On board the Madagascar, for Bengal, a detachment consisting of 2 officers and 110 men of the 50th, 62nd, and 63rd regiments.

On board the Duke of Richmond, for New South Wales, a detachment consisting of 3 officers and 92 men of the 51st, 80th, and 96th regiments. On board the Windsor, for Bengal, a detachment consisting of Ens. Jennings and 47 men of the 9th regiment, and 33 men of the 29th regiment, under the command of Lieut. Seymour, of the 63rd regiment. H.M.S. Thunderer, 84, with the 87th regiment, from Mauritius, on board, has arrived in England.

A detachment of the 49th regiment, consisting of 3 officers and 144 men, has arrived from India in the ship Blundell. The 75th regiment has arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, on board the Belleisle,

War Office.

AUG. 25. 3rd Foot.-Brev. col. R. Wallace, h. p., lieut. col., v. H. G. Smith, ex.; Major J. O. Clunie, lieut. col. p., v. Wallace; Capt. M. Barr, major, p.. v. Clunie; Lieut. R. N. Magrath, capt. p., v. Barr; Ens. W. F. Waldegrave, from Canada regt., lieut. p., v. Magrath.

ex.

22nd.-Lieut. W. J. D'Oyley, C. Aplin, from 89th, lieut., v. Pennefather,

25th.-Lieut. H. S. S. Burney, from 51st, lieut., v. Scott, ex.

35th.-C. Russell, ens. p., v. Burroughes, app. canc.

51st.-Lieut. W. D. Scott, from 25th, lieut., v. Burney, ex.

86th.-Lieut. gen. J. Maister, from 2nd W. I. regt, col., v. Lieut. gen. Sir A. Brooke, dec.

SEPT. 5. 15th Lt. Dig.-Lieut. M. L. Blake, from 4th Drg. Grds., lieut., v. Townsend, ex.

63rd Foot.-Serg. major C. Fraser, from 42nd, ens., v. Lane, dec.; A. J. Le Grand, ens. p. v. Fraser, app. to 42nd.

Staff.-Lieut. col. T. S. Pratt, 26th, dep. adj. gen., Madras, v. Mountain, app. canc.

Admiralty. With reference to the note added to the Gazette of the 23rd of Dec. last, the undermentioned promotions have taken place, in consequence of the recent war in China; the commissions dated 23rd Dec. 1842-Lieuts, to be commanders-H. J. Lacon, J. C. Bynon, V. A. Massingberd, J. C. M. Touzeau, and T. Woodgate. Mates to be lieuts.-S. S. Shore, J. Reid, W, F. W. Parkinson, and W. P. Johnson.

MEMORANDUM.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the 22nd (or Cheshire) regiment of foot to bear upon its regimental or second colour, and also upon its appointments, the word "Scinde," in commemoration of the distinguished gallantry displayed by the regiment in the campaign against the Ameers of Scinde, in the early part of the present year 1843.

War Office.

Sept. 12. 18th Foot.-F. T. F. A. McDonnell, ens., v. Broderick, dec. 45th Foot.-W. Dawson, ens., v. Calder, app. to 65th.

51st Foot.-Capt. R. Thompson, from 26th, capt., v. Carey.

78th Foot.-Ens. T. Collingwood, from 64th, ens., v. Mackenzie, dec.

Brev. Maj. E. Sanders, of the Bengal Engineers, to be lieut. col. in the army in the East-Indies.

Capt. J. Griffin, of the 24th regt. of Bengal N.I., to be major in the army in the East-Indies.

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

Aug. 17. At Constantinople, a daughter was born to the Sultan. She has been named Jamileh, or 'the Beautiful.'

22. At Auburn, the lady of Capt. J. Bruce, 18th Royal Irish, daughter. 26. At Sydenham, the lady of E. D. Colville, jun., Esq., daughter.

27. The lady of Capt. L. Bulkeley, son.

29. At Anglesea, Hon. Mrs. R. C. Trench, son.

30. At Peterley House, the lady of Lieut. col. N. Alves, Madras army, son. 31. At Southtown House, the Right Hon. Lady Mary Elizabeth Haworth, daughter.

Sept. 1. At Camberwell, Mrs. A. Nairne, daughter.

3. At Westbrook, the Lady Georgiana Ryder, daughter.

4. In Grosvenor-crescent, the Countess of Clarendon, daughter.

5. At Hatton, Middlesex, Lady Pollock, daughter.

6. At Clare Priory, the lady of Lieut. col. Baker, daughter.

7. At Oxford-terrace, the widow of the late Major gen. E. H. Bellasis, Bombay engineers, daughter (still-born).

At Hampstead, the lady of Lieut. col. Macleod, 6th Mad. cav., son. 8. At Northfleet, the wife of C. Daniells, Esq., paymaster, 55th regt., daughter.

9. At Gadedridge, the wife of Sir Astley Cooper, Bart., daughter.

At Liverpool-terrace, the lady of John Sykes, Esq., daughter.

10. In Milman-street, the wife of S. S. Teulon, Esq., son.

son.

At Winnington Hall, the lady of Right Hon. J. E. Stanley, son.

At Compton Rectory, Surrey, the wife of Rev. G. More Molyneux,

11. At Acton, the lady of F. C. Mundy, Esq., son.

13. At Kensington, the Right Hon. Lady Headley, daughter.

14. At Williamstrip Park, the lady of Sir M. H. Beach, Bart., daughter. 15. At Tramore, the lady of Capt. Doyle, late of the 63rd regt., son.

17. At Rutland-gate, the lady of F. P. Barlow, jun., Esq., son.

At Boconoe, Lady Louisa Fortescue, daughter.

At Woodcote, Lady Louisa Cotes, son.

18. In Park-street, Mrs. Charles Kean, daughter.

21. At Harrow-on-the-Hill, the wife of Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, son.

22. At Cottingham, near Hull, the lady of R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., M.D., late physician general, Bombay, son.

MARRIAGES.

Aug. 31. Capt. R. F. Stopford, R. N., son of Sir R. Stopford, to Emily Anna, daughter of the late Capt. Wilbraham, r.n.

Sept. 1. Capt. Sir T. Bourchier to Jane Barbara, daughter of Admiral Sir E. Codrington.

5. At Bath, Lieut. H. Yule, Bengal engineers, to Anna Maria, second daughter of Major gen. White, E. I.C.S.

At Fulham, John Nelson, Esq., of Gloucester-place, to Matilda, daughter of the late C. J. Hector, Esq., M. P. for Petersfield.

At Hayes, Perigrine Birch, Esq., of Wretham Hall, to Anna Charlotte, daughter of Col. Grant.

6. Lynal Thomas, Esq., to Blanche Charlotte, eldest daughter of Capt. Marryatt, R. N. C.B.

7. At Newcastle, G. Leaping, Esq., barrister-at-law, to Sarah Elizabeth Amelia, daughter of Lieut. col. Campbell, and widow of J. Rennie, Esq.

At Washington Church, C. M. Chester, 90th regt., to Maria, only daughter of Major Sandham, late royal artillery.

At St. George's, Capt. W. Stevensen, late of the Robarts, East Indiaman, to Isabella, daughter of the late Col. Fraser, E I. C. S.

12. At St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square, Charles Gubbins, Esq., of the

Bengal civil service, second son of the late Major gen. Gubbins, to Maria Burnley, eldest daughter of Joseph Hume, Esq., M. P.

Sept. 12. At Knitbury, Lieut. col. J. A. Butler to Martha, daughter of the late M. B. Smith, Esq., of Starborough Castle.

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At Paddington, Lieut. col. Alan T. Maclean to Agnes, daughter of the late W. Forlong, Esq.

13. At Wilton, Charles Turner, Esq., of Liverpool, to Anne, only daughter of Charles Whitaker, Esq., of Melton-hill.

At Perth, Patrick Allan, Esq., to Elizabeth, widow of the late Capt. A. Baker, 3rd Light Dragoons.

14. At Catsfield, Elizabeth, third daughter of Lieut. col. William, R.E., to Walter Prideaux, Esq.

At St. George's, H. G. Boyce, Esq., 2nd Life Guards, to Louisa, only daughter of the Right Hon. Gen. Sir G. Murray, G.C.B.

At Burton Dassett, Major Bernard M'Mahon, of the Bombay army, to

Eliza Mary Anne, daughter of the Rev. J. Morgan.

At Plymouth, S. T. Hennah, Esq., capt. 4th regt. Madras light cav., to Margaret, daughter of F. B. Strangways, Esq., of Shapwick.

16. At St. Pancras, Capt. Paget Wotton Clarke, 2nd regt. N.I., to Mary, daughter of T. J. Platt, Esq., Q. C.

18. At Leyton, William Wildman Kettlewell, Esq., of Calcutta, to Ellen, daughter of Stephen W. Cattley, Esq.

19. At Chelsea, the Marquess of Ormonde, to Frances Jane, eldest daughter of Gen. the Hon. Sir E. Paget.

At St. George's, Sir J. Easthope, Bart, M. P., to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of late Col. Skyring, and widow of Major Longley.

At Newington, Richard Pulford, Esq., son of the late George Pulford, Esq., of the East-India House, to Amelia Pitches, daughter of the late W. M. Harvey, Esq.

20. At St. George's, Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the Earl of Rosebery, to Lady Wilhelmine Stanhope, daughter of the Earl of Stanhope.

At Bishopthorpe Palace, Humphrey St. John Mildmay, Esq., M. P., to

Marianne, daughter of G. H. Vernon, Esq., M.P.

At South Bersted, Capt. Say, Bengal Army, to Elizabeth, second daugh

ter of the late R. Nixon, Esq.

23. At Bromley, D. Costello, Esq., formerly of 96th regt., to Mary, widow of J. D. Teedy, Esq.

DEATHS.

Aug. 24. At Watergate, Gen. Sir J. G. Crosbie.

27. At Hambrook, Agnes, widow of Lieut. gen. T. Avarne

28. Henry Heath, Esq., East-India Company's Bencoolen Service.

29. At Portobello, Mrs. Barclay, wife of Capt. Barclay.

At Great Yarmouth, W. J. Hurry, Esq.

In Wilton-street, Helen Mary, wife of Godfrey Lee Farrant, Esq., Bombay Civil Service.

30. At Cockermouth, John Webster, Esq., late of the firm of Jessop and Co., Calcutta.

Sept. 1. In Upper Montagu-street, Arthur Scudamore Bolton, youngest son of P. W. Le Geyt, Esq., Bombay Civil Service.

3. At Haynes, Katherine, eldest daughter of the late E. W. Clarribut, Esq., Civil Assist. Surg. in Arracan.

At Ilfracombe, T. E. Bridges, D. D., President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

6. At Thun, in Switzerland, Thomas Teed, Esq., of Hurst House, and formerly of Madras.

In Argyle-street, Major W. Richards, late Bengal Artillery. Anthony Grayson, D. D., Principal of St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford. 7. At Dean's-place, Jane Hester, relict of late Capt. Halliday, R. N.

8. In Park street, Blanch Eleanor, infant daughter of Lord R. Grosvenor.

Sept. 8. At Weston-upon- Mare, Lady James O'Brien.

9. At Bath, Gen. W. Brooke, late of the 5th Dragoon Guards.

10. At Brighton, John Rew, Esq., of Tavistock-square.

At Hedington, R. M. Thomas, Esq., for some years Protector of Slaves at the Mauritius.

At Blendworth-house, Caroline, wife of G. Carr, Esq., and daughter of late Sir M. Seymour, Bart.

11. At St. Andrew's, the lady of Col. A. Hunt, Royal Artillery.

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In Dublin, Henry Cox, Esq., brother to Sir Richard Cox, Bart., of Cas. tletown, county Kilkenny, and nephew to Lord Dunally.

12. At Malvern-the-Less, Mary Jane, wife of Sir E. C. Hartopp, Bart. 13. At Jersey, J. H. Dunlop, Esq., late Member of the Council at Bombay. 15. The Dowager Lady Hart, relict of Sir John Hart, Bart.

regt.

At Chatham, Goodman, youngest son of Capt. R. G. Hughes, 80th

17. At Sidmouth, Lady Mary Taylour, sister to the Marquis of Headfort. At Balcaskie, Georgiana Charlotte, wife of J. H. Lloyd Anstruther, Esq., of Hintlesham-hall, Suffolk.

19. At Meopham Bank, Lieut. col. W. L. Wood, K. H., formerly of the 4th regt.

22. At Reading, Lieut. col. A. Cameron, formerly of 87th regt.

25. At Matson, near Gloucester, Sir Matthew Wood, Bart., alderman, and one of the representatives in parliament of the City of London.

At White Lackington, Anna Maria, relict of the late Thomas Brooke, Esq., formerly judge of Moorshedabad.

At Southampton, the Right Hon. J. A. Stewart Mackenzie, formerly Governor of Ceylon, and late Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands.

SHIPPING.

The Dartmouth, Jacob, from Bombay to London, put into Mauritius, June 20, with six feet water in the hold, and about eighty tons of cargo thrown overboard.

The Warrior, Darley, and Tamerlane, M'Kenzie, from Bengal to London, put into Mauritius, June 20, leaky.

The Christopher, Rawson Robson, from China to Singapore, was totally wrecked upon a reef on the night of April 1, near the island of Pula Sapatra. Crew arrived at Manilla, after being thirty-six hours in the boats.

The Sir Andrew Hammond (whaler), Newby, of London, with 700 barrels of sperm oil, has been wrecked on the coast of Peru. Crew saved.

The Osceola, Luke, from Moulmein to London, has been condemned at St. Helena.

The Martha, Smythe, from Bengal to London, arrived at St. Helena, July 11, leaky.

The St. Andrews, Maloney, from Liverpool to the Cape of Good Hope, was destroyed by fire off Waterford, Aug. 30. Crew saved.

The Argo, Billing, has been condemned at Port Louis, Mauritius.

The Tranquilidate (Portuguese), from China to the Sooloo Islands, was lost on the Zambales, coast of Luzon. Crew saved.

ARRIVALS.

AUG. 29.-Palmyra, Singapore, Margate.-30. H. M. S. Apollo, China, Plymouth; Halifax (packet), Bengal, Gravesend.-SEPT. 2. Helvellyn, Sydney, Kingsbridge.-4. Clydeside, Sydney and New Zealand, Portsmouth.-5. Mountain Maid, Cape, Downs; Lintin, Bombay, Liverpool; Sophie, Batavia, Portland.-6. H.M.S. Erebus and Terror (voyage of discovery), Downs.

7. Worcester, Bengal, Plymouth.-8. St. Lawrence, China, Plymouth; Crown, Bombay, Liverpool.-9. Minerva, Madras, Penzance; Tapley, China, Penzance; Leonard Dobbin, Bombay, Liverpool.-11. Symmetry, Ceylon, Falmouth.-12. St. George, New South Wales, Penzance; Siam, China, Portsmouth; Frankfield, Bombay, Crookhaven; Blundell, Bengal, Scilly; Pearl, Ceylon, Start.-13. Edinburgh, China, Portland; H.M. S. Belleisle, China, Plymouth; Achilles, Ceylon, Salcombe; Sophia, Bengal, Start; Rochester, South Seas, Cork; Caroline, New Zealand, Kingsbridge; Heroine, Bengal, Holyhead.-14. Clifton, Bombay, Falmouth; Earl Durham, New South Wales, Falmouth; Gazelle, Mauritius, Falmouth; Batavier, Batavia, Salcombe; Liverpool, China, Castletown; Wilmot, Singapore, Start; Token, Bombay, Plymouth; Devonshire, Batavia, Plymouth.-15. Frances Burn, China, Crookhaven; Lady Gray, Batavia, Kingsbridge; Decima, Batavia, Torbay.-16. Mary Ann, Singapore, Gravesend; Narcissus, Ceylon, Downs; Dorothea, Batavia, Plymouth; Lynher, Mauritius, Greenock; St. Milda, China, Plymouth.-18. William Sharples, Bombay, Liverpool.-19. Sir Charles Forbes, Batavia, Salcombe; Columbus, Batavia, Dartmouth.-20. Pekin, Bengal, Scilly; Trio, Bengal, Bristol: Bella Marina, China, Falmouth; Salisbury, Bombay, Liverpool; Monarch, China, Falmouth.-21. Catherine Stewart Forbes, Singapore, Portsmouth; Grecian, China, Penzance.-22. Agricola, Bombay, Downs; Isabella, Singapore, Cork; Princess Charlotte, Bombay, Liverpool; Adrianusen Jacobus, Batavia, Wight; Sourabaya, Batavia, Wight; Colony, Cape, Portland.-23. William Money, Bengal, Plymouth; Gazelle, Manilla, Wight.-John Graham, Ceylon, Torbay.-25. Arachne, Sydney, Falmouth; Briton, Mauritius, Wight; Wasdale, Mauritius, Dover; New Zealand, Manilla, Portland; Volunteer, Ceylon, Wight; Ann Martin, Bombay, Clyde; Andromache, Singapore, New Romney.-26. H.M.S. Thunderer, Mauritius, Plymouth: Frances, Madras, Liverpool; Royal William, Bombay, Downs; Esperance, Ceylon, Downs; Lady Emma, Mauritius, Lizard; Baron van Geen, Batavia, Falmouth.-28. Isabella, Bengal, Salcombe.

DEPARTURES.

From the Downs.-AUG. 26. Corcyra; Carnatic.-27. Mandane, Bombay; Maid of Honour, Cape.-23. Port Fleetwood, Cape.-29. Auriga, Hobart Town; Indian, Launceston.-SEPT. 2. Woodbridge, Hobart Town; Stratford, Mauritius; Thomas Henry, Ceylon; Mayflower, Hobart Town; Bangalore, China.-4. Aden, Sydney.-5. Jane Frances, Hobart Town; Hamlet, New South Wales.-7. Persia, Cape and Ceylon; John Wickliffe, Bombay.-8. London, Port Philip; Salsette, St. Helena and Jamaica.-9. Indian, South Seas.-10. John Line, Madras.-14. The Packet, Cape.-15. Adelaide, Launceston.-16. Tasmania, Hobart Town; Mary Alice, Algoa Bay and Bussorah.-19. William Bayley, Cape; Orynthia, Cape and Moulmein; Benares, Bengal.-21. Hindoo (from Stockholm), Bombay; Flora, (from Hamburgh), Cape.-22. Vanguard, Singapore.-23. Cecilia Burrell, Swan River.-24. Lady Flora, Cape and Madras; Augustus and Adelaide Ullswater, Algoa Bay.-25. Robert Clive, St. Helena; Persia, Bengal; Samuel Enderby, South Seas. -26. Pauline Houghton, Mauritius. - 27. Windsor, Bengal.

From Portsmouth.-AUG. 26. Vernon, Madras and Bengal.-30. Corcyra, Bombay.-SEPT. 1. Prince of Wales, Bengal.-6. Stratford, Mauritius.-7. Mary, South Seas. -8, Bangalore, China.-10. Queen, Bengal.-16. Madagascar, Bengal.-17. Ganges, Swan River.-19. Duke of Argyll, Madras.25. Lady Flora (off), Madras; Augustus, Adelaide.

From Liverpool.-AUG. 25. Science.-27. St. Andrews, Cape.-29. Earl Grey, Bengal. --30. Cassiopea, Cape and Mauritius; Harbinger, Singapore: Mary and Ann, Van Diemen's Land,-SEPT. 1. Competior, Bombay.-2. Elizabeth Jane, Bengal.-3. Earl Powis, Bengal.-6. Dorosina, Bombay.