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' north-west frontier, under whom they continue to be
employed.
3.—The commissions of these officers, as ensigns, will
be dated from the lOila of February last, the day of the
victory of Sobraon.
4.—The Governor-General cordially congratulates
Ensign Stephen Douglas, Ensign Patrick Mara, Ensign
John Moore, Ensign Samuel Spurgeon, Ensign J.
Brasyer, Ensign John Storrs, and the army at large
on the public recognition of the principle, that the re-
ward of promotion to the rank of a commissioned
officer, for distinguished service in action before the
enemy, is henceforward open to every non-commissioned
officer of the Company's service. The Governor-General
will be most happy, in concurrence with the Commander-
in-Chief, to give the fullest effect to the liberal intentions
of the Hon: the Court of Directors.

THE BUNDLEKUND LEGION.

Simla, July 4, 1846.

1. The Governor-General, anxious to mark his sense
of the faithful and gallant services of the British
Indian army during the late campaign, has much satis-
faction in restoring to the Army List the number of the
late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry, which regiment
was disbanded, under the authority of the Governor-
General, for mutinous disobedience of orders, in refusing
to march to Sinde in January, 1844. The consequence
of this misconduct was the dismissal from the service of
the whole of the native officers, and non-commissioned
officers and Sepoys, as unworthy of being retained in the
Company's service.
2. On that occasion the Bundlekund Legion, under its
commanding officer, Captain Beatson, volunteered at
once to proceed to Sinde.
3. Its services were accepted. The Legion has now
completed the term of two years' service i❑ Sinde, dur-
ing the whole of which period its conduct has been most
exemplary and soldierlike.
4. The Governor-General, desirous of proving the
estimation in which loyalty to the Company's service is
at all times held by the Government of India, is pleased
to order, that the native officers, non-commissioned offi-
cers, and Sepoys, from the infantry of the Legion, be
allowed to volunteer in numbers sufficient to form a regi-
ment of infantry of the established strength, which shall
henceforth be inserted in the Army List as the 34th
Regiment of Native Infantry.
5. The Bundlekund Legion will retain the pay and
privileges panted to the Legion on the occasion of vo-
lunteering to proceed to Sinde.
6. His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief will be
pleased to give the necessary orders for the European
officers, who were present with the 34th Regiment at the
time of its disbandment, as well as any others who have
been employed on civil or staff duty at any period subse-
quent to the 31st of December, 1843, to rejoin their regi-
ment at Loodiana, the -station at which it is to be re-
formed.

J. STUART,- Lieutenant-Colonel,
Secretary to the Government of India, Military
Department, with the Governor-General.
BY THE RIGHT HON. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA.
Head-quarters, Simla, July 9, 1846.
In pursuance of the forgoing order, his Excellency the
Right Hou. the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to direct
the following arrangements for carrying into effect the
instructions of the Right Hon. the Governor General of
India for restoring to the Army List the number of the
_ .

late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry
:
The general order of the 4th inst. by the Right Hon.
the Governor-General of India is to be read to the in-
fantry portion of the Bundlekund Legion at Loodiana
on the receipt of this order ; and after paragraphs 4 and
5 shall have been carefully and fully explained" to the
native commissioned, non-commissioned officers, drum-
mers, and Sepoys, the commandant will call for volun-
teers for forming a regiment of native infantry of the
following established strength, which will henceforth be
inserted in the Army List as the 34th Regiment of
Native Infantry, viz. :-10 Subadars, 60 Jemadars, 10
Havildars, 60 Naiks, 20 Drummers, and 1,000 Sepoys.
The commandant will report direct to Army head-,
quarters, and with the least possible delay, the number
of men that volunteer from the 1 st battalion, in order
that if any deficiencies exist they may be supplied from
the 2d battalion at Jhansi. _ .

The volunteers are to be paid up to the Ist inst., and
the officers of the late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry,
as follows :—Major S. G. Wheeler; Captains S. A.
Lyons and P. J. Chiene ; Lieutenants C. F. M. Mundy,
P. H. K. Dewaal, C. C. Drury, F. H. Smith, B. T.
Reid ; Ensigns A. S. Allen, B. H. Baugh, A. C. Bun-
bury, J. D. Ogston, and F. H. Hamner, will forthwith
proceed to join the new corps at Loodiana, where for
the present it is to be stationed.
The volunteers will take with them their clothing and
arms; and the camp equipage and public stares of the
Ist battalion of the Bundlekund Legion are likewise to
be transferred to the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry.
. .

Descriptive rolls of the volUnteers to be furnished in
duplicate ; one copy to the Adjutant General of the
Army, the other to
_the officer who will hereafter be ap-
pointed to command the 34th Regiment of Native In-
fantry, to whom, also, character rolls carefully prepared
are to be transmitted.

Assistant Surgeon M. W. Kirk, M.D., is posted to
the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry, and t►ie sergeant-
major and quartermaster-sergeant of the Ist Infantry
Battalion of the Bundlekund Legion are likewise trans-
ferred to the 34th Regiment in their present grades.
The facings of the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry
are to be scarlet.

By order of his Excellency the Right Hon. the Com-
mander-in• Chief. P. GRANT, Lieut.-Colonel,
Adjutant-General of the Army.

CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN THE ARMIES OF INDIA.
Reported since the departure of the Mail of the 18th of

_ .
July.)
Her Majesty's Troops—Captain J. M. Napier, 62d
Regiment, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Sinde, at
Kurrachee, of cholera, on the 7th of July. Brevet Cap-
tain Browne, 31st Regiment, at Chinsurab, on the 14th
of July.

Bonibay—Lieutenant J. D. Campbell, 17th Regiment,
at Hyderabad, Sinde, on the 11th of July, of cholera.
Madras—Captain J. Wilkinson, 44th Regiment at
Trichinopoly, on the 15th of July. Ensign F. B. Griffin,
4th Regiment, at Vellore, on the 15th of July. Lieu-
tenant W. Doyle, Ordnance Department, at Penang, on
the 12th of June. Captain J. Fortescue, Ist Regiment,
on the Ist of April. Lieutenant E. Davie, 45th Regi-
ment, at Calcutta, on the 28th of June.
Bengal—Lieutenant W. Darell, 54th Regiment, at
Feroz-pore, on the Ist of July. Garrison-Surgeon
James Innes, M.D., at Benares, on the 4th of July.
Major George Roebuck, 71st Regiment, at Minporee, on
the 9th of July. Lieutenant G. H. Swete, 56th Regi-
ment, at Missorie, on the 15th of July. Ensign White,
16th Regiment, at Umballah, on the 3d of July.

The month of Ramazan[during which all good Mns-
sulmans fast between sunrise and sunset, begun on the
22d inst. Mehemet Ali, being no rigid Mussulnian,
never observes this rule,- and makes no distinction be-
tween Rathazan and any other month of the year.
Mehemet Ali went up to Cairo on the 27th inst.,
Where he will meet his son Ibrahim Pacha for the first
time after the return of the latter from England.
On the arrival of Ibrahim Pacha at Cairo, a fortnight
ago, Abbas Pacha, who had ad interim held the reigns of
Government, at owe put himself under the orders of the
heir apparent, and now that Mehemet Ali has returned
to Egypt, his Ilighness has become the head again, and
things will go on as usual.
The Nile having now risen to its proper height, the
works of the barrage are partly suspended, and most of
the soldiers have been marched down to Alexandria, in
order to work at the stupendous fortifications that are
being erected by the French round the town.
The llon. East India Company's steamer Akbar ar-
rived at Suez on the 26th inst., having on board Sir
George Arthur, late Governor of Bombay, and family.
Sir George Arthur will* proceed to England by the
steamer Oriental, which will sail from Alexandria on
the Bth or 9th of September.
By the Alibar we have received intelligence from
Bombay up. to the sth of August. The news is not of
importance. The cholera had fortunately subsided.
The mail brought from Bombay by the Akbar, con-
sisting of nineteen iron and six wooden boxes, proceeds
this day to Malta, in charge of a special meseenger, by
the French steamer.

SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY

THE GOVERgOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
By the packet-ship Mayda, arrived yesterday, advices
and papers have been received from Hobart Town up to
the Bth of April. By this arrival we are in possession
of the speech of his Excellmicy the Governor of New
South Wales, on the openingof the Chamber on the 24th
of March. It is as follows:
" Gentlemen—lt was not my intention to have called
you together until I should have been enabled to lay the
estimates of 1846 before you, had it not been desirable to
pass certain Acts of a local diameter which I thought
right not to be delayed any longer.
"Among the Bills which I shall lay before you will be
one for constituting a court of justice at Norfolk Island,
for the trial of prisoners, which is made necessary in
consequence of the former Act being disallowed. I wish
to take advantage of the opportunity of the Comptroller-
General being about to visit Norfolk Island, in a Govern-
ment vessel, to send a court there also by the same
opportunity.
" You are aware that, in consequbnce of the Legisla-
tive Council being reduced in number, on the Ist of No-
vember last, below what was necessary to constitute a
legal meeting, the estimates then before the Council did
not pass.
"On the 16th of January in this year I received a
dispatch from the Secretary of State, dated the Bth of
August, preceding, intimating to me the views of her
Majesty's Government on the financial state of the
colony. And on the 10th of January I received a dis-
patch from the Secretary of State, dated 4th September
following, transmitting to me an Act to exempt Van
Diemen 's Land from the provisions of an Act for regu-
lating the sale of Waste Lands belonging to the Crown
in the Australian Colonies,' and instructing me at the
same time that his Lordship would take an early oppor-
tunity of explaining to me at length the motive in which
the Act originated, and the manner in which advantage
is to be taken of its provisions ; and in the mean time
directing me to suspend Winging it into operation until
[ received further instructions from home.
" From the information thus conveyed to me by the
Secretary of State, it appeared to me that a great altera-
tion in, as well as assistance, might be expected to the
financial state of the colony ; and therefore that, until I
received further instructions, it would be advisable for
me to delay the estimates of 1846.
" I therefore, with the advice of my executive council,
continued acting on the estimates of 1845, and intend
continuing to do so some time longer, in the belief that
no very long time will pass over without full instruc-
tions on the finances of the colony. But as I have been
obliged to continue the expenditure of 1845, and thus
have been unable, with some few exceptions, to put in
force the reductions contemplated in the estimates of
1846 ; and as, in addition to this, there have arisen
some unexpected and unforeseen demands upon the
colonial treasury, particularly the discharge of a debt
due to the commissioners for immigration in 1842, which
has taken and will continae to take he whole of the
surplus of the land fund, after paying the legal claims
upon it, I met the immediate pressure on our funds by
deviating from the usual practice of paying the salaries
of the Government offices monthly, and postponed the
payment of all salaries above 2001. per annum to the
end of the quarter.
" It is necessary for me, therefore, to ask your ap-
proval and assistance in -some temporary measures to
meet these payments until I received the instructions to
which I have alluded. _ _ _ _

" I have considered, therefore, with the advice and
recommendation of my executive council, that the best
way of affording this assistance will be by issuing
negotiable securities of the nature of debentures or
Exchequer-bills, not exceeding a given sum, bearing in-
terest, and chargeable on the revenue, and to be pre-
sented to the treasurer, or in payment to the Customs
for duties, at the period to which the state of their ex•
piration is affixed.
" The amount due for the salaries alluded to by me is
8,8601., which, with 7,0001. due to the Commercial Bank
at the end of 1845, amounting to 15,8501., is the sum re-
quired, and as it is intended to issue only what is abso-
lutely necessary, I do not request a larger sum, though
perhaps it might be deemed advisable to fix the utmost
limit as not exceeding 20,0001.
" The Colonial Secretary will therefore ask your con-
sent to a resolution to this effect, which, if you assent to,
will be followed by a Bill to carry such resolution out.
" It is gratifying to me to be able to congratulate
you upon the improved state of the colony in its internal
and external trade, and on the marked and progressive
advance it is making in every branch of enterprise and
industry.
"The Customs, from which our chief revenue is de-
rived, show an improvement. In comparing January,
1845, with January of this year, I find an increase of
above 6001. -In comparing February, 1845, with the
corresponding month of last year, I find an increase of
above 8001.; and though I am not yet able to make the
same comparison with the present March with the March
of last year, yet I find the same progressive improve-
ment; and if this continues, the annual receipts of this
year will realise the calculation made in the estimates
which I lately laid on the table of the council in the
preceding session.
" The Act of the Bth Victoria, No. 17, which exempted
foreign whalers from port charges, has also had great
effect in inducing them to visit our port for the purpose
of refitting and repairs.
" I shall not enter further into the financial affairs of
the colony, as the fittest time to do so will be when I lay
the estimates on the table; but, if in the meantime you
wish for information, the Colonial Secretary will be at
all times ready to afford it to you."

AWFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE

AT LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, EIGHT O'CLOCK P.M.—This
town has again been visited by another terrific, and, to
all appearances, a dreadfully destructive fire. At about
a quarter to seven flames were observed to issue from
the premises occupied by Messrs. M'Fie and Sons, of
Bachelor-street, as a sugar refining establishment. While
we write the flames are lighting the heavens for miles
around. The premises, to all appearance, will he totally
destroyed, but it will be well if it ends there, but doubts
are entertained whether the fire-engines, which are play-
ing vigorously, can arrest the devouring element so as
to save the adjoining premises.
The scene is truly appalling. The poor creatnres who
inhabit the houses in the immediate vicinity of the fire
are moving off—men, women, and children are busily
carrying their furniture, and the aged and helpless are
being carried from the danger, amidst the shouts and
screams of their affrighted relatives.
As yet no cause can be given for the catastrophe.
We cannot refrain from giving every praise to the tire-
police, under the direction of Mr. Dowling and Mr.
Hewett, who are indefatigable in their exertions to
subdue the flames.

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

COURT CIRCULAR.
ROYAL VICTORIA AND ALBf-RT YACHT.
FALmounr, SEPT. 7.—Her Majestyrenoained dl' St.
Michael's until the forenoon yesterday..
Earl Spencer performed Divine serlice on board the
yacht.
The Queen walked to the top of St. Michael's Mount,
and all over the old castle.
At four o'clock, P.M., her Majesty proceeded lo Fal-
mouth, and anchored there for the night.
At eight o'clock, A.M., this morning, his Royal High-
ness the Prince, accompanied by the Mineral Agent of
the Duchy of Cornwall, Mr. Anson, and Sir James
Clark, Baronet, proceeded to the Minted Mines, eight
miles distant, and to the Polbcron Consols Mines at
St. Agnes, twelve miles distant, le view the valuable
copper mine at the former and the tin mine at the latter.
His Royal Highness witnessed the whole process of
working the ore at each, and examined minutely all the
newly invented machinery.
His Royal Highness proceeded to Truro, to inspect
the new Town Hall and Stannery Court, of which his
Royal Highness is the Lord Warden;
In the afternoon her Majesty eml) 1-I:ed on board the
Fairy, and proceeded about ten mills up the river Fe! to
Truro.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall, who
generally accompanies her Majesty on all her expAi-
tions, has excited the greatest intereEt amongst the 1 )yal
inhabitant; of his Duchy.

The royal suite were the only gu:sts a: her Majesty's
table at dinner.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9.—The Qiu'en, Prince Albert,
and the royal children left Falmouth at eight o'clock,
A at, yesterday, and anchored in the little harbour of
Fowey at ten o'clock,
Three carriages and four were there waiting, to con-
vey the royal party to Restormel Castle, the property of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall, a noble ruin
of the seat of the ancient Dukes. After inspecting the
Castle, her Majesty proceeded tir
on
mine, the Restormel
mine, where preparations were made for her Majesty
and the Prince to enter the mine.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert entered one of the
ore carts, lined with green baize, and were drawn by
eight miners two hundred fathoms into the recesses of
the mine. Her Majesty alighted from her cart, and
witnessed the process of hewing the ore. His Royal
Highness also took a lesson in the art of using the
hammer, and various specimens of ore were carried
away.
Her Majesty returned through Lostwithiel, where a
loyal address we,: presented by the inhabitants, and re-
turned to Fowey at half past two o'clock, stopping to
examine the beautiful residence of Mr. Trefoy, from
whence her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked
down :through the town to the river, and entered the
barge at three o'clock.
The Queen remained at sea all night, the yacht going
half speed after dark. Her Majesty and Prince Albert
and the royal children lauded at Osborne pier at nine
o'clock this (Wednesday) morning.

The Viscountess Canning arrived at Osborne House
on Wednesday. Her. Ladyship has succeeded the Vis-
countess Jocelyn as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen.
Lady Jocelyn has taken her departure.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert took an early walk
yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House.
Their Royal highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
went on the beach yesterday morning.
His Royal Highness Prince George returned to town
yesterday from a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowa-
ger, at Cashiobury Park, Herts.
Mr. Colquhoun had an interview with Earl Grey yes-
terday, at the Colonial-office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood returned to town yesterday, from a visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Bed-
fordshire.

The Right Hon. Sir George Grey returned to town
yesterday from a visit to the Hon. Lome King, at Wo-
burn, Chertsey.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the Mauritius. Dispatches
were also received yesterday at the Colonial-office from
the Governors of Gibraltar adtl Malta.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

TATTERSAL US-YESTERDAY.

Upon the strength of repeated offers to back him, Sir
Tatton Sykes sprung half a point on Monday's betting;
the outlay on him was moderate. Brocardo was also quoted
at an improved figure, but in his case the movement was the
effect of some heavy investments; at least 8001. must hava
been laid out. Fancy Boy had a good many backers at Bto 1,
and lago at 10 to 1, and both left off steady. It was other-
wise with Mr. O'Brien's horses; 10 and 11 to 1 having
been laid against The Traverser, and 10 and 12 to 1 against
Grimston ; Cranebrook and Free Lance gave way, and Sting,
although backed once at 16 to 1, did not maintain his ground.
Latest prices

ST. LEGER.
5 to 2 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—take 3 to 1
5 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy—taken
10 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago—taken
11 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser
12 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston
16 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance
16 to 1 agst Mr. Cranstoun's Cranebrook
17 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting
20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
6 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Ennui—taken
10 to 1 agst IVIr. Whitelock's Fair Rosamond.
LEICESTER RACES— WEDNESDAY.

The Leicester Handicap of 25 says. each, 15 ft and 5 only if
declared, &c., with 75 ud.le,ll 4.40 SQCOOLI to save his stakee.

TwicerOund and a distance. (19 Subs., 12 of whom de-

chn ed).
Mr. Parr 's Dulcet, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, 7st
Mr. G. Ongley's Mystery, 4 yrs. 7st 41to
Sir H. Fleetwood's The Forest Flower, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b
Mr. Pratt's Venus, 4 yrs, 7st 81b
Won by a length—a very good race for second.
The Belvoir Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added for hunters.
Heats twice round. (6 Subs.)
Sprigg's Mogadore, 4yrs, 10St 121 b .. (Vann) 3 1 1
Robins's Valiant (h b), 4 yrs, lOst 121 b
Higgins's Forest Boy, 5 yrs, list 71b 5 5 2
Wildman's The Heiress (h b), 5 yrs, 1 Ist 71b 4 3 dr
Willis's The Count, 3 yrs, 10st 121 b ...... 2 dis
A good race.
A Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 40 added. Heats once
rotind and the run in. (8 Subs.)
Mr. G. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 6 yrs, 9st ...... 1 1
Mr. Cowper's Roebuck, 4 yrs, Bst 21b
s'sitelddolleagto' r 3, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ...
's Megara, 4 yrs, Bst 31b
Lyn, 7st 71b
3 dr
4 dr
I.‘AAMllirrrrl..Hlßjeairwiwdrk°inlnergtssil'nton's Galia, 4 yrs, Bst 31b
LEICESTER RACES.—Tnu ItgDAY.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Thrice round.
Mr. John Day's The Hero, 3 yrs, ist 111 b.
Mr. Cooper's Roebuck, 4 yrs, 9st llb 2
Mr. Wildman's The Heiress, 5 yrs, 9st 91b
Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 40 added. Heats, twice

round and a dis.

Mr. Ongley's Fama, aged, 9st— ---
4 1 1
Mr. Collins' Engineer, 3 yrs, 6st 11Ib .. 1 2 dr
Mr. llawkes's Redleg, 3 yrs. 6st 9lb
Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, 6
,yrs, 9st 3lb .............• 3 dr
The Cup Stakes of 10 sous. each. Twice round and a dis.
Mr. Bankes's The Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs, 6st 91b
Mr. Ongley's Mystery, 4 yrs, Bst 21b
' Mr. Raworth's ldolator, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 3
Mr. Pratt's Venus, 4 yrs, Bst 21b... ....... ...,
handicap of 10 sovs. each.
11Ir. Raworth's Idolator, Bst 51b..

. walked over.

The Beaten Handicap of 3 sows. each, and 25 added, was
won by Mr. Rogers' Forest Flower, beating Idolator, Mys-
tery, Heiress, and Galia.
WEYMOUTH RACES.—WEDNESDAY.

The Portland Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 30 added. Two

miles.
Mr. W. Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs, 9st 31b, walked over.
The Borough Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. The
winner to be sold for 1001. Heats, one mile and a dis.

Mr. Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs, 9st ...... (King) 1 1
Mr. Whieldoin's Sparsholt, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
Captain Paiton'sFlirt, 5 yrs, Oat ..

The Hunters' Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added, the
winner to be sold for 701., one mile and a dis., were won in two
heats, by Mr. Benjafield's Little Chance, 5 yrs, lOst 51b,
beating Mr. St. Lee's Eliza, aged, l Ist, and three others,
easily.
The Weymouth Stakes (Handicap) were won, in two heats,
by Mr. Goldsworthy's My Mary, 4 yrs, 9st 51b (Cowley),
beating Mr. King's Jack, 4 yrs, Bst 91h, and Mr. Benjafield's
Little Chance, 5 yrs, Bst 71b.

VAUXHALL-GARDENS.-Last evening Mr. T. Holt,
the indefatigable treasurer of the " Royal Property,"
took his annual benefit, on which occasion a most attrac-

tive programme was put forth by the spirited entrepre-
neurs, as a testimonial of their respect and esteem for
Mr. Holt. The principal features of the evening were
the fireworks by Darby, and the equestrian scenes by
Tournaire's Troupe. After the first part of the concert
the company repaired to the Waterloo Ground to witness
the accent of a inonstre M'ntgolfier balloon, with an
aeriel discharge of fireworks. A noble vessel completely
rigged (the John o'Gaunt) and a steamer (the Fame)
were then seen, by means of coloured lights, in the dis-
tance, and in an instant, on a given signal from the
steamer, the vessel became a perfect wreck in a mass of
flame, the shell having exploded in her with a terrific
report. On Monday next, we are informed that the last
grand masquerade of the season will take place, after
which the gardens will be opened to the " million" at a
" shilling," with a three days fete, in celebration of the
repeal of the corn-laws.
FATAL A CCIDEN T.—On Wednesday last two
youths, of the respective ages of 12 and 14 years, sons of
W. P. Featherstone, Esq., of Rushton-lodge, near
Brockampton, together with their sister, were in a boat
on a large pond in the rear of the premises, for the pur-
rose of angling, when a large carp having been hooked,
during the confusion of securing the fish the boat
lurched so heavily that Miss Featherstone fell over into
the water. One of her brothers, in attempting to catch
her, lost his balance, and also tell into the water, and
both disappeared beneath the surface. The gamekeeper,
who was in charge of the boat, with much difficulty suc-
ceeded in saving Miss Featherstone, but it was not until
nearly a quarter of an hour had elapsed that the body
of the youth was recovered. The poor boy had in his
struggles entangled himself amongst the weeds, and al-
though all available means were tried to resuscitate the
body, life proved to be quite extinct. Miss Feather-
stone speedily recovered from the effects of her im-

mersion.
A VENERABLE IZEAPER.—There is at present re-
siding in Burton-in-Lonsday a 'enerable old dame, over
whose head ninety-eight winters hlve passed. She is in
the perfect enjoyment of her health and faculties, and
m point of going every morning, with two or three
asais
pits at Ingleton for coals. On her
return, she has been in the habit, during the present
mares a
to
harvest, of walking a mile to assist her son in shearing,
the coal pits
has cut as much as four hatocks at a time, without
being fatigued. She has brought up a very large family
of her own, one of the members of which is Richard
Edmondson, the Kirkby Lonsdlle carrier.—Lancaster
Guardian,