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Obituary.
Obituary .
SIR A LEXANDER BURNES , and his brother LIEUT C HARLES BURNES . —The last accounts from India announce the death of these lamented Brothers , under circumstances of poignant regret . The former was a distinguished officer whose claims to the gratitude of his country were sensibly felt by those whose knowledge of his transcendant abilities gave them the opportunity to exercise a sound judgment . His character will afford an extensive subject for the pen of the Anglo-Tndian historian , and many a friend is awaiting the announcement from the press that shall do iustice to the illustrious dead—our means only enable us to give a very brief record of a Mason , who living was admired , who dead
is lamented . , , ,. , ,, Sir Alexander Burnes was born at Montrose on the 16 th ot May , 1805 : was appointed a cadet in the 21 st regt . Bombay N . 1 . on the 31 st of October , 1821 , and in the following year became interpreter in the Hindostanee language to the 1 st extra battalion at Surat ; his knowledge of the Persian soon obtained for him by the Judges of the Sadder Adawlut Court , the office of translator . In 1825 , Lieut . Burnes joined at Cutchand Quarter-master of Brigade rendered those
his regiment , as essential services to the resident Captain Walter , that gave earnest , at twenty years of age , of the decision and energy he afterwards displayed . He received the thanks of the government for a most able Report on the Statistics of Wagurr , with a pecuniary compliment , that was also accompanied by the hig hest testimony of the Governor Mountstuart
In 1829 he became Assistant to the Political Agent at Cutch ; in 1830 his memorable survey of all the Mouths of the Indus , under circumstances of extreme difficulty , was the theme of universal praise . His remarks at the time were unfavourable to the character of the Schah Soojah . He came to Europe for a short time : m 1833 , and was presented at court . He received £ 800 for the first edition of his travels , a sum that marked the estimation formed of their
impor-In ' April , 1835 , he left London , and reached India on the 1 st of June , and resumed his duties at Cutch , under Col . Pottinger . Shortly after his return to India , Lieut . Burnes , in acknowledgement of his diplomatic and other services , was knig hted and advanced to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the army . On the final restoration of the Schah Soojah in September 1839 , he was appointed Resident at Cabulwith a salary of £ 3000 a year The
Political , particulars of his melancholy fate are at present unknown . He was slaughtered along with eig ht other officers , of whom his brother was one , at the insurrection of Cabul , on the 2 nd or 3 rd of last November . His brother Lieut . Charles Burnes , of the 17 th regiment of native infantry , was born on the 12 th of January 1812 , and appointed a cadet on the Bombay establishment in 1835 , by Mr . Lush , as a comto the services of Sir Alexanderhaving been in bad health
pliment ; he had gone to visit his brother when the insurrection took place . We leave to others the melancholy duty of doing ample justice to the deceased officer , and conclude this brief sketch by the following simple and honourable appeal to a leading journal : —
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Obituary.
Obituary .
SIR A LEXANDER BURNES , and his brother LIEUT C HARLES BURNES . —The last accounts from India announce the death of these lamented Brothers , under circumstances of poignant regret . The former was a distinguished officer whose claims to the gratitude of his country were sensibly felt by those whose knowledge of his transcendant abilities gave them the opportunity to exercise a sound judgment . His character will afford an extensive subject for the pen of the Anglo-Tndian historian , and many a friend is awaiting the announcement from the press that shall do iustice to the illustrious dead—our means only enable us to give a very brief record of a Mason , who living was admired , who dead
is lamented . , , ,. , ,, Sir Alexander Burnes was born at Montrose on the 16 th ot May , 1805 : was appointed a cadet in the 21 st regt . Bombay N . 1 . on the 31 st of October , 1821 , and in the following year became interpreter in the Hindostanee language to the 1 st extra battalion at Surat ; his knowledge of the Persian soon obtained for him by the Judges of the Sadder Adawlut Court , the office of translator . In 1825 , Lieut . Burnes joined at Cutchand Quarter-master of Brigade rendered those
his regiment , as essential services to the resident Captain Walter , that gave earnest , at twenty years of age , of the decision and energy he afterwards displayed . He received the thanks of the government for a most able Report on the Statistics of Wagurr , with a pecuniary compliment , that was also accompanied by the hig hest testimony of the Governor Mountstuart
In 1829 he became Assistant to the Political Agent at Cutch ; in 1830 his memorable survey of all the Mouths of the Indus , under circumstances of extreme difficulty , was the theme of universal praise . His remarks at the time were unfavourable to the character of the Schah Soojah . He came to Europe for a short time : m 1833 , and was presented at court . He received £ 800 for the first edition of his travels , a sum that marked the estimation formed of their
impor-In ' April , 1835 , he left London , and reached India on the 1 st of June , and resumed his duties at Cutch , under Col . Pottinger . Shortly after his return to India , Lieut . Burnes , in acknowledgement of his diplomatic and other services , was knig hted and advanced to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the army . On the final restoration of the Schah Soojah in September 1839 , he was appointed Resident at Cabulwith a salary of £ 3000 a year The
Political , particulars of his melancholy fate are at present unknown . He was slaughtered along with eig ht other officers , of whom his brother was one , at the insurrection of Cabul , on the 2 nd or 3 rd of last November . His brother Lieut . Charles Burnes , of the 17 th regiment of native infantry , was born on the 12 th of January 1812 , and appointed a cadet on the Bombay establishment in 1835 , by Mr . Lush , as a comto the services of Sir Alexanderhaving been in bad health
pliment ; he had gone to visit his brother when the insurrection took place . We leave to others the melancholy duty of doing ample justice to the deceased officer , and conclude this brief sketch by the following simple and honourable appeal to a leading journal : —