of their danger. Their leader, Omuryah, fell at the cutcherry, and the success of the garrison from that moment appears to have been decisive. Extract Letter from the same to the same, dated Bhooj, April 10, 1825. I have the satisfaction to report, for the information of Government, the total defeat and dispersion of the formidable enemy which has lately invaded this province. Col. Campbell, with a detachment from the brigade, attacked a large body of the Miannahs on the morning of the 9th inst., who had taken refuge, after their repulse at Anjar, in a range of hills called the Rymal Roah. The success has been complete. The enemy, finding no place of safety in Cutch to which they could retire, fled in a body during last night across the Puchum; and, at the present moment, not twenty of these plunderers remain in Cutch. Their chastisement has been most severe; their loss, in the two affairs with our troops, and the defeat at Anjar, being computed at about 250. March 18. At Baroda, Lieut. Col. Com. David Prother, Companion of the Most Honourable the Military Order of the Bath, and commander of the force subsidized by his Highness the Guicawar. -25. At Colabah, Wilhelmina Schoof, infant daughter of Lieut. M. Schoof, H.M. 30th regt. 26. Mr. William Peill, merchant, aged April 17. John Best, Esq., of the civil service, aged 35. Mr. Best filled the important office of sub-treasurer and general paymaster. 23. At Poonah, Mrs. C. Luxa, wife of Mr. F. R. Luxa, clerk in the commissioner's office. 26. At Poona, the infant daughter of Quart. Mast. Cane, of the horse artillery. 30. Capt. R. Stamper, 13th regt. N.L., assist. commissary general, aged 40. Lately. At Campolee, William Empson, son of the Rev. Thomas Robinson, chaplain of Poonah, aged two years. Ceylon. CIVIL APPOINTMENT. March 19. John Huskisson, Esq. to be assistant to collector of Jaffnapatam. MISCELLANEOUS. PEARL FISHERY. His Exc. the Governor was still at Aripo on the 5th current. Experiments with a diving-bell wholly constructed at Colombo, under the superintendence of Lieut. Duvernet, of the royal staff corps, had been tried several times on the pearl banks, with entire success as to the utility of the machine. The divers were down once for one hour and three-quarters without the slightest inconvenience, being plentifully supplied with air from above by barrels. The bank they had been on lies in from eight to nine fathom water. The wind having blown strongly from the southward during three days, had delayed further operations in the other banks.[Ceylon Gaz., April 9. BIRTHS. March 23. At Colombo, the lady of Lieut. I. Foster, H.M. Ceylon Rifles, of a son. April 1. At Point de Galle, Mrs. A. C. De Vos, of a daughter. MARRIAGE. April 5. At Paul's Church, J. W. Huskisson, Esq., of H.M.'s civil service, to Eleanor Ann, eldest daughter of the Rev. N. Garstin, A.M., colonial and military chaplain, &c. &c. &c. DEATH. April 26. At Colombo, Ensign Mackenzie, H.M.'s 16th regt. of foot. PENANG. Penang. CIVIL APPOINTMENTS. Mr. W. S. Cracroft to be secretary to Govern ment. Mr. P. O. Carnegy, to be storekeeper and commissary of supplies. MISCELLANEOUS. NEW MEMBER OF COUNCIL. At 10 o'clock on Thursday morning a salute of eleven guns was fired, on the occasion of Robert Ibbetson, Esq., taking the oaths and his seat as a provisional member of council of this government.-Penang Gaz., March 12. COCHIN CHINESE EMBASSY. The Cochin Chinese junk, with the embassy returned from Rangoon, left the harbour yesterday forenoon, and exchanged salutes with the fort on getting under way.-Ibid., March 5. DESTRUCTION OF AN ALLIGATOR. The On the morning of the 5th inst. a Malay man, whilst fishing on the beach in the district of Jura Province, Point Wellesley, was seized by an alligator in presence of several persons, who attempted to rescue him, but without success. animal having been seen to convey the body towards the mouth of a river near the place, boats were manned, and a hunt ensued; the monster, after some time, was started and driven into a creek or small river, the entrance and upper part of which being quickly stockaded by the pursuers, the alligator was thereby taken and destroyed. In his stomach was found the arm and some other parts of the unfortunate man he had taken off.-[Ibid., March 9. chaser kept the ten chests of tea in his possession for two days, at the end of which he made an experiment of the quality of the article, which he found altogether devoid of the flavour of tea, and of a bitter and unpalatable taste: he consequently refused to complete the bargain, and was accordingly prosecuted by the vender for breach of contract. Specimens of the commodity in question, with a great variety of other teas, were exhibited in the court, and several Chinese were examined who had been engaged in the trade or culture of tea, while botanical descriptions and drawings of the tea-plant, with fresh specimens from the government garden, were exhibited. It is well known that botanists have not yet entirely agreed whether the tea genus consist of several or one species only, varied by climate, soil, culture, and preparation, so as to produce in commerce as many sorts and qualities as the same circumstances superinduce in the case of the vine. The latter opinion, however, prevails, and appeared to be corroborated by the testimony of the Chinese now examined. It was stated by them that they recognized two distinct plants under the generic term of tea (te and cha), one of which is the Camellia Japonica, the external resemblance of which to the tea-plant is sufficiently obvious, and which is in fact of the same natural family with it; and the other the Camellia Sasanqua, occasionally, as we are told, used in China as tea. One character of the tea-leaf appeared to be generally admitted by the Chinese who were examined, and was in particular strongly insisted upon by the defendantits serrated margin. All the genuine teas that were examined, including the fresh specimens from the government garden, possess this character invariably; but the disputed tea as invariably wanted it, and was therefore adjudged to be spurious. Neither could it have been either of the Camellias, because the leaves of these are serrated also. It appeared, however, that a similar commodity had long been imported by the Chinese, and sold to their own countrymen, and no charge of fraud or adulteration lay with the plaintiff. Under all the circumstances of the case, therefore, the court decreed to him moderate damages for his loss of market. leaves of this spurious commodity, independent of wanting the serrated edge and the sensible qualities of tea, were generally much larger than the genuine leaf, of a paler green, and more distinctly veined. In the elliptical form, they bore an entire resemblance to the tea-leaf; and, both in this respect and in the mode of preparation, the article had a much closer resemblance to tea than the sloe-leaves which are passed off for it in England. The very low price to which the commodity now alluded to was sold, it may be supposed, would be reasonably accounted for by its being spurious: but this was not the case; for it appeared in evidence during the trial, that 3.50 quarter-chests of tea-coarse, indeed, but genuine-had been sold at the same time at a much cheaper The cheaper price. This parcel, originally from Fo-Kien, was imported into this place from Sai-gun, in Cochin-China. The first price for which it sold here was something short of three-pence per pound; but it was immediately resold, for exportation to Batavia, at an advance of 100 per cent. -[Sing. Chron. March 17. Netherlands India. BANCA. By recent accounts received from Banca, it is stated that that island-which, since its occupation by Europeans in 1811, has had frequent visitations of sick. ness-has just been visited by a violent and fatal epidemic, in the form of a remittent fever, which has swept off a number of the public functionaries and European troops, and vast numbers of the Chinese population. It is singular that this island, the loss of which by the convention of 1815 was at the time a matter so much regretted by the British nation, has proved nothing to its present masters but a subject of financial embarrassment. It has involved them in a most expensive contest: its trade is absolutely nothing; and even the produce of its tin mines has decreased-whilst its climate has proved destructive to the troops and establish ment. The Mauritius. According to an official statement published in the Mauritius gazette, it appears that the number of trading vessels which arrived at the island in the years 1822 and 1823 was 582, with a tonnage of 125,742 and 12,209 men: of these 384 were British; and of the foreign vessels 171 were French. The value of the imports was 6,240,045 dollars; of this sum 4,522,806 was British. The value of the exports for the two years was 4,835,669 dollars; of this sum 3,552,559 was British. annual British average of imports was 2,261,403; of exports 1,776,280 dollars. And the annual foreign average of im ports was 858,619; of exports 641,555 dollars. The Cape of Good Hope. Extract of a letter from the Cape, dated July 25" Business is still in a languid state here, and is likely to continue so; the paper currency question appears to engross the thoughts and conversation of all classes throughout the colony. The colonists have long anxiously hoped, that when Government called in the paper created and issued in 1810 and 1811, the remainder would regain its original value. On the other hand, the civil servants appointed from England would no doubt be glad to see it remain as it is; for instance, the present Colonial Secretary receives three thousand pounds sterling per annum, which, at the value of the rix dollars, soon after the settlement was captured in 1806, would be about sixteen thousand rix dol lars, but which, at the present value, is 40,000 rix dollars. It is here curious to observe, that the Dutch General Jansens, when governor of the Cape in 1804, received only twenty-five thousand rix dollars per annum, being fourteen thousand dollars less than our Colonial Secretary is now receiving. This will show how hea vily the colony must be taxed to pay these enormous sterling salaries, and it will also show the interest which the sterling salary men have in keeping down the value of the colonial paper currency." DEATH. July 14. R. C. Plowden, Esq., eldest son of R. C. Plowden, Esq., of Devonshire-place, London. Egypt. Extract of a letter from Mr. Galloway, jun. to his father the engineer, dated Alexandria, July 30:-" I have been with the Pacha this morning, during which time we had a long conversation on the subject of steam, with which he appears much pleased. There will be a fine opening here for steam-engines in general. There has been an immense coal-mine discovered near Constantinople, and the Pacha expects to gain permission to work it from the Grand Seignor. I have offered to take the superintendence of it. A grand project presents itself here for the establishment of a London company-I mean that of furnishing steam-vessels to ply between London and Liverpool and the East-In dies, by way of the Red Sea. I have proposed to cut a canal between Cairo and Suez. The route this way would be very short and safe, compared with the voyage round the Cape of Good Hope. The Pacha would consent to it, and the advantage, both to himself and the Company, would be immense. I shall push the subject when his Highness is more at leisure." SUPPLEMENT SUPPLEMENT TO CALCUTTA INTELLIGENCE. GOVERNMENT GENERAL ORDERS. PARDON OF THE BARRACKPORE MUTINEERS. Head Quarters, Calcutta, April 22, 1825. -Sir Edward Paget is pleased to announce to the army of this presidency the following act of grace, which he has thought the present a fit moment for carrying into effect. The deep sense of abhorrence and indignation, which, his Exc. is assured, has been felt and expressed throughout the native army, at the mutinous proceedings which occurred at Barrackpore on the 1st of Nov. last, has impressed the mind of the commander-in-chief with the satisfactory conviction, that the actors' and abettors in those disgraceful proceedings stood entirely alone, and unsupported in their disloyalty. Satisfied, therefore, that the ends of justice have been attained; that the rules of discipline and subordination, so shamefully violated on that occasion, have been amply vindicated; and that the devotion and attachment of the native army stand unimpeached, his Exc. is persuaded that the present occasion affords him the gratifying opportunity, without committing the interests and discipline of the army to the slightest risk, of extending an act of grace in favour of those unhappy men, who, having been apprehended, tried, and condemned to pay the forfeiture of their lives for their guilty participation in the late mutiny, were consigned, through motives of clemency, to the mitigated punishment of labour on the roads for certain terms of years. To these individuals the Commanderin-chief, with the concurrence of the right hon. the Governor-general in Council, hereby proclaims a free pardon, in consideration of the merits and services of the army in Arracan and Assam. With this act of grace, his Exc. trusts he may never have occasion to recal to his own, or the public recollection, the occurrences which it has been his painful duty to advert to in the foregoing remarks; and, in order that every trace of them may be obliterated, his Exc. is pleased to direct, that the body of Bindah Tewary, sepoy, who was sentenced to be hung in chains near the spot where the mutiny took place, may be removed. NEW MEMBER OF COUNCIL. Fort William, April 22, 1825.-The Hon. the Court of Directors having been pleased to nominate the Hon. John Herbert Harington, Esq. to be a provisional member of the Supreme Council of Fort William; the Hon. John Herbert Harington, Asiatic Journ. Vol. XX. No. 119. Esq. has according this day taken the usual oaths and his seat as a member of the Supreme Council, ur.der the usual salute from the ramparts of Fort William. MILITARY APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. . Fort William, April 15, 1825.-Capt. J. Taylor, corps of engineers, to be executive engineer of 10th or Agra div. of department of public works, and of garrison of Agra, &c. &c. April 22.-24th Regt. N.I. Brev. Capt. and Lieut. L. S. Bird, to be capt. of a comp., and Ens. R. H. Turnbull to be lieut., from 5th April 1825, in suc. to Burney resigned. from 16th April, v. White dec. 68th Regt. N.I. Ens. A. Barclay, to be lieut. Assist. Surg. J. Taylor to officiate as garrison assist. surg. in Fort William, during absence of Assist. Surg. Innes, v. Cavell, app. dep. apothecary to Hon. Comp. Assist.Surg. W. Cameron, to have medical charge of detachment of Gov.General's body guard at Bally Gunge. Lieut. Col. G. T. D'Aguilar, 16th N.I., transferred, at his own request, to Invalid estab., and appointed to command 14th or Orissa Prov. bat. Capt. Spellissy will proceed and assume command of Patna Prov. bat. during absence of Capt. Webber. Surg. D. Todd, attached to medical duties of civil stations of Dacca, having declined promotion, his app. as officiating dep. superintend. surg. accordingly cancelled. Mr. W. Stewart, surg. appointed temporarily to do duty as an assist. surg. on estab. Head-Quarters, April 20.-6th Reg. Local Horse. Lieut. Hodges, 5th Lt. Cav. to be 2d in command, v. Brev. Capt. C. O. Mason, who resigns. Capt. G. A. Aitkin, H.M.'s 13th Lt. Inf., to be brig. major to Bengal division of army under Brig.Gen. Sir A. Campbell, v. Lieut. Malim proceeding to Europe. April 21.-Capt. T. M. Taylor, attached to survey department, directed to place himself under orders of Quar. Mast. Gen. of army. Capt. Goldie, adj. and paymast. of Invalids, to have charge of Recruiting Dépôt at Allahahad. Capt. Bolton, 69th regt., to have charge of Recruiting Dépôt at Buxar. Lieut. and Adj. Moule, 23d regt. to have charge of Recruiting Dépôt at Futtehgurh. FURLOUGHS. To Europe. April 15. Lieut. M. Dormer, 16th N.I., for health.-22. Lieut. J. C. Tudor, 46th N.I., for health (to proceed from Mauritius). To Singapore.-April 22. Lieut. J. G. Sharpe, 24th N.I., for eight months, for health. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. March 22. At Nussecrabad, the lady of Lieut. Thompson, 56th N.I., of a daughter. April 4. At Porandah Factory, in Purneah, Mrs. G. Buckland, of a daughter. 6. At Carangoly, the lady of B. Cuncliffe, Esq., eivil service, of a son. : 9. At Cawnpore, the wife of Mr. T. A. Ereth, indigo planter, Upper Provinces, of a son. 15. At Futtehgurh, the lady of H. S. Reid, Esq., of a son. 18. At Cawnpore, Mrs. W. Gee, of a daughter. 19. At Benares, the lady of the Rev. W. Fraser, chaplain, of a son. 22. The wife of Mr. W. Cornelius, of a son. 4 H 22. At 22. At Chunar, the lady of Lieut. Col. Playfair, of Lodianha, of a son. 23. In Fort William, the lady of Major J. B. Boileau, of a son. 24. At Chowringhee, the lady of W. P. Palmer, Esq., civil service, of a son. 25. Mrs. C. Gardener, of a daughter. At Chowringhee, the lady of Maj. W. H, Whish, of artillery, of a son. MARRIAGES. April 14. Ens. the Hon. R. V. Pawys, 12th regt. N.I., to Miss Jane Beckett. 26. At the Cathedral, Capt. G. M. Greville, of the 16th, or Queen's regt. of Lancers, to Elizabeth Mary, eldest daughter of John Pearson, Esq., Advocate General of Bengal. 27. At Kishnaghur, Lieut. F. B. Corfield, of the 20th regt. N.I., to Miss Annie Nairne, daughter of the late Major R. Nairne, of the 6th regt. of cavalry. 28. At St. John's Cathedral, C. G. Strettell, Esq., attorney at law, to Miss Anna, only daughter of the late Alex. Greenlaw. DEATHS. April 8. At Meerut, Frances, widow of the late Capt. W. H. Wallis, of H. M.'s 24th Lt. Drags. 17. At Barrackpore, Elizabeth Anne, daughter of W. H. Belli, Esq., aged four years. Mr. J. L. Jackson, aged 25. 18. Zoe, youngest daughter of Mr. D. Low. 21. At Ghazeepore, Claudine Eleanor, infant son of John Hunter, Esq., aged one year. 25. Mr. C. Wiltshire, aged 47, superintendant of the Governor General's state boats. 27. W. H. Bean, son of Capt. C. H. Bean, of the country service. Postscript to Asiatic Intelligence. The following despatch appears in the Government Gaz tte of April 29. To George Swinton, Esq. Secy, to Govt. Secret and Political Department, Fort William. Sir; My despatch of the 29th ult. would inform you of my arrival in front of Donoobew, as well as of my motives for having retraced my steps to that place. I have now the honour to acquaint you, that the fort and different redoubts fell into our hands this morning, with all the ordnance, stores, dépôts, &c. &c., having been evacuated and abandoned by the enemy in the course of last night; and it affords me great satisfaction to add, that this important point has been gained with a very trifling loss on our part. I found the fort of Donoobew much too extensive to be surrounded by my small force; and, although fully aware of the great importance of every hour of the declining season of military operations, I preferred the loss of time to the loss of lives, and resolved to take advantage of our means and science in the reduction of the place. I, in consequence, ordered some heavy guns and mortars to be brought up and landed, and, with much laborious exertion, on the part of all employed, our mortar and enfilading batteries were opened yesterday, and the breaching batteries had just commenced their fire at daylight this morning, when the enemy's small rear guard was discovered in full retreat towards the jungle. The place was immediately taken possession of, and, in addition to the long list of guns, &c. found on the works, we have taken granaries and dépôts of grain sufficient for the consumption of this force for many months. All the wounded and sick found in the place join with the deserters who have come in, In positively, from the circumstantial manner in asserting the death of Maha Bun doolah ; The unremitting zeal and activity of Lieut. Col. Hopkinson and Captain Grant, commanding officers of artillery and engineers, during a most trying period, merit my peculiar notice, and their skill and attention in carrying on the approaches before this place reflect upon them the highest credit. I now beg leave to acknowledge my obligations to Capt. Alexander, C.B., his Majesty's ship 4gator, senior naval officer, and commanding the flotilla, for his hearty and cordial co-operation on all occasions since we have served together, and for his very great exertions on the present occasion, in bringing up stores and provisions. Since we have been before Donoobew, eleven of the enemy's large class war-boats have been captured by our advanced boats, under his own immediate orders; making, with others evacuated by their crews, thirty-eight first-rate war-boats now in our possession; and I have every reason to think that only five of the large squadron the enemy had stationed at this place have succeeded in escaping. A vast number of other boats, of an excellent description, have also fallen into our hands. In the course of to-morrow, part of my force will be again in motion towards Prome. I have, &c. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Brig. Gen Head-Quarters, Donoobew, 2d April 1825. General Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, in the operations of the Army under Brig. ¡Gen. Sir A. Campbell, before Donoobes, from the 25th of March to the 1st of April, 1825. Donoobere, 2d April 1825 Horse Brigade.-Killed, 1 rank and file. 1 Wounded, lascar, 1 syce, and 1 elephant coolie. 1 syce, 1 elephant coolie, 2 mahouts, and i troop. Governor-General's Body Guard.-Killed, 3 troop. Wounded, 3 troop. Foot Artillery.-Wounded, 1 lieut. and 2 rank and file. H. M.'s Royal Regt.-Wounded, 1 rank and H. M.'s 41st Regt.-Wounded, 1 serjeant, 3 rank and file, 1 lascar, and 1 man of the quartermaster's establishment. H. M.'s 47th Regt.-Killed, 3 rank and file. Wounded, i lieutenant, 6 rank and file, and 3 men of the quart.-mast.'s establishment. Missing, I hospital servant. H. M.'s 89th Regt.-Wounded, 3 rank and file, and 1 lascar. 1st Mad. Europ. Regt.-Wounded, I rank and file. 26th Regt. Mad. N. I.-Killed, 1 rank and file. Wounded, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer or bugler, and 4 rank and file. file. 43d Regt. Mad. N. I.-Wounded, 1 rank and 1st Bat. Pioneers.--Wounded, 1 rank and file Flotilla.-Wounded, 2 rank and file, 1 serman, and 3 lascars. Names of Officers Wounded. |