To rank from the date of his departure from Southampton by the overland route, viz. :

Alexander Turnbull, Oriental, 3rd Oct.

To rank from the date of the departure, from Liverpool, of the ship by which he proceeded, viz.:—

Thomas Pierce, Malabar, 8th Oct.

To rank from the 9th Dec. 1844, the day on which they passed their public examination, and in the following order, provided the ships by which they proceed sail from Gravesend on or before the 9th March, viz. :—

CADETS FOR THE MADRAS CAVALRY AND INFANTRY.

For the Cavalry.

To rank from the date of his departure from Southampton by the Overland route, viz:

Arthur Jacob Macan Rainey, Oriental, 3rd Dec.
For the Infantry.

To rank from the 10th December, 1814, agreeably to Court's Resolution of the 4th December, 1833, and in the following order, viz. :

Simeon Charles Lousada, overland route, 3rd Oct.
William Clifton Smith (abroad), Para. via Southampton,

3rd Nov.

Henry John Harness, Orpheus, 24th Nov.

Arthur Child, Carnatic, 2nd Dec.

William White Wotherspoon, ditto.

Farquhar Marshall Davis, Para. via Southampton, 3rd Dec.

Johnjames Somerville, Oriental, 3rd Dec.
William Barber, ditto.

James Michael, ditto.

Christopher Sullivan Fagan, Carnatic, from Deal, 5th

Frederick Elms, ditto.

William Blount, ditto.

Andrew Robert Clephane, ditto.

Thomas Frankland, ditto.

Robert Griffith Lewis, ditto.

Benjamin Wyld, ditto.

Thomas Pendrill King, ditto.

LIST OF RANK OF CADETS FOR THE BOMBAY ARTILLERY AND INFANTRY.

For the Artillery.

To rank from 9th Dec., 1844, the day on which they passed their public examination, and in the following order, provided the ships by which they proceed sail from Gravesend on or before the 19th March, viz. :

Frederick Conybeare, David James Kinloch, Herbert Bruce Sandford.

For the Infantry.

To rank from 9th Dec., 1844, the day on which they passed their public examination, and in the following order, provided the ships by which they proceed sail from Gravesend on or before the 9th March, viz. :

Charles James Stewart, Arthur Gifford.

To rank from 10th Dec., 1844, agreeably to Court's resolution of 4th Dec., 1833, and in the following order, viz. :

Herbert Henderson James, Para. via Southampton, 3rd

James Thomas Carr, Great Liverpool, 3rd Nov.

ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN ON THE BENGAL ESTABLISHMENT, In continuation of that dated 30th December, 1843. To rank from the date of their departure from England by the overland route, viz. :

The Reverend Robert James Bland, B.A., overland, 2nd January, 1844.

The Reverend Henry Boys. M.A. overland, 2nd March. 1844.

The Reverend James Bousted, M.A., overland, 2nd March, 1844.

To rank from the date of the sailing, from Gravesend, of the ships by which they proceeded, viz.

Francis Hinde, B.A., Ellenborough, sailed 8th June, 1844.
Julian Robinson, M.A. Prince of Wales, sailed 27th,
August, 1844.

ASSISTANT CHAPLAINS ON THE MADRAS ESTABLISHMENT,
In continuation of that dated 30th Dec. 1843.

To rank from the date of his departure by the overland route, viz. :

The Rev. Meade Nisbett Stone, M.A., overland, 2nd
April, 1844.

To rank from the date of the sailing, from Gravesend, of the ship by which he proceeded, viz. :—

John Griffiths, M.A., Wellesley, sailed 5th June, 1844

ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN ON THE BOMBAY ESTABLISHMENT, In continuation of that dated 30th Dec. 1843. To rank from the date of his departure from England by the overland route, viz. :—

The Reverend John Jessopp, M.A., overland, 2nd June, 1844.

11th Dec. 1844.

ARRIVALS REPORTED IN ENGLAND.

MARINE.

Bombay Estab.-Lieut. Charles D. Campbell, I. N.

GRANTED AN EXTENSION OF LEAVE AT HOME.

CIVIL.

Bengal Estab.-Mr. Carolus I. H. Graham, 6 months.
Madras Estab.-Mr. George H. Skelton, 6 months.

PERMITTED TO RETIRE FROM THE SERVICE.

HOME ESTABLISHMENT.

The Rev. Thomas Bisset, A. M., first assistant classical and mathematical master at the Military Seminary, and chaplain and librarian to that institution.

Madras Estab. Capt. John C. M'Nair, art., 6 months.

PERMITTED TO RETURN TO THEIR DUTY,

MARINE.

Bombay Estab.-Mr. Francis H. Horn, I.N.

RESIGNED THE SERVICE.

ECCLESIASTICAL.

Bombay Estab.-Rev. Charles E. Gray, assist. chaplain.

CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT.

For the list of students who quitted the East-India College at he close of the term on the 13th Dec., see proceedings at EastIndia College, Haileybury.

MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.

For the names of gentlemen cadets appointed from Addiscombe, in December, to the engineer service, the artillery, and the infantry, see proceedings at Addiscombe.

Mr. W. R. R. D. Heatley having been reported, after private examination, qualified for the infantry, was appointed to that branch of the service, and stationed at Bombay, taking rank next below the seminary cadets who passed their public examination on the 9th Oct.

MARINE.

Bombay Estab.-Mr. Mark Arthur Sweny, app. a volunteer for the I. N.

The under-mentioned gentlemen have been nominated stu dents at the East-India College, with a view to their future ap pointment as members of the civil service, viz. :—

Mr. Roderick Mackenzie Edwards,

Mr. Thomas Douglas Forsyth,
Mr. Francis Bruce Simson,

Mr. William Murray Floyd.

24th Dec. 1844.

ARRIVALS REPORTED.

MILITARY.

Bengal Estab.-Lieut. col. Charles M. Carmichael, 4th Lt. Cav.
Madras Estab.-Ens. Alexander Grant, 9th N. I.

Capt. Charles F. Compton, 48th N.I.
GRANTED AN EXTENSION OF LEAVE.
CIVIL.

Bengal Estab.—Mr. William R. Timins, 6 months.

MILITARY.

Bengal Estab.-Assist. surg. Henry N. Nugent, 6 months. PERMITTED TO RETURN TO THEIR DUTY.

MILITARY.

Bengal Estab.-Capt. James S. Davies, 32nd N. I. Madras Estab.-Capt. John E. Hughes, 47th N.I. Capt. James S. Lang, 48th N. I.

APPOINTMENT AT HOME.

MARINE.

Bengal Estab.-Mr. Charles White, appointed a volunteer for the pilot service.

3rd Jan. 1845.

ARRIVALS REPORTED.

MILITARY.

Madras Estab.-Capt. Alfred Borradaile, 4th Lt. Cav. Lieut. Edward R. Sibly, Invalids. Capt. Francis Eades, 39th N. I.

DEC. 2. Borneo, Hogg, Bengal; Arab, Nickles, Manilla.-3. Pearl, Heyward, Ceylon.-4. Mungo Park, Thomson, Batavia; Inchman, late McArthur, Bombay.-6. Brooksby, Thomson, Manilla; Athena, Hogg, Bengal.-7. Anna Watson, Sterling, Bengal.10. Renown, Donald, Van Diemen's Land; Camana, Hoodless, Bengal.-11. Lady Bute, McKinley, Bengal.-12. Scotland, Cunning-ham, Bengal; Princess Charlotte, Griffiths, Bombay.-13. H.M.S. Syren, Smith, Ceylon; Druid, Ritchie, Singapore; William Shand, Potter, Bengal.-14. Sumatra, Duncan, Ceylon.-16. Pandora, Cothay, Manilla; Bowling, Gentle, Bengal.-17. Sultan Murdoch, China. 19. Jessie, Malcolm, Ceylon; Amelia Mulholland, Brown, Mauritius; Devon, Mallory, Bengal; Meg of Meldon, Bleasdale, Bengal; Nestor, McMeckan, Bengal.-20. China, Livesay, Bengal; New Zealand, Grey, Bengal; City of Poonah, Hight, Madras; Ann Falcon, Bowness, Mauritius; Amwell, Kirkus, Van Diemen's Land.-21. Justina, Loader, Bengal; Queen, Devy, Bengal ; Kyle, Fletcher, Bengal ; Arab, Dalgarno, Port Philip.23. Universe, Ritchie, Bombay; Atkinson, M'Donald, Bengal ; Scotswood, Hau, Mauritius; Tar, Langley, Mauritius; Carrara, Mailler, Mauritius.-24. Princess Royal, Hoodless, Bengal; Bencoolen, Claributt, Manilla.-26.. Repulse, Marquis, Bengal; Bland, Callan, Bengal; Lady Clarke, Lawrence, Bengal; Culdee, Campbell, Bengal; Anna Robertson, Munro, Madras: Albyn, Clarke, Moulmein; Chilena, Wylie, Penang; Rota, Care, Batavia; Portly, Reid, Mauritius; Vigilant, Hoets, Cape; Woodman, Good, Bombay.-27. Asiatic, Barlow, Bengal; Thomas Lee, Woolf, Bengal ; Hosken and Anger, Bell, Bengal; Gemini, Mardon, Bengal; Bidston, Harmer, Syren.-28. Mary Shap, Mills, Sydney; Courier, Whitley, Cape; Anne Armstrong, Graham, Bombay; Neptune, Ferris, Madras.-30. Mary Bannatyne, Picken, China; Saghalien, Deas, China; Earl of Harewood, Athen, Madras; Maggie, Spence, Mauritius; Eclipse, Smith, Mauritius; Diadem, Harland, Bengal; Sons of Commerce, Williams, Singapore; Vindicator, Robinson, Manilla. JAN. 2, 1845. Lady Flora Hastings, Hoseason, Bengal; Helvellyn, Tulledge, Singapore.-3. Briton, Jefferies, Mauritius; Earl Stanhope, Wright, and Alexandrina, Cheeseman, Bengal; Mary Bulmer, Gasken, Singapore.

Departures.

From the Downs.-Dec. 6. Ganges, Walker, Calcutta ; Curraghmore, Ball, Madras and Calcutta ; W. and M. Brown, Bainton, Ceylon.-7. Jane, Scott, Cape.-9. Indian, Pain, Launceston; Stratford, Tuit, Mauritius.-10. Oriental, Wardle, Calcutta; Cape Packet, Lamb, Cape and Calcutta.-15.-Pauline Houghton, Anwyll, Mauritius; Emily, Carrew, St. Helena.-16. Richard Mount, Jackson, Cape.-18. Richmond, Forbes, and 19. Horwood, Gales, Algoa Bay.-23. Penyard Park, Weeler, Sydney; Passenger, Watson, Singapore and China; Zemindar, King, Calcutta.-24. Anna Maria, Taylor, Hobart Town; Ann, Spain, Calcutta.-JAN. 1. Glenelg, Luce, Bombay; C. C., Blair, Battavia, Singapore, and Manilla; William Stoveld, Davidson, Port Philip.

From Portsmouth.-Dec. 6. Brunswick, Coppell, Cape and Bombay.-8. Bangalore, Acton, China; Bombay, Furley, Mauritius and Bombay.-JAN. 2. Tartar, Gregson, Madras and Bengal. From Cowes.-DEC. 5. Isle of Wight, Ratsey, Mauritius.

From Shields.-DEC. 21.-Grafton, Cocks, Bombay.-25. Warlock, Bell, Bengal.

From Liverpool, DEC. 7.-Tyrer, Ellis, Bombay.-8. Sir Henry Hardinge, Loch, Calcutta.-9. Princess Royal, Owens, Calcutta.10. Harbinger, Caudlish, Singapore; John Walker, Kerr, Cape and Bombay.-11. Bucephalus, Small, and Mary, Kemp, Bombay. -12. Elizabeth, Moffatt, Sydney.-14.-Buenos Ayrian, Coult, Hong-Kong.-15. Margaret, Leitch, Java.-17. Duchess of Leinster, Renfree, Ceylon, and Madras.-19. Jaeger, Redington, Calcutta (since wrecked near Wexford.) — 21. Mischief, Downing,. Mauritius.-23. Express, Cubbon, Bombay.-26. Alexander, Primrose, and Royal Albert, Gillies, Bombay.-27. Joseph Wheeler, Reid, Hobart Town.-Antilla, Bushby, and Courier, Soutter, Calcutta.— 31. Manilla, Lloyd, Hong-Kong.

From the Clyde, DEC. 19.-Breadalbane, Hamilton, Bengal.

PASSENGERS.

The following are the passengers per steamer Bentinck (inwards), sailed from Calcutta, Nov. 18, 1844.-From Calcutta for Southampton: Mrs. Money, two children, and servant; Mrs. Sherriff and child, Mr. and Mrs. D. Smith and child, Lieut. and Mrs. Maconochie and child, Capt. Mitchell, Dr. Hart, Capt. J. D. Lauder, Mr. D. Low, Mr. Johnson, Lieut. Martin.-From Calcutta for Madras: Mr. Guerre, Rev. E. Lewis and servant, Mr. Rogers, and Capt. Wilson.-From Calcutta for Point de Galle: Mr. C. J. Long.- From Calcutta for Suez: Mr. D. Campbell. From Calcutta for Malta: Mrs. Gubbins, child, and servant.-From Madras for Southampton: Mrs. Major White, Mr. Row, Mrs. Sayer and two children, Mrs. Whitmore, two children, and servant; Mr. Ashton, Mr. Dent, Major Messiter, Mrs. Ford, and Chevalier Krusman.-From Madras for Aden: Mr. J. Miller, Mrs. Johnson and four children, and Mrs. Hugan and child. From Madras for Suez: Mr. Du Campere, and Master J. A. Mallet.-From Madras for Point de Galle: Mr. Pugh and servant, and Mr. Forbes and servants. From Point de Galle for Southampton: Mrs. Leighton, two children, and two servants. From Point de Galle for Malta, Mr. Drummond. The following are the Passengers per steamer Cleopatra, from Bombay, arrived at Suez, 20th Dec.:

For Southampton-Mrs. Shedden and 2 children, Miss Acland, Major Le Messimer, Lieut. Gall and servant, Mrs. Cade and child, Mr. Waghorn and servant, Mr. Ackland and servant, Major and Mrs. Poole, 2 children, and servant; Mrs. Chalmers and servant, Miss Adams, Mrs. Bainbridge, child, and servant; Capt. and Mrs. Payne, 3 children and servant; Mr. Eaton, Lieut. Marshall, Surg. Peterkin, Mr. Lugard, Dr. Osborn, Col. Waddington, Lieut. Nathay, Lieut. Cox, Lieut. Stapylton, Lieut. Talbot, Lieut. Gell, Lieut. Scurin, Capt. Orrock, Lieut. Nesbitt, Mr. Altares, Mr. Blackwell, Lieut. Neblock, and Mr. Spray. For Malta-Mr. and Mrs. Fawcett, 2 children, and 3

servants.

DEPARTURES.

The following passengers took their departure (outwards), per steamer Braganza, on the 3rd instant, from Southampton:For Alexandria.-Col. and Mrs. Penefather, Mr. Warden, Mr. J. Weyler, Captain Jackson, Captain Durnford, Mr. Da Costa, Lieut. Chesney, Mr. Todd, Lieut. Scudmore, Mr. J. Bower, Mrs. Portlock, and Miss Manlevera and servant. For Malta.Cap. Younghusband, Mr. Ross, Mr. M. Green, Mr. and Mrs. Leckie, infant, and servant; Mrs. Rawlinson and servant, Mr. S. T. Smith, Mr. C. Kneller, Mr. Grant, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Hebbert, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Jawse, Assist. surg. Williams, Capt. Grant, Major Hunter, Mr. Mackison, Capt. and Mrs. Goldie, child, and servant; Rev. S. Bradshaw, Rev. J. Day, and Lieut. Beckwith. For Constantinople.-Miss Stephens, Mr. Chadwick, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Membreya and child (sol diers' wives); Mr. Walker, Mr. Main, and Mr. Roberts (engineers). From Gibraltar to Malta.-Mr. and Mrs. Wilson.

POSTAGES.

Treasury Warrant, dated 28th Nov. 1844.

Letters posted from London through Bombay, Calcutta, or Madras, addressed to places to the eastward of these ports, and to be forwarded from these ports by packet-boats or private ships, shall pay in addition to the rates of postage now charged to the said ports, 4d. for each letter not exceeding half an ounce, and a progressive rate of 4d. for each additional rate. The entire postage to be pre-paid.

The same postage is applicable to letters received by packet

boats or private ships at Bombay, Madras, or Calcutta, for transmission to this country, and payable on delivery here.

Letters from Ceylon, or sent there, are excepted from the additional rates. And with regard to Hong-Kong in China, letters via Southampton and the Mediterranean packets, such additional postages may be pre-paid or not, at the option of the sender.

An additional uniform rate of 2d. upon every newspaper (directed as above) shall be charged (Ceylon and Hong-Kong excepted), as in respect of letters. Supplements must not be sent separate from the other parts of the paper.

Printed price-currents and commercial lists, posted through France for the East-Indies at 3d. each, must be pre-paid. For. mer regulations as to covers open at the ends, &c. must be attended to.

The new rates to take effect on the 1st of January, 1845, except in regard to the additional rates of 4d. on letters and 2d. on newspapers, which will take effect from the 1st day of March, 1845.

No official information has as yet been received from the Admiralty as to the details of the new arrangements respecting the overland mails; but it is understood that letters for China must be forwarded as hitherto, through Bombay, viâ. Southampton or France, on the 3rd or 7th of the month (the line from Ceylon to China not being yet in operation). The mails for Calcutta, Madras, and Ceylon, by the Oriental Company's steamers from Suez, will be despatched from hence, vi4 Southampton, on the 20th of every month, commencing on the 20th inst.; letters from London should be put into the Post-office on the previous night.

VOLANIC ISLAND IN THE BAY OF BENGAL.

In consequence of an application from the Asiatic Society of Bengal, to the government of that Presidency, to send a scientific person to examine a Volcanic Island which, it was stated had appeared off False Island, near Cheduba, Capt. T. Rus. sell, in the Ganges steamer, was sent for that purpose. The following is an extract from his Report, dated on board the Ganges, 30th November, 1813.

"In compliance with your instructions, I arrived at Akyab on the 16th instant, and shewed them to the commissioner, Capt. Boyle, who furnished me with letters to the soogrees, or head men, of Cheduba and Flat Island, to point out where the Volcanic Island was, and render any assistance in their power.

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Also, at his request, I took in tow the H. C.'s schooner, Petrel, and took her on to Kyouk Phyoo, where I arrived on the evening of the 17th inst. I dispatched her, according to Capt. Boyle's request, through the inner passage, with a letter to Capt. Williams, 1st assist. to the commissioner at Ramree, to join me off False Island.

"On the 19th, having procured an interpreter, and a row boat to assist in the survey, I left Kyouk Phyoo, and anchored off Cheduba that evening, and took on board the soogree of that island.

"On the 20th I arrived off Flat Island, took on board the soogree of that island, and some others who saw the volcano take place; arrived that afternoon, anchored and put the fires out near False Island; I took with me the natives of Cheduba and Flat Island in the boats, when they pointed out to me where the Volcanic Island was, which was situated on a continuation of rocky ground between False Island (which is merely a sand surrounded with rocks, with a few small shrubs on it), and the reef extending from that island to the south-south-west, as laid in Horsburgh's last chart.

"On the spot where the Volcanic Island was pointed out to have been, there is now from two and a half to three fathoms water, at low-water spring tides, with the bottoms so rocky that I could not succeed in getting any of it up.

Capt. Williams joined me on the Petrel, on the 21st, and also saw the place; the following is the account given by the natives of Cheduba and Flat Island (as interpreted by Capt. Williams) of the Volcanic Island, that was thrown up on the 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th July, 1843:

"At about our morning meals, or seven or eight o'clock in the morning of the first day, we heard a great noise and saw fire rising out of the sea, which continued for four days. On the second day we saw a small island, newly formed in the sea, be. tween Flat Rock and Round Rock (names will be seen. in the chart), about the size of the sand-bank called False 1sland.

"We saw the newly-formed island for a month, but could never approach it on account of the boisterous sea on the coast. We felt an earthquake before we saw the fire in the sea. In the month of October we came out in our boats to look for the

island, but saw nothing; the rocks as they now lay are of the same number and position as before the appearance of the new island.

"We did not feel the earthquake felt at Ramree on the 30th October last, but it was felt on Cheduba Island by some of the natives."

Capt. Russel states, in conclusion, that he has surveed they pot as it now appears, and will deliver a chart of it.

SIR HENRY WILLOCK, the Deputy-Chairman of the Hon. East-India Company, has given an additional cadetship, to be competed for by the pupils of the Kensington School, which has just been gained by Mr. J. G. Medley. This is the second instance in which this director has conferred this favour on the same school, and we are happy to learn that the successful candidate on the former occasion, Mr. Moberly, has just been ap. pointed to the engineers. Such discreet exercise of the India patronage in the hands of the directors is honourable to the Company, and by insuring the appointment of officers of talent, tends to promote the welfare of our vast Eastern empire.-Times, Dec. 19th.

A correspondent of the Times (Dec. 25th), who signs himself Qui Hi, suggests the expediency of a distinctive shilling stamp to affix to letters delivered for transmission to India by the overland route, thus putting an end to the inconvenience and danger attending the payment of the postage in money at local offices. Another correspondent of the same paper points out that the desired object may be attained now (though with some sacrifice of neatness) by the use of six blue stamps.

The Times of Dec. 25th, publishes an extract of a letter from Scinde (date Oct. 13th), which gives a gloomy account of the state of the troops there. The following is part of it: "The sickness here is extreme; one cavalry regiment has only nineteen, of all grades, out of hospital. It has, of soldiers, grooms, grasscutters, and officers' servants, close upon a thousand in hospital. The fevers are of a bilious type, attacking the head immediately, as well as the spleen or liver-the former with the natives, and the latter sometimes with the Europeans. The other corps are suffering in the like manner. The fevers are not of long duration (fever and ague generally), but relapse on relapse is what destroys-five, six, seven days free of fever, and then a relapse: and thus it continues till dysentery comes on, and carries off."

PROPOSED COMMERCE OF ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS.We are informed that a Company is about being formed in England for cutting a ship canal through the Isthmus of Panama. It is stated, that the line chosen being to the westward of the termination of the Andes, there will be no obstacle from the height of the ground, and that by taking advantage of two navigable rivers, one on either side of the Isthmus, the length of the cutting will be reduced to twenty-five miles.

Ocean Thoughts, Homeward-Bound from India. By a Young Officer of the East-India Service. London, 1844. Hatchard; Nisbet; Nattali.

THE author of this little volume bespeaks the reader's kindly inclinations by a very modest introduction, which he terms his "apology." This, however, was scarcely necessary, for the book might be trusted to win its own way. The author was origiginally a son of the ocean, and his literary effusions bear testimony to this part of his education. They are written in a hearty, sailor-like, straight-forward style, intermingled with many touches of amiable and religious feeling.

The Conquest of Scinde; with some introductory Passages in the Life of Major-General Sir Charles James Napier. Dedicated to the British People. By MAJOR-GENERAL W. F. P. NAPIER, Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Military Science, author of "History of the War in the Peninsula and the South of France." Part I. London, 1845. Boone.

THE Napiers are brave men, and they have not the slightest objection to the world knowing it. Foremost in the fight, they are also foremost in claiming the honour due to valour. They do not wait till Fame breathes the strain of triumph in their praise; they snatch the trumpet out of her hands, and sound "a blast so loud and shrill," as to split the ears and confound the faculties of those so unfortunate as to be within its reach Major-General W. F. P. Napier, the author of this book, seems to be sergeant-trumpeter to the family,-a post to which he has probably been elevated, partly on account of the skill with which he pours forth a continued stream of laudatory sound, and partly because the duty is evidently one in which his heart de

lights. His family affection regards the objects of his praise as did the lover his mistress, when he exclaimed,

Thou hast no faults, or I no fault can spy;

Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.

General W. F. P. Napier wrote a history of the Peninsular War, not much like Cazar's Commentaries, but which, notwithstanding its bombast, everybody read for the sake of the excitement which it afforded. The reputation which he thus gained for the possession of a power to "elevate and surprise" will probably secure many readers for The Conquest of Scinde; and, indeed, so strongly does the author rely upon the impatience of the public, that concluding they will be unable to wait for the completion of the book without some terrible consequences, he sends it into the world piecemeal. Thus, instead of a good solid volume, we have a pamphlet in boards, forming Part I. of the partly-executed, partly-projected work.

The first thing that will strike every one who opens it will be, that the title is a misnomer. Instead of "The Conquest of Scinde, with some introductory Passages," &c., it should have been, "The Glorification of Major-General Sir Charles James Napier, with a few incidental Passages on the Conquest of Scinde, and some other minor matters." The reader's delusion, however, ends with the title-page, for on turning it over he finds a very honest "notice," distinctly avowing the object of this work. It commences thus:-"It is designed to publish this work in three parts: they will treat of the political, military, and administrative proceedings of Sir Charles Napier;" and this promise, as far as the first part is concerned, is most faithfully kept. It treats of Sir Charles Napier, and of nothing else, except in subordination to him. We learn much, indeed, respecting the gallant major-general which has no close relation with Scinde. Thus we are informed that, in infancy, Sir Charles Napier was committed to the care of a villainous nurse, who almost starved him to death; thus placing the future conquest of Scinde in peril. This important fact, but for the affectionate zeal of his brother, the world would never have known, any more than another, equally recondite to the masses,-namely, that during a temporary cessation of public employment (the Napiers are never long unemployed), he indited sundry books, or, as his chronicler has it, "added several works to his country's literature;" which works, it is supposed, may be found by the curious in that great depository of the dead and the living, the British Museum. Among his literary labours an historical romance is mentioned, "not published," but, as his brother, a most impartial judge, assures us, "worthy of being so." We should much like to see it; for as one brother has written a history which reads extremely like a romance, possibly the other may have produced a romance which may have some resemblance to a history.

Having already stated the object of the book before us (a point, indeed, upon which every reader must have anticipated our statement), it is necessary to say little more than that the author pursues it with his usual ardour. Everybody and every thing that stands in the way of Sir Charles Napier is cut down with as little mercy as he shewed to the Ameers of Scinde. No one is mentioned but to be abused, except the hero of the tale, and his patron, Lord Ellenborough, who is a prime favourite. His patronage of a Napier has wiped away all the original sin of his class and station, and we hear no more of "the cold shade of the aristocracy." The style of the book is an exaggeration of that adopted in the author's previous works. The last paragraph may be taken as a fair specimen; it is unnecessary to say that the person spoken of is Sir Charles Napier :

Whether he is to live for more glory, or to die an overlaboured man, beneath the flaming sun, whose fiery aspect withers the principle of life, and casts men dead to the earth by hundreds, as quickly as the malignant ray descends, is in the darkness of futurity. If he lives, he will employ all the resources of a mind capacious to regenerate and govern, as well as to conquer. If he dies in harness, he will leave a spotless reputation. Living or dead, his place is among the greatest of English captains.

Is there any thing in Ossian that can beat this? We think not. But carried away, as we cannot fail to be, with this "dark, rolling" eloquence, we must not forget that there are a few points in Sir Charles Napier's conduct in Scinde, as, for instance, his treatment of Meer Roostum, which neither in poetry nor in prose has his warm-hearted relative succeeded in setting straight.

The author of the "Conquest of Scinde," a great friend to freedom of every description in Europe, and one who very liberally exercises the freedom which he claims, is a great enemy to the liberty of the press in India; but we leave our brethren there to fight their own battle. We have no doubt that in due time they will open their batteries with effect.