head-quarters of his regt. at Bybully, refused to proceed, alleging that the enemy were in force upon that road, and that his detachment would be cut up, and persisting in such refusal until threatened with

arrest.

Second Charge.-For having, at the Buracott Pass, on the following morning, misbehaved in a shameful manner, by turning and flying on the appearance of the enemy, without attempting to dislodge them, or to proceed on his march.

Finding on the first charge,-guilty. On the second charge,-guilty of so much of the charge as amounts to having, at the time and place therein-stated, retired on the appearance of the enemy, without attempting to dislodge them, or to proceed on bis march; but not guilty of the remainder of the charge.

Sentence.-To be discharged the service, Confirmed by the Commander-in-chief. Madras, May 26, 1836.

Subadar Shaik Meeran, of the 14th N.I., placed in arrest by Capt. A. C. Wight, of the 8th regt. N. I.

First Charge.-For having, on the 11th March 1836, disobeyed the orders of Capt. Wight, to proceed from Oodiagherry to Doorgaprasaud with a detachment of thirty

men.

Second Charge.-For scandalous infamous conduct, unbecoming the character of an officer, and to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in the following instances. 1st. In having, on the same day, returned to Oodiagherry, although unopposed by an enemy, without exerting himself to overcome the obstacles in his path. 2d. In having, upon his return to Oodiagherry, on the same day, falsely represented to Capt. Wight, that the road to Doorgaprasaud was blocked up and impassable.

Finding on the first charge,-guilty. On the first instance of the second charge,guilty of behaviour unbecoming an officer, and to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in having, on the day thereinnamed, returned to Oodiagherry, although unopposed by an enemy, without exerting himself to overcome the obstacles in his path; but not guilty of scandalous infamous conduct, of which the court acquits him. On the second instance of the second charge-not guilty.

Sentence. To be suspended from rank and pay for the period of four calendar months.

Confirmed by the Commander-in-chief. Madras, May 30, 1836.

Jemadar Lucknaud, of the 21st regt. N.I., placed in arrest by order of Capt. Robert Butler, of the same regiment, commanding a detachment at Oodiagherry.

Charge. For disobedience of orders, in

having, at Poornugger, on the 4th March 1836, sent a guard of a naigue and three privates, as an escort, with a despatch of great importance, from the Hon. G. E. Russell, Esq., to the officer commanding at Oodiagherry, instead of a naigue and six privates, as particularly ordered by Ens. G. H. S. Yates, of the 8th regt. N.I., his superior officer.

Second Charge.-For scandalous infa mous behaviour, unbecoming the character of an officer, in having, at the same place, on the following day, prevaricated and persisted in falsely stating, when questioned by Ens. Yates, as to the reason of his orders having been disobeyed, that he (Ens. Yates) had ordered a naigue and three privates to be sent on the occasion in question.

Finding on hoth the charges,—not guilty. Confirmed by the Commander-in-chief, Madras, June 4, 1836.

SHIPPING. Arrivals.

AUG. 15. Norfolk, Perry, from Padang -16. Star, Brown, from Philadelphia.-18. Integrity, Pearson, from Hobart Town and Batavia.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

July 19. At Jaulnah, the lady of Lieut. H. B. Blogg, 7th L.C., of a daughter.

Aug. 10. At Kotagherry, the lady of G. D. Drury, Esq., C.S., of a son.

14. At Cuddapah, the lady of E. B. Glass, Esq., C.S., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

Aug. 1. At Jaulnah, Lieut. G. S. Cotter, of the horse artillery, to Agnes Kilgour, niece of the late Col. F. P. Stewart, of the Madras army.

17. At Madras, Lieut. Col. T. H. S. Conway, C.B., 6th Light Cavalry, and adjutant general of the army, to Georgiana, fourth daughter of Geo. Lys, Esq.

DEATHS.

Aug. 2. In camp, at Goradah, in Goomsoor, Capt. Thos. Sewell, of the 50th regt. N.I., deputy secretary to the Military Board.

11. At Madras, Mrs. Hosannah Arathoon, relict of the late C. Arathoon, Esq., aged 70.

Bombay.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS, &c.

WRITS OF ATTACHMENT AGAINST THE PAY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS.

Bombay Castle, General Department, Feb. 19th 1836.-The Right Hon. the Governor in Council has been pleased to establish it as a general rule, that whenever the pay of a servant in any of the public establishments of Government is attached by a writ of court, and the party shall not effect an arrangement for the removal of the attachment within three months, the head of the department is authorized to discharge such servant from the service.

This rule is, however, to be understood to apply to such servants only, as are dismissible at pleasure.

DUSTOOREE, OR FEES.

Bombay Castle, General Department, May 3, 1836.-It having been brought to the notice of Government that a practice exists to a certain extent on the part of the native clerks and other subordinate officers in the employment of government, of receiving fees under the denomination of dustooree, dulalee, or whatever other name, the Right Hon. the Governor in Council, having resolved on taking the most instant means for the suppression of this abuse for the future, hereby prohibits, in the most positive manner, all such persons from receiving fees, not expressly authorized, or gratuities from contractors or other persons, having occasion to transact business with government, or with any of the public offices or departments, upon pain of dismissal from the service, and those who, in times past, have been in the habit of submitting to such exactions, from supposing that they were sanctioned by authority, are hereby warned, that it will be to their own loss and detriment if they do so in future.

PAYMASTERS OF H. M. REGIMENTS.

Bombay Castle, July 12, 1836.-The Right Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to direct, (in substitution of the allowances heretofore drawn) that when a paymaster of one of His Majesty's regiments serving under this presidency shall be absent in Europe, the committee of paymastership performing the duties, shall draw an allowance of four rupees per diem, with the office establishment fixed for a regiment of infantry, or dragoons, in the government G. Os. of the 28th Nov. and of the 17th Dec. 1835.

RULES FOR THE PAY DEPARTMENT OF THE INDIAN NAVY.

Bombay Castle, Aug. 11, 1836.-The Right Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to establish the following rules for the pay department of the Indian

navy.

The pursers are to receive the amount of all abstracts for the officers and men of their respective ships, and to distribute it in detail under the order of their commanders.

The pay of the officers and men only who are present is to be inserted in the abstracts, and that of those who are absent is not to be drawn until their return.

When officers or men are transferred from one ship to another, a statement of the pay due, and of the advances and issues of slops, &c., is to be sent with

them, to enable the pursers of the ships into which they are received, to draw the whole of the pay due to them.

The paymaster is to make all necessary deductions on the face of the abstract, and to furnish the purser with a detailed statement of them, to enable him to recover the amount from the individuals.

A book is to be kept in every ship showing the account of each individual, which is open to the inspection of the superintendent commodore, or any senior officer inspecting the ship

The master attendant is to receive and distribute the pay of the crews of the "Bunder" and other boats in his charge.

The pensioners of the Indian Navy are placed under the inspector of the pension list, by whom their pay will be drawn in the same manner as that of the military pensioners.

REGIMENTAL STAFF ALLOWANCES.

Bombay Castle, Sept. 1, 1836.-The Right Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to cancel Clause xxi. of the G. O. 28th August 1823 (Military Code, page 583, article 124), and to direct that in future, regimental staff allowances be governed by the same rules as are now applicable to the general staff only. The existing rules regarding horse allowances to officers of the general staff, are also made applicable to regimental staff offi

cers.

CIVIL APPOINTMENTS.
Judicial Department.

July 13. Mr. W. Kennedy to be junior native commissioner at Kurmulla, in zillah of Ahmednuggur.

Territorial Department-Revenue.

July 23. Mr. S. Mansfield to be assistant to acting principal collector of Poona, and to be placed under Mr. Goldsinid in talooks of Indapoor, Mohole, and Marha.

Mr. E. L. Jenkins was examined in the regulations of government on the 25th June, by a com mittee assembled for that purpose, and was found competent to enter on the transaction of public

business.

The Governor in Council is pleased to cancel the appointment of Lieut. P. R. Lumley, 9th Bengal N.I., as assistant magistrate, and to appoint that officer magistrate in the districts of Ahmednuggur, Poona, Conkan, and Dharwar, under the provisions of Act No. XIV. of 1835.

Mr. R. T. Webbe returned to his duty in the ship Hashemy, which arrived at Bombay on the 5th August.

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS,
PROMOTIONS, &c.

Bombay Castle, July 5, 1836.-Capt. A. P. Hockin, European regt., at his own request, transferred to invalid establishment.

1st L.C. Lieut. C. L. J. Dupre, having resigned on 28th July 1834, prior to his prom. on 5th Der. 1834, his co.ninission of lieut. to be canceled, and Cornet W. F. Cerus to be lieut., v. Poole prom.; date 5th Dec. 1834.

The following temporary arrangement confirmed-Lieut. A. J. Jukes, 17th N.I., to act as con missariat agent at Hursole, during absence, on leave, of Lieut. Christie.

Capt. A. N. Corsellis, 18th N.I., to be paymas ter of Poona division of ariny, in suc. to Capt. Ogilvie.

Capt. R. Bulkley, 20th N.I., to officiate as paymaster of above division, from 1st July, pending arrival of Capt. Corsellis.

July 8.-Maj. P. P. Wilson, 2d L.C., to have command at Sholapore, as a temporary arrangement; date 1st April.

July 21-Ens. L. Scott, 26th, at his own request, removed to 17th N.I., as 3d ensign, and to rank next below Eus. W. R. Simpson.

July 23.-Major J. Clark, 22d N.I., permitted to retire from service from this date, on pension of his rank.

Cadets of Infantry C. P. Rigby and T. A. Cowper admitted on estab., and proin. to easigns.

Mr. John Hamilton, M.D., admitted on estab. as an assist. surgeon.

July 28-Surg. Glen to continue to perform duties of medical officer on the Neelgherries, until further orders.

July 30.-22d N.I. Capt. H. Dunbabin to be major, Lieut. L. W. Hart to be capt., and Ens. H. Boyé to be lieut., in suc. to Clark retired; date 224 July 1836.

Aug. 2.-The following temporary arrangements confirmed: - Capt. J. Forbes, brigade major in Candeish, to assume command of Malligaum brigade from Capt. Smith, from 16th July.-Brev. Capt. T. H. Ottley, 26th N.I., to act as interp. of 21st do., from 18th July.-Lieut. A. J. Jukes, 17th N.I., to act as adj. to detachment in Myhe Caunta, consisting of 350 rank and file, from 9th June. Capt. H. James, 18th N.I., to be commissariat agent at Kulladghee, v. Capt. H. Corsellis.

Aug. 4.-Capt. W. H. Waterfield, 14th N. I., to assume command at Ahmedabad, in consequence of Brigadier Gen. Salter's departure from the station; date of order 7th March.

Aug. 5.-Ens. W. B. Ponsonby, right wing European regt, removed, at his own request, to 22d N.I., 2s 4h ensign, and to rank next below Ens. A. C. Shaw, of that regt.

Lieut. E. H. Hart, 19th N.I., to act as interp. to H.M. 17th regt., until further orders.

Aug. 15.-Cadet of Cavalry E. C. Campbell admitted on estab., and prom. to cornet.-Cadets of Infantry J. A. Evans, Robert Fi zgerald, A. S. Young, E. T. Peacocke, Wm. Falconer, and J. S. Cahill admitted on ditto, and prom. to ensigns.

Lieut. D. Davidson, 18th N.I., to act as commissariat agent at Kulladghee, from 25th July, until relieved by Capt. James.

Infantry. Major R. Sutherland to be lieut. col., v. Garraway dec.; date of rank 30th May 1836.

13th N.I. Capt. H. G. Roberts to be major, Lieut. C. W. Wenn to be capt, and Ens. H. W. Diggle to be lieut., in suc. to Sutherland prom.; date of rank 13th May 1836.

aug. 26.-Lieut. J. Penny, 1st L.C., to act as qu. mast. to that regt., from 1st August.

1st L.C. Cornet H. B. Combe to be licut., v. Vardon dec., with rank from 31st July 1836.

Cadet of Infantry E. Beale admitted on estab., and prom. to ensign.

Lieut. J. C. Anderson, 24th N.I., to act as interp. in Hindoostanee language to 1st L.C., from 2d August.

Sept. 6-Col. H. S. Osborne (having arrived from England) appointed to general staff of army, with rank of brigadier general, and to command northern division of army from this date.

Returned to duty, from Europe.-July 5. Capt. J. H. M. Martin, artillery.-Capt. H. Liddell, 11th N.I.-23. Capt. W. N. T. Smiee, 5th N.I.-Assist. Surg. A. McK. Lyon.-Aug. 15. Lieut. C. Birdwood, 3d N.I.

MARINE DEPARTMENT.

July 5.-The following temporary appointments made:-Midshipman Selby, to charge of the Marguret cutter, from 27th to 28th Dec. 1835; as midshipman to the Pownah guard vessel, from 1st to 3d May 1836; to charge of the Bhowany, from 4th to 20th May; and to the Bheema, from 1st to 27th

May.-Midshipman Fell, to charge of the cutter Nerbudda, from 28th May to 6th June 1836.

Sept. 6.-Lieut. A. S. Williams to be assistant to superintendent of the Indian Navy, in succession to Lieut. Whitelock.

Lieut. C. Robinson to be assistant to controller of the dock yards, in suc. to Lieut. Williams.

Leave of Absence. - Aug. 6. Mr. Midshipman Christopher, to Neilgherry Hills, for six months, from 1st March last, for health.-26. Lieut. H. Whitelock, to Europe, for health.

SHIPPING.

Arrivals.

JULY 29. Aun, M'Alpin, from Cape and Mauritius.-30. Hydross, Aboo Bucker, from Mocha (with 70 native pilgrims).-Auo. 1. H.H. the NiZam's bark Mecen, Ally ben Nasser, from Mocha (with 350 native pilgrims).-3. Kirkman Finlay, Russell, from Liverpool; Tweed, Lawson, from ditto; and Cherokee, Smith, from New York.5. Princess Victoria, Bissett, from Greenock ; Blake, Thompson, from Liverpool: and Hashemy, Hyde, from London.-6. Mary Bibby, Cumming, from Liverpool.-11. Earl of Clare, Scott, from China.-16. Waverly, Herbert, from Mocha.17. Eliza, Waters, from Zanzibar.-18. John William Dare, Towll, from Bushire and Muscat.-20. Symmetry, Riley, from London.-SEPT. Tory, Reid, from Liverpool.-5. Discovery, Hall, from Mocha (with the London mail of 1st July.-8. Huddersfield, Hall, from Liverpool; and Walmer Castle, Bourchier, from London.-9. Surrey, Sinclair, from Sydney.-12. Euphrates, Buckham, from London: George Canning, Winn, from ditto; and Asia, Moss, from Rio de Janeiro.

Departures.

JULY 27. Lord William Bentinck, Munro, for London; and Prince Regent, Biles, for China.31. Hinda, Lowthian, for Liverpool; Castle Huntley, Jolly, for China; Emma, Pickett, for Madras; Carnatic, Proudfoot, for China; and Lady Grant, Jeffrey, for ditto.-AUG. 2. Charles Grant, Pitcairn, for Madras and China. - 9. Reliance, Bowen, and Kiro, Shepherd, both for Liverpool. -10. John M'Lellan, M'Donald, for London.-12. Princess Victoria, Bissett, for Caloutta.-15. Ann, M'Alpin, for Calcutta; and Inglis. Wise, for China.-25. Kirkman Findlay, Russell, for Calcutta; and Adelaide, Guthrie, for London.-26. Mary Bibby, Cumming, for Liverpool.-31. Europe, Donaldson, for London.-SEPT. 2. Hydross, for Caleutta.-3. Blake, Thompson, for Liverpool.-9. Symmetry, Riley, for Calcutta.-12. Malabar, Frobisher, for Liverpool.

Freight to London Sept. 12) - £4. to £4. 4s. per ton.

To sail.-The Hugh Lindsay steamer, on 16th Sept., for Bussorah, with a nail for England.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

June 28. At Rajcote, the wife of Mr. James Tant, 1st L.C., of a son.

July 27. Mrs. Cabral, of a daughter.

30. At Tannah, the lady of J. M. Davies, Esq., C.S., of a son (since dead).

Aug. 1. At Poona, the lady of Capt. R. M. M. Cooke, 19th regt., of a son.

4. At Girgaum, the lady of Eus. Chadwick, 8th regt, of a daughter.

6. At Baroda, the lady of W. Courtney, Esq., C.S., of a son.

11. At Colabah, the lady of J Harcourt, Esq., surgeon H.M. 24 or Queen's Royals, of a son. 12. Mrs. J. Mullaly, of a son.

MARRIAGES.

July 11. At Bombay, Mr. Thomas Strangeway to Miss Elizabeth Wilkins.

Aug. 1. At Bycullah, Robert Wigram, son of William Crawford, Esq., M.P., to Margaret Urqu hart, youngest daughter of the late Rev. John Cruickshank, of Arbroath, N.B.

2. At Bycullah, Capt. J. M. Short, 13th regt. N.I., to Theresa, third daughter of the late Wm. Reynolds, Esq., of Lymington, Hampshire.

DEATHS.

July 10. At Rajcote, of cholera, aged 27. Thos. M Dickinson, Esq., of the 14th regt. N.I., second assistant to the political agent in Kattywar, and son of Lieut. Col. T. Dickinson, chief engi

neer.

16. At Surat, Julia Christian, wife of William Birdwood, Esq., of the civil service, aged 28. 31. At Rajcote, of typhus fever, Lieut. Walter Vardon, qu. mast. 1st. L.C., aged 26.

Aug. 9. Mrs. C. J. Davids, aged 67.

15. At Poona, Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of the late Capt. W. H. B. Hessman, H.M. 22d regt., and wife of M. Schooff, Esq., late of H. M. 54th regt., aged 31.

Arrival at Batavia.-July 25. Integrity, from Sydney (for China); William Lockerby, from Sydney (for ditto); Planter, from London; Regulus, from Liverpool (for China).-30. Alfred, from Greenock.-Aug. Nelson Wood, from Liverpool (for Singapore); Jumna, from Liverpool; Eliza Jane, from Liverpool. 13. Addingham, from Swan River.-22. Royal Saron, from England.23. Thomas Harrison, from Sydney; Duxbury, from Mauritius.-24. John O'Gaunt, from Liverpool (for China): Juliet, from Liverpool and Rio. -27. Tarquin, from Liverpool; Jane Brown, from Clyde.-Sept. 1. Enterprize, from Liverpool.

Arrivals in the Straits of Sunda.-July 11. Princess Victoria, from London.-27. Hortensia, from Liverpool and Cape (for Singapore).- Aug. 22. Bellona, from Rotterdam; Alexander Baring, from London (for China).-25. Samuel Winter, from Liverpool.-28. Alerander, from Liverpool. - 31. Elora, from Glasgow.

China.

SHIPPING.

Arrivals at Canton.-June 24. Lady Clifford, from Manilla: Henry Wellesley, from Singapore.-25. Earl of Balcarras, from Madras; Martha, and Eschange, both from Liverpool; Favourite, from Samarang.-27. Solway, from Liverpool.-28. Julia, from Singapore; Inca, from Liverpool; James Pattison, and Susan, both from Samarang: Diana, from Sourabaya; Eleanor, from London. -Mattakersit, from Liverpool and Manilla.

BIRTH.

Jan. 12, 1836. At Macao, the lady of Don Gabriel de Yruretagoyena, of a son and heir.

MARRIAGE.

Jan. 12. At Macao, Senhor Joaquim Joze Ferreira Veiga to Joanna Anna, second daughter of Jacob Gabriel Ullman, Esq., formerly chief of the Swedish factory at Canton.

DEATH.

Feb. 28. At Canton, in his 66th year, Cenqua, a native merchant, connected with the foreign trade for upwards of forty years.

New South Wales.

APPOINTMENTS.

July 19. Francis Allman, Esq., to be police magistrate for district of Campbell Town; and Geo. Stewart, Esq., to be ditto for district of Goulburn.

BIRTHS.

April 25. The lady of Wm. Bell, Esq., of Chestnut Park, Hunter's River, of a son and heir. May 6. At Maitland, the lady of H. J. Pilcher, Esq., of a son.

14. Mrs. Burke, of a daughter.

12. Mrs. G. M. Simpson, of a son.

21. At Cedar-ford, Maitland, Mrs. Fletcher, of a daughter.

June 4. At Moore Bank, the lady of H. Bayly, Esq., of a daughter.

8. At Sydney, Mrs. Barnett, of a son. Mrs. James Alderson, of a son. 10. Mr. Thos. Smith, of a daughter. 12. At Sydney, Mrs. Ellis, of a son. 13. At Sydney, the wife of George Cavanagh, Esq., of a son.

28. At Rainham, Bathurst, the lady of Thomas Raine, Esq., of a daughter.

30. At Rainham, the lady of J. W. Lowe, Esq., of a daughter.

July 5. Mis. H. A. Castles, of a son.

9. At Maitland, the lady of A. B. Lowe, Esq, R.N., of a daughter.

11. Mrs. Henderson, of a daughter.

15. Mrs. Curlewis, of a daughter.

21. Mrs. Alex. Andrews, of a son.

Lately. At Sydney, the lady of Capt. Pearson, of the Lady of the Lake, of a son and heir.

May 2. At Sydney, Mr. Ainsworth to Anne Jane, third daughter of Mr. Wm. Bowen.

12. At Sydney, Edw. D. Day, Esq., of H.M. 62d regt., and police magistrate Vale of Clwyd, to Margaret, daughter to James Raymond, Esq., postinaster-general.

16. At Sydney, Capt. J. S. Papps, late of the Wolfe, to Sarah, third daughter of Mr. Ikin, of Cumberland Street.

26. At Sydney, Robert Lowe, Esq., of Mudgee, to Miss Eliza Sophia Middleton, of Sydney.

June 3. At Macquarie Park, Prospect, Capt. Morris, of the Australian, to Sarah, daughter of Mrs. Charles Whalan, of that place.

7. William Aird, Esq., Belleisle, to Mrs. Ann Campbell, Sydney.

25. At Sydney, T. C. Harington, Esq., assistant colonial secretary, to Frances Leonora, eldest

daughter of the Hon. Alex. M'Leay, Esq., colonial secretary.

27. At Sydney, Mr. P. C. Abbott, eldest son of P. H. Abbott, Esq., of Brunswick Square, London, to Miss Helen Maria Ashton, of Hunter Street, Sydney.

July 7. At Sydney, John O'Brien, Esq., late of the King's County, and now of the Sydney College, to Mrs. Mary Ann Thompson, relict of J. P. Thompson, Esq, of Cork.

-At Sydney, Mr. Charles Whalan to Miss Elizabeth Harper.

9. At Sydney, Mr. John Marsden, of Loma estate, Mulgoa Forest, to Sarah, second daughter of Gilbert Munro, Esq., Brighton estate, St. Vincent.

15. At Reevesdale, Inverary, John S. Murphy, Esq., of Killarney, Ireland, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of James R. Styles, Esq.

25. At Sydney, Henry O'Brien, Esq., J. P., of Yass, to Isabella, eldest daughter of Capt. McDonald, H.M. 17th regt.

DEATHS.

May 5. At Windsor, Mr. William Christy, son of Benj. Christy, Esq., Chalk Dale House, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England.

10. Suddenly, at his seat Oswald, Hunter's River, William Harper, Esq., aged 44. He had the melancholy misfortune, about nine years since, to lose his eye-sight in government service, which he has endured with the greatest of patience.

14. Mr. David Wilcocks, of Sydney.

17. At Ironbank Hill, near Newcastle, John Laurie Platt, Esq., aged 54. Mr. Platt was one of the first emigrant settlers on Hunter's River.

18. At Sydney, Mr. R. Dorward, aged 26. 20. At Maitland, Mrs. Walter Rotton. 26. Aged 42, Elizabeth Eleanor, wife of Capt. John Foreman, of Denmark Cottage, Parramatta. At Sydney, Mr. Joseph Inch, aged 45.

28. At Sydney, John Wighton, Esq., J. P., of Brandon, Hunter's River.

29. At Penrith, Miss Charlotte East.

30. At Sydney, suddenly, the Rev. Richard Hill, many years officiating clergyman of St. James's Church, aged 53.

June 2. At Sydney, Mr. Newman, an old and respected colonist.

7. At Sydney, at an advanced age, Hannah, wife of Daniel Cooper, Esq., of the firm of Cooper and Levy, warehousemen.

11. Whilst proceeding to his estate on the Lower Hawkesbury, William Ascough, Esq., aged 60. The melancholy event is supposed to have hap pened by the vessel, in which he was a passenger, being upset by a sudden gust of wind, by which all on board, in number eight persons, perished. July 3. At Sydney, Mr. George Best. 7. At Clareville, Dr. Rush.

10. At Sydney, in her 24th year, Amelia, wife of Mr. A. Hunt, of the General Post Office.

14. At Hunter's River, Dr. Parmeter, aged 48, after a residence of nineteen years in this colony. 17. At Denham Court, Sarah, eldest daughter of Capt. Allman, late of the 48th regt.

Lately. At Sydney, Mr. John Stubbs, aged 24.

Van Diemen's Land.

SHIPPING.

Arrivals at Hobart Town.-June 18. Guiana, from London and Cape.-19. Regia, from Mauritius.-25 Highlander, from Liverpool and Rio de Janeiro-26. Mid Lothian, from Leith.-27. Orwell, from China.-July 12. Eveline, from London.

Western Australia.

MARRIAGES.

April 14. At Freemantle, S. G. Henty, Esq., son of Thomas Henty, Esq., of Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, to Miss Jane Pace, second daughter of Capt. Walter Pace, formerly of the Hon. E. I. Company's service.

28. At Albany, Arthur Trimmer, Esq., of Swan River, to Mary Ann, daughter of Capt. Sir Richard Spencer, C.B., of King George's Sound.

DEATH.

March 16. At Freemantle, Mr. Alfred Unwin.

Mauritius.

SHIPPING.

Arrivals.-Aug. 28. Jannet, Indemnity, and Risk all from London.-Sept. 3. Emerald, from Liver pool; Paragon, from Bristol.

Departures.-Aug. 14. Augustus, for Calcutta.-18. Arcturus, for Ceylon.-21. Belzoni, for Calcutta. Sept. 3. City of Edinburgh, for Madras.4. Lady Wilmot Horton, for Ceylon.

Cape of Good Hope.

APPOINTMENTS.

Sept. 21. His Exc. the Governor has been pleased, on the recommendation of his Honour the Lieut. Governor of the Eastern Districts, to make the following appointments: 3-Duncan Campbell, Esq., civil commissioner of Albany and Somerset, to resume his duties as resident magistrate of Albany on 1st October.-Hougham Hudson, Esq., agent general for the Kafir tribes, to act also as secretary to the lieutenant governor.-Mr. William Beddy to be clerk to the said secretary.-Mr. Hector Lowen to be clerk to the clerk of the peace of Albany, v. Beddy.

Sept. 29.-Jacobus J. Le Sueur, Esq., to be assistant resident magistrate of Cape Town.

Pieter Auret, Esq., to be assistant judge and superintendent of police of Cape Town.

SHIPPING.

Arrivals.-Sept. 28. Lady Nugent, from Sheerness (for V.D. Land).-29. Hero, from Cork.-Oct. 2. Capricorn, from Liverpool.-3. Rosalind, from Havre; Cornwall, from London.-5. Sarah, from Liverpool for V. D. Land).-10. Lowestoff from London: John Marsh, from Llanelly; and Crescent, from Liverpool.-14. Broxbornebury, from London.-15. Carnatic, from London.-Wellington, from London.

BIRTH.

Sept. 26. At D'Urban, Mrs. Beck, of a daughter

St. Helena.

MARRIAGE.

Oct. 17. Capt. J. F. G. Campbell, H.M. 91st regt., to Catherine Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Capt. Charles C. Alexander, Royal engineers.