12 OCTOBER 1839, Page 10

Though many gallant veterans must feel themselves aggrieved by this

Fleming job, not one has better right to complain than the Lieu- tenant-Governor, Rear-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, K.C.B. He is one of the most distinguished officers in the service, and has been most severely wounded. He refused promotion to the rank of Vice- Admiral last year, to enable him to keep the Lieutenant-Governorship ; though by an Order in Council he might have been allowed to retain his office, and to take his proper place among the Vice-Admirals.