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degraded to sabserve the cause q do.
lasive superstition, whose advocates pro-
fess TO be able to divine future events,
and to point out rules to regulate lbe con.
duct Of man in every stage and In almost
every Circumstances Of his existence IN {
this world. There is perhaps no part Of
heathenisn which has more constant
and oppressive influence on all classes OF
society than assrology in its popular. ev-
ery-day devvlopemen,s. Here may be
seen much o. that bondage which isl
crushing this interesting people.
Hindoo Law was next noticed Their
earliest treatise, the Blackstone Of India,
entitled the "Institutes Of Menu" was
probably contemporaneoIs with the we
das." their sacred scriptures. Sir Wm.
Jones puts the date Of these works 81
nearly sixteen hundred years before
Christ If thisis the true time Of their
origin, they were written before the Eve
books of Moses or any other code of
which we have any account Although
these Institutes contain many things
which appear to US unimportanl and des-
potic, as well as foolish, yet many Of
/ their rules for moral conduct as well ~
the civil code they contain, appear 10 en-
body common sense, stern integrity, and
a degree Of wisdom and knowleege Of the
wants and woes Of man very seldom ex-
celled, if fully equalled, in any merely
human code that has ever been cstab-
lished. This work Of Menu is and has
evor been held sacred, and has exertcd a
very important influence over nearly all
the different nations Of Hindustan from
the earliest days Of antiquity. There are
a large number Of other books on Law,
but as this is by far the Oldest aud the
most influential, others are more or less
derived from Il, or written coniormably
to it. 1t supports with all lis sanctions,
and with all the force OF divine punish
ments and rewards, an oyer-weaning
transcendental philosophy lofty sol
emn, yet fancilul and supersti,ious pan
theism, and Brahminism or priestcralt
1t supports the distinction Of caste, there
by unduly exalling one class Of subjects
making them in many respects, unanswer-
able to law, and the objects Of divine hon.
ors, while another and far larger class
are enslaved and degraded TO almost a
level with the brules. Thus do these
laws, so renowned for their yenerabl,
antiquity and for the evident wisdom con
tanned in many parts Of them, so far IL
O. advance Of anything known in their da,
o countenanee and uphold the most siugu
b. lar dogmas in religion and the most ar
y bitrary and unjust distinctions amoni
men. Yet they have exerted and ar
3 still exerting powerful and far more ex
: tensive influence than any other code 0
+. which we have any knowledge. As the,
il were authority for the lIindoo Judge ani
IS magistrate in the days Of Joseph or Nose
IS and in all times since,so are they aoihorii.
It for the English and IIindoo judge an
Is magistrate now, and are administered b
ii them to nearly one ffth Of the whole bu
10 man race.
l. But space viii not permit ii to folio
"a out more minuteIy this highly interestin
10 lecture. Without effort at oratorical di
Of play or rhetorical flourish the attention
n the audience was deeply fixed by til
b. clear and distinct manner in which Ii
r subject was elucidated.
st Mr.. Muzzy will lecture again THE ev
ming in continuation Of the-same geuer
IN subject, noticing tbe poetry, fine arts, g.
OF Of the Hindoos. A. these topics mo
OF be, II possible, stiIl more interesting lhs
n those Of last week, particularly TO POI
'rs ular audience, We are sure none vi
ID, heard the former will b. willing 10 D.
.ut this.