vie The Governor-General having reason io b We are sorry to learn by letters received a few days ago from the Upper Provinces, that the Reverend Mr. Fisher, whilst proceeding from Meerut to Saharanpore, on duty, was beset during the night by a fadesperate gang of decoits, and severely dawounded. The reverend gentleman had is got only a little way from the former stadation, when his attention was roused by a noise near his palanquin. On opening the doors, he observed a body of armed men, about thirty in number, and fearing their designs, jumped ont. One of the ruffians instantly raised his sword, and evidently with an intention of severing his head from his body, hit him a dreadful blow. Luckily missing the soft part of the neck, it fell upon the lower and back portion of the head. Mr. Fisher staggered from the violence of the stroke, and received a second cut on the back. The villains were proceeding to finish their bloody work, when one amongst them, apparently of some authority, called out, Do not kill him." On this they ceased, and were contented with rifling his person and pa lankeen, and taking thence his watch and every other valuable. Mr. Fisher has suffered much from loss of blood, and the read. It commenced by adverting to the The unanimous thanks of the meeting were in a special manner voted to Mr. Wilson, for the invaluable support he had given to the theatre from the period of its first institution, and to the amateurs and managers in general, for their unwearied and successful exertions in conducting the business of the theatre. The managers were again unanimously elected. TRIALS AT THE SUPREME COURT,, June 28th, &c.-Among many others of native culprits we notice the following with European names, whether natives of Britain or country born cast, we have no means of ascertaining: J. H. Jones, for stealing shawls to a considerable amount,-guilty; J. Ross, and J. Williams, for enticing to desertion,-acquitted; Thomas Carter, for assaulting Jagat Deo Single,-convicted. COURT MARTIAL. Head Quarters, Calcutta, 21st June, 1816.-Lieut. William James French, of the 21st Native Infantry, was tried by the European General Court Martial assembled at Dinapore, 4th June, 1816, on thg following charges:-1st. For conduct unworthy of a genteman, in having, without any provocation, written a note to Cornet Fitzroy, of the Rohilla Cavalry, with the obvious intention of irritating him, on or about the 28th of January, 1816. 2dly. For scandalous and infamous conduct, unworthy of an officer and a gentleman, in having, on or about the 28th of January, 1816, after having written the above-mentioned note, proceeded to the quarters, abused and struck him. When the court, having duly weighed and considered the evidence in support of the prosecution, and what the prisoner, Lieut. William James French has urged in his defence, are of opinion, that the first charge preferred against him has not been proved, and do therefore acquit him. With respect to the second charge, the court are of opinion that he is guilty of the same, which being in breach of the Articles of War, they do sentence him to be cashiered. The Governor General has approved and confirmed the sentence. COURT MARTIAL. General Orders, by the Commander in Chief. Head Quarters, Calcutta, 8th August 1816.-Extract from the proceedings of an European General Court Martial, assembled at Fort-William, in obedience to General Orders of the 23d instant, and held by virtue of a warrant from his Excellency the Earl of Moira, K. G. Commander in Chief in India, &c. Fort William, Monday, 29th July, 1816. President-Colonel Haldane, 30th Regiment Native Infantry. Judge Advocate-Captain Bryant, officiating Judge Advocate General. Charges. Private Patrick McDonough, of the 4th Company of the Honorable Company's European Regiment, confined by me on the following charges, viz.Ast. For unsoldier-like condnet, in using abusive and threatening language, towards Serjeant Major Nield, in the orderly room, on the afternoon of the 2d instant. 2d. For resistance to, and wresting the bayonet from the hands of Corporal Smith, and attempting violence on him, when in the execution of his duty in taking hith to the guard oil the 2d instant.-3d. For making use of threatening words, when in the guard room on the 2d instant, towards Lieutenant Wray, Serjeant Major Nield, and Corporal Smith, in saying, the first ball ammunition he could get, he would take away the life of the first of these he could meet with.' (Signed) George Wray, Lieutenant; Officer for the day. By order of Major-General Sir G. Wood, Commanding. (Signed) H. S. Montagu, Fort Adjutant. Fort William, 3d July, 1816. Sentence. The Court having deliberately weighed the evidence which has been adduced in support of the charges, together with what the prisoner has urged in his defence, find the prisoner Patrick McDonough, guilty of the first charge preferred against him. The Court find the prisoner guilty of the first part of the 2d charge, namely. For resistance to and wresting the bayonet from the hands of Corporal Smith," but acquit him of the remaining part of the charge, namely, ' and attempting violence on him when in the execution of his duty in taking him to the guard on the 2d instant.' The Court find the prisoner guilty of the third charge. The Court sentence the prisoner to solitary confinement for three months. (Signed) R. Haldane, Colonel, President. (Signed) J. Bryant, Captain, officiating Judge Advocate General. Approved and confirmed, (Signed) (Signed) C. J. Doyle, Military Secretary. (True extract.) MOIRA. General Orders, 12th July, 1816.-The Bazar in the garrison of Fort William shall, from the 1st of August, be transferred from the civil to the military power, and placed under the management and control of the Town and Fort Major of Fort William, The following bazar establishment is authorized to be entertained from that date : 30 S.R. per men. 20 do. 6 do. do. do. 1 Bazar Serjeant 1 Sircar L 1 Regulator of weights Every other description of people, Cutwals, Peons, &c. are to be discontinued. Calcutta, General Orders, June 21, 1816.-Regiment of Artillery.- Senior Captain and Brevet Major G. Pennington, to be Major Captain Lieutenant J. P. Boileau. Lieutenant H. L. Playfair, to be Capt. Lieutenant. Lieutenant Fireworker C. Smith, to be Lieutenant. Cadet Ch. R. Whitfield, to be Lieutenant Fireworker. 2d Regiment Nativé Cavalry.Coruet C. J. A. Dashwood, Lieutenant. Captain Lieutenant Kellenah Swettenham, to be Captain: Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Benjamin Mather, to be Captain Lieutenant. Cornet Hubert de Burgh, to be Lieutenant. 17th Regiment Native Infantry.-Ensigu P. W. Grant, to be Lieutenant. 21st Regiment Native Infantry-Capt. J. Cock, to be Major. Captain Lieutenant M. Menzies, to be Captain. Lieutenant Russel, to be Captain Lieu tenant. Ensign J. B. Neufville, to be Lieutenant. June 21.-Captain J. H. Cave, 21st Regiment Native Infantry, is appointed Superintendant of Field Transport under Commissiáry, or Deputy Commissiary General. June 28.-Captain Matthews, to othciate as Régulating Officer of the Invalid Tannahs, at Chittagong. Artillery Regiment, Lieutenant J. N, Forrester, to be Captain Lieutenant. Lieutenant Fireworker T. D. Fordyce, to be Lieutenant. Cadet J. T. Smoult, to be Lieutenant Fireworker. 22d Regiment Native Infantry.-Capt. Lieutenant E. C. Brown, to be Captain. Lieutenant T. C. Cowslade, Captain Lieutenant. Ensign M. Hughes, to be Lieutenant. 'Captain R. Bainbridge, of Invalids, to be Fort Adjutant at Buxar. 5th July.-Colonel Hardwicke, Commandant of Artillery, a Member of the Military Board. Captain J. B. Sealy, (decd.) to be Major. Captain Lieutenant W. Vincent, to be Captain. Lieutenant G. H. Alley, to be Captain Lieutenant. Ensign R. A. Durham, to be Lieutenant. Captain J. Mc. Innis, to be Major. Captain Lieutenant G. H. Alley, to be Captain... Lieutenant T. Travers, to be Captain Lieutenant. Ensign A. Faithful, to be Lieutenant. Cornet Alsop, H. M. 24 Light Dragoons, Supernumerary Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General. July 12.-Cadets of Cavalry.-J. C. Hugh Griffiths Lambrie, J. S. Williams, R. Roxburgh, Cornets. Captain. Charles Poole 2,2003 Captain Matthews, to command of Bhaugulpore-hill Rangers. Captain C. Parker, Commissary of D. H. Dalton... Ordnance at Agra. Lieutenant W. Burroughs, to be Barrack Master at Cawnpore. Lieutenant H. A. Montgomery, (pro tempore), Sub Assistant Commissary General. T L. O'Brien.. Total, Sicca Rupees ..116,384 6 2 JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS. Mr. E. Lee Warner, Register of the Zillah Court at Dacca Jelalpore. Mr. H. M. Pigou, Register of the Zillah Court, at Bakkergungie. Mr. W. Smith, Assistant to the Magistrate of the City Court at Patna. TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT. Mr. R. Mitford, Collector of Dacca. J. W. Laing, ditto. Shahabad. H. Newnham, Secretary to the Board of Commissioners. M. Moore, Sub-Secretary and Accountant to ditto. A. Campbell, Collector of Midnapore. W. H. Oakes, Assistant to the Civil Auditor and Accountant to the Board of Revenue. C. T. Glass, Assistant to the Accountant to the Military Department. Mr. D. Scott, Jun. Commissioner in the Sunderbunds. ADMINISTRATIONS TO ESTATES. July, 1816. Bernard Reilly, Esq.-Administrator, D. Heming, Esq. Registrar. Captain Allan Graham.-Executor, J. Palmer, Esq. Mr. James Musgrove,-Executor, Mr. William Wallis. Robert Lawson, Esq.-Executor, G. Cruttenden, Esq. Lieut. Gen. William Palmer.-Executor, John Palmer, Esq. Mr. Lewis Vass.-Executor, Mr. Alexander B'Moyrah. Mr. William Webster.-Administrator, D. Heming, Esq. Captain William Home.-Executor, Eneas Mackintosh, Esq. Captain Robert Fry.-Administrator, D. Heming, Esq. James Lloyd Lucan.-Executor, James Lloyd Lucan. Serjeant Edmund Kennedy.-Administrator, D. Heming, Esq. William Kirk Lyons, Esq.-Administrator, D. Heming, Esq. RATES OF EXCHANGE.-July, 1816.. To Madras 335 Sa. Rs. for 100 Star Pagodas. Bombay 100 Sa. Rs. for 109 Bombay Rupees. England 2s. 8d. and at six months' sight. Dollars in quantity, at 204 Rs. 12 As. per 100. A Guinea to purchase in the Bazar is at 10 Rupees 4 Anuas. Ditto, square, .... Ditto English flat, Ditto Bar, Allum,.. Brimstone, Cloves,.. per do. per do. per do. 4. 0 2 8 per hundred, 0 13 per fy. md. 5 8 per do. 5 12 per do. 4 8 5, 0 per do. 4 12 per do. 9 8 per seer,. 3 6 4 0 CALCUTTA SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrivals. Aug. 4.-Brig Howley Laxemey, Desuieu, from Calicut, May 7-do. 5, Yacht Phoenix, Lient. J. Criddle, from Madras, July 30.-do. Charlotte, James, from Port Louis, June 29.-do. 7. H. C. ship Warren Hastings, Larkins, from Madras, July 31.-do. H, M. Ship Iphigenia, Reynolds, from Madras, Aug. 1-August 1, ship Bombay Merchant, J. Grant, from the Isle of France the 20th July, and Madras the 14th Aug.-Passenger: J. Grierson Esn. of the Royal Navy.-Ship Man darine, W. Deller, from Batavia 28th July.-American ship Hamilton, J. Greenough, from Portsmouth, (America,) the 28th April.-Ship Mauritius, J. Greig, put back from sea. Departures. Aug. 4.-Regent, Barwick, for England,-Do, 6. Caroline, Street, for China.-Helen, Crawford, for do.-Do. 7, Barossa, Hawkey, to complete her lading for China.-Aug. 21, Brig Dolphin, J, Rogers, for the Isle of France.-24. do. Bonatelle, J. Jumean, for Bombay.-25. H. M. ship Iphigenia, J. Reynolds, for Madras.-27. Brig Jupiter, J. Fergusson, for Port Jackson. CALCUTTA BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. Births. July 4. The lady of Robert Campbel, Esq. of a daughter. May 12. Mrs. Saunders, wife of Mr. Saunders, merchant, of a son. June 21. At Cuttack, Mrs. Sophia Slater, of a son. 30. At Bouglah, near Furred pore, Mrs. Thompson, of a son. 27. At Lucknow, the lady of Lieut. Paterson, of. a daughter. Lately, at Dinapore, Mrs. W. Claxton, of twins. girls. June 26. daughter. 24. Mrs. Samuel Sweeting, of a daughter. Lately, at Kurnaul, the lady of Capt. Charles Wm. Hamilton, 7th regt. of a daughter. 12. At Kurnaul, the lady of the late Lieut. Sandford, 2d bat. 19th regt. of a daughter. July 10. MIS. Desbruslais, of a daughter. The lady of John Angus, Esq. of a 14. Mrs. Samuel Jones, of a son. 4. Mrs. Stacey, wife of Mr. Wm. Stacey, Assistant in the Military Department, of a son. The lady of Cpt. Peter Turnbull, of a daughter. 14. The lady of the Rev. A. W. Taylor, of a daughter. 4. At Allahabad, the lady of Lieut.-Col. Fe. therstone, of a daughter. 26. The lady of Capt. Gilbert, of a son. 25. At Dum Dum, the lady of Jas. Robertson, Esq. Surg. on the Bengal Establishment, of a daughter, May 23. At Amowah, the lady of Major Green, H. M. 24th foot, of a daughter. July 23. A Chandernagore, Mrs. Capt. E. T. Mahé, of a daughter. The lady of James Atkinson, Esq. of a son. 21. At the house of J D. Verner, Esq. the lady of 3. Coventry, Esq. of a daughter. 22. Mrs. J. R. Douglass, of a son. 6 At Rungpore, the lady of Norman Macleod, Esq. of a dughter. 5. At Chunar, the lady of Capt. John Swinton, of a daughter. June 10. At Cawnpore, the lady of Lieut. W. Ward, 5th Native Cavalry, of a daughter. Marriages. June 28. At Patna, Joshua Carter, Esq. of the H. C. Civil Service, to Miss Campbell, eldest daughter of Duncan Campbell, Esq. Opium Agent in ... Behar. July 3. At the cathedral of St. John, by the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, Mr. Thomas Smith, to Miss Eliza De Costa. Asiatic Journ-No. 15. June 26. At the cathedral, by the Rev. Mr. Parsons, Mr. Rd. Stout, mariner, to Miss Clarissa Manuel. 29. Mr. Charles Cornelius, junior, to Miss Cordelia Matilda Leclerc. July 5. 5. At Serampore, by the Rev. H. Shepherd, Captain A. T. Meredyth, to Mrs, Emerson. By the Rev. H. Shepherd, Lieut. Wogam, of H. M. 66th regt, to Miss Harriet Sennen. July 9. Mr. T. Fraser to Mrs. Harriett Greene. 3. At the cathedral, Calcutta, by the Rev. Mr. Parson, Mr. John Harrison, of the Pilot Service, to Miss Agnes Tibbetts. 29. Ar Baugulpore, Lieut. Peter Young, Adj. to the 3d bat. 12th regt. Nát. Inf. to Maria, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Col. Littlejohn. 29. Lieut. Ivie Campbell, Adj. of the Hill Ran gers, to Eliza, second daughter of Lieut.-Col. Littlejohn. At Agra, by the Rev. Mr. Evans, Mr. J. C. Murphy, Riding-Master, 1st Cavalry, to Miss Anne Goulding. July 19. At St. John's cathedral, by the Rev. H. Shepherd, Ringsted Plantagenet Field, Esq. Capt. on the Bengal Military Establishment, eldest son of the late T. Field, Esq. Gov, of Sundown Fort, Isle of Wight, and of the county of Meath, to Mrs. Ann Smilie, near relation of Maj.-Gen. Sir D. Ochterlony, K. G. B. and sister-in-law of Lieut..Col. Nelly of this establishment. June 12. At Agra, Serj.-Maj. Mark Buckley, of the 7th N. Cavalry, to Mrs. Sydmore. July 18. At St. John's Cathedral, John William Templer, Esq. of the H. C. Civil Service, 2d son of George Templer, Esq. Banker, Pall-Mall, to Charlotte, daughter of James Wintle, Esq. First Judge of the Provincial Courts of Appeal and Circuit for the Division of Calcutta. 20. At the house of Robert Leslie, Esq. by the Rev. Mr. Bryce, William Scott, Esq. Attorneyat Law, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Matthew Leslie, Esq. By the Rev. H. Shepherd, William Graham, Esq. to Miss Charlotte Knipe. 11. At Cawnpore, by the Rev. Mr. Vincent, Alex. Orr, Jun. Esq. to Miss Jeannette Fortier, 24 daughter of the late J. B. Fortier, Esq. 4. At the same place, by the Rev. Mr. Vincent, Ensign John Shipp, of the 87th regt. to Miss Ann Humphreys. June 22. At Madura, by the Rev. Mr. Vaughan, Sen. Chaplain, Mr. R. A. Ashton, to Miss Richardson. Aug. 9. John Frederick Ellerton Esq. of the C. Deaths. June 29. Mrs. John Valente, aged 19 years. July 12. Robert Lawson, Esq. 5. Mr. Lewis Smith, aged 30 years and 2 months. 4. Mr. Anthony Joao D'Souza, sexion of the old Portugueze Church, aged 54 years. June 28. At Berhampore, Frances, the only daugh ter of the late Mr. F. Calancy, conductor of Ordnance. July' 1. At Moorshedabad, after a few days illness, in the 17th year of her age, Miss Henrietta Brooke, daughter of Thos. Brooke, Esq. of that place. 9. At the same place, Miss Brooke, daughter of Thos. Brooke, Esq. Senior Judge at that place. May 29. At Chittledroog, Lieut. W. J. Now. land, 2d bat. 16th regt. N. I. 12. James Scott, Esq. of the firm of James Scott and Co. 12. Capt. Wm. Webster, of the country service. July 9. On board her pinnace, off Shah-Jehanpore, on her way to Calcutta, for the benefit of her health, Mrs. William Gee, of Futteh Gurl. 3. At Patna, on his way to Calcutta, Mr. Joseph Davidson Pennington, aged 21 years. Aug. 17 At Chandpaul Ghaut, George Tyler, junior, Esq. aged 30 years. 15. T. Templeton, Esq. many years a Solicitor ja the Supreme Court at this Pres dency. |