present time." The hon. member thought it hard, as these papers tended to the exculpation of the Rajah, that they should be refused.

Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said, it was a very invidious task at any time for a member of the Government to refuse the production of papers; at the same time, he would state circumstances to the House which would induce it, he thought, to agree with him that these papers ought not to be given. His hon. friend had stated what he considered to be the contents of the papers; he (Sir J. C. Hobhouse begged to tell his hon. friend that he was quite wrong in the description he had given of them; but, wrong or right, the question was whether papers containing the confidential correspondence between the Governor-General of India, and any persons employed in delicate functions by him, should, merely on the statement of the hon. mem. ber, be produced to this House. But, independently of this consideration, there was a fact which was conclusive upon this subject. He was sorry to say it, for it redounded to the disgrace of the parties concerned, that copies of confidential despatches had, by some means or other, found their way into private hands in India. His hon. friend had been fair enough to tell him of it, and had shown him the despatches; he (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) had just looked at the envelope, and he saw that, by some means or other, these confidential despatches had been purloined from the secret department at Calcutta. If the House of Commons should sanction the breach of trust which had been committed in this case, it would make government impossible in India, or indeed in this country. It was clear, from the very terms of the motion, that there had been a betrayal of confidence, for the very date of the letter was mentioned. How could that have been known except from a betrayal of confidence? It was unnecessary at that moment to consider the question of the guilt or innocence of the prince; all he desired was, that the House of Commons would not sanction an act which was deserving of punishment, instead of receiving anything like encouragement. The hon. member moved for the production of these papers in order, as he said, to ascertain the opinions of the Governor-General. Why, the hon. member knew what his lordship's opinions were, for he had copies of the papers in his possession. Why were they not produced before the Court of Proprietors, or published in the newspapers? Because the parties were ashamed of the transaction; and, knowing that they had obtained the papers by indirect means, were afraid that some honest man would ask them how they became possessed of themwhether they had got them by bribery, or purloined them. had asked the hon. member how he got the papers. (A laugh.) Of course he did not ask whether he stole them, but merely how he got them. [Mr. HUME.-I told you.] He asked the hon. member whether the transaction was one of which he could approve, and he had the candour to declare that it was not. (Hear, hear.) If it had not been for the act of treachery or thievery which had been committed, he would willingly have produced the papers; but he would not do so now, and he called upon the House to support him in his refusal. (Hear, hear.) This was not the first time a demand had been made for the production of the papers. The question had been under the consideration of the Court of Directors, who had refused to produce the papers by a majority. [Mr. HUME.-Of two.] The hon. member is misinformed. The majority was 14 to 8. [Mr. HUME. It was 12 to 10.] At any rate, the question for the production of the papers were negatived; but if the question had been determined differently, and the Court of Directors had applied to him to consent to the production of the papers, he would have refused, as he refused now-protesting, however, against the inference being drawn from that refusal that there was anything in the papers which he wished to conceal, for the time would come when he would make their contents known. (Hear, hear.)

He

Mr. WILLIAMS thought that the papers should be produced, because they vindicated the character of the Rajah. [Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE.-They do not.] He could not understand the moral principle by which the right hon. gentleman was influenced on this occasion, and begged the hon. member for Montrose to divide the House on the question.

Mr. BRIGHT thought that the right hon. baronet was guilty of injustice to the Rajah, in basing his refusal to produce the papers on so low a ground.

Sir T. COLEBROOKE and Mr. Escort said a few words in favour of the motion.

Sir R. PEEL thought that the right hon. gentleman (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) was perfectly right in refusing to lend the sanction of Parliament to the very improper manner in which these papers had been obtained. The example would be most prejudicial if the House were to lend its sanction to such a proceeding. Suppose on the subject of Cracow, recently under discussion,

some hon. member had come down to the House and said, "I am in possession of important papers bearing upon this question. It is quite true I got them in a very reprehensible manner, through a connexion which I had established with some parties belonging to the Foreign Office; but having got them, there can be no objection to their production by the Government." Why, if that conduct were sanctioned by the House, it would be destructive of all confidence. Under such circumstances, nothing could be more improper than to produce them. (Hear, hear.)

Dr. BowRING did not conceive that the surreptitious manner in which these papers had been obtained afforded the right hon. baronet (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) sufficient ground for refusing to lay them before the House. Was it not a fact that the correspondence between Lord Castlereagh and the Emperor of Russia appeared in the Times newspaper before its production by the noble lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs? and yet that noble lord did not refuse the production of copies of that correspondence when called for by the House.

Lord PALMERSTON observed that there was a great distinction between the two cases. The correspondence between Lord Castlereagh and the Emperor of Russia was legally and properly in the possession of other persons, and no fraudulent abstraction had been made by any party from the Foreign Office. It never was supposed that the editor of the Times journal had obtained possession of those papers improperly, or that any infraction of good faith had been committed. He had ho hesitation in saying that if that correspondence had not been published in the newspapers, there was nothing in them which would have prevented him from laying them before the House.

Mr. HUME said he had reason to believe that these papers had been sent from Calcutta. If the right hon. baronet would consent to the last resolution, he (Mr. Hume) would withdraw the first two.

Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE expressed his willingness to do so,
And the last resolution was then put and agreed to.

MISCELLANEOUS.

MR. MINCHIN'S CASE. SE.-This gentleman, who was taxingmaster at Madras, was, it will be remembered, dismissed by the judges of that place, who, in passing sentence, designated his conduct as "fraudulent, extortionate, and a gross oppression upon the suitors." Mr. Minchin has now appealed against the order of the judges. The Privy Council have reversed that order; and Lord Langdale, in delivering judgment, said— "The judges, in giving their reasons for the orders they made, have made use of expressions affecting the moral and personal character of Mr. Minchin, which we deeply regret, as we do not think they were warranted by the facts of the case." Lord Brougham observed, "That Mr. Minchin left the Court with his moral character perfectly unimpeached."

STAFF APPOINTMENTS.-Capt. G. Mein, of the 13th foot, who was one of the captives at Cabul, has been appointed major of brigade at Birmingham. Capt. C. C. Young, of the royal artillery, has been appointed aide-de-camp to Sir H. Pottinger, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The gallant officer, it will be recollected, served under Sir H. Pottinger in China. Col. Campbell, of the 9th lancers, has received the command of the Meerut division of the Indian army; and Col. Scott, of the same regiment, that of Cawnpore.- Globe.

OFFICERS FOR INDIA.-The following officers have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to join their regiments in India next month: - Maj. Chas. Games, Capt. W. Radcliffe, Ensigns R. H. Barwell, T. K. Kerman, and F. J. Saunders, 84th; Capt. T. Taunce, Lieut. W. W. Bond, Ensigns T. E. E. Maunsell and E. M. Purvis, 4th K.O.; Lieut. G. W. Drought, 51st; Ensigns U. J. Bell and Lewis, and Assist. surg. W. Westall, M. D., 94th.— Ibid. INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF MAJOR-GENERAL NAPIER. — The Marquis of Douro, Capt. Sir Thomas Hastings, R. N., and Mr. Dampier, arrived in Guernsey on the morning of March 3rd, on board the Wonder steamer, from Southampton, for the purpose, as it is understood, of making an inquiry into the late affair between Major-General Napier and Mr. Woolls, the ordnance store-keeper of Alderney.-Guernsey Star.

THE LATE AFFAIR IN GUERNSEY.-Sir Thomas Hastings and Mr. Dampier having on Saturday concluded their investigation into the affair between Major-General W. Napier and Mr. Woolls, left Guernsey for Southampton by the packet of Sunday, the 14th. It is scarcely necessary to state, that no information on this matter has as yet transpired.-Ibid.

COTTON IN INDIA.-The manufacturers of Manchester have originated a petition to Parliament on this important subject.

THE CONDE DE MONTE-MOLIN.-This distinguished foreigner recently visited the valuable and interesting library and museum of the East-India Company. On his arrival he was received by

the Chairman and Deputy Chairman (Sir J. W. Hogg, Bart., M.P., and Henry St. George Tucker, Esq.), and conducted by them through the various apartments. His Highness, after partaking of a cold collation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, left, declaring himself highly gratified by his visit, and more especially by the courtesy with which he had been received. DEPARTURE OF SIR W. COTTON.-The new commander-inchief of Bombay left London on the 1st instant for India, with his aide-de-camp, Lord Adolphus Vane.

SIR W. SCOTT, BART.-This gallant officer is expected to arrive in this country next month, with Lady Scott, by the ship Wellesley.

VISCOUNT TORRINGTON.-The Gazette of the 12th inst. contained the official announcement of the appointment of this nobleman to the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief in Ceylon.

CONSULS AT HONG KONG.-Mr. John Burd has been appointed Consul at Hong-Kong by the King of Denmark, and Mr. Francisco José de Paiva to the same office for the Queen of Portugal.

MUNIFICENT ACT.-Lord Hardinge, feeling for the spiritual wants of a distant part of the parish of Penshurst, in which he resides, has sent £1,000 towards building and endowing a church or chapel there.- Globe.

NEW COLONIAL BISHOPRIC.-We hear that the Rev. Augustus Short, late student and censor of Christchurch, Oxford, and Bampton University lecturer, is likely to obtain the new bishopric of Adelaide.-Church and State Gazette.

ANOTHER CLAIMANT FOR THE OVERLAND MAIL.-A rumour is now current on the Continent, that it is the intention of the King of Sardinia to construct a railroad from Genoa to Cham. bery, with a tunnel under Mount Cenis eight miles long. Should this railway be constructed, Genoa will become a formidable rival to Marseilles; and the route by Genoa will in that case probably be found preferable either to that by Marseilles or by Trieste for the conveyance of the overland mail.---Liverpool Albion.

ACCIDENT TO THE "RIPON."-As the Ripon was about to leave the harbour on the 21st inst., with the East-India and China mails, a portion of her machinery gave way, and she was obliged to put back She, however, put to sea shortly afterwards.

PROFITABLE SCINDE!-From a Parliamentary paper it appears that the estimated revenue of Scinde for 1846-7 is 3,386,990 Company's rupees, and the charges 8,670,377. Verily Scinde is profitable!

BISHOP OF MORPETH, AUSTRALASIA.-The Rev. B. Alwood has been appointed to this bishopric.

THE LATE CAPT. MACKENZIE.-We draw the attention of our readers to the following melancholy statement, in full confidence that we shall not appeal in vain on behalf of the orphan and destitute. Captain Mackenzie retired from the Madras army in 1825. In 1846, Mrs. Mackenzie died, and in January last, her husband was seized with apoplexy, of which he died, leaving seven orphan children totally unprovided for, and without the means of sustaining life for one single day. In this extremity nothing remained but to seek the assistance of the parish, even while their father was yet unburied. Some benevolent friends, however-total strangers--stepped forward with timely, but temporary, aid. A subscription is now being made to obtain a more permanent means of support for the future. We need say no more to excite the sympathy of our readers, than to observe that the children have no relative capable of taking charge of, or providing for them, and that the eldest of them, a girl, is but fifteen years of age. The above particulars are substanti ally correct, and we earnestly appeal to a charitable public, and more especially to the British army, to aid in providing the children of a deceased British officer with the means of avoiding that last resource of poverty and misery—the parish workhouse! Capt. James Barber, of St. Mary Axe, has most kindly undertaken to receive subscriptions: those who may be willing to assist, may rest assured that the case is one of real distress, and that the children of Capt. Mackenzie, left by their father to a people in whose service he passed the best portion of his life, are most fitting objects for the receipt of public benevolence. When public charity has been lately so largely exhibited on behalf of thousands, we are sure that a single family of utterly destitute children will not be permitted to pine and die in neglect and want, unheeded by a nation that may so justly boast of charitable deeds.

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS.

MARCH 8. · Flora McDonald. Prande, Bengal: Cauntess of Eglinton, Grange, Hong-Hung; banche, Wells, Bengal.-9. Albert

Edward, Downard, Whampoa.-10. Chusan, Laird, Hong-Hong; Glencairn, Nicol, Mauritius; John King, Martin, Mauritius. 11. Alice, Ayshford, Mauritius; Sea Gull, Langley, Batavia.— 12. Druid, Ritchie, Hong-Kong; Loch Lomond, Rankin, Bengal and Trinidad; Ann Bridson, Bragg, Harvest Home, Carlyle, and Hesperus, Kelly, Bengal.-13. Poictiers, Denny, Benares, Brown, and Hindoo, Darke, Bengal; Ganges, McDonald, New South Wales; Rosebud, Winn, Mauritius and Algoa Bay; North Star, Tessier, Mauritus; Syren, Turpin, Muritius; Jeannette and Bertha, Rolling, Singapore; Olga, Schilderup, Batavia; United, Gallichan, Mauritius; Marchioness of Douglas, Henderson, Manila.-15. William Money, Buckley, Mauritius; Token, Cheyne, London, Gunton, Mauritius; Claudia, Peele, Bombay; Boadicea, Warland, Samarang; Saghalien, Jones, Bombay and Malabar Coast; Dowthorpe, Marwood, Shanghae; Mountaineer, Smith, Bombay.-16. H. M. S. Cleopatra, Wyville, Cape of Good Hope; Charlotte, Hawkins, Bombay; Agricola, Potter, Singapore; Harebell, Eales, Mauritius; Richmond, Furber, Algoa Bay; Emily, Herriman, Shanghae; Ferris, Scott, Madras.-17. Persia, Morris, Bombay; City of London, Longridge, Merchant, Luke, Mauritius; Mohawk, Douglas, Singapore; Planet, Craigie, Madras; Plumstead, Furbur, Algoa Bay; Merlin, Currie, Herald, Jones, Eleanor, Mills, and Susan Crisp, Cocks, Mauritius.-18. Birman, Guthrie, Bengal.—19. Toronto, Simpson, Maulmain; William Parker, Stratton, Mauritius.-20. Mary, Kemp, Bombay.-22. Aboukir, Scott, Bengal; Josephine, Smith, Hong-Kong; Sterling, May, Manila; England's Queen, Sheddings, Bombay.-23. Vanguard, Garwood, Mauritius.

DEPARTURES.

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From the DOWNS.-MARCH 4. Beulah, Streuben, New South Wales; Glenbervie, Fullerton, New South Wales; Monarch, Duncanson, Bombay.-7. New Zealand, Smith, Newport and China.8. Hugh Walker, Cameron, Canton; Nemesis, Deas, Calcutta.10. Plantagenet, Bird, Madras and Calcutta. 12. North Star, Hale, Cape and Madras; Thomas Henry, Jury, Bordeaux and Bombay. 14. James Scott, Suter (from Shields), Singapore; Triad, McWhirter, Port Phillip.-15. Bowes of Streatlam, Newholm, Penang and Singapore.-18. Lady Clarke, McLean, Calcutta; Essex, Howard, Cape, Madras, and Bengal; Acasta, Robertson, Algoa Bay and Singapore; Coromandel, Grey, Bombay; Lady Bute, McKinlay, Calcutta; Providence, Hicks, Cape and Madras. -22. Gilmore, Maw, Bombay; Commodore, Witherick, Sydney.

From LIVERPOOL.- MARCH 5. Mischief, Lewis, Rio and Mauritius; William Prowse, Thompson, Hong-Kong; Centaur, Williams, Cape; Henry Winch, Williams, Calcutta; Surat (steamer), Cape, Mauritius and Bombay.-6. Tory, Feulon, Manila.-10. Leonore, Dale, Calcutta.-11. Jenny Wren, Vivian, Calcutta.-12. Concordia, Stephenson, Manila.-14. Zion's Hope, McPherson, Calcutta.-18. Promise, Hoseason, New South Wales; Isabella Harnett, Newby, Calcutta ; Berhampore, Smith, Calcutta; Elizabeth Archer, Cothay, Bombay; Hydaspes, Calcutta.

From SHIELDS.-MARCH 15. Ferozepore, Calcutta.-16. Nizam, Rigby, Calcutta.-18. Majestic, Elgie, Aden.

From the CLYDE.-MARCH 4. Prince of Wales, Wilson, Calcutta.9, James Campbell, Graham, Batavia.-18. Deogaum, Evans, Calcutta; Amelia, Crichton, Singapore.

From SWANSEA.-MARCH 18. Mary White, Tucker, Aden. From BORDEAUX.-MARCH 5. Bright Planet, Cousens, Mauritius. From PORTSMOUTH.-MARCH 6. Windsor, Gregson, Madras and Bengal.-10. Hugh Walker, Cameron, Hong-Kong.-22. Essex, Howard, Cape, Madras, and Bengal.

From PLYMOUTH.-MARCH 8. La Belle Alliance, Vander Vord, Port Adelaide.-18. Trafalgar, Richardson, Port Adelaide. From HARTLEPOOL.-MARCH 5. Lord Haddo, Renny, Singapore. From BRISTOL.-MARCH 6. Abbotsford, Marshall, Calcutta.-21. Laidmans, Walker, Calcutta.

PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

Per steamer Ripon, from Southampton, to proceed per steamer Bentinck, from Suez.

For MALTA.-Mr. F. Railton, Mrs. Wright and 2 children, Capt. Joy.

For ADEN.-Mr. W. C. Le Geyt.

For ALEXANDRIA.-Mr. Johns, Mrs. Fleming, Dr. Peach. For CALCUTTA.-Mr. Cunliffe, Mr. Simpson, Mrs. Boscowen, Mr. Prinsep, Mr. McDougal, Capt. Boscowen, Mr. Paul, Mrs. Boothby, Mr. G. D. Hay, Mr. Dingate, Mr. and Mrs. Hughesdon, Mr. M. Chlery.

For MADRAS.-Mr. Lee, Mr. Gosling, Mr. E. W. Bird, Mrs. Bird, Mr. C. H. Riley, Mr. A. Walker, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Chase, Mr. Pugh, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Stafford.

For CEYLON.-Mr. Caldecott, Mr. Gaskell, Mrs. Rambant, Mr. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. White.

For HONG-KONG.-Mr. Wright.

DOMESTIC. BIRTHS.

March 7. The lady of Philip Melvill, Esq. daughter, in Clarendonplace, Hyde Park gardens.

8. The Indy of Major W. Riddell, one of the superintendents for the suppression of the Thugs in Bengal, son, at Stoke Newington, Middlesex.

Dec. 14. Thomas Carre, eldest son of Major William Riddell, at sea, on board the Seringapatam, on the passage from Calcutta. Feb. Sophia Maria, wife of Capt. J. C. Starkie, Madras N.I. off Suez, on her return from India.

19. Samuel John Nettlefold, Esq. formerly of the East India. House, at Birmingham, aged 64.

Feb. 26. Anne Catherine, daughter of Sir Charles Bannerman, Bart. at Crimonmogate, Aberdeenshire.

28. John Stevens, Esq. late of Heavitree, Devonshire, at Cheltenham, aged 78.

March 1. Lieut. Col. W. Webber, H. P. royal artillery, at Hexworthy-house, Cornwall, aged 59.

4. Alexander Annand, Esq. late of Sutton, Surrey, at Brunswickterrace, Brighton, aged 71.

7. William Astell, Esq. M.P. for the county of Bedford, lieut. col. of the Bedfordshire militia, and for 47 years a director of the Hon. East-India Company, at Everton-house, Bedfordshire, aged 73.

8. Mary Anderson, widow of the late Capt. Anderson, of the Hon. East-India Company's service, at Earl's-court, Middlesex.

12. Lawrance Hay Fyffe, Esq. M.D. at Sea-park, Blackheath. 21. Sarah, relict of the late George Pulfard, Esq. of the EastIndia House, at 2, Tuffnell-park-terrace, Upper Holloway, aged 55.

MARINE.

Bombay Estab.-Mr. John Alexander Turner, appointed a volunteer for the Indian navy. Mr. Archibald Dyer, ditto.

ADDISCOMBE.

Lieut. Walter C. Brackenbury, of the Madras establishment, has been appointed orderly officer at the Military Seminary, v. Lieut. Nixon, who resigns.

HAILEYBURY.

The destination of Mr. Frederick Boileau Elliot, a student at the East-India College, has been changed from the presidency of Madras to that of Bengal.

(No. 2 of 1847.)

LIST OF RANK.

CADETS FOR THE BENGAL INFANTRY.

To rank from the date of their departure from Southampton by the overland route, and in the following order, viz. :— John William Morison, Ripon, 20th Jan.

Alexander George Bax, ditto, ditto.

Thomas Lamb, ditto, ditto.

To rank from the date of the sailing from Gravesend of the ship by which he proceeded, viz.:

John Robert Currie, Tartar, 26th Jan.

To rank from the date of the transmission by the overland mail of the paragraph announcing his appointment, viz. :John Charles Gordon (abroad), via Southampton, 20th Feb.

To rank from the date of their departure from Southampton by the overland route, and in the following order, viz. :

Charles Henry Edward Græme, Oriental, 20th Feb.
Lionel James Trotter, ditto, ditto.

To rank from the date of the departure from Southampton of the overland mail, he having proceeded via Marseilles to join the same at Malta, viz. :

Hector Mackenzie, 20th Feb.

To rank from the date of his departure from Southampton by the overland route, viz.

William Henry Sitwell, Oriental, 20th Feb.

To rank from the date of the sailing from Gravesend of the ship by which they proceeded, and in the following order, viz:— Edward Humphrey Woodcock, Windsor, 1st March. Matthew Hugh Reveley, ditto, ditto.

Memo.-Mr. Henry Cape Smith having declined to accept the appointment to the Bengal infantry, his name has been struck out of the List No. 1 of 1847.

The name of Mr. Percival Smith has been changed, by Royal license, to that of Sellon.-Vide List of Rank, No. 1 of 1817.

To rank from the date of his departure from Southampton by the overland route, viz. :

Robert Cecil Dent, Ripon, 20th Jan.

To rank from the date of the sailing from Gravesend of the ship by which he proceeded, viz. :—

Robert Rodney Stuart, Windsor, 1st March.

For the Infantry.

To rank from the date of their departure from Southampton by the overland route, and in the following order, viz. :

Hastings Fraser, Ripon, 20th Jan.
John Ireland Blackburne, ditto, ditto.
Henry Mackintosh, ditto, ditto.
William Thomas Cardale, ditto, ditto.
William Munro, ditto, ditto.

George John Hamilton, ditto, ditto.

Henry Parry Dundas Denniss, ditto, ditto.

Alan Browning, ditto, ditto.

William Edward Utterson, ditto, ditto.

Alfred Chamberlain Lilly, ditto, ditto.

To rank from the date of the sailing from Gravesend of the ships by which they proceeded, and in the following order, viz :ills White, Tartar, 26th Jan.

Charles

Louis Henry Pulley, ditto, ditto.
Conway Carleton ditto, ditto.

John Gage, ditto, ditto.

Richard Kirwan Macquoid, ditto, ditto.

James Watt Freeling, ditto, ditto.

Charles Alexander Mahon, Mary Ann, 4th Feb.

For the Infantry.

To rank from the date of the sailing from Gravesend of the ship by which he proceeded, viz. :—

William Arthur Hobart, Fortitude, 14th Jan.

To Tank from the date of their departure from Southampton,
by the Overland route, and in the following order, viz. :-
Richard Johnstone, Ripon, 20th Jan.
William Gifford Palgrave, ditto, ditto.

Charles Greenhill Anderson, Achi les, 3rd Feb.
Frederick Rotton, ditto, ditto.

Percy Augustus Elphinstone, ditto, ditto.
William Charles Robinson, ditto, ditto.

To rank from the date of the transmission by the Overland mail of the paragraph announcing his appointment, viz. :

Charles James Richardson (abroad), via Marseilles, 8th
Feb.

To rank from the date of the sailing from Gravesend of the ship by which they proceeded, and in the following order, viz. :

Jervis Harpur, Madagascar, 17th Feb.
George Booth Tyrwhitt, ditto, ditto.
Henry Gustavus Ainslie Young, ditto, ditto.
Edmund L'Estrange, ditto, ditto.

David Hutcheon, ditto, ditto.

Charles John Griffith, ditto, ditto,

Lewis Matthew Davies, ditto, ditto.

John Edward Furneaux, ditto, ditto.

Edmund Willoughby Lyons, ditto, ditto.

Charles Milford, ditto, ditto.

William Henry Blowers, ditto, ditto.

Dehany Charles Edward Twyford, ditto, ditto.

To rank from the date of his departure from Southampton by the Overland route, viz. :

James Torrington Newall, Oriental, 20th Feb.

To rank from the date of the sailing from Gravesend of the ship by which he proceeded, viz. :—

Robert Litchfield, Caspar, 23rd Feb.

To rank from the date of their departure from Southampton by the overland route, and in the following order, viz. :Samuel Christian, Erin, 3rd March.

Thomas Gordon Coles, ditto.

CHANGES AND PROMOTIONS

IN H.M.'S REGIMENTS SERVING IN INDIA.
WAR OFFICE, 5TH MARCH, 1847.

Bombay, 8th Foot.-Ens. McKay Rynd, to be lieut. by purch.,
v. Stone, who retires. Dated March 5, 1817.
Ens. Allan John Robertson, from 78th foot, to be ens., v.
Rynd. Dated March 5, 1847.

Ens. John Vere William Henry Webb, from the Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to be ens. v. Howell, who retires.
Dated March 5, 1847.

60th Foot-Brevet-lieut. col. George Tovey, h. p. unatt.,
to be maj. v. Edward Carter Giffard, who exchanges, re-
ceiving the difference. Dated March 5, 1847.
Capt. James Harrington Trevelyan to be maj. by purch., v.
Tovey, who retires. Dated March 5, 1847.

Lieut. Richard Francis Waldo Sibthorp to be capt. by
purch., v. Trevelyan. Dated March 5, 1847.
Sec. lieut. Frederick Arthur St. John to be first lieut. by
purch., v. Sibthorp. Dated March 5, 1847.
Robert Jamieson Eustace Robertson, gent. to be sec.
lieut., by purch., v. St. John. Dated March 5, 1847.
78th Foot.-Duncan D. Graham, gent., to be ens. by
purch., v. Robertson, appointed in 8th foot. Dated
March 5, 1847.

Cape Mounted Riflemen.-Richard Jennings Bramly, gent., to be ens. by purch., v. Webb, appointed to the 8th foot. Dated March 5, 1817.

ERRATUM IN THE "GAZETTE" OF MARCH 31, 1846.

Bengal, 80th Foot.-For, Lieut. Alexander William Riley, to be capt. without purch., v. Best, killed in action. Dated Dec. 22, 1845.

Lieut. Anthony Ormsby to be capt. without purch., v. Scheberras, killed in action. Dated Dec. 22, 1845. Read-Lieut. Simon Fraser to be capt. without purch. v. Best, killed in action. Dated Dec. 22, 1845. Lieut. Alexander William Riley, to be capt. without purch., v. Scheberras, killed in action. Dated Dec. 22, 145. Lieut. Anthony Ormsby to be capt. without purch., v. Fraser, died of his wounds. Dated Dec. 25, 1845.

EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FOR INDIA. Per Plantagenet, from Gravesend, March 9, 97 troops; officers, Capt. C. Gill, 17th M.N.I.; Lieut. H. Frye, 39th M.N.I.; and Assist. surg. John White, M. D.

Per Gilmore, from Gravesend, March 19, 180 troops; officers, Capt. H. Rudd, 5th B.N.I.; Lieut. V. Scobell, 20th M.N.I.; and Assist. surg. Jas. Keith.

That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on Thursday, the 4th March next, at 3 o'clock, and opened again on Thursday, the 15th April following.

That a General Court of the said Company will be held at their House, in Leadenhall Street, on Wednesday, the 14th April, 1847, from 9 o'clock in the morning until 6 in the evening, for the Election of Six Directors of the said Company for four years.

That the form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration for enabling Proprietors of East-India Stock to vote by proxy on this occasion, may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this House.

That the lists of the members of the said Company will be ready to be delivered on Tuesday, the 30th March next.

That a Proprietor of East-India Stock has postponed, until the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall Street, on Thursday, the 25th instant, the motion of which he had previously given notice, viz.:

"To call the attention of the Court of Proprietors to the advantages con. ferred on India by the exertions of Lieut. Waghorn, and to recommend him to the favourable consideration of the Court of Directors." The said Court of Directors do also give notice,

That a Proprietor has intimated his intention to move, at the said Quarterly General Court,

"For a Committee to inquire into the circumstances attending the arrest of a Proprietor in the India House, under the direction of the Chairman."

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

East-India House, 17th March, 1847.

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Court of

willing to contract for the supply of the undermentioned articles, for the use of their Depôt at Warley Barracks, Brentwood, Essex, viz.—

COALS, CANDLES.

Particulars and conditions of the Contract may be learnt on application at the Military Department, India House, Leadenhall Street, London; or at the office of the Commandant of the Company's Depôt at Warley.

Sealed proposals, addressed to the Secretary, East-India House, London, with the words "Tender for Coals," "Candles" (as the case may be), "for Warley Barracks," written on the outside cover, will be received at this House, on or before 11 o'clock on Wednesday, the 31st day of March (instant), after which hour no proposal can be received.

East-India House, London, 23rd March, 1847. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST-INDIA COMPANY hereby give notice,

THE

That the Finance and Home Committee will be ready on Wednesday, the 31st instant, before 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to receive Tenders for the freight of STORES from England to Bombay, in ships of the burthen of 400 tons register and upwards, O.M., or 500 tons register and upwards, N. M.

The Tenders to be made according to a form which may be had at the Marine Branch of the Secretary's Office, at this House, with conditions annexed. The freight to be payable thus, viz, one-third part in England, and the remaining two-thirds in India, on the delivery of the Stores at Bombay, after the rate or exchange of 1s. 10.d. per Company's rupee.

N.B.-No Tender will be received unless made and filled in according to the form prescribed.

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The Stores consist of about 140 tons of Dead Weight.
Measurable Goods.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

East-India House, 17th March, 1847. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST-INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,

THE

That, at the request of the undermentioned Proprietors of East-India Stock, viz.

Arthur James Lewis, Esq.

Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P.
Robert J. Bagshaw, Esq.
Matthew Clarke, Esq.
Major-General John Briggs,
John Poynder, Esq.
Sir Charles Forbes, Bart.
Charles Grant, Esq

George Forbes, Esq.

the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall Street, on Thursday, the 25th instant, is made special, for the purpose declared in the following Notice, viz.:

"To call the attention of the Court of Proprietors to the fact of the existence of a recent correspondence between the Home Authorities and the Governor-General of India relating to the case of the deposed Raja of Sattara, and to the circumstance of the exclusion of this correspondence from the Return dated India House, 1st Feb. 1847, made pursuant to an order of the House of Commons, dated 28th Aug. 1846, in order that the Proprietors may take the proper steps to have the correspondence in question laid before them without further delay." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

TO THE PROprietors of EAST-INDIA STOCK. Ladies and Gentlemen,

HE death of your highly-respected Director, William tors to be proposed for re-election on Wednesday, the 14th of next month, I have the honour to inform you, that, in accordance with the pledge given in my address of the 10th July, 1845, it is my determination to proceed to the Ballot on this occasion.

In my various communications during a canvass of five years, I have laid before you the grounds on which I venture to hope for your support; and, while offering my grateful thanks for the flattering encouragement I have received, I respectfully solicit your suffrages on the day of Election.

Permit me to add, that, having no other pursuit, should you do me the honour to elect me to a seat in the direction of your affairs, it will be my earnest endeavour to merit your confidence by devoting myself exclusively to the faithful discharge of my duties, with the importance of which I am deeply impressed. I have the honour to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, your obedient servant, WM. J. EASTWICK. London Tavern, March 8th, 1847. P.S.-My Committee will sit daily at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, where the attendance of friends is earnestly requested.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST-INDIA STOCK.
Ladies and Gentlemen,

I BEG respectfully to offer myself as a CANDIDATE

for the vacancy which the lamented death of your late highly-respected DIRECTOR, Mr. Astell, will occasion in the House List, on the 14th of April next.

The support with which I have been honoured by a very large proportion of your body gives me entire confidence of success. But I am not, on that account, the less desirous to obtain, through their votes, a pledge of the favour of those proprietors who have not yet assured me of it.

My Committee will sit daily at the London Tavern, and I solicit the support of all who think me not unworthy of the honourable office to which 1 aspire. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen,

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST-INDIA STOCK. Ladies and Gentlemen,

THE lamente, during the protracted period of forty-seven years, was death of the highly respected Mr. Astell,

eminently calculated to preserve the best interests of this country and promote the well-being of our Indian empire, having created a vacancy in the houselists of the gentlemen now out by rotation, I have the honour to intimate, in accordance with my former announcement, that it is my intention to proceed to the Ballot, to be holden in the East-India House on the 14th of April, and most respectfully and earnestly to entreat your support.

The grounds upon which I solicit your favourable reception of my pretension to a seat in the Direction of your affairs having been long submitted to your considerations, it only remains for me to assure you that should my efforts, aided by your influence, prove succesful, it shall be my constant and anxious desire and care to justify by my conduct the good opinion and confidence of those by whose suffrages I shall have been placed in that responsible situation. I have the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and faithful servant, J. CAULFEILD, Major-General.

London Tavern, March 9th, 1847.

My Committee will sit daily at the London Tavern.