ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 341, 8 November 1848, Page 3

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

The funeral of the late Princess Sophia took place at Kensall Green Cemeteiy : Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince George, were present ; and representatives of the King of Hanover, and the Duchesses of Kent, Cambridge, and Gloucester. The funeral procession was perfectly unostentatious ; it left the residence of the Princess in Vicar-age-place, Kensington, soon after five in the morning, and arrived at the chapel of the Cemetery at seven ; finding the Prince Consort and others in punctual attendance. The coffin, bearing the Princess's coronet, was placed in the chapel ; and the Duchess of Norfolk, as chief mourner, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince George, took positions near it while the service was performed by the Bishop of Norwich. Before the arrival of the procession, the Duke of Cambridge visited the tomb of his brother the Duke of Sussex ; and there, as well as afterwards during the service, gave way to the fulness of his heart. It is understood that a mausoleum will be erected in the Cemetery grounds, and the remains of the Princess be transferred •thither. On the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the customary banquet given by the Duke of Wellington to his gallant companions in arms iwas celebrated on Monday, in the Waterloo 'Gallery, and attended by the Prince Consort, Prince Uastelcicala, the Count Kielmansegge, ,the Marquis of Anglesey's and upwards of eighty other distinguished guests. Chatham, June 5. — On Saturday Evening, one division of the 50th Regiment (Queen's Own) arrived at this garrison from India, consisting of 11 sergeants, 5 drummers, 6 corporals, and 136 privates, with 9 women and 10 children, under the command ,pf, Captain J. B. Bonham, Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant Robert B. Bellerus, Lieutenant Charles Alfred P. James, Lieutenant Thomas Ryan, Lieutenant M. C. Singleson,' and Paymaster J. B.Dodd. This "division embarked .at Calcutta on the 15th of February last, and -disembarked at Gravesend on the ,3rd instant. ' Assistant Surgeon Cuthbert F. H f ;B,arlW, of , the Regiment, died at sea on the 26th of last April, and four 'men of the

corps also died during the voyage. This Regiment was drafted out in convict guards to New South Wales in 1 834, and after the usual service allotted to regiments in that colony, it proceeded to India. The head quarters are expected daily. Military Colonization at Hudson's Bay. — It being the intention of Government to establish a military colony at fort Garry, Hudson's Bay, on a similar principle to that in New Zealand, the Secretary-at-War has issued the following conditions, upon which Military pensioners will be enrolled for service in that colony: — The candidates must not exceed forty-five years of age, must be sft. 6in. in height, of a robust frame, and medically approved of. No objection will be made to married men having families, providing the number of children does not exceed three. The pensioners will be enrolled to serve seven years; will receive pay at the rate of Is. 3d. per day for a private, Is. 6d. for a corporal, and Is. lOd. for a sergeant, in addition to their pensions, to commence from the period they are called on to leave their homes till they embark, with- a free conveyance for themselves and families, at the public expense. A free passage to Fort Garry, j with rations on the voyage, will be given them. Previous to their quitting England, an advance of two months' pension, and a further advance of one month's pension for '■ each child, will be given to purchase an outfit for the voyage. On arriving at Fort Garry, each pensioner will be provided with quarters in or near the fort, and will also be entitled to a temporary grant of land, not exceeding twenty acres for a private, thirty to a corporal, and forty to a sergeant, of a description fit for tillage, and within two miles of the fort. Advances of money will be made for the purchase of furniture, &c, but these advances will be deducted from the pension. The pensioner, during the first year of service, will receive pay from the Hudson's Bay Company at the rate of 7s. per week (if a private), and of 3s. a week during the following year, in return for which he will be liable to be employed during the first year three days in each week, and six days in each month during the second year, either in public works, or in drilling militia, or in such duty as the Governor shall direct, Corporals and sergeants will receive an extra remuneration at the rate of Is. per week for the former, and 2s. for the latter, during the first year, and half the amount during the second year. The men are also to attend military exercise, without pay, twelve days in each year, and on every Sunday for muster at church parade. At the termination of the seven years, for which the enrolment is made, the land ia to become the absolute property of the pensioner ; but the Company can reclaim the land within six years on paying to the pensioner the present value of it, or giving a grant of land of treble the extent at a greater distance from the foxt. Medical attendance will be provided at the expense of the Company, and if wounded or disabled in the execution of their duty, they will be entitled to additional pension. The Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s Steam Ship Ariel was wrecked on the 2nd of June on a reef of rocks known as Wai di Vator, about twelve and a half miles from Leghorn.