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LONDON, SATURDAY, JAN. 2.
ME must be but a careless observer of men and
manners who, possessed of any intimate acquaintance
with the rural classes, has not noticed a deep and
growing feeling of alienation between landowners
ar.d tenant-farmers. With much affectation of pa-
tronage and encouragement on the one side, there co-
mists a thorough determination to keep the tenantry
dependent; while, on the other hand, much apparent
servility covers in the tenants minds utter distrust of
the landlord. It is not uncommon to hear from land-
owners some such expressions as " Tenants must be
kept in their places ;" or " I would not let my tenants
run riot in that way; or " What have farmers to do
with sporting or politics?" or something else in
which the opinion of the farmer is likely to differ
from that of his landlord ; while at the market-table
or in the genuine farmers' club—not the make-belief
agricultural russociations which figure in the news-
--sketches of individual landlords, and not
TuTirre s--sketches
of the class of landowners, are given
with somewhat free touches. It was the percep-
tion of this which led Mr. COBDEN to say, after
one of his earliest missions of agitation into the rural
districts, " the landowners talk of us (the League) as
their enemies ; butthey will find their enemies are the
tenants of their own farms." And when the evils to
tenant-farmers of yearly holdings, of the absurdly
restrictive agreements under which they occupy, of
the annoyance often occasioned by the interference of
the landlord or his steward, and, though last, scarcely
levet, the losses sustained by game, and the irritation
mused by gamekeepers and game watchers, hostility
is scarcely too strong a term for the feeling with
which the great body of the tenantry regard the land-
owners.
Of course the main source of this feeling on the
part of farmers is the insecurity of their tenures and
the burthensome character of the conditions on which
they hold their farms, for .that goes to their very
means of livelihood. But no inconsiderable part of
the feeling is caused by game preservation. Indeed.
disputes engendered by game have often first die-
tamed to the tenant the perilous condition in which
the insecurity of his tenure has placed him. And
game is a subject on which landlords, who preserve,
not to be open to the ordinary influences
appear
reason and justice. Nor is this surprising; for
the practice of reserving a power to pre-
serve wild animals to any extent upon land
which has been let to a farmer for cultivation, is con-
trary to every principle of reason and justice. To
become or to continue to be a game preserver, im-
plies therefore the pre-determination on the part of
a landlord to disregard such considerations where
they clash with his own selfish amusement.
Thus we find, that an offence given by a tenant or
agent, in the matter of game, is commonly resented
by landlords with a degree of vindictiveness alto-
unintelligible to those unacquainted with the
alto-
nether
noes of the game-laws. And this anxiety for the
ferrtion of game is not seldom a principal motive
etping tenants in a state of dependence. Of all
these matters innumerable illustrations may be
found in the evidence of the game-law committee.
There is, however, in the Mark-lane Express of last
Monday, a letter which is so much in point, that
some peerages of it demand a more general circula-
tion. It appears that the late Col. RCM-IBM/ONE, the
member for West Suffolk, towards the latter part of
his life, began to understand the feelings respecting
game entm toiniAl amongst his iuialeonstitueany ; and
that he made his land-agent and tenant, Mr.
F. W. Dertyorr, the medium of communi-
cating to the constituency at large the change
which had come ove: the honourable member's
views on the subject of same. Those who know
wilt of Suffolk are aware that this was a startling
shaage, for Colonel ROBIIBROOKE had long been a
algid game preserver. The rnetZtod taken by the late
amentier for disclosing his new, and. to the tenantry of
West Suffolk, most acceptable opinions about game, is
tits stated by Mr. Dermot
• few evenings previous to the period to which I allude, I
lei My lust furrning walk with my Into Ismente4 employer,
Hallaael Ruabbrooke. Having perambulated his Ism so
bag ms his nevem affliction mould allow him, we tuned, so
yea acv weal INNeom, into the church walk, which, having
peed in ioq aft, the dinner bell had rung, diaeursing
Padnell 11041•10, both of a public and private nature, he

bog 'obis warp aflakeion wont d allow him, we turi.ed, sa ---
7 • r. educatioo and even it rm. CUUI2II.IIIIA Rs saw ....
MI ger sisal suntan, into the church walk, which, furrier luxuries, and rendering Labuan a ~curs& of Sin- with, . td. t t,; in naming sins
have used *he Dutch to •al dto —'
mei lan r the dinner hell had rung, damming gsPore, ve aro , tie, an out compromme, co la y agree, eaves o a •
w- • • , the Wank-lea Aso proeedfatal to private eine 27th eset, having dint
ith Anissun Duperron the association l''" vine"'to prevent .46°••• (Me has commeoixd ins career. His tailary ou,.nno. a
of id members the power of promoting in this way the Juncti I year, independent of as much more in the shape of
aim isalosis, both of • public and private nature, lie open the port of Malacca. Be it to; even if the Dutch ?maim taw, of his wen faith Karr ••eet those et hie yen meant rather to honour old services, than to remognise ot it, although shifted into Yort Beaufort fur a changed act. Om

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perquisites of office! India, generally, is quiet and
contented ; trade is dull, and money scarce. Up to the
hour of going to press, the steamer with the London
mails of the 24th October, duo since the 27th ult., had
not arrived, and her absence had begun to create con-
siderable uneasiness.
TIIF. PUNJAUB.
Matters connected with the arrangements of the Gover-
nor. General in reference to the Punjaub, proceed most
auspiciously, and there seems every reason to hope that
the peaceful policy contemplated will ho carried out in
the spirit of the original treaty. We had scarcely gone
to press with our Overland Summary of the 16th ult.
when letters reached us from Sir John Littler's Camp,
intimating that the troops advancing on Cashmeer
ecereed directions to retrace their steps. The insurgent
114mel surrendered, and the insurrection was at an end.
Ape' Lawrence, who had quitted Lahore on the 15th Oct.
seer one forward with the Seikh forces from Lahore and
Jamon, now united, and were at the town of Kojote on the
30th Oct. This is within the Paw, and considerable ahead
of the divisions under Sir J. Littler and Brigadier Wheeler.
Here the Rajah, to whom the town and district belonged,
came in to make his peace with us. The Shaikh Ematmood-
deco had actually quitted Cashmere on the 23rd of October,
the day originally named by him. Capt. Eelwardes, having
been sent nut to meet him, received him close to the Peer
Punjal Pave, on the 31st of October. The news having
been immnliately transmitted to Col. Lawrence, the onler
already referred to was issued to the army in the rear
the very day of the surrender : it reached Lahore
by express on the 2nd. and was generally nromul-
gated on the 3rd. Captain Edward, joined the
Seikh camp with his charge, on the Ist November, when
it was intimated that the insurgent leader was in keeping of
the British Agent. This is said to have considerably dis-
pleased the Jamoo Chief, who would most likely have desired
to deal with his enemy, in consideration of the trouble he had
occasioned, in a manner somewhat different from that consi-
dered most befitting in English eyes. The tidings of the surren-
der of the Shaikh reached Brig. Wheeler at Meet:oboe, and
here he halted no receiving them ' • when he retraced his steps
to the right hank of the Chenab, and encamped there on
the 4th of Nov. The troops belonging to Sir J. Littler's
force, which had not reamed the river, were ordered to stand
fast—those that hail crossed were directed to reclaim. On
the afternoon of that day a division order was issued,
thanking the troops for the excellent service they had
done,—intimating that there was no further occasion to
proceed. The march backward to Lahore immedia•ely com-
menced, and the troops were once more in their old can-
tonments on the 12th. Sir John Littler had quitted them
on the march, and gone to Loortianah. They had enjoyed
unifurm good health throughout, and been most abundantly
provided with all sorts of supplies. The beauty of
the country through which they had passed was
subject of universal admiration; end the prospect of re:urn
to the heat, duet, dirt, and imprisonment, at Tahoe,, was
regarded with anything but complacency by theme who,
before tasting the freedom and beauty of the mountains on
the confines of Cashmere, had endured without a murmur
the privations of which anticipation occasion alarm. On
the 9th the troops despatched from Feroe.epnre temporarily to
occupy the place of those sent out under Sir J. Littler,
began their return march to their own quarters. Colonel
Wheeler's brigade perreeded to the Jullundur Bomb,
and had reached Ses'kote on the 10th. Colonel Law-
rence. on the surrender of the Shaikh, detained part of
the Seikh troops within the pass while he himself crossed
into Cashmere to easmine into the causes of the insur-
rection, and see to the redress of existing grievances, if
any such there were within reach of remedy, now that
open violence was put down. He bad reached his destina-
tion without molestation or annoyance. Thus all proceeds
smoothly and swimmingly, with every prospect of the pro-
theta of evil proving evil prophets. The much-censured
treaty of Umitsir appears lik ly to he worked out without
interruption or trouble. The clouds have vanished from the
political sky, and the winter of our discontent has become
once more glorious summer to the lovers of peace and tran-
quillity The great indiscretion of leaving the Lahore
Bulbar in possession of the countries between the Sntlej, the
Bela, and the Indus, may vet come to be confessed, by those
who censured it most, a consummation as generous as desir-
able for India.
SCIMDE.—We have numemos letters from Kurrschee
down to the 26 h November, and from other parts of Scinde
of eorresormiling dates. There seems scarcely anything at
present stirring on the banks of the Indus. There is a
feeling univerrally prevalent amongst our troops, that'
minute inquiries are impending which will anything but
redound to the credit or advantage of the ruler of the coun-
try ; and changes close at hand which are only the first
aof series, likely to terminate in the abandonment of a
possession whose maintenance has been as mischievous to
us as its conquest is discreditable. The rumour formerly
alluded to of an immediate reduction of the force on the
Indus, proves well grounded—the 3rd Light Cavalry, four
companies of European and one of native artillery, with
six regiments of infantry—i. e., H. M. 17th, 60th, and 86th,
the 12th, 13th, and 17th N. I.—in all about seven thousand,
ate to be withdrawn from the country. It is a mistake
however, to imagine that the expenses of its maintenance
will be reduced by this below the million sterling by which,
according to the parliamentory returns. these exceeded
the income in 1544-45. Since then, it is true, eight thousand
of the Bengal troops have been returned to their own pro-
vinces: hut to make up for this above 9,000 have been in-
troduced from Bombay—the Scinde Horse and Belooch
battalion have been nearly doubled—the camel and baggage
were and the police force. if we mistake not, so strengthened
that the army this moment under Sir C. Napier amounts to
nearly 24,000 men, and will after its reduction atilt be as nu-
merous as at the time to which the parliamentary returns
were made up, nearly 17,000 men. During the past year the
charges of the country must have exceeded its income by more
than a million and a half—they will now fall back to the
moderate sum of a million sterling. One result has been
the opening of a five per cent. boar., which is being
subscribed to so slowly that one of six per cent. is talked
of as shout to be opened by government. It is said, indeed,
that the retirement of Sir C. Napier is definitely fixed
for an early day—reme ay in December, some Jan-
uary, others March. It is known that a majority of the
Court of Directors are anxious for the restoration of the
Ameers, and it is believed that views similar to those
held in Leadenhalbstrest were entertained by the Cabi-
net of Sir Robert Peel. The authority of the Duke of
Wellington with both the present and past administra-
tion is understood to be such, that, while he insists on
supporting the Ellenboeough policy in every particular,
nothing but an appeal to Parliament will be of any avail.
This, it in understood, is only waited for until Lord
Hardinge shall have decided on the matter submitted to him
by the Court: should he concur with them in opinion, every-
thing will he plain; should he avoid giving a decision—
that he will give an unfavourable one is scarcely conceiv-
able,—then the directors will most probably take the
responsibility on themselves, Meanwhile the accuracy
of the rumours current at the despatch of our last in re-
ference to some most extraordinary proceedings on the
part of the Governor of Scinde, have been con-
firmed. It is now beyond dispute that the messengers of
the mother of the Meer Shandad, to whom Sir C. Napier
had given a safe conduct to Surat, whither they were about
to proceed with letters to the captive ex Ameer,
were directed to be intercepted, and were detained and
searched by order of government. This, as is supposed,
with some view of prying into the papers of which they
were the bearers, or getting up fresh charges against the
ex•Ameers ! The indignation excited by the revelation of
thin, has probably surpassed that occasioned by the dis-
closures of Colonel Outrsm. Circulars have just been
sent round to the various collectors, full of the most
humane and philanthropic instructions for their guid-
ance, just as their occupation is all but gone. These, it is
supposed, are intended to be produced when the kingdom
shall have departed from the hands of the modern Pha-
rash, as evidences of the wisdom and excellence of his
rule, All that is required to make them tea, at home
is, to omit the date, and leave it to be supposed that such
were the mandates issued at the commencement, instead of
the conclusion of a career which will ehortly stand sorely
in need of defence. The smelly erroneous statements of the
letter addreared be Lord Ellenborough to Capt. Napier—
published in the Times of 27th Sept —have, everywhere the
late Governor-General's eccentricities were best known, occa-
soned much eurprise. Otis lordehipetates that Sir C. Napier
moved 1.5,000 men with 100 guns on Meehan, where he must
have known that the force me:red on Bahawulpore, a friendly
state, amounted to under 14,000 with 30 gunk He adds that
this was an evidence of the great tranquillity of Scinde,
omitting to notice the circumstance that 9,000 men weredes-
patched from Bombay to supply the places of those who
had left, so as to leave a garrison of above 15.000 in the
country ! An expedition of 6,000 men, destined to last 18
days, and which occupied part of three months, to coerce
a few hill men afterwards brought over by negotiation, he
pronounces more meritorious, in a military point of view,
than the battles of Dobbs and Meeanee !—Sr C. Napier
himself virtually admitting it to be a failure when he
directed a cordon of 3,000 men to be established to protect
the frontier against the very men that were assumed to
have been:disabled ! The actual news from Scinde amounts
to next to nothing. A promising young officer,
Lieut. Stanley, had died at Kurrachee on the 24th
from the effects of fever caught on a shooting excursion.
Courts-martial had been of very frequent occurrence—
'''.one on a Lieutenant of Infantry had lust closed when three
more were expected to begin. The climate on the era-coast
was cool and agreeable. Hydrabad continued healthy,
but at Sukkur a geoid deal of sickness prevailed. Sir
C. Napier and family were about to visit the field of
Meesnee and Dublin, and were, it was understood, making
preparations to retire from Scindo in March. The following
la an extract from one of oar latest leVere :
" KCaaaciiee, 25th NOVEKREIL—Lieut. Stanley, of the
Artillery, died last evening from the effects of fewer, con-
tracted while on a shooting excursion to the Bubb river.—
The steamer Comet left the Bonder on the 15th for Sukktir,
V iC. a regt.l.ai cot.s: tee
silk, dates, sugar, copra, battens, lasts, brandy, cheroots,
and soda-water. Another steamer is mentioned to start on
the Ist There is considerable competition among the
&indees for tonnage."

NEPAUL.
More bloodshed at Katmandoo! The 31st of October
again witnessed the dextruction of human life—the sufferers
on this occasion being the Maharanee's adherents. The
murder of a dozen or so men of note on or near
the Mahar, or Hal of State, would appear to be considered
a matter of small consequence amongst the Sikhs and
Nepaulese. Several of the most influential of the chiefs
have been imprisoned, though probably unconnected with
the bloody transaction. A son of a General is said to he
amongst the latter, and a recently appointed Governor
ai,nonget the Plain. All was quiet at the Residency . Major
Thor,saby had not pet jw;ned
.4yr:ctn.—The Delhi Gazette, through whose columns
almost the whole of our intelligence from the north-west is
derived, etropla the following communication on Bbskawsttes

affairs : it is the beide:planation which has yet been offered
of the causes of the late disturbances in that district :
" We have been favoured, by one in every way capable of
affording sound information, with the following remarks
on the late outbreak in Shekawattee, which we pre-
fer giving as received, to using them, according
to the permission accorded, in any other manner. It affords
us much satisfaction to find that the outbreak bat been put
down, because any disturbance of the public peace in that
part of Rajpootana, where so large an unmet of trate*
traffic exists, must be very ,injurious to that traffic. The
only point on which our correspondent entertains opinions
which we trust are not shared by the authorities, is that reps&
ing the alleged ill effect of the presence of the Shekawattee
Brigade, in which we totally differ from him with all respect
to the excellent opportunities
. which he evidently enjoys of
forming a sound judgment. We hare every reason to
believe that the force under Major Forster contributed,
for many reasons, to the maintenance of good order,
although it is undeniable that the resolution to relieve
the Rajpoot states of the charge of that force, adopted
by Lord Ellenborough, was undubtedly a wise
—' There are some peculiarities in the laws of inheritance
among the Sheikhawuts, which must always render
that provinca .of more difficult management than
any other portion of Rujpootana of equal extent. Toe
founder of the Sheikhawut houses retained that there
uould be an equal division of land to each of the sons
est a Emily, and this law has obtained, and still obtains,
in each of the houses, except those of Khetree and
Seekur, which have preserved their possessions unbroken,
any further than in making the usual Rajpoot provi-
sion for younger sons, and both are respectable chief-
ships, yielding three or four lakhs per annum each.
In the other houses a division of landed property has
taken place until soma of the sons are left with only a
single village, and some of them with only a single field;
a rule has since been introduced disallowing adop-
tion, as it exists in other Rajpoot communities; so that'
when a person dies without male issue, his land reverts
to the stuck ; altogether, however, the law of inherit-
ance thus amended by themselves some generations
back, has produced great disorder, leaving whole com-
munities of armed men, who have no other profession
than that of arms, without chiefs or rulers, who are
consequently ready to enter on any enterprise holding
out a promise of either pay or plunder. It was this con.
dition of things which led to the expedition into Sheikha-
watee in 1831-38, under General Stephensou, and the
result of that expedition was the fixiag of a Fouj Khaneh
on Rajpootana to the extent of three Lakin ayear,
Its. 51,000 of which felt on the Sheikhawata themselves,
and the stationing of a brigade in their country, mea-
sures which were calculated to aggravate, rather than
heal the evil, since they did not strike at the root of it,
which can only be done after the present Maharajah of
Jaipoor !he'll have attained his majority. The Fouj Khaneh
was remitted in 1843, and the cost of the brigade was
taken upon ourselves. This with the removal of the bri-
gade, has had a very healing aud soothing effect, and in
the late insurrections the illegitimate brothers of th • Ras
Raja of Seeker, and the minister of the late Rao Raja,
although they had abundant command of funds, were only
able to collect 300 meu. The late Rao Raja had, u his
Minister, • person named Ram Bukhsh, a foundling, who had
risen to that office. On his death Ram Bilkhsh plundered
the treasury and the jewels of the chiefship, and waisted
three of his illegitimate sons, who are only entitled, among
Rajpeets, to a lite provision, in usurping territory yield
ing sixty or seventy thousand rupees a year, in which
are four places of some etrength. Col. Sutherland travelled
the Seekur territory in 1841-2 with the present Rao
Rajah Rain Purtab Singh, visiting Seekur, Luchmungurit,
Futtehpoor and Ramgur, his principal towns and con-
mercial marts marts, and witnessed the state of affairs, al-
though, I am told, not then prepared to correct what was
wrong. On his return in March last from the Cape of
Good Hope., the Rao Rajah met him at Cheer, he eclair
a brother in law of the Mahe Rao Rajah Bence Singh ;
thence they proceeded to Jaipur, to which principality
Seekur is a tributary and a feudal chiefihip. It was
there resolved by the Council of Regency to resume
the lands which the natural brothers had usurped ; and
to make them a life provision ; and the little Rao Raja,
sending troops and ordnance against them, accompanied
Colonel Sutherland to Ajraeer. It was found that the places
were too strong for his troops unaided to besiege with
effect, and eventually the Rao Raja, from Ajmeer, and
Major Ludlow, from Jaipoor, proceeded to the scene of ope-
rations; also troops and ordnance in considerable numbers
froia Jaipoor. The insurgents male a feeble resistance at
one or two places, abandoning the others, and fled into
other countries ' so ended this absurd attempt at rebellion,
for the great hotly of the Sheikhawuts were not likely to
take a part in so illegitimate a cause, were they not too much
our friends, and too much alive to their own interests to take
a part in any cause which the authorities in Rajpootana
demanded.' "
OWALIOR. —The state troops had during the first week
of November, been almost (righted from their propriety by
the rumour that a night attack was about to be made on the
" Lushkur when, or by whom, was not mentioned. It
would seem to have been a ruse practiced by some persons
who wished to serve some ends they had in view, by " inti-
midating the minister." A force bad been despatched into
the Toohur (Maur districts for the purpose of quelling
some disturbances expected to take place there. The dis-
turbers of the peace were said to be headed by one who
declared himself neglected by, and misrepresented to, his
masters. Dr. )lope, superintending surgeon, Scindiah's
force, being about to leave the country, had been presented
by tho Maharsj with a " Myelin," or dress of honour, in
presence of the whole denier, in token of esteem and gran-
tads ; and the prime minister, Ram Rao Phalkeo, had also
presented him with a similar gift. Dr. Hope was private
physician to the minister, and had more than once been
instrumental in saving his life when seriously indisposed.
The doctor is highly spoken of for his benevolence and
humanity to all the poor of the city ; he had succeeded in
having a charitable hoKital erected for them, to which he
had given his attendance gratis since its foundation. It is
acts like these which make a man's name be remembered for
generations in India.
BHOPAL.—The capital and surrounding country are now
as quiet and settled, to all appearance, as though no
Nawab Ameer Mahomed Khan had ever been in ex-
istence to create strife. This state of matters is justly
attributed to the energy and prudence of the measures
pursued by Mr. Hamilton, resident at the Court of Indore,
the adjoining state ; ably seconded as he was at the time of
the disturbance, and still continues to be, by the political
agent—Captain Cunningham, and commandant of the con-
tingent—Captain Landers.
BOMHAY.—Locate—The Honourable the Governor and
family returned from Kandallah on the 29th ult., Sun-
day, and resumed residence at Parell. The mystery
continued to be maintained as to the name of his suc-
cessor may, wo trust, be held as a favourable augury of our
continuing, for some time, to enjoy the benefit of the ser-
vices of Me Reid. The Commander-in-Chief arrived at the
presidency from Psonah on Sunday, the 22nd, suffering so
much from indisposition as to have at one time occasioned
considerable uneasiness. His Excellent y is himself so
full of kindliness and sympathy with the diatreeses of
others, that his own suffenngs experience an unusual share
of general sympathy. The indisposition of one well
stricken in years, and who has spent one year beyond
what was meant to be his last in India, naturally makes
his friends nervous. We are happy, however, to learn
that the ailments of Sir T. McMahon have turned out
much lees serious than they threatened to do, and that he
is now in such a state of advanced convalescence as to be
likely to leave us on the Ist of February, in the best of health,
and with every prospect of spending a green old age, happy
and respected, in his native country. He will carry with
him, wherever he goes,. the hearty good wishes of all who
have known him in India.
A fifth call of 101. per share has been made by the Com-
mercial Bank on its shareholders. Its shares are at five
and a quarter premium. Government are said to be negoci-
sting for the purchase of the ground in the fort now in
possession of the Apollo Cotton Screw Company, &c.,
occupying the range of buildings from the post-office down
to the office of the company's solicitor. 81. per yard was asked
by the owners, but the authorities are unwilling to alve
more than 71., which it is thought will not be accepted. The
ground was wished to he procured for the purpose of construct-
ing a wet dock from the dockyard to the castle wall, which in-
cludes the present corium house. It has been reported by the
Telegraph, that the recommendation of outdate postmaster-
general, Mr. Courtney, to introduce a uniform one-anna
postage rate, has been adopted, and that it will probably be
brought into operation on the let of January, 1847. The
boon thus conceded by Lord Ilardinge will be but :Ado less
beneficial to the country than the freedom of the press,
granted by the late illustrious Lord Metcalfe.—Sir Erskine
Perry is about visiting Mount Aboo it is expected that he
will be absent from Bombay about three months.
From the mofuasil we have but little news. By letters of
the 24th ult. from Poonah we learn that the sick of 11. M.
22nd Foot, which had reached that station from Bombay on
the 23rd, were fast recovering, though on that date up-
wards of two hundred and thirty were in hospital. The
sick were quartered in the hospital jut vacated by the High-
landers.
THH Manahan MAIL.—Up to the hour of our going
to press (three a.m.) there was no appearance of
the mail, and we think the delay can only be ac-
counted for by the occurrence of an accident on
this or the otber side of Suer. Late on Monday
night it was intimat -el that the steamer intended to have
been despatched last night would be detained till fur
o'clock this afternoon, when we believe she will start with-
out fail, irrespective of the arrival or non-arrival of the Sues
steamer. The Governor-General's express arrived about
noon yesterday--that from Calcutta having been received
a couple of hour* before; and further delays, of which
only a few could avail themselves in the way of answering
letters, are considered inadmissible. We, of course, ran
offer no conjecture as to when the mail may be looked for it
is considered not unlikely that the two of the 24th October
end 701 of '':oversher may come in together a week hence.—
Bombay Theses, Dec. 2.
MADEAO.—Tho Marquis of Tweeddale is still shoat
front the presidency. He has been on a visit to the lag&
military station of Bangs/ore, every department of the
service at which place has undergone the most rigid imps-
tion by hire. His lordship left on his return to the
Neilgherries on the 10th November. He would seem to
be a man of great energy, and, but for allowing himself
to be guided by interested parties about his person,
would doubtless have made himself as popular with the
" benighted," as wo fear he is now the reverse. The
rumours of his speeds. retirement from office have died
away.—The fund for the relief of the sufferers by the late
hurricane at Madras has reached to upwerds of f 1,200, chiefly
through the active benevolence of Captaiu Biden, the master-
attendant.—Sir Walter Scutt and lady have arrived at the
presidency, the gallant baronet having greatly improved
inhealth.—The English mail of the 7th of October reached
Madras by express from Bombay on duehornin of the 20th
tilt —The papers have been engaged ring the fortnight