The New York herald., 1869-11-12
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Condition OF Affairs In British India-
England Landing Her Migrants and
Outcasts On the Soil-Useful Rules
Against the Importation-Wlll
New York Copy the Order9

BY the latest mail from British India We learn
from our 1les Of the Calcutta En0lfshman that an
amended European yagrancy bill was passed by the
| Council OF The Governor General OF India at Sima
| on the l1th september Under the amended act Mr..
Maine was OF opinion that there would be cOnsid.
cradle immediate clearance OF the vagrant class
| class that has hitherto been the terror oil
| the natives and thorough nuisance to Eu-
| ropeans residents. The bulk OF the measure, Mr.
Maine stated, would not take effect TIL the govern
ment OF India introduced 1t by notification. Certain
| sections OF the measure come into force at once.
| The most important is the following:-
Any person OF European extraction found asking
| Tor arms when he has sufficient means OF sub
sistence, asking for aims In threatening or nso-
tent manner, or continuing TO ask ior aims OF any
person after ne has been required to desst shall be
punishable, whether he be OF be not European
British SUBJECT. on conviction before magistrate
with rigorous Imprisonment for a term not exceed
ing one month for the first offence, two months for
| offence.
The amended bill not only deals with existing
vagrancy, but has some very efficient provisions to
prevent the importation and increase OF vagrancy
| India. The term Europeans has been made to
Include Americans and Australasians, and the
amended bill makes 1t punishable offence In any
master OF ship bringing to India a man once con.
what Is termed an innovation on usage, permits the
master OF snip to give evidence himself, and II he
satisfies the magistrate that he had made reasona.
pic inquiry as to the persons he had taken on
board he was not TO be fined. Further, the govern
ment OF India might exempt from the prOvi-
sion any class OF ships or any class OF passengers.
IL might be unreasonable to require shipmaster to
ask well dressed person who paid full first class
fare whether he mad committed felony.
Again. section IS OF the bill provided that persons,
nrns OF companies who might import or Land SER
q e De 10 pay e
vaerants within one year after their arrival in the
| country. HIS Excelency the Commander In Chief
TOO limited ana ought to be made applicable tQ noQc.
0Oilii,S0iio1 Officers and soldiers lii her Majestys
army who might leave that army under an engage
ment to serve any other person, or any company,
association or body OF persons iu any capacity, and
become chafeeable to the state as vagrants within
one year after their arrival in India.
Such is the measure which Mr. Maine considers
Will do much to mitigate the great evll and danger
tea it Would not be as cnectaaI sy as It would have
been II the Indian Legislature had obtained the
power Of deportation. which was once hoped for.
TO justify any special legislation IN the direction OF
the bill would afford sufficient Justification OF the
"We had to deal With social ana political evil OF
an exceptional character, which could only be sat-
Cockerell was further Of opinion that If the present
measures 1aiied IN achieving their desired object
diate resource TO the stronger measure which no
would have been prepared to adopt Mr.. Maine.
H. p0nsa SHs ~ saa Or aanss as
England does not know how to deal with the mum.
difficulty VIII be removed II The vagrant himself
agrees TO be depOrted. Time alone VIII solve this
question There Is strong and general conviction,
however, that vagrancy IN India must be put down.
gently II possible but with tho strong hand If necss
sary. II Ar. Maines bill does effect the purpose
more stringent measure WIN have TO be adopted.
Origin ana Progress Of Indian Cyclones.
The Calcutta Eagtis'aRdn of the 9th OF September
publishes the following remarks on the above inn
portant aud interesting subject
We arc glad to see that Mr.. II. i. Banford has
published IN q separate form mis- "RcmarKs on the
origin OF q Cyclone.n The paper originally appeared
In the proceedings OF the Royal Society. IL relates
has brought TO bear on the question OF the origin OF
TINS cyclone vast mass OF facts, which enables him
TO speak with great certainty. The cyclone appears
to have formed IN the south OF the Bay OF Bengal,
somewhere between the Andamans and the Nlco-
bars In the region designated by PlddingtOn as that
where these terrific storms have their origin For at
least four days before the formation OF cyclone
sion over an area described az elongated elpse
or trough, stretching northward from The island OF
Sumatra along the western sides OF the Nlcobars.
over this area the barometric pressure was lower
than elsewhere In and around the bay There was
also change In the WINDS which IS thus spoken
Off
winds prevailed gu the west coast ct the while in Bengal
ponenls 10 SOUTH between the equator and north la
ps da a Ss M T'9s 81 Ssr
er On IN the 18th @ IL west drawing round
ne cath and 18th northeast wind in in Bengal aud down
, III s sssn e s s he nsg S
Of Three S e y
Of barometric depression.
ally 9SE na part "a LIN IN ss oraon M ne Of both south
WIFI wind si 81 iSI 1a 'nai
S sd H The bay II that Of s1
e s os hes s,SI
with The further fact that neither the noTheas. Sst
time OF the year, the southeast currents stormy winds
capable Of feeding the and increasing baromctric
report cyclone of,issvz thai the iorma-
westerly he place OF low
The birthplace of these storms seems TO DO along
line to The west and parallel TO the cham OF islands
Andamans, Nlcobars, &c., which form tho eastern
boundary OF the Bay OF Bengal This constancy ia
their locality OF origin seems to point TO some gene
raj cnuse which tends to produce In that region
low atmospheric pressure at those seasons when
or the currents IN the bay varies with the prevailing
wind, and looking to this fact, Mr. Blanford re-
dominance Of marine currents from the south or to
any other cause the water along the eastern side Of
the bay has higher temperature than that Of
the western sido during these months at
which the cyclones prevail the increased evaporation
thus arising, together with the more elevated tempe
rature 1t would tmpart to the atmosphere, would
give rise to diminution OF barometric pressure.
small at first, but becoming more marked with the
continued operation OF the producing cause, SO that
after several days 1t might become capable or caus-
ing that extensive ndraught Of air which appears
to be the immediate antccedent OF the formation OF
cyclone vorteX.n
The General Condition Of India, Native,
Political and Sanitary.
Our newspaper files from British Tnda, dated at
Calcutta the 2sth ofSeptember, supply the follow
ing interesting items additional TO cable tee-
grams and special written correspondence reports:-
The Begun OF Bhopal has established school OF
industry In her domnons and named 1t "fne Prince
| OF Wales School.n
The boys at the Arracnn Government School at
Akyab on two occasions burned down their school
house after having been punished for fault or
other
qhc government OF India called for the opinions or
the local governments as to introducing some close
time, during which the killing Of diierent sorta OF
birds should pe forbidden.
| cattle plague was raging TO an alarming extent
/ IN Assam.
Mr.. Cooper, the Chinese explorer, mad not left
| Assam on ms proposed journey into China waiting
tho return OF some men sent 10 ascertain the ac OF
! the French missionaries In Thibe