The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-22 00:00:00

FAMINE RELIEF IN INDLi.

(From the Calcutta Eng'iskatan c 04.194
An answer to the telegram sent by the chainat
of the Bengal and Orissa Fato'ne Relief Fund to
Mayor of London was received yesterday, ee4 64;41
kindly placed at our dirposal:

" No. 21414. Office Ilonthly No. usx
" Govt. Telesraph Dept. To Calcutta.

" From London. To Mr. Stuart Hogg, obi
" From Mr. Melville, Amt.- man of Benpj 044
Under-Secy. of State. Famine Relief Feati4
India Office, London.
S. P.

" Lord Mayor has shown your telegram to Lades
borne, by his deal-e I send you copy of televere t
Viceroy tti;s day.
" From Secretary of State to Viceroy.—Heal Not
reported to me in Orissa from inundation. Ake,it
money from government funds freely, sad meet
mediately to me progress of distreu and raped, dee
getion."
It wig be remembered that the chai.man of the he,.
fond also telegraphed to the Secretary of the gtl
Government, asking for its co-operation in the redmegst
to obtain subscriptions from England. The Me*,
the reply received yesterday by telegram :
" Govt. Teleg. Dept. Office Monthly No. IA
" Recd. the 14th Oct., 1866.
" From Darjeel'ng.
" From the Lieutenant Go-
vernor.
' S. P.

To Calcutta.

To Chaimin Fiala Pitt

„ preadence.—your application for subscriptim
England has been fix warded to the Viceroy. yismoil
by letter the extent of the probable demands co thifek
and the grounds on which the committee could.%
local subscriptions will not suffice to meet thee.*
Mr. Hogg in obedience to this command, to Nib
letter the probable demand on the fund, sad Win,*
for considering that local subscriptions would cot bra
cient to meet that demand, penned to governuuntthd,
lowing carefully drawn up letter :
” From Stuart Hogg, Esq., Chairman of the Hopi mi
Orissa Famine Relief Committee.
To Secretary Govt. of Bengal.
"Calcutta, Octoberl3,lBl,

" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the tap.
received yesterday from his Honour the Litmus.
Governor, requesting the committee to state the prehib
demands on the Famine Relief Fund, and grounds said
the oommitteee consider that the local sulweripiesi

not suffice to meet them.
"2, In reply, I am requested to inform yw,,
from your letter No. 2140 T. of the 19th stook,
the committee understand relief operations oat sad
liberal male 11 31 have to be continued for sow teak
longer, in Orissa and also in parts of NidusTem
would also appear that government fears the fund.
crop has suffered materially from the late Wade.
and if this prove to be the case, a large number of meg
will have to be supported for a long time to come.
"3. The committee quite agree with his haw
the necessity for liberal assistance, on se citadel'
being absolutely necessary, for some mouths to come,
in Onus and in some other parts of Bengal; bet,

relief operations, beyond the immediate vicinity*.
cutta, have from the commencement been Wel
control of the Board of Revenue, the conweitteser
their inability to estimate the probable amount dirk
be requhed.
" 4. The facts before the committee are—
" lat. That in Orion. and parts of Bengal the heir
by no means abated.
" 2nd. That the Bengal government entertain past;
prehension that the distress will continue for a Isegr
to come.
" 3rd. That the funds at the disposal declaim'
being exhausted, the board are dependent on the see
which the committee can place at their disposal ; isiO
in the event of the committee being unable to grate
ante, no remittances could be made to the'
stricken districts, pending orders from supreme;
=ant.
" The committee submit that the official Women
above noted, apart from the fearful accounts pubbielt
ps.vate individuals through the daily neweparn
taelf sufficient to was.-ant their assuming that may;
of rupees must be unsparingly disbursed in sheeting;
present A:de-spread mini', and in endeavours ter
its increase.
"5. It is expected that abcut Rs. 70,000 see
be rev:red for Calcutta alone ; and, os:rp
committee having al-eady advanced more the
lac of rupees on the requisition of the board, the r
at present to the credit of the Relief Falsities
47,000. If, then, relief operations are to connate,.
sum of money must at once be raised, and the emila
feel sure that the local subscriptions sill not be wile
to meet the emergency. Unless, then, govenuoloi
pared to supplement local subscriptions to the
that may be found necessary, there seems so eltwoot
but an appeal to the public of England, which'
course the committee have deemed it expedient t
-I have, &c., (Sit). " STUART 111,4 G, Chairosa.

The Bombay Tim•: of Oct. '24 says :—" In emends
of the despatches received from Lord Craulena
Secretary of State for India, the Bengal goreseardl
given the management of the relief openness
suffering districts entirely into th, hands of theta
appointed by the inhabitants of Calcutta, sad
promised to advance whatever funds may be fe
ful. The Viceroy has also telegraphed to Lord
for assistance from England."

The Bangkok Recorder mentions that a Mr.
ing has just made the journey across the Malay
to Bangkok. He sailed in a small boat from 1
Kopa, stopping on the way at Quedsh, To
Ponga. From %op& he went on elephants
Peninsula, through Bandan and Chlys, to
whence he continued his journey by sailing
Thachien and Bangkok. In doing this he was thr
and 17 days, including stoppages. The moons
are described as " highly romantic and ex(
population is very sparse, and much of the .
excellent, is totally uncultivated. The autheritim
whom Mr. Appleing came into contact were very'
except in the tardiness with which they pror
of carriage.
AT JEDDO.—The following is an extract
private letter from a person on board her May
Princess Royal, at Yokohama, dated the 24th of A.
—" I have had a peep at the capital of the Japsness
the far-famed Jeddo. We came up within ten in
city in our ship, when we were obliged to take t
boat, on account of the shallow water. Webs
Thursday morning, and went straight to the ENt>*.
tion, a nice looking place. Sir H. Parkes wu than,
guard of honour. Jeddo is 14 miles long, sada:gent
deal more ground than London, although the'
not half so great. The vast size of the place
the houses being one storey ones. After leaving
tion we visited a temple where there were some
Dantios who had performed the happy deol*'')
they had been graciously permitted to commit
cutting their bodies open with a aword. We
temple where there were some gilded idols. such
Japanese worship. These idols are of colossalreel is NA
their faces have all the same expression. ,
credit to the Japanese religion nor to their tarts
beautiful. We saw the old la-gation, which b ~
temple, with a very beautiful garden attached to it
or six years ago 200 armed Japs attacked it, e:
killing two sentries, tried to cut down our thee wiTs
and his attendants; but the doorway was lor,ot.
two-handed Japanese sword unwieldy, and before lbif,
lish could be got at, they got their revolvers ana
dozen of the murderers. The sword cuts made esliddie
way are still visible. We walked through a porP.
town ; the streets are dirty, and the houses are Multdw;
The Tycoon's and Damios palaces are one storef°Bl.2.
are partly built of stone. The Tyooons palace 114701
tensive, and is surrounded by a moat. We e. Ado
as by a guard, the Jeddo Jay,. are nnt yet 5O
/10.70
Europeans as they will be. The Japanese warksto
very skilfuL Their lacquered and fancy geoallo
tea-trays, boxes, china, ivory carvings, id, are 0
tiful, and remarkably cheap here. A pair of
..776
costing 51. would fetch 20/. in Enghin OOl
ing cards the Japanese have slips of beau.ll r.Asel
paper, tied with silk, with the name of the vo:100
in gold. The Jape appear to bare newspess
periodicals like our Punch and Foe." Of
HEALTH OF PROFESSOR g.
SELWYN. —Thers,
re every ason to believe that the Rev. Professor '
out of danger.