6. At Calcutta, Caroline Sophia, lady of Capt. Charles Cowles, post-master, Diamond Harbour, aged 33.

At Lucknow, George Palmer, Esq.

At Bancoora, Lieut. C. Freeman, 47th regt. Native Infantry.

7. At Sultaungunge, of cholera, James Buntine, Esq., aged 35.

At Cakutta, Capt. James Jameson, master attendant, aged 60.

- At Fort William, Lieut. Robert Birch of H.M. 49th regt.

- At Calcutta, Mr. H. Goodwin, commander of the Salamanca, aged 38.

-At Calcutta, Frances, wife of Mr. P. J. De Vine, aged 45.

-At Chinsurah, Mrs. A. D. Cayper, aged 73. 8. At Calcutta, Mr. William Peters, sen., late head master of the Free School, aged 60.

9. At Calcutta, Mr. A. J. Mendes, assistant in the military department, aged 29.

- At Calcutta, Mr. Edward Jones, assistant to W. Storm, Esq., aged 24.

10. At Calcutta, Miss Maria Anne Douglass, aged 16.

11. At Calcutta, Mr. George Dreskell, late an assistant to Messrs. Macintosh and Co. at Cossipore paper manufactory, aged 42.

-At Calcutta, Miss Matilda Cox, aged 24.

14. At Nusseerabad, in the 62d year of his age, Brigadier E. P. Wilson, commanding the Rajpootana field force, after a long and lingering illness.

15. At Benares, of cholera, the Rev. James Robertson, missionary, from the London Missionary Society, aged 33.

16. At Gyah, of cholera, D. C. McLeod, Fsq., officiating magistrate at that station, aged 25.

- At Calcutta, Mrs. A. C. Gregory, aged 28. 17. At Calcutta, Mr. John Batley, of Madras, aged 27.

18. At Hurrah factory, Jonathan Poulson, Esq., of Nundanpore.

- At Calcutta, Mrs. Magdalina Bean, aged 28. 19. At Calcutta, James Montgomery, son of Mr. John Henry, of the Marine Board Office, aged 20.

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At Entally, Mr. John Rodrigues, aged 62. At Howrah, Mr. Fred. Elbar, aged 28. 21. At Calcutta, Mr. Thomas Gibson, late an indigo planter of the district of Kishnaghur, aged 36.

At Calcutta, Mary, wife of Mr. James Jackson, aged 80.

22. At Calcutta, Mr. T. Monteath, accountant to Messrs. Colvin and Co., aged 45.

At Calcutta, Mr. George Fleming, of the ship Turer, aged 27.

23. At Calcutta, Margaret Sophia, relict of the late Capt. Hugh Atkins Reid, of the country service, aged 59.

Madras.

COURTS-MARTIAL.

LIEUT. W. P. MORRIS.ENS, C. F. M'KENZIE,

Head-Quarters, Madras, April 10, 1833. -At a General Court-Martial holden at Moulmein on the 31st Jan. 1833, Lieut. Wm. Ponsonby Morris, of H. M. 41st or Welch regt. of infantry, was arraigned on the following charge :

Charge." "For conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in addressing Ens. Chas. Finch M'Kenzie, of H. M. 41st or Welch regt. of infantry, on the 8th Jan. 1833, on the public road, in an intemperate manner, in the presence of Corporal Wm. Turner, a non-commissioned officer of the said regiment, at the same time in a threatening manner shaking a cane over him, and exclaiming "consider yourself horse-whipped, sir." The above being subversive of all good order

and military discipline, and in breach of the Articles of War."

Upon which charge the court came to the following decision:

Finding.That the prisoner is guilty, of having addressed Ens, Chas. Finch M⭑Kenzie, of the 41st or Welch regt, of infantry, on the 8th of Jan. 1833, on the public road, in presence of Corporal Wm. Turner, a non-commissioned officer of the said regiment, at the same time, in a threatening manner, shaking a cane over him, and exclaiming," consider yourself horsewhipped, sir;" but the court acquits the prisoner of intemperance of manner, and conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman."

Sentence." The court having found the prisoner guilty to the extent above stated, doth sentence him, the said Lieut. W. P. Morris, of the 41st or Welch regt. of infantry, to be admonished in such manner as his Exc. the Commander-inchief may be pleased to direct."

Disapproved.

(Signed) R. W. O'CALLAGHAN, Lieut. General.

At a general court-martial holden at Moulmein on the 31st Jan. 1833, and continued by adjournment to the 6th Feb. following, Ens. Charles Finch M‘Kenzie, of the 41st or Welch regt. of infantry, was arraigned on the following charge:

Charge." For conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman in the following instances."

First Instance." For grossly insulting Lieut. William Ponsonby Morris, of H.M. 41st or Welch regt. of infantry, an the 8th of Jan. 1833, by telling him, in the presence of Capt. Dugald Carmichael, in whose quarters they then were, that he, Lieut. Morris, had asserted an egregious falsehood."

Second Instance.—“For striking Lieut, W.P.Morris shortly after, on the same day, a violent blow, on the public road near his, Ens. C. F. M'Kenzie's house, in the presence of Corporal William Turner, of H.M. 41st or Welch regt. of infantry. The above being subversive of all good order and military discipline, and in breach of the Articles of War."

Upon which charge the court came to the following decision :

Finding on the First Instance of the Charge." That the prisoner is guilty,' with the exception of the words grossly' and conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman.""

Finding on the Second Instance of the Charge." That the prisoner is guilty,' but as the blow was given in self-defence, the court attaches no criminality to the act."

Sentence." The court having found

the prisoner guilty to the extent above stated, doth sentence him, the said Ens. C. F. Mackenzie, of the 41st or Welch regt. of infantry, to be reprimanded in such manner as his Exc, the Commanderin-chief may be pleased to direct,”

Disapproved.

(Signed) R. W. O'CALLAGHAN, Lieut. General.

Remarks by his Exc. Lieut. Gen. the

Hon. Sir R. W. O'Callaghan. The Lieutenant General must dissent from the judgment pronounced by the court in the cases of these two officers. The circumstance of a blow or blows, together with language of an ungentlemanlike import, having passed between them, on the public road, in sight and hearing of a non-commissioned officer of the corps, cannot, under any plea, admit of palliation, and imperatively called, in his opinion, for a severe measure of punishment, though, no doubt, the court was influenced in the case of the junior officer, Ens. M'Kenzie, in its award, by motives of commiseration towards one so young and inexperienced; still he should not, under the impulse of the moment, have so far forgotten, however provoked, that self-command and rectitude of bearing, which an officer ought, under no circumstances, to lose sight of; bis Excellency however trusts the escape he has experienced in the present instance may operate as a beacon to bim in his future carcer.

Adverting in the case of Lieut. Morris to this being the second instance within the short space of two years in which this officer has been arraigned before courtsmartial for ungentlemanlike conduct, that he has further been implicated in another, wherein a brother officer was tried for a gross insult offered towards him, as also to his conduct in other respects having been brought under the notice of the Lieutenant General by the commanding officer of bis corps, his Excellency shall deem it his duty to bring these circumstances to the notice of higher authority.

Lieut. Morris and Ens. M'Kenzie, of the 41st or Welch regt. of infantry, are now released from arrest, and will return to their duty.

Bombay.

MINUTE OF COUNCIL. General Department, Bombay Castle, May 15, 1833.-The Right Hon, the Governor-in-Council has received a report from the committee appointed to examine the junior civil servants in the Oriental languages, that the undermentioned gen

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS,
PROMOTIONS, &c.

Bombay Castle, June, 1, 1833.-Capt. H. C. Holland, Ist-assist. com. gen. of Poona division of army, to resume charge of his office from this date.

June 5.-Licut. Walter to return to his duty as acting adj. to left wing of 3d L.C.

June 20.-Regt. of Artillery. The following officers admitted on effective strength:-Lieut. J. S. Unwin, from 3d April 1831: Lieut. C. H. Boyé, from 30th Dec. 1831.-Lieut. H. Forster, from 13th May 1832; Lieut. J. M. Glasse, from 1st Jan. 1833; Lieut. G. K. Mann, from 18th Feb. 1833.Lieut. J. H. M. Martin to be capt., v. Schuler prom.; date 6th May 1833.-Supernum. Lieut. B. Bailey admitted on effective strength from 6th May 1833, v. Martin prom.

Mr. Alex. Walker, M.D., admitted on estab. as an assist. surgeon.

June 29.-Lieut. R. P. Hogg to be interp. in Mahratta language; date 15th May 1833.

July 4-Lieut. J. Munt, 26th N.I., at his own request, transf. to invald establishment.

The following temporary arrangement confirmed:-Ens. R. J. Holmes, 26th N.I., to act as qu. mast. and interp. to that regt., during absence of Lieut. Wilson, on sick certificate.

June 20.

Returned to duty, from Europe. Maj. T. Leighton, 14th N.I.-Capt. A. T. Reid, 12th N.I.-Capt. W. Burnett, Europ. Regt.Capt. J. G. Hume, 10th N.I.-Capt. T. R. Gordon, 25th N.I.-Lieut. H. Coventry, 20th N.I.Lieut. H. Stockley, 7th N.I.-Lieut. J. S. Unwin, artillery.-Lieut.C. R. Hogg, Europ. Regt.-Lieut. H. Cotgrave, 15th N.I.-Ens. T. Postans, 1st Gr. N.I.-24. Lieut. H. B. Campbell, 1st N.I.-July 4. Capt. T. R. Billamore, 1st or Gr. N.I.-Lieut. E. P. Brett, 5th N.I.-Lieut. G. K. Mann, artillery.

JUNE 5. Runnymede, Wildridge, for Trincomallee and Madras.-7. La Bulguerie, Ireland, for Mauritius.-22. John Craig, Lawson, for Mauritius.-26. Cleveland, Morley, for London.-30. H.C.S. Marquis of Huntley, Hine, for China.JULY 1. H.C.S. Duke of Susser, Whitehead, for Penang and China-5. John Stamp, Young, for Liverpool; and H.C. sloop of war, Elphinstone, Wells, for Persian Gulf.-14. Ranger, Mitchinson, for Liverpool.-17. Majestic, Lawson, for Liverpool.

Freight to London (July 14)-£4 per ton.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS,

May 30. At Seeroor, the lady of Capt. Charles Waddington, commanding engineer corps, of a

son.

June 12. At Poonah, the lady of E. H. Townsend, Esq., civil service, of a daughter.

19. At Bombay, the lady of Wm. Birdwood, Esq., civil service, of a son.

20. At the Wilderness, the lady of Col. Strover, commandant of artillery, of a daughter.

23. At Sholapoor, the lady of Capt. Thomas Graham, 1st Gr. N.I., of a daughter.

24. At Poona, the lady of Francis Shippee, Esq., surg. Bombay Europ. regt., of a son.

25. At Bombay, the wife of C. D. Gilder, Esq., of a son.

27. At Bombay, the lady of H. P. Hadow, Esq., of a son.

July 10. At Kirkee, the lady of Lieut. Col. Fendall, 4th L.Drags., of a daughter.

New South Wales.

APPOINTMENTS.

Feb. 19.-Mr. Richard Cunningham to be colonial botanist, and superintendent of botanic garden. Feb. 26. The Rev. William Ullathorne to be Vicar General of Roman Catholic establishment in New South Wales.

BIRTHS.

April 14. At Sydney, the lady of David Chambers, Esq., of a daughter.

May 31. At Sydney, the lady of Wm. Morgan, Esq., of a daughter, being their eleventh child. June 4. At Sydney, the lady of Thomas U. Ryder, Esq., of a daughter.

9. At Juhan Munna, Cook's River, the lady of Joshua Thorp, Esq., engineer, of a son.

10. The lady of J. H. Grose, Esq., of Parramatta, of a son.

19. At Sydney, Mrs. Tomlins, of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

June 18. At Sydney, George Townshend, Esq., of Travallyn, Hunter's River, to Elizabeth, second daughter of J. E. Manning, Esq.

DEATHS.

Feb. 28. At Maitland, Mr. James Kelly, aged 57. March 12. Aged 53, Mary, wife of Richard Fitzgerald, Esq., of the Hawkesbury.

May 13. At Sydney, Mr. W. G. Barker."

Van Diemen's Land.

BIRTHS.

Jan. 14. At Launceston, Mrs. Sprunt, of a daughter.

Feb. 10. At Oatlands, Mrs. Lindley, of a son. April 8. At Rendlesham, Macquarie River, Mrs. Bayley, of a son.

9. At Denniston, Mrs. Wood, of a daughter. May 20. At New Town, the lady of John Bell, Esq., J. P., of a son.

June 1. At Dunrobin, the lady of W. A. Bethune, Esq., of a daughter.

10. At Hobart Town, Mrs. McLachlan, of a daughter.

17. At Launceston, Mrs. P. W. Welsh, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

Feb. 26. At Launceston, the Rev. R. R. Davies, B.B., colonial chaplain, to Maria, eldest daughter of Wm. Lyttleton, Esq., late 73d regt., police magistrate at Launceston.

April 26. At Jericho, Samuel Horton, Esq., to Miss Elizabeth Hudson.

May 21. At Jericho, the Rev. James Norman, colonial chaplain, Sorell, to Eliza, third daughter of Wm. Pike, Esq., of the same place.

June 15. At Camelford Cottage, George Edward, son of the late T. T. Cock, Esq., of Fitz Place, Messing, Essex, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the Rev. John Radford, of Pyne House, Wincanton, Somersetshire.

Mauritius.

APPOINTMENT.

George Damerum, Esq., late an assistant protector of slaves, to be registrar of Admiralty

Court.

DEATHS.

Jan. 3. In consequence of a fall from his horse, at Brickenden, Norfolk Plains, Wm. Archer, Esq., sen., late of the county of Herts, England.

May 21. At Launceston, aged 35, James Ranken, Esq., cashier of the Cornwall Bank.

26. At Ivanhoe, near New Norfolk, after giving birth to a daughter, Mrs. Lambe, lady of David Lambe, Esq.

Cape of Good Hope.

APPOINTMENTS.

John Steuart and P. van Breda, Esqrs., to be provost and deputy provost marshal in this colony. The Rev. Mr. Welsh to be minister of church of Glen Lynden.

The Rev. J. Barrow to be chaplain of Bathurst, Albany, in room of the Rev. W. Wright resigned. Lieut. R. Wolfe, 98th regt., to be commandant of Robben Island, v. Lieut. Pepper.

Lieut. Col. Wade to be acting governor and commander-in-chief, on departure of Sir G. Lowry Cole for England.

Col. Smith to be second in command, and a member of council.

BIRTHS.

Aug. 15. Mrs. Thomas Elliott, of a son.

23. At Wynberg, the lady of Capt. Moberly, of the Madras army, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

July 22. At St. Simon's Town, H. Vowe, Esq. of Noordhoek, to Maria Josina Christina, widow of the late Joseph Trueman, Esq.

Aug. 12. At Cape Town, Mr. Thomas Mosse to Elizabeth Allice, only daughter of the late Capt. Wetherell, R.N.

25. At Cape Town, the Rev. George Christie to Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Philip.

DEATH.

Aug. 1. At Cape Town, Clemens Mathieson, Esq., aged 83.

East-India House, August 13. A Special General Court of Proprietors of East-India Stock was this day held at the Company's House in Leadenhall Street, for the purpose taking into consideration important matters connected with the renewal of the Company's charter.

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The minutes of the last court having been read

The Chairman (C. Marjoribanks, Esq.) acquainted the court that certain papers which had been laid before Parliament since the last general court, were now submitted to the proprietors, in conformity with cap. 1, sec. 4, of the Bye-laws.

The titles of the papers were then read. They were Copies of all Correspondence which had recently taken place between the Court of

Directors and the President of the

Board of Control," and "An Account of Salaries and Allowances granted to the Company's Servants, and to the Clergy in India.”

RENEWAL OF THE COMPANY'S
CHARTER.

The Chairman said, he had to acquaint the court that a proceeding had taken place last week in the House of Lords which required their attention. The East-India Bill had gone through the committee, and they were now spe

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cially called together to consider whether they would consent that their commercial charter should remain in

abeyance under the provisions of a

bill then in the House of Lords, entitled "An Act for effecting an Arrangement with the India Company, and for the better government of his Majesty's Indian territories." The hon. Chairman added, that the decision to which the Court of Directors had come on

the preceding day should be read to the proprietors for their information.

The minutes of the Court of Direc tors held on Monday, August 12, were then read.

From them it appeared that the Chairman had moved, and the Deputy Chairman had seconded, a resolution declaring that the Court of Directors

could not recommend to the Court of

Proprietors that they should place their commercial charter in abeyance under the proposed bill.

To this an amendment was moved, which, after adverting to some of the most objectionable parts of the bill, concluded by declaring that, under all the circumstances, the Court of Directors could not but recommend to the proprietors to defer to the expressed wishes of both Houses of Parliament, and to place their commercial charter in abeyance under the proposed bill, by which means they

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would secure to themselves the government of India for twenty years longer.. On the question, the original motion was negatived, and the amendment having become the main question, passed in the affirmative.

There were then read,

First, the "Dissent" of the Chair. man (C. Marjoribanks, Esq.) and the Deputy Chairman (W. Wigram, Esq.), in which, after detailing the defects of the measure, they declared that, in their view of the subject, the Court of Directors would, under the provisions of the bill, be little else than a mere instrument to give effect to the orders and regulations of the Board of Control. They were of opinion that it would be better for Government, as soon as possible, to take upon themselves the direct government of India, rather than that this measure should be adopted; and they could not recommend to the proprietors that they should consent to allow their commercial charter to remain in abeyance under the provisions of the bill.

Second, the "Minute" of Henry St. George Tucker, Esq. The hon. director commented at great length on the objectionable parts of the bill, as well as on those portions of it which had been beneficially altered.

He

also touched on the probable conse quences that would result from the rejection of the measure, one of which would be, that the government of India would be thrown into very infe. rior hands, while there would be placed under the sway of the minister a revenue of £22,000,000. He should therefore say, "accept the bill with all its defects, and let us endeavour by our wisdom and our prudence to remedy its imperfections as far as we can."

Third, the "Minute" of John Thornhill, Esq. He concurred in the view taken of the subject by Mr. Tucker, and joined the majority of his colleagues in recommending the proprietors to accept of the bill.

And lastly, the "Minute" of Messrs. Astell, Clarke, Raikes, Shank, Cotton, Alexander, Masterman, Lushington, &c. This document went into a detail of all the proceedings from the commencement of the negotiation, and having enumerated the points which Government had refused to concede, namely, the establishment

of a rule of publicity, the abandonment of the intention to form a fourth presidency, the giving up the proposition for doing away with the councils at Madras and Bengal, the yielding to the representation against the increase of the ecclesiastical establishment, and the abolition of Haileybury College, called on the proprietors to say whether these points formed a sufficient ground to induce the Court of Directors to call on the proprietors to reject the measure? and whether they were not doing their duty in asking the proprietors to agree to it? Under all the circumstances, the subscribers to the Minute said, "we have resolved to recommend to the proprietors to make a fair trial of the proposed charter; and should it be found hereafter not to succeed, the responsibility of the failure will not rest with

us.

Mr. R. Jackson then proceeded to address the court. The learned gentleman said, that after the communication which had just been made to them, it became their duty to decide on the course which they were to take with reference to the most important question that could possibly be brought before them, and in the exercise of that constitutional power with which they were invested. He might truly say, that he had never risen to address the proprietors under feelings so painful as those which he then experienced. They had now to make their choice between two bitter extremes: they were to decide whether they would submit to this bill with all its objectionable provisions, with all its contradictions and its infirmities, or whether they would determine at once to reject it. They were now circumstanced somewhat differently from the situation in which they stood on the first day of the discussion; and they were to consider whether, circumstanced as they now were, they would submit to the measure which Government had conclusively determined to propose to them? In coming to a decision, they would, he was sure, be much less influenced by a regard to themselves than by a just feeling of those high considerations that were due to the immense population of India. They had also to look to the interests of the absent proprietors, who trusted their honour and their proper