anxious to introduce many important reforms into this branch of the administration, but who was uniformly opposed to everything he desired to introduce for the benefit of this country by his civil colleagues then in the council, which rendered all his efforts in this behalf quite fruitless. The chief, if not the entire, merit of introducing the large reforms so much required in this most important department is, therefore, due to Lord Falkland, whose system of police administration differs somewhat from that laid down by his predecessor. Since his lordship has been at the head of the Government, he has totally uprooted the absurd system of promotion by mere seniority. This is now quite set aside; and unless a man could show meritorious services, he would stand but a poor chance of obtaining preferment at Lord Falkland's hands. In proof of our assertion, we would point especially to Mr. H. B. Frere's appointment to the office of commissioner in Sindh, which was opposed all outrance by the whole Milvill clique; to Mr. Courtenay's appointment as revenue commissioner, who thus superseded some twenty or so of his compeers;-to Mr. J. Erskine's recent appointment to the secretariate ;-every one of which appointments does the highest credit to the judgment and foresight of Lord Falkland. More able men than these three are not in the whole civil service, out of council, unless perhaps we may except Messrs. Goldsmid, William Frere, and LeGeyt, all of whom have great experience in their respective departments, and bear the very highest characters for ability and integrity. Indeed, all those we have named are men that any Government in the world might be proud to number amongst its servants. Amongst other important matters that have been settled during the administration of Lord Falkland, is the complete organization of the Inam commission, and the legalization of its proceedings by the passing of Act XI. of 1852. It is true that the merit of this organization is chiefly due to Messrs. Goldsmid and Hart, but it is also due to his lordship to say that he took an active interest in the matter, and urged upon the Supreme Government the necessity for legislating on the subject without delay. The revenue survey, first introduced under the benevolent rule of the late lamented Sir Robert Grant, has been extended to Guzerat, the Concan, and to Khandeish, by Lord Falkland; and so far from his lordship having availed himself, as he might have done without question, for patronage purposes, of the many valuable appointments which fell to his gift in the formation of the new departments, it is a fact that cannot be controverted, and one that in our opinion redounds greatly to his lordship's honour, and to his sense of right and justice, that he has not appointed either to the Inam commission, or to the revenue survey, a single officer who has not been selected either by Mr. Hart, the Inam commissioner, Captain Wingate, the revenue survey commissioner, or Mr. Goldsmid, the revenue secretary to Government; and then only after he had fully satisfied himself of the merits of the nominees. The natives, too, have largely benefitted by his lordship's liberal views respecting them. It is to Lord Falkland that the entire merit is due of having procured an Act of the Legislative Council of India to be passed, under which the same powers and authority are conferred upon natives as are enjoyed by members of the covenanted civil service. We refer to the creation of the office of deputy-collector and magistrate, which took place early in 1852. On this occasion also, his lordship waived his right to exercise his patronage in making these appointments. It is perfectly well known that every one of these offices,-numbering some forty-eight, if we remember rightly, -was filled on the nomination of Mr. Goldsmid, the revenue secretary, from the lists of candidates sent up to Government by the several collectors through the revenue commissioners. We defy contradiction when we assert that no appointments ever gave more general satisfaction to the people of the country than those we have mentioned, in the magisterial, Inam commissioner's, and survey departments. The genius of Khutput was then set at defiance, and sent away howling to more congenial haunts. Indeed, the uncovenanted service of Bombay, both European and native, has benefited more by Lord Falkland's administration than by that of any previous one, and the members of it will be looked upon as the most ungrateful set of men in India if they do not take some early opportunity of testifying their gratitude for the favours he has showered upon them. We will notice some of the most prominent men amongst them :-For instance, there is Mr. F. Hutchinson, appointed Collector of Bombay, on a salary of a thousand rupees a month. This highly-respected citizen is the first uncovenanted servant that ever held that office, it having hitherto belonged, as of right, to the covenanted service of the East-India Company. Then we have Mr. Charles Forjatt appointed superintendent of police at Belgaum : a most able officer as all will allow. Mr. A. W. Clarke, too, has been several times acting deputy civil auditor, and is fully equal to the task of performing the duties efficiently of the civil auditor himself. Next we have Mr. A. Stewart,-one of the keenest sportsmen, more efficient of public servants and hospitable of entertainers, in Guzerat-filling for some time the post of acting collector of continental customs and excise, and carrying on disputations with Mr. R. Spooner and the revenue commissioner N. D., and other magnates, all about salt and other condiments. Mr. Francis Leggett,-the oldest European inhabi tant of Bombay, and one of the most respected as well as the blandest of presidency officials,-next attracts our special notice. This very worthy, good man, has a second time been appointed by Lord Falkland Sheriff of Bombay, entirely on the score of merit, and that alone. Last, though not by any means the least-at all events in his own estimation-comes our friend Mr. Manaockjee Cursetjee, who has been so unexpectedly appointed a judge-the very height of his ambition! Added to these make-weights in his lordship's favour, we may remark here, that all the principal appointments in the Bombay Custom House have been conferred, since he has carried on the Government, on men who have risen in the department from subordinate offices, instead of being, as formerly was the case with other governors, made patronage appointments. It should be kept in view, when speaking of Lord Falkland's merits as a nonpatronage governor, that he must frequently have given cause of deep offence to numerous influential persons by distributing so many important appointments in the manner we have stated, instead of serving men who have powerful introductions, and whose interests his lordship must, for many reasons, have been most anxions to promote. The fiscal management of the country has occupied a large share of Lord Falkland's attention, and he has caused a great number of reforms to be introduced having the amelioration of the ryots in view. In these matters his lordship's efforts have been ably seconded by Mr. Goldsmid, one of the most competent fiscal officers in the service of Government, as he is decidedly the bestinformed revenue officer it can now boast of. A short time ago, we heard a friend refer to Lord Falkland having caused the revenue instalments to be collected so as to enable the ryots to take their produce to market at their own convenience, instead of forcing them, as heretofore, to fly for aid to the village Banian, and sell their little all to him at a ruinous loss. The new "khistbundy," as it is termed, is, we understand, intended greatly to benefit these poor people; but it is only a very few of the European officers who thoroughly understand how to work out the ystem, whereas those who do not or will not understand its mode of operation are making confusion more confounded, and are actually working out the ruin instead of the salvation of the unhappy wretches who are left to their tender mercies. This is not caused by any fault in the system itself, but is due to the want of proper discrimination on the part of some of the collectors, who do not choose to be at the trouble to make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the simplest rules laid down for their guidance. We have also heard the manner in which remissions are now granted when the season fails very highly spoken of by men conversant with the details of revenue management. Every thing is now done to prevent vexatious inspections of the ryots' fields, and to put a stop to degrading inquiries as to the means of each ryot, as also to prevent prevarications and extortions on the part of petty officials. The allowances of all our village officers are likewise now placed on a proper footing by Captain Wingate, and their duties clearly and properly defined. This has all been done under the warm support extended towards that able officer by Lord Falkland. But, were we to record all the remedial measures that have been carried to a successful issue under Lord Falkland's administration, we could readily fill many columns. Suffice it, therefore, to say, that wherever opportunity presented itself for benefitting the people under his rule, his lordship has never failed to take advantage of it to improve the occasion. Before closing our remarks on his lordship's public acts, we can. not, however, forbear noticing thus prominently the fact that it was in the last years of his administration that he caused those selections from the police and revenue records of the secretariat to be printed and published to the world, which have been so frequently and so favourably noticed by the press. This, it must be admitted, is a great advance towards doing away with that secresy which so much impedes the machinery of Government, and causes the knowledge of so much of what is really good and useful to be lost to the public, who frequently knew nothing of what was going on around them for the general benefit for years together. Lord Falkland has too, we are assured, most warmly urged on the Supreme Government that much larger sums of the public money than can now be sanctioned, should be placed at the disposal of the collectors, to be spent in works of irrigation; and he has strongly advocated a recommendation that a per centage of the revenues should be set aside for public works and native educational purposes, annually. In the present article, we have purposely avoided two subjects, which we might enlarge upon-Lord Falkland's private virtues, -which we do not think are in the line of our duty to dwell upon, -and the discussion of those public acts that have raised a small portion of the Indian press against him. Our opinions on the much discussed public acts of the governor have been already published, and are, therefore, known to our readers. With our good wishes for the future prosperity of Lord Falkland, and his amiable family, we now bid him farewell!-Poona Observer, Dec. 24. LOSS OF THE MEDUSA. You will be sorry to hear of the very serious accident that has happened to the H.C. steam-vessel Medusa, Lieutenant H. Fraser, I.N., commanding. The Medusa left this for Meeaday, to resume her station on the river frontier, on the 9th instant, and had proceeded about ten miles, when at about 2 P.M., on the same day, she struck on a sunken rock, and being a very old vessel, she instantly stove her bottom in, close to the second watertight compartment, which instantly filled, and from the very weak state of the ship, the sudden rush of water destroyed compartment after compartment. The vessel filling rapidly, every endeavour was made to run her on a bank, but none being near, and the ship showing symptoms of sinking in deep water, the officers and crew were ordered to save themselves the best way they could, which I hear was done by jumping overboard and swimming to the shore. I am happy to inform you that but one man was lost (I believe, the captain's cook). I hear the treasure chest and most of the ship's papers have been saved, and every effort is being made to save her guns and engines. The authorities here are very busy, preparing casks, rafts, &c. to send to the scene of the wreck. It is most fortunate that the gun-boats of the steam-frigate Zenobia are up here (where they have been stationed for the last two months); for, were they not, our river frontier would have been left quite unguarded, and dacoits would have soon shown themselves in thousands. On the departure of Lieut. Fraser, Lieut. Aylesbury will be appointed to conduct the duties of senior naval officer at Meeaday till the arrival of the Governor-General, when it is supposed one of the steamers of the Bengal marine will be made over to the Indian navy, as it is absolutely necessary to leave a naval officer on the spot, in the event of any disturbance taking place. The most serious loss to the government by the accident to the Medusa is the loss of her services, for she was very old and rotten. The commander and officers will be heavy sufferers by her loss, for they have lost everything, as no time was allowed them to save a particle of clothing, as she went down so suddenly, and has now some twenty-two feet of water over her decks. Lieut. Fraser speaks in high terms of the very excellent and steady conduct of the officers and men on this trying occasion.-Bombay Times. LIEUTENANT CHAPMAN. There are circumstances of peculiar melancholy attending the premature death of Lieutenant Chapman, of the engineers. All who during the last three years have had occasion to pass the Thull Ghaut, between Bombay and Nassick, will remember the magnificent road over the ghaut itself, which when continued into the plain country on either side, will make it the finest road over a mountain-pass in India. The execution of this work by Lie ut. Chapman, after the plans of the late Major Peat, had gained for him very early in his service a well-deserved reputation, and led to his being selected, towards the end of 1852, to examine a project for connecting Kurrachee with the Indus by means of a canal. This scheme had been originally proposed to Lord Auckland by Colonel Outram before the conquest of Sind, and the plans of the late Lieut.-colonel Le Messurier, which were then submitted to Government, were taken up by the Gov.-Gen. as of great importance to our military position on the Indus, and were printed. But the Afghan troubles and the conquest of Sind led to their being laid aside and almost forgotten, till a cursory examination, of the plans, and the ground the canal was to traverse, by Maj. Turner and Lieut. Fife, of the Engineers, showed that the scheme was at least as practicable and important as had been at first supposed; Lieut. Chapman was elected to complete the examination. The results of his labours during last season were embodied in a very voluminous report, lately submitted to Government, on which we have heard the highest praise was bestowed by those best quali. fied to judge. The conclusion arrived at by Lieut. Chapman was, that a railway offered advantages even superior to those of a canal; and the data he submitted were considered sufficient to warrant his being directed to prosecute without delay the detailed surveys necessary to form a final judgment regarding the project. In the interval between the completion of his report and the receipt of these instructions, he had been employed in laying out a road over the Lukhee range of hills, which now acts as an almost complete barrier to traffic on the right bank of the Indus, between Sehwan and Kotree. Having completed this duty, he was on his way back to Kurrachee when the melancholy accident occurred which cost him his life. It appears from the reports received by the authorities, that Lieut. Chapman, a serjeant of Engineers, and twentyseven public and private followers, embarked at Sehwan in a country boat, about 11 o'clock of the night, as the moon rose, of the 21st ult. The boat continued progress for Kotree for an hour, when she struck against a sunken tree, and immediately went under water. Four persons were washed off the boat at the time, but she again rose to the surface. They now cried for assistance, and their cries were heard at the village of Jam-ka-loda; some of the villagers at once proceeded to the river's side, and pushed off a small boat. One rope was thrown to the unfortunates, and they missed it, another was caught and broke, and before a third was procured injured boat had disappeared-supposed to be about two hours after the accident. Thirteen of the party in the boat were carried down by the current, and eventually gained land; but notwithstanding that Captain Hodgkinson very promptly had mounted police abroad, obtained boats from Kotree with grappling-hooks, and had search made in every direction, the bodies of Lieut. Chapman and others lost with him have not, at the time of our writing, been recovered. By soundings, it was ascertained that the boat sunk in ten feet water. In Lieut. Chapman the service has lost a young officer of the highest promise, who, had he been spared, would in all human probability, have established a reputation second to none in the distinguished corps to which he belonged. Here, where he was universally esteemed and respected in private life, the news of his untimely fate threw a general gloom over the society of the station. Scindian, Jan. 4. THE LONDON MAIL of Dec. 8th arrived at Bombay Jan. 9 (per Victoria). MESSRS. EDWARD IRVINE HOWARD and James Henry Standen, who were called to the bar, the former on the 17th of November, and the latter on the 6th of June, 1853, were sworn in as barristers of the Supreme Court on the 3rd of January. DEATH OF MR. JOHN MACLEOD.We are sorry to observe in the Sindian of the 24th ultimo, the announcement of the death, at Kurrachee, the previous afternoon, of Mr. John Macleod, collector of customs. The deceased gentleman was well known as an active, intelligent, and energetic public servant; and "in him," our contemporary states, that "the province of Scinde has lost a warm advocate of improvement, and the town of Kurrachee, its chief founder and great citizen." PUBLIC WORKS. -The Bombay Times reports that the Court of Directors have sanctioned an outlay of ten lacs of rupees to reclaim some land from the sea, in the harbour of Bombay. Upon this land it is intended to erect a railway terminus, a bonding warehouse, a custom house, and other public buildings. The remainder will be sold, and it is expected that the profit will more than defray the original cost. The projector of the scheme is Colonel Waddington, C.B. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON, AND CHINA, was opened for business yesterday; accounts were opened, we believe, to the extent of five lacs of rupees, and shares have risen from three and a half to five per cent. premium. From the interest displayed in its establishment by the native community, and its favourable commencement, coupled with the efficient manage. ment secured by the directors, we have no doubt that in a short time the institution will be amongst the most prosperous of its kind, and prove of great public convenience.-Bombay Times, Jan. 4. INDIAN NAVY BATTA. Bombay Castle, Jan. 3, 1854.-In assimilation with the rules in force under the Bengal Presidency, and in supercession of the rates laid down in para. 12, page 12, Indian Naval Pay and Audit Code, the Right Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to direct that Donation Batta to officers and men of the Indian Navy shall be paid at the following rates for Burmah:Six Months' Batta. Commander, as major in the army.... Lieutenant, surgeon, acting master, and purser, as captain in the army.. ....... ....... Assistant-surgeon, and acting second master, as lieutenant in the army...... Midshipmen, clerk, engineer, gunner, boatswain, and acting second-class second master, as ensign in the army Petty officers, seamen, engineer apprentices, and European servants paid by the state, as privates in the army Lascars, stokers, coal-trimmers, and native servants paid by the state, as native privates in the army... Assistant apothecaries.. Hospital assistants Rs. As. P. 2,739 6 0 1,095 12 0 730 8 0 547 14 0 38 0 0 18 0 0 180 0 0 30 0 0 The Rule, para. 13, page 12, granting the donation batta of a major to a lieutenant commanding, shall continue in force. Mates, having served as such for three years, shall, under the principle laid down in para. 81, page 91, receive donation batta as lieutenants in the army, those of less than three years' service continuing to participate as midshipmen. Apothecaries lent from the military department for duty in the marine, shall receive the same rate of donation batta that they would be entitled to if serving in the former department, namely, Rs. 60-14-0 per mensem. Country-trained engineers shall continue to receive donation batta as authorised by para. 14, page 12, Indian naval pay and audit code,-Rs. 30 per mensem. By order of the Right Honourable the Governor in Council. W. Cavaye, from 15th Nov. to 31st Dec. 1853, inclusive, as per G.G.O. No. 699 of 1853 Full Sharer. Clothing Agent. full year India Major... Benjamin Crispin 439 5 4 6,400 8 4 Bombay Castle, Jan. 3, 1854.-With reference to G. G. O. of the 22nd ultimo, and agreeable to the orders of the Hon. Court of Directors published in General Orders by the Supreme Government, dated the 3rd June, 1842, the majors promoted by the augmentation will rank in the line for promotion to lieut.-col., according to the dates of their respective commissions as captains and in the following order, viz :— Major C. B. Morton, 10th regt. N.I. Thus marked, are entitled to an additional half share from the public Treasury. Charge. For conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in having on or about Oct. 1st, 1853, proceeded on board the Hon. Company's flat," Euphrates," lying at Kotree, and on the deck of that vessel made use of the following grossly insulting and highly disgraceful language to Mr. G. Hutchinson, Acting Master of the Indian Navy, who was standing on the quarter-deck, viz.: "You are a liar," You are a damned liar, I will kick your -," or words to the like effect. Finding and Sentence.—Guilty, to be dismissed the service. WILLIAM HENRY LAW, Lieut.-Col. G. R. REMINGTON, Capt. 83rd regt., President, Offig. Judge Advocate. Recommendation of the Court.-The Court having performed its duty and passed a sentence in conformity with its finding, begs to recommend the prisoner to the favourable consideration of the confirming authority, on the grounds of his youth and inexperience, and that he conceived he had received a great provocation from Mr. Hutchinson having falsely stated in a note attached to these proceedings that he was drunk when crossing the river some days previously-this report having only reached him, Ens. Tanner, two or three hours before he casually met Mr. Hutchinson on board the flat "Euphrates," on the day mentioned in the charge. Remarks by the Commander-in-Chief. Ensign Tanner's offence was greatly aggravated by the fact of his having offered the gross insult he did to Mr. Hutchinson, when the latter was standing on the quarter-deck of a vessel belonging to the Hon. Company, in whose service Mr. Hutchinson was an officer, and there present on duty. Ensign Tanner, by his conduct, not only set at nought the rules of society, but openly violated those laws which are the very basis of discipline, and without which no military service can exist ; just and most merited has been the award of the court-martial,— an award in which I fully concur; but I am unwilling that one so young and inexperienced should have his prospects totally blighted on his entrance into life; and as many of the sentiments expressed in his defence bespeak an honourable mind, I pardon Ensign Tanner, trusting that he will, for the future, be more guarded in his conduct, and that he will reflect on the painful position in which he has been placed, and the distress the loss of his commission would have occasioned, not only to himself, but to those to whom he has so feelingly alluded in his defence, as deeply interested in his welfare. The Court has, by its judgment, vindicated discipline, and proved to the army that no officer can, even in defence of his own character, transgress, with impunity those rules which society require to be observed by every gentleman. I earnestly implore all young officers seriously to reflect upon the circumstances which have led to the trial, with the view of placing a guard upon their temper, which, by giving way to in a moment of irritation, might terminate in their ruin. (Signed) FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE, Lieut.-Gen. and Com.-in-Ch. Ensign M. B. Tanner is to be released from arrest, and directed to return to his duty. CIVIL. APPOINTMENTS, &c. ADAM, W. P. to be priv. sec. to the Governor. FRERE, H. B. E. commissr. of Scinde, resu. ch. of du. on Dec. 12. JENKINS, E. L. to proc. into districts of Broach collectorate on du. Jan. 1. LINDSAY, H. B. to be 3rd asst. coll. and mag. of Ahmedabad. PELLY, J. H. pl. in ch. of Hooblee instead of Bunkapoor talooka. REID, L. 1st asst. coll. and mag. to rec. permanent ch. of the districts of Bugwara, Parnera, Bulsar, and Parchole, Jan. 6. ROBERTSON, A. D. fr. 4th to 3rd class, fr. Oct. 11. ROBERTSON, J. W. to be 2nd asst. to coll. of continental cus. and exc. Dec. 7, to be act. 2nd asst. to coll. and mag. of Broach, Dec. 29. ROBERTSON, E. P. actg. 2nd asst. coll. and mag. to rec. perm. ch. SPOONER, M. to be a mem. of board of conservancy, Jan. 4. MILITARY. APPOINTMENTS, &c. ADAMS, Maj. W. S. 3rd Eur. regt. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. ANDERSON, Capt. W. F. 11th N.I. to rank fr. Nov. 1, 1852, in suc. to Blood, prom. ANDERSON, Capt. G. S. A. 18th N.I. to rank fr. Feb. 21, 1852, in suc. to James, prom. ANDERSON, Ens. R. B. to do duty with 9th N.I. to join on arr. of that regt. at Surat. ASTON, Maj. H. to be act. pol. ag. in Katteewar, dur. abs. of Lieut. col. Lang, on m.c. BAINBRIDGE, Lieut. 24th N.I. to offic. as line adj. at Sattara, dur. abs. of Capt. Thomas. BARROW, Capt. C. M. 19th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. of surveyor, Jan. 9. BARTON, Lieut. L. C. 1st N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. BELLASIS, Lieut. col. J. B. fr. 8th N.I. to 3rd Eur. reg. BLOOD, Lieut. col. R. fr. 22nd to 17th N.I. to take rank fr. Nov. 1, 1852, v. Crozier, retired. BONNOR, Lieut. R. M. 7th N.I. to rank fr. Nov. 17, 1852, in suc. to Melvill, prom. BRETT, Lieut. col. W. art. ret. to duty Dec. 8, from horse brigade to 2nd batt. to command, Jan. 5. BRODIE, Lieut. W. M. to act as adj. 7th N.I. v. Robison. BURROWS, Lieut. G. R. S. 15th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. CAPUSAC, Capt. W. L. 11th N.I. returned to duty. CAMPBELL, Capt. E. 3rd Eur. reg. to command the recruits for the sappers and miners, and 3rd Eur. regt. arrived fr. England, proc. to Poona, Jan. 10. CARTER, Lient. V. B. D. 12th N.I. qual. as interp. in Mahratta. CHAMPION, Lieut. J. 24th N.I. to be capt. fr. Dec. 9, in suc. to Stack, dec. COLES, Ens. 15th N.I. to act as line adj. to Bhooj, Jan 2. COLEY, Capt. J. C. 10th N.I. to rank fr. Nov. 15, 1853, in suc. to Hume, prom. COLLIER, Lieut. C. A. to be qr. mr. and interp. to 26th N.I. fr. Nov. 26, 1853, to rank fr. Feb. 6, 1852, in suc. to Crozier, prom. COMPTON, Capt. D'O. S. to act as pol. ag. in Mahee Kanta. CONNELL, Lieut. W. A. 11th N.I. to rank fr. Nov. 1, 1853, in suc. to Blood, prom. COOPER, Maj. J. 7th N.I. to rank fr. Nov. 17, 1852, in suc. to Melvill, prom. COTGRAVE, 2nd Lieut. R. E. F. posted to engs. to rank fr. Dec. 22, v. Playfair, prom. CREAGH, Lieut. W. 19th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. CROWE, 2nd Lieut. T. C. art. to be 1st Lieut. fr. Dec. 31, in suc. to Rowan, ret. Jan. 10. CROZIER, Lieut. col R. J. (ret.) to take rank fr. Feb 6, 1852, v. G. P. Le Messurier, dec. CUMMING, Lieut. W. G. to be asst. to the supt. revenue survey and assessment, Guzerat, fr. Oct. 20. CURTIS, Capt. W. F. dep. jud. advocate gen. trans. fr. the Scinde to the Northern div. Jan. 3. DAVIDSON. Lieut. col. D. fr. 17th N.I. to 13th N.I.; to rank fr. Dec. 1, 1851, v. Troward, inv. DAVIDSON, Ens. C. T. 27th N.I. transf. to do duty with 19th N.I. to join. DES VOEUX, Lieut. A. A. 5th L.I. placed at disp. of C.-in-C. for regt. duty. to join. DRUMMOND, Maj. A. A. 11th N.I. to rank fr. Nov. 1, 1852, in suc. to Blood, prom. EALES, Lieut. 29th N.I. to act as adjt. to the wing, to proc. to Vingorla. ELLIOTT, Lieut. H. H. 21st N.I. to rank fr. Aug. 8, 1852, v. West, dec. ELLIOT, Lieut. H. H. 1st L.C. to be a.-d.-c. to Right Hon. the Governor. ELPHINSTONE, Lieut. P. A. 18th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. EVANS, Capt. J. L. 16th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. EVANS, Capt. H. L. 17th N.I. to rank fr. Dec. 1, 1851, in suc. to Davidson, prom. FOLLETT, Capt. F. W. 25th N.I. to be maj. fr. Nov. 15, 1853, in suc. to Jackson, prom. GAISFORD, 2nd Lieut. C. L. R. 1st Eur. fus. rec. cert. of qual, as surveyor, Jan. 9. GIDLEY, Lieut. col. T. fr. 26th N.I. to 22nd N.I. GIFFARD, Lieut. S. 16th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor. GLEIG, Lieut. to act as qr. mr. and int. to 2nd Gren. N.I. dur. abs. of Bolton, Jan. 2. GORDON, Capt. R. to be asst. to the supt. revenue survey and assessment, fr. Goozerat, fr. Nov. 1. GRAHAM, Lieut. art. to act as line adj. at Ahmednuggur, dur. abs. of Lieut. the Hon. C. E. Hobart GRAY, Capt. W. B. 26th N.I. to rank fr. Feb. 6, 1852, in suc. to Crozier, prom. GREEN, Ens. E. A. 11th N.I. to be lieut. fr. Dec. 16, v. Jones. HAILES, Lieut. to vet. ch. of horses 1st tr. h. art. v. Brown. HALE, Lieut. col. J. fr. 25th N.I. to 21st N.I. HARDY, Lieut. 1st L.C. to act as line adj. at Neemuch, v. Lieut. Rose, placed temp. at the disp. of the polit. agent in Meywar. HAWKINS, Lieut. col. A. S. fr. 21st to 10th N.I.; to rank fr. Sept. 2, 1852, v. Cumming, dec. HAWTHORN, Ens. G. S. 24th N.I. passed colloq. exam. in Hindustani, Dec. 27. HAWTHORN, Ens. A. 9th N.I. ret. to du. Dec. 8, 1853. HENRY, Lieut. J. W. 3rd Eur. regt. to be act. mil. sec. to gov. HEWITT, Lieut. 28th N.I. to perf. du. of paymr. N. div. of the army, dur. abs. on leave of Capt. Eyre, and on his responsibility. HEATHORN, 2nd Lieut. S. art. rec.cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. HOLLAND, Lieut. W. H. act. dep. asst. commy. gen. to revert to the rank of sub. asst. commy. gen. Jan. 5. HOLLAND, Lieut. col. J. 28th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor. HOLLAND, Ens. T. J. 13th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor. HUME, Lieut. col. J. G. to take rank fr. Nov. 15, 1853, v. Cracklow, prom. HUTCHEON, Lieut. D. 2nd Eur. L.I. to rank fr. Sept. 3, 1851, in suc. to Le Messurier, prom.; on expiration of leave to join detach. of his regt. at present doing duty with r. wing of 1st Eur. regt. at presidency, Jan. 12. JACKSON, Sen. maj. J. c.B. to be lieut. col. fr. Nov. 15, 1853, on the augmentation; posted to 26th N.I. JACOB, Lieut. col. R. fr. 22nd N.I. to 17th N.I. JAMES, Lieut. col. H. to take rank fr. Feb. 21, 1852, v. Roberts, prom. JAMESON, Capt. D. H. 8th N.I. returned to duty. JONES, Capt. H. E. D. 28th N.I. ret. to du. Dec. 8, 1833. LAMB, Ens. A. J. 22nd N.I. passed colloquial exam. in Hindustane, Dec. 28, rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. LANG, Lieut. col. W. to take rank from June 26th, 1852, v. Cavaye, prom. LA TOUCHE, Ens. attached to 14th N.I. reported fit for duty, to join his corps Jan. 2; to be interp. to 14th N.I. dur. abs. of Ens. Keys. LE GEYT, Unposted cornet W. E. is attached to do duty with h. brig. at Poona, to join on expiration of leave. LE MESSURIER, Lieut. col. P. A. to take rank fr. Sept. 3, 1851, v. Jones, dec. LOURY, Lieut. E. 25th N.I. to be capt. fr. Nov. 15, 1853, in suc. to Jackson, prom. LYONS, Lieut. col. II. fr. 1st Eur. regt. to 14th N.I. LYON, Ens. C. J. 16th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. MACDONALD, Lieut. J. A. M. 3rd Eur. regt. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. MARRIOTT, Lieut. C. 8th N.I. to rank fr. Sept. 2, 1852, in suc. to Hawkins, prom. MARSH, Lieut. E. N. 18th N.I. to rank fr. Feb. 21, 1852, in suc. to James, prom. MAXWELL, Lieut. H. P. B. 14th N.I. to do duty with 15th N.I. MCGREGOR, Capt. J. 21st N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. MELLISS, Lieut. G. J. 8th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. MELVILL, Lieut. col. P. M. to take rank fr. Nov. 17, 1852, v. Forbes, prom. MERRIMAN, Lieut. to perform du. of exec. engr. Aden, dur. abs. of Kennedy. MILDMAY, Ens. A. G. St. John, 3rd Eur. regt. rec. cert. of qua!. as surveyor, Jan. 9. MORAY, Ens. J. C. D. S. 28th N.I. tr. to do du. with 23rd L.I. MORSE, Maj. H. C. 8th N.I. to rank fr. Sept. 2, 1852, in suc. to Hawkins, prom. MORTON, Maj. C. B. 10th N.I. to rank fr. Nov. 15, 1853, in suc. to Hume, prom. MOYLE, Capt. C. A. 21st N.I. to rank fr. June 25, 1852, in suc. to Lang, prom. NICHOLSON, Lieut. J. T. res. ch. of 2nd in com. of the Guzerat irreg. horse, Dec. 25. OUTRAM, Lieut. col. J. fr. 3rd Eur. regt. to 11th N.I.; to rank fr. June 22, 1853, v. Duff, invalided. PARTRIDGE, Maj. T. H. 18th N.I. to rank fr. Feb. 21, 1852, in suc. to James, prom. PAUL, Lieut. A. G. 23rd N.L.I. to rank fr. June 22, 1853, in suc. to Outram, prom. PELLY, Lieut. L. 17th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9; joined as dep. coll. in Scinde, Dec. 18, 1853. PEACOCKE, Capt. E. T. 1st N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. PETRIE, 1st Lieut. J. G. art. to be capt. fr. Dec. 31, in suc. to Rowan, ret. PHAYRE, Capt. R. 25th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. PIERCE, Lieut. T. W. W. 10th N.I. to rank fr. Nov. 15, 1853, in suc. to Hume, prom. PLAYFAIR, 2nd Lieut. J. W. engs. to be 1st lieut. fr. Dec. 22, v. Chapman, dec. POLLEXFEN, Lieut. J. J. 15th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. PONSONBY, Capt. C. 17th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor. POPE, Maj. J. 17th N.I. to rank fr. Dec. 1, 1851, in suc. to Davidson, prom. POPE, Ens. R. S. 25th N.I. to be lieut. fr. Nov. 15, 1853, in suc. to Jackson, prom. PRESCOTT, Lieut. C. J. 24th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as sur- PRIOR, Maj. G. N. 21st N.I. (retired), to rank fr. June 25, 1852, in suc. to Lang, promoted. ROBERTSON, Capt. G. H. 25th N.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor. ROBISON, Lieut. H. G. 3rd Eur. reg. to accom. the recruits for the sappers and miners, and 3rd Eur. reg. arr. fr. England, proc. to Poona, Jan. 16. ROWAN, Capt. H. art. to rec. vet. ch. of the horses of the batt. at Ahmednuggur. SALMON, Capt. W. B. act. assist. comm. genl. to revert to the rank of deputy assist. commy. genl. and on being relieved by Capt. Shaw, to proceed to Nusseerabad, and assume charge of the commissariat and bazaar depts. at that station, Jan. 5. SAVILLE, Lieut. J. W. 2nd Eur. L.I. rec. cert. of qual. as surveyor, Jan. 9. SCHNEIDER, Lieut. F. Adj. of Sawunt Warree loc. corps, resu. ch. of du. on Dec. 12, 1853. SCOTT, Lieut. col. J. 10th N.I. to 1st Eur. fus. SHAW, Capt. R. asst. commy. gen. to proceed to Deesa, and assu. ch. of the commt. and bazaar depts. at that station, Jan. 5. SHEPPARD, Lieut. J. L. 4th N.I. to be adjt. v. Castell, proc. to Europe, Jan. 10. SHEPPEE, Lieut. F. to act as adj. and qr. mr. of art. S. div. v. Hossack. SHERWELL, Capt. H. 2nd Eur. L.I. to rank fr. Sept. 3, 1851, in suc. to Le Messurier, prom. SHORTT, Lieut. R. J. G. G. 7th N.I. to rank fr. April 30, 1853, v. Wheatstone, dec. SHORTREDE, Maj. R. 2nd Eur. L.I. to rank fr. Sept. 3, 1851, in suc. to Le Messurier, prom. SOPPITT, Ens. A. 10th N.I. reported fit for duty, to join his corps. STEVENSON, Lieut. to act as qr. mr. at Kurrachee, dur. abs. of Ens. Keys. STEVENSON, Lieut. D. 14th N.I. to do duty with 15th N.I. Jan. 5. STILEMAN, Lieut. W. C. 15th N.I. to act. as adj. ST. JOHN, Lieut. col. J. fr. 11th N.I. to 23rd N.I. STOCK, Capt. asst. adjt. gen. to be attached to the adjt. gen. office at pres. and app. member of the committee for the prep. of the revised code of military regulations, v. Capt. Thacker, Jan. 7. STRUTH, Ens. J. R. 9th N.I. reported fit for duty, to join his corps, Jan. 2. STUART, Lieut. col. C. S. fr. 14th N.I. to 3rd Eur. regt. THAIN, Ens. D. D. 24th N.I. to be lieut. fr. Dec. 9, in suc. to Stack, dec. THATCHER, Lieut. T. 11th N.I. to be brig. maj. v. Rolland. THOMPSON, Capt. E. 8th N.I. to rank fr. Sept. 2, 1852, in suc. to Hawkins, promoted. THOYTS, Lieut. N. B. 21st N.I. to rank fr. June 25, 1852, in suc. to Lang, promoted; placed at the dis. of the Governor-General's agent for the states of Rajpootana, Jan. 10. THATCHER, Lieut. T. app. a brigade major, posted to Poonah. TREVELYAN, Maj. H. W. to act as pol. ag. in Cutch dur. abs. of Maj. G. L. Jacob. WAINWRIGHT, Ens. M. F. 15th N.I. to act as qr. mr. WARREN, Lieut. 20th N.I. to act as line adj. at Sholapoor v. Hammond, on leave. WATKINS, Maj. J. 23rd N.L.I. to rank fr. June 22, 1853, in suc. to Outram, dec. WAY, Ens. 28th N.I. to be adjt. in addition to qr. mr. and interp. on dep. of Lieut. Robertson, on m.c. WELLS, Capt. F. superint. of pol. Poona, del. ov. ch. of off. to mag. on Dec. 26, 1853. WHISH, 2nd Lieut. F. A. to rank fr. Dec. 31, v. Crowe, prom. WHITEHILL, Capt. S. R. J. 23rd N.L.I. to rank fr. June 22, 1853, in suc. to Outram, prom. WHITLIE, Major W. F. c.B. art. fr. 2nd batt. to 3rd batt. to join head-quarters, Jan. 5. WILSON, Maj. G. 26th N.I. (retired), to rank fr. Feb 6, 1852, in suc. to Crozier, prom. WOODBURN, Lieut. col. A. fr. 2nd N.I. to 25th N.I. ANDERSON, Cornet C. J. 1st L.C. Jan. 1 to 15, to Bombay. BAUGH, Capt. C. R. 9th N.I. fr. Jan. 6 to 15, in ext. to join. BOLTON, Lieut. W. M. S. 2nd Gren. N.I. to rem. at presidency till Jan. 31, on m.c. BOYD, Lieut. M. 11th N.I. till Jan. 31. BROWN, Lieut. W. T. 16th N.I. 3 yrs. to Europe, on m.c. BROWN, Lieut. J. G. art. fr. Jan. 6 to 16, to rem. at Bombay. BRYANS, Ens. J. W. 22nd N.I. Dec. 30 to Jan. 31, to Bombay, on m.c. CAMPBELL, Capt. E. 3rd Eur. regt. fr. Dec. 24 to Jan. 10, to remain at pres. |