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PRICE 4D• STAMPED, SD.

These sums, together with the prolonged allowances
contemplated in the body of the report, give a total
estimated expenditure of £15,482 7s. 6d. per annum.
For how long a period, and to what amount, these
prolonged allowances will be continued, must de-
pend upon the state of the funds when the accounts
are closed, which the committee trust will be on the
31st of December next.
A report of the Calcutta Relief F uud is appended.
The receipts from the commencement have been
11,54,312 rupees, and the balance at the end of
October last was 92,837 rupees. 1,11,619 rupees
were expended in passage and diet money, and
1,88,244 rupees in passages to England.

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JOSEPH THACKTVELL, G. .cc ."31- 51
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regret to learn by telegraph that Li
..eneral Sir Joseph Thackwell, G.C.8., died—slit. 11 S.;
denly on Friday, at Aghada Hall, his seat in County
Cork, from disease of the hea:t. The gallant officer,
who had greatly distinguished himself, was fourth
son of the late Mr. John Thackwell, of Rye Court,
Worcestershire. He entered the army in April,
1800, and during his career of nearly 60 years had
gained the highest distinction in the service,parti-
cularly in the East Indies. Sir Joseph's services in
the Peninsula are thus recorded by Hart :—" Served
the campaign in Gallicia and Leon, under Sir John
Moore, and was engaged in several skirmishes,
and present at the battle of Corunna. Served
the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 in the Penin-
sula, including the battles of Vittoria, the •
Pyrenees, in front of Pampeluna, 27th, 28th,
29th, and 30th July ; blockade of Pampeluna from . .
18th to the 31st October, when it surrendered •,
battle of Orthes, affair at Tarbes, and battle of
Toulouse, besides many affairs of advanced guards, .
outposts, &c, ; served also the campaign of 1815,
including the action at Quatre Bras, the retreat on
the following day, and battle of Waterloo. Com-
manded the cavalry division of the army of the
Indus during the Affghanistan campaign ; was pre-
sent at the storm and capture of Ghuznee ; and
commanded the second column of the army on its
march from Cabool to Bengal." He commanded
the cavalry division of the army of Gwalior through-
out the Mahratta war in 1843, and commanded the
cavalry division at the action at Maharajpore, on,
the 29th of December that year. Sir Joseph greatly
distinguished himself in the operations against the
Sikhs, in the campaigns of 1846 and 1849, for
which eminent services he received the thanks of
Parliament and of the East India Company, and •
was rewarded in the last•mentioned year by her -
Majesty nominating him a Grand Cross of the
Bath, the gallant general having previously for his
military services been made a companion and knight
of that order. During his honourable career in the
service he had been several times wounded. At
Vittoria he was severely contused on the , right
shoulder ; and at Waterloo he was so badly
wounded that he.had to have his arm_amputated,
and had two horses shot under him. On his return
to England from the East Indies he was appointed
inspector general of cavalry in succession to his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. In 1834
he was made a Knight of the Hanoverian Order,
had received the silver war medal and three clasps
for his services in the PeninSula, a medal for
Sobraon, where he commanded the cavalry, and
medal and clasps for the last Punjaub campaign;
also the empty honour of the Dooraneo order, for
services in Affghanistan. In November, 1849, he
was appointed colonel of the 16th (the Queen's)
Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers), which
becomes at the disposal of the Horse Guards by his
lamented decease. He was an intimate friend of
the late General Havelock and of Lord Clyde, Sir
Harry Smith, Lord Gough, and other noble and
gallant veterans of the army. His commissions
bore date as follows :—Cornet, April 22, 1800;
lieutenant, June 13, 1801 ; captain, April 9, 1807;
major, June 18, 1815; lieut.-colonel, June 21, 1817 ;
colonel, Jan. 10, 1837 ; major-general, Nov. 9,
' 846 ; and lieut.-general, June 20, 1854.

THE OCEAN MAIL SER VICE.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 9.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tamar,
Captain Jellicoe, sailed hence to-day with the
Brazil and River Plate mails, a full cargo of L 14,900
in specie, and jewellery value £28,600. She has
101 passengers, among whom are the Princes
Philippe and Augustus, and suite. The new steamer
Mersey, belonged to the above-named company,
will be despatched from this port on the 25th inst.
for the Brazils, to take the place of the Camilla on
the River Plate line, the latter coming for repairs ;
the Mersey will take a mail. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's screw steamship Jeddo, Capt.
Black, recently built by Mr. Laird on the Mersey,
and which has made one voyage to Lisbon with the
mails, was taken out for a trial measured in Stoke's
Bay to-day, previous to being placed on the Bom-
bay, Suez, and Australian station. There was a
large party on board, including Captain Nairne,
Mr. Hadow, and Mr. J. Allen, directors of the
company ; Dr. Beattie, medical inspector ; Captain
Engledue and Mr. A. Lamb, the superintendent
and superintending engineer at Southampton ; Mr.
Justice Halliburton ; Mr. John Laird and Son ; Mr.
Napier, jun., of Glasgow ; Messrs. Luke and
Hughes, Admiralty surveyors; Messrs. Rubie and
Murray, surveyors to the Board of Trade, &c. The
Jeddo ran the mile four times, with the following
results :—First, 4 minutes 9 seconds—average
14.457 knots per hour; third, 5 minutes 1 second—
average 11.960 knots per hour ; third, 4 minutes 16
seconds—average, 14.063 knots per hour; fourth, 4
minutes 38 seconds—average 12 950 knots per hour.
Average vacuum, 231-:; ditto revolutions, 63 ; ditto
steam, 1811 b. She is about to be fitted with Mr.
Lamb's superheating apparatus, which will add to
her speed, besides effecting a saving in the con-
sumption of fuel. The performances of the ship
gave great satisfaction to all on board. After leav-
ing the measured mile the Jeddo was taken down
the Solent towards the Needles, during which the
company partook of a dejeuner in ithe saloon, re-
turning to the docks about half-past four o'clock.
The Jeddo is 1,800 tons burden and 450-horse
power. She will leave for Bombay in about three
'weeks. The Alhambra, Captain Woodgates, is
due on Monday, with mails from Lisbon, Oporto,
and Vigo. Three steamers are due off Cowes on
Wednesday and Thursday next from New York—
viz. the Borussia (screw), Captain Trautmann,
which left on the Ist inst. for Hamburg; the
Weser (screw), Captain Getjen, on the 2d for Bre-
men, with the German mails ; and the Arago
(paddle), Captain D. Lines, on the 2d for Havre, .
with the French and English mails. The Royal
Mail Company's steamer La Plata, Captain Weller,
is due on the 16th, with the West India and Pacific
mails, but may be looked for on the 14th. The
Ripon steamer, Captain E. Christian, leaves on
Tuesday next, with the heavy Bombay, Mauritius,
and Australian mails ; the Parana, Captain Bevis,
on the 18th inst., with the West India and Pacific
mails (the 17th falling on Sunday) ; the Alhambra,
Captain Woodgates, on the 18th, with the mails for
Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon; the Bavaria, Captain
Taube, on the 18th inst., and the Bremen, Captain
Wessels, on the 19th, both for New York ; the Pera,
Captain Jamieson, the the 20th, with the East
India and China