April 19. At Dinapore, the lady of Capt. Geo. Matthews, H. M.'s 59th regt. of a daughter. June 4. At Meerut, the lady of J. H. Matthews, Esq., Paymaster of H. M's 14th regt., of a daughter. 5. At Nusseerabad, the lady of C.W. Welchman, Esq., M. D., of a son. 14. Mrs. P. Sutherland, of a son. 15. At Chowringhee, the lady of R. Hunter, Esq., C. S., of a daughter. 19. Mrs. Wm. Denman, of a son. The lady of Jas. Erving, Esq., C. S., of a daughter. Lately, in the Fort of Allahabad, the wife of Mr. A. Cameron, Deputy Assistant Commissary of Ordnance, of a daughter. MARRIAGES May 25. At Meerut, Dr. Urquhart, 22d N.I., to Miss Catharine Long. June 5. Mr. William Nichols, to Miss Cordelia Bowman. 10. Mr. Alexander Burnett, to Miss Catherine D'Moyrah. 11. Mr. Thomas Fletcher Waghorns, of the Hon. Company's Marine, to Miss Elizabeth Bartlett. 13. J. A. Aganoor, Esq., to Miss Nan Jane Joseph, eldest daughter of Jacob Joseph, Esq. 15. Mr. John Arratoon Vertaness, Assistant of Messrs. Cruttenden and Co., to Miss B. Jacob, youngest sister of Mr. Carrapiet Jacob, of Calcutta. 17. A. Colvin, Esq., to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Jas. Colvin, Esq. 18. William Graham, Esq., to Mrs. Eleanor Browne. DEATHS. June 3. At Chittagong, Brev. Capt. R. W. Forster, Interp. and Quart.Mast. of the 2d bat. 13th regt. N.I. 5. James Thomson Bell, Esq., son o the late Dr. Bell, and nephew to Thomson the poet. At the Presidency, Mr. Joseph Robert Rains, late of the Hon. Company's Artillery, aged 21. At Haupper, Fanny Lydia, daughter of Capt. W. P. Cooke, Dep. Judge Adv. Gen. 2d Div. 10. At Berhampore, on his way to Chuprah, John Eustace Chinnery, only son of George Chinnery, Esq., of Se rampore. 11. At Chowringhee, the infant daughter of John Hunter, Esq., of the Civil Service. 12. Capt. Benjamin Rogers, of the Country Service, commander of the Sultan, aged 30 years; a gentleman whose suavity of manners and honourable character rendered him beloved by all who knew him. He has left a widow and many relations, who, with all his friends, must deeply lament their loss. 13. The infant daughter of J. W. Grant, Esq., C.S. 14. At Dacca, Lieut. Charles Boyd, Adj. of the 2d bat. 18th N. I. 18. Elizabeth Emily, the infant daughter of the Rev. S. Trewin. 22. At Hansee, the infant son of Lieut. Ramsay, 8th N.I. Lately, at Cawnpore, Charles Edmund, the infant son of Capt. Cave Brown. CHINA. The ship Charles Forbes, belonging to this port, anchored in the harbour this morning from China. We have been favoured with an extract of a letter received by this opportunity, which states, that Patna Opium, on the 15th of April, was at 2,500 dollars, and Company's Malwa at 1,500. Smuggled, or Demaun Malwa, at 1,200 dollars per pecul. The Company sold their last lot of Bengal Opium, at 74 tales. The stock of Opium on hand was moderate, but that of Cotton was very considerable.-Bom. Cour., June 29. Home Intelligence. MISCELLANEOUS. EAST-INDIA HOUSE. The Court of Directors of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies have given notice, that a Quarterly General Court of the said Company will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on Wednesday, the 18th Dec. next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of declaring a Dividend from Midsummer last to Christmas next. That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on Tuesday, the 3d of December, at three o'clock, and opened again on Thursday, the 16th of January 1823. And that the Dividend Warrants on the said Stock, due on the 5th of January 1823, will be ready to be delivered on Monday the 6th of the same month. APPOINTMENTS. Lieut. Cook, of the Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines, is appointed Aidde-Camp to the Rt. Hon. Lord Amherst, the newly appointed Governor-General of India. At a Court of Directors held at the East-India House, on Wednesday the 27th Nov., George Norton, Esq., a Barrister of the Temple, was appointed the Company's Advocate General at Bombay in the room of O. Woodhouse, Esq., deceased. LORD CLIVE'S FUND. The Directors of the East-India Company have received Six Hundred Pounds, as a Donation to Lord Clive's Fund. THE DECCAN PRIZE MONEY CAUSE. This very important cause came on on Friday the 15th Nov., in pursuance of a former adjournment, for a further hearing, before the Lords of the Council, at the Board Room in the Treasury. The parties interested in the final decision of this cause are, the army under the command of the Marquess of Hastings, and the army lately commanded by Sir T. Hislop, Bart. Dr. Jenner and Mr. Harrison attended as Counsel in behalf of Sir T. Hislop, Bart.; and Dr. Lushington and Mr. Adam appeared for the Marquess of Hastings. After considerable discussion, the Counsel in behalf of the Marquess of Hastings urged the expediency of postponing the further consideration of the cause to a future day. To this application it is understood that their Lordships assented, and the cause stands adjourned to this month. INDIA SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrivals. Nov. 2. Deal. Ship Barossa, Hutchin. son, from Bengal, Madras, Cape, and St. Helena. 11. Liverpool. Ship Seaforth, M'Dowall, from Bombay 4th July. 16. Gravesend. Ship Swallow, Ross, from Bombay 4th July. 24. Deal. Ship Brailsford, Spring, from Bombay 22d July. 25. Off Margate. Ship Palmyra, Lamb, from Batavia, &c. 26. Liverpool. Ship Hindoostan, Kirkwood, from Bengal 18th July. Departures. Nov. 1. Gravesend. Ship Eliza, Ward, for Madras and Bengal. 14. Ditto. Ship Ögle Castle, Pearson, for Bengal. Ships spoken with. David Scott, Bunyon, London to Madras and Bengal, 17th Aug. lat. 15 S. long. 34 W. John Taylor, Liverpool, to Bengal, 27th Aug. lat. 18 long. 27. Clydesdale, M Kellar, Liverpool to New South Wales 21st July, lat. 15. N. long. 25. Duke of York, Campbell, Bombay, to China, 13th July, by the Seaforth, arrived at Liverpool. The Warren Hastings, Mason, London to Bengal, 10th July, lat. 9. 30 N. lon. 23, 30. She had spoken on the 7th, lat. 10. lon. 24, the Winchelsea, Adamson, and Dorsetshire, Lyde, both from London to Bengal, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. Sept. 10. At the Cape of Good Hope, the lady of Jas. Duff Watt, Esq., Dep. Assist. Commissary-General to the Forces, of a son. Oct. 25. At Peckham, Mrs. Thomas Heath, of a son. 27. At his house, Winchester-row, Newroad, Paddington, the lady of Robert Baxter, Esq. of Bombay, of a son. 28. At Norton Cottage, Tenby, the lady of Lieut. Col. Voyle, of a daughter. Nov. 1. At Clapham, the lady of Thos. Barlow, Esq. of Calcutta, of a daughter. 19. At Barnes Terrace, Surry, the lady of Major John Hickes, of the Hon. Company's Bombay Establishment, of a son. 18. The lady of Peter Auber, Esq., Assistant Secretary to the Hon. East India Company, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Oct. 28. At Bray Church, County of Wicklow, Capt. Philip Maughan, of the Hon. East-India Company's Bombay Marine Service, to Teresa, third daughter of the late Alex. Brenan, Esq., one of the Six Clerks of his Majesty's Court of Chancery, Ireland. 31. At Kensington Church, by the Rev. Mr. Rennell, Capt. David Rae Newall, of the Hon. E. I. Company's ship Scaleby Castle, to Charlotte Jannetta, only surviving daughter of the late James Falconer, Esq. of Bombay. Nov. 6. At Park-place, Edinburgh, John Williams, Esq. of the Hon. EastIndia Company's Civil Service, to Sophia, daughter of the late Dr. Wm. Roxburgh, also of the East-India Service. 9. Major P. Dunbar, of the Cavalry, in the Hon. East-India Company's Service, to Jessie, seventh daughter of the Rev. Wm. Leslie, of Balnagaith, Morayshire, N.B., and niece to the Earl of Caithness. 21. At St. James's Church, by the Lord Bishop of London, the Rev. Thos. Scott Smyth, of St. Austle, in the County of Cornwall, to Georgiana Theophila, youngest daughter of Sir T. J. Metcalfe, Bart., and sister to the present Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart., of Fern-hill, Berks. Maidman Budden, eldest son of Major Budden, of the Hon. East-India Company's Service. 31. Aged 14, at the house of her grandfather, James Lynn, Esq., Woodbridge, Suffolk, deeply lamented by her relatives and friends, Sarah Ellen, only child of Richard Sharp, Esq., Surgeon on the Bombay Establishment. Nov. 7. At Bath, Major General Sir Henry White, K.C.B., of the Hon. Company's Service in Bengal. His remains were interred on the morning of the 16th, in the Abbey Church, with all the funeral splendour due to his eminent rank. There were five mourning coaches and four, with a hearse and set, decorated with handsome plumes, and followed by a numerous train of gentlemen's carriages. The following distinguished characters officiated as pallbearers on the occasion:-Gen. Sir R. Blair, Bart.; Gen. Sir T. Dallas, K.C.B.; Gen. Sir Geo. Leith, Bart.; Lieut. Gen. Dickson; Col. Hall; Maj. Sullivan; Col. Shaw; Col Mackenzie. 8. At the advanced age of 81, Mrs. Eyles, sister of Geo. Dominicus, Esq. of the East-India House, and mother of Major Eyles, Bombay Army. The infant son of Mr. Geo. Baillie, of Poplar, Middlesex. Lately, at Moore Park, in the County of Cork, Stephen, Earl of Mountcashel, father of the Hon. R. F. Moore, of the Bengal Civil Service. CALCUTTA EXCHANGE. We are informed that there has been a great scarcity of money in the Calcutta market, attributed to various causes, and which had raised the exchange on England to 2s. 14d. a 2s. 2d., and the rate of interest to 10 per Cent. amongst the merchants. LONDON MARKETS. Tuesday, November 26. COTTON.-The Cotton market this week has been in a very languid state, yet there are no sellers at any reduction; the purchases are in bond, Surat ordinary 54d, fair 5d, good fair 6d., and very good 64d.; Madras 57d. good fair; Bengals 5gd. fair, to 5 d. good fair, good 5d., very good 61d.; and duty paid, Demerara and Berbice good fair 94d. and 93d; and West India fair 8d. COFFEE. The public sales last week were considerable: British Plantation, with the exception of Berbice and Demerara, which were 2s. to 3s. per cwt. lower, sold freely and at rather higher prices: the two latter bave for a length of time rated much higher than the other qualities; good ordinary St. Domingo in casks and in bags sold at 94s. 6d. and 95s. 6d. in considerable parcels. GOODS DECLARED FOR SALE AT For Sale 11 December-Prompt 7 March. Company's.-Bengal, Coast, and Surat Piece Goods, Nankeen Cloth, and Damaged Coast Piece Goods. For Sale 20 January 1823-Prompt 18 April. Company's.-China and Bengal Raw Silk. 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