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Ilardwicke-grange, near this town _
eeks past his lordship had been confined to his room, and
his health had been gradually declining. His relatives and
friends have been unremitting in their attendance upon him,
and his last moments were cheered by the presence of those
who were nearest and dearest to him. The following is a
brief narrative of his lordship's eventful career:—
His lordship was.born August 11th, 1772, and v
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the bite Sir John Hill, Bart:, of Hawkstone, who
married Marv, one of the daughters and co-heiress of John

Chambre, Esq., of Peton, in this county, by which lady he
had sixteen children, twelve of whom survived their mother.
Lord Hill entered the army in the sixteenth year of his age.
His first commission was an ensigncy in the 38th Regiment,
and having obtained leave of absence, with the view of im-
proving his military knowledge, he was placed at an academy
at Strasburg, where he remained one year, and then ac-
companied his elder brother and his uncle, the late Sir
Richard Hill, in a tour through Germany, France, and
Holland.

Lord Hill commenced his military duty at Edinburgh,
where he had the advantage of the best society, and received
from many of the nobility and first families particular notice.
His removal from Scotland took place in consequence of an
offer he received of a Lieutenancy, in Captain Broughton's
(afterwards Lieutenant-General Sir John Broughton) inde-
pendent company, on his raising the usual quota of men ;
this he soon accomplished, and then removed as Lieutenant
to the 27th. His friends being anxious for his early promo-
tion, obtained permission for him to raise an independent
company, which gave him the rank of Captain in the army,
in the year 1792. In the interval of his being attached to
any partiaular corps, he accompanied his friend, Mr. Francis
Drake, who went out as Minister on a diplomatic mission to
Germany, whence Captain Hill, through the recommendation
of his friend, proceeded to Toulon, and was employed as
Aide-de-Camp to the then successful General commanding
there—namely, Lord Mulgrave, General O'Hara, and Sir
David Dundas. Capt. Hill had not at that time attained
his 21s t year, but had the honour of receiving from each
of his commanders decisive proofs of their approbation.
His next appointment was to a company in the 53d, with
which regiment he was on duty in Scotland and Ireland.
His conduct at Toulon recommended him to the notice and
friendship of Lord Lynedoch, who made him the offer of
purchasing a majority in the 90th this step was gladly ac-
ceded to by himself and friends, and was soon followed by
promotion to a lieutenant-colonelcy in the same regiment.
He went through arduous duty with the 90th at Gibraltar
and other places, and had his full share in the memorable
Egyptian campaign. In the action of the 13th of March,
1811, Major-General Craddock's Brigade formed the front
)th Regiment, commanded by Lord Hill, then
lieutenant-colonel, as its advanced guard. Sir R. Wilson

states the conduct of the 90th in this affair to have been
most honourable ; and that nothing could exceed the intre-
pidity and firmness with which they charged the enemy. On
this occasion Colonel Hill received a wound on the right
temple, from a musket ball, the force of which was provi-
tially averted, by a strong brass binding in the front of his
helmet : the blow was, however, severe, and he was re-
moved from the field of battle in a state of insensibility.
During the whole of Sir John Moore's advance and re-
treat, General Hill continued indefatigable in his exertions.
On General Hill's arrival in England, in the beginning .of
the year 1809, he found himself appointed Colonel of the
third Garrison Battalion, and about the' same period he be-
came possessed of Hardwick-grange, an estate left to him by
his uncie, the late Sir Richard Hill, Bart.

At the battle of Tallavera General H ill was slightly wounded
on the head. After which, the activity which enabled him to
surprise a considerable corps of the enemy under General
Girard, at Arroyo de Molino, is indicative of his high at-
tainments as a military man. On this latter enterprise he
captured the Prince d'Aremberg, who was sent prisoner to
Oswestry, and afterwards to Bridgenorth, both in this
county.

On the dissolution of Parliament, in 1812, the Hon. Wm.
Hill (late Lord Berwick) signified his intention of resigning
his representation of the borough of Shrewsbury, and the
family of General Hill were solicited to offer him as a candi-
date, and his election for that borough was obtained.
In 1813 and 1814, the inhabitants of Shropshire erected a
magnificent column as a testimony of esteem to his lordship.
In May, 1814, General Hill was created Baron of Almarez
and of Hawkstone, and an annuity of £2,000 per annum was
voted by Parliament to his lordship and his heirs male,_with
remainder to his nephew.

Peace having been signed at Paris, in May, 1814, his lord-
ship returned to the bosom of his venerable father and his
friends at Hawkstone, in the following month. On his road
thither he was received with the utmost enthusiasm in every
town through which he passed. His return to his native
county was anticipated by the inhabitants with the liveliest
joy. A day was set apart for a public dinner and rejoicing
in Shrewsbury ; and his lordship was received in that town
with all the honours and enthusiasm of a triumphal entrance ;
the town poured forth its population to gratnlate him; a
cavalcade, comprising the principal personages in the county,
escorted his lordship into the town, and he afterwards dined
at the Town-hall. A short time after, the freedom of the
borough was presented to his lordship in a gold box, and the
reedom of the Drapers' Company.
"His lordship now hoped to pass the remainder of his days
upon his estate and among his friends ; but he was imme-
diately appointed to take command of an expedition against
the Americans. Happily, however, the negotiations with
that power terminated with the signature of peace; and, on
the return of Bonaparte from Elba, on the 4th of March,
1815, and his reascendancy in France, Lord Hill was offered
a command in the Netherlands, and was present at the ever-
memorable battle of Waterloo. His lordship, on that occa-
sion, had a horse shot under him ; and his two brothers were

wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir R. Hill was ahot through
the upper part of the right arm, and the ball entered his

chest, . Lieutenant-Colonel Clement Bin
wound was in his thigh ; a sabre passed quite through the
fleshy part, and also through his saddle, into his horse's

Perhaps the occasion on which his lordship most distin-
guished himself was the desperate fight of Almarez, in 1812,
from which he took his second title. Wellington directed
Sir Rowland Hill to destroy the bridge of Almarez, defended
)y very formidable works and a

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OUR INDIAN SUCCESSES

Lord Ellenborongh ha

addressed the following apostolic
letter to the chaplains in the upper provinces of India. We
observe_ that objection has been made to such a direction

that the Governor-General states expressly that he addresses
the letter •' in the absence of any superior ecclesiastical au-
thority' in those extensive districts :

" Simla, October 1, 1842.
" Reverend Sir,—The seasonable supply of rain, following
our prayers recently offered to God for that blessing, whereby
the people of the north-western provinces have been relieved
from the fear of impending famine, and the great successes
recently obtained by the British arms in Affghanistan,
whereby the hope of honourable and secure peace is held out
to India, impose upon us all the duty of humble thanksgiving
to Almighty God, through whose paternal goodness alone
these events have been brought to pass. Nor have we less
incurred the duty of earnest supplication that we may not
be led to abuse these last gifts of God's bounty, or to attri-
bute to ourselves that which is due to him alone ; but that
we may have granted to us grace so to improve these gifts as
to show ourselves worthy of his love, and fit instruments in
his hand for the government of the great nation his wisdom
has placed under British rule. •
" In the absence of any superior ecclesiastical authority in
these upper provinces, I request that yen will take these
matters into your serious consideration, and that you will on
the 16th of October offer to Almighty God such prayers and
thanksgivings at the time of Divine service in your church,
as may seem to you best suited to impress upon your con-
gregation the greatness of the blessings which the British
nation in India, and the whole people of India, have recently
received, and the high moral responsibility under which God
has placed all those who have committed to them any part
in the government of this empire.
" I remain, reverend sir, your affectionate friend,
(Signed) " ELLENBOROUGH."

AMERICAN COTTON EXPERIMENT IN BENGAL

We are indebted to a correspondent for some interesting
extracts from the private letters of one of the American cot-
ton planters in Bengal. Our readers will learn with regret
that hitherto the experiments in that presidency have been
failures. This, however, is entirely to be ascribed to .the
unfavourable nature of the climate in Bundelkund—the wi-
thering hot wind which prevails there having blasted the
hopes of the planters. The intelligent writer, however, does
not despair of being able to find suitable Locations where
these disadvantages do not prevail. The indigenous cotton
appears to thrive better than the American—and there is a
marked superiority of the American over the native mode of
cultivation. The planter says :

" Had those who settled us here ex

bred all India for the

most unfavourable part, this would have been the spot they
must have pitched upon. This is proved from the tact that
in the part of the Dooah and Bundelkund, where we are
located there are no indigo factories or sugar mills ; in a
word, thare is nothing prouced here but a little miserable
grain, which affords the people a precarious subsistence, and
a little poor cotton which affords them scarcely clothing, and
which is too uncertain to risk being planted by itself, but is
sown with a dozen different kinds of pulse. Notwithstanding
the unfortunate result which has attended our efforts here,
we do not despair of success in a more genial clime; and I
doubt not that India possesses territory equal in extent to
the whole cotton growing region of the United States which
will produce the article ; and, with the assistance of govern-
ment, which I am sure the present rulers will lend, we will
find them out ; and judging from the description Hamilton's
Gazetteer gives, I would venture to point out the following
countries in which I think the American cotton very likely
to succeed, viz., Bengal about Dacca, Moorshedabad, Bhan-
gulpore, Jumulpoor, Dinagepoor, Rungpoor, and even to
Ghoruckpoor, Oude, Rohilcund, &c. In the selection of
these districts I have kept entirely out of the range of the
course of this part of the country hot winds. I may also
add Malwa, particularly about Saugor and Jubbulpoor.
From the latter district Captain M`Leod sent us some seed,
and on looking over them I found a lock of cotton, which I
think particularly good. I need not attempt to enumerate
the many sections of country on your side of India in which
I think good cotton can be produced, as you will have a great
acquisition to your practical knowledge in the planter who is
upon the eve of setting out for your presidency. The native
cotton flourishes most luxuriantly under our mode of culti-
vation ; the hot wind does not affect that so much as it does
a foreign plant. It is not very prolific under any circum-
stances, but from its present appearance it will produce a
great deal more than the natives realise from it, but unfor-
tunately we have planted largely of the American variety,
and but sparingly of the indigenous. The rain just came in
time to save the khureef, or wet weather crop ; so, upon the
whole, this will be a good season for the native grain crops.
The khureef will not be so good as it would have been with
a shower or two in August, but the people will not starve.
The Indian corn crop is entirely cut in this neighbourhood.
—Bombay Times, Nov. 2.

REVIVAL OF THE SERGE MANUFACTORY.—We are hap-
py to find that the good news from India and China has had
the effect of re-animating the serge manufactories in Devon,
which had been drooping for some time past. The extensive
factories for this article at Ashburton and neighbourhood,
have been set upon full work ; and the inhabitants seem in-
spired with a new life, at the prospect of a revival of trade to
the East.

ARRIVAL OF THE TREATY AND DESPATCHES FROM
CHINA.--The Locust steamer, Lieutenant-Commander John
Lunn, arribed at Plymouth on Friday from Malta, which she
left on the 25th ult., bringing Major Malcolm, Secretary of
Legation, and 'Commander C. Richards, of her Majesty's
ship Cornwallis, the former charged with the Treaty of Peace
concluded with China, and the latter with despatches for the
Admiralty, with which they immediaeely on landing proceeded
express for London
THE I

RON TRADE IN GERMANY.—Although Germany
possesses rich and numerous mines of iron, in the mountains
of the Hartz and in Silesia, their product does not suffice to
cover the extent of consumption, and that of the railroads
in progress on so many points of her territory. The imports
of this metal continued, therefore, still on the increase in
Hamburg, and principally from England ; from whence, in
1841, no less than 30,000 tons were despatched and received
in that port, and which, according to the basis of valuation
there, reprt

ented a value in sterling equal to about £320.000

—Barcelona, which was said to have submitted to
the Regent, still holds out. The Junta wanted to surrender
on certain conditions : these his Highness refused, 'insisting
that the surrender must be unconditional. The Junta re-
turned to the city. roused the citizens, and caused the toc-
sin to be rung, for the purpose of raising the whole district.
The Regent was preparing to bombard the city ; one account
says that the bombardment had actually commenced. An
English and a French squadron had assembled in the roads
of Barcelona. The Christinos were suspected either to have
had a hand in getting up the insurrection, or of a design to
turn it to the advantage of the cause of the exiled Queen.
Major Malcolm, the bearer of the despatches from China,
with the treaty entered into by the Emperor, landed at
Devenport on Sunday. He left Nankin on the 16th, and
Hong-kong on the 26th of September, in the Auckland, and
arrived at Suez on the 9th ult. On his reaching Alexandria,
no English steamer being present, he proceeded by an
Egyptian steamer to Malta, where he arrived on the 20th,
but was detained, in consequence of there being no steamer
ready to put to sea, till the 26th, when the Cyclops having
arrived from Corfu, he proceeded in that vessel to England.
Some of the accounts brought by this channel state the sum
shipped by the Blonde frigate to be 5,000,000 dollars, instead
of 3,000,000 dollars, as first stated.

SPAIN

THE AFFGHAN PRISONENS BOUGHT. —From India we
learn that all the surviving prisoners have been recovered,
without exception ; and at the same time we learn that the
apprehension lest they should be carried away beyond the
reach of our advancing army was by no means groundless ;
they were carried away, to be scattered in slavery among
distant and strange tribes. Some indignation was once ex-
pressed at the idea of purchasing back our brave fellow coun-
trymen ; they have been purchased, with a large bribe to their
keeper. It was, they say, a matter of life and death. Per-
haps some stern politicians will maintain that Florentine Sale
and Eldred Pottinger and their captive friends ought to have
gone into hopeless bondage, for the " national honour,"
rather than have been bought in ?—Spectator.
THE PRESENT STATE OF MOSCONV.—The Russian jour.!
nals give some details relative to Moscow, which are not
without interest. Towards the end of the 17th century, ma-
nufactories of cloth, silk, cotton, glass, porcelain, and
crockeryware, were established in this city, but without any
decided effect until 1822, when, in consequence of the pro-
tective system adopted by the government, Moscow became
the centre of a vast number of manufactories, all in the most
flourishing state. At present there are, in and about the
city, not less than a thousand of these establishments, send-
ing forth goods to the amount of 40,000,000 silver rubles a
year. Upwards of 40,000 workmen are employed in those
manufactories, besides 30,000 in various trades. The pro-
sperity of the city has, in fact, increased to such a point,
that all traces of the terrible catastrophe of 1812, by fire, are
entirely effaced.

LORD ELLENBORONGH'S POLICY.—We quote with plea-
sure the following extract of a letter from an officer on the
personal staff of the Governor-General of India. The re-
marks at the commencement seem to us to throw more light
on Lord Ellenborough's policy, hitherto shrouded in such
mystery, than is likely to proceed from any other quarter
previous to the discussion of which it will be the subject iu
Parliament, and the fact mentioned in the sequel is both
novel and interesting :—" Simla, sth October, 1842. I dare
say there has been an outcry against Lord Ellenborough in
England, on the supposition that he was going to withdraw
the armies without visiting Cabool or Ghuznee. The fact is,
he did not choose to disclose his views and intentions to
every babbling newspaper editor in India, who would soon
have given information to the enemy. The result of his
secrecy has been mantlest. The Affghans, under the im-
pression that Nott would retire without taking Ghuznee, did
not think it worth while to garrison or improve the defences
of the pace; and did not find out that he was coming that
way till he was within 80 or 90 miles of it. What, indeed,
would better have shown Lord Ellenborough:s judgment and
prudence, than the complete success with which his measures
have been crowned ? The country owes him a great deal.
A. clever stroke of policy has been his order to Nott, to con-
vey away from Ghuznee the gates of the Temple of Sacu-
nauth, which originally belnnged to a Temple in Guzerat,
and which were carried away to Ghuznee from thence 800
years ago, by Mahomoud of Ghuznee. They are the chief
trophy of Mahometan conquest existing ; and their being
restored to India, and to their proper Hindu temple, will
have the most gratifying effect in convincing all Asia of our
irresistible power. The Hindus are delighted and the Mus-
sulmans are quite dispirited. The story of the gates is so
well known in India, that all the natives are quite familiar
familiar with it, and long before we heard here of Ghuznee
being captured, we heard the bazaar report of the gates being
carried away from Ghuznee."—Glasgow Courier.

SWAN RIVER WHALE FISHERY.—A few days ago some
remarks were made upon the wealth the Am

were
deriving from the whale fishery at the Swan River; and in-
volving, as it appears to do, the enterprise of the British
merchant, who, from all that can be learned, had not ex-
plored that part of the southern seas with anything like the
success attending our Transatlantic brethren, the subject
deserves increased attention. The Americans, it would seem,
are making the trade in oil, or at least the produce of these
fisheries, entirely their own ; for whereas, in two or three
instances which have come under our own special observa-
tion, it has been discovered that while a fleet of American
vessels have fished, as was stated the other day, in the most
successful manner in the bays of Western Australia, cer-
tainly not more than half a dozen of our whalers visit those

places.
on this

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...spotadent, who has forwarded some statistics
ject, laments the want of spirit displayed by our
in the prosecution of these resources, now the
trade has failed; and from what may be gathered
-els already engaged, it appears to be
..ote why this particular interest should be so
ed to the adv•'

uccess of the v

Ilmost inexplical

intage of the Americans and the
rench, as late returns of the produce of the whale fisheries
of these respective nations have exhibited. The clearances
of British craft during the" season for the South Sea fishery
have been 64, and average vessels from 200 to GOO tons each,
while the " take " -

by oeveral ships that are arrived, or
have already been spoken with, give as, high as 1,800 barrels,
and as low as 100 barrels. Every allowance must be made
for vessels which had been but a few weeks on the stations,
and, in many instances, though it may have appeared that
the crews were not fortunate, a comparison of dates at once
shows that it was scarcely fair to expect them in perfect
operatiot. The Marshal Bennet, according to the latest
accounts, had had the greatest success.—Times, City article.