medical aid from the surgeon of the district in which they may be residing.

Surgeons.

Garrison Fort St. George.

Medical Stores.

General Hospital.

Assistant Surgeons. Asst. General Hospital. Garrison Assistant.

Govt. Dispensary.

4. In lieu of the allowances at present paid for the various appointments above enumerated, consolidated salaries are in future to be drawn, of rupees 1000 for surgeons, and rupees 700 for assistant surgeons, with the exception of the garrison assistant surgeon, who will receive rupees 500.

5. The allowances for the medical school will from the same date be, for each professor, if holding another appointment, rupees 150-otherwise, rupees, 300; and for the superintendent, in addition, rupees 100.

6. The whole of the appointments, including those of the medical school, will in future be paid in the military depart

ment.

CIVIL. APPOINTMENTS, &c.

BISHOP, J. F. coll. and mag. of Tanjore, res. ch. of the district fr. G. Ellis, Aug. 19.

DAVIS, W. D. to be a lay trustee of the chaplaincy of Cuddalore, Sept. 7.

HORSLEY, J. civ. and sess. jud. of the zillah of Guntoor, reed. ch. of the principal Sudder Ameen's Court at that station, Sept. 1. HUDSON, W. H. Sudr. Ameen of Vizagapatam, to act as princ. Sudr. Ameen dur. abs. of W. H. Ross on leave, Aug. 24.

SCOTT, S. civ. and sess. jud. of zillah of Combaconum, ass. ch. of the court fr. G. T. Beauchamp, Aug. 17.

ALEXANDER, Lieut. col. R. fr. 7th to 2nd N.I. Sept. 3.
BAIRD, Lieut. J. M. 2nd Eur. L.I. ret. to duty on Aug. 23.
BAMFORD, Ens. J. B. 31st lt. inf. to be lieut. fr. Sept. 2, 1847,
v. Stuart, dec.

BAYLEY, Capt. S. 26th N.I. to be dep. jud. adv. gen. Aug. 24, posted to Nagpore subsidiary force, Aug. 25.

BLACK, Brev. capt. B. W. art. passed exam. as interp. Aug. 21. BREMNER, Lieut. col. W. 42nd N.I. ret. to duty Aug. 16; fr. 42nd to 14th N.I. Sept. 3.

BREMNER, Ens. A. R. to do duty with 52nd N.I. and to join. BROWN, Lieut. J. F. H. 5th N.I. passed exam. in Hindustani prescribed for officers of companies, Sept. 1.

CADELL, Ens. W. to do duty with 15th N.I. to proc. with det. und. com. of Capt. Rees, 1st fus. Aug. 19.

CHARTERIS, Capt. J. M. 49th N.I. dep. paymr. Malabar and Canara, to be paymr. ceded districts, v. Scotland, prom. Sept. 7. CHESTER, Lieut. R. 7th N.I. to be capt. Sept. 1.

CHIPPENDALL, Ens. W. H. to do duty with 15th N.I. to proc. with det. und. com. of Capt. Rees, 1st fus. Aug. 19, fr. 15th, to do duty with 27th N.I.

CLARIDGE, Lieut. H. C. Z. 37th N.I. exam. in Hind. - cred. prog. with moonshee allow.

CLARKE, Ens. J. T. 34th L.I. passed exam. in Hind. Aug. 17. CODD, Ens. P. L. 49th, passed exam. in Hindustani prescribed for officers of companies, Aug. 31.

CONSIDINE, Maj. D. H. dep. qr. mr. gen. to act as qr. mr. gen.
COOKE, Lieut. C. 2nd Eur. It. inf. passed exam. as interp. Aug. 21.
COOPER, Capt. 45th N.I. to act as pay mr. Trichinopoly dur. abs.
and on the responsibility of Major Macdonald.
COTTON, Lieut. G. E. 50th N.I. ret. to duty Aug. 23.
Cox, Capt. T. E. 5th N.I. ret. to duty Aug. 23.

CUMBERLEGE, Brev. maj. B. W. 7th L.C. to be maj. fr. May 23, 1846, v. Lawrence, prom.

DAY, Lieut. J. C. 17th N.I. returned to duty, Aug. 16.

DRURY, Lieut. C. H. 27th N.I. to act as qr. mr. and interp. to 39th N.I. Aug. 25.

FAUNCE, Brev. maj. R. N. 2nd N.I. to be dep. pay mr. Malabar and Canara, v. Charteris, Sept. 7.

FOOTE, Ens. W. M. 22nd N.I. to be lieut. v. Greigson, retired, fr. May 16, 1847.

FREESE, Capt. W. H. 37th gren. qual. as adj. Aug. 28.

GORDON, Lieut. C. W. 7th L.C. to be capt. fr. May 23, 1846, v. Lawrence, prom.

GOMPERTZ, Ens. W. M. E. to do duty with 27th N.I.

HARKNESS, Lieut. C. T. 4th N.I. exam. in Hindustani at Vellore, qual. as interp. but to appear for final exam. whenever he may visit the presidency, Sept. 4.

HARRISON, 1st Lieut. C. H. art. passed exam. in Hind. Aug. 19, fr. 4th to 5th batt.

HODSON, Capt. C. 44th N.I. to be a lay trustee of the chaplaincy of Tranquebar, Aug. 24.

HORNER, Ens. W. K. to be lieut. Sept. 1.

INGRAM, Ens. E. G. 24th N.F. to proc. to Hyderabad un. ch. of Capt. Gill, 17th N.I. Aug. 19.

JENKINS, Capt. T. A. asst. qr. mr. gen. to act as dep. qr. mr. gen. Aug. 19.

LAWRENCE, Maj. A. W. 7th L.C. to be lieut. cól. fr. May 23, 1846, v. Smith, retired.

LEWIN, Cornet M. W. 5th L.C. passed exam. in Hind. Aug. 20. LIGHTON, Lieut. A. A. 35th N.I. to be capt. fr. Sept. 7, 1847, v. Ogilvie, dec.

LUARD, Lieut. col. J. K. fr. 2nd to 42nd N.I. Sept. 3.

MACLEOD, Maj. W. C. 30th N.I. placed at disp. of C. in C. of the Madras army, Sept. 3.

MAGRATH, Lieut. J. R. G. 1st N.I. exam. in Hind. qual. as adjt. with moonshee allow. Aug. 25.

MARDALL, Lieut. 16th N.I. to be a lay trustee of the chaplaincy of Quilon.

MASON, Ens. G. R. to do duty with 52nd N.I. and to join, Aug. 19. M'NEIL, Lieut. col. M. fr. 7th to 5th L. C. Aug. 27.

NEPEAN, Sen. maj. C. W. 7th N. I. to be lieut. col. v. Young, ret. Sept. 1, posted to 7th N.I.

OBBARD, Lieut. J. 48th N.I. to act as qr. mr. and interp. to 20th N.I. Aug. 25.

PLATT, Lieut. dept. asst. com. to rejoin arsenal, Fort St. George, when relieved by Mr. Thompson, Aug. 20.

POLLEN, Ens. C. E. B. 2nd Eur. L. I. to join und. ch. of Lieut. Frye, 39th N.I. Aug. 18.

POWER, Cornet E. H. 7th L. C. to be lieut. fr. May 25, 1846, v.
Lawrence, prom.

PRESGRAVE, Ens. E. 2nd Eur. L.I. passed exam. in Hind. Aug. 17°
PRIOR, Lieut. col. H. fr. 23rd L.I. to 15th N.I. Aug. 28.
PRESCOTT, Lieut. J. C. P. 10th N.I. exam. in Hindustani at
Saugor, qual. as adj. Aug. 28; to rec. moonshee allow.
SANDYS, Lieut. col. G. fr. 5th to 1st L.C. Aug. 27.

SCOTT, Lieut. F. H. dep. asst. qr. mr. gen. to act as assist. qr. mr. gen. dur. abs. of Strahan, Aug. 19, to be Persian int. to his Excellency the C. in C. without prejudice to his appt. in the qr. mr. gen. dept. Sept. 7.

SCOTLAND, Bev. maj. D. 7th N.I. to be maj. v. Nepean, prom. Sept. 1, placed at disp. of C. in C. Sept. 1.

SEARLE, Ens. G. A. 35th N.I. to be lieut. fr. Sept. 7, 1847, v. Ogilvie, dec.

SELBY, Brev. capt. G. art. fr. 5th to 4th batt.

SIMPSON, Ens. J. to join 2nd N.I. under com. of Capt. Rees, 1st fus. Aug. 19.

STEPHENSON, Major, to be a lay trustee of the chaplaincy of Can

nanore.

STUART, Cornet R. R. doing duty with 1st, posted to 7th L.C. as 4th cornet, but to cont. with 1st until Nov. 1, Aug. 19; to rank fr. Mar. 1, 1847.

TAYLOR, Lieut. col. to be a lay trustee of the chaplaincy of Quilon. TAYLOR, Ens. R. N. 17th N.I. exam. in Hindustani at Secunderabad, creditable progress, Aug. 28, to rec. moonshee allow. TAYLOR, Lieut. H. D. 1st fus. act. qr. mr. and interp. 37th grens. to rejoin his corps, Aug. 18.

TURNER, Ens. S. F. 39th N.I. to join under ch. of Lieut. Frye, 39th N.I. Aug. 18.

WATERMAN, Lieut. E. F. 25th N.I. qual. as int. but to appear for final exam. whenever he may visit the presidency; to receive moonshee allowance.

WATERS, Capt. H. S. 3rd L. C. to be a mem, of the commission at Secunderabad, v. Garstin, Aug. 20.

WILLIAMS, Lieut. col. W. E. fr. 15th N.I. to 23rd L. I. Aug. 28. WYATT, Ens. C. A. 37th gren. passed exam. in Hind. Aug. 17. YOUNG, Lieut. col. C. W. C.B. 14th N.I. perm. to ret. fr. the service, Sept. 1.

ADMITTED TO THE SERVICE, ARRIVED AT THE DATE SPECIFIED.

INFANTRY.

GOMPERTZ, W. U. E. Aug. 23.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

ASHTON, Capt. J. T. H.A. 2 mo. fr. Sept. 10, to Madras, prep. to app. for leave to Europe.

BARROW, Ens. 14th N.I. to Bombay and Jaulnah, fr. Sept. 20 to Feb. 28, 1848.

BRINE, Lieut. J. J. 4th N.I. in ext. to Nov. 30, to Cuddalore and E. coast, on m. c.

BRISTOW, Lieut. J. J. 8th N.I. Aug. 9 to Feb. 25, to E. coast,

on m. c.

BURDETT, Ens. H. St. A. 2nd Eur. L.I. passed exam. in Hindustanee prescribed for officers of companies, Sept. 4. CAMPBELL, Lieut. W. R. 28th N.I. fr. Sept. 9 to 30, to Bellary. CHRISTIE, Lieut. 10th N.I. embarked on the ship Java at Calcutta, July 19.

CLACK, Lieut. R. J. 31st L.I. fr. Aug. 27, to presidency, to apply for leave to Europe, on m. c.; to Europe, on m. c. CLOGSTOUN, Lieut. H. M. 19th N.I. to Europe on m. c. COATS, Capt. J. W. 6th N.I. to Europe on m. c. Aug. 27. COOKE, Lieut. W. J. 8th N.I. Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, to pres. prep. to appt. for furl. to Europe.

COXWELL, Capt. J. A. S. 49th N.I. to Europe on m. c. Aug. 24. EYRE, Lieut. J. P. 22nd N.I. 1 mo. in ext. to enable him to appear before a committee to be exam. in Teloogoo at the presidency. FRANKLAND, Ens. T. to Sept. 30, in cont. to Dharwar. GROVE, Ens. H. L. 45th N.I. passed exam. in Hindustani, prescribed for officers of companies, Sept. 4.

HALY, Brev. capt. G. T. 8th N.I. Aug. 25 to Oct. 31, to E. coast and Waltair.

HOUGHTON, Capt. H. 1st fus. to Europe on residue of furl. HUTCHINSON, Ens. L. R. De M. 20th N.I. perm. to ret. to Europe on m. c. fr. Aug. 5.

HUTTON, Lieut. col. G. 30th N.I. Aug. 10 to April 30, 1848, to sea on m. c. to Europe on m. c.

LEADER, Capt. W. 5th N.I. 1 mo. in ext.

MACDONALD, Brev. maj. W. P. to Arcot and presidency, with leave for 3 mo.

MACINTYRE, 2nd Lieut. J. M. art. to Sept. 20, to Madras.
MANN, Maj. J. to Europe on furl.

MASON, Lieut. C. C. 48th N.I. in ext. to Sept. 30, to enable him to join.

M'MAHON, Ens. C. A. 39th N.I. fr. Aug. 4 to Sept. 5, to Trichinopoly, on m. c.

MERRITT, Capt. J. 2nd Eur. L.I. to Coimbatore and to sea, on m. c. till July 31, 1848.

MOORE, Ens. R. A. 29th N.I. in ext. to Dec. 15, to Neilgherries,

on m. c.

MOORHEAD, Asst. surg. W. fr. Aug. 19, to presidency, to apply for leave to Europe on m. c.

PLANT, Lieut. 4th N.I. exam. in Hindustani, at Vellore, qual. as adjt. Sept. 4.

PRESSCOTT, Lieut. J. C. P. 10th N.I. to Eur. on furl. on m. c. ROLLO, Capt. R. Eur. Vet. 1 year fr. Aug. 12, to Bangalore and Neilgherries, on m. c.

RYVES, Capt. T. J. 2nd N. V. B. Sept 1 to Oct. 30, to pres. SMITH, Lieut. C. 2nd Eur. L.I. fr. Aug. 24, to presidency, to apply for leave to Eur. on m. c.

THOMES, Lieut. E. 14th N.I. in ext. to Feb. 29, '48, to Cuddalore, and E. coast, on m. c.

WARDEN, Lieut. F. F. 2nd Eur. L. I. to Eur. on m. c. Aug. 24. WIGHT, Maj. A. C. 8th N.I. 1 mo. fr. Sept. 15, to Madras, prep. to app. for leave to Eur. on furl.

WOOD, Lieut. P. R. J. 4th N.I. in ext. to Dec. 31, to Cuddalore, and E. coast on m. c.

WRIGHT, Ens. J. A. 39th N.I. fr. Aug. 4 to Sept. 5, to Trichinopoly on m. c.

MEDICAL. APPOINTMENTS, &c.

BELL, Asst. surg. T. L. to be gar. surg. of Fort St. George, and professor of anatomy and physiology fr. Oct. 1.

BRETT, Asst. surg. J. M.D. fr. doing duty under supt. surg. Malabar and Canava, to do duty under supt. surg. Mysore div. CAMPBELL, Asst. surg. J. C. reapp. to med. ch. of the civ. estab. and irr. horse at Kurnool, Aug. 24.

COLE, Surg. R. to be surg. of the 4th district, fr. Oct. 1.
Cox, Asst. surg, S. fr. 33rd N.I. to 37th grens. Aug. 30.
CUMMING, Surg. G. V. to be depot surg. of Cuddalore, fr. Sept. 2,
1847, v. Preston.

EVANS, Asst. surg. W. M.D, to be surg. of 1st district fr. Oct. 1.
HAGGER, Vet. surg. T. fr. 8th to 3rd L.C. Aug. 31.
HARDING, Surg. G. to be surg. of gen. hosp. and supt. of med.
school, and professor of theory and practice of medicine and clini-
cal medicine fr. Oct. 1, to be a mem. of the board of med. off. as-
sembled at the pres. for the exam. of sick officers.
KELLIE, Surg. J. to be surg. of 2nd district fr. Oct. 1.
KEY, Surg. T. to be gar. surg. of Fort St. George, and professor of
chemistry and materia medica fr. Oct. 1.

LAWDER, Surg. J. to be med. store keeper at pres. fr. Oct. 1. LORIMER, Asst. surg. A. M.D. to be supt. of govt. dispensary fr. Oct. 1.

MOORHEAD, Asst. surg. W. fr. 37th gren. to do duty under supg. surg. Hyderabad subsidiary force, Aug. 30.

PETERKIN, Asst. surg. J. ret. to duty on Aug. 23, to do duty under supg. surg. of div. Sept. 2.

PRESTON, Acting supt. surg. J. B. to be supt. surg. of southern div. fr. Sept. 2, v. Knox, deceased.

SANDERSON, Asst. surg. J. to be surg. of 3rd district, fr. Oct. 1. SHAW, Asst. surg. J. to be permanent asst. to surg. of gen. hospital and professor of surgery and clinical surgery, fr. Oct. 1. SIMPSON, Asst. surg. A. M.D. to be surg. fr. Sept. 2, 1846, v. Knox, deceased.

SUTLEFFE, Asst. surg. R. R. fr. doing duty under supt. surg. Mysore div. to do duty under supt. surg. Malabar and Canara, Sept. 9. TAPLIN, Surg. E. to act as med. store keeper dur. abs. of Lawder,

on m. c.

THOMPSON, Asst. surg. W. B. to be supt. of the eye infirmary fr. Oct. 1, and professor of midwifery and diseases of the eye fr. Oct. 1.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

CRAWFORD, Asst. surg. J. to Europe, on m. c. Aug. 27.
CURRIE, Asst. surg. A. O. M. D. to Europe, on m. c. Aug. 27.
KIRKWOOD, Asst. surg. W. 16th N.I. fr. Aug. 7, to presidency, to
apply for leave to Europe, on m. c.

KNOX, Suptg. surg. G. F.R.C.S. perm. to ret. to Europe, on m. c.
Sept. 3.

LAWDER, Surg. J. in ext. to Oct. 1, 1848.

DOMESTIC. BIRTHS.

ABDY, the wife of Lieut. Charles H. 5th L.C. d. at Jaulnah, Sept. 6. BARCLAY, the wife of Assist. surg. Charles, 2nd N.I. s. at Ban. galore, Aug. 25.

BOYLE, the wife of John G. s. at Narsingapooram, Aug. 13. DICKSON, the lady of Francis F. C. fus. s. at Bellary, Aug. 14. EDWARDS, Mrs. George, d. at Royapooram, Aug. 28. Fitzgerald, Bridget, wife of J. C. s. at Egmore, Aug. 31. FRANSZ, the wife of R. C. s. at Poodoopett, Aug. 31. GILBERTSON, the lady of Lieut. Charles F. 43rd N.I. s. at Calicut, Sept. 1.

HUGHES, the lady of Lieut. Spier, H.M.'s 84th, d. at Secunderabad, Aug. 18.

HYTER, the wife of W. F. s. at Black Town, Aug. 22.

LOCKHART, the lady of Capt. W. E. 45th N.I. s. at Oossoor, Aug. 15.

NORTHEY, the wife of Stewart, H.M.'s 25th Regt. s. at Cannanore, Aug. 19.

PEREIRA, Mrs. Christopher, d. at Black Town, Aug. 21.

POWELL, the wife of the Rev. Dr. d. at St. Thomas's Mount, Sept. 5.
ROGER, the wife of James, s. at Narsingapooram, Sept. 2.
Ross, the wife of Hugh, d. at Vepery, Aug. 25.

SAM, the lady of E. Seth, at the Luz, Aug. 23.

THOMPSON, the lady of Capt. Thomas, 34th L.I. fort adjt. s. at Fort St. George, Aug. 27.

VAN SOMERON, the lady of Asst. surg. W. J. M.D. d. at Bangalore, Aug. 19.

MARRIAGES.

BENNETT, Philip, to Catherine, d. of the late Michael Dundan, at Seetabuldee, Aug. 10.

BOWERD, Christopher, to Elizabeth Farmer, at Vepery, Aug. 31. FLETCHER, Rev. J. P. to Clara Rosalie, d. of the Rev. W. T. Blenkinsop, at Cuddalore, Aug. 25.

NIXON, Lieut. John, 1st N.V.B. to Jane, d. of G. F. Wodschow, at Madras, Aug. 12.

PATERSON, George, to Ann M. B. d. of Henry Blacker, at Madras, Sept. 8.

SERLE, Wm. Ambrose, to Helen Mary, d. of the late Capt. A. Mackenzie, at Vepery, Aug. 14.

SMITH, Samuel, to Catherine Julia Lear, at Russelcondah.

DEATHS.

ARBUTHNOT, Edith, d. of W. U. at Madras, Sept. 7.
BARLOW, Lieut. Alfred, 2nd native vet. batt. at Guntoor, Aug. 30.
Boox, Serjt. maj. P. at Coonoor, aged 40, Sept. 1.

CLAUDIUS, Joachim, s. of John, at Madras, aged 19 days, Sept. 6.
CUNNINGHAM, Sarah A. R. at Vepery, aged 21, Aug. 19.
DANIELL, N. at St. Thomas's Mount, aged 55, Sept. 2.
DEVING, Jacob, at Arcot, aged 27, Sept. 3.
DIGHTON, John T. at Madras, Sept. 2.

FERNANDEZ, Mercy, d. of S. at Madras, aged 1, Aug. 19.
JOHNSTON, Sarah, wife of G. E. at Perambore, Aug. 25.
KNOX, Sup. surg. George, at Coimbatore, Sept. 2.

LAMOURY, Felix, s. of the late A. D. at Royapettah, aged 4, Aug.

Steamer Hugh Lindsay, Newman, Tranquebar; Julendux, Howlett, Newcastle; Scotia, Peacock.-30. Earl of Harewood, Atkin, Greenock; steamer Haddington, Warner, Suez.-31. Hosannah, Forst, Mauritius.-SEPT. 2. East Anglian, Stevens, Mauritius.—4. Jacob Perkin, Windsor, Boston.-5, Windsor, Gregson, Calcutta. -9. Robert Small, Scott, London.-11. Industry, Springer, Coringa. -12. Wellesley, Arrow, London.

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

Per Poictiers.-Mesdames Radcliff, Kennan, and Saunders; Capt. Radcliff; Ensigns Barwell, Kennan, and Saunders, H.M.'s 84th regt.; W. Westall, Esq. M.D. assist. surg.; Ensigns Bell and Lewis, H.M.'s 94th regt.; Lieut. Drought, H.M.'s 51st regt.; 188 men, 8 women, and 6 children of H.M.'s 51st, 84th, and 94th regts.

Per Kent.-Mrs. Cox and 2 children; Capt. E. C. Cox, 5th N.I.; Lieut. and Mrs. Cotton, 50th N.I.; Lieut. Baird, 2nd E.L.I.; Assist. surg. J. Paterkin, Cadet W. Gompertz, 210 recruits, 15 women, and 3 children.

Per steamer Hugh Lindsay.-Col. and Mrs. Hutton and 4 children, Miss Haly, Major and Mrs. Rose, Capt. and Mrs. Selby and 2 children, and Capt. Roger Rollo.

Per Adele.-Mr. E. Norton and Mr. A. B. Carruthers.
Per Julendur.-Mrs. Howlett.

Per steamer Haddington.—Mr. Edam and Capt. Showers.
Per Jacob Perkin.-Dr. S. F. Green and S. W. Bacon.
Per Windsor.-Capt. and Mrs. Walker, Miss D. Keil, Capt.
Lyons, Lieut. Basden, Phillips, Esq. Rev. J. Paterson, 3 chil
dren, and 3 servauts.

Per Robert Small.-Capt. Bridge, H.M.'s 84th regt. comg. troops; Lieut. Hindman, 15th Hussars; Dr. Linton, surg. in charge; Mr. Costerphine, cadet; and 130 men of 15th, 94th, 84th, and 51st regts.; Mr. and Mrs. Spence, Messrs. Collyer and Parie; Mr. Fitzgerald, cadet; Mr. and Mrs. Barwell, and 6 men.

DEPARTURES.

AUG. 20.-Fox, Blackwood, Trincomalie.-23. North Star, Hale, China and London.-27. Hugh Lindsay, Newman, Trenque bar.-28. China, Ferguson, Singapore and Whampoa; steamer Haddington, Warner, Calcutta; Julendux, Howlett, Calcutta.SEPT. 1. Hosannah, Forst, Calcutta; Justina, Leshaw, London; Adele, Pelham, London; Scotia, Peacock, Calcutta; Amelia, Maiden, Northern Ports.-2. Seringapatam, Furnell, Calcutta; Providence, Hicks, London; City of Poonah, Nelson, London viẩ Singapore and China.-6. Monarch, Meppen, Northern Ports.11. Windsor, Gregson; Malcolm, Smith, London.-14. Steamer Bentinck, Kelloch, Suez.

PASSENGERS Departed.

Per Justina.-Mrs. Rawson and two children.
Per Amelia.-Lieut. Siddons, Ens. Reilly.

Per Seringapatam.-Geo. Arbuthnot, Esq. T. J. Knox, Esq. Major and Mrs. Wright and 8 children, Lieut. and Mrs. Harrison, Major Lambert, Miss Ovenston, C. H. Brown, Esq. Miss Strong, Lieut. and Mrs. Pelly, and B. Healy, Esq.

Per City of Poonah.-Mrs. Gumm and family, Mrs. Stephenson, Miss Fraser, Lieut. Sword and 2 servants, J. Archer, Esq. and W. A. Barr, Esq.

Per Windsor.-Mrs. Douglas and family, Capt. and Mrs. Coates, Lieut. F. Warden, Miss Beatson, and Lieut. Clack, and John McQuirk.

Per steamer Bentinck, to GALLE.-C. King, Esq.

TO SOUTHAMPTON.-Mrs. Hamilton, infant, and servant; Sir C. W. Blunt, Bart.; C. Biden, Esq. Mrs. and Miss Biden, R. W. Evatt, Esq. Rev. R. W. Whitford, Major and Mrs. A. R. Rose, Capt. S. A. S. Coxwell, Major A. Mann, Lieut. H. M. Clogstoun, Mrs. Macdonald, infant, and servant.

TO SUEZ.-Mons. H. E. Guillouse and W. C. Oswell, Esq. To ADEN.-Lieut. Obbard and 2. servants, Asst. apoth. Watson, Mrs. Watson, 3 children, infant, and servant.

COTTON.-We have not heard of any contracts having been entered into for Tinnivelly Cotton since our last, and the Market has none on sale in consequence of the shipments this season for this Cotton, being made principally direct from the Coast. Western Cotton finds ready sales at Rs. 43 to Rs. 44 per candy; but the importations are in small quantities, and have not hitherto been equal to the demand.

Exports from 1st Jan. to 10th Sept. 1847.

To Great Britain.......... 3,3744 candies. INDIGO. There has been a strong desire manifested to purchase, but the Market has been bare of the qualities, and those now offered for sale may be considered as ordinary to middling, of which 300 to 400 maunds of Kurpah have been sold at our quotations.

The accounts from the interior state, the first cutting of Indigo leaf was a failure. but the second now in progress is likely to be

more successful.

THE FIRST FORCING OF THE KHYBER PASS. [It will be recollected that some time since Sir CLAUDE WADE had reason to complain of his claim as the first conqueror of the Khyber Pass having been misunderstood. In an elaborate article in the Bombay Times, justice has now been rendered to him. The length of the paper, and the press of other matter, prevent our inserting it in full, but the following portions will be sufficient to place the merits of Sir CLAUDE WADE in a just light.-ED. Allen's Indian Mail.]

From the heading of the general portion of our remarks our readers will have gathered that the subject to which we refer, is the forcing of the Khyber Passes by Sir Claude Martin Wade, in 1839-the first time the feat, afterwrada so justly extolled when repeated by General Pollock, had been performed by any army.

*

For this and other services Colonel Wade was knighted, and the following notices were given of the expedition by the authorities of the time: a part of them only have been published :—

Extract of a letter from the Governor-general of India to the
Secret Committee, dated Simla, August 29th, 1839.
After reporting the capture of Ghuznee, &c., by the army of
the Indus," his lordship observes :-

"I have deemed this the most expedient occasion for taking some direct notice of the military operations of Lieut.-col. Wade, who having been deputed with Shah Zada Taimur, eldest son of Shah Shuja-ul-Moolk, to effect a diversion by the Khyber Pass, succeeded on the 26th of July in taking the fortress of Ali Musjid, and in opening that important passage, with the miscellaneous troops at his disposal, in a manner to afford me much satisfaction. "The small fort of Ali Musjid has, from its situation, long held the Sikhs in check; and it is not on record that the celebrated Khyber Pass has ever previously been forced.

The success of the troops under Lieut.-col. Wade, and the consequent abandonment of the fort of Jellalabad by Mahomed Akbar, a son of Sirdar Dost Mahomed Khan, have given full effect to the view with which at the commencement of the campaign this movement was planned. They have given a rallying-point to the cause of the Shah in the country eastward of Cabool; they have opened an avenue of infinite importance for communication with the army; and, from the precise moment at which this took place, they cannot but have created impressions highly favourable to the main operations."

Extract from general orders by the right honourable the Governor

general of India, dated Nov. 19, 1839, relating to the campaign of the Army of the Indus," and the issue of the operations of Lieut.-colonel Sir C. M. Wade with the Sikh auxiliary force across the Indus.

His lordship has also much satisfaction in adding, that the best acknowledgments of the government are due to Lieut.-colonel Wade, who was employed on the Peshawar frontier, and who, gallantly supported by the officers and men of all ranks under him, and seconded by the cordial aid of the Sikh Government--an aid the more honourable because rendered at a painful crisis of its affairs,-opened the Khyber Pass, and overthrew the authority of the enemy in that quarter at the moment when the advance of the forces of Shah Zada Taimur could most conduce to the success of the general operations."

Extract from the speech made by the right honourable the President of the Board of Control for the affairs of India, in moving a vote of thanks to the army employed in the expedition across the Indus in 1839.

"The operations of Lieut.-colonel Wade, on the side of the Punjaub, have been equally successful, having made himself master of the Khyber Pass, and succeeded in inducing nearly all the chiefs around him to tender their submission to the Shah. The possession of the Khyber Pass is of the very greatest importance, as it enabled the Governor-general from Simla to keep up a regular speedy communication with the army, in which the new Court of Lahore lends the most friendly assistance."

Extract of a letter from Major F. Mackeson, late Pol. Agent at Peshawur, to Sir Claude M. Wade, dated Simla, May 26, 1843. "I now more fully appreciate than I formerly could do your exertions in the public service, and your aptitude for conducting the onerous and responsible duties with which you were charged. The manner in which you struggled against the difficulties opposed to you at Peshawur, and, after surmounting them all, your triumphant passage of the Khyber, have been hitherto but ill appreciated, but a time will come when the world will do you full justice, and your fame will shine forth so much the brighter. At home, your services have already met with some consideration, and recent events, which have shewn others baffled by the difficulties you surmounted, will give to your success its true value, and I trust secure for you, in such manner as may be most gratifying to your own wishes and feelings, the well-earned reward of successful enterprise. I now contrast the sanguine spirit of intrepidity which carried you through, with the disposition to magnify and be discouraged at difficulties that has characterised others.'

The two works we have named* are the only ones which treat at length of the affair; like the great men who lived before Agamemnon, the first forcing of the Khyber has suffered from want of a chronicler. Their good deeds were at the time eclipsed by the splendour of the more showy but far less difficult achievements of Lord Keane's army; and the scenes which afterwards occurred on the almost continuous battle-field from Jumrood to Khoord Cabool might well cause all lesser or earlier contests to be forgotten. We trust, in endeavouring imperfectly to supply or fill up a defective passage in our history, we will not be considered to have performed a bootless task. The notices of the detachment given by Major Hough, Col. Havelock, Dr. Atkinson, the writers of the U. S. Gazette for 1842, as well as in a work on the same subject of later date, are far too brief for the occasion, to which we cannot profess, however good our wishes, to having done anything like justice. We have adverted to the subject in consequence of our attention having been called to the fact that General Pollock was believed to have been the first who forced the Khyber.Times, August 21.

Those of Samut Alie and Colonel Barr,

THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE PRESS. We take from the Telegraph and Courier of yesterday the following report of what fell from the acting Chief Justice on Thursday last in reference to the press. The learned judge is certainly not to be blamed for not having read the reports of the other papers-we should fancy it quite enough to go through the evidence once; but it appears to us he committed a great indiscretion in commenting as he did on what appeared in the Bombay Times before comparing it with what was given in the Telegraph and Courier and Gentleman's Gazette; while he suffered himself wholly to overlook the character it bore. He speaks of a leading article as a report, and censures statements attributed by him to the Times, which were all extracted from the prints he commends. "His lordship, on taking his seat on the bench, said he had a matter to mention, which was of very great importance. The gentlemen at the bar well knew what his opinions were about the criticisms of the press. He had always conceded the absolute right of the press to give any opinions they pleased on the judg ments of the court, or the conduct of the judge. If they thought that the judge were stupid, or corrupt, or ignorant, they had a right to say so, and no one had any right to complain, even although their opinions might be totally erroneous. The judge might even smart under what were sometimes called, the "licentious comments' of the press, but. no complaint had he a right to make. He had also very distinctly laid down the law as to attacks of the press on private character; that it had no right whatever to make such attacks; and that the individual thus attacked had the power of making the public writer prove the charge. That he affirmed to be the law of the land on that subject.

"Having thus stated his opinions on the rights of the press, and also reminding them that soon after his arrival in India he had taken upon himself to make an order that the reporters should be accommodated in that court to the best of their ability-for he was fully alive to the importance of having faithful reports of what took place, he must proceed to notice a case reported at the present sessions; for, where false reports appeared, was the duty of the judge to point out that error. The report he alluded to was contained in the Bombay Times of the 14th instant.

"The learned judge then read the following article from that paper. :

"THE WORLEe Murder.. Light PUNISHMENTS FOR HEAVY OFFENCES. Few things have, for a long while past, occasioned a greater sensation in Bombay than the sentence, pronounced by the Chief Justice on Friday last, of one month's imprisonment on the man who brutally beat to death his sister-in-law. The case was shortly this:-The judge was of opinion the crime was murder; so are we: the magistrate by whom the culprit was committed, and the jury by whom he was tried, considered it manslaughter of a very aggravated kind. The murdered person, Sowaree, was a fisherwoman by trade. She had been left some property by her husband, who died three years since, consisting of a house, valued at Rs. 200, and some anchors worth about Rs. 20 each. The prisoner Boolook was her late husband's brother; he had often quarrelled with ther about the property, of which he seemed determined to frighten her into a surrender. On the evening of the 1st of April, Boolook, who was always quarrelsome, was more than usually violent; something apparently had incensed him in his house, and he issued forth abusing Sowaree violently. It is important to keep this in view, because the provocation received is the only plea that can be urged in extenuation of the guilt of the prisoner-in reality he seems to have been the party who commenced the wordy war; if he got something more than he gave, it is not much to be wondered at, when it is remembered that the respondent was a fisherwoman and a native. It does not appear very clearly whether the scolding was maintained from the houses of the two parties; it either was so, or Boolook went back to his house and returned to the assault; for he is represented, by all the witnesses who spoke to the point, as having gone from his house to seize the prisoner by the hair and throw her down. This also is an important fact, though not a prominent one; to turn round and repay words by a blow when the parties are close by, is a very different thing from the determination of advancing some distance to commence violence. The poor woman was pulled to the ground by her hair-the wife of the assailant seized her by the waist and stripped her naked. The husband struck her on the breasts, dragged her to the door along the ground, sat upon her bosom, and continued beating her with his fists for nearly an hour -until in fact he must have been nigh exhausted with his diabolical exertions-threatening the whilst that he would strike with a stone any one who interfered with him. He would not, so far as appears from the evidence, have left his work before its completion, had he been able to complete it: he rose from his victim when he could belabour her no longer, and walked away to his own house, assuring her she must not suppose she would escape him-he would yet return to the assault: and he would in all likelihood have kept his word had not death anticipated him. Next day the woman died from the injuries inflicted on her; and no wonder. Talk of fists not being lethal weapons or likely to produce death, when two persons first strip a poor old victim naked, then dragging her to the ground oyt ne hair, sit on her, pomel and maul her about the bosom, stomach, and side, for the space of an hour! Had she

survived, it would have been by miracle. There was no conflict in the testimony, or dispute about the facts-the case was clear and simple, and singular it seems to us that it should ever have been viewed as any thing but murder. Just before the trial came on, Lewis Castenada had confessed to the charge of murder, and was sentenced to execution-did the jury so far forget themselves as to be influenced by this, and wish that no more blood should for that day be shed? Had the cases been reversed in the order of their trial, would the verdict have been different? Had Lewis Castenada brained his mistress with his hand, would jealousy have been reckoned provocation enough to have made the crime be regarded as no more than manslaughter? We confess ourselves of those who, except in cases of libel, or political offences, think very lightly of trials by jury altogether, and would far rather trust the law in the hands of the worst of judges than the best of average jurors. It is a pity that when a decision is given in the teeth of facts, or when the jurymen swear to decide on the evidence before them, they proceed to take up and modify the law, they should not have the penalties of perjury hung over their heads: where the crime is committed, why withhold the punishment? And yet here there may be some excuse-our petty jurymen perhaps are misled by example; the case of Friday last, bad as it is, is not so bad, or not at all events one whit worse, than what we see done by courts-martial, or by a commander-in-chief reversing the decision referred to him for revisal without a shadow of a shade of reason. Well: the jury bring in the case as one not of murder, but of aggravated manslaughter, and the judge, who had considered the crime a murder, sentences the criminal to one month's imprisonment! A more extraordinary sentence for such an offence will not, we will venture to affirm, be found on our criminal records. We can find but one explanation of the course the Chief Justice pursued-that he wanted to convince the jury of the error they had committed, by a sort of reductio ad absurdum; and even this is in the last degree unsatisfactory. Manslaughter, though not a capital offence, has a vast range of penalties attached to it,-from fifteen years' transportation beyond seas downwards; and to have selected the lightest where the heaviest was allowed to have been deserved, seemed as singular a line of proceeding as could have been adopted. The point we have already noticed, in respect to the quarter whence the provocation came, and the party with whom the abuse began, cannot be too steadily kept before us. The witnesses are unanimous on the point that Boolook began that he was the first assailant, and that the poor woman only defended herself by the weapon her sex are supposed to be most expert in using. The only provocation she seems to have given was that of possessing property she desired to retain, and which her assailant was anxious to possess-the same sort of offence the wealthy wayfarer gives the highwayman. Previous good character often goes some way to shake the credit attached to evidence against a prisoner, or mitigate his sentence when found guilty. The present homicide seems to have been an habitual woman-hater, and trusting to his good luck, and seeing how cheaply he can indulge his humour to the uttermost, he may probably by-and-by be before the criminal court for some similar petty peccadillo as the present. Was there no means of getting at those who seemed to have quietly looked on while a fellow-creature was being butchered? One set did not interfere-it was not their caste; one man seemed surprised at the question why he did not stop the fray-it was easier to look on than to lend a hand, and no hand was lent. Were those who aided in the violence, or for a good long hour witnessed the horrible work going on, to be indicted as aiders and abettors, they might come to find it for their interest and ease to assist in preventing crime. Of course under present circumstances it is vain to speak of this. If thirty days' imprisonment was enough for the principal, a walk from Worlee to Bombay was punishment sufficient for the spectator."

"He had no hesitation in saying from the bench that there was scarcely a word of truth in that report. He had not had time to compare that report with the reports in the other papers, which he was bound to say were fair and faithful in general, and honest, which was of the greatest consequence. There were, doubtless, sometimes misconceptions of law; but that was to be expected. Two witnesses against the prisoner Boolook had given a most exaggerated account, which was not believed by any one. Not by the grand jury; for they had thrown out the bill which was founded on their evidence. Mr. Crawford, for the defence, had triumphantly pointed out that there was not one word of truth in their evidence; and he totally disbelieved that the woman Calloo had taken any part in the affray; that there had been any stripping the deceased naked, or sitting down upon her breasts. The character of the crime depended entirely upon the presence or absence of malice. There was no doubt whatever that malice was present in the prisoner's mind; it was not disputed at the bar that rendered the crime murder; nor was it the part of the jury to determine the nature of the crime-it was their duty to accept the law from the bench. The jury, however, whether they thought that the facts did not prove murder, or, from a morbid sensibility, which was to be deprecated, brought in a verdict of manslaughter, and added an expression which they had no right to use, and which conveyed no meaning. The only mode of treating their verdict was to throw out altogether the element of malice; nothing then remained but a very ordinary case of beating, such as might happen in any Hindoo house any day of the year. Such was the explanation of the case;

and from it it clearly appeared that the paragraph he was alluding to was exaggerated and false from beginning to end. He made these remarks without passion; the article in question was by no means a hostile one towards himself. It was the duty of the press to give faithful accounts of proceedings on which they made comments; if they commented on ex parte statements they might receive from individuals-perhaps from those who considered themselves injured in that court-they committed a gross breach of duty to their subscribers, and a gross breach of law, for it doubtless amounted to a contempt of court. He hoped he had said enough to prevent such incorrect accounts from appearing hereafter."

A single glance ought to have informed Sir E. Perry that there was no report whatever of the trial in our columns-that intended to have been given from the Telegraph and Courier was omitted by an accident: the position, the type, and the title, of the observations he condemns, all sufficiently indicated that it was a review, not a report at all. The facts were taken from the reports of the day, and mingled, as is the custom in editorials, with inferences and criticisms of our own. The designation applied to the whole is, so far as we are concerned, nearly as undeserved as can be conceived. We took our information entirely from the printed reports: we had no communication with any parties whatever on the subject; and how in the wide world were we to know what Mr. Crawford had proved or disproved, when not twenty lines of his address are published? The learned judge, in addressing the jury, is wont ably to analyze, and clearly to sum up, the evidence that has been given-balancing the testimony which he thinks lightly of against that which he conceives of weight on the occasion referred to he took no notice whatever of those statements he now states to have been disbelieved. We found them given by two different parties, in such shape as made them appear as credible as any other part of the evidence: how were we to dream that the Court considered them worthless? But the best way of disposing of the question is to quote the few lines of the article which embodied the supposed facts of the case which the judge stigmatizes as falsehood, and add, in the form of notes, the authorities from which they were taken :

"On the evening of the 1st of April, Boolok, who was always quarrelsome, was more than usually violent; something, apparently, had incensed him in his own house, and he issued forth abusing Sowaree violently. It is important to keep this in view, because the provocation received is the only plea that can be urged in extenuation of the guilt of the prisoner. In reality, he seems to have been the party who commenced the wordy war : if he got something more than he gave, it was not much to be wondered at, when it is remembered that the respondent was a fisherwoman and a native. It does not appear very clearly whether the scolding was maintained from the houses of the two parties; it either was so, or Boolook went back to his house and returned to the assault; for he is represented by all the witnesses who spoke to the point as having gone from his house to seize the prisoner by the hair and throw her down. This also is an important fact, though not a prominent one. To turn round and repay words by a blow, when the parties are close by, is a very different thing from the determination of advancing some distance to commence violence. The poor woman was pulled to the ground by her hair; the wife of the assailant seized her by the waist and stripped her naked; the husband struck her on the breasts, dragged her to the door along the ground, sat upon her bosom, and continued beating her with his fists for nearly an hour-until, in fact, he must have been well nigh exhausted with his diabolical exertions-threatening the whilst that he would strike with a stone any one who interfered with him. He would not, so far as appears from the evidence, have left his work before its completion, had he been able to complete it. He rose from his victim when he could belabour her no longer, and walked away to his own house, assuring her she must not suppose she would escape him-he would yet return to the assault; and he would in all likelihood have kept his word, had not death anticipated him. Next day the woman died from the injuries inflicted on her; and no wonder. Talk of fists not being lethal weapons, or likely to produce death, when two persons first strip a poor old victim naked, then dragging her to the ground by the hair, sit on her, pomel and maul her about the bosom, stomach, and side, for the space of an hour!"

"One Sunday evening in April last I was standing at my door. Boolook came and seized Sowaree by the hair. Sowaree was sitting in her verandah. Boolook came from his house"-Wadool Castia, examined by Advocate-general-Telegraph report.

"I was outside at the time. My door was as far from his as from the witness-box to where Mr. Vaupel is sitting. I was between the two doors, about the same distance from Sowaree as the length of this table." "Boolook commenced the abuse."-Ibid. Cross-examined by Mr. Crawford.-Ibid.

"I witnessed a quarrel between Sowaree and the prisoner. He