BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS, Feb. 24, at Poonamallee, the Lady of Lieut. A. H. M'Leroth, 38th regt, of a daughter. At Corfu, Lady Woodford, wife of MajorGeneral Sir A. Woodford, K.C.B. of a son. June 1, at Glasgow, the Lady of Lieut. Hugh Price, R.N. of a daughter. July 9, at St. Anne's, Barbadoes, the Lady of Lieut-Col. Wilson. 65th regt. of a son. At Banagher, the Lady of Capt. G. Vandeleur Creagh, 81st regt. of a daughter. At Shepperton, county of Clare, the Lady of Capt. John Gabbott, h. p. of 88th regt. of a daughter. At Richmond House, Templemore, the Lady of the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Ellis, 60th Rifles, of a son. At Kilrush, county of Clare, the Lady of Capt. Pack, 84th regt. of a son. At Woolwich, the Lady of Lieut. and Adjut. Philips, R.M. of a son. July 30, at Hampton Court Palace, the Lady of Capt. Baird, 15th Hussars, of a daughter. Aug. 5, at Northbrook House, near Exeter, the Lady of Major Hodgson, of a daughter. Aug. 6, at Weymouth, the Lady of Lieut. Carey, R.N. of a daughter. Aug. 8, at Geneva, the Lady of Capt. Basil Hall, R.N. of a son. Aug. 20, at Chelsea, the Lady of James Sparshott, Esq. R.N. of a daughter. MARRIAGES. At Calcutta, Capt. G. R. Carmac, 3d Buffs, to Miss H. Maling. Feb. 27, at Madras, Capt. C. L. Boileau, Rifle Regiment, to Amelia, only child of the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, Governor of Madras. June 13, at Malta, Capt. Thomas R. Baker, 7th Royal Fusiliers, to Mary Frances, youngest daughter of the late Colonel Anderson Mor shed, Royal Engineers. At St. George's, Hanover Square, Capt. T. F. Strangways, R.H.A. to Sophia, daughter of the late B. Harene, Esq. of Footscray Place, Kent. July 22. Lieut. Edward Crean Lynch, 14th Regt. to Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Maurice Lynch, Esq. of Mount Delvin, county Galway. At Jersey, Lieut. O. B. D'Arcy, 73d Regt. to Martha, eldest daughter of the late Capt. Richard Buck, R.N. nephew to Sir Richard Keats, Governor of Greenwich Hospital. July 25, at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Capt. James Wigston, R.N. to Mary Theodora, only daughter of the late Major-General Sir John Chambers, K.C.B. July 31, at Limerick, David Charles Pitcairn, Esq. Assist.-Surg. 83d Regt. to Mary, eldest daughter of the late William Johnson Westropp, Esq. of Roxborough, near Limerick, and niece to Lord Viscount Guillamore. At Newhaven, Capt. James Morgan, R.N. of the Coast Guard Service, to Eliza, daughter of T. C. Faulconer, Esq. of Newhaven. At Montrose, Major Campbell, 46th Regt. to Margaret, daughter of Capt. Thomson, late of the same Regt. At Trinity Church, St. Marylebone, Major Hall, of the lst Life Guards, to Jemima Caroline, daughter of J, P, Carew, Esq. At St. Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, Capt. Philip Sandilands, R.H.A. to Caroline Arabella, daughter of the late W. T. Corbett, Esq. of Elsham, Lincolnshire, and Darnhall, Cheshire. Aug. 3, Capt. P. Durnford, 68th Light Infantry, second son of Colonel Durnford, Royal Engineers, to Augusta, second daughter of the late S. Sewell, Esq. K.C. of Montreal, Lower Canada, and niece of the Hon. the Chief Justice of that Province. Aug. 4, by special license, at the Royal Hospital, Dublin, Lieut.-Colonel Arbuthnot, eldest son of the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, to Charlotte Eliza, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon. Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart. K.C.B. Commander of the Forces in Ireland. Aug. 6, at Trinity Church. Marylebone, Capt. E. Gordon Douglas, Grenadier Guards, brother to Earl Morton, to Juliana, daughter of G. H. Dawkins Pennant, Esq. of Penrhyn, Carnarvon. At Lisnadill Church, Lieut. James M'Kean, R.N. to Miss Eliza Neal, of Armagh. At St. Mary's, Bryanston Square, Lieut. H. B. H. Rogers, 82d Regt. to Mary Ann, only daughter of Thomas Deliany Hall, Esq. of the Island of Jamaica. Aug. 7, Capt. Watson, 14th Regt. to Elizabeth Catherine, second daughter of Stephen Masters, Esq. of Craigin, county Galway. Aug. 8, at Newton Valence, Capt. Lempriere, R.N. to Frances, daughter of W. Dumaresq. Esq. of Pelham Place, Hampshire. At West Wratting, Cambridgeshire, Lieut. Alexander Cotton, R.N. to Marianne, youngest daughter of Sir C. Watson, Bart. of Wrasting Park. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Capt. Bishop, R.N. to Sarah, widow of the late Giuseppi Cipriani, Esq. Aug. 15, at St. George's, Hanover Square, Capt. Charles Hamlyn Williams, R.N. to Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Sir Nelson Rycroft, Bart. DEATHS. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL. July 25, Ballingall, late of R.M. COLONEL. July 9, Count Daniel O'Connell, late Irish Brig., Meudon, near Blois. MAJORS. March 26, Aly, h. p. 2d Huss. Germ. Leg. June 9, William Holland, late 1st Royal Vet, Batt. CAPTAINS. March, Duke, 48th Foot, at sea. May 23, Richter, h. p. 2d Light Inf. Batt. Germ. Leg. July 15, R. Stewart, 54th Foot, Chatham. Harrison, late 6th Foot. July 25, Burslem, late Inv. Art., Woolwich. LIEUTENANTS. Arnold, 34th Foot. Malcolm, 49th Foot. April 9, Montgomery, 1st West India Regt. Sierra Leone. June 24, at Demerara, Capt. R. H. Muddle, R.N. July 15, at Belfast, Lieut. T. W. Charleton, R.N. At Elie, Fifeshire, suddenly, Capt. J. Porteous, R.N. At Killmore, county of Kerry, Lieut. Edward Ussher Mason, h. p. 82d Regt. At Thetford, Capt. B. Harvey, C.B. R.N. July 20, at Falmouth, aged 52 years, of a disease of the heart, Thomas Moore, Esq. M.D. Surg. of the 11th Foot. July 22, Lieut. Frederick Thompson, R. N. aged 49. July 25, at Hatherleigh, John Fisher, Esq. Surg. R.N. In St. James's-street, aged 64, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Robert Clive, h.p. 100th Regt., brother of Earl Powis, At Florence, Captain C. Montagu Walker, R.N. In London, aged 70, Lieut.-General Ballingall, R.M. July 30, at the Royal Hospital at Haslar, Lieut. T. Daws, R.N." In London, Lieut. Peter Blake, R.N. Aug. 4, near Cork, Lieut. William Henry Rawlinson, R.N. At Piddletrenthide, Dorset, Capt. J. Hawkins, R.N. aged 52. Aug. 10, at Dalham Hall, General Sir James Affleck, Bart. At Crossgar, Dromara, Ireland, J. Mathews, Esq. late Capt. 38th Regt. Ang. 15, at Calceto Cottage, near Arundel, John Seward, Esq. Purser, R.N. in the 55th year of his age. Lieut. Steven Lynk, of HM.S. Pioneer, em. ployed on the Coast Guard Service, put an end to his existence by shooting himself through the head, in a field between the King's Ferry and Milton, near Sittingbourne, Kent. An inquest on the body was held on the following day, when a verdict of temporary derangement was returned. Some misunderstanding between the deceased and his men is said to have operated upon his mind, and caused the fatal catastrophe. Major Edward Jervoise Ridge, C.B., whose death we recorded last month, went but to India as a cadet in 1798, and was appointed cornet in the 4th Bengal Native Cavalry, which corps he joined at Benares in January, 1799. In May, 1800, he obtained a lieutenancy; in August, 1810, was promoted to captain; and in July, 1819, to a majority. The 4th regiment was actively employed dur ing the Mahratta campaigns, under Lord Lake, and this officer was with it during the whole period, never having quitted the corps till 1809, when he was obliged to repair to England for the recovery of his health, which had suffered severely from the effects of the climate, IIe returned to India in 1813, and joined the 4th regiment at Kietah, in Bundlecund. In 1815, the corps removed to Purtaubghur; and in 1817 again returned to Kietah, on approaching which this officer was detached, with the right squadron, to join Major Alldin, at Lohorgong. His proceedings against the Pindarries on the 11th of April, 1817, are thus mentioned in General Orders : "The Commander-in-Chief has directed that the following report from Captain Ridge to his immediate commanding officer be published in General Orders, not only with the view of giving publicity to the applause whieh his Excellency bestows on Capt. Ridge's conduct, but as furnishing a most encouraging example for the army. This affair and the gallant exploit antecedently performed by Captain Caulfield, 5th Native Cavalry, evince what incalculable superiority is possessed by troops confident in their own discipline, while both instances show how much may be achieved by the determined bravery even of a handful of men. The disproportion on the latter occasion was so enormous, that an opportunity could not have been more completely fashioned by fortune for displaying the judicious and intrepid decision of the leader, as well as the admirable courage of the Hon. Company's troops; nor should the perseverance of the squadron, in the effort to overtake the Pindarries, be put out of view by the more brilliant circumstances of the final contest. An exertion, continued for forty-five miles, at the season (April), is a proof of both ardour and patience but to be appreciated by the lamented event of its having actually caused the death of that most valuable officer, Capt. Howorth," &c. The Report-(our limits prevent us inserting it at length)-states, that with 190 men, Capt. Ridge routed 5000 Pindarries; and that had his force been 500, the greatest part of the enemy's would have been destroyed. The horses of the gallant detachment were mounted from halfpast eight in the evening of the 11th of April, until half past seven on the following evening, during which time they marched forty-five miles. In Major W. Elliot, C.B. (since dead,) then comnianding the 4th regt., being obliged to quit it on account of ill-health, Capt. R. was ordered down to Kietah to take the command. August following he joined the force under Sir Dyson Marshall, destined to act against the Pindarries. He afterwards, towards the end of the year, joined a light force under MajorGen. T. Brown, and commanded the attack on the enemy's camp on the outside of Jawad, at the time the Major-General stormed that town, the success of which is thus detailed in General Orders: "The Commander-in-chief has received with sentiments of admiration the official details of the successful attack made by the troops under the command of Major-Gen. Brown on the town of Jawad, and the troops of Jeswunt Rao Bhow on the 29th January. In the details before his Lordship, the prominent features are those of clear and decided judgment in the conception, and of the most energetic gallantry in the execution of the several operations which were so deservedly crowned with brilliant success. On the one hand, a strongly-fortified town was stormed by the 1st battalion 1st Native Infantry, after their blowing open the gate; on the other, the camp of Jeswunt Rao Bhow was attacked and carried by the 4th cavalry and a detachment of the 2d Rohilla horse, though defended by cannon, and the approach to it presenting great natural difficulties and impediments on all sides; an enterprise in which Capt. Ridge, Lieut, Franklin, and Lieut. Turner, appear to In May, 1818, after the campaign was terminated, the 4th regiment marched into cantonments at Mattra, where it remained until the end of 1819, when it marched to Neemuch, a cantonment in Central India. In September following the regiment was called into the field, to put down the refractory Rajah, Kishor Sing, who had assembled a large force at Hovrowtee. The commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. W. Maxwell, after finding all offers of accommodation fruitless, determined on attacking the Rajah's position, which he did on the 1st of Oct. 1821. The enemy immediately retired, when Major Ridge was ordered to pursue them with two squadrons. He soon came up with a body of 500 or 600 horse, under the Maharoo in person, and the result is thus stated by Lieut.-Col. Maxwell, in a letter to the Adjutant-General: "He (Major Ridge,) immediately formed and charged with the greatest promptitude; but I am deeply concerned to add, with the loss of two brave, enterprising young officers, Lieut. Read, and Adj. Clark, who nobly fell in the service of their country. Major Ridge was severely, though not dangerously, wounded by a sabre in his head; and, much as all those who admire his distinguished gallantry must be concerned at his sufferings, yet considerable consolation arises from the assurance of its not being likely to keep him more than a few days from the able discharge of his duty." Major Ridge was at this time in so bad a state of health, that it was deemed absolutely neces sary that he should return to England for his recovery, and where he arrived in January, 1823. This gallant officer, who had never been absent from his corps when it was employed on any kind of service, from the time he first joined it in 1798, retired from the service 3d Nov. 1824. For his services he was appointed a Companion of the Bath. Major Ridge may justly be ranked among the bright ornaments of the Company's army. He was brother to Lieut.-Col. Ridge, who nobly fell in the moment of victory, at the head of His Majesty's 5th foot, in the siege of Badajoz, METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, KEPT AT THE OBSERVATORY OF CAPT. W. H. SMYTH, AT Bedford. W.S.W. fr. br. showery N.W. It. airs and cloudy THE CRISIS AT WATERLOO. SIR HUSSEY VIVIAN" IN REPLY TO MAJOR GAWLER." MY DEAR MAJOR, Dublin, September 9, 1833. I HAVE neither time nor inclination to enter at any great length in reply to your very voluminous observations on my letter. Nor, indeed, is it necessary; for although there is much that might be criticised, there is not much that requires answering. On some points, however, I may perhaps be expected to say a few words, and to those I shall refer as briefly as possible. I only regret that you did not send me your letter before printing it, as, had you done so, this answer might have appeared at the same time, which would have at least been more convenient for those who consider our controversy worthy of their notice. You say you are "bound to defend the facts and inferences you have made public, without respect to persons," &c. In this I entirely agree with you; but whilst doing so, you must permit me to observe, that although persons are not to be respected, some allowance, at least, should be made for situation; and it cannot be denied, that a general officer in command of a brigade of cavalry, the movements of which extended over much ground, must, of necessity, have had an opportunity of seeing more of what was going on around him, than a subaltern officer in command of a company of a regiment of infantry. This, if I mistake not, was our relative situation on the day of the battle of Waterloo. Before proceeding with my reply, I must beg of you always to bear in mind that it is not my object, nor has it ever been, in any way, to take from the merit of the 52d regiment at the close of the battle of Waterloo. And, moreover, that I was led into this correspondence solely because I considered, in your account of the " Crisis," your notice of the movements of the 6th brigade of cavalry was incorrect; but for this I should never have written a single line on the subject; for, to borrow from the language of my gallant friend Sir Thomas Reynell," I had no desire to attract notice to the services of the 6th brigade of cavalry,' firmly believing that every battalion and corps did the duty assigned to it fully as well." In your letter now before me, you endeavour to prove my statement, the substance of which is as follows-That in the advance, the 6th brigade of cavalry took the lead; that two of the regiments belonging to it had charged twice on the enemy's cavalry and artillery; and that a rallied squadron of the 10th was prepared to charge again before the arrival of any other part of the army on the ground where this took place that ground being on the enemy's left of La Belle Alliance, and extending away towards Hougoumont, the first charge of the 10th being on the extreme of the right of the brigade; and that of the 18th on the left,-to be incorrect. In order to show this, and further U.S. JOURN., No. 59, Oct. 1833. to prove that the 52d and 71st were in my front, you advance the mathematical proposition-" that when two bodies, moving at different rates on direct lines from the same point, arrive at the same moment at a distant point, two things are inevitable-that the quickest was the last to commence its movement, and that it never passed the slowest on its way." Now, admitting this principle to be perfectly correct, I cannot at all admit your deduction, as applied to the case in point, to be so; inasmuch as that you have supposed the movement of my brigade to have been an uninterrupted advance, and have left out of the calculation the length of time necessarily required for the re-formation of the 10th after its first charge, and that occupied in the attack of the 18th, from which regiment I had returned before the squadron under Major Howard attacked; and you forget also that, according to your own showing, the advance of the 52d from La Haye Sainte was through ground in which, at times, "the sturdy rear-rank men sunk kneedeep*." Take all these circumstances into your consideration, and I think you will easily understand how it might happen that the quickest body passed the slowest in the advance †, and that the arrival of the "regiment in red ‡," was after the squadron of the 10th was standing, and had been standing some short time, near the square of infantry. These facts demolish, I apprehend, all the inference you draw from the discussion of this mathematical problem; but whether this be the case or not, I can only say that all the mathematicians, from the days of the first publication of Euclid up to the present hour, would not persuade me against the evidence of my senses; and that the facts I have stated, as to the 6th brigade of cavalry having been greatly in advance of the rest of the army, as far as I could see, I will assert and uphold to the last hour of my existence. But, to satisfy you, I will still further argue the point on another of your own propositions. You say "no regiment would have left an enemy's square behind it; or if, by any accident, they had done so, the rest of the British infantry was at that time several hundred yards in the rear; so that, on the supposition that the 10th came up with any other regiment, your brigade must have been still less in advance than even I have described them, which you certainly will not admit." Now, before reaching La Belle Alliance, the 52d, you tell us, had crossed the chaussée, and was engaged with a column and some artillery on the left of it; and, consequently, you could not see what was taking place on the right of it; but, as it is acknowledged on all hands that "Sir John Colborne, observing this distance of support, the strength and attitude of the enemy, and the heavy state of the ground in the valley, (into which, trampled and re-trampled as it had been by 20,000 horsemen, the sturdy rear-rank men sunk at times knee-deep,) called out to the 52d to step short and take breath,” &c.— U. S. J. p. 305. I do not pretend to deny that you moved against the enemy's flank before I quitted the position, and consequently were at first in advance of me. You went diagonally across the ground,—I went perpendicularly to the front. What regiment it was, I will not pretend to say; but I still believe it to have been a regiment of Hanoverians. And here let me apologize to the gallant legion, for having in my last hastily written" Hanoverian Legion," for 1 well recollect the officer I sent calling it a regiment of " young Hanoverians," and this will account for its halting and firing. |