The Lord Bishop of Calcutta, attended by his chaplains and family, paid a visit yesterday morning to Bishop's College. We observe that the funds of this institution are receiving very considerable additions from the donations of public bodies at home, connected with the Church of England. We have not yet seen any detailed account of the proceedings of the college, and how far it is likely to attain the pious object for which it was instituted; but we may now expect that such expla nation will be soon afforded to the Christian public.-Cal. John Bull, Jan. 22.

MAHARAJA JANOKI RAO SCINDHIA.

Advices from the court of his Highness extend to the 28th of December. On the 22d, Ganpat Rao reported that Sankat Rao and Mihnet Rao, followers of Patenkar, were endeavouring to create a disturbance under pretence of supporting Appa Sahib, and that it was necessary they should be secured. An order to that effect was sent to Mr. Jacob, and a letter was addressed to the Resident. On the 23d, a letter from Gurgi Beg Khan, one of the officers of the arsenal, to Patenkar, promising to execute what that chief should order him, was intercepted, and orders were given to arrest the writer. Gurgi Beg finding his danger, attempted to defend himself in his dwelling by firing, from which several of the soldiers, sent to apprehend him, were killed. At last they forced their way to the roof, where the parties fought hand to hand, and about fifteen persons were killed and wounded; amongst the latter was Gurgi Beg himself, who, after being prostrated by the thrust of a spear, was taken prisoner, heavily ironed, and put into prison. On the 24th, Hindoo Rao reported, that of the ten lacks due by Patenkar, the Baiza Baee had advanced four, and promised that the rest should be paid on the 1st of the month. In the mean time Patenkar, having sent off his effects during the night, set off at

dawn with Appa Sahib and two hundred horses, and fled about eleven coss from the camp. Baiza Baee was in great affliction on hearing of these events, and a message of condolence was sent to her, saying, that if she wished, an officer should be sent to induce Appa Sahib to return, although it was not likely that Patenkar would permit him. The Baee returned no answer. Information was received that Gurgi Beg had destroyed himself, and orders were given to throw his body any where. On the 26th, a letter was sent by Appa Sahib to the Bace, who despatched a reply with ten loads of articles and ten troopers.-Jami Jehan Nama.

MARINE SCHOOL.

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Last evening, Capt. Biden, of the Hon. Company's ship Princess Charlotte of Wales, had the honour of leading forth his "Nautick Band" on the Chowringhee boards, in the comedy of John Bull, before the Right Hon, the Governor-general and family, and one of the most brilliant audiences ever witnessed at this theatre. The comedy was played with pretty good effect, making all allowance for "first appearances,' &c. Between each act there was a song, in which two young asthe "sock and buskin pirants of evinced great powers, and were loudly applauded and encored. The afterpiece was one of the leader's own imagination, entitled, The Patriotic Feast, or the Anniversaries of the Glorious Victories of Corunna and Bhurtpore, in which he led forth the little sailor lads belonging to the Marine School, for the benefit of which institution our readers are aware the play was got up. given in the last scene, before which the Several transparencies were boys sang the national anthem, and the curtain fell amidst the loudest plaudits at about half past eleven o'clock.-Cal. John Bull, Jan. 19.

The collection at the doors amounted to 10,000 rupees, which, with donations to the institution, made 26,000.

posed of six East-Indian Gentlemen, and On the 25th January, a deputation comheaded by Mr. J. W. Ricketts, waited upon Capt. Biden, agreeably to appointment, for the purpose of presenting him with a piece of plate, as a token of their esteem and applause for his laudable exertions in behalf of their marine school.

awful ceremony, and long before Mr. Masters, the magistrate, arrived with the warrant for the execution, several thousands were collected on the spot. The wretched criminal was brought to the ground about half-past six, and sat by a fire kindled near the foot of the gallows, huddled up in a horse blanket (the only covering he had on, except the usual dhotee or rag round the waist,) awaiting his fate with apparent indifference. After the warrant was read, however, while his irons were being knocked off, he cried out loudly for pardon, "Doha ee Sahib logon Dohae!" which he continued to repeat till the last. He was hustled up the ladder by the attendant executioners in a most unceremonious manner, and while the bandage was being placed over his eyes, the fatal noose was thrown over his head, and he was in the act of attempting to sit down upon the scaffold, when the props were knocked away, and he was launched into eternity. For the first minute we observed not the slightest motion in the body, and it appeared as if life had become instantly extinct; but for a few seconds afterwards the convulsive movements of the limbs seemed to indicate that the vital spark was not extinguished by death. The body is to be gibbetted, and the iron cage to contain it was brought to the ground in a cart which followed the criminal to the gallows. The assembled multitude of natives appeared at first totally callous to the awful nature of the spectacle they were collected to witness, laughing and joking with each other in the most unfeeling manner about the tomasha, as they called it; but when the criminal was turned off, the countenances of many seemed to indicate that the example of condign punishment before them had made a serious, however brief impression upon them.

We understand that about a fortnight ago another native, a Brahmin, was hanged at Howrah, near the Golabs, for a most barbarous murder of a native woman, whose head and legs and arms were found in a tank dissevered from the body and tied up in a bag, as mentioned in the Hurkaru of the 1st August last. We have been informed that this man confessed that he had also murdered his wife, though the crime had never been discovered.Beng. Hurk., Jan. 25.

SHIPPING.

Arrivals in the River.

Jan. 15. Cygnet, Stephens, from Batavia, &c. -17. Falcon, Moore, from China and Singapore. -20. Jane, Moncrief, from Singapore.-22. Perseverance, Brown, from Liverpool; and Elizabeth, Stewart, from Mauritius.-23. Calcutta, Stroyan, from Liverpool.-26. Sir Francis Macnaghten, Patterson, from China.-27. Archibald, Martin, from Bordeaux and Mauritius.-28. Zenobia, Douglas, from London and Rio de Janeiro; and David Clarke, Viles, from Isle of France.-30. Anna Robertson, Irving, from London.-31. Virginia, Hullock, from Bombay; and Matilda, Rubarth, from Stockholm.-Feb. 2. La Belle Alliance, Hun

ter, from London, Cape, and Madras.-16. Prince Regent, Murphy, from London. 21. Laurel, Tait, from Greenock; Packet, M'Arthur, from ditto; Arcturus, Wilson, from London; and Prince Regent, Richards, from N.S. Wales.-26. Princess Charlotte, Stephenson, from Mauritius.

Departures from Calcutta.

Jan. 7. Ocean, Searle, for New York.-15. Lady Flora, Fayrer; and Parmelia, Wimble, both for London.-16. Resource, Fenn, for London; Sunbury, Budwell, for Bombay; and George Canning, Clark, for Isle of France;-17. Diadem, Wilson, for London.-18. Eliza, Sutton, for London; William Young, Morrison, for Liverpool; and Emerald, Hunter, for Boston.-19. Henry Porcher, Jeffery, for London; Indian Oak, Reid, for Muscat; and Lady Blackwood, Debbs, for N. S. Wales.-21. La Lucie, Garagnon, for Marseilles. -25. Magellan, Reynaud, for Nantz.-27. Curomandel, Labal, for Bordeaux; and Pacific, Wooten, for Philadelphia.-30. Robarts, Corbyn, for London; and Maria, Strong, for Penang.-Feb. 7. Marquis Wellington, Chapman, for London. 17. Sir Edward Paget, Geary, for London.-20. Ganges, Boultbee, for London. - 21. Palmira, Lamb, for London; Warren Hastings, Mason, for London; Jane, Jamieson, for Mauritius; and Archibald, Martin, for ditto.-23. H.M. yacht Herald, for London.

BIRTHS.

Oct. 25, 1827. At Agra, the lady of Capt. Botton, 2d Europ. regt., of a daughter.

Nov. 27. At Moradabad, the lady of the late Capt. Turner, of a daughter.

Dec. 1. At Moradabad, the lady of T. Jonnochy, Esq., of a daughter.

22. At camp, Jagsee, the wife of Mr. W. E. Cheek, sub-assist. surveyor, of a daughter.

26. At Arrah, zillah Shahabad, Mrs. John Birmingham, of a son.

27. At Saugor, the lady of Capt. T. Marshall, Bengal artillery, of a son.

29. At Buxar, the lady of Capt. S. Corbett, of

a son.

Jan. 2, 1828. The lady of Lieut. Chas. Turner, 35th Madras Volunteers, of a son.

5. At Berhampore, the lady of Robert Bell, Esq., of Ramnaghur, of a son and heir. 6. At Calcutta, the lady of W. Jackson, Esq., of a daughter.

At Calcutta, Mrs. J. Buckland, of a stillborn female infant.

- At Calcutta, the lady of F. Harris, Esq., of a daughter.

7. At Bareilly, the lady of Jas. Johnstone, Esq., M.D., 2d Nusseree bat., of a son.

At Calcutta, the lady of T. Brae, Esq., of a daughter.

10. At Agra, Mrs. M. Leopold, of a daughter. 12. At Banda, the lady of Capt. John Hall, 8th N.I., of a son.

At Calcutta, the wife of Mr. S. Girling, H.C. marine, of a daughter.

14. At Calcutta, the lady of A. D. Kemp, Esq., of a son.

16. At Barrackpore, the lady of Lieut. Col. Wm. Swinton, of a daughter.

At Calcutta, the lady of Wm. Ainslie, Esq., of a daughter.

At Calcutta, the wife of Mr. J. M. Heritage, H.C.'s marine, of a son.

At Calcutta, the lady of James Weir Hogg, Esq., of a daughter.

17. At Calcutta, the lady of John Allan, Esq., of a son.

19. At Calcutta, Mrs. Thomas Brown, of a daughter.

21. At Dinapore, the lady of Chas. Ridge, Esq., planter, of a daughter.

22. At Calcutta, the lady of C. Oman, Esq., of

31. At Calcutta, the lady of Joseph Dorin, Esq., civil service, of a son.

Feb. 1. At Chowringhee, the lady of Major Fendall, of a son.

At Calcutta, the lady of Lieut. Joseph Corfield, 1st N.I., of a daughter.

3. At Calcutta, the lady of J. Bridgnell, Esq., of a son.

MARRIAGES.

Dec. 27, 1827. At Meerut, J. S. Toke, Esq., assist. surg., 43d N.I., to Miss A. G. Don.

28. At Calcutta, H. S. Oldfield, Esq., to Letitia, eldest daughter of the late Col. R. Scott, Bengal service.

VJan. 8, 1828. At Chandernagore, Mr. D. Ferron, indigo planter, to Mrs. Lisse Couder, relict of the late Jerom Couder, Esq., indigo planter.

10. At Calcutta, D. E. Shuttleworth, Esq., late of the ship Cambridge, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Geo. Ingles, Esq., of Silhet.

14. At Calcutta, W. S. Barnard, Esq., to Eliza, third daughter of the late Major Boscawen, of the Bengal army...

At Calcutta, Mr. R. Hood to Miss E. G. Rodriguese, daughter of the late Mr. M. Rodriguese, indigo planter.

17. At Calcutta, George Canham, Esq., of Purneah, to Miss H. M. Henderson, of Camberwell.

18. At Juanpoor, Mr. Geo. Godfrey, assist., collector's office, to Diana, daughter of the late Mr.

H. Brown.

20. At Serampore, Mr. Peter Victor to Mademoiselle Sophia Callow, et sexlande, of 26. At Calcutta, Geo. Palmer, Esq., to Miss Anne Elizabeth Cauty.

At Calcutta, Mr. J. Petres to Miss R. D'Souza. At Calcutta, Mr. Samuel Wilson, to Mrs. Frances Raye.

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29. At Calcutta, Thomas Savi, Esq., to Miss Eliza C. De Verinne..

Feb. 2. At Calcutta, Mr. W. Peat, H.C.'s ma rine, to Miss Louisa M'Keney.

5. At Calcutta, W. H. Urquhart, Esq., to Miss A. Smith, daughter of the late M. Smith, Esq., of Howrah.

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DEATHS

Nov. 25, 1827. At Tatalayah, Dr. James Carnie, assist. surg. on this establishment.

Dec. 23. At Kotah, Wm. Corbet, Esq., assist. surg eldest son of Wm. Corbet, Esq., of Bieldside, in Aberdeenshire, aged 30.. -3Jan. 7, 1828. Mr. Ranald Macdonald, late commander of the ship Alexander, aged 28.

8. On his way to the upper provinces, Ens. John B. Murrell. His remains were interred at Monghyr. 10. At Dacca, Henry Harris, Esq., assist. civil surgeon at that station.

At Serampore, Mrs. Agostinha Alphonso, aged 90, relict of the late Mr. R. Alphonso, of Chandernagore.

At Calcutta, Mr. Alex. Murdock, aged 23, assistant to Messrs. Burkingyoung and Co.

At Calcutta, Mary, relict of the late Mr. John Luffman, aged 60.

At Agra, Emily Jane, daughter of Lieut. Howard, 1st Europ, regt., aged five years.

At Entally, Mrs. Ahmuty, aged 54.

At Calcutta, Mr. Thomas Cheshire, aged 29. 12. At Calcutta, Mrs. Elizabeth Clinger, aged 54. 13. At Saugor, Lieut. Col. Wm. Logie, commanding 34th N.I.

16. At Calcutta, Capt. Daniel Kitchener, aged 32. At Calcutta, of child birth, Mrs. Brae, lady of Thomas Brae, Esq., late of the firm of Harris and Co., indigo planters, Kishnaghur, aged 21. 22. At Calcutta, Mr. G. F. Ebert, aged 50. 23. At Calcutta, Dr. M. Barber, surgeon of the ship Nande, of Liverpool.

27. At Howrah, Mr. John Clermont, formerly a livery-stable keeper, aged 50.

29. At Calcutta, Henry Cooke, Esq., aged 59. Feb. 1. At Calcutta, Wm. Davis, son of Mr. J. Donovan, aged twelve years.

4. At Calcutta, Maria Paulin, wife of Mr. W. T. Rodgers, register of the export warehouse, aged 33.

For conduct subversive of good order and military discipline, at the same place, and on the same evening, in refusing to obey the orders of his commanding officer, Capt. James Skirrow, of H.M.'s 48th regt. of Foot, to go below; and in continuing in high altercation with Capt. Mason, commanding officer of the same ship."

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3d. For conduct subversive of good order and military discipline at sea, in the cuddy of the H.C.'s ship Warren Hastings, on the 4th Sept. 1827, in saying that

the commanding officer of the troops had neither the character nor the dress of a gentleman,' and that if he (the commanding officer) had spoken to him (the prisoner) in the way which he had done to another officer, he would have kicked him off the quarter-deck,' or words to that effect."

Upon which charges the court came to the following decision:

"The court having most maturely weighed and considered the whole of the evidence brought forward in support of the prosecution, as well as what the prisoner, Lieut. John Edwards, of H.M.'s 46th Foot, hath urged in his defence, and the evidence in support thereof, is of opinion:

That the prisoner is not guilty of the first charge,'

"That the prisoner is not guilty of the second charge."

That the prisoner is guilty of the third charge.'

"The court having found the prisoner guilty to the extend above stated, doth sentence him, the said Lieut. John Ed. wards, of H.M.'s 46th Foot, to be placed at the bottom of the list of the lieutenants of the regiment to which he belongs, as they stand at this date, the 14th day of Nov. 1827."

Approved and confirmed,

(Signed) G. T. WALKER, Lieut. Gen. Recommendation." The court having performed its duty, in finding the facts set forth

forth in the third charge, according to the evidence before it, most earnestly recommends the prisoner to the mercy of his Exc. the Commander-in-chief, in consideration of the peculiar circumstances under which the expressions used by Lieut. Edwards were made use of, and the vicdictive mode in which they were, after a Jong interval, brought to the knowledge of his commanding officer; and is further influenced to this recommendation by the excellent character the prisoner has hitherto borne."

(Signed) W. G. PEARSE,

Lieut. Col., President. Remarks by his Exc. Lieut. Gen. Sir George Walker.

It must be always a subject of considerable regret to him, when the Lieut.gen. -feels it his duty to decline acceding to the recommendation of a court-martial; but although he has in this instance officially approved and confirmed the finding and sentence of the court, in the hope

risk to which the prisoner has been sub jected by the trial, and the lenient punishment awarded him may be found sufficient to deter him and others from similar conduct in future, the Lieut.gen. is yet bound to say, that on the first charge the prisoner was acquitted in the face of the positive 'evidence of three respectable witnesses, supported even in essential points by two adduced on the defence. Now, though the Lieut.gen. admits that there may be some reason, from part of the evidence in defence, to think that this insult to a lady was not the gross and premeditated one it first appeared to be, yet it is so clearly proved that the lady in question was actually insulted by the prisoner, that the Lieut.gen. is obliged to recall to the remembrance of this court, and trusts that it may be impressed upon the minds of the members of all future courts martial, that they are under solemn oath to judge only of the facts charged by the evidence before 'them, and if in pursuance of this it becomes their painful duty to sentence to a severe punishment, a recommendation founded on any alleviating circumstances may very properly be forwarded, together with the finding and sentence; but in no case is finding to be dependent but on actual evidence to the facts charged.

On the 2d charge, among conflicting evidence, it may be fair that the court should lean to the lenient side, but when, on the 3d charge, of which the prisoner is convicted, the court recommends him to mercy, "in consideration of the peculiar 'circumstances under which the expressions were made use of by him," when the expressions charged were uttered in the public cuddy of the ship before the very servants, whence they might be, and probably were repeated even to the soldiers under Capt. Skirrow's command; under what

circumstances, then, unless actually on the parade, could they have been more criminally uttered? As to whether this evidence was brought forward vindictively or not, however it may affect the character of the reporter, it can in no manner alter the case of the prisoner.

Adverting then to the evidence on the first charge, and the untenable ground taken from the recommendation of the court, it must not create surprise that the Lieut.gen. desires that the sentence may be carried into execution, and Lieut. Edwards may think himself most fortunate, under all the circumstances of the case, that he has been subjected to a court so leniently disposed.

(Signed) G. T. WALKER, Lieut.gen. The prisoner, Lieut. Edwards, is released from arrest, and will proceed to the depôt at Poonamalle, to join his detach

ment.

Remarks. By the Right Hon, the Commander-in-Chief, in India.

In publishing to his Majesty's army in India the above proceedings of a general court-martial held at Madras, and confirmed by Lieut.gen. Sir George Walker, the Commander-in-chief is again called to require from courts-martial a particular and defined sentence; in the present instance, the extent of Lieut. Edwards' punishment cannot be known for a period of six months, he may escape without any punishment, or may lose a considerable number of steps in his regiment; either of which latter cases, it is presumed, could not have been contemplated by the court. As Lieut. Edwards stood at the time of his trial the last of the confirmed lieutenants in his regiment, with two nominations under him unconfirmed, his Exc. will assume that that was the extent of punishment that the court intended to inflict upon him; he will therefore so far mitigate the sentence, as to limit his loss of rank in the regiment to two steps, should it hereafter appear that he would have suffered a greater one.

The foregoing order is to be entered in the general order book, and read at the head of every regiment in his Majesty's service in India.

By order of the Commander-in-chief, F. H. DAWKINS, Lieut.col., Offic. Adj. Gen. of H.M.'s forces in India.