{NOTE BY CAPTAIN GROVER,}

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume I, Issue 27, 12 April 1845, Page 4

{NOTE BY CAPTAIN GROVER,}

" Lieut Wyburd, of the Indian navy, is another diplomatic victim. This talented officer wa» sent on a secret diplomatic mission to Khiva in the year 1835, and has never since been heard of. this unfortunate man, it it right to say, was not abandoned to his fate by the British Government ; for, in a letter written to me by Lord Aberdeen* direction, 1 find it stated, that on Colonel Stoddart's being- sent on his mission to Bokhara, in 1 838, he was instructed to inquire, after Lieut. Wyburd. I have not, however, been able to learn that any effort has been made in his behalf since that time. I pirected Dr. Wolff to obtain all the information he could concerning- this unfortunate man, and to purchase his freedom should he be in slavery. The doctor says he has been murdered at Bokhara ; bat it remains to be seen on what evidence that ajeetfion ia made. '< I am advised to skate an interesting circumstance that owurod to m« a* St: Petersb&rgh,

m it jfrjll sflwm &#? rood doctor's raiafion has "not t*|n cfftij^ty iwlmji: — . ' "Dr. Wolff *»s wrtiirthMn to d**# jpoa my priwte fortuae.for the inborn -ef^cy Christian prisoners fcr aright fed «t Boid»t*. In the first batch be pmtwbmmd *wr 10 R win, and this circtnna}AMe mw fbrtamktdy known before my arriVal in RumU. A tovmgt from his Imperial M«j?§ty wm» brought to me by tbe .British Minister, exprcming' hit Majesty's thanks, and wish to reimburse roe. My reply was — that I conskl«rcd it a very great honour to have been in jury way instrumental in the release of his e-Qbje<jta, and that re-peyment iths quite ont of the question. " 1 am glad to take this opportunity to publicly thank his Majesty for his kind declaration, conredy to me by th« British Minister — • That he would do eTerythbg in his pc»w«r for the relief of Dr. Wolff/' " " Jo Hit Gkovbr, Captain Unattached. " Army and Navy Club. Nor. 6, 1844. ■ — io- - ■ .. ■

■ ft- •• The King of Prnssia has purchased the two celebrated race horses Our Nell arid Crucifix, btth winners of the Oaks^ und al* -> the latter of a 2,000 guineas stake, at Newmarket. Both were shipped ot Hull on Monday last, in the Leeds steamer, for Hamburgh. The New Royal Exchange was opened by her Majesty on the 28th Octr. Among the wines placed upon the Royal table at 'the Inauguration dinner of the Royal Exchange, was some choice Sherry — viz. , some of the same butt from which hia Majesty Ferdinand Seveuth of Spain, on his vjsrt to Xeres, m 1824, was entertained. It was from the finest produce of the best win* in tlie most celebrated vineyard in all Spain, Macharnudd, and was at the time of Ferdina'nid'B visit to 'Xeres one of the oldest and choicest wines of the country. The sum of £630 was paid for the butt from which the Wine in question was sejecteb. ' ■ ' " " ;

Attempted Suicide or Mj£. Sergeant Andrews. — Many rumours were^rife throughout Friday and Saturday morning' at the courts af Westminster Hall, that the above learned gentleman, who was a leader of the midland circuit, had made an attempt at gelf-destruction, which, on making inquiries at his residence at Hampstead Hill, unfortunately proved but too true. From the statement of Tiib medical attendent, Mr. Headland, of Guildford-street,, it appeared that the learned sergeant had been for some period greatly depressed in spirits, and had passed most of his time in his library. On Thursday it wai apparent that the learned sergeant seemed unusually depressed, and after breakfast he retired to the library, where, in the course of the morning, Mrs. Sergeant Andrews had occasion to enter, wlien she wwats t horror struck at beholding the learned gentlemen deluged in his blood. Losing her presence of mind the lady gave a dreadful scream, which was heard throughout the house, and the servants of tbe household were quickly in attendance. Mr. Erans, of Hampstead, was immediately sent for, and rendered every a&fustance which the emergency of the case required. Mr. Headland, the family aurgeon'on being promptly apprised of tbe melancholy transaction, lost no time in doing sil that human aid could suggest or ekill accomplish for his unhappy patient. At a late hour last night a long consultation took place between the medical gentlemen, when we regret to Btate, the learned sergeant was not ' considered out of danger. A letter from St. Fetersburgh announces that the Emperor Nicholas bui been so much affected by the death of the Grand Duchess Alexandra, that h»s health has much suffered, and it was lately found necessar to appjjr leeches three times, He lives almost alone, and t«kes no part in public affairs.

Ministichai; Chamcbs. — It is reported in circles likely to be correctly informed, that Lord lladdington is about retire as Fir«t Lord of the Admiralty, and that Lard EUenborougk will take his plfice.

Stockholm., October "22. — By a sentence of the Swea gericht* Victor Neilson was condemned to be banished from Sweden, for having conformed to ths Romarf Catholic Church.

Berlin, October 29. — The political writer, Doctor Joel Jucwbi correspondent of several German papers, wa» arrested in this capital some daya ago on account of his writings, and confined ia the criminal prison. — Hamburghpasette. By her marriage with M. Munoz, Queen Christina loses her dowry of three mHHon*, ■which is to be made up out of tha civil list. A decree from the Queen appears, in the Madrid Heraldo.^giving permission te her mother to contract^ mangage, The Presse, bf Get, announces that Af. Guizot, whose health on his return from England was ' impaired, has had a relapse. Some uneasiness is felt by his numerous friends on account of the obstinate charactei of his malady ( a disease of the larvnv).

VIRY STKAKOH SIJICIDB AT KILMARNOCK. It is not an uncommon thing in France for lovers to commit suicide together ; but in this country' such double soiciile* are of mreocciirrence., A ' singular instance, however, has recently occured'j near Kiltnarnoek. The bodies of a lady' "and gentleman, apparently sixty years of age, liu*e been fojqjd iathcrivor Irvine, about three milei

torn K*ia»zia>ek. Jfkej were muHmtby fwt> bart&ercfafefr, frwaHl towiknr, mAUd*mi the soon of moh. The uxmx til the geotfcoMui wi* omM^B ; mdbi tbe4ady'« poek«t, ttnooc other things, wm * the <wofd"K«te oo it, Thej , had Hnau.nun md wife »t tiie Comxriereial inn, «t Kilnpn-noA. A lo«»3 ptpvr mentions that the ntme of Atkhnou w«e found in the geutlwaaa's hat, but »Ui» conjecture *» to their idcmtHv. Sir Henry Hardinge is stated to have commenced hi* administration with great discretion and vigour, and a very favorable augury » drawn from hie Appointment. The Punjaub is not maa very tranquil state. In Scinde, also, Cap*. Mackenzie has had another skirmtih with the Beloochees.

Makch op Civilization'. — La»t week, at the Howden Horse Fair, the greatest, perhaps, in England, among those present, »trw^»e bs it may appear-, there was a buyer from the Emperor of China, in the person of one of hi* subject*, attended by an interpreter. Owing to the scarcity of animals of every kind in China, a horse w a great curiosity,

Thh Bar. — It appears by an examiuattoa of the records of admission to the bar 7 by the four inns of court — Lincoln's Inn, the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple,, sad Gray's Inn — that at the present tiroethere ore no less than 2,248 members of the bar. Of this number 7 were called about fifty years «nee, 1 7 between fortyfive and fifty years since, 2B from forty to fortyfive years ago, 122, from 1814 to 1824 ; fronx *1824 to 1814 the nwnber is 308. Of those who were called sen to- twenty years since, there are now 701 members of the bar ; and of those called daring the laßt ten years there are no les» than 1,100 who appear as members of the bar at the present time.

Fokbign Cattlb. — Great quantities of cattle continue to be imported into this country from the continent, a considerable number arriving every week by the steamers from Holland fkc. The Dutch steam ship Batavier, which arrived at the St. Katherine's fcteam wharf on Wednesday afternoon from Rotterdam,, had no less than sixty Tiead of horned cattle on board of very superio£quality and in excellent condition, besides poultry and potatoes. Jonathan Walker,- a master mariner,, is lying in prison, in Florida' U. S. heavily ironed, sothat he can only sit,or lie, awaiting his trial for having taken on board his vessel seven runaway negro slaves. What a fine thing to it is to live, in a /fee country! The Louisville Journal, American paper, statesthat Mr. Gibbon, editor of the Smitkland Bee,, wai deliberately shot dead in the streets, whilst walking with a young girl, his daughter, by a Dr. Snyder, who had taken offence at something; in his newspaper.

Father Mathbw. — We understand that thiaworthy man is involved in pecuniary difficulties, in consequence of engagements contracted by him in connexion with tfee temperance reforma- 1 tion in Ireland- We trust that the friends of temperance generally will come forward promptly to the assistance of one who has made so many sacrifices in that good cause, and has shown himself in every action of his life a thoroughly disinterested and devoted philanthropist. — Ipswich' Express. The Limetick Chronith states l\x amount of Father Mathew's debts at £5,000. Toryism is no longer a future scheme, but a past history-^— Times of Oct. 17. Eels are about to be exported from the Shannon to London. The first cargo will consist of forty tons.

An Expbnsivb Doli. — Th« Courrier JFYtu*cnis states that 'the King has Bent a splendid doll, worth 10,000 f. to the Sultan Abdul Medjid, as n present for his daughter Nnime, who is' four year old. Upwards of 200 engineers, sub— engineers, draftsmen, chainbearers, and assistants, are now employed, at salaries from £2 to 13». n-treck, surveying the lands for the projected railways in the south of Ireland.

Mu. Stubgk a Teetotaller — Cash of Consciencb. — A good deal of amusement hns been excited by the announcement in the last monthly Corn Circular of the Messrs. Sturge, that the firm intend in future to decline the Bal? of. malting barley! — Ten Towns' Mcssengrr.

The Spbakeh of thb Housp of Common* a Brewer! — The Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, M. P. to vote for the city of London, is a partnerin the brew-house of Messr*. Whitbread & Co. Well might Napoleon declare that we were v nation of traders! It appears from a recent return that the population of the French colonies at the last census, in L 842, w»a as follows : — Martiniqut 42,043 free, 76,172 slaves; Guadaloupe and it» dependencies 37,830 free, 92,639a1ave5 ; French GayanA 5,805 free. 14,500 slaves; Bourbon 39,060 free, 66,064 slaves. It i» reported that a committee has been appointed by the Governor- General in Council to open the boxes containing the principal part of the jewels tafcen at Hyderabad, and aow lying at Bombay, for the purpose of selecting the most valuable to be returned to fhe late Ameer of Seinde.