LOSS OF THE TRAVANCORE.

Extract of a letter from Bombay, dated the 6th of April 1823, on board the Sultan. "I have much pleasure to inform you of our safe arrival here, after a passage of sixteen days, from Bushire. You will be astonished to hear of the total loss of the ship Travancore, at Muscat: she drove with four anchors, and twelve men were lost, besides several wounded. I arrived three days after her loss. They have saved about 100 bales of piece goods, but all stained with Indigo. The markets at the Gulph are very dull; no prices for any thing."-Cal. Jour. April 24.

The cargo of the Travancore was insured, we are given to understand, to the amount of sixteen lakhs! This must fall very heavily upon the underwriters in Calcutta.-(Ibid., April 25.

enormous

March 28. At Mymunsing, the lady of C. Smith, Esq., C. S., of a daughter. April 12. At Serampore, Mrs. Lawrence D'Souza, of a son.

24. At Kamptee, the lady of Capt. Pereira, of the Artillery, of a daughter. 29. At Kurnal, the lady of Capt. Hen. Hawtrey, 4th regt. Light Cav., of a son. May 7. The wife of Mr. William Soubise, an Assistant in the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, of a son.

At Buxar, the lady of Capt. J. Mackenzie, S.A.H.C.Stud, of a daughter. 8. At Pubna, near Commercolly, at the Asiatic Jour.-No. 97.

21. The lady of C. B. Crommelin, Esq., of Goruckpore, of a son.

22. At Agra, the lady of Lieut. Henry James, 1st bat. 5th N.I., of a daughter. 23. In Motte's Lane, Durruintollah, Mrs. Joseph Harwood, of a son.

At Berhampore, the lady of Capt. Edward Carncross Sneyd, of a son. 28. On board the Windsor, the lady of Capt. Chas. King, 16th Lancers, of a son.

The lady of Lieut. Col. Aitchison, Military Auditor General, of a son.

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The lady of Capt. Heatly, of His Majesty's 47th regt., of a daughter. June 2. Mrs. Hooper, of the Town Hall, of twin sons.

6. At Syaldah, Mrs. Ingles, of a son. 7. At Saugur, the lady of Brevet Capt. Williamson, 2d bat. 21st regt. N.I., of

a son.

8. At Mhow, the lady of Lieut. Bell, Executive Officer, of a daughter.

15. At Chowringhee, the lady of D. Dale, Esq., of the Civil Service, of a daughter.

of the 10th regt. N.I., of a daughter.

18. At Muttra, the lady of Capt. James Steel, of the Muttra Levy, of a daughter. 19. At Jubbulpore, the lady of Lieut. Col. J. N. Smith, of a son.

The wife of Mr. Conductor J. Medlicott, of a son.

21. Mrs. E. D'Silva, of a daughter. At Dinapore, the lady of Lieut. Col. M. Boyd, of a daughter.

22. At Benares, the lady of W. T. Robertson, Esq., Civil Service, of a son. 23. At Bolaram, the lady of Capt. Oliphant, Nizam's Engineers, of a son.

26. In Chowringhee, the lady of E. Coulon, Esq., of a daughter.

27. At Garstin's Place, the lady of Benjamin Fergusson, Esq., of a son.

29. At Goruckpore, the lady of Capt. Swayne, of a daughter. VOL. XVII.

13. Mrs. J. W. Ricketts, of a son. 14. At Secundrabad, Harriett, the wife of Mr. Charles M'Carthy, Conductor of Ordnance at that station, of a son.

14. Mrs. Charlotte Lord, of a daughter. 15. Mrs. Grieff, of a son.

16. At Dum-Dum, the lady of Major George Pollock, Assist. Adj. Gen. of Artillery, of a daughter.

17. The lady of W. H. Oakes, Esq., of the Civil Service, of a son.

19. Mrs. C. D'Souza, of a son. 23. At Chittagong, the lady of Lieut. Col. J. Shapland, C.B., of a son.

24. In Chowringhee, Mrs. J. J. Fitzpatrick, of a son.

28. At Fort William, the lady of W. Graham, Esq., M.D., of a son.

MARRIAGES.

April 19. At Neemutch, Capt. H. F. Caley, Adjutant 2d bat. 1st regt. N.I., to Miss Margaret Catharine Baillie.

30. At Moradabad, A. Davidson, Esq., M.D., Assistant Surgeon, to Miss M. A. Blundell.

May 24. At Benares, by the Rev. Wm. Fraser, Cornet J. A. Scott, 1st Cavalry, to Miss Julia Frances Ouseley, eldest daughter of Sir William Ouseley, author of several celebrated works on Oriental subjects.

27. At Mazagon, at the house of William Cunningham Bruce, Esq., Poyntz Ricketts, of the Civil Service of that establishment, to Miss Margaret Maria Clark.

At the Cathedral, Mr. Rob. Hands, of the Bengal Marine, to Miss Charlotte Pignand.

28. At the Cathedral, by the Rev. Mr. Eales, J. W. Baldwin, Esq., to Miss Anne Jones.

June 6. At Bandel, Mr. W. H. Tydd, to Miss Jessy Cordelia Anderson.

10. At Banda, Emily Jane, youngest daughter of the late Robert Bathurst, Esq., Senior Merchant on this establishment, to Ensign Albert Corrie, of the 1st bat. 2d regt. N.I.

14. At St. John's Cathedral, Mr. Thos. Wood, to Miss Rosa Maria, youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas Young, of the Hon. Company's Bengal Marines.

19. At Paulghautcherry, Lieut. Barnett, of the 2d bat. 7th regt. N.I., to Miss Mary Frances Sayer.

24. At the Roman Catholic Church, Mr. H. Genive, to Miss F. La Valette. 26. At Futtyghur, Robert Stewart, Esq., to Miss Anna Lumsden.

28. At St. John's Cathedral, Mr. F. A. Cornale, of the Harbour Master's Department, to Mrs. C. McPherson.

July 1. At Dacca, at the house of Geo. Alexander, Esq., Emanuel Paniotty, Esq., of Calcutta, to Miss Erin Jordan.

2. At the Cathedral, Mr. John Green, musician, of Calcutta, to Agnes Bristow. 9. At St. John's Cathedral, F. B. Smith, Esq., to Mrs. C. Stuart, youngest daughter of the late John Addison, Esq., Senior Merchant on this establishment.

14. At St. John's Cathedral, John Fleming Martin Reid, Esq., to Miss Jane Elizabeth Stewart.

21. At St. John's Cathedral, Mr. John Statham, of the Hon. Company's Marine, to Miss Chaplin.

24. At the Cathedral, the Rev. J. R. Henderson, one of the chaplains on this Establishment, to Mrs. A. Smith.

25. At the Cathedral, Mr. John Murray to Miss Elizabeth Rebeiro.

26. Mr. Charles Harry Johnson, Assistant, General Treasury, to Miss Mary Le Clerc, daughter of the late Lieut. Samuel Le Clerc.

Mr. William Cornelius, Assistant in the Board of Trade Office, to Miss Elizabeth Lydia Le Clerc, the third daughter of the late John Le Clerc, Esq. 29. Mr. H. F. Churcher, of the H. C. Marine, to Miss Eleanor Nighland.

At the Cathedral, H. Clark, Esq., Surgeon, of Calcutta, to Mrs. Anna Maria Swinden.

30. At the Cathedral, Mr. Wm. Moncrieffe to Mrs. Charlotte Jennings.

Aug. 1. At the Cathedral, Lieut. Abraham Fuller to Miss Anna Amelia Hellner.

2. At St. John's Cathedral, William Hay Macnaghten, Esq, of the Hon. Company's Civil Service, second son of the Hon. Sir Francis Workman Macnaghten, to Frances, widow of the late Col. James C. M'Clintock.

DEATHS.

April 5. At Dum-Dum, Serjeant Major O'Neil, of the 2d bat. Artillery.

20. At Bagwangollah, Henrietta Eliza, the infant daughter of Mrs. Thos. Rose.

21. Near Monghyr, Charlotte Wilmot, third daughter of Capt. J. C. Carne, of the Pension Establishment, aged three years.

27. At Purneah, Capt. T. R. Court, of the Country Sea Service.

May 4. Mr. A. Heugh, coachmaker, Cossitollah, son of the late John Heugh, Esq., of Garseube, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, aged 28.

10. At Pooree, Capt. W. G. Stephen, of the Corps of Engineers, aged 31.

Charles Robert Hartley, son of Mr. John Miller, aged 11 months.

18. Mrs. Joseph Williams, daughter of the late Major B. L. Grenier, aged 22. 19. Mrs. Mary Helen Rigordy, wife of Mr. Francis Rigordy, aged 18.

21. At the residence of Messrs. Macintyre and Co., Robert Ross Young, Esq., third son of the late John Young, Esq., of Belwood, Perthshire, aged 25.

The infant daughter of Mr. F. Boezalt, aged 10 days.

23. At the house of Brown Roberts, Esq., Major Nicholas Manly, of the 1st bat. 20th regt. N.I., aged 40.

25. In Fort William, Capt. Philip O'Reilly, of H.M. 44th regt. of foot.

Mrs. Mary Cudmore, aged 41. 26. John Forsyth, Esq., aged 46.

27. The lady of Archibald Duff, Esq., Attorney at Law, aged 45.

Mr. R. Carter, of the H. C. Marine Service, aged 21.

Mary Jane Swayne, daughter of Lieut. Thomas Swayne, of the 44th regt., aged three months.

At Chitagong, Lieut. Col. Achison Maxwell, Regulating Officer of the Invalid Tannahs at that place.

28. At Agra, Capt. Charles D'Acre, 12th regt. N.I., and Fort Adjutant at the above station.

30. Thomas Quailey Stritch, Esq., aged 31.

After a lingering illness, Mrs. Jessy Welsh, widow of the late Joseph Welsh, Esq., aged 46.

31. Master Henry White, aged seven years and four months.

June 9. Anne Fulton, infant daughter of the late Capt. Alex. Fraser, of the Bengal Artillery, aged 17 months.

10. At the house of S. P. Stacy, Esq., Conolly, the infant son of G. Skipton, Esq., of the Honourable Company's Medical Service, aged ten months.

11. At Chittagong, Mr. R. B. Newnham, late Lieutenant of H. M. 14th Foot. Eustace, the son of the Rev. E. Carey, of Doorgapoor, aged one year and eleven months.

At Mrs. Bean's Seminary, suddenly, of the lock-jaw, Mrs. Caroline Mackrill, aged thirty-seven years.

At Barrackpore, James Stuart Elphinstone, the infant son of Lieut. Corbett, 20th regt. N.I., aged four months.

23. Mrs. Catherine Hughes, wife of Conductor Thomas Hughes, of the Ordnance Commissariat, aged 25 years.

26. At Chinsurah, Benjamin Bogaardtt, Esq., aged eighteen years, after a lingering illness of fifteen months.

28. At the house of Charles Paton, Esq., Magistrate, Calcutta, Miss Helen Henderson, aged 18 years and eight days. At Futtyghur, Mr. Joseph Wevill, Conductor of Ordnance, aged 44 years and one month.

30. At Barrackpore, Ensign George

Downie Cullen, of the 11th regt. N.I., aged seventeen years.

July 2. Master Leopold, son of Leopold Dyce, Esq., of Tetteghur, aged fif. teen years.

5. George, the fifth son of Major James George, of the Bengal N.I., aged eleven years.

At Robert Barlow's, Esq., Ghazeepore, Susannah Eliza, daughter of Frederick Currie, Esq., of the Civil Service, aged one year and seven months.

7. At Edghur, Hoogly, H C. Broeager, Esq., Proprietor of the Horticultural Establishment, aged forty years.

8. At Entally, in the 23d year of her age, Miss Eliza Breton, daughter of the late Mr. John Breton.

10. Barney Farrell, a Pensioner of the Hon. Company's Military Establishment. Mr. Simpson Catt, late Chief Officer of the brig Helen, aged 24 years.

At Dinapore, Assist. Surgeon J. M'Gregor, M.D.

13. At Calcutta, Christopher H. Richardson, son of Wm. Richardson, Esq., aged nearly five years.

On her passage to Calcutta, Mrs. Wm. Henry Tydd, after a short illness. At Dum Dum, Charles Mouat, the second son of Major J. A. Briggs, of Artillery, aged fourteen months.

14. Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. Sylvester, Conductor of Ordnance, aged three months and eighteen days.

At his brother's, in Chowringhee, Mr. Anthony Dolby, in the nineteenth year of his age.

14. In Chowringhee, Captain Wm. Harmsworth, aged 40 years.

19. At Jubbulpore, the infant daughter of Lieut. M. Nicholson, aged 14 months. 20. William, the infant son of Capt. H. W. Wilkinson, Fort Adj. of Fort William, aged nine months and 18 days.

22. At Kalpie, the infant daughter of J. G. Bruce, Esq.

23. At Benares, Lieut. Col. Keble, of the Invalid Establishment, and Commandant of the Benares Provincial Bat.

24. In Fort William, Calcutta, the lady of Lieut. T. O'Halloran, of H.M. 44th regt.

27. At Colingah, Mary Ann, the only daughter of Mr. D. Burnett, aged eight months and five days.

29. At Nagpore, the Rev. Francis Thomasine Kirchhoffer, aged 37 years.

At Bancorah, Louisa Martin, the youngest child of G. N. Cheek, Esq., aged one year and four months.

30. At Allipore, Lieut. A. C. Trever, of the Invalid Establishment.

31. J. P. Barnett, Esq., Assist. Surg., attached to the Hill Bildars.

Aug. 1. At Calcutta, Miss Anna Williamson, eldest daughter of J. Williamson, Esq., of Malacca,

"On the Service," and having the name and designation of an officer authorized to frank official correspondence written on their envelopes, or such as may have endorsed upon them the signature of a person possessing the privilege of franking private letters.

5. Government Gazettes to be transmitted post-free when forwarded directly from the press,

6. The postage shall be paid in advance for all letters and newspapers to be conveyed beyond the limits of the territories subordinate to this presidency; but it may be paid on delivery or receipt, at the option of the writer or editor (with the exception stated in section 7) for all other letters and newspapers, "post paid" or "post-not paid" being written on their envelopes. Should any person refuse to receive a letter addressed to him, it shall be liable to be opened for the examination of the signature, in order that it may be restored to the writer, or individual by whom it may have been sent to the postoffice, and that the direct and return postage may be recovered. The postage of refused newspapers shall in like manner be recoverable from their editors or other persons by whom they may have been forwarded.

7. The postage shall be paid in advance for all letters, which individuals may address on their private affairs to the public officers of Government; and this rule shall be understood to include the case of letters transmitting bills of exchange, promissory notes, receipts or government securities, &c. &c. to the Accountant General, the Treasurer to the Government Bank, or other public officer; but the practice thus enjoined shall be reversed when public officers correspond on such subjects with individuals.

8. Newspapers received by sea, or from the editors at Madras, for transmission to any station to which there is no Banghy, if not exceeding the weight of three rupees, shall be forwarded by Dawk at the postage of a single letter; but newspapers exceeding the weight of one rupee, shall in all practicable cases be forwarded by Banghy.

9. Packets of law papers, accounts, certificates of houses, and vouchers, shall be transmitted at the postage of a single letter, if not heavier than three rupees; at that of a double letter if not heavier than six rupees; and so on as far as fifteen rupees; beyond which weight they shall be forwarded by Banghy at its rates of postage. Such packets shall be indorsed law papers, accounts, &c. as the case may require.

10. It shall be at the discretion of the Post-Master General, and of the Officers in charge of the subordinate Post-offices, to forward by Dawk to stations to which

there may be no Banghy, parcels not containing letters, and not exceeding eighty rupees in weight, at the Banghy rates of postage.

11. Books printed at the Government press for the benefit of the Male Asylum shall be forwarded by Dawk, or if practicable by Banghy, at the postage of a single letter, payable at the stations to which they are directed.

12. Ship postage shall not be charged on letters for transmission by sea; but letters received by sea shall, besides the inland postage, be charged four annas, if not exceeding the weight of one rupee; six annas, if not exceeding that of one and a half rupees; and so on increasing two annas for every half rupee in weight; but if weighing more than twelve rupees, they shall be considered a packet, and charged three and a half rupees.

13. The Post-Master General shall be authorized to pay to masters of vessels, or other individuals bringing ship letters to the Post-office, or delivering them to persons deputed by him to receive them, a premium of one anna for each letter.

14. The opening of mails between stations is inhibited, except on urgent public occasions, when they must be opened and closed in the presence of the public officer deeming such measure necessary, and who shall immediately address an official letter to the Post-Master General, and likewise to the officer in charge of the nearest local Post-office in which the mails are to be conveyed, stating his motives for so doing.

15. Expresses are not to be employed except on the most urgent public occasions, when the despatches to be transmitted must bear on the face of them the words "By Express."

16. No public despatch exceeding the weight of three rupees shall be forwarded by Dawk on a Banghy route, unless it be endorsed "By Dawk."

17. Letters not arriving by sea, and parcels not exceeding the weight of 100 rupees, for persons residing at Madras, will be received at the General PostOffice, and delivered at the rate of one anna for each letter, and two annas for each parcel.

BANGHY DEPARTMENT.

1. Banghies are established on the routes from Madras to Calcutta, to Cannanore, and to Trichinopoly. The two first are despatched on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; the last, which proceeds via Pondicherry, Portonovo, and Tanjore, is despatched every day of the week except Sunday.

2. Parcels or bundles of newspapers from England or other places, not exceeding the weight of 700 rupees, or the cube of one foot, may be transmitted by