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NEW NOVEL by the Author of " MARGARET MAITLAND."
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A STORY OF SCOTTISII LIFE.
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CAPTAIN DIGBY GRAND
An Autobiography.

By G. J WHYTE MELVILLE.
Reprinted from Fraser's Magazine.
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THE 140th Number of the HYGEIST and
MEDICAL REFORMER, for MARCH, contains the follow-
inb of the Foundation of the British College of
Health, New Road, London—The Doctors and their " Reform Bill "
—Obscene Medical Publications—Cures of Fistula and other Com-
plaints by Morison's Pills—Report of Mr. French, General Agent for
Baltimore, U.S.—Cure of Stone by Morison's Pills—Dr. Southwood
Smith on the Blood, &c., &c.—Otlice, 262, Strand, and may be had of
all the agents for the sale of Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicine
throughout the country. Price Id., or 2d. by post.

and appointment to Horse Artillery, by Lfeutenant-General
Sir Hew Ross, K.C.B.
Lieutenant James Bontein, on appointment to Royal
North Gloucester Regiment of Militia, by Lieutenant'
General Sleigh, C.E.
Lieutenant F. Brssh, by the Earl of Wilton.
Captain Brooking, on promotion, by Sir Charles Wood.
Hou George Bing, M.P., by Viscount Enfield.
• Mr.-Sheriff and Aklerman Carter, by Lord Palmerston.
Lieutenant the Hon. R. W. Chet wynd, by the Right
Hon. Henry Goulbum.
Dr. Charlton, surgeon, R.N., on return from foreign
service, by Sir William Burnett.
Ensign C. Ff. Chicester, by Lieutenant-Colonel North.
Rear-Admiral Henry Collier, by the Marquis of Anglesey.'
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas ochrane, on being appointed
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth and on his marriage,
by Sir James Graham.
Captain William Crispin, R.N., on promotion and re-
appointment to " Her Majesty's yacht," by the Duke of
Northumberland.
Mr. Sheriff Croll, by Lord Palmerston.
Mr. Allason Cuninghame, by Sir Thomas M. Cuning-
hame.
Captain J. Bunco Curling, on appointment to the Royal
London Militia, by Colonel William Thompson, M.P.
Lieutenant-General Sir George d'Aguilar, on being ap-
pointed a K.C.8., by Viscount Hardinge.
Lieutenant George Onslow Deane, on return from India,
by Lieutenant-General Sir A. Woodford.
Lord De Tabley, on his appointment as one of the Lords-
in-Waiting on her Majesty, by the Lord. Chamberlain.
Le Chevalier Don Pedro do Zeluetk by the Spanish
Minister.
Le Chevalier Don Jose Sera:and° de Zelueta, by the
Spanish Minister.
Lieutenant P. Dickson, on promption, by the Master-
General of the Ordnance.
Major-General Drummond, on prolikion, by Lieutenant-
General Sir Alexander Woodford'.
Colonel Lord Dynevnr, on coming to his title, and upon
appointment as A.D.C. to the Queen for the Militia ser-
vice, by Colonel Wood.
Major William -Eisen on appointment as Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, county of Middlesex, by the Marquis of Salisbury.
'Captain Evans, by Colonel Sir C. M. Wade, C.B.
Mr. Francis Dundas Farquharson, by Mr. Farquharson,
of Invercauld.
Lieutenant the Hon. W. Fitzmaurice, by the Earl of
Orkney.
Mr. John Leslie Foster, on appointment as Coloniil
Secretary of Victoria, by the Duke of Newcastle.
Major French, by Lord Keane.
Hon. Captain Evans Freke, by Lord Burghley.
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Goldfinch, R.E., on his
investiture as a K.C.8., by Viscount Hardingo.
Lieutenant George G. Gordon, on his appointment to
the Scots Fusilier Guards, by his father Lord Francis
Gordon.
Lieutenant W. J. Gray, by Sir C. Wood.
Major Chafyn Grove, by Lord Broughton.
Lieutenant-Colonel C. ifalchne, by Sir C. Wood.
The Duke of Hamilton, on his appointment as Lord-
Lieutenant of Lanarkshire, by the Duke of Somerset.
Cornet T. L. Hampton, by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord
George Paget.
. Mr. Francis John Helyar, on his appointment to be one
of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms, by
Lord Foley.
Mr. Ainslie Hoare, by the Earl of Laneaborough.
Mr. Francis BlighHookey, on appointment as Deputy-
Lieutenant of the County of Kent, by Lord Romney.
Dr. Holland, on his appointment as Physician in Ordi-
nary to her Majesty, by the Earl of Aberdeen.
Captain George Home, by General Sir H. J. Cumming,
K.C.H.
Lieutenant George Humby, by the Earl of Wilton.
Sir Paul Hunter, on succeeding to the title, by Sir John
Yarde Buller.
Assistant-Surgeon H. James, on his appointment to the
Royal London Militia, by Colonel W. Thompson, M.P.
Mr: William Milbourne James, on his appointment as
one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Lieutenant Da.shwood Jones, on promotion and return
from foreign service at Hong Kong, by the Master-General
of the Ordnance.
Lieutenant Clarence Judd, by the Earl of Wilton.
Edward Wilson Kenworthy, late Captain Madras Army,
on his appointment to be one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps
of Gentlemen at Arms, by Lord Foley.
Earl of Kintore, on his marriage, by the Marquis of
Breadalbane.
Lieutenant Edward Kitchen, on appointment Hon. Ar-
tillery Company, by Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. F. Fitzroy,
M.P.

Lieutenant E. G. Langmore, on his return from India,
by Sir C. Wood.
Colonel the Duke of Leeds, on appointment to the North
York Militia Regiment, by the. Earl of Zetland.
Lieutenant Edward Leeds, by Sir C. Wood.
Lieutenant J. Granville Lightfoot, on return from India,
by his father, Lieutenant-General Lightfoot.
Major-General Lluellyn, C. 8., on being appointer/ Colonel
of the 39th Regiment, by Viscount Hardinge. •
Lieutenant W. F. Lowrie, by Lieutenant-General
Kenah.
Captain MacDougall, R.N., on his return from service,
by Si J. G. Graham.
y
Lieutenant. Georgeaan V.
eneral C. Turner.
Macdonald, on returnr from foreign
service,
The Lord Mayor, by the ,Earl Aberdeen.
Major G. E. Michell, by Lieutenant General Sir W. Cot-
ton.
Mr. Sussex Millbank, by the Earl of Mulgravo.
Commissary-General Miller, on return from foreign ser-
vice, and appointment as C. 8., by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
Captain Milne R.N., on reappointment as a Lord of tho
Admiralty, by Sir J. Graham.
Dr. Mortimer, by the Lord Mayor.
Captain E. Mortimer, by the Earl of Wilton.
Commander Newton, R.N.,by Sir J. Graham.
Ensign C. G. C. Norton,
on his appointment to 52d Light
Infantry, by Lieutenant General Sir A. Maclane.
Mr. Osborne, on appointment as Secretary to the Admi-
ralty, by Sir J. Graham.
Sir W. Gore Ouseley, on being appointed a K.C.8., by
the Earl of Clarendon.
Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., on his return from
foreign service, by Sir J. Graham.
Lieutenant A. H. Paterson by Colonel A. W. Torrens.
Mr. Frederick Peel, M.P.', on appointment as Under
Secretary of State for the Colonies, by the Duke of New-
castle.
Captain L. Perrot, by Mr. Drax, M.P.
Viscount Pevensey, by his father, the Earl of Sheffield.
Captain R. Phelips, oh promotion, by the Master-Gene-
ral of the Ordnance.
Colonel Phillipotts, on being appointed Commander
Royal Engineers at Bermuda, by the Inspector-General of
Fortifications.
Captain P. G. Pipon, on promotion, by the Master Gene-
ral of the Ordnance.
Captain E. Purcell, R.N., on his return from foreign
service, by Sir J. Graham.
Lieutenant W. Robertson, on appointment to the Royal
London Militia, by Colonel W. Thompson, M.P.
Lieutenant-General Sir Hew Ross, on appointment to
the Colonelcy of Royal Horse Artillery, by Lord Raglan.
Captain G. B. Shakespear, on promotion and return
from foreign service, by Lord Raglan.
Lieutenant Sinclair, on promotion, by Lord Raglan.
Captain Smart, R.N., on return from foreign service, by
Sir J. Graham.
Mr. 0. A. Smith, by Colonel Lord Sydney.
Colonel Smyth, M.P., on his appointment to the com-
mand of the 2d West York Regiment of Militia, by Earl
de Grey.
Mr. Spearman, by his father, Sir A. Spearman.
Lieutenant-Colonel Stephens, on - his appointment as
Gentleman Usher Quartely Waiter, to her .Majesty, by the
Lord Chamberlain.
Vice Chancellor Stuart, by the Lord Chancellor.
Rev. Henry Sulivan, by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Colonel Thornton, Grenadier Guards, on promotion, by
Viscount Hardinge.
Mr. F. J. Thynne, by his father, Rev. Lord John
Thynne.
Mr. W. F. Thynne, by his father, Rev. Lord John
Thynne.
Colonel A. W. Torrens' on appointment as Assistant-
Quartermaster-General, by Viscount Hardinge.
Captain J. Towgood, by Sir C. Wood.
' Lord Justice Turner, on his appointment as Lord Jus-
tice, by the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Charles Turner, M.P.., by Lord Hotham.
Lieutenant Mansfield Turner, by his father, Mr. W.
Turner.

Second Lieutenant E. C. Vaughan, by Lord Raglan.
Mr. A. W. Ward, by Sir J. M. Wilson, C.B.
Lieutenant T. P. Warlow, on promotion, by Lord Rag-

Lieutenant-Colonel West, on promotion by Colonel
Thornton.
Mr. G. Whitbread, by Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page
Wood.
The Vice-Chancellor Wood, on his appointnient by the
Lord Chancellor.
Lieutenant-Colonel B. Wood, on his appointment as
Aide-de-Camp the General Commanding in Chief, by Vis-
count Hardinge, G.C.B.

EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT AND ROBBERY.—The
city of Salisbury has been the scene of considerable
excitement during the last few days, in consequence of a
discovery that Mrs. White, wife of the landlord of the
Wheatsheaf Commercial Inn, had suddenly decamped,
taking with her cash belonging to her husband amount-
ing to no less than 5001. Mr. White for some years
kept the Wheatsheaf Inn, and having lately resolved
upon quitting the business, a purchaser for the same
came forward in the person of Mr. Ferman, for 5001.
On Saturday last the money was paid over, and Mr. and
Mrs. White proceedee upstairs to place it in some safe
depository. She unlocked the secret escritoire, into
which she dropped the cash. Mrs. White then appa-
rently locked the bureau, and gave her husband the
keys, desiring him to go and make merry down stairs
with some of his old customers for the last time as land-
lord. He unsuspectingly complied, and shortiy after-
wards the wife left the house in her walking-dress to
visit a friend or two in the city promising to return again
shortly. As evening wore on, and she did not return,
the husband's suspicions were aroused, and it was ascer-
tained that she had taken her departure for London.
Subsequently search disclosed the fact that the bureau
was unlocked and the esaritoire quite empty, the wife
having abstracted the money, besides some pounds of
her own, and some articles of wearing apparel. Some
mouths ago a dashing corporal in the recruiting service
was quartered at the W heatsheaf, and his extremely
obliging and affable conduct to the landlady was the
subject of general remark, He recently purchased his
discharge, and about a fortnight ago left Salisbury for
London. He was in the city that day, whence he took
the train for London.
WHAT NEXT ?—A new umbrella, called the "Mush-
room," has made its appearance in Paris ; it has no
handle, and sustains itself over the head of the wearer.
An•adjusting apparatus fastens it to the hat, and when
Lot employed-on-duty, it' may 'be rolled up, and 'carried
in the pocket.

A USTRALIA.

The accounts from Australia by the Overland
Mail reach to the Gth December, being about 10
days later than those received on Monday via the
Cape of Good Hope. It appears that the amount
of gold brought down to Melbourne from the
Mount Alexander mines during the last week or
two had very much diminished, but this seems
partly attributable to the circumstance of a number
of persons having been attracted to a new and ex-
.ceedingly rich gold field discovered at the Pyre-
noes " not far from the celebrated Daisy Hill,"
while other large parties had left for the purpose
of exploring fresh districts where there would be
less competition. The newspapers also attribute
the falling off to an indulgence by the miners in
unsuccessful speculations, stimulated probably by
the large influx of inexperienced people which was
daily taking place. Mr. Latrobe, the Governor of
the colony of Victoria, had started on a tour of in-
spection of the mines, and a dinner had been given
to Mr. Hargreaves, who arrived on a visit from
New South Wales, at which he stated that, "in his
opinion the ' Australian gold fields will last long
after the present generation," There was more
facility in getting crews, owing to the sailors at the
diggings having become tired. of ,the work. The
question of an export duty on gold had been set
aside by the Legislature, who had also rejected,
but by a majority of only 15 to 13, a motion of
_want of confidence in Mr. Latrobe's Government.
A bill which had been passed with the view of
establishing a surveillance over the escaped convicts
constantly arriving from Van Diemen's Land had
been met by the strongst denunciations from the
convict interest in that island. Provisions of all
kinds, although still very dear, had fallen conside-
rably. The present news was brought by sailing
vessels to Ceylon and Madras, and the subjoined
paragraph is from the Ceylon Examiner :
"The Great Britain, with her 650 passengers, had ar-
rived safely. One, death only, that of a Chinaman, had
occurred on the passage. The yield of gold in several
districts, Ovens, Mount Alexander, and Bendigo, had
fallen off considerably, and the price of a great many
articles had fallen in the same ratio. The local journals,
however, appear to consider the depression attributable
to unsuccessful speculations, and that there is no real
cause to believe the gold is come to an end. In the
meantime the gold returns by escort have decreased very
much, varying from 5,000 to 6,000 ounces per diem—
little enough as representing the earnings of a popula-
tion of 80,000 people."
We extract the Gold Circular, of Messrs. Probert
and Co.:— ‘'
"The present unsettled state of the Victoria diggings,
some of which appear to be almost exhausted, and others
to be partially deserted by their former occupants, who
are now scattered over the face of the country searching
new fields for their labours, has caused a small panic
among those who imagine that the gold fields yet ex-
plored are all that exist. From those observations we
are able to make, we do not participate in such a de-
sponding view of things ; and, while each succeeding
escort brings down a less quantity of gold than might be
expected from the number of the floating population at
the diggings, we hear that thousands are occupied in
prospecting, and that vast numbers have wasted time by
journeying unsuccessfully to reported new fields.
"The price of gold was 31. 9s. 9d. the ounce at the
latest dates. Its lowest was 2/. 15s. four months since."
The following further particulars are from the
Columbo Observer:—
"To Captain Scowcroft, of the ship Severn, we are
indebted for Melbourne papers to the 30th November.
Some of the older gold-fields appear to have worked out,
but others equally prolific had been discovered. The
Legislature had been busy debating the gold duty ques-
tion, and had managed to shelve the project for six
months. A motion of want of confidence in Mr. La-
trobe's Government had been keenly debated, and was
ultimately lost by 13 to 15. It is very plain that Mr.
Latrobe had had a most difficult part to perform, and,
as far as we can see, he has met such an emergency as
never befell a colonial governor with prudence and
promptitude. He has directed dignified but conciliatory
replies to be returned to the comihittee of diggers ap-
pointed by a great meeting to represent their grievances,
especially their want of protection for life and property,
and the monopoly of food attempted to be set up by
certain parties. Even on this latter point he promised
to meet their wishes, by reserving from occupation
' under pastoral licence such, portions of pasture land as
may be considered necessary for the gold fields.' His
Excellency acknowledges with regret the existence of
bad characters at the mines, and the numerical ineffi-
ciency of the police, traceable to circumstances as unfore-
seen as they were beyond control. He promises to
apply the
IheLflreumx of
immediately.
escaped convicts
nicts from Van Diemen's
Land had induced the Victoria Legislature to pass a bill
called the Convicts Prevention Bill. The object seems
to be to subject suspicious characters to a strict exami-
nation. This measure had excited the indignation of
the convict interest in Van Diemen's Land. At a great
and most uproarious meeting there the bill had been
fiercely denounced as an unwarrantable interference
with her Majesty's prerogative of mercy. At Mel-
bourne flour, bread, potatoes, and other great neces-
saries of life were selling at prices more moderate than
those lately quoted. The 41b. loaf had fallen from 2s. 6d.
to ls. 6d. An American paddle steamer of 1,000 tons
was to be diverted from California to Australia • and the
Magnolia, 700 tons, had arrived from New York with
100 first-cabin passengers, and 138 in the steerage.
Many of the newly arrived military, we .bserve, had
bolted.' "

Among the Sydney papers just received is a
copy of the Herald of the 26th October, which
was missing from the last files, and was known
to contain a more specific account of the Aus-
tralian Agricultural Company's gold deposits
on the Peel river than had previously been pub-
lished. It confirms the statement, that, on the
side of the river belonging to the Crown, the
gold found thus far had been scanty, but that,
on the opposite land of the company, the exist-
ence of a very rich and valuable gold field had been
established beyond all doubt. It was supposed,
also, to be very extensive, but this had not yet
been accurately ascertained. The alluvial diggings
on the banks of the river consist principally of a
thick feruginous clay, and the gold is obtained very
near the surface. "In some instances," it is
added, " nuggets are found clinging to the roots of
the grass." " But," the report continues—
" It is supposed that the greatest wealth of this field
consists in its quartz ridges, of which two had been dis-
covered. One of these had been traced a considerable
distance, and the quartz is about nine inches wide. It
appeared to bear gold very largely, and where it was
opened on the summit of one of the ranges 16 ounces of
gold were taken out, and a number of very rich speci-
mens, which have been sent home to the Court of Di-
rectors in London. Over these ridges, on the surface,
large blocks of quartz are found, and you can scarcely
pick up a lump in which specks of gold may not be seen
with the naked eye. There is not near so much quartz
as at Louisa Creek, but it seems to bear gold much more
universally, and consequently it is anticipated it will pay
better for working. It is intended to keep these ridges
closed until instructions are received from the Court of
Directors at home."

The Peel River Mining Company have just is-
sued a notice inviting tenders from individuals or
companies who may desire to enter into arrange-
ments for gold mining on the Peel on terms of
mutual advantage.

DEPARTURE OF FEMALE FALIGRANTS FOR AUSTRALIA.

—Yesterday morning a very interesting scene was wit-
nessed at the London station of the Blackwall Railway,
a large number of young women having arrived there for
the purpose of proceeding to Gravesend, there to embark
on a vessel which was lying off and waiting to convey
them to the Australian colonies. The young women,
who formed the 30th party of emigrants sent out under
the auspices of the Female Emigration Society in Trafal-
gar-square, of which the Right Hon. Sydney Herbert,
M.P., is chairman, attended St. Peter's Church, Saffron-
hill, on Tuesday evening, where a sermon was preached
to them by the Rev. George Mansfield, M.A. ; and it
was arranged that they should meet, in company with
their friends, on the following (yesterday) morning at
Fenchurch-street, from which station they were conveyed
to Blackwall. On reaching Gravesend they went on
board the Madagascar, a fine vessel, belonging to Mr.
Green, which has been fitted out in such a manner as to
conduce to their comfort during their long voyage. A
large number of visitors attended, including several
clergymen and gentleman who take an interest in pro-
moting emigration upon proper principles. In the after-
noon the emigrants took leave of their friends, who re-
turned to town, and the scene was of a most affecting
and touching character. Arrangements will be made
fcr sending out another party nf young women under
the same uspices as soon as circumstances will admit.
ST. PAUL'S, COVENT-GARDEN.—Yesterday, in conse-
quence of the late severe and inclement weather, a very
liberal supply of tickets for coals, bread, meat, and pota-
toes was distributed among the necessitous poor of the
above parish by the rector, the Rev. Henry Hutton, and
the churchwardens. A similar charitable manifestation
was evidenced on St. Thomas's-day last, to the poor i nhabi-
tants of this parish, whose circumstances are sensibly.
benefited by these considerate acts of parochial benevo-
lence.

FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—This morning the
4 o'clock passenger-train from Tynemouth, on the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, got partially off the
line, after clearing the Willington viaduct, on its way to
Newcastle. The engine, tender, and van were thrown
over the embankment, killing the engine-man, and seri-
ously injuring the stoker, who has been taken to the in-
firmary. The guard is hurt. Fortunately the coupling-
chain broke, or the entire train would have been thrown
several are bruiaed,
over, and many passengers killed ;