sufficiently to be able to resume his duties, and therefore
he had not resolved on any other mode of life. The
magistrate invited the poor man to let him know if any
change occurred in his prospects.

Obituary of Notable Persons.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR C. J. NAPIER, G.C.B., whose
services, spread over a period of half a century, have shed
such lustre on the British army, died at his seat at Oaklands,
near Portsmouth, on the 29th of August, in the 71st year of
his age.

Mr. LYALL, formerly M.P. for the City of London, and for
many years a director of the East India Company, died on
the 3d inst. Mr. Lyall long occupied a distinguished position
in the mercantile world, and was well known as a public man.

JOHN GREGORY, Esq., Governor of the Bahamas, died at
Nassau on the 25th of July.

COLONEL JAMES NISBET COLQUHOUN, of the Royal Artillery,
and inspector of the carriage department at the Royal Arsenal,
died on the 17th inst., in Woolwich Barracks, of disease of
the lungs.

SIR HENRY ONSLOW, BART., has died at Leamington, in
the 70th year of his age.

COLONEL VICTOR DE GIBELIN, the last survivor of the Swiss
officers present at the Tuileries on the fatal 10th of August,
1792, died at Soleure, on the 3d inst., at the age of 83.

COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES.

The principal news from India is the announcement
that peace had been proclaimed with Burmah. The
King of Ava appears to have been starved into
submission; famine prevailed at his capital, and was
attributed to the continuance of our blockade of the river,
which prevented the arrival of the usual supplies of rice
from the lower provinces. He has accordingly expressed
his desire for the cessation of hostilities, and requested
that the blockade of the river may cease. He announces
"that orders had been issued to the governors of districts
not to allow the Burmese troops to attack the territories
in which the British Government had placed its
garrisons," and he has set at liberty the British subjects
who had been carried prisoners to Ava. There is very
little news from the Presidencies. Lord F. Fitzclarence
was at Poonah, very busy in carrying out reforms and
educational plans for the army he commands.

The West India mail brings dates to the 10th. inst.
The chief news is from Tortola; where, it appears, an
insurrection broke out on the 1st of August, the day
fixed for the payment of the rural taxes of the island.
The tax has been increased; the people resolved to resist
it, and, marching in a body, tendered the original amount
at the Treasury. It was refused. Thence disturbances
arose, and some of the ringleaders were arrested. But
the people rescued them, and broke out into open
insurrection. In a few hours they had burnt down twenty-
five houses, and destroyed and plundered seven in Road-
town. Colonel Chads, the president, sent to St. Thomas
for assistance; and Lieutenant Tickell, the Admiralty
Agent, headed a small body of armed men, and went to
Tortola in a mail-boat bearing stores and water. Colonel
Chads was found shut up in the Government House. A
schooner carrying troops closely followed; and Lieutenant
Tickell, leaving the Governor well protected,
returned to St. Thomas, bringing a letter to Mrs. Chads
from her husband. The latest accounts state that the
insurgents had retired to the interior; and that the
troops, strengthened by additional reinforcements,
remained in possession of the ruins of the town.

In Canada a Gold-digging Company has commenced
operations on the Chaudiere River with promising
success. The Quebec Chronicle of the 19th of August
says: "It is as certain as that the sun rises in the
morning and sets at night that gold in quantities as
great as either California or Australia is obtainable for
the digging, and had any more intelligent people been
aware of the existence of gold to such an extent as it
does exist, Canada, as far as the increase of population
is concerned, would have been on a par with California
or Australia. This may unhesitatingly be said, for in
the very place where eight men are now employed by
the Gold-digging Company, gold to the value £45
currency has been paid over as having been taken in
one day, and lumps of different sizes, and of considerable
value—one ingot of the value of £50—have repeatedly
been obtained from the gold-bearing quartz at various
times." After a number of details, the writer concludes;
"It is these facts, together with the California and
Australia-like appearance of Dorchester county, which
lead us, as far as we are personally concerned, to the
honest, and certainly most disinterested conclusion, that
Canada is as rich in gold as either of the two great
Ophirs of these auriferous times."

PROGRESS OF EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION.

The number of Emigrants from the United Kingdom,
during the first half of the present year was 292,347.
Of these 199,000 went to the United States of America,
52,000 to the Australian gold regions, and the remainder
to Canada and other places.

The Exportation to the Australian colonies is daily
growing to a vast amount. The Sovereign of the Seas,
clipper-ship, which left the Mersey on the 7th inst.,
carries out the largest and most valuable cargo of
merchandise ever shipped in one bottom from any port
in the world. The measurement tonnage of her cargo
is about 3000 tons, giving her a freight list of nearly
£20,000, while the estimated value of her cargo falls
little short of £300,000.

Several individuals of rank and distinction are at
present visiting the Australian settlements. Among
them are Lord Henry Scott, son of the Duke of
Buccleuch, and Lord Schomberg Kerr, son of the
Marquis of Lothian, with their chaplain, the Rev. Hugh
Stobart, and travelling companion, the Rev. Thomas
Bowles. Among other places they have inspected the
Summerhill Copper Mine, and then started for the
Turon, whence they purpose proceeding to Newcastle,
and afterwards to Morton Bay, with the intention of
spending the winter at the latter place. A visit
from gentlemen of their rank and station (says the
Australian Gazette) is an improved sign of the times, and
if undertaken with the practical purpose of making
themselves acquainted with the wants, necessities, and
natural advantages of the country, may ultimately be
productive of good. A little more time devoted to
travelling in the colonies and dependencies of the
British crown by those who are one day to become
legislators of the empire, would tend to mitigate the
evils arising out of an ignorance of their actual position,
and would often prevent the blunders in government
which have first planted the seeds of disaffection, and
afterwards ripened them into rebellion.

The intercourse between this country and Australia
is rapidly increasing. In the week ending the 10th
inst., the departures from the port of London amounted
to fifteen vessels, 9930 tons burden. From Liverpool
and other places many ships have sailed. Shipments of
manufactures and ordinary merchandise have been very
extensive, and the rate of freight is supported.—The
Marco Polo, the famous clipper, arrived in the Mersey
on Tuesday, from Melbourne. This ship has now made
two voyages to Australia and back in ten days less than
a twelvemonth. This is held to be "the most remarkable
achievement ever recorded in the annals of
navigation."—Among the models and patterns destroyed in
the fire at Messrs. Russell and Co.'s, were those of the
intended steam-ship for the Eastern Steam Navigation
Company. She is to be the largest ship ever heard of
in the world; and is to carry sufficient fuel for the
entire voyage to and from India or Australia. Her
length is to be 680 feet; breadth, 83 feet; depth 58
feet; with screw and paddle engines of aggregate
nominal horse-power of 2600. In addition to taking
from 4000 to 6000 tons of coals, she will be able to carry