CHAMBERLAIN, Ens. C. F. F. 9th N.I. removed to 26th N.I. COMBE, Lieut. J. J. 18th N.I. to be adj. fr. Sept. 9, v. Cracroft, resigned.

COTES, 2nd Lieut. C. E. H. posted to art, Nov. 24.

CREED, Brev. capt. H. art. to ass. com. of 3rd comp. 3rd batt. to aff. vet. aid to horses attached to 3rd comp. fr. Nov. 1. DICKSON, Lieut. W. D. 3rd N.I. app. acting asst. executive canal officer.

DODS, Ens. P. 26th N.I. rem. to the 9th N.I. Dec. 4.

DUNSTERVILLE, Lieut. to del. over ch. of the com. dep. at Shikarpore, to Lieut. Hunter, Nov. 10.

FORBES, Lieut. col. D. fr. 4th rifles to 11th N.I. Dec. 4.

GRAVES, Lieut. J. C. 3rd L.C. to act as adj. dur. abs. of Lieut. Ashburner, Dec. 8.

GREEN, Lieut. 21st N.I. to act as adj. to the Poona recruit depot, v. Newnham.

HARVEY, Lieut. 18th N.I. to act as sub. asst. com. gen. and sup. of bazaars at Hyderabad, dur. abs. of Johnstone, Dec. 11. HASELWOOD, Capt. 3rd N.I. to com. the Rutnagherry Rangers, in succ. to Thornton, ret. fr. the army, Dec. 2; com. of Rutnagherry collectorate, Dec. 7.

HESSMAN, Lieut. A. J. S. 22nd N.I. to act as adj. dur. abs. of Lieut. Jones, on m. c.

HOBSON, Lieut. to perf. duties of staff officer to left wing 20th N.I. till arrival of Barnes; to be fort adj. at Asseerghur, Dec. 7. HODGSON, Lieut. 17th N.I. to act as dep. coll. in the Hyderabad Collectorate dur. abs. of Jones; to act as sub. asst. comm. gen. dur. abs. of Lieut. Johnstone, on leave, Dec. 8.

MCCULLOCK, Lieut. E. to act as adj. to 27th N.I. dur. abs. of Vaillant.

MCGREGOR, Lieut. E. M. 2nd L.C. to act as adj. dur. abs. of Lieut. Simpson, on leave, Dec. 8.

MCKENNA, Lieut. J. art. to proc. to Ahmednuggur, when relieved in Scinde, and place himself under orders of director of art depôt of instruction, Dec. 11.

MOORE, Lieut.-col. G. fr. 2nd Eur. L.I. to 26th N.I. Dec. 4. MOORE, Lieut. R. B. 3rd L.C. to act as adj. and qr. mr. dur. abs. of Buckle on m. c. Dec. 8.

MORSE, Capt. T. 27th N.I. to act as fort adj. of Bombay, as director of fire engines, as a mem. of the standing com. of survey, and as sec. to the clothing board, dur. the emp. of Major Willoughby upon personal staff of the Governor. MORSE, Lieut. Č. H. 14th N.I. to be post mr. at Belgaum. MORSE, Capt. H. J. 8th N.I. to be brig. maj. at Rajcote, Dec. 7. NORTH, Lieut. to be int. to 1st batt. 60th rifles fr. Oct. 27. OLIVER, Lieut. T. 5th It. inf. to act as qr. mr. and paymaster dur. abs. of Lieut. Dobree on m. c.

OSBORNE, Lieut. H. art. to proc. to Ahmednuggur when relieved fr. Scinde, and place himself under orders of director of art. depot of instruction, Dec. 11.

OTTLEY, Maj. 24th N.I. to join, Dec. 7.

PELLY, Lieut. L. to act as qr. mr. and int. to 17th N.I. Dec. 11. PLAYFAIR, 2nd Lieut. engs. attach. to off. of garrison eng. at pres. Dec. 4.

RICHARDS, Lieut. R. 3rd N.I. to act as adj. dur. abs. of Lieut. Dickson on duty, Dec. 8.

RIVAZ, Ens. F. Č. 11th N.I. removed to 1st Eur. regt. fus. SCOTT, Lieut. H. art. to proc. to Ahmednugger, when relieved fr. Scinde, and place himself under orders of director of art. depot of instruction.

SHORT, Ens. A. Y. 12th N.I. to be interp. and qr. mr. fr. Nov. 2. STALKER, Lieut. col. P. c. B. fr. 26th N.I. to 2nd Eur. L.I. Dec. 4; to join his corps at Aden, Dec. 7.

STEVENSON, Lieut. W. S. h. a. to be act. adj. and qr. mr. of the art. in Scinde, v. Stanley, dec.

STILES, Capt. H. 1st Eur. fus. to be brig. maj. and supt. of bazaars and police at Poona, Dec. 7.

STOCK, Capt. T. 23rd L.I. to be dep. asst. adj. gen. Dec. 7. THOMPSON, Lieut. C. to act as adj. to left wing of 27th N.I. TROWER, Lieut. C. T. 1st Eur. regt. fus. to act as qr. mr. v. Dansey, Dec. 8.

VINCENT, Lieut. H. sub. asst. comm. gen. to Rajcote, and take ch. of comm. and bazaar departments, Dec. 8; capt. in succ. to John. stone, invalided, Nov. 20.

WARDEN, Lieut. 16th N.I. to ch. of the com. dept. at Bhooj, dur. abs. of Munro, Dec. 11.

WHITEHILL, Lieut. 23rd N.I. to act as fort adjt. at Bombay, director of fire engines, and sec. of clothing board, dur. abs. of Willoughby, on other duty, Dec. 7.

WILLOUGHBY, Capt. H. 2nd Eur. L.I. to be assist. to the garr. eng. at the pres. Dec. 2.

WOODHOUSE, Lieut. col. R. fr. 11th N.I. to 4th rifles, Dec. 4.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

ANDERSON, 2nd Lieut. W. H. art. fr. Dec. 8, to rem. at Bombay

until dep. of steamer for Kurrachee, Dec. 9.

BACON, Ens. E. A. H. 25th N.I. Dec. 10 to Feb. 28, to Bombay. BEALE, Lieut. H. 12th N.I. fr. Oct. 16 to Feb. 15, 1847, in ext. to rem. at Bombay to study Hindustani.

BEDFORD, Capt. J. nat. vet. b. to Dec. 31 to Bombay, on m.c. CAMPBELL, Ens. J. H. A. 21st N.I. to Dec. 31, to Bombay. CHAMBERLAIN, Ens. C. F. E. 9th N.I. fr. 1st to 31st Dec. in ext. to rem. at Poona.

CUMRERLEGE, 2nd Lieut. J. C. 1st Eur. reg. 1 mo. in ext. fr. Dec. 1, to rem. at Mahabuleshwur, on m. c.

JAMESON, Lieut. J. T. 7th N.I. 1 mo. in ext. fr. Dec. 1, to rem, at Mahabuleshwur, on m. c.

JOHNSTONE, Capt. J. G. to Europe, for 3 years on m. c.

LESTER, Lieut. J. F. 10th N.I. 1 mo. in ext. fr. Dec. 1, to rem. at Mahabuleshwur, on m. c.

MANGER, Capt. C. 17th N.I. fr. Dec, 2 to Jan. 15, 1847, to Bombay.

MUNRO, Capt. C. 16th N.I. to Bombay on m. c.

NEYNOE, Ens. fr. date of embarkation, for 1 mo. to Bombay on

m. c.

RAVERTY, Lieut. H. G. 3rd N.1. 1 mo. in ext. fr. Dec. 1, to rem. at Mahabuleshwur, on m. c.

RIGAUD, Lieut. G. to Bombay, in anticipation of furl. to Europe. SANDWITH, Brig. B. C.B. to Dec. 31, to pres.

SHAW, Capt. R. 28th N.I. to Nov. 27 to Dec. 31, to Bombay on

m. c.

SMEE, Lieut. col. W. 11th N.I. 3 yrs. to Europe on furl. Dec. 7. TYNDALL, Capt. J. Nat. V. B. 1 mo. in ext. fr. Dec. 1, to rem, at Mahabuleshwur on m. c.

WHITELOCK, Capt. C. R. 11th N.I. 1 mo. in ext. fr. Dec. 1, to rem. at Mahabuleshwur on m.c.

MEDICAL.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

ARCHER, Capt. D. del. over ch. of the post office at Belgaum to Capt. Donnelly, Nov. 16.

CRUTTENDEN, Lieut. del. over ch. of post office at Aden, Oct. 19. DEAS, Assist. surg. J. to med. ch. of 9th N.I. Dec. 8.

DONNELLY, Capt. rec. ch. of the post-office at Belgaum, Nov. 16. FRASER, Asst. surg. to assume med. ch. of 21st N.I. on its dep. fr. Poonah, Dec. 9.

HYSLOP, Asst. surg. to do duty with 1st Eur. regt. fus. until further orders.

MALCOLMSON, Surg. J. P. rec. ch. of the post-office at Aden fr. Lieut. Cruttenden, Oct. 19.

MARLOW, Asst. surg. to aff. med. aid to staff 5th Lt. Inf. and Guzerat irregular horse, dur. abs. of Asst. surg. Thompson. MCLENNAN, Superint. surg. J. to be a mem. of the annual invaliding com.

NUTTALL, Asst. surg. R. to be pl. under orders of sup. surg. pres. div. for general duty, Dec. 8.

STOCKS, Asst. surg. to assume med, ch. of 3rd N.I.

STYLE, Asst. surg. M. to med. ch. of left wing 20th N.I. on its march fr. pres. Dec. 8.

THOMPSON, Asst. surg. 5th N.I. to proc. with 4th troop H. A. en route to Poona, Dec. 11.

PASSED EXAMINATION IN NATIVE LANGUAGES. STYLE, Asst. surg. M.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

ARBUCKLE, Asst. surg. M.D. 2 mo. to pres. Dec. 5.

CRUIKSHANK, Asst. surg. P. in ext. fr. Nov. 16 to Dec. 31, to rem. at the Mahabuleshwur hills on m. c.

FAITHFUL, Asst. surg. J. J. Nov. 11 to Dec. 31, in ext. to rem. at Bombay on m. c.

IMPEY, Asst. surg. E. to Dec. 31 to pres.

NEILSON, Asst. surg. W. 1 mo. in ext. fr. Dec. 1, to rem. at Ma habuleshwur on m. c.

MARINE DEPARTMENT.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

BAXTER, Mr. act. master proc. to Bombay to be accom. on board the Meteor.

BENNETT, Mr. clerk in ch. of the Tigris, to be transf. to the Acbar, fr. Oct. 19.

BETHAM, Mr. clerk in ch. fr. the Acbar to the Elphinstone, fr, Oct. 1.

BIRD, Lieut. J. Indian navy, cond. port duties at Kurrachee, to be accom. on board the steamer Indus, to Bombay, fr. Sept. 24. BLAKE, Mr. act. clerk of the Auckland, perm. to res. on shore fr, Oct. 14.

CONOLLY, T. act. clerk fr. the Hastings, to the Tigris, as clerk in ch. fr. Oct. 19.

COOPER, E. gunner supts. office to be transf. to the Indian naval storekeeper's dept. as acting sub-cond. fr. Oct. 1.

FRIEND, W. prom. to grade of country trained engr. fr. Oct. 1. HODGES, C. H. act. second master steamer Indus, perm, to res, on shore fr. Sept. 21 to Nov. 1, on m. c.

KEYS, Mr. purser fr. the Elphinstone to the Cleopatra, fr. Oct. 1. KINGCOMB, Mr. to the ch. of steame. Indus, fr. date assum. ch.

LINTON, Mr. act. 1st class, 2nd master, fr. Hastings, to ch. of the Satellite, fr. Oct. 15.

M'DONALD, Lieut. A. comdg. schooner Mahi, to be sen. Indian naval officer at Aden, fr. Aug. 12 to Sept. 6.

SERJEANT, Mr. Act. master, proc. to Bombay, to be accom. on board the Meteor.

TOBY, Mr. Midsh. of the Elphinstone, perm. to res. on shore fr. Oct. 2.

WALKER, Mr. C. H. Mate of the Acbar, to the Auckland, as acting master, fr. Oct. 9.

WAY, Mr. Midsb. G. E. G. prom. to rankof mate fr. May 20.

The Port surgeon to aff. med. aid to the officers and crew of the Acbar and Victoria fr. Oct. 9, and Sesostris, fr. Oct. 30.

DOMESTIC. BIRTHS.

BEHAN, the lady of Surg. R. J. 20th N.I. d. (still born), Dec. 1.
BROWNE, the lady of Major John D. 10th N.I. s. Oct. 24.
LECKIE, the lady of Capt. J. D. 22nd N.I. d. at Deesa, Dec. 4.
MURPHY, the wife of John, com. dep. d. at Belgaum, Nov. 21.
REYNOLDS, the wife of the Rev. F. C. P. Asst. chap. d. at Kirkee,
Dec. 6.

RIVETT, the wife of L. C. C. s. at Bombay, Nov. 13.

MARRIAGES.

BARCLAY, John T. to Martha, d. of Capt. Halley, H.M. 8th, at Bombay, Dec. 10.

PENNIE, Lieut. James, I.N. to Emily S. A. d. of P. A. Mylius, Civ. com. Seychelles Islands, at Bombay, Dec. 14.

DEATHS.

BABINGTON, Stephen, c.s. at Bombay, aged 27, Dec. 2.

DONOVAN, Jeremiah, at Bombay, Dec. 5.

HENNEL, Fanny Emma, d. of Major, Oct. 9.
KING, Wm. B. at Byculla, aged 38, Nov. 24.

LUGRIN, Louisa A. d. of Capt. W. at Bombay, aged 5, Dec. 7.
MURRAY, John, at Bombay, Dec. 8.

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS.

DEC. 2.-Ann, Knox, London; Salopian, Launchlin, Liverpool; Seringapatam, Peckil, Newcastle.-3. Devon, Mallary, Liverpool. -4. Robert Syers, Atkins, Liverpool; Duke of Bronte, Barclay, Downs.-6. Intrepid, Farly, Madras; Good Success, Cowie HongKong.-7. Steamer Queen, Johnstone, Aden.-15. Steamer Atalanta, Gordon, Suez.

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

Per Ann.-Capt. Chute, Ensign Butt, and Asst. surg. Moline, of 22nd regt.; Lieut. Rawson, 28th regt. Lieut. Armstrong, 17th regt. Lieut. Weaver, 86th regt. Ensigns Gilmore and Boyle, 78th regt. Thos. Logan, Christopher Young.

Per Duke of Bronte.-Mrs. Hinde, Mrs. Puddicombe, Miss Hartley, Miss M. Hartley, Miss Wilson, two Misses Puddicombe, Mrs. McQuin, Capt. Hartley, and Capt. Hinde, 8th foot, Mr. Milford, cadet Bom. army, Mr. Ashton, eng. H.C.S. and two

servants.

Per Berenice.-Mrs. W. Napier, Capt. W. Napier, military secretary to the governor of Scinde, Capt. Darrell and Lieut. St. John, 60th rifles; Capt. Crawford, 3rd Ñ.I. Lieut. Mildmay, 86th foot, Asst. surg. Heffernan, 17th foot; Dr. Lynch, and Lieut. W. B. Selby, I.N.

.

Per Intrepid.-Mr. J. Johnston and Master Wilkins.

Per steamer Queen.-Mrs. Spooner, Mrs. Hathway and servant, Mrs. Begbie, two Misses Begbie, and servant; Capt. Begbie, Bom. art. Cornet Oliphant, Bom. cav. Mr. Gibbs, Bom. C. S. Messrs. H. Spiller, T. G. Atkinson, W. Smith, J. Paterson, G. Haynes, and de Cruz.

Per steamer Atalanta.-Mrs. Clair and servant, Mrs. Kitson, Mrs. Browne, Mrs. Baugh, Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Glasse, Mrs. Boycott, Mrs. Costelloe and servant, Mrs. Le Geyt and servant, Misses Anderson, Weekes, Miller, Thomas, Thomas, jun. Aplin, Creigh and two servants, Ellen Kirk, Anna Kirk, Nora Kirk, Brissant, Galqued, Derrieux, and Solivan; Capt. W. Lowe, I.N. Col. Parbly, 10th royal bussars, and servant; Sup. surg. Tawse, Bom. army, Capt. St. Clair, Capt. Kitson, 10th Beng. cav. Capt. Browne, Lieut. Baugh, 9th Bom. N.I. Lieut, Briggs, 19th Bom. N.I. Asst. surgs. Glasse and Boycott; Monsieurs Dodo and De Lisle; Capt. Peich, Capt. Onroy, 3rd It. drag. Capt. Roebuck, Cadets Young and Campbell, Ensign Oldfield, 3rd Bom. N.L.I.; Messrs. Anderson, Patterson, Breehler, Moegling, Angelo and servant; Asst. surg. McAllister, Messrs. Koester, Genalir, Deggeler, Kock, Seekler, Hambury, and Cummings.

DEPARTURES.

DEC. 2. England's Queen, Sheddings, Liverpool-4. Mountaineer, Smith, Liverpool; Hannibal, Cordiner, Liverpool.-9. Renown, M'Iver, Liverpool.-12. Mary, Kemp, London; Chaseley, Weighill, China; Mauritius, Peach, Liverpool; steamer Victoria, Banks, Colombo.-14. Guisuchan, Phillipps, Liverpool; Orissa, Smith, Glasgow.

The court-martial on Capt. Fenwick, Ceylon rifles, terminated yesterday The result of the proceedings were forwarded to his Excellency the Governor, and in due time will be promulgated.-Ceylon Times, Nov. 24.

The first division of H.M. 15th regt. left the barracks early this morning en route for Kandy, to relieve the 95th regt., who will occupy Colombo quarters pending their departure for Hongkong.-Ibid.

MILITARY.-Lieut. Col. Phillpotts, of the Royal Engineers, has been appointed commandant of the Kandian provinces, to take effect from the date of the departure of Col. Campbell, 95th regt., from Kandy.-Ibid. Nov. 27.

CHOLERA.-By a letter from the neighbourhood of Kandy of the 19th inst. we are informed that cholera still hovers over the unfortunate 95th regt. another soldier having fallen a victim to it, a day or two before the above-mentioned date. The Observer of yesterday particularly notifies two cases having occurred recently at Kandy, one of which proved fatal-that of Mr. McGowan, late clerk in the works of Messrs. Affleck, Gordon, and Co.-Ibid.

DOMESTIC. BIRTH.

HOSIE, the wife of Joseph, d. at Colombo, Nov. 6.

MARRIAGES.

DE ROOQ, John William, to Susan C. d. of J. Kiansee, at Jaffna, Nov. 9.

SKINNER, Henry, rifle regt. to Mary Ann C. d. of G. M. Parsons, c.s. at Colombo, Nov. 7.

DEATHS.

BLACKER, Petronella C. d. of John, at Colombo, Nov. 9. PARKER, Mrs. P. at Colpetty, aged 64, Nov. 30.

SINGAPORE.

RED PEARL SAGO.-A specimen of a new manufacture, originated at Singapore, has lately come under our notice, namely, red pearl Sago. We understand it has been sent to England as a novelty, but whether it commands a better price than the white pearl sago we know not, though it may probably be valued higher if it is considered to be sago in its pure, genuine, unadulterated state. That it may be so viewed we think likely, seeing that even the ordinary white pearl sago has a reddish tinge, especially when kept a long time, and it may therefore be inferred that red is the natural hue of sago, and that it is only by repeated bleaching and boiling that it is deprived of it, and that, in the course of this process it may lose some of its peculiar flavour or virtue. All this, however, though very plausible is not the fact,-red is not the natural colour of sago, and where not the result of age, is only imparted by a decoction of sapan wood being mixed with the sago in the process of manufacture. We are not aware of any superior virtue being imparted to the sago by this addition: on the contrary, we believe it is of an injurious nature, the decoction of sapan wood being highly astringent. We understand that some of the workmen engaged in manufacturing this red sago, having, from curiosity, prepared some and eat of it, were seized with violent gripings and other unpleasant symptoms which gave them a hearty fright, and no doubt will make them more cautious in future in partaking of such novel preparations.-Free Press, Sept. 26.

A ROYAL SHERIFF'S OFFICER.-We are not aware that his Highness Tommungong Sree Maharajah, as his Honour the Governor delighteth to style him, has been taken into the service of the Sheriff as an extra special bailiff, though from some facts which lately came to our knowledge we should infer such to be the fact. It appears that a few days ago a capias was taken out in the Court of Judicature for a debt of 200 or 300 dollars against a native trader, who was at the time absent in the course of his ordinary business at Rhio. Some suspicion, however, apparently prevailing as to the likelihood of his not returning to Singapore, intercession would appear to have been made with the Tommungong to procure his capture, which his Highness forthwith undertook to effect. A letter was accordingly addressed by him to the Rajah at Rhio, requesting that the unfortunate debtor might be sent to Tullohblangah, as his Highness had some business to settle with him. The debtor was immediately summoned by the Rhio Rajah, and told he must accompany the messenger back, which he accordingly did, and, according to previous arrangement no doubt, while he was partaking of some food at Tullohblangah after his voyage, he was pounced upon by a Sheriff's bailiff, and carried off to H. M.'s gaol. There can be no doubt that this interference of the Tommungong was both illegal and improper, and deserving the serious notice of the government. It is only another instance to be added to the many which exist, of the undue power and controul exercised by this native chieftain in Singapore and the adjacent islands belonging to the English crown, where we find not only Pangulus and other functionaries holding their appointments from the Tullohblangah court, but the inhabitants impressed with a vivid and lively idea of their allegiance to the Tommungong, while their knowledge of the supremacy of the English Government is of the faintest and most evanescent description.-Ibid.

MEMORIAL. A memorial was agreed to at the public meeting held a few weeks ago to consider the Draft Act to provide for the appointment of constables and peace-officers at the settlements in the Straits." This memorial has been very numerously signed (there being upwards of 120 names of European and Asiatic merchants, &c. at it when we last saw it), and has been forwarded to his Honour the Governor for transmission to Calcutta, where we hope it will produce a due impression on the honourable members of the Legislative Council, and induce them to reconsider and annul their proposed Act.-Free Press, Dec. 3.

DEPARTURES.

Nov. 8. Rob Roy, Frances, Bombay.-9. Agricola, Potter, London; Sydney, Scholefield, Bombay.-10. Poppy, Cole, Calcutta ; -19. Teazer, Rudd, Madras. 18. Maingay, Glass, Bombay. Sophia, Stevens, Calcutta. - 20. Zoe, Miller, Bombay; Sultan, Wadge, Bombay; Antelope, Harding, Calcutta. - 21. Victoria, Williamson, London; Matthew Plummer, Young, London. - 23. Cassiopea, Hudson, Liverpool.-30. Mary Ridley, Laing, London; Sir Herbert Compton, Browne, Bombay.-Dec. 1. Helena, Hilton, London.-2. Red Rover, Oliver, Calcutta.

MR. COMPTON.-On Tuesday, Mr. Compton's case came under review of the Supreme Court. The decision, that "the whole proceedings have been so exceedingly irregular as to make it necessary to reverse the judgment altogether," was inevitable, for probably there never was a case brought before a court of appeal with so many legal informalities, and where the ordinary rules of evidence had been so utterly disregarded. The Chief Justice conceived that Mr. Compton had been sentenced under one law and fined under another, which is contrary to all the principles of English justice,-a view of the matter which we ventured to take on the publication of the documents two weeks ago.-Ibid. Nov. 26.

PIRACY.-On Tuesday evening the Government gun-boat brought into the harbour a piratical craft, which she, assisted by some of the crew of the Wolverene, had captured that afternoon. The boat was armed with two swivel guns and an eight-pounder, besides a full equipment of spears, swords, fire-balls, &c., and there is good reason to believe that she is one of several the gunWe have seen a reboats has been watching for a week past. port by Mr. Miller, the master gunner, in which he states, that on the morning of Tuesday the 10th he proceeded from Hongkong harbour and cruised through the Ly-yu-moon and Fu-towmoon to Mir's Bay, then to the Ninepins, round by Chek-chu and Shek-pai-wan, and returned to Hongkong harbour. During his cruize he saw nothing more suspicious-looking than great numbers of trading boats in Mir's Bay, all of which were armed, some carrying two, some four guns, besides spears and prongs. On Tuesday when in the Ly-yu-moon passage he was hailed by ten Chin-chew junks, and was informed that two of their boats had been robbed in the Ly-yu-moon, on their way down from Chin-chew; that they dreaded encountering pirates both in the Ly-yu-moon and outside the Fu-tow-moon, and would not consider themselves safe until they were well out to sea. therefore entreated his protection. He remained with them all night in the Fu-tow-moon, anchored next day in Mir's Bay, and on Thursday escorted them as far as the Ninepins.-Mail, Nov. 19.

They

pool; John Cooper, London; Emily, Austin, Liverpool; Chieftain, Robertson, Glasgow; Eleanor Russell, Jeffries, Liverpool; India, Sutherland, Bombay; Daniel Watson, Watson, Sydney.-5. Duke of Argyle, Bristow, Tutacorin.-18. Steamer Braganza, Mundy, Galle, &c.; Adamastor, George, Lisbon. -20. Lannik, White, Bombay.-22. John Cooper, Greig, London.

DEPARTURES.

OCT. 30. Steamer Lady Mary Wood, Evans, Galle, &c.; Royal Albert, Scanlan, London; Antilla, Bennett, London; Constant, Hemery, London; Emperor, Jones, London.-31. Baboo, Barker, Cork. Nov. 2. Chusan, Laird, Glasgow; Navigator, Silver, New York; Somnauth, Skinner, London; Patna, Ponsonby, Liverpool; Ellen, Rodger, Clyde.-9. Sappho, Dunlop, London.-10. Aberfoyle, M'Alpin, Leith; John Bibby, Cawkett, London; N. Indié, Delehan, Amsterdam.-12. Earl of Balcarras, Baker, Bombay; Josephine, Smith, London; H. M. S. Wolf, Caldwell, Singapore.-15. Mary Bannatyne, Picken, London; Albert Edward, Downwords, London; Velore, Bell, London.-21. H. M. S. Sapphire, Fittock, Trincomalee.-26. Daniel Watson, Watson, Sydney; Zorgoleid, Bees, Rotterdam; Emily, Austin, Liverpool; Monterock, Michael, New York; Zenobia, Cronstadt, New York; Menzies, Whetten, Liverpool.-29. Steamer Braganza, Mundy, Galle, &c.

MARKETS.

Transactions have been to about the same extent as during the previous month.-Woollens are in good demand at a slight advance, in consequence of the imports being light.-In Cotton Manufactures there is no variation.-The consumption of Cotton is seriously interfered with by the increasing importations of piece goods; at this period of the year, in 1844 and 1843, the quantity was double what it is at present. We expect, therefore, to see a considerable advance before long, as the ruinous rates lately ruling here, together with the setting in of the north-east monsoon, will prevent further imports for some months. Amoy is the only market beside this for cotton; the sales there last year amounted to 18,000 bales; deducting freight, insurance, &c., the rates would be about the same as at this port.-Money is plentiful for general purposes.

COTTON.-The following is the Warehouse report to the 20th inst. compared with the three previous years :

Bombay. Bengal. Madras. American. Total. Nov. 20, 1846-Imported 6,780 2,891 2,455

Delivered 18,903 1,148 3,412 Stock 62,234 8,326 5,432 Nov. 25, 1845-Delivered 12,886 1,051 4,414 Stock 46,232 2,706 14,286 Nov. 30, 1844-Delivered 25,594 5,562 12,158 Stock

Nov.30, 1843-Delivered 27,467

....

263 3,831

475 257 2,803

307

Stock 94,677 11,817 26,323 1,460 This account has no reference to the sales effected.

12,126 23,463 60,375 18,608 85,993 43,314 130,500 31,868 134,277

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. REINFORCEMENTS.-The Stebbonheath, which arrived here on the 29th ult. from Cork, has also brought a reinforcement of troops, consisting of 400 men of H. M. 6th regt., exclusive of the officers.-Zuid Afrikan, Nov. 2.

Further reinforcements have arrived by the Equestrian and Westminster, consisting of 328 men of the Rifle Brigade, and 202 men of H.M. 6th regt., exclusive of officers.-Ibid., Nov. 12. SHIPWRECKS.-The loss sustained by Government by the late shipwrecks in Algoa Bay is estimated at upwards of £12,000.— Ibid.

THE "THUNDERBOLT."-According to the last accounts from Waterloo Bay, the Thunderbolt had been actively employed in laying down heavy moorings,—a most important work. She was on the eve of starting for the Buffalo Mouth, in order to examine its capabilities for the landing of supplies. Capt. Findlay, who is said to be able to give much valuable information on this important subject, accompanies this expedition.-Ibid. Nov. 19.

ALLEN'S INDIAN MAIL,

LONDON,

TUESDAY, January 26, 1847.

SIR WILLOUGHBY COTTON, an officer whose name already occupies an honourable place in the annals of British India, has been appointed by the Court of Directors of the East-India Company Commander-in-Chief at Bombay, on the retirement of Sir THOMAS M'MAHON, and the appointment has been confirmed by the Crown. We congratulate the army of Bombay, and the people both of Great Britain and India, on an appointment which we be lieve will give universal satisfaction.

SOME men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them: all this is well established. But there is another mode of attaining greatness, which has been often overlooked. A striking illus tration of this mode has lately been announced in the public prints. Lord ELLENBOROUGH can scarcely be said to have been born great-he inherited, indeed, from his father the lowest grade of the peerage, with a fortune, we believe, which would have been returned nil, but for a sinecure office in the court in which that father presided. He cannot be said to have achieved greatness, for though he wooed notoriety most zealously, first in England and afterwards in India, and attained it, there was nothing of greatness mixed with the acquisition. Glossy curls and well-cut clothes in the one country, gold-laced pantaloons and tinsel proclamations in the other, are very indifferent helps to great ness. In one instance, perhaps, his lordship may be said to have had greatness thrust upon him-in the earldom which awaited his arrival from India, where he had perilled the safety of the British Empire and compromised the honour of the British name, To talk of thrusting honour upon a man, however, would seem to imply some degree of reluctance as to accepting it, and no one ever suspected Lord EllenbQROUGH of being reluctant to accept any thing which he could grasp. A dukedom would not have been declined, had it been offered, and the modest nobleman would have thought sucha reward not at all disproportioned to his deserts. But the tide of honour did not flow thus high, and that of popularity, which might have afforded some compensation, never approached his lordship near enough to wash his slip, pers. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was, perhaps, the most unpopular man that ever held public office in India; while at home his countrymen have only noticed him for the purpose of quizzing those amiable eccentricities which are the prominent parts of his lordship's character, or rather, we might say, which constitute the character alto gether. Take away his eccentricities, and where is Lord ELLENBOROUH? Being born to no great measure of greatness, having achieved none, and having had but a scanty portion dealt out to him, he has determined by a bold stroke to become the architect of his own fame-not in the good oldfashioned way, by performing deeds worthy of being held in remembrance, but in a mode hitherto untried, but which, on account of its novelty and originality, deserves to succeed. His lordship, as the reader has probably learned from the daily papers, has resolved to erect a lofty column to his own

honour in his own park; so that when he takes his morning walk or ride for the benefit of his health, he may never fail to be reminded of his glorious career in India; immortalized as it is by the perpetration of nearly as much mischief as it was possible to effect in the time allotted for it. The triumphs of EDWARD Earl of ELLENBOROUGH will thus be ever before him, as the column in honour of Alderman and Linendraper WAITHMAN was judiciously erected in immediate view of the civic functionary's shop. Sir FRANCIS WRONGHEAD having no friend to introduce him to the Prime Minister, introduced himself, and one of the most illustrious specimens of the WRONGHEADS which this generation affords has taken the like method of attracting the notice of his cotemporaries. BESSUS and his swordsmen certified for each other's valour-Lord ELLENBORO UGH gives certificate of his own.

Save me from my friends," is a somewhat trite adage. "Save me from myself" is one possessing more novelty, and perhaps as much truth. Capt. Rowlandson's statement commences with a disclosure which his friends must have read with dismay. It is avowed-not left as a matter of inference—but avowed, that the motives to the proceedings which ended in the suspension of the Moulmein Chronicle, were in no respect of a public nature, but altogether personal. Capt. Rowlandson thought himself aggrieved by certain articles which appeared in the paper, and thereupon, instead of proceeding at law in the regular way by an action for libel, he sought to crush the offending journalist by penalties inflicted for an alleged breach of regulations, which was not known or believed to be such. The author of this defence desires it to be understood that he could not bring an action for libel, because the editor of the paper would not admit his liability; but it matters not what he would admit, for he was the registered publisher, and as such, was responsible for what might appear in the publication. But the most extraordinary part of this defensive statement remains behind. "At the close of the prosecution,” it is said the editor was told by the attorney for the informer, that "if he even then would make an apology, the prosecution should be abandoned." We do not pretend perfectly to understand this. If the prosecution had been conducted to a "close," how could it be abandoned? We suppose the offer made was of impunity from punishment if the required apology was forthcoming; and a pretty specimen this is of the prosecutor's notions of justice. To avenge a private wrong, or that which he conceived to be a private wrong, he placed himself in the character of a vindicator of the law on public grounds. His victim is caught, and then the character of a public prosecutor is suddenly exchanged for that of a private complainant, and the thunders of the law denounced against a public offence are to be silenced if the private wrong which put the law in motion be obliterated by an apology!

Can such things be,
And overcome us like a summer's cloud,
Without our special wonder?

If in Moulmein they can, it is high time that an alteration took place. What right has a private party to gratify his vindictive feelings under colour of enforcing a Government regulation? And having thus perverted the law into an instrument not of redress but of vengeance, what right has he to condone the matter-to take upon himself to promise that the penalties attached by law to an offence against the state shall be remitted? It is really to be wished, for the reputation of Capt. Rowlandson, that he had kept silence rather than have put forth so lame a vindication of himself. "Justice," he says-strangely enough for one in his situation-" Justice must be even-handed." Where is the even-handedness in this affair? The editor of the Moulmein Chronicle, according to Capt. Rowlandson, published libels upon him. Thereupon Capt. Rowlandson, instead of procuring the punishment of the offender for that offence, causes him to be punished for another; which, moreover, in point of fact was no offence at all. And this is even-handed justice. A man is accused (not convicted) of doing wrong in one way—and he is punished under a groundless charge of doing wrong in another way! Even-handed justice! It does not amount to so much as one-sided justice, for Capt. Rowlandson got no redress for the libels, and the editor suffers penalties inflicted under rules which he has not violated. The author of the prosecution charges the person prosecuted with having miscon ducted himself at Madras, and states that he was in con sequence dismissed from public employment. If this be so, it is very discreditable to the party accused; but how does it justify his being made the victim of oppressive, and it might be added illegal proceedings? Whatever the cha racter of the editor of the Moulmein Chronicle, Capt. Rowlandson has given him a triumph; the paper is reestablished, and the attempt to suppress it has gained for: its authors nothing but a very large share of public obloquy.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

JAN. 19.-ALLEGED CRUELTY TO SIKH PRISONERS.-Mr. WARBURTON gave notice that he should, on an early occasion, ask a question relative to the alleged murder of Sikh prisoners by the English.

Mr. F. MAULE was glad of the opportunity to state that he had written to the Commander-in-Chief in India on the subject, and Lord Gough, in answer, said, he had caused a court of inquiry to be held, when the writer of the letter containing the allegation was examined. It was then proved that only one man had been sentenced to death after the battle, and that man was discovered in the act of springing mines for the destruction of our men. The report in question was therefore a foul calumny and aspersion on the British army. (Hear, hear.)

JAN. 22.-HILL COOLIES.-In answer to some questions from Mr. HOPE on the treatment of the Hill Coolies,

Mr. HAWES said, that the best answer he could give to the hon. gentleman was, that in the course of a very few days he (Mr. Hawes) would lay upon the table his noble friend's (Earl Grey's) despatches, which would afford all the information that could be desired on the subject. He (Mr. Hawes) wished, however, to take this opportunity of correcting the hon. gentleman opposite on one point. No ordinance had been passed on the subject to which he referred; merely the heads of an ordinance had been transmitted to the Governor of the Mauritius. No tax, therefore, was now imposed, as the hon. member had asserted. As, ina very few days, the hon. gentleman would be in possession of all the information he could gain from the despatches, it was unnecessary for him (Mr. Hawes), on the present occasion, to enter further into the question.

Mr. HOPE had omitted to ask whether, previously to sending out the despatch-which he (Mr. Hope) did not mean to describe as an ordinance, but merely the orders to pass an ordinance the concurrence of the Indian Government had been obtained?