men who returned to the position? [Here Lord Cardigan
appeared to be greatly affected, and shed tears.]
Of each regiment engaged there returned but a small
detachment—two–thirds of the men having heen
destroyed; and those men, when they arrived at the
summit of the hill from whence they had commenced the
attack a short time before, gave three hearty cheers of
triumph and rejoicing at the exploit which they had
performed. For they had ridden over a Russian battery, and
attacked a most powerful body of Russian cavalry in its
rear. It has been stated that, the British cavalry is of a
very inferior description, and that that body requires a
thorough reform—that it is badly ofiicered, being
officered by gentlemen of too high a rank in the country
—and that it ought to be better ofiicered. I will only
say this, that I do not think you will find any body of
officers more careful of their men than those officers
who now live, command, and perform their duties in
the cavalry regiments of this country, or that you will find
any regiments in the world where there is such a mutual
and sincere attachment between the officers and men as
exists in our cavalry. The officers are at all times
perfectly ready to assist and attend to the comforts
of their men. The men are so attached to their officers,
that wherever those officers lead them, in the cause of
honour and glory, those men are sure to follow. In
conclusion, I will only say that in the minds of those
who escaped the dangers of that attack there exist
reflections of which they cannot divest themselves.
I think that every man who was engaged in that affair
at Balaklava, and who was fortunate enough to survive
it, must feel that it was only by a merciful decree of
Almighty Providence that he was saved from the
greatest certainty of death which could by possibility be
imagined." Lord Cardigan's speech was received
throughout with enthusiastic cheers.

Mr. Archibald Prentice, formerly editor and
proprietor of the 'Manchester Times' has received a
substantial testimonial of the respect of his friends for
his public services during a period of thirty years,
consisting of an investment of £1,500, the produce of a
subscription amongst them, in a life annuity of £150 for
the lives of himself and Mrs. Prentice.

The Queen has appointed Lieutenant–Colonel Justin
Sheil, C.B., some time her Majesty's Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Shah of
Persia, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division
of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the
Order of the Bath.

The Earl of Dundonald, on the nomination of Prince
Albert, has been elected an Honorary Elder Brother of
the Trinity House.

Lord John Russell left his residence in Chesham–
place on the 20th instant, for the purpose of proceeding
on his diplomatic visit to Vienna.

At a Court of Directors, held at the India House on
the 7th instant, Major–General Sir Henry Somerset,
K.C.B., was appointed Commauder–in–chief of the East
India Company's Forces on the Bombay Establishment,
and Second Member of Council at that Presidency.

                 Obituary of Notable Persons

Sir JOHN MIUR MACKENZIE, Bart., of Delvine, county of
Perth, died on the 1st inst., in Loudon, aged forty–nine.

Mr. O. SMITH, of the Adelphi Theatre, died on the 3rd inst.

Mr. FORBES, of Callendar, MP., died at his seat, in Stirlingshire,
on the 10th hist. This event will create a vacancy in
the representation of that county, for which Mr. Forbes had
been member for many years. Mr. Forbes was in his forty–
ninth year.

COUNT DE BRUHL, once famous as the principal antagonist
of Phillidor, the celebrated chess–player, died on the 6th inst.,
at his residence, Chingford, Essex, in the eighty–seventh year
of his age.

KOSREW PACHA, ex–Grand Vizier, chief of the Russian party
in Turkey, has died at the age of ninety–five.

The Prussian General D'ASLER, the designer of the fortress
of Ehrenbreitstein, opposite Coblentz, has died in Berlin.

General Viscount O'NEIL died on the 12th inst., at Shanes
Castle, in the county of Antrim, in the seventy–fifth year of
his age.

A man named FABRICE LEPAGE has died in the neighbourhood
of Berne, in his eighty–fifth year. He was cook to
Robespierre, and under the Reign of Terror took the name of
Coriolanus. He retired to Switzerland in 1816, and has
remained there ever since.

At the Lunatic Asylum, Hoxton House, on 27th January,
a woman, formerly a domestic servant, aged one hundred and
three years. She had been twelve years a maniac.

The Duke of GENOA, only brother of the King of Sardinia,
died at Turin on the 10th inst., aged thirty–two. He had been
suffering from illness for some time.

Lady HARRIET ELLIOTT, the youngest daughter of Earl
Minto, and sister of Lady John Russell, died on the 9th inst.,
after a protracted illness, at the Hotel Meurice, in Paris, in
the twenty–ninth year of her age.

The Hon. General Sir PATRICK STUART, brother of the late
Lord Blantyre, died on the 7th inst., at Eaglescarnie,
Haddingtonshire, in the seventy–ninth year of his age.

General Sir W. C. EUSTACE, C.B. and K.C.H., died at
Samford Hall, Essex, on the 8th inst., aged seventy–three.

Vice–Admiral BRIAN HODGSON died at his seat in
Cumberland on the 7th inst., in his seventy–fifth year.

Mr. PRYSE LOVEDEN, M.P. for the Cardigan District
Boroughs, died on the 1st inst., aged thirty–nine.

Mr. J. H. VIVIAN, M.P. for Swansea, died, after a few
weeks' illness, at his residence. Singleton, near Swansea, on
the 10th inst., in his seventieth year..

The Rev. G. FLETCHER, a Wesleyan Minister, who was bom
on Feb. 2, 1747, at Clarbrouf, in Nottinghamshire, died on
the 2nd inst., at the extraordinary age of one hundred and
eight.

M. VARNVANAS PANGOLAS, the oldest of the patriots who
struggled for the independence of Greece, and one of those
who sacrificed a large fortune to the cause, has just died at
Athens, at the still more remarkable age of one hundred and
eleven years.

Mr. JOSEPH HUME died on the 20th inst., at his seat,
Burnley Hall, Norfolk, in the seventy–ninth year of his age.

              COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES.

THE Overland Mail brings dates from Bombay to the
16th ult. The most important news is the despatch by
the overland route of the first reinforcements from India
to the army in the Crimea. The first division of the
10th Hussars left Bombay on the 10th of January on
board the "Punjaub" and "Sultana." The remainder
of the regiment were to sail in about ten days. Altogether
they will muster 650 sabres. The 14th Dragoons,
equally strong, were also on their way to Bombay to
embark for the Crimea via Suez. The Christmas festivities
at Calcutta were of the most magnificent kind, in
honour of the visits of the Burmese Ambassador, and
the Rajah of Putteeala. "When the entertainments had
been brought to a close, the Burmese Envoy had an
interview with his Excellency to take leave on his return
to Ava. As is usual on these occasions certain ceremonies
were gone through, when to the great surprise of
the Governor–General, the Burmese Ambassador
announced, "That he came by the command of the King of
Ava to seek restitution of the whole of the captured
provinces in Burmah!" This modest demand was at
once met by his Excellency in the following brief but
pertinent reply—"Tell the King of Ava that as long as
the sun shines in the heavens the British flag shall wave
over their posessions." This soon brought the interview
to a termination, and the representatives retired.
The Rajah of Putteeala, who is the chief of the largest
of the five protected Sikh States, intends to visit England,
attended by a numerous suite, where he, no doubt, will
create a great sensation.

The intelligence from China is unfavourable for the
rebels. The Pekin Gazette states that they have
recently been defeated in many encounters, and that
several important cities have been retaken from them.
There was a large British and American force at Canton
assembled to protect the foreign residents in case of an
assault by the rebels.

Advices from Melbourne down to the 23rd November
state that Sir Charles Hotham had given the royal