The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-03 00:00:00

INDIA.

BOMBAY, JUNE 19.
The Bombay letter-writers for the London press
have lately been sadly chagrined and annoyed at hearing
that the productions of their pens despatched from Bombay
by express for Madras on the 3rd of June, to meet the Cal-
cutta steamer touching at that port about the 10th, had
fallen into far different hands from those for which they
were intended,—the post haviug been robbed at the top of
the Bhore Gbaut (about half-way betwixt Penwell and
Poonah), the day after it left Bombay, and the letters either
all destroyed or made away with. 1-he plunderers made a
clean sweep of it, not a single letter having since been heart
of. A second express left on the sth, but great fears ass
entertained that it would reach Madras after the
steamer had left, as it was not possible it could
be conveyed to that place in lees than six days. (It did not
reach till twenty hours after the Bentinek had sailed.)
We are consequently forestalled by a fortnight with news
even from our own doors. The governor left for the Deccan
on the 3rd inst., and the commander-in-chief next day. They
remain at Poonah till October, when they take a trip to the
Mahabuleshwar Hills, previous to returning to Bombay.
Dr. Reba's, of the Artillery, smoker esteemed member of
our society, has paid the last debt of nature. He had been
ailing for a considerable time, and been to the Cape, from
whence he had not long returned. The cause of death was
a gangrene of the foot. He died on the sth instant. The
" coal conspiracy" ease is to be tried at the criminal ses-
sions, which commence on the sth proximo. The parties
implicated is the alleged fraud are persons of respectability,
and the ere has caused a great sensation. The investigations
which have already taken place have disclosed a greatdegree
of carelessness on the part of some of the naval authorities.
The superintendent of the Indian nary would seem deter-
mined to sift the matter to the bottom. The monsoon
set in, in earnest on the morning of the 2nd, and up to this
morning no less than twenty-two inches of rain have fall's,
ten of theirs having fallen on the 12th. The amount eel.
lected in Bombay for the suffering Irish and Scotch has
reached the sum of 9,9001. and odd. Sunday last was set
apart as a day of fast and humiliation throughout India ern.
I sequent on the dreadful afflictions under which our fellow.
countrymen have been sneering. The sermon preached In
the cathedral by the Venerable Archdeacon Jeffreys gave
great offence to his hearers, the reverend gentleman attri-
buting the ills under which Ireland in particular has been
suffering to the improper use to which the people had put
the grain grown in the country, viz. converting it into spi-
rituous liquor, to the destruction of both their bodies and
wen. You probably know that the venerable gentleman is
the " Father Mathew "of the East. In his zeal for the cause
of temperance he seems to have overstepped the bounds of
charity at least. Dr. Herbert Giraud has been ap-
pointed Professor of Chemistry to the Elphinstone col-
lege he hes for a length of time held the same
appointment in the Grant Medical College, and has
become a very -popular lecturer. Some time since
the managers of the Byculla Orphan School applied
to government to have their printing establishment
turned over to that institution, with a view to having •
number of the boys instructed in the art of typography. The
gentleman who has since founded the Polytechnic Institute,
had then ajob at his disposal, which he offered to give the
institution to print, and which would have given • clear pro-
fit of several -hundred pounds sterling, though by so doing
he would be Rimer himself to a considerable amount. The
scheme suggested to government was, at the time, either re-
jected or shown a cold shoulder but it has been announced
by the Times that they have at length agreed to it, and the
government printing establishment is accordingly to beamed
over to the school. The value of the boon thus conferred on
the orphans reared in their school by government Is at it
one. Hitherto, the lads were taught no trade or
handicraft whatever at the age of 14 they generally left the
school to seek their fortune either as soldiers or clerks—not
&tithe of them knowing where or how they were to gain their
livelihood. A few have occasionally been bound to tradesmen,
or as medical apprentices—the latter only doing any I
good for themselves. In addition to typography, the arta of
woodcutting, lithography, &e., are to be taught the be> s, so '
that when the time comes round that they must leave the
school they will have learnt a trade whereby to gain an honest
livelihood. Col. Outram has assumed charge of his duties
as resident at the court of the Guicowar of Baroda. It would
be well were he appointed to that of the Nisam in place of
the present incumbent, who is extremely unpopular with '
the ruler of the Deccan. He would, I have no doubt, in a
short time bring about a reformation in Hyderabad affairs
alike beneficial to the sovereign and the people. Them is a
talk of • " Bombay Spinning and Wearing Company "
being about to be formed here, with a capital of 50,0001.,
for the purpose of " mauufacturiag cotton fabrics from the
raw material on the spot by means of machinery imported
from Europe." At a meeting of the Bombay branch of the
Royal Asiatic Society,. held en the 10th, the Rev. Dr. Ste-
Tampon stated that having been asked by the governor what
had been done by the society towardscarrying out the
wishes of the crud of directors, in the matter of obtaining
statistical informal& regarding India, he bagged to submit
the fallowing resektions for the consideratirael the society :
14. Ant as the sokieMer ef stallethe his Wady earlealedi.7l.tho-
dad the selsallea at de rl Yds bartlers
appid a eladdell eser Rear .seiset. That es •
pad ariesaf of dr Irma of desalog writ err
am sr de erdesseer welrewr efashabled sew% belares.
Marty rho suraden seem oases asserste
arm weds. ad dist as temdirdlie soma will Oral Ile
taking ef Ws ardethst sower. be dratted le pat
islf te g
with menterak ad le shaft tem lbet
gamest de sassed tads. as adirteaserf it the pressat doe the
✓eistres amass mil eat wait of sac &We mare them essegme
ant sepwilmlissffirg the 'worm ar the delft milord Is do
war. ith. The te merre the sserlelks as sena as tredie of on
roma strldled neer el the brad. the 'WOW sweadtbse be
dryad le dards Irdiele •• • •• • rift nem* Ye a parehdrs,
▪ frelegrid. ••••••••fm. • seraden • radled, rid as dem-
doer essalta.se ot.-dat It le awes imisersed Or If de
tabours of the sledslhd ereedllee sewed la draliay, the rand
wlOMpalatial la as mdeles Barad. sod rep hire fr stand-
ing Wafts of adm lOir werre le the mbar sideadretrWof
the pessiessmy thresh the nerrelded merbers d the miry in
their ensgeothr 11991.08.
The Mit of =ding • swum of the population will prove is
forntidaale on. owing to the constant fluctuation In the
number of rodents on the island at different periods of the'
year—the tion being smallest during the monsoon,
when all =ls at a stand-still. It is thought that the
other redoes recknire to do but little more than collate'
and arrange bdermattun already existing in abundance.—
Great improvements have been and are being made in our
dockyard, into which the largest steamers can now be ad-
witted for repair. The Peninsular and Oriental Com.
pony's steamer, Lady Mary Weed, is at present undergoing
repair. —The ship Templar, while being piloted out of the
harbour, on the 9th, took the ground on a reef near Gibbet '
Island, but she luckily sustained ne damage. She has since
sailed for Liverpool.—His Highness the Liuumwar Baroda
has lately loot • grandson, aged six years, by death. The de-
raise of • member of the royal family immediately after ,
the assumption of office by • new Resident is looked
on by the superstitions natives as eminently inauspicious.
Her Highness the Baize Blume, of °wailer, for some time a
pensioner on government, residing at Remick, but latterly
a wanderer over the face of the country, has just had a bed-
stead of pure silver constructed in Bombay, at • cost of
2,0001., to be presented to her daughter on her marriage
with the young Maharajah of Gwalior. The Baize Bhaee
has been accused in the Bombay Times, by Col. J. Sherrill
of the Bombay army, with having seized on the property of
the son of her late treasurer, amounting to 2,000,0001., the
child having been detained by her for some time in clam
confinement up to his death, in June, 1816. She
may well afford to bestow silver bedsteads on her daughter
later this. She is under the surveillance of a British corn-
ini,sioner (Major Stevens), whe constautly attends her in her
peregrinations. her camp is said to contain nearly 8,000
voids, 2,000 of whom ate armed men. Major-Oi.u.

las retuned to his arnimml at Helens ; and Brigadier-
General Hughes, of the northern division of the army, who
hes nearly reeeiered ISM his late Hears illness, has left
Mababuleshwar far Paseih, where he intends spending a
short time, and Os Untamed to join his command in Goose
rat. Two hisses eUZ„,ll.'s 28th (Lieut. Loinsworth and
Ensign Collins), on tide way to Bombay from Deese, were
set on by robbers user Ewa* and both severely wounded.
They defended themselves' with sticks and a sword, killing
two of their assailants. They were rescued by some villagers
and carried into camp at Baroda, where they are now out of
danger. The new infantry retiring fund for the purchasing
out of lieutenant-eolonels has commenced operations—two
applications for the bonus, 2,0001., having been made and
sesapted. The scheme has been agreed to by twenty-six
sat of the thirty. four regiments composing the Bombay
army. The acceleration to promotion expected from the
operations of the fund is said to be great, and from the com-
mittee of management every exertion may be confidently
expected. The introduction of windmills into Western
India, under the auspices of the founder of the Poly-
technic Institute (Dr. Buist), proceeds apace: one of
large size has been erected in the i'arell Gardens, and
is said to answer remarkably well—being employed to raise
water from the lake behind Government-house fur garden
ass. Several dozens of models have been sent through
the country to parties desiring them ; and there is
little doubt but that in a comparatively short time their
me will become general. Sir E. Perry, chief juetioe, has
declined entering further into the late opium case till the
opinion of the privy council on the decision referred to
them be made known. The course is a wise one, and
will save a world of troutle to the court. eans.
Ritchie, Stewart, and Ce. have been appointed agents
for the Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Company,
at Bombay, and the gentleman who came out to establish
the agency (Mr. Smart), returns to Europe by this day's
steamer. But little sickness prevails at present in any part
of the presidency of Bombay. The cultivators are all busy
tilling and sowing. their land. Should the fall of rain have
been as abundant inland as it has been on the sea-coast, their
prospects of an abundant harvest will he bright. Trade is,
es a matter of course, entirely suspended with the coast end
the Interior. The stock of cotton warehoused for the rains
is said to amount to a hundred thousand bales. This enor-
mous stock is owing to the high prices demanded by holders
for their cotton, and till the rains are ever there will be but
little done in this article, as, in addition to former high
prices, holders now lay on the warehouse rent—no small
sum in Bombay. It is thought, however, that a reduction
in price will be submitted to by the cotton merchants, rather
than rune the risk of its being damaged by the rains. The
money market is reported as " very easy."
Madras, as usual, scarcely furnishes a single item of inte-
rest to the home reader. The decision of the court of
directors has been given against the governor's recommenda-
tion of the introduction of the bible as a clue-book into the
government native schools at that presidency, and their
decision is a wise one. First, we must give the natives ,
secular instruction, leaving it to the course of events, slowly,
but surely, to open their eyes to the absurdity of their own
systems of religion. Once let it be imagined that we are
educating them with a view of overturning their creeds,
sad our schools would soon be deserted, for the parents of
She children would sooner they remained in utter ignorance
thaw slow them to obtain education which would make
them apostatise from the rel:gion of their ancestors. The mi
teat on this subject by the Marquis of Tweeddale was surrep-
titiously published in the Calcutta Etagliihman, some cleri-
cal errors in the copy published having cured a considerable
amount of animadversion.—The lease of the Cochrane Canal,
constructed by a gentleman of that name in 1801, expires in
October, when the canal reverts to the government. A revenue
of nearly 1,200/. a year is derived by tolls paid by the boats
which ply on its water*.—The condition of the Bank of Madras
is said to be anything but flourishing, and it has been re-
ported that the Court of Directors have signified to the mana-
gers their displeasure at the manner in which, from the
commencement, its affairs have been conducted. The pre-
mium on its shares has only as yet reached eighteen percent.
—lOO,OOOl. has been supplied by the Madras treasury to that
of Bombay; other 100,0001. are said to bo laid by for the
same destination when the seams allows of its shipment.
Bombay used at one time to pay its own expenses, and have
a surplus, too, for the general treasury—that time being
prior to the annexation of Seinde to the Indian empire; so
long as it is retained will Bombay be constrained to borrow
from its neighbours what sight to be expended by them is
the improvement of their own districts.—A melancholy and
fatal accident happened to Captain T. Jones, of H. M. 94th
foot, on the 28th Mny, that officer being killed by a fall from
his horse. The subjoined notices of his death do honour to
the writers equally with their subject, and cannot be too
highly praised—more particularly the former from "a pri-
vate of the regiment."
TO Tilt lailrOrt OV Tile Minns', FraCtl. iTOL AND GENFRAI maw:tete
Sir,—The death of Captain Timm. Junes has caurd an irreparable
blank In our regiment. It wan painful to witness the sorrow of the
mu, women, and children of the regiment when the melancholy
tidings rescind them. In Capt. Jones they found a father, brother,
sada protector. Justice compels me to reiterate the last sentence, so
as to indelibly impress on the minds of your renters that Capt. Jones
bore a daundess heart as well a' a true chivalrous spirit He was a
shield to virtue and innocence, and, with pride I state it, an avenger
of unmerited insult and °Waiver. Ills kindness and affability to the
ofßcers, notteommissioned oftkets, and soldiers of the regiment
rendered him dear to their heart,. He ranked high in the estima-
tion of bin other numerous friends and acquaintances, and as • disci-
plinarian the general of the division and other oaken of this
presidency cm best tell. It is to be hoped tint to the memory of
the men, women, and children of the regiment he wilt be long en-
deared for his many virtues. Mad whilst H. H.'s 94th regiment exists,
I am convinced his revered mine will not pensh.-1 beg to subscribe
myself, yours truly, A Parents or ran 13.1.0iltilli.—Fort St. George,
29th Hay, 1847.
bir, —I send you the following regimental order promulgated by
Lieut.-Col. Brown, H.M.'s 911 b regiment, on the demise of plantain
T. Jones, of the saki regiment. —.Kqemental after orders, 28th May,
1847. It is with the utmost sorrow and regret that Lieut.. Col. Brown
has ia aanounoe the death of Ckspiain Jones, which took place this
evening, a tale before 8 o'clock. The many estimable and endearing
qualities of this zealous and gallant officer will be long rementhereo
and cherished by the 94th regiment. And the lieut.-coL liasnot only
to lament this bereavement on public grounds, as he dove the cordial
assistance and support of au officer always willing and ready to pro-
mote tie bent intermit of the corps, but he has also to deplore the
death of Captiin Jones as a worm. respected, and much esteemed
friend."—lsere.—Cireufafor, Nay 31.

Yon will be sorry to hear that matters have assumed a
worse aspect than ever in the Goomsoor districts, where
human sacrifices (Meriahs) have again been made to the
earth goddess by the hill tribes, as an earnest of the sincerity
of the alliance recently formed betwixt them and the inha-
bitants of the plains, the latter contenting themselves by the
slaughter of a buffalo. Brigadier Dyce, at would appear, at
once, on winning command an the country, set anent re-
versing the policy of his predecessor, Captain Macpherson,
during the latter part of whose sway human sacrifices had
been emir. ly abolished—a large number of those condemned
to the altar having been rescued by him from their bloody
fate. For these poor wretches (upwards of a hundred) the
utmost anxiety prevails. The celebrated cbicf, Choler. Ma-
shy., is now said to be at the head of 13,000 Khonds, to
oppose to whom we have only one sickly native corps
.(the 18th) in the country. Not only have the Khonds
of the Bud district joined the rebel leader, hut those of
the hills and plains of Goomsoor hare alto enrolled them-
Sarni under his banner, numbers of them from fear
ai I s unsequences of refuting to aid him in his out-
rages spinet us. they having been left by us wholly
at his mercy. One of the chiefs of Bud who had held
out in our favour has had several of his villages burnt by
the rebels, which has also heva the fate of several villages is
Tentilghur, for a like adherence to us. Small detachment,
of our troops have been sent to the scenes of these depreda-
tions—a company to this place, and another to that but of
what use they can be as problematical. Brigadier Dyes
would seem to have been too confident in his anticipations
of speedily quieting this ill-feted country, he having said
that in three weeks he would " catch Chokes Bisakye, after
which he designed having a grand assembly of the chiefs, 1
whereat all the officers from Rusaelcondah were to have ap-
peared in full dress, in order to make an impression on the
Kbonds." In place of this, the whole country lb again in a
blue; human sacrifices have been again offered up; those
before favourable to us have joined the ranks of the rebels;
the cultivators have fled the country, and the ground is conse-
quently left nntilled—the ruins all around testifying to the
vengeance taken by the rebels on those we had left unpro-
tected ! The picture is a painful one, but only such es might
have beeneopected from the withdrawal of all our troops frost
the country. A Mr. Grant, of the Bengal civil service, now
employed at Mysore, has been appointed commissioner to in-
quire into the case of the late agent, Capt. Macpherson, and
his assistants, who had been so unceremoniously dismissed
from their situations. It is to he hoped Mr. Grant will make
such a report to the supreme government as will cause Lord
Hsrdinge to exert his powerful mind to devise a speedy
remedy for the present miserable state of Goomsoor. It Is
universally acknowledged that, since Captain Macpherson's
removal, the state of the districts has become infinitely
wore* than ever it was ; and how could any other result be
expected when inexperienced (in Khond affairs at least)
Ma were ordered to supersede a man like the late agent,
who had been for years in the country, and had already done
so mach for its amelioration—under whose sway human
saerilius had been, for some time, entirely abolished,
and who bad persuaded the Khonds to deliver up to him
upwards of a hundred of their destined Meriah victims ?
The reasons ()fhb dismissal have never been mode public,
probably for the best of all possible causes—there were none
to publish !
Yon will have heard from Madras; by the mail of the 10th,
of the settling down of affairs in the Nizam's dominions, in
se far as the alleged mutiny of the troops was concerned.
The farce enacted at Hyderabad in May in some re
equals that at Canton in April—only there Sir J. Davis
eetered on his expedition of his own free will, so far as is
known; while here our resident was fairly gulled by the
Nizam's prime minister. I indeed of an entry into Hydera-
bad having been wished for by the King, it turned oat that
he was beyond measure incensed at the pr,cedure ; he con-
sider ng tt u a breach of the treaty whereby we guar's-
toad him his independence. Our troops were three days in
the town, during which time they were insulted in every
possible manner by the Line-wallahs, or city battalions,
whose only aim seemed to be to provoke eouflict. Had
strife commeaced, what could a wing of a European and two
native corps do against upwards of 10,000 disciplined mer-
cenaries, who would fight to the death rather than quit
I their homes and their arms—especially cooped up u they
would have been in a city every house of which is provided
with oopholes, from which they could be sniped off without
perceliviog their destroyers ? What but the loor holed homes '
an K helat occasioned the lea Sir T. Wilshire* brigade aut.
fend in capturing that city in 1839 ? It was u ill-advised a
measure taking troops into Hyderabad as it was uncalled for.
The line-wallahs had been kept out of nearly a twelve•
month's wages by the minister, and because they were de-
termined on seeking their dues we were called in to aid In
the fraud being practised on them—a tale very similar to a
falsehood being palmed on General Fraser to obtain the de-
sired object. There can be little doubt the Nies= himself
was at the bottom of the whole affair, as ho detests the
minister we have forced on him, and cordially hates his
nominator. General Fraser. however, showed his wisdom
in not attempting to coerce the mutineers: he Vase they
had brut unfairly dealt with, sad at mice r'emit•

mended conciliatory rather than hostile measures to be
pursued towards them. Some battalion or two accepted
their stream, laid down their arms, and disbanded ; the re-
mainder would not listen to the minister's promise•, and still
retain their old position. Our troops were, meanwhile,
ordered back to Secunderabad. And thus the matter re-
mains with regard to the mutineers." We certainly gained
no credit by marching into and then marching out or Hyder-
abad, leaving things as we found them ; but it cannot be
disputed that it was the best thing that could be done under
the circumstances. Under the provocation received it could
not have been wondered at bad our troops resented it : and
had thee done so the results would have been tearful. The
time will come, I dare say, when these line-wallabs will
require to be expelled the country, but for our credit's sake
let is be prepared to do so in an effectual manner, and
not expose a handful of brave men to inevitable de-
struction. A loan of 500,0001. h.sa been catered into
by the minister with a joint-stock banking company,
raised for the purpose, at the head of which is a
gentleman named Dighton, who of late rare bee been
much mixed up in Ilyderabad affairs, end who would appear
to have amused a princely fortune by his speculations in
money matters in the Deccan. The company have had a
considerable part of the country made over to them from the
revenues of which to pay themselves the interest (12 per
cent.) on the loan, and a considerable sum yearly besides, in
part payment of the principal. The Nizarn's authority as an
independent printes will ►t this rate soon come to an end in
semblance, as it has long since done in reality ; and the
sooner this happens the better will it he for his country. It
is ridiculous to talk of our not being justified in interfering
in his affairs because we have guaranteed his independence
in times past. If be is unable to manage his own affairs, we
should relieve him of the troubll of attempting it. And
such should be the case with every state within our do-
minions which occasioned us trouble or annoyance; beyond
them we should not look till compelled by aggression to pro-
tect ourselves.

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Prom other pare of India the news is unimportant. The
governor-neural is said to have tip` ciaty invited 8:r
John Littler to Simla, and the gallant general accord-
ingly reached that place on the 4th just. In • former letter
I mentioned my suspicions es to the reductions in the army,
which would be concocted at Simla betwixt the governor-
general and the commander-in-chief. Of the reduction of the
native army by about 50,000 men you have already heard.
Orden have lately been issued for the disbanriment of nearly
all the police and other lace' battalions existing on and along
the frontier, as also the artillery of the Shekawetree brigade.
To all this I would not much object, though the wisdom of
throwing such a large number of men trained to arms, and
knowing no other trade by which to gain their bread, on the
world, to take service with the first who may inquire them,
be they friends or enemies, may well he questioned : but the
reduction of the number of European corps of H.M.'s ser-
vice serving in India from 24 to IS i., in my bumble
opinion, carrying things too far. Six regiments of in-
fantry are to be sent home directly—three from Bengal,
two from Madras, and one from Bombay; besides, I be
hese, a dragoon regiment from the former. It is well to
reduce our expenditure as much as possible, but should we
ever again require to meet an enemy such as the Settles, we
may find to our sorrow that the denudation of India of Eu-
ropean troops was the antiporles of an economical measure.
I am no alarmist; but still I think you will agree with me
that in the multitude of white faces in India consists our
strength. Reduce the native army by a fourth if you wit,
but weaken not your European force, would be my advice
to the court of directors. We are now in the midst of
profound peace; but who can tell how long this will lut ?
We should be always prepared for the worst, even though
that state of preparation should prove rather expensive.
There are many ways of reducing the expenthe of the country
besides that of diminishing our European force, and it were
well they should como under the pruning-hook rather than
that about to do no. The domestic news from the City of
Palaces to the 3rd will have reached you a fortnight before
thin, no I will not attempt a repetition here. The freebooter
Doonghur Singh, of whom we had heard nothing for a long
time, has again appeared on the stage, though he has
changed the scene of his operations. The robber (some of
the English papers imagine him to be a celebrated chief,
possessed of thousands of followers, stirring on the different
native powers to rebellion!) has become waaton in hie
aggresaione, as will be seen from the followihe letter front a
correspondent of the Delhi Gazette of the Ot`i hut.
Simi:swan:it, Jour 3.—You ask whether tLi. county I. now
quiet since Doonghur Singh =alert l tie is not in these par* but
It is known that erne fifteen day. ago be showed himself in force
neer Holism, and plunderel a halls belonging to Cie merchants of .
Itungbur, killing either two or three men who se-c in charge. A
Bargbeerbad collected about 70 or 80,000 mounds of grass near
Loehmunghur, for the use of the bores in the stable of the ltae
Rajah of Seekue. About eight dare ago some Droves arrived on
camels and set fire to the stacks; they continued burning fur three
day, and mane huts In the neighbourhood were burnt with them.
After setting fire to the stacks the Dakoos went to tits house of Prom
Seokh (has Seth, demanding 20,000 re. if he did nut wi-la to .4•G
Luchmuntrhur nerved a, Ramghur bad been some time Wore. The
=lets of the band of robbers have declared moreover that as roan a. .
the troops are eithdrawe they will take good ear to percent the
people from cultivating their landa, and were determined to effect this
by burning their plough., and driving away their bullocks.
The Maharajah of Nepaul is said to have made a full stop
at Segowlee, being rather uncertain of the manner in which
he would be received by his loving spouse, he having been
again caught intriguing with certain parties at his capital to
have certain parties, favourites of his wife, removed from this
transitory world prior to his arrival at Kattnandoo. It is
hinted that he has applied for aesistauce from us, but Lori
Hardinge is of the wrong stamp to seek for quarrels: his
enemies say' when they are forced on him he hardly makes
as much of them as he might or ought!—and cite the late
campaign in the Punjaub as an example. A political em-
bassy to Lama, in Thibet, is said to have been determined
ea! An officer who lately reached as far as the Lake Man-
earowar is reported as having been appointed to the mission,
a medical officer being also attached. The truth, or other-
wise, of this report will soon become known.
There is scarcely an item of news to detail from Scinde.
The time for the governor's retirement is believed to be
drawing near ; and it is hoped, that with that event will
arrive a termination to our connexion with the country—a
consummation devoutly to be wished for; hut I fear oar
hopes on this head are destined to be blighted. Sir C. Na-
pier continues as well and active as ever at Clifton. A camp
for a wing of • European corps. has been ordered to be
pitched at Ghislee, where the regiments are to be quartered
for a fortnight at a time; thus allowing of all enjoying the
benefit of a change of climate. Bathing in the sea at
Clifton has also been allowed to the European soldiers—on
one occasion remelting fatally to one of the 60th Rifles, who
got out of his depth and was drowned. Mr. Gordon, of the
Indus Flotilla, who had ordered the Siddies to be shot at
Sukkur in April last, was about to be tried at Kurraehee; but
his acquittal of the charge of march r was confidi-ntli expected.
Sukkur had been unusually gay ; Meer Ali Moored, of Kliyr-
pore sharing in the festivities, apparently enjoying the chain-
pagne provided by his hosts. Shikarpore had been consti-
tuted the head-quarters of the troops in Upper Sande, Col.
Shaw, of the Ilth N. 1., being appointed to the command of
the brigade. The following enumeration of the benefits de-
rived by &jade from Sir C. Napier's administration of its
again has been published by • correspondent of the Friend
of India—the writer being very likely the governor himself:
I. /Rarefy has been abolished in every shape and form.--2. Reli-
gious equality has b.en established between our litulvoined-di and
Hind= subjects, and converte who had been male forePily to embrace
liehomedanism have been allowed to return to the Illndoo faith. -3.
An entire end has been put to the bloody feuds that formerly
desolated flcinde, to the easing of many hondred hies an-
nually.-4. Ax end =a been put to the murder of wives
on amount of adultery, red or suspected. and husbands
been brought to seek redress at the hands of the magistrate.--
5. Highway robberies and the practice of going armed have been put
down.-6. Forcible levying of sling by retie errs menleants has been
put down.-7. The connexion of public women end the state has been
put an end to, the tax on them abolished, and the =oasts diorama
houses for the perpetration of unnatural crime, who filled the to.rn
have teen.reix.Zdt.the conntry.-8. An end has been put to sa
rezd j . isibiredars, as well a. others, sae entirely
au • tto the lac-9. Al? separate powers of LINAUCA bare been
._• Ike tight of leveing ditties is moaned to the eta= alma.--
10. Al tresalt sad tows duties end internal =Um of every In=
(examit Se shims* Wee been abolished, and the customs put
'ea Wig* the me bating so in Imam, with the exceptge
ef
a nese a terser berg levied on grain, and salt =term,
Zrkam*--IL The tai ea property, the subject of decidesa
eallie, Melees Mend from 25 per cent, on the value tel 5 per
✓at. ma Ore areas amps le Seinde. —l2. The tax on similar pro-
pel...kg edegailleilleat ea gemperty stolen and recovered, formerly
Willie et IS par Weber entirely abolished...l3. While list-
MOM re la the aeyeytheth of Alabornedan law in end
with Ellemlese re yeethekel le thke their oases, it they pas., to
the anarallea ef a priepet-14. isgentieldc and the precut=
daellie elleeleeeded freely sqlestally by the- higher claws, has
lees pet as ethi la.-11. The 'ale et rent-free landholder is
Siege bee beet ethesbeet mg &eft ou. and the ileet'leh
sewed try the eieramet mi, bt the a rated Collectortte,
H
alias, tarn see *eft Men theseme lode= or eborc,
Is Athiteth—bet The triale ef lune been le.
awed be Si( thylkk while ea ether band • jaghire-
dor hie ha eleallihel by kw the power of getting rid of •
mien lamely weft gar
bynolselki helm a mist composed of
seersseerseeatgele ewe the cruets, sal paying the value of
the therera began. ..L reared by the same c.urt.--17. The tax
ammeter dews ke eetholineel meek by holders or rent-tree Mode
Wes be ea ea eleilalie thelthr.—th. AU Abgrads have been
abelltheth, Ng tra sees Memel is eee.third. sad a fourth of the
err laelril ef re Itheththe. ,Wk be the sargweitY of owo it
min, beauty mere r Yr ss lye ripen
assawasl4ll4.l7nwee ant6aseasb"bilitt:rtiemehavetersileathrperi"la UppeTeklielitest,
was the athethad of the bee& bee dried 110 the sue of the
blithely prevailing, rile err a bathe preetkod red.,
lat= me./ th rent In favor ref
the ryth es reel al the lands
of the reary. —l9. A ~elle ire rani. taw, of the
eown/7 Me been rameraes4 air are al mare ea each
parrera. serrselair re me Aare forrearlea. re la
theme et by Ihe dell leer soder the than of
I. The thaws meth ereerthethe here bra sepermsdel
the enthithyle els.-111. The =MO awl immures have hem
sashed threeltheth NE& Mae itheard, where they formerly
be warty way yerguthelt I rid the Indian am Ci scrota'
has Yes adapted at the- ~.lea feer.—SL 11 gnat Ithe been ob-
tains' kern as wpm= other* kr • easel et ftearathre the
rem 'MUM, baps& etas& hese peeL-1l leek lave been
ire a Well easier re the atlerks et meth
ere ark arra eat. meth la • free yews Mee OW=
ass dila warm et the Width wove la the emet.--15.
themes bete bees *OM to is wpm. et oramenre sad a goad
Mare armed et [emir—lL Pseud Moor ham been %Minds&
sad re mar ht ast IN Ili 111 lOW meemodlties made —.
A eresesaser wakempithe fallegiry et the dare Wow Abee
el ma tedirrat tt le tree, laselesest kirk •
Veckeeter, bathe valerteldthr bee beta asetereeet mg tho•
by sower at.
All sorts et sesspinteies and plots for asemeliteition bone
been repotted by the Calcutta Englishman and Yofroilite
(two of the bitterest opposers of Lard Rairdi..ge's po:icy
towards the Punjaub) to have been detected at Ltbore i
they, in reality, having no existence, save in the iniuginatiens
of the correspondents of those papers. The Ranee was said
to have been detected caballing against us, far which she
was to be confined in the fort of °ovoid (her. This turned
out pure fudge ; as did the report that apiet I x the 'amine-
Lion of Col. Lawrence by Strilir Runjoor Singh had been
revealed to its iutended victim, who was said to leave boldly .., .
charged the chiefs of the Burlier with • knots ledge of, if note
coal:ovum in, the intended massacre—tb• gallant colonel tell-
ing them that they would gain nothing by the d. ed, as his go-
vernment would take ample eengemsce on any one who dared
to molesf him. It is surprising that such reports lied sufficient
credence with tui editor 'o allow of their puloivatioo ; bat
the writers of such trash know to whom they allr:ss them'

'Arm The papers whien publish them are hostile to our
Punjsub policy, and are apple, ntly happy in being able to
state anything which may lead to the inference that our rule
at Lahore is looked on with abhorrence by the people. The
Raxersha, haying expressed a great dislike to the rule of the
Maharajah Goolaub Singh, have again been placed under
the authority of the Lahore state, the ruler of Cashmere
having received the district of Kuree Kurreeala in its mend,
which yields a teeenue of 30,0001. a year; the Makarejah is
said to he delighted with his bargain. Lieutenant Ed-
ward's had returned from his mission to the Bunn** die-
Diet. Colonel Lawrence's intended sisit to Goolaub
Singh in Cashmere had been postponed for the present,
owing to the large amount of busyness he had on hand. Sir
John Littler bad unexpectedly returned to Lahore from
Jnllundur; he only remained a short time, end theu set oat
far Simla, to join the gevernor-general, where he arrived
es the 4th of June. All sorts of improvements had been
made in the town of L shore, ouch as making sewers, paring
the streets, making roads and watercourses, &e.: and the
hall of audience at the residency (originally a Mahomedan
tomb) had been converted into a church—Col. Lawrence
giIIPrJUSIF furnishing carpets, furniture, &c., for it. The
troops were all in the best of health, the weather being plea
ant. though warm. A considerable amount of gai-ty pre-
vailed, though the refusal of some corps, not iaeeilled. to
lend heir mermen= for the occasion, had prevented se large
an assemblage at *ball givin on her Majesty's birthday as
would otherwise have been the case.
At length better days seem about to flown upon the old
&nicer, Dist Mahomed of Cahoot. This favourable change
may, doubtless, be attributed to the death of his rebellious
son, Ukhbar Khan, who would, to the end of time, have
kept his event in a constant state of alarm, by his lawless
di position. The old dust is satisfactorily settling all his dif-
ferences with the chiefs who had been injured by his late.
sun, making recompense to some, and conciliating others by
concessions which, though but just, hail been for years re-
fused. Dalt Mahomed ie said to be anxious for a renewal of
friendship with us, which will, no doubt, in time come
round, and a resident at his court be again heard of. Let
as hope the amity about to be entered on will be of longer
duration than the lint, which, but for our own folly, would
have continued uninterrupted up to this day.
All sorts of improbable stories have been atbat, during the
last week, of the Russians having (Arend the l'ennanss half
the countries they might conquer in the east, provided they
allowed them free transit through their territories; of a
Persian army having marehill on Ili rat; and of the island
of Karrack, in the Persian Gulf, having been given to the
French, who were to bring out a fleet of steamers to protect
the coast of Persia ! The Queen n-.eamer arrived from
Bushire on Wednesday, but nothing of all these things was
known thi re ; the reports reached Bombay from Muscat,
and have turned out mere bazaar gups.

COLONIAL

AUSTRALIAN GROUP.—Kew SOUTH WALES.
—By the overland mail we have received Sydney papers to
the 13th of April, inclusive.
A proclamation appeared in the government gazette of
the eth of that month for the encouraeement of immigration
front the continent of Europe to the colony. From an article
in the Sydney Herold it appears that the colonists are anxious
to procure immigrants from Germany who are cenversant
with the culture of the vine, end from France or Italy, who
hate been trained to the cultivation of the olive anti the silk-
worm. Many labourers, however, are wanted for nrdinsry
tillage, for tending cheep, and, as bee been shown by Dr.
Len, for the growth of cotton. These might be had here,
and means would already have been adopted r.r enabling
part of our surplus popuettion to reach the colony, had we
such a thing as a real Colonial-office.
The Moretna Bay Courier of 3rd April notices the wash-
ing ashore of some of the bodies of the etifferers in the wreck
of the Sovereign. The bodies of nine males and three
females were found within a distance of eight miles from
Cape Moreton. They were horribly disfigured, and none
could be id, stifled but those of fume Smith, John Higgins,
and Mrs. Bishop. The lady's was only recognised by her
ring. A carpet bag belonging to Mr. Joyner, contcning
apparel and some letters, apparently from Lis wife, had been
found and lodged in the police-office at Brisbane. Only two
bales of weal appear to Lave been recovered.
NORTH AUSTRALlA.—lntelligence had been
received at Sydney from the (as the Sydney Morning ,
Herald very justly calls it) "incomprehensible el pe "
sent to occupy this district. to March 22. The main topic
of divuesion on board the Lord Ancklandeduring the voy-
age from Sydney was how the arrival of " his honour
and slate" was to be celebrated. It was arranged
that the military were to be sent on shore to be ready
to receive in due form the civil officials, who were to
land in full costume. Unluckily the Lord Auckland was
run upon a sand-bank on Jan. 25, and as she was making
much water Col. Barney was glad to get ashore in the first
heat without any ceremony at all. This accident appears
completely to have paralysed hi. energies. For some weeks
he remained in tents on Facing Island, making no effort to
explore the country, though he had troth boats and men at
his command. The ceremony of swearing in was performed
but listlessly and lugubrieudy. Provisions were beginning to
get scarce; vegetables were not to be found; six sheep only re-
mained; the party were reduced to junk and biscuit. Two
coasters, the Harriet and Secret, fitted out as a private spe-
euletion by Brisbane settlers, luckily arrived with provisions
which were purchased by the governor. The Thomas Lowry,
which was to have followed the Lord Auckland immediately,
only arrived on the 14th of March, and was nearly run on
the same sand-bank. The Lord Auckland must be hove
down, stripped of her eheathing, and thoroughly repaired
before she can return to Sydney. After the arrival of the
Harriet sod Secret, Col. Barney picked up courage to move
to South Shore Head, where a few trees were felled and the
tents pitched. A general survey of tee cowl is to
be made before the whereabouts of the settlement
is decided on. On the 14th the blacks stole an axe
from the woeketen, and some who ()Bowed to recover it
were received with a volley of atones from slings. No timber
or stone fit for building purposes had been discovered. Col.
Berney is positive, however, that he can find freestone " in
abundance" by " boring deep into the trap rock, and by
blasting, seeking to arrive at the freestone under it" The
climate had proved healthy : the heat was felt to he oppres-
sive at first, but the party bad got accustomed to it. A
register of the thermometer and weather for the month of
February wag kept by Dr. Robertson, the assistant tonere%
The lowest of the thermometer at S cm. was deg. ; the
highest 96 ; the lowest at noon 76 deg., the highest 106 ; the
lOWA at 8 p.m. 75 deg., the highest 98. From the Ist to
the 11th February, inclusive, the wind wet from the N.E.,
exeept on the afternoon of the 7th and on the Bth, when it
was from the S.E., and on the sth, when it was variable.
From the 12th to the end of the month it was
from the S.E., except on the 13th, when it was variable.
'There was rain on the Ist, 2nd, 14th, 15th, 16th, 23rd, 24th,
25th, 26th, and' 7th of the month ; and showers on the 3rd
—the rest was dry. Not an acre had been discovered that
would repay cultivation ; no traces of minerals. The last
letter from the place conclude' : —" We are all anxiety for
the arrival of the Kangaroo, many of us hoping that she
may bring news that the settlement is to be abandoned."
NEW ZEALAND.—By the Garland Grove, ar-
rived at Sydney on the 12th of April, letters and papers had
been received from Wellington to the 2nd of that month—
the day on which the vessel sailed. The Wellington Specta-
tor of the 20th of March announced that the resident magi-
strates ordinance had been for some time in force at Auck-
land, and was found to answer well. The Independent of
27th March intimates that it had come into operation in
the Cook's Strait settlement, Mr. H. St. Hill, having been
appointed resident magistrate at Wellington, Major D. S.
Duty, at Waikanae and Otaki; and Captain Lays (the
officer in command there) at Wanganui. Two chiefs of
Otaki and two of Waikanae had been selected to assist Major
Duey in all cases in which natives were implicated. The
Otaki chiefs were to act when the offenders were from
Waikanae, the Waikanae chi, fs when the offenders are
from Otaki. This experiment will go far to teat the practi-
cability of the measure investing native chiefs with judicial
authority. Waikenae was to he declared a port of entry.
Since the opening of the roads the cattle and sheep markets
had become lively. The Lied claims having been settled, it
was expected a great deal of land would be thrown into the
market and its pries reduced.