Mr. J. F. Tottenham, who has just been promoted to
the rank of Lieu-tenant for his gallant conduct in capturing a slave-ship, the account of -which appeared in the Gazette of the 27th ultimo, is ninth son of Lord Robert Tottenham, Bishop of Clogher, and nephew of the Marquis of Ely, and Lords Hawarden, Lifford, and Dunally. Mr. William Tottenham, an -elder brother, also distinguished himself last year as Lieutenant of the Dido, in an attack on some pirates in Borneo.—Morning Chronicle.
The Civil List pension granted to Mr. Thomas Hood is given also for the life of Mrs. Hood, which is considered less precarious than her husband's. The grant of the pension was intimated to Mr. Hood, in a very kind manner, by Sir Robert Peel.
We are informed, on the authority of letters received from Italy, that the lady of his Excellency the Governor-General of India has been prevented by indisposition from proceeding to join Sir Henry Hardinge at Calcutta. Lady Emily has gone, at the recommendation of her medical attendants, to Italy, with the view of residing there some months for the improvement of her health. Mr. Arthur Hardinge has gone to Calcutta; and the Misses Hardinge continue with Lady Emily.—Msrning Herald.
Lisbon letters, of 25th December, announce that Mr. Tozer, the English gentleman who has been imprisoned in various gaols on a charge of siding in the late revolt, has been brought to trial, after an incarceration of Upwards of nine months, and acquitted.
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