Glasgow Courier. — 1864-09-01 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

INDIA.  The Hurkaru says :—The rain is coming down most favourably for the crops, except for the indigo planters in Lower Bengal ; for them it is too late and too plentiful.  , The chronic conflict between the planters of LeWer Bengal and the ryots, if we might compare small matters with large, like the American war, still continues, to the disgrace of the Government. It will be seen that murder and mutilation are not only -practised, but perpetrated with impunity. We trust these few lines will attract the attention of the. Horne Government, or the Viceroy, who is the man, if we mistake not, to put an end, and at once, to atrocities which ought not to exist, and which are a reProach to a civilised State. It is said that the Bhootanese have fallen out among themselves. A quarrel occurred in open Durbar, which ended in a regular battle. The Durbar broke up .in. tremendous confusion, and two new parties have been formed. The internal state of Bhootan is wretched,. and there is every prospect of a serious civil war, or rather series of wars, for more than one chief will fight for his own aggrandisement. The following is the substance of the communication lately Made by the Governor-General to the barbaric Court :—lt consists of a clear and succinct recapitulation of the misdeeds of the Bhooteas, and the patience and consideration of, the British Government. It dwells upon the constant long-suffering of this Government and its continued kindness, and how all have been of no. effect. It then* reminds the Rajahs, how the Doers of • Assam had been taken possession of in 1841, in consequence of the misdeeds of the Bliontan chiefs ; and, again, how the British had been mollified by submissien into an agreement to pay 10,000 'rupees a year as a rent for those very Doers of Umbari and Fallacota ; and now, again, how the Government of India, by sending, an envoy to endeavour to obtain a just and proper settlement of .all drjevance;, and ik(citisfactory arrangement for the, future, had been grossly insulted. ",Now," says the Governor-General, there is but one course,' and be informs the Bhootan Government...that the districts IR Umbari and Fallacoto, hitherto held under • the rent charge, are permanently annexed t 9 the British' dominions, and that rue- payments for the Assam Dears are to cease from thence evermore. Moreover, the Governor-General says that 'upwards of three hundred British subjects, from Sikkim and Kooch Behar, are known to be held captive in Bhootan by the chiefs and immured in monasteries; these must be released immediately, and the property plundered arid carried off from British territory during the last five years must be restored. Unless these demands are complied with in full, and before the Ist September next, his Excellency will take such further measures to enforce these demands as seems to him to be necessary. The following is from the Friend of India The position of affairs with regard to Bliootan has not, materially changed since we last wrote. The opposition from home to any act of hostility towards the Bhooteas is so strong that the Indian Government can do nothing at present. Under no circumstances would any part of Ahe country be annexed, as there would be required an enormous chain of outposts to defend- the territory so' taken. If the sanction of the home authorities could be obtained, it is probable that one column only would be sent to force its way to the capital; Panuka, burn a few strongholds, and then returit. The season in which this could be done is now getting very short, and, as we have said, nothing can be done till the Government here is left free to act as it may think proper. That its hands should be tied at all is a circumstance which every one must regret; but evidently the last `.; little war". on the frontier sickened Sir Charles Wood and he does not'want the mistake repeated. • •  ••