... himr have been condemned to various punishments. ISLAMISM. NrW MIAHOIETAN SErT.-A noew sect has been fonuidrd in Persia by a man named Bab, who has written a new book to take the place of the Koran. lie is said to have already made several thousand prsselytes; ...

... usiles. m According to accounts from Tabreez. dated the 30th of ith June, the new prophet Bab, whose followers are said to ch have lately become numeroas in Persia, was to have been blown from a mortar on the 1st of July, by order of the an government. ...