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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
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CHEMISTRY, under the direction of JOHN RYAN,
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EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY, under the manage-
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STEAM ENGINE and STEAM NAVIGATION CLASS,
for Naval Officers and others.
PERSPECTIVE, as applied to Mechanics, Engineering,
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The Mathematical Class is continued as heretofore.
The above Lectures will be illustrated by an extensive col-
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A spacious and complete Laboratory is attached to the
Institution.

CRIPPLEGATE WARD WITHIN,
LONDON.—At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of this
Ward, holden on the 17th day of February, 1843; Sir
MATTIIEIV WOOD, Bart., M.P., 'Alderman, in the Chair.
It was moved by Mr. FROST, seconded by Mr. CoorEa, and
unanimously resolved,
That Corn and such other Provisions as enter most largely
into the consumption of the poorest classes, are not legitimate
objects of taxation, and ought to be exempt therefrom; be-
cause, as a much larger proportion of the expenditure of these
classes is absorbed by such articles of common necessity than
of their wealthier neighbours, it follows that if, viewed as a'tax
upon income, the burden falls most oppressively upon those who
are least able to bear it.
Moved by Mr. LART, seconded by Mr. DEWAR, and unani-
mously resolved,
That, independently of its direct influence as a tax, the duty
levied upon foreign corn by means of the sliding scale, inflicts
an indirect and greatly increased amount of injury by its con-
tinually shifting and variable character, thereby rendering the
operations of the merchant, the manufacturer, and the farmer,
uncertain and speculatife, and also greatly tending to produce
those periodical and monetary panics which have so frequently
deranged mercantile affairs, and which, by throwing the ma.
dufacturing population out of employment, have been produc-
tive of so much destitution, misery, and crime.
Moved by Mr. CASH, seconded by Mr. Hoots, and resolved,
That, as members of a commercial community, feeling our.. selves the evils of the present system, and knowing also that the
infliction is most severe upon the working classes, with whose
sufferings we cordially sympathise, and whose interests we feel.
bound to represent, we hereby pledge ourselves to oppose by
every legal means the imposition of the proposed sliding scale,
and protest against the adoption of any other than a moderato
fixed duty, subject to its gradual periodical extinction.
Moved by Mr. STRODE, seconded by Mr. HODGES, and

STAR HOTEL, SOUTHAMpTON.
CHARLES STATES begs to inform his
Commercial Friends and the Public that he has jointly,
with •Alr. Shepherd, taken the above Hotel; and in soliciting
the support of Commercial Gentlemen wishes to express to
them his desire to afford them that accommodation which,
he trusts, will not fail to ensure their patronge and future
support.

PRO BONO PUBLICO.
TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN.
Sin,—ln the month of July last, I joined a friend in
a walk through Hyde Park, where I had 'not been for
many yearS. As we proceeded, we noticed many new
benches, substituted for those which had backs to them,
and were loud in our exclamation against them. The
rich in- their splendid equipages, indulging on soft
cushions, well padded behind to lean agi:7-st, can have
no idea how uncomfortable they. are ; but the poorer
claSses, and the humble pedestrians, who cannot afford
equipages, should alike be considered. Instead of being
able to recline in comparative ease, in comfortable pos-
tures, they arc obliged to sit upright as they please, as
if they were fixed there to be stared at, and get up al-
most as tired as when they sit down. The Park-keepers,
by the way, who have little to do throughout the day,
might at least keep them clean.
We continued our walk into Kensington Gardens, and

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PRIVATE PUPIL.
IX, A VACANCY for a PUPIL is now open in
the FAMILY of a CLERGYMAN of long experience,
residing twelve miles from London, the number of whose Pupils
does not exceed five or six. He can offer the most satisfactory
References to Noblemen and Gentlemen whose sons have been
under his care.
Letters to be directed for the Rev. R. IL, Post-office, Pe-.
tershart, Surrey.

DISTRESS AT PAIbLEY..--
The COMAIITTEE in AID of the DISTRESSED
OPERATIVES at PAISLEY, have to state that since they
intimated to the public that the London Subscription would
be closed on the Ist of March, they have received the following
sums, which they have duly remitted; and further Contribu.
tiens will be received until that date, and will then be pub-
lished, with a statement of the amount.
Subscriptions after the Ist of March may to transmitted
direct to the Relief Committee at Paisley.
The Committee there mention " That they hope they have
now got beyond any increase in the numbers, but that they are
sorry to state their prospect is of a very gloomy description other-
wise. The funds are now within a two-weeks' supply of being
exhausted."

noticed even there very few of the aid fashioned loung•
ing benches remaining. If these remarks should come
under the observance of the Commissioners of Woods
and Forests, possibly they may take steps to abate
the nuisance.

We quitted the gardens at the entrance, •near to
Victoria-gate. This gate I consider ought to be in a
line with Westbournc-street, and a grand circle should be
formed, for the approach of the numerous carriages,
equestrians, and pedestrians ; but as it is now, ladies
alighting from their carriages, are obliged to walk
some distance to their great inconvenience, even before
they reach the clumsy heavy door, which lies in a nook,
although it is one of the principal entrances to Kensing-
ton-gardens, and forms a striking contrast to the one,
at the further end, which is chaste in design, and in
good taste.
It ought to be remembered, that these gardens,
which are well laid out, form the great attraction, and
deservedly so, for a grand promenade every clay between
the hours of five and seven, in the height of the season;
and at other times are resorted to, for the recruiting of
health, for pure air, and wholesome exercise ; nothing,
therefore, ought to be wanting, to make these gardens
still further in vogue if possible.
The advantages offered from having Victoria-gate in
a line with Westbourne-street, are these :—Firs,t, that
the view would not be intercepted for .a long distance,
almost as far as the beautiful range of buildings called
Westbourne-terrace, which are now erecting ; next, for
a leading thoroughfare, and a regular drive, which
would be up Westbourne-street, up. Oxford terrace, and
continue along the New-road, as far as Upper Baker-
street, leading to Clarence-gate, Regent's-park, and so
bringing the Parks, as near as they can be, to each other.
In a short time, many of the houses in the New-road,
from Oxford-terrace to Upper Baker-street, -Would, in all
probability, be re-built, and greatly improved in their
appearance.
-I am not surprised that Hyde-park-gardens, with
the buildings leading to the squares and Westbourne-
street, should be so much sought after, being all first-rate
houses, and most of them occupied by persons of conse-
quence. The latter, I should say, is very desirable
property to be possesSed of ; and, as a proof, there are
very few of the houses remaining unoccupied. The air
is pure, and the soil dry ; and should this measure be
carried into effect, or even a hand-gate formed, which is
very desirable, it would be the nearest of any to Ken
sington-gardens and the Park.
Dover, Feb. 8.

The number of persons receiving relief at Paisley and at the
adjacent villages amounts to 17,b35.
Chairman of the Committee. Robert Johnson, Esq., 95,
Watling-street; Treasurers, Alexander Rogers, Esq., Sheriff
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resolved,
That nopetition be presented to the present House of Com
mons from this meeting, in favour of the repeal of the Corn.
laws, as there is no hope of obtaining justice from them.
Moved by Mr. B. SMITH, seconded by Mr. CASH, and unani.
mously resolved,
That the thanks of this meeting be given to Sir Matthew
Wood, Bart., Al. P., for his readiness in callingthis Wardmote,
and his impartsal conduct in the chair; and that the foregoing
Resolutions be advertised in the usual Morning and Evening
Papers. W. PAYNE, Ward Clerk.

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R. V.

THE CORN-LAWS AND THE
CHARTISTS.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT,)
When will reason govern mankind ? Another
Chartist opposition, and, according to the Chartists,
another triumph ! Triumph over what ? Aye, in-
deed, over what ? Over justice, humanity, and en-
lightened freedom. The wretched and the desolate,
the unemployed rnd the poverty-stricken, the pale,
wan, and dejected thousands, ye shall remain so • there
is no hope, no bright and cheering anticipations for the
future; you aredoomed to mourn, and perish by the most
exquisite and protracted torture—the Chartists will it
Ye shall not be fed and employed, without it be ac-
companied with a vote If ye have not a vote, ye
shall ,not have bread ! Wise resolve, patriotic deter-
mination ! Let reason examine, and sound, reflec-
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political question, supported and defended by one class
of politicians alone. The repeal of the Corn-law is
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of the Chartists, actually voted in favour of the con-
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AUTHORS.—The great number of Copies of the SCHOOL
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the several names (as Authors) of ,Revs. D. BLAIR, J.
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the aristocratic bread-taxing Buckingham as
support the democratic (?) bread-taxer O'Connor !
A food-taxing Chartist is equally as obnoxi-
ous to a Corn-law Repealer as a bread-taxing
Tory. They are the Siamese twins of monopoly,
and only fit to legislate for such voluntary fasters as
the noted Bernard Cavanagh. The suffrage will
never be obtained by practising rude violence
towards the middle classes. Every Chartist
who sincerely wishes for a repeal ought to
aid, or at least not thwart, the present gigantic strug-
gle for the mighty accomplishment of that desirable
consummation. Let the .Chartists remember, that
la man (11. Hunt), whose memory they revere,
variably had written upon his banner, in immense
"No Corn-laws. ' Let them recollect that
iat was the rallying motto upon the blood-stained
L'eterloo, for which their intrepid leaders were
ncarcerated, their friends cruelly wounded, and their
relatives brutally and savagely murdered? Let
them reflect and never forget, that the Corn-law s have
been obtained by their blood, and are now maintained
by their famine rulers at the expense of a total anni-
hilation of commerce, and the consequent heart-
sickening poverty of England's hardy and industrious
sons. Let unity prevail, and all those hearts that are
now sad and despondinK will be happy and joyous;
the tear of anguish will give place to the smile of con-
tentment, the bitter complaint of perishing thousands
will cease, industry and employment revive, the
starving widow will bless, the orphan rejoice, and
millions of grateful human beings pour out their
prayers and thanksgivings foi this God-like change.

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THE WESTMINSTER REFORM
SOCIETY.
Last night, at seven o'clock, a meeting of the Committee of
the Westminster Reform Society was held at Stannard's Hotel,
Charles-street, Covent-garden, Mr. Prout in the Chair, for the
purpose of taking into consideration whit steps should be
adopted by them in reference to the plan proposed by Sir Ro-
bert Peel, Bart., on the Corn-laws, when it was resolved that a
General Meeting of the Society he called for Monday evening
next, in order to consider the above question.

The Courrier du Bas .Rhin says :—" The suspen-
sion of Professor Ferrari causes great astonishment at Strasbourg.
The measure was not merely prescribed by the Academic authori.
ties of the place, but was also enjoined by an order from Paris,
which at the same time summoned M. Ferrari thither, to explain his
conduct. We are inclined to believe that he will not find it diffi.
cult to justify himself thoroughly ftom the charges against him, of
having propagated subversive doctrines, and he will doubtlessly re.
turn in a few days to resume his lectures. M. Ferrari, since his
arrival in the capital, has published a letter In the Neck, in which
he states that the object of his lectures has been completely misun-
derstood ; that he endeavoured to explain the political and social
systems of Aristotle and Plato, and that, far from approving of ally
ideas of the community of goods and absence of marriage, as advo.
rated by the Communists, lie refuted these doctrines by arguments
from Aristotle.
A bandit, in Corsica, named Stefanini, has just
beets shot. by the military in that island. Ile had long been
the terror of the inhabitants, and his audacity had latterly
arrived at such a pitch that he carried off the Mayor of Sari,
and kept him prisoner for 40 days in the mountains ; nor did
he release his captive till the ransom of 4,000 fr., which he had
insisted on, was fully paid. The military, at length, tracked
him to his retreat in the mountains, and laid in ambush for
him several days. A most obstinate combat took place, %Shen
be appeared, and he was shot dead just as he was reloading
his carbine. Some oft he soldiers were wounded.
The bark of the Linden-tree is a great article of
cemmeree in Russia, where it is used to make mats, baskets of
all kinds, bags, slippers, and other things, and also for thatch-
ing. The trade is carried on to a considerable extent, through-
out the North East. of European Russia, from the Ousha and
the Wetugt to Kama, where the lindens grow in great abun-
dance, but do not thrive without the shelter of other trees.
It is calculated that upwards of 14,000,000 mats are made an.
nually in Russia, requiring 1,000,000 of trees to be stripped,
and creating a traffic to the amount of, at least, 3,000,000 of
silver roubles, or more than 12,000,000 f.
A robbery took place at Algiers on the night of
the 25th ult , at the house of N. Roguin, one of the paymasters of,
the army. The thieves, after having effected an entrance by one
of the windows, broke down a portion of a strong door leading to
the citlee, and having passed through the opening, reached the
nioney-ctiest, which they tnrced open, and carried off its contents,
amounting to 13,000 r They then attempted to force their way
into a cellar, in which was a sum of 130,000 f., but they relin-
quished the attempt, probably on account of the approach of morn.
ing, which induced them to make their escape as rapidly as pos-
sible with the booty which they had obtained. No trace has been
discovered of the thieves.
The Lyons papers state that great quantities of
snow have fallen this year on the Jura, on the country round Bourg,
and on what is known as the Pays de Gex. The wolves have been
forced by hunger to descend from the forests of the Jura, and have
appeared in villages at considerable distances from their retreats.
The road between Lyons and Geneva, by the Fort de PEcluse, has
been tendered dangerous from the drifting of the snow.
The Progres do Pas-de-Calais states, that during
the woks for forming the floating-dock at Calais, fourteen vessels
of different dimensions and ages, and lately three more, have been
discovered sunk in the mud and soil. Of these last, one, measuring
160 tons, was lying under Fort Risbane, and the two others of
smaller size, were completely loaded with rough stones. They are
all Three believed to have been sunk by the English in 1347 to ob.
struct the entrance into tl.e harbour, and thus prevent the town from
receiving succour by sea.
THE PEOPLE AND TIIE ARISTOCRACY are arraying
against each other foot to foot. The latter, strong in their mono-
polies and having a House of Commons packed with their minions,
seem determined to dispute every inch of ground; and even if
they were inclined, the time for compromise is fast passing away.
In fact, the proposition seems to have been especially devised for
stimulating opposition. and hastening the ultimate downfal of the
system. Now is the time for a bold and resolute remonstrance on
the part of the public. It is appalling to think of the rouse
qtiences which a blind and besotted maintenance of the landlords'
tax may involve, at a time when multitudes are perishing for food.
Reform in this matter is, in reality, Conservatism. A selfish and
unfeeling oligarchy have endangered the vital interests of the na.
lion, at a period when wrong is least likely to be patieitsly borne,
and every fliend to peace is bound to stay, by every constitutional
means, the progress of the unholy work.--Scotsman.
A. Toulon letter, Bth inst., says that the men accused
of peculation in the Marine Arsenal have been tried before a
court.martial. One, only 113 years of age, is serrtenced to twelve
months' imprisonment and a fine of 33 francs, for taking away be-
tween eight and ten pounds of copper, and another is to stand for an
hour on the pillory before the clock.tower, and pay a fine of forty
francs for receiving certain stolen articles. They are both declared
to be incapable of ever again being employed in the Arsenal.
THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES, BY TIIE AUTHO-
RESS OF " TEI.IPTATION."—An excellent novel--an admirable
wischool," not only for " Wives," but for almost every other social
relation of life—husbands, mothers. fathers, brothers, sons, daugh.
ters, in short, all the specific relations, especially the female ones,
growing out of the actual state of society—from triumphant
b2atities to despairing old maids. Thus much as regards the
tastes of those who seek in their reading for something better than
mere empty amusement. But to those who read, not that they
may " learn, mark, and inwardly digest," but merely that they
may kill the time which would otherwise kill them, this novel
will be equally acceptable; since it would be difficult to point at
any other recent work of its kind,. where they may meet with a
larger fund, and a greater variety of true, lively, and amusing
pictures of the actual society of the day its which we live.—
Naval and Maitary Gazette,

Eetters,

MEETING of MIDDLESEX MAGIS-
TRATES.
There was a numert,us attendance of the Magistracy yester-
day at the Sessions'-house, Clerkenwell-green, for the despatch
of County bnasness. Mr. Sergeant Adams in tl e Chair.
After the usual routine business, Mr. I.Au It 1 I.: said that he
thought the importance of the subject which be bad to bring
proceeded ithcthea' mu
Eau' tt)h• rb
uinterruption
b ebye fvio• reer et hselYl
aware, and therefore it required no eulogium from Mtn, of the
upright and very able manner in IA bleb the Duke of Portland
had fulfilled the high and important post of the Lord-Lieute-
nant of the County for the last fifty years.—( Hear.) That
very excellent Nobleman had done all that was in his power to
support the dignity and independence of the Magistracy,
and as one of the many who admired the virtues which the
Noble Duke possessed, he (Mr. L.) begged to move that the
thanks of this Court be given to his Grace the Duke of Port-
land.—( Hear.) He was. satisfied that the resignation of his
Grice would be a source of regret to the whole of the Members
of the Court.—( Hear, hear.)
A number of the members supported the motion.
A Committee, consisting of the Chairman, the two Members
for the County, and the mover and seconder of the vote of thanks,
were then appointed, and in a few minutes the following address
to his Grace was framed by those gentlemen, and read to the
Court; viz.--

" To His Grace the Duke of Portland.
"My Lord Duke—We, the Alagistrates of the county of Mid-
dlesex, in General Session assembled, beg to express to your
Grace our deep regret at the resignation of your Grace; of the
dignified offices of Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of
this county, which your Grace has so Cled,for nearly half a
century, as to acquire not only the respect, esteem, and confi-
dence of the Bench collectively, but also of those whose duty it
has been individually to communicate with your Grace on the
business of the county • and to express our acknowledgements
to your Grace fir the efficient and impariial manner in which
you have discharged the responsible duties of those high offices."
The Address was unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be
signed by the Chairman on behalf of the Court, and transmitted
to the Duke.

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THE LATE SIR ALEXANDER
BURNES.
'1 he late insurrection in Cabool has deprived the East of one
of its best soldiers, and the literary world of One of its chiefest
ornaments. The particulars of Sir Alexander's melancholy
fate are not at present clear ; tho only certain fact is that he
was killed along with eight other officers, of whom his brother
was one, on the 2d or 3d of November last. By placing in
chronological order the events of his life, the natural activity
of his mind, arid the steps of his promotion will be best seen :
Mr. Burnes was born at Montrose, in Scotland, May 1(i,
1805, and greatly distinguished himself at the Academy of that
place; and from hence obtained the appointment of Cadet for
the Bombay army, and arrived at the Presidency on the 31st
of October, 1821.
Dec. 25, 1822.—Appointcd Interpreter in the Hindostar.ee
language to the Ist extra battalion at Surat, and was employed
by the Judges of the Sudder Adawlut to translate the Persian
documents of that Court.
- 1825.—With his Regiment the 21st Native Infantry, he was
ordered to Boo), and acted in the disturbances which tolic place at Cutch, and was appointed Quarter master of Brigade.
At this time he was only 20 years of age. In the November
of the same year, he was appointed Persian Interpreter to a
force of 8,000 men, assembled for the invasion of Scinde.
. 1827:—Mr. Burnes drew up a valuable paper on the statis-
tics of Wagur, which highly pleased the Indian Government.
A memoir of the eastern mouth of the Indus, also met with
great notice.
1829.—Appointed to act with the survey of the north-
western frontier of Cutch ; an account of which may be seen in
the transactions of the Royal Geographical Society of London,
1834.
1830.—Lieutenant Burnes was selected to accompany the
present of horses from the King of England to the Maharajah
Minket Singh, and during the journey, made a full survey of
all the months of the Indus, and a map of the lu.ser portion of
its course, and of the land route to Tatta, and at Loodianah
(
first met the present King of Cahoot, then living as a guest
within the British territories. In the December of this year he
visited Kurnaul and Delhi, and was presented to the Great
Mogul, the 15th descendant from Timour.
Iss32.—At the commencement of this year, Lieutenant
Burnes obtained the sanction of the Governor-General to pro-
ceed into Central Asia. His great and admirable work was
the result of this journey, and the account which he himself
furnishes of it is thus expressly given ;
" I shall not pause to reflect on the feelings with which I
again set foot in India after so long and weary ajourney. In the
outset, I saw everything, both ancient and modern, to excite
the interest and inflame the imagination—Bactria, Trans-
oxiana, Scythia, and Parthia, Kharasm, Khorasan, and
Iran. We had now visited all these countries ; we had re-
traced the greater part of the route of the Macedonians;
trodden the kingdoms of Porus and Taxiles ; sailed on the
1 Ilydaspes ; crossed the Indian Caucasus, and resided in the
celebrated city of Balkh, from which Greek monarchs, far
removed from the academies of Corinth and Athens, had once
disseminated among mankind a knowledge of the arts and
sc:ences, of, their own history, and the world. We had beheld
the scenes of Alexander's wars of the rude and savage inroads
of Genghis and Timour, as well as of the campaigns and revel-
ries of Baber, as given in the delightful and glowing language
of his commentaries. In the journey to the coast we had
marched on the very line of route by which Alexander had pur-
sued Darius ; while the voyage to India took us on the coast of
Mekran and the track of his Admiral, Nearchus."
1833.—After his return to India Lieutenant Burnes, accord-
ing to instructions, proceeded to Calcutta, from which after
having received the thanks of the Governor-General, he ar-
rives( in London in the October of this year, and his reception
at the India House was most flattering. On the 30th of
December he was introduced at Court, and received the
special acknowledgments of tl.e King for the unpublished map
and memoir he had presented to his Majesty. 'I ho success of
this work for a book of travels was unrivalled. Mr. Murray
gave the author 8001. for the copyright of the first edition, and
nearly 900 copies were sold off in a single day, anti it was imme-
diately translated into French and German.
1834.—1 n the May of this year, Lieutenant Burnes received
from the Royal Geographical Society the fourth Royal pre-
mium of 50 guineas, for his " Navigation of the River Indus,'
and "A Journey to Balkh and Bokhara across Central Asia."
1835.—At a meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society on Feb.
21, Earl of Munster, Vice-President, Lieutenant Burnes was
elected an honorary member, for having "fixed with aces,.
iraayeythe
an
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anti
dhaving
Bokhara a
donend
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constructiongreat r f im ao-f
a map of those countries than had been done since Alexander
the Great." On this occasion he was complimented by Sir
Alexander Johnstone for having almost ascertained a con-
tinuous route and link of communication between Western
Asia and the Caspian Sea, as also for his excellent diplomatic
arrangements with the Ameers of Scinde. The museum of
the Royal Asiatic Society also contains the Bokhara cloak
worn by him in his travels in the Punjaub.
April s.—After remaining eighteen months in England,
Lieutenant Burnes at this date returned to India, where he
arrived on the Ist of June. On his arrival at Bombay, Lieu-
tenant Burnes resumed the duties of assistant to the Resi-
dent at Cutch, Colonel Pottinger ; anti shortly after in ac •
knowledgment of his diplomatic and other services, was
Knighted, and advanced to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
1839.—Sir Alexander Burnes, on the final restoration o
the Shah Soojah, was appointed political Resident at Cabool,
with a salary of 3,0001. a year. His brother, Lieutenant Burnes,
obtained his appointment of a Cadet on the Bombay establish-
ment, chiefly as a compliment to Sir Alexander's greatservices.