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4 ,f ' / A N .;•., • p,.1 1, X • ()i, i 11!! o to ' 1. • 5 (5.17'1 / 4 .‘ • • • ,„ • !.(/ • fly to tools• D o far :odera , most ith the hence I I 1 aMOgt ~.` ~' ) 4/ 7 (se.„ / ld ad. .atate fit, in world iso of )fAr. ion on Igo of 1 with l e out NUMBER 9841. MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1824. PRICE StvENPllqa. 1, Sir, G'IC7'U.iLLING-OFFICE, March 5, 1844. MR. RIES' FAREWELL CONCERT. - Mr. RIES moat respectfully acquaints his Friends and the Public, that peculiar circumstances have induced him to fix his CONCERT on THURSDAY, April 8, instead of the date formerly advertised. Particulars will be duly announced.—Tickets, los. 6d. each, to be had at Mr. Ries', 57, Upper Norton -street, Portland-place, and at all the Principal Music Shops. INDIA. received one wound through the right arm, two in the left arm, two in the left hand, one in each side, and one in th e right thigh. From the dialect of the assailants he concluded they were Sear Mut4 , ga: Swears to the corpse in the grave being that of his master, from the hair and heard. The .third witness was Gamut NubLec, a Xhidinutgar, 'who recognized the body of his 'master, from the .hair of his head and beard. The property which he knew was stolen consisted of three swords, one douhle-barrelled gun, and one single-bar.; relied gun. Every, one says the Murderers are called Sear Murioala. The witness exhibited on his person lire different spear-wounds. Emanibuksh was the forth witness. He saw Mr. Itavenscroft dead. ' Assisted in washing his body, and held the book whilst his master, Ensign Plattovas reading over the coffin. . The murderers are said to be Scar Murtrahs. The people murdered were two Burkundases, two Washeimen, one Grass-cutter, and a child . . In all eighteen were wounded. The fifth was Deenah. SaW Mr. Ravenscroft dead, and held the Chatta over Ensign Platt whilst be was burying him. The - sixth witness, .Dalgunjum Tailor. Was present during the attack in the night. The Court perceived thirteen spear wounds on hie body. Syce, the seventh witness deposed that he heard the the thieves cry, " Dawa'eeMolutraj, this murderer has: come from Secrora to settle here," and then saw them• attacking a ll the'servants. He Ives present. when the corpse of Mr. Ravens- Croft was washed and buried. From the strange dialect sup poses the ruffians to be Sear llfunwahs. They were about a hundred. Recognizes the body of his master from the beard. The Court observed six wounds on the witness's body. The eighth witness was Afursur,Syce, his deposition the same subitance as that of Juggoo. The witness chewed to the Court a wound in his back. The robbers seemed to be about one hundred in hutaber. • guest - loss to his profession; - and science in general. He came on board with every. symptom of confirmed. pulmonary corn. sumption, but his death was accelerated ( a lth oug h hi s case ap.; peered before utterly.hopeless).byeine of • the gales we encoun bard, in which a heavy sea. brolee into his, cabin.during . the night ; the sudden - alarm which this event natiikallf exerted was too much for - his weak frame, another blood-iiesiel gave way in •his lungs, a- fresh hemorrhage. *as the consequence, and he died in the comae of the following night. Before you receive this, y ou . wilt most - probably haleearned that our worthy and excellent Commauderia no, more; he died on the 29th April, only foot dart before we arrived at the. Cape. The Marchioness . of Ely gat 'into 'Table Bay two or three days before, and Captain -hay saw him -mole than once before he died ; a melancholy satisfaction which was denied td us, as well . as that of paying the last . sad duties to'Nee remains, for he was interred two days before our arrival. Captain Kay - and the officers of, his ship, and a number of the residents cf. Cape Town, followed him to the grave; every possible, respect. was' shewn o n t h e occas i on, a ll t h e ships in the harbOur holted their colours half-mast, and the Ely fired minute-giens from the time the corpse left the house until it reached the place of interment. You will not think ins tedious by all this there is a feeling of conso l a ti on , me l anc h o ly as i t is, indvreliing circumstances which -serve to ?die*, in a disinterested point of view, the feelings if the sureiyors, and their sense of departed worth. It is a relief to one's sorrow, for I cannot conceal that this sad event has affected me sensibly. Death has.been of late' years very busy with those I have loved and esteemed, :and I now find myself deprived for ever of another of inY kindest, warmest, and best friends."—( Calcutta Alloutlily Journal:) " We have much pleasure in publishing the following well merited tribute to departed worth. The respected and lamented individual a to whom it relates was too welt known as an able and zealous officer, and an excellent man, to render any thing like an attempt at e ulo g y from us unnecessary. We have.only to add, that every possible mark of respect was paid to his re-' mains, which were followed to the grave .by Major-Gencral Reynell, and every person at the Station of Meerut.. " Division Orderr.—Llead-Quarters.ilfecrut,July 26, 1823. —lt is with deep concern that Major-General Reynell has tee announce to the Division the death of Dr. KNYS, Superintend-- , ing Surgeon of the Kurnaul Circle, an event which took place last night, after a tedious and painful dimes. " In the course of a service 'exceeding 30 years in India, Dr. KEYS could hardly fail to be well known to most of the officers of any long standing in this army ; and the Mejor-General fully persuaded from his own knowledge of the worth, and amiable qualities of him whose death he laments, that' it:Was only necessary for such an individual to be known, either in the exercise of his professional duties, or in the walks of private life, toe ensure to his memory a general feeling of respect and lasting regard."—(lbid. Aug. 21.) After the notice that lately appeared in our paper respecting the death of Dr. Kr. is, we did not expect that we should so soon have to repeat the melancholy task of recording another casualty in the same family. We regret exceedingly to leant by last evening's dawk, that Mrs. KEYS departed this life at Meerut on the Bth inst. After the death of her adored husband,- she fell ill, and in the course of a few days followed him to the grave,—thus praying the strength of her affection, and the iew votedness other attachment by the last mournful sacrifice of a broken heart. In every relation oflife, Mrselicvs was most amiable, most estimable, and moat beloved. 'Were we to ex tend this paragraph to, the.limits which her worth claimed, and which our own inclination would prompt, those who knew not her merits might accuse us of exaggeration ; but those .who knew her well and held her most dear, would say that no eulogy which we co u ld p a y cou ld b e more than was due. We salt therefore merely sum up by saying that her virtues shed a grace upon Society—that by her acquaintance. she was universally respected, and by her friends as sincerely beloved as she is now most deeply and deservedly lamented.-e( Mid- Avg. 25.) At Futtyghur, on the 2nd July, Master Leopold, son of Leopold I)yce, Esq., aged 13 years. A violent fever of a few days duration, deprived his disconsolate parents of this promis ingyout!l. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His MAJESTY's AVY, do hereby *we A'atiee, that on Tuesday, the 16th Instant, they will g ftegi fk to receive Tenders in writing (sealed ap), and try for MURDER OF Mr. RAVENSCROFT. Official confirmation has been received of the murder of Mr. RAVENECROFT. We refer our readers below to the crave and y e , proceedings of the Court, of inquiry appointed to examine view the body. In consequence of the state in which the corpse was found, the only marks by which it could be recognised were the hair and beard.—Thus, then, all doubts must be at an end, for sufficient proof has been adduced to satisfy the most sceptical, that Mr. Ravencroft was murdered at Bin gah, and that he was buried there. There is in this appalling close of that unfortunate man's career something that most emphatically points 8 moral, and forcibly impresses the truth of the saying, th a t Conduct is Fate. Into any details, however, - it is not our intention to enter. We knew Mr. man of a more generous mind and could not be. His faults were those ww ß ha a rmi r c e h n a i ffe c irs ro cu f t t ai , ounys an t d a ahretteach prudence and thoughtless "to such a temperament—great im profusion. These led to embarrass ments—to relieve which, he listened in an evil hour to the specu lative suggestions of fawning designer* who led him into ruin ous projects. At length he beefitlyea_._ public defaulter. This - was a most grievous offence, and grievously has he answered for it.' To those who have beheld hint in a festive hour, or in the - gay scene, the perusal of the particulars to which we have referred, will bring home feelings of an awful character. In his person, Mr. Ravenscroft was a handsome man, and his manners were pleasing and graceful. His disposition was kind and placable even to a fault. Our sympathy is naturally moved when we hear of such a man having been barbarously murdered but there is a degree of terrific interest added to it when a solemn inquest is held over the mangled remains so disguised and changed by the progress of natural decay, that only two marks of melancholy recognition remain by which the most in... timate friend could recognise them. _ that prif-• eM• Ots Hundred 7'housand Gallons of WEST INDIA RUM, Five Hundred Pipes of SPANISH RED WINE, 4 "4 One Hundred Tons of MUSCOVADO SUGAR; be delivered into Nis Majesty's Victualling Store. at Dept lord, the Rum and Sugar one-half in April, and the re n•qinder in May next; and the Ffrine, ene-half in three l ' . '""ths from the day of Contract, end the remainder in two By Permission of the LORD CHAMBERLAIN. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mlt. THELWALL'S ORATORICAL and CRITICAL LECTURES on SHAKSPEARE and the DRAMA, &c. LECTURE THE FIRST.—WEDNESDAY, 10th March. Introductory Address—Oratorical. after wring r the otro the were ,PBiTtlis afterwards. T he Sugar to be answerable to Samples 8f not less then lieo pounds weight each, to be produced with the Tenders. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. Bad' Tender must specify the price in words at length, and 6e delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed and the person who makes the Tender, or some Person on hid b e h a f, must attend to answer when called for. Melo-Mono-Dramatic Prologue—Original. Critical Disqusition.—On the general Characteristics of the Genius of Shakspeare ; and his Imaginative faculty, in parti cular—Spontaneous. Recitations.—The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet—Mids. Night's Dream. Mercutio's Queen Mab—Romeo and Juliet. Oratorical Dissertation.—On the Imaginative or Superna tural Characters of Shakspeare—The Witches in Macbeth, the Fairies in the Midsummer's Night's Dream, &c. Critical Illustrations of The Tempest, with Recitation; &c. Imitations by other:Poets.--Dryden's King Arthur, &c. Dryden and Davenant's alteration of The Tempest, and the present acting arrangement. Digression on the Dramatic and Poetical Genius of Dryden, and his attempted improvements on Shakspeare and Milton ; to conclude with the recitation of his Ode—Alexander's Feast. Doors open at Seven. Begin at Half-past Seven precisely. Boxes, ss. Pit, 3s. First Gallery (only), 2s. Box Sub scription for the Course, £2 2s. Pit, £1 4s. Lecture Second, Friday, March 12.—Coriblanus, Julius Ca - sar, &c. with Recitations of the Oratorical portions. . Subscription Tickets to be had of Mr. Ebers, Bond-street : Mr. Sams, Pall Mall ; Mr. Ridgway, Piccadilly ; Mr. Bald win, Newgate-street; Messrs. Bowdery and Kerby, and Mr. Reynolds, Oxford-street ; Mr. Fentum's, 80, Strand ; at Boyle's Court Guide Office, 1, Leicester-square ; of the Lec turer, North Brixton Cottage (where private Instructions con tinue to be given in cases of Impediment, &c.) ; and at the Box Office, where places may be taken. f) or Y .f 'C' f hit nd he th of dig- Wren Pat t w os, pur• p 10•• and M. WALLER CLIFTON. C ONTRACT TO DELIVER COALS AT GIBRALTAR. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chawiters, March 4, 1824. " le; of flown f the pub the :8 , to SUCH Persons as are desirous of Contract ing with the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, to D ELIVER 2,000 Chaldrons of COALS at GIBRALTAR, H34 l' receive Particulars of the Contract. at this Office, be tween the hours of Ten and Four, and deliver their Tenders seated up and directed to the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, Markin g thereon " Tender for Coals ;" on or before Tuesday, the 16th inst. ; but none will he received after Twelve o'Clock on that " D al; ❑or will any Proposal be noticed unless made on or annexed to a printed Particular, and the Prices inserted in Words at length ; nor unless a Letter be subjoined to such Proposal, signed by two Persons of known property, eagag. ing to become bound with the Party tendering in the Sam expressed in the Particulars, for the due performance of the Contract. The Court of Inquiry sat again on the 4th of July, in con junction wish the person deputed by the Aumil of liar raitch on the part of his Majesty the King of (hide, to hear whatever evidence might come before it, but after waiting the whole day without being able to procure from the neighbouring villages any further infbrmation, the Court was compelled to adjourn. Shee Sing, Talookdar of Bingah, on a visit he paid to the Court, declared that he knew nothing about the mur derers, or the motive of the attack, further than that report said they were Sear llfurt•ahs, and that. .they resided in the purgunnahs of Toolsepore and Elkannah. The Court re-assembled on the sth. Information having reached the Court on the preceding evening, that a Brahmin, who resides at the distance of 6 coss from Ilingah, knew some thing of the murder, and those who committed it, Shew Sing was directed to produce him. Annant Choz4y, the said Brah min, was accordingly brought before the Court, and deposed that a Maliajun, named Bowonee Sing, resident of the village Cutctineeah in the pergunnah of Toolseepore, is in the habit of lending the Seer illurwaks money ; that: a man, name un . known, the son of a person called iileery, now dead, is the proprietor of a village named Bunoonee, in Toolsepore, and within one coss of,B.unoonee fire bands of Sear Itturwahs re side, two of which are the persons who attacked and murdered the late Mr. Ravenscroft; that Servdeen Sing, uncle to Rajah Don liahadur Sing of Toolseepore, is in the habit of rece i v i ng a regular share of the spoils of t he Sear 31nrrvahs. 4nnaut Chowby swore that he•could prove that the stolen property be longing to the late Mr. Ravenscroft, is in Sewdeen Sing's pos session. Annan: Chareby further stated that a man named Koolahall, cast Bhoonjah, could corroborate what lie had de posed, and promised to produce the said Khoolahal by twelv e o'clock the following day. On the 6th the Court sat again, the Brahmin having been sent the evening before to bring in Khoolahall. The Rajah it:sting intimated to them that the Brahmin had returned, but that Khoolahall was not to be found. On the 7th, the proceedings were continued, and the Court addressed a requisition to Sewing to produce both the Brah min and Ilundahall, within the space of 6 days, before the commanding-officer at Secrora. The President of the Court, Capt. J. Grant, had, on his arrival at Bingah, dispatched se veral men-to - the neighbouring villages, and a special messen ger to Sewing, informing him of the nature of the investiga tion, but, with the exception of the Brahmin, not a man came forward; and those who were questioned on the mithject could not, or would not, afford the least information. The Court closed its proceedings of the 7th of July, and returned to Secrora. _ _ _ iis ill : and their make and sts of In a few Days will be published, OME REMARKS on Dr. II ENDERSON'S APPEAL to the MEMBERS of the BRITISH and FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY, on the Subject of • the TURKISH NEW TESTAMENT, printed at Paris in 1819. By the Rev. S. LEE, M.A. Professor of Arabic in the Univerity of Cambridge. Sold by Longman and Co., • Duncan, Hatehards, and See lays, London. dlirea'• stacks• ►f Saint k broke I. Dui - - le into 11 into' esaaPo the Or le bow roots.! Queen n with try than 'el!. NATIONAL INSTITUTION for the PRE don SERVATION of LIFE from SHIPWRECK.—Len , March 4, 1824. Patron. HIS MAJESTY. VICE-PATRONS. . • 1 1. 1 1.11. the Duke of York H.R.11. the Duk e o f S ussex ". 1 1.11. the Duke of Clarence I H.R.H.theDuke of Gloucester President, the Earl of Live 001, K.G. VICE-PRESIDENTS. ilia Grace the Archbishop of The Earls of Craven . 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This Work containg 10 passages front the most celebrated Comic IVriters, selected for the Humour of Situation, which are illustrated by to large plates, drawn and engraved by George Cruikshank, in 'hie best .manner. - _one roma"' i well: labout This Part contains several 5C11.11,11 from Satoßatt and Pi gook Le I%run, It Wood Cuts, exhibiting Minor Points of fluinour, are given in the Letter-press, which is published, in royal Bvo. for es.; with -the Plates beautifully coloured, tis. dd. ; with proofs of the Plates and Cuts on India Paper, Its. Gil. Printed for C. Baldwyn, Newgate-street ; and R. Trip hook, Bond-street. At Dinapore, on the 10th July, Mr. Assistant Surgeon lit`Gregor, in Medical charge of Col. Boyd's detaclunent,much regretted by his brother officers. At Aurungabad, on the 16th July, Capt. C. E. 0. Jenkins, of the regiment of Artillery, late in the service of his Highness the Rajah of Nagpore. At Jubbulpore, on the 19th July, the infant daughter of Lieut. M. Nicolson, aged 14 months and six days. In Fort William, Calcutta, on the evening of the 24th July,. the Lady of Lieutenant 'l'. O'Halloran, of his Majesty's 44th regiment. On Sunday, the 27th July, at the house of her parents in Colinagh, Mary Anne, the only daughter of Mr. D. Burnett, aged eight months and five dare. At Allipore, on the 30th July, Lieutenant A. C. Trevor, of the Invalid Establishment. gat) t° sk e ~ itho lo ma kes iarf i°l Annual Donations. Subscrip tions. The Resident at Lucknow, whose proceedings we under stand have been entirely approved by the Governor-General in Council, has directed the tomb, which had been erected over the remains of the late Mr. Ravenscroft, to be re-constructed at the expense of Government. As the bands of robbers called Sear Murrrahs or Shugal Khors are gen:rally suspected to b e perpetrators of the out rage, and as there is reason to suppose that these marauders are protected by the 2emindars in the neighbourhood, the atten tion of his Majesty . the King of Otule has been directed to the necessity of instituting a rigid inquiry on the spot. *.* A New Edition of Part I. is now r.ady. r Men' _ . . _' On the 31st July, J. P. Barnett, Esq. Assistant-surgeon, attached to the Hill Bildars. . EAST INDIA DEATIIS. Ito- 6 4 to 4 05 1 0 to 405 At Cawnpore, on the 3lst July, James Daniel, the infant son of Mr. Apothecary James Dick, aged two years and eight days. 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THOUGHTS on PRISON LABOUR, with an Appendix, containing the entire Controversy, collected from Periodical anti other Publications on the Subject of the Punishment of the TREAD-WHEEL; to which is added, in a Postscript, Remarks on the aforesaid Correspondence. By a Student of the Inner Temple. _ _ Printed for Rodwelland Martin, New Bond-street. Of whom may be had in 4t0., with five Plans, price 14a. DESCRIPTION of a GAOI, at BURY ST. EDMUND'S, with Designs for a Prison, made at. the Request of T. F. BUX TON Esq., M.P., for the Emperor of Russia. By JOHN °BRIDGE, Governor of Bury Gaol. 2 00 2 20 PLounnisto.—On Friday last,* number of the farmers in the parishes of Kilbarchan and Hous ton, gave a day's ploughing to Mr. Robert Car ruith, in Lonehead, on occasion of his taking pos session of the farm of Little Fulton, in the former parish. Fifty-five ploughs started about eight o'clock, which by five in ,the afternoon had ploughed about 35 acres. The work was , pro nounced excellent by the most competent judges. The ploughmen, as well as their masters, were liberally treated by Mr.Carruith, with bread and cheese and porter; and Mrs. Carruith, with cha racteristic hospitality, had a dinner prepared in a neighbouring farm-house (their own being at too great distance) for as many of their friends and acquaintance as chose to call and partake of it. It is pleasing to see, so frequently as we do, so much of the ancient simplicity and hospitality of character and fraternal good-will-still existing among this foundationrclass of,society, in spite of the influence of surrounding foppery, chicanry, and selfishness, so prevalent among almost every other class ; and notwithstanding the tendency to a spirit of competition among themselves, na.. turally generated by the great changes in the farming system, which have taken Place in mo dern times. • May these characteristics of the farmers of Scotland long continue to be an or ) nament to their country, a blessing to themselves, and a high source of gratiAcation to every hu mane and moral mind—to every person possessed of either,,.genuine. benevolence or• good taste.— (Glasgow Courier, March 2.) Deplorable as the circumstances altogether are, good may arise out of them. The attention of the Sovereign of Oude will be turned to the necessity of taking the moat vigorouv mea sures for protecting the lives of his subjects from the aggression of atrocious banditti that haunt obscure corners of his domi nions. The circumstances that have transpired in conse quence of the inquest at Bingah throw some strong suspicions upon some neighbouring hordes of Pear lifucrrahs or Shigal Khores. The object of their attack appears to have been two fold—plunder, and the wish to get rid of one whom they con sidered an intruder. These, barbarians look always with jea lousy at those who would extend agricultural pursuits, and thus gain an influence which might lead to their own embar rassment. Perhaps, too, they dreaded the too close vicinity of European intelligence, as likely to prove formidable to them in their future plans. Be this as it may, we trust that the mur derers may:meet the reward of their dreadful crime, and that the Shigal Khore Decoite throu g hout (Jude maybe reclaimed from their lawless life, or punished as they merit. Perhaps a few general observations respecting Shigal Shores may be acceptable. Their profession is rapine, and they sacrifice human life, not merely remorselessly when it stands in the way of their object, but with ferocious wantonness. They together, subsisting themselves chiefly jungles for months reproachful name of on the, flesh of jackalls—whence their lead a most wild and unsettled life. a nd often live in the Khores or jackall eaters. The Zemindars, instead of checking them, and giving such information against them as might lead to their seizure and punishment, it is to be feared too frequently find it their interest to pro. tact gthem, receiving of course a share of the plunder as hush-money —the usual amount being, we understand, one. fourth of the spoil. They always set out upon an expedition about the end of the Desarrah and one expedition frequently takes up sev era l mont h s; b ut ne i t h er ti me nor di stance d amps their ardour w h en t h ey have a prise in view. They assume various disguises and go in the character of pilgrims. Byragees and Jackets, &c. To preserve as much as possible the appear ance of being pilgrims, they are always, we believe, accompa nied by their women. When the prize in view is large, and well guarded, a great Sirdar murntuthethe body of Decoits, and R e pt) s or ri c h they assume the pomp of of a Sewaree. To give the procession bundles o h u o e n e d s a l p a e p n . e d o a f b r a u s n p l I c e o e aerkoitlfheea..yth are ar c a l also u suall y Zemindar's suite, they take care to be prowde _ covered doolies, palankeens, tat e, which afterwards prove useful in carrying away any ppoil :accompaniedniedby one o b r y m a or b e a band of music. Outwardly they seem to have no weapons, but privately ca the gang, which, when they reach the place where the Decoitee is to be committed, they fix on the the first jungle they pass through. _ ends With these seemingly slight weapon, they have been known in a night attack or by surprise to overpower parties of Sepoys. Indeed there is no doubt that they prove much more destructive than swords or matchlocks. They never attack but under cloud of night as at Mukree when the boat of Budgeneatli, th e Patna Banker, was plun dered of property to a large amount, and at Bingah on the oc casion of the late horrible catastrophe. Our readers will remember that a horde of Shigal Shores, some time back, entered Behar, where th e y were detained and seized by that active and able Magistrate Mr. Smith. On that occasion, Maherbaun their chief assumed the pomp of a Se warree. Ile was afterwards executed at Gyah. ----.. The fact of the murder t e : of ._ - unfortunate man appears to have at length been established beyond a doubt. The Court of Inquiry to which we alluded in' the Gazette of the 17th of July, re-assembled at Bing a h i n Oude on the 2d and 3d of July, for the purpose of examining the grave, and with a view to discover by whom the mu r d er was committed. It is greatly to be regretted that the original information on the subject was not more detailed andhave explicit so as to rendered unnecessary a protracted inquiry into such melancholy particulars. But when uncertainty remained, the full investi gation of the unhappy occurrence, however distressing, be came an imperative duty. On the 113 d of Jane an official communication was made by the Aumil of Bareitch to the King of Oude, Which contains the statement and deposition of Pirtee Sing, brother of Sheo Sing, 'Talookdar of Bingah, on the subject of the murder. From that communication it appears that Mr. itevenecroft and the Talookdar had been for many years on terms of intimacy and friendship, that in consequence, about four months pre vious to the date of the murder, he returned to Bingah with the intention of residing there, to which Sheo Sing consented ; that he selected a small spot of ground, about one coss from the fort, in the skirts of the jungle, built a grass hut for his residence, • and having taken in farm two or three villages from Sheo Sing, commenced upon the cultivation of indigo; that settling there he dismissed several Burkundases who had been in his service, contrary to the advice of - Sheo Sing, who ob served that he had taken at) hie abode in the neighbourhood of the jungle, and would require protection ; that Sheo Sing for a short time sent some of has people in the evening to keep watch, but that afterwards Mr. Ravenscroft prohibited their attend. ance, and he remained there with only ten or twelve de pendants, who were in the capacity of Khidmutgars and bearers. Pirtee Sing deposes to the death of Mr. RaTenscroft, anti subsequent burial by Mr. Platt. The Court of Inquiry proceeded to the grave, and the mo nument erected over it being removed, they found a coffin, and on opening it, a human body. After a minute examination of the corps, the progress of decay and corruption being so great, the Court could not actually declare its identity ; but from the appearance of the grave clothes, stained in several places ap parently with blood, they conceived it to be the body of a man severely wounded, and in the way Mr. Rayenscroft is said to have been. The Court remarked that the body had a large beard. The first witness examined on oath was Ensign John Platt, a Member of the Court. He was present on or about the 6th of May, 1823, when the late Mr. Ravenscroft died, and his death was, in the witness's opinion, occasioned by the wounds he had received. Ile saw the remains of the deceased interred, and read the burial service over him. He identified the coffin in which the body was deposited. He concluded the body to be that of the late Mr. Ravenscroft, but could not swear on account of its decayed state. Mr. Ravenscroft had a large beard at the time of his death. The wit ness h a d h ear d t h at t h e ruffians, supposed to have committed the murder, were called Seor Murwahs. They were estimated at nearly a hundred in number. Does not exactly know what property belonging to Mr. Ravenscroft was stolen on the night of the attack. Mentions a double barrelled Joseph Manton's gun, a rifle, and two swords. He saw two or th ree came l t run k s which had been broken open, and their contents taken out lying about the bed room, and also a chest of drawers of which two drawers were broken and their contents plundered. The pro perty which was in a Godown appeared to the witness un touched. Ensign Platt shewed six wounds that he had receivcd on the night of the :attack. The second Wit'aef4 was In:may Syce. In the attack he By a letter from Cawnpore we learn that Lieutenant -General Sir Dyson Marshall, K.C.B. died there on the Ls July.— On the same day, Captain Shaw, of the 113th departed this life. • In the list of casualties we regret to have to record the name of Benjamin Comberbach, Esq. who died here on the 2d Aug. aged h 3 years. - It is with sentiments of profound regret that we have to no tice the death of Mr. G. Finlayson, Surgeon of lI.M. Bth Dra goons, and well known as the able, scientific, and most indus trious Naturalist to the late Illission to Siam arid Cochin China. Our cotemporary of the Ilurkaru has the following observa tions relative to the source of the complaint which proved fatal to him. " In an early part of that voyage he contracted the seeds of that disorder which have brought him to a premature grave, and the valuable botanical and zoological collections brought round by him from the late interesting Mission, bespeak his perseverance, diligence, and industry, in the important de partment intrusted to him by the Government. Attached to its duties, he made them his sole study, pursued them with ar dour, and, sacrificing every other consideration, ha; at length paid with life for his zeal in the walks of science. Dr. Fin lay.son had served with his regiment in the Peninsular cam paigns, and in Randy, and has left a wide circle of attached friends and correspondents to Lament his loss. Amongst the latter were main , of the most scientific men at home, and with Baron Humboldt kid Mr. D av y, h e was on peculiarly intimate terms. His valuable collection of Natural History, to which we hare before alluded, is on its way home in the General Hewett, for the purpose of being deposited in the Museum of the Hon. Company in London. From our cotemporary, John Bull, we have taken an ex tract, which follows, relative to the death of this estimable man, on board the General Hewett. " Thus has been cut off moat prematurely one who was an ornament to his profession and to physical science. In his manner Mr. Finlayson was the most gentle and unpresuming of mankind. (lifted by nature with talents of no common order, highly cultivated by a liberal education, and well grounded in general information, he was one of those whose conversation war valuable, and whose society was truly improving. But with all this he was remarkable for the modesty of his man ners. the unassuming tone with which he delivered his opinierut, and the amiable placidity of his general manners. In a word, as a man of science, a member .of society, and a gentleman of sterling but unobtrusive worth, Mr. Finlayson's memory, by those who knew him, must be cherished as much, as his death, in the prime of his life and fame, will be lamented. [Extract of a Letter from the Hon. Company', ship Gtneral . _ Hcrrett.] " ST. 11 fi LINA, MAT 2G, 1823.—We had a passage to the Cape of eight weeks (less oneday), during the latter part of which we encountered three very heavy gales of wind, but have not suffered at all from them. I believe all the ships that left Bengal before us have had very tedious passages, and have suffered more or less frorri the same bad weather. We fell in with the Paget off the Cape, found the Marchioness of Ely in Table Bay, and several others were in Simon's Bay. The Providence came into these Roads two day's since, and has sailed this evening. The Larkins looked in, but did not anchor, three or four days since. The Ely sailed yesterday; the Ter magant sloop of war to-day. The Duke of Bedford sails to morrow, ourselves the day following. We lad a passage of ten days from the Cape, and had a heavy gale of wind from the S.W. the day after we left Table Bay, with a most tremendous sea; it lasted about twenty-four hours; we lay to the greater part of the time. We have had two deaths since we left Bengal ; our baker, who died from a large abscess in his liver, and had been a sad drunken f e ll ow ; lt-nd Dr. Fiulayson, o f I i _l4 Majesty's tith Dragoons, w h o i s a At Patna, on the lst August, Charirs Elliot Money, son of Wigrarn Aloney,Esq..of the Civil Service, aged 11 months: On the Ist August, at Mrs. Bean's Seminary, Miss Emma Williamson, eldest daughter of J. Williamson, Esq. of Ma lacca. On the 3d August, Benjamin Comberbach, Esq. Attorney at Law ' aged 53 ye ars . On the same day, Miss Helen Mary Ann Ingle, infant daughter of Lieutenant IL Ingle, of the 15th regiment N. 1., aged six months and 17 days. At Balasore, on the evening of the 7th August, after a short but violent illness, Eliza, the wife of Wdliain Dent, Esq. of the Civil Service, (and only daughter of Colonel Beaver); aged scarcely 20 years. The sudden and untimely decease of is charming and interesting young woman, thus cut otf in the early dawn of life, will be learnt with sincere regret and aym..- pathy by all who enjoyed the pleasure of her acquaintance. Lovely in person, gentle and unassuming in her manners, and endowed with wsingularly amiable, engaging, and affecticinate• disposition, she was the pride and delight of her connections and friends : whilst to him, who most bitterly mourns and deplores her loss—who shall attempt to describe her Value? her memory will be long cherished, and lamented by the so ciety which she adorned; and her relatives, to whom the vir tues and goodness (),f her character had endeared her in a peen liar degree, feel that in the event here recorded they have sus tained a 'Woe , which - no time can heal. On the 7th August, in the prime of life, M. Mellicknauz, Esq. aged 31 years, much regretted by his relations and friends. On the 7th August, Mrs. Eliza 31•Neight, the Lady of Jas. M'Neight, Esq. aged 38 years. On the night of the Bth of August, at the Presidency Gene ral Hospital, Serjeant.:Major .fames Scott, of the Ist Light Cavalry, leaving 4 . disconsolate widow, three children, and.tither relatives, and a large circle of friends, to lament his lass.. The deceased possessed a disposition adapted to promote the plea sures of domestic life ; and his death has left a sad iinpressints on the hearts of those who were capable of, appreciati*the suavity of his mannets and the placability of his. disposition. by a familiar intercourse with him.. His death is principally . ..CO' be attributed to the affects of the clitnate Which was so . oppreasiyely hot for a few months previous to the setting in of the' ains, that he fell into a fever, which he suffered with the most exem plary patience and re ! ignatiori during a period of about three months, but which ultimately eloseA his mortal caree.r.. - , At Allahabad„ on the 9th Angitst, 'Thomas Jents Watson, the infant son of Capt. T. C. Watson, aged , 6 nionthit.aud days. On the 10th August, 'at er a lingeringi Ilneats - of 21 days of fever, Mr. C. Al. Kent, aged 44 years,. :which he.bore.:Witlt christian fortitude, leaving behind) - ifin five disconstA4te..'..chil dren and a circle of friends to lament his irreparahleletss.- On Wednesday morning, ,the 13th August,.. precisely at 9 w. at. Mrs. Elizabeth Samuel,_ after a lingering illness. of up— wards of 3 months, which, however, she bore With truechrikkor fortitude. She paid the tribute of nature at about the age' of years, and left her disconsolate husband, a large farnily, and numerous other friends and relatives, to betnean her un timely loss. On Tuesday, the 19th - August, .Maha Rajah INkis sen Re hadur, son of the late Rajah Nobo Kissen. 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