Vice-Admiral DACRES died at his seat, Catesfield, near
Fareham, on the 4th inst.

Lord FULLERTON, who lately retired from the Scottish
bench, died on the 2nd inst. in his seventy-eighth year.

Mrs. AMELIA OPIE, the once popular authoress, died at
Norwich, on the 2nd inst , m her eighty-fifth year.

Captain WARNER, well known for his invention of what was
called the "long range," died on the 5th inst

The Rev. R. HARINGTON, D.D., Principal of Brazenose
College, Oxford, died on the 13th inst., after an illness of only
three days' duration. He was in the fifty-third year of his age.

Mr. EDWARD POULTNEY, the philanthropical founder of the
Home in the East, died on Thursday week, after a few hours'
illness, at the early age of thirty-two years.

The Marchioness WELLESLEY died, on the 17th inst., at her
apartments at Hampton Court Palace, after a short illness.
The deceased, Marianne Marchioness Wellesley, was a daughter
of Mr. Richard Caton, and when the late celebrated Marquis
Wellesley married her she was widow of Mr. Robert Patterson.
She was the Marquis's second wife, to whom she was united
Oct. 29th, 1825. The late Marchioness was for many years
Lady of the Bedchamber to her late Majesty, Queen Adelaide.

THERESA, Countess of EGLINTON, died on the 16th inst.,
from aneurism. Her Ladyship was a daughter of C. Newcomen,
Esq.; and widow of R. H. Cockerel!, Esq., and was married in
1841 to the Earl of Eglinton, by whom she has left four children.

TOMMASO GROSSI, the celebrated poet, and rival of Manzoni,
died at Milan on the 10th.

Dr. WARDLAW, an eminent minister of the Congregational
Dissenters, died at Glasgow on the 17th inst , in the seventy-
first year of his age, and the fifty-first of his ministry.

Mr. ROSE, a retired cheesemonger, who carried on business
in the Strand for fifty-four years, has died at North Bank,
Regent's Park, in his hundredth year. His medical attendant
says—"When in business, he very rarely took any recreation,
beyond a walk in the country on a Sunday afternoon." But
"he was always a sober man, an early riser, and lived very
plainly."

COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES.

The Overland Mail has brought dates from
Bombay to the 28th November. The accounts from
Burmah represent the country to have been in a state
of anarchy and confusion from the several daring
atrocities perpetrated by the dacoits, but against
whom Captain Latter had marched his troops and
inflicted severe punishment, desperately wounding the
notorious chief Meah Toon, who was conveyed on a
litter to Ava. While Captain Latter was thus engaged,
Captain Smith was not less active in the neighbourhood
of Sarawah, where he succeeded in capturing one of the
leaders named Moung Koung Gyee, whom he ordered
for immediate execution. In consequence of these
measures, the disorder had diminished. With the exception of
Burmah, India never enjoyed more tranquillity than at
present. Major Herbert Edwards, C.B., had succeeded
the late Colonel Mackeson as Commissioner at Peshawur.
Major-General Godwin died at Simlah on the 26th
October, after a very short illness, wliile on a visit to
the Commander-in-chief. Sir Theophilus Metcalfe, the
Commissioner at Delhi, died on the 3rd ult. Lieut.-
Colonel Gordon, the Adjutant-General of the Madras
army, had died of cholera, brought on by overtaxing his
energies. This epidemic had also broken out at Bombay,
where 275 persons had fallen victims. The disease was
unfortunately on the increase. The financial condition
of India appears to be most prosperous.

Advices from the Cape of Good Hope have been
received to the 9th ult. The registration for the new
parliament has been completed. The elections will
take place in March or April. General Cathcart was in
Kaffirland, where some uneasiness is felt in consequence
of the movement of Anta, a minor chief. Pretorius,
the leader of the Dutch emigrant boors, and President
of the Transvaal Republic, is dead. In the Sovereignty
the feeling was still strong against the abandonment of
the territory. Rich deposits of copper had been
discovered on the western coast of Cape Colony. There is
a disease amongst cattle, but the value of land still
continues to rise. There appears to be ground for
apprehension that after the Kaffirs have got in their
crops they will take the first opportunity to resume
hostilities. With them are a number of Hottentots,
deserters from the levies and Cape Mounted Rifles, who
retain their carbines. On the 13th of October Colonel
Nisbett, 60th Rifles, Commandant of British Kaffraria,
was unfortunately drowned in the Keiskamma. He
was visiting outposts, and, while crossing the river at a
drift directly below Fort Cox, his horse stumbled and
he fell in. The recent heavy rains had swollen the
stream and greatly increased its rapidity. The body
was found a mile below, eight days after the accident.

At Melbourne, great excitement has been caused by
the measures of the governor respecting the license-fee
exacted from the diggers. At first it was fixed at £3 a
month, but was soon reduced to 30s. This reduction
did not calm the agitation; great meetings were held,
violent speeches made, and memorials were presented,
calling for a further reduction to 10s. a month. The
result was that a committee appointed to take evidence
on the state of the gold-fields, advised the council to
pass a temporary act fixing the licence for the ensuing
three months at 10s., thus, in effect, giving way to the
demands of the diggers. It was estimated that the
diggers had lost £50,000 by attending to the agitation
against the licence-fee.—From Sydney we learn, that
the council had read a second time the Constitution
Bill, in favour of a nominee Upper Chamber, by 34 to
8. The agitation in the colony against the bill
continued and increased. The petitions adopted at the
meetings declare that the present council does not
represent the people of New South Wales, and is therefore
incompetent to frame a constitution; and they
pray tliat the Queen will not assent to any measure
not embodying the views of the petitioners.
Meanwhile, the further progress of the bill had been
postponed for three months, in order to its more deliberate
consideration.—The foundation of a new Exchange at
Sydney was laid by Sir Charles Fitzroy on the 25th
August.—From HobartTown we have cheerful accounts
of increasing revenues, and great advances in material
improvements. The 12th of August was kept as a
jubilee to celebrate the cessation of transportation.

Among the recent articles of intelligence from
Australia, is the following extraordinary statement,
contained in a letter published in the Bristol Journal,
received by Mr. Joseph Abraham of that city, from a
relative in Hobart Town, and communicated by Mr.
Abraham to the above Journal:—

                                ''Hobart-town, Sept. 8, 1853.
"Knowing how deeply interesting any news respecting
Australia must be to you, I write to inform you of
a great discovery that has again been made on the
Geelong side, about 56 miles from the town. They
have been digging very deep, and have come on a table
of gold about 100 feet from the surface, apparently
inexhaustible. All I can tell you respecting it is that the
people's minds are partly turned, from the immense
discovery. Every tub-full of earth they raise from these
holes contains pounds weight of gold. The more they
dig, the more inexhaustible it appears. At Geelong a
tumult has broken out among the diggers. The government
has sent up all the military to quell the
disturbances, and the marines of her Majesty's ship Electra
are mounting guard at the Treasury, and the sailors of
the above steamer of war mount sentry at the banks.
The military from Van Diemen's Land are about to be
despatched to Melbourne to aid the military already
there. Goodness only knows how all this will end—
(Hobart-town, Sept. 5.) By the steamer from Geelong
this day, I find that a gold quarry has been discovered
near Geelong, 100 to 130 feet from the surface of the
earth, putting all other diggings in the shade. 18,000
ounces have been taken out in three days by a few
persons, and one person has got a lump weighing 190lb.
in one solid piece. This is no exaggeration, and the
greatest excitement prevails."