Lieut. and quarter master D. M'Queen to be adj., vice Smith.

Infantry.-Major G. Keates, 7th N. I. to be lieut.-col., vice Munro deceased.

5th N. I.-Captain W. Woodhouse to be major, capt. lieut. P. Fraser to be capt., lieut. E. Fitzpatrick to be capt. lieut., and ensign M. K. Young to be lieut. in succession to Keates promoted.

6th N. I.-Ensign R. Brady to be lieut., vice Maule deceased.

June 9.-Lieut. J. Smyth, 7th N. I. to be adj. to the 2d bat. of that corps, vice Fitzpatrick, promoted.

Lieut. W. Strachan, 19th N. I., to act as field assist. quarter master gen. with the Hyderabad subsidiary force, during the absence of lieut. Stewart on sick certificate.

Capt. C. Wilson, 12th N. 1. to be assist. com. gen. vice Harvey.

Mr. surg. J. Wyse to be garrison surg. of Cannanore.

12. Mr. assist. surg. R. H. Stewart, to afford medical aid to the coroner, when required in the execution of his duties.

19. Capt. lieut. W. M. Burton, artillery, to act as com. of stores at Bellary, during the absence of capt. lieut. Cullen.

Lieut. J. Riddell, 10th N. I., to receive charge provisionally of the survey department remaining at Fort St. George, on the departure of the surveyor general for Fort William.

Lieut. S. W. Steele, 12th N. I., to act as field assist. quarter master gen. with the Hyderabad subsidiary force, during the absence of lieut. O'Donoghue.

Lieut. A. Anderson and ensign J. W. Nattes of the engineers, to join the Hyderabad subsidiary force, and to place themselves under the orders of the superintending engineer lieut. Davies.

4th N. I. ensign J. Metcalfe to be lieut., vice Carter invalided; capt. W. Clapham to be Major, capt. lieut. J. Dalziel to be captain; lieut. A. Stock, to be capt. lieut., and ensign G. B. Wardell to be lieut. in succession to Moore deceased.

9th N. I. ensign T. Clemons to be lieut. to complete the establishment.

Mr. W. M. Sutherland is admitted an assist. surgeon on the establishment.

Surgeon W. H. Jones is posted to the horse artillery, vice Wyse; and surg. G. Briggs is appointed to the 5th light cav. vice Jones.

June 19:-Capt. Walker, 1st bat. 8th N. I. will join and take charge of the detachment of that corps at Vellore.

Assist. surg. C. A. Price, doing duty with H. M. 53d regt. will immediately join and do duty with H. M. 34th regt.

Lieut. H. Bevan 1st bat. 14th regt. is removed to the 1st bat. pioneers, vice. Morgan.

Lieut. H. L. Harris, 24th N. I. is to do duty with the 1st bat, 15th regt.

Lieut. T. Jackson, 17th N. I. will join and do duty with the infantry recruiting depot.

Lieut.-col. G. Keates (late promotion) is posted to the 20th N. I. and 2d bat. and is struck off the strength of the 2d N. V. batt.

Major J. C. Stokoe, 9th N. I. is posted to do duty with the 2d N. V. batt.

28.-Lieut.-gen. Sir Thos. Hislop, Bart. having assumed the immediate and personal command of all the troops serving in the Deccan, is pleased to publish the following list of the officers of the general and personal staff who will accompany the head quarters of the army, and form his excellency's suite.

General Staff.-Lieut.-col. T. H. S. Conway, adj. gen. of the army.-Lieut. G. Jones, and cornet W. Barlow, assist. adj. gen. of the army.-Lieut.-col. V. Blacker, quarter master gen. of the army. -Capt. C. C. Johnston, assist. quarter master gen. of the army.-Lieut.-col. M. Murray, (king's troops), deputy adj. gen. -Lieut.-col. the hon. L. Stanhope, (king's troops), deputy quarter master gen.Lieut. col. Morison, commissary gen.Lieut. Ffrench, post master.

Suite of his excellency. Capt. H. Scott, military sec.-Capt. J. T. Wood, private sec. and first aid-de-camp.-Lieut. T. Van Bnerle, 2d aid-de-camp.-Lieut. H. E. Fitzclarence, additional aid-decamp.-Lieut. J. Eden, 2d addit. aid-de. camp.-J. Annesley, Esq. surgeon.

His excellency the most noble the Governor General in council has been pleased to appoint col. John Doveton, Sir John Malcolm, K. C.B. and K.L.S. and Sir Augustus Floyer, K.C.B. of the Madras army, and Col. Lionel Smith of H. M. 65th foot, to be brigadier generals pending the duration of a special service, beyond the territories of the hon. Company.

Col. Hewett, C. B. to command the 1st brigade, and lieut. col. H. Fraser the 2d brigade of infantry with the field force under the command of col. Pritzler.

sengers for Madras. Mrs. Church and child, Mrs. Smith, Miss Smith, Major Lambert, Rev. Chas. Church, Mr. Ford, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. De Silva.. For Bengal.--Mrs. Denty, Capt. Denty, 27th regt. N. I. and Mr. R. Hampton.From Cape of Good Hope for Bengal.Sir John D'Oyly, Bart. John D'Oyly, Esq.

June 24th.-Arrived H. C.'s ship Atlas, Captain C. O. Mayne, and General Kyd, Captain Nairne.

Per General Kyd. Mrs. Burrowes, Mrs. Cassidy, Mrs. Walter, Misses Walter, Watson, MacLeod, Douglas, and Cassidy; Major Johnson, Capt. Stuart, Lieut. Burrowes, Capt. Cassidy, Lieut. Fraser, Lieut. Adair, Capt. Cavanah, Surgeon Leohe, Lieut. Higginson, Lieut. Waller, Lieut. Nicholson, Ensigns Bingham and Henley, Hon. Mr. Westman, Mr. J. Campbell, Mr. Thomas Gray, Mr. J. F. May, Mr. J. Williams, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. Watson, Mr. J. ElHot, Mr. J. Wright, and two Masters Wallis.

Per Atlas.-Mrs. A. Lisson, Mrs. Mc Lachlan, Mrs. Baxter, Miss S. Young, Miss Maria Macnaghten, Miss Anna M. Carr, Miss D. Taylor, Miss C. Bladen, Thomas Lisson, Esq. H. C. service, Major Henry Bellingham, J. Langstaff, Esq. Lieut. Col. A. Macleod, Lieuts. John Cowper, N. Chadwick, L. Carmichael, Henry Hartford, and Wm. Pittman, Ensigns Henry Kane and Bloomfield, Paymaster John Wight, Mr. Robert Moore Cathcart, Mr. G. Ernish Britaid, Mr. John S. Savery, cadet, Mr. Rob. Richards, Mr. Rob. Freeman. Non commissioned and privates two hundred and sixty-four-women twenty-nine-children thirteen-Lieut. F. Malling, and Lieut. Barter, H. M..26th regt. foot. children: Master Edward Wight, Misses Jane Maclachlan, Mary Boucher, and E. Hodgson, for Bengal.

27th June. Brig. Gen. Sir John Malcolm, K. C. B. landed from the H. C.'s cruizer Sophia, on his return from Bengal.

29th June. The H. C.'s ships Minerva, Capt. G. Richardson, and Marquis of Wellington, Capt. Robert Johnson, anchored in the Roads. The following passengers have arrived by these opportunities.

Per Minerva. For Madras.-Mrs. Ca zalet, Mrs. Maclean, Miss A. Wahab, Miss S. Hickey, Miss H. Chinnery, Mr. A. Willcock, writer, Mr. H. S. Ford, cadet, Mr. B. G. Elliot, proceeding to his father at Java via Madras.

For Bengal.-Mrs. Swiney, Capt. Swiney, Mr. James Mathew, Mr. Joseph Allaway, and Mr. Johu Coulson, free mariners.

Per Marquis of Wellington. For Madras.Mrs. Harris, Miss Kinchant, Mess, Budd and Owen, cadets,

Passengers.-Per Kent.-Mrs. Ireland, Miss Jiffiers, Mr. Robert Rumley, and Mr. J. Smart, free mariners, for Calcutta

July 8th.-The Rose, Streatham, and Princess Charlotte, anchored in the Roads. Detachments of troops for the several regiments on this establishment, were landed from them on Wednesday and Thursday, and marched to the depots at Poonamalee and the Mount. Passengers. -Per Streatham. Mrs. and Miss Travers, Miss Carruthers, Miss Ferryman, J. B. Travers, Esq. Lieut. T. Carmichael, Assist. Surg. Maccosh.-For Bengal Miss Rutledge. Miss D. Rut ledge, Rev. J. Hawlayne, Assist. Surg. Henderson, R. Elley, Esq. Mr. H. S. Gale, fifty recruits, four women, and one child.

Per Rose.-Mrs. and Miss Maclean, Miss Cathcart, Miss Grant, two Miss Browns, Col. Maclean, Capt. Gore, two Lieutenants Taylor, and Ensign Smith, H. M. 89th regt. Lieut. Moore, Ensign Blacklin, and Surgeon Coulthard, H. M. 17th regt. Mr. Grant, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Patullo, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Lamb, and Mr. Campbell, surgeons, Mr. Wyllie, cadet, Mr. Strong, free mariner.

Per Princess Charlotte of Wales.-30th regt. two officers, sixty privates, ten women, two children-34th regt. five officers, sixty-two privates, five women, one child-87th regt. five officers, thirty five privates, seven women, four, children-two cadets for Madras-two cadets and a free mariner, for Bengal,

July 9th-The Volunteer, Captain Waterman, arrived on Wednesday, from Bushire. The Joassime Pirates continue to infest the Gulph. Many of their ves sels are said to exceed four hundred tons, and to be well manned and armed; and they are moreover said to sail so extremely fast, that no vessel can overtake them. They attack, every thing that passes

without convoy.

The port of Batavia swarms with

American ships. Their principal object was coffee, which had risen in cousequence to thirty-two dollars per pecul. The Americans had imported an immense quantity of dollars, of which their cargoes were principally composed.

July 10th.-The Victory, free trader, came in from England, whence she sailed on the 1st of February. She is one of those vessels called Packets, and brought as usual some old letters. We received several dated January, and endorsed per Herefordshire, for which we have paid a heavy postage, and which are rendered useless to us by this inattention of the post-office at home, in not sending them by the ship mentioned.

BIRTHS.

June 1. At the Presidency, the lady of G. Moore, Esq. of a son.

May 28. Mrs Win. Grant, of a daughter.

13. The ady of Capt. Elphinstone, quartermaster of brigade, of a daughter.

May 3. At Cochin, the lady of Major Ives, 14th N. I. of a naughter.

-19. At Bolauvum, near Hyderabad, the lady of Mickle, Esq. Surgeon to H. H. Nizam's Russell Brigade, of a daughter.

June 2. At B llary, the lady of Lieut. Spotiswood, H. M. 84th Regt, of a daughter,

-3.

At Secunderabad, the lady of Major H. G. A. Taylor, of a son.

-6. The lady of K. Dalrymple, Esq. of a son. -7. At St. Thomé, the lady of Capt. Cunning. ham, H. M. 89th Regt. of a daughter.

10. The Lady of the Bev. Mr. Render, Missionary, a daughter,

02. The lady of Major de Havilland, of a son. July 24. The lady of Capt. Gray, of the 30th Foot, of a son.

BOMBAY.

We learn by letters from the Gulph of Persia, that a severe action had taken place between the Wahabee troops; commanded in person by Abdella ben Soud, and tire Turkish troops under the command of Abrahime Pacha, the son of Mohumed Ali Pacha, the viceroy of Egypt, in which the former met with a severe defeat. The action took place at Mauwiah, seven stages from his capital, Deriah. Abdella had since fallen back to the fortress of Boridah, in the district of Kassime, four stages from Deriah, where he was again assembling his troops, in the hopes of retrieving the credit he had lost by the defeat; which was so complete, that it is stated, that if Abrahime Pacha only follows up his success, the Wahabee power will be totally annihilated.

June 18.-In pursuance of a requisition to the sheriff of Bombay, a meeting was held at the court-house for the purpose of considering the best mode of representing the serious inconveniences to which the British inhabitants are subjected by the last India ship letter act. The sheriff, Mr. Woodhouse, having been unanimous. ly called to the chair, Mr. Crawford read the draft of a letter, which he proposed should be addressed to the Post Master General in Loudon, setting forth the various excessive grievances to which the India ship letter act, as it was carried into execution, subjected the British inhabitants of this presidency and its outstations. A committee of the gentlemen present was then appointed to prepare a letter to the above effect to the Post Master General, which when ready will be left for signatures at the court-house.

public notice of this unhappy catastrophe ; but as these circumstances no longer exist, we feel it our duty to comply with the request of our correspondent, fully agreeing with him, that, as an erroneous idea has been prevalent among seafaring people that sharks are never seen in muddy water, and particularly not in Bombay harbour during the S. W. monsoon, it is incumbent on us now to publish the particulars of this shocking event, and thus be instrumental in preventing the recurrence of similar disasters.

On the evening of the 15th June, Mr. Anderson, the fourth officer of the H. C. ship Charles Grant, was swimming a short distance from the ship, accompanied by a quarter-master and forecastle man, Mr. Anderson struck out and swam towards a Portuguese frigate then lying at about half a cable's length from him, and he was followed by the two men. As they approached the frigate, Mr. Anderson was heard to say, "don't drown me;" on this exclamation, the quarter - master turned round, and to his unspeakable horror and alarm, saw an immense shark dirting at Mr. Anderson. He immediately

exerted his whole strength for his own safety and fortunately succeeded in getting on board the Portuguese frigate. The alarm was given, and the boats of the frigate and Charles Grant were instantly lowered into the water, but unfortunately without preventing the fatal catastrophe. The shark passed Mr. Anderson, then turned round and took him under the water, which was immediately discoloured with his blood. He rose again, but was then attacked by five or six more of these voracious animals, and he was gone in an instant. One shark was observed to be making after the forecastle man, on which a sentry on board the frigate, with great presence of mind and coolness, levelled his musket and shot the fish, thereby preserving the life of the sailor. The next day a large shark was caught by the people on board the H. C. ship Vansittart, measuring upwards of 12 feet.-Bombay Courier, July 19.

The following is a Census of the Islands of Bombay and Colaba taken during the year 1816, which cannot fail of proving interesting to our readers.

The above statement neither includes temporary sojourners or visitors, nor the European and Native troops, nor the British subjects on this Island. The number of persons who periodically visit this presidency for the purposes of traffic may vary probably from sixty to seventy five thousand annually. The present census shews an increase of no less than four hundred and fifty houses on the Island, -sinc the enumeration by the assessor a few years ago, and the result gives something less than eight persons to each family,

781 156,987

some native inhabitants of Bombay. Soon after the fire broke out, the explosion of a small quantity of gunpowder, which had been deposited in one of the lower apartments, put to flight the greater part of those who had come from curiosity, but luckily did no further harm. Captain Lawrence of the Marine, Captain of the Mazagon Dock-yard, with a party of his men from the Dock-yard, exerted themselves with great spirit and success, assisted by the magistrates of police with parties of the police rounds. The fire engines from the Mazagon Dock-yard, and from the powder works, were instantly procured and worked with great success; and the progress of the flames was put an effectual stop to before sun-rise, though not before about a third part of the range was burnt down. The fire engines from Bombay also came at an early hour under the

July 5th.-The attention of the Recorder's Court has been occupied from Monday to Thursday last in a cause which, from its involving points respecting the power of commanders of merchant-ships over the conduct and persons of their passengers, excited more than usual iuterest. It was an action brought by Lieut. Farewell, R. N. a passenger on board the H. C. ship Marquis Camden, against the commander Captain Larkins, for damages for false imprisonment. The verdict was for the plaintiff, damages 5,000 rupees.

On July 16, the court was occupied in the trial of Nagoo Puut for perjury. The trial of this Bramin unfolded a curious and complicated scheme of fraud and villainy. The jury without retiring, returned a verdict of guilty, and the Honourable the Recorder immediately passed the judgment of the court on him. He stated that from the high rank or caste of the prisoner, the punishment about to be indicted on him would most probably attract the notice of the natives of his class, and the example now made of him might teach them that art and cunning were not true wisdom, as the scenes of swindling fraud in which the prisoner had been engaged, had led him to the highest and most disgraceful punishment that could be inflicted on a Bramin: that he was not fit to live in society, and should therefore be excluded from it. The sentence of the court was that he be transported to Prince of Wales Island for life.

A very beautiful monument the work of Mr. Bacon, has just been erected in St. Thomas's Church. It is placed in the corner of the church corresponding with that in which Captain Hardinge's monument is erected. Its height is fourteen feet, exclusive of the sub plinth; and the breadth of the base six feet nine inches. The whole is composed of the most beauti ful white marble, with the exceptions of the Doric border.

The principal design of the monument represents an urn on a pedestal under the shade of a Banyan tree. On the right of the pedestal is seated a beautiful figure of justice with her arm raised inscribing on the urn the following words- He

was a good man and a just."-At her feet are two volumes inscribed " Malabar"" and "Benares," and three scrolls marked "judicial and revenue”—“ Gwicowar treaty❞—and " Travancore treaty." On the left of the pedestal is an erect figure of a Bramin, four feet high contemplating with pious reverence the urn of one who was so truly the Hindoo's friend.

Beneath this group and in front of the principal pedestal is the following inscription. "In memory of the honorable JONATHAN DUNCAN, Governor of Bombay, from 1795 to 1811. Recommended to that high office by his talents and integrity, in the discharge of various important duties in Bengal and Benares, his purity and zeal for the public good were equally conspicuous during his long and upright administration at this presidency. With a generous disregard of personal interest, his private life was adorned by the most munificent acts of charity and friendship, in all classes of the community. To the natives in particular, he was a friend and protector, to whom they looked with unbounded confidence, and never appealed in vain. He was born at Wardhouse, in the county of Forfar, in Scotland, on the 15th May 1756; came to India at the age of sixteen; and after thirty-nine years of uninterrupted service, died at this place on the 11th August 1811."

Beneath the inscription are two infants, supporting a scroll inscribed with the fol-. lowing words" Infanticide abolished in Benares and Kattywar."

And at the base of the monument the

following-" Several of the British in. habitants of Bombay, justly appreciating his distinguished merits, in public and private life, have raised this monument, as a tribute of respect and esteeni,

1817."

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.

June 16.-Lieut. J. Carr, 1st bat. 8th N. I. on his own solicitation transferred to the invalided battalion, and ensign T. Marshall, to be lieut., vice Carr.

Major G. Mackonochie, to be major, capt. G. Graut, to be capt.; capt.-lieut. W. Miles, to be capt. lieut. J. W. Falconer, to be lieut., vice Watson retired.

;

Corps of Engineers.-Capt. lieut. S. Goodfellow to be capt. ; lieut. and brevet capt. John Hawkins to be capt. lieut. ens. George R. Jervis to be lieut., and acting eus. Stephen Slight to be eus., vice Rebenack deceased.

July 31.-Ens. Dashwood of the engineers is appointed to the office of draughtsman, vacant by the promotion of capt. Goodfellow.

Lieut. Gerrans of the grenadier batt. is appointed linguist in the Hindustani language to that battalion.