Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-10

hung, drawn, and quartered added that for church
man to rebel against Protestant King made him the
vest Of miscreants that the prisoners like pers
or rather Like monsters who prey upon their yitals
and could not be paralleed in history; he recon-
mended them to the dungeon in Newgate till his Males
'ty appointed execution" England was not however
the only scene of these horrid judicial murders. The
news from BRussELs under March 10th, l7l6, says:
son Friday last several persons executed here in
very singular Four Of the most guilty were laid
upon wheels and broke alive; three of them had their
right hands cut off first after they broke the exc
cuoner cut open the bodies of the three whose hands had
been cut off and, pulling out their hearts and entras,
flung them into the fire. Four others, less guilty, were
hung Three more were whipped and branded with an
iron"
There is not word said about the cruelty Of this hui
butchery it is merely coolly called singular! And
what does the reader suppose these victims had been
guilty of Sacrege and proclamation Of consecrated
hoss" In England boy of fourteen hung for tax
ing oath which the judge called reasonable Execu-
tions frghtfuy common; timesseven, eight or
ten suffered at time The Criminal Code of England
most cruel one, and human life was the penalty
paid for comparatively trivial offences Yet crime seem
ed to be rampant not only in London but also in
try. Murders very frequent, and burgaries and
highway robberies committed at MONDAY in compare
lively populous neighborhoods Gentlemen seemed to use
their swords with mpunity in the streets OF London upon
linkboys watchmen, and coachmen Among articles of
intelligence the paper Of May Sd, ZIG, says "Next
week four ships of the South Sea Company will sail for
Guinea to lade negroes for the Spanish West indies
On March 9Th, l716l7 it is stated, yesterday the Ad
mraty pressed 1000 to out the feet" On
the l4th Of that month the Commons read the first time
bill for laying S. in the pound all lands" sc.
Our old friend, Ron Roy is presented to in the fol-
lowing paragraph under date june q, 17l6:
"We have an account from Inverary that in the begin
Hing of last week Robert MacGregor commonly called
Robert Roy marched in thther at the head of company
fifty of that clan well armed and went straight to the
Duke of Argyle's house, where COL Campbell, of Fnab,
received him at the head of company Of his graces
under that Robert Roy drew up hard by him. and
after exercising his little grounded his arms and
quilted them with huzza and God King George.
That Col. Campbell gathered up the and carried
them into his graces house. where Robert Roy and his
very well entertained for the rest of the day.
and the next morning they allowed to 60 home to
their houses, where they now both peaceaby and
publicly And it is reported that Robert Roy viii sud
denly be made the Duke of Argyles forester is also
reported that he hath deserved favor Of his
and the Government for secret services"
ROB, however, did not remain long true to his newly
allegiance for in the paper of the 9Th july
find news from the Post Boy of June Goth, stating, " 1t
is reported that ROBERT ROY has gone again from his
house and rejoned the rebels in the Highlands"
We to make the following long extract relative
to TURKEY and the religious ceremonies pracsed by the
people the Sultan under the directions Of that monarch
hundred and forty years ago, when engaged in war
against the Christians The contrast between the Turks
of and those Of 1853 is truly striking and shows that
however much people of Western Europe may boast
of progress during interval that of the people of
the East has been equally important:
"CoNsrANTISopLE FEBRUARY II, ZIG.
The following devotons are appointed to be performed
account of the present war against the Christians
"The Great Sultan, having cause to fear lest God
should design to let loose the scourge Of his wrath to
chasse his Empire and all his Subjects and desiring to
prevent his falling with his people, into the hands OF his
enemies, the Christians has earnestly wished that the
wrath of God may be appeaed by means of the process
sion Of the great MAHomET. For which reason he has
strictly enoned that oil and every person shall fast twice
week that is on Monday and Friday, in most strict
manner by abstaining from all sorts of liquor and
till night and those two days the High Priest
Muf with his Ecclesiastical assistants shall personal
y appear clad in sackcloth, shall proceed along the
streets and highways with their eyes fixed on the ground
and shall cry out distinctly to the inhabitants Of Mecca
in the following Words o God, assist thy people.
ssThe Sultan has further commanded that Mahomets
tomb be carried into public place four pillars OF
gold encompassed by twelve other tombs, full of the
bones their Saints the end that at their presence
Mahomet may not fail to appease Gods wrath.
alt also the Sultans command that the strangers
who shall be at Mecca, together with all the inhabitants
Of the city, shall 60 in procession times about that
priests upon this occasion to speak to the people, and
represent them what great mschies the Ottoman Porte
sustained some years SINCE and that unless they do
penance they will feel the wrath of God in their ruin
"Tae order Of he PrOceision.
al Six hundred barefoot, clad in sackcloth and
haircoth, each of them carrying weapon in his
hand part Of them WHOLE others broken during the last
war.
90 Next to them 5000 Musselmen, being religious
men, carrying sharp knives, with which they slash and
cut themselves, signing and waiing and beating their
breasts.
"3. Then 6,O0O men with scourges whipping their
backs.
al. Mahomets shrine carried by thirty Ispahiais or
Turkish priests their boards shaved, and their heads
bare the shrine by three hundred Bashaws
with their naked scymetars in their hands, who
dered to kill upon the spot any person who shall pre-
TO look upon the shrine of curiosity and the
bodies OF those slain shall be thrown the dogs
90 Fifty Turkish princes without scarlet robes bare
headed and smedred Nth CArisions blood Their left
hands bound up and dragging horse tails with their right
&C. Three thousand Jansares, who instead of their
arms drag behind them their shields bucker and cry
in lamentable tone, sHaao, Haiia, H.
al Prime Visier closes the procession, mounted on
an ass bare headed betoken humility holding in his
left hand Turkish cap dipped Christian blood and in
his right cane, wherewith he strikes his head bewang
the future calamity in these words, 0 Great Prophet
help us to obtain the favor Of God, to the end
mics the Christians, may be confounded.'
80. After him is carried box full Of silver aspres
(being small Turkish conn., which scattered among
the people, by Turk appointed for thu purposes but
no man is to presume rise till the procession is over
on pain Of death.
40 Lastly an incredible multitude Of Turks among
whom their Iones ~ who scratch and tear their
faces and every hundred PAGES they to lift up
their ha1ds to heaven aud cry aloud 'HaHd, Hdad,
Bacho o God, God, help rs, that Te may moi perish
So much for Turkish superstitions one hundred and