma.
ldras and return to BENGAL by land II
enon;fed the csrse of . resolnf;or 60 nm.
comnnn. 70 . n;n,,oa and no told mo
lfrankly. that il he wsre 10 nass hv tho
femme of Jppeernapt the ransc;tv of tho
era Minis world Grin Kim 81 u, tiai 10 bod