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Notes On Indian Progress. The Commander-...
Accountant ' s office , which will not be removed till ? Ca 1 iningtown , at the Mutlah , is making slow progress . There are only a few thatched sheds for stowing salt , and a few coolie huts . Two tanks have been dug , but they have not been well made , and the people are suffering in-health from drinking brackish water . Much fish is caught in the river , and sent up to Calcutta . This traffic will be greatly helped by the railway . . The river is being buoyed . The Mutlah is recommended for the supply of salt water for bathing at Calcutta . There is no port , as yet , to Calcutta . The town of Eilengunge , onMr . Burkinyoung ' s grant , on the other side of the Mutlah , is making good progress . '
. , __ - ;„ We regret to state that , in answer to a reference from the home Government , the local authorities in the North-West provinces have not yet appointed one hill station as a cantonment for English troops . All the stations yet named are in the plains . Great exertions are being made by the retrograde faction in England and India to reduce the English army in India , and to constitute another large army of native mutineers . The Times has spoken out against this , but public attention has not been sufficiently directed to it . It has been fortunately decided by the home military authorities that the Royal Artillery shall be kept up in India , and the black artillery reduced .
debt ; . and they urge that India should be enabled to have the advantages of the English money market , like other colonies , and like every nation and every public community of the world . Mr . W . P . Andrew has failed in the scheme he set on foot for a Euphrates Telegraph Company , arid the money is to be returned to the depositors . The Bed Sea Telegraph Company are proceeding vigorously with their operations . Good news lias been received in confirmation of the progress of the Punjab Railway . This and the allied undertakings will open up the valley of the Indus , and realise the predictions of Sir Alexander Burnes . Most of the joint sto ' ek companies of Calcutta stand at good prices . The following shows the last quotations : — _ ' ' . .. _
Paid up . Quotation . Bank of Bengal .. .... £ 400 £ 30 Agra Bank ...... 50 05 Nqrth-Western Bank . ; 50 13 DeluiBank 50 -v India General Steam Company . 100 ..... 230 Ganges Steam Company ......... 150 .... 170 Calcutta Steam Tug- 100 80 Bengal Coal Company 100 150 East India Coal Company 7 .... 7 Bonded Warehouse 44 £ 32 £ Oriental Gas 1 • • • 1 . Calcutta Docking- Company— . 70 .... 85 Assam Company .............. 20 .... 33 East India Copper Company .. 100 .... — Calcutta Auction Company .... 2 .... 2 The above list shows that enterprise is active . The Bombay Companies are generally well . Of Madras Companies we know nothing .
The Western Irrigation Company , in , Bombay , has applied to the Government for a guarantee . It is proposed to irrigate the Gokauk valley , in the Southern Marhatta country . Great complaints are made at Madras of the want of a breakwater and proper accommodation for shipping . The new pier will afford little relief .
At a recent dinner given by the Madras Government , in honour of the return , of the Madras Fusiliers , to the officers and men of that regiment , all the members of the press were excluded . There was one good point , and one benefit from the railway , that the men were , after dinner , carried on by railway to Arcot , whence they were to be dispatched by transit to Bangalore , where their wives and children had previously been sent . Already railways are affording great relief to the European soldiery . ; The coolie emigration from Madras to the Mauritius , in 1858 , was 10 , 869 , the number of those who returned was 1 , 486 . The coolies to the West Indies were about 1 , 600 .
iFrom the Island of Socotra it is reported that the population are in revolt against the English Government . There is no man-of-war there . A war steamer , the Mohawk , has been dispatchtd to protect out interests in the Kooria Mooria Islands , which , besides producing guano , will be an important station of the lied Sea Telegraph Company . The news from Ceylon is very favourable . An intrigue has been discovered of that arch conspirator , D'Orgoni , or General D'Orgoni , as he calls himself . He has persuaded some Lyons people to send a small screw steamer to Rangoon with a party of Frenchmen , women , and children , for the purpose of proceeding to Ava to set up silk filatures . The steamer is to be sold to the Burmese Government , and is thought to be intended for some ulterior object of D'Orgoni . It is hoped that the Government will not allow him to set foot on Burmese
soil . The Indian Governments , now that matters are quieter , are reported to bo distinguishing themselves in the old style provided for interlopers ^ and tormenting the railway companies . A traveller proposing to go by the railway at Allahabad has first to apply to the commissioner , to obtain a " certificate " for leave for himself to travel on the railway ; next , to the postmaster , three and a half miles distant , ' for a certificate for his native servants to travel ; nnd three miles to the railway station , to the traffic manager , to get tickets , Another proceeding of the Government nearly shut up the line of thoBnst Indian Railway
Company $ for the Government , as supervisors of railway expenditure and railway details , issued an order that the engine-drivcre and other English workmen were not to bo ; paid their wages till the monthly pay-sheet liacl been passed by the responsible officer of the Government , and * leave had been given by him fur the mon to be paid . In February the locomotive superintendent was obliged to refuse to pay the men their January wages , and they went on strike , . when he was forced to pay , for which it is expected ho will receive condign punishment from the suprome Government . It appears very desirable that somo of the Indian officials should be transplanted to China , Japan , or Prussia .
The news has arrived at Madras of Sir C . E . Trevelyan ' s appointment as Governor , and great expectations nro ontertainod of the progress of the Presidency under such a distinguished administrator . The Madras Spectator is demanding boldly the application , of the system of guarantee to roproductivo works as the bost measure for placing Che finance of India on a footing of permanent soundness , The Bengal Chamber of Commerce recommend tho maintenance' of tho principle of Treasury bills bearing interest , so as to create in time a floating
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LATEST .. -INDIAN- INTELLIGENCE . The Bombay mail has arrived , but brings little news of importance . At Bombay a grand ball was given by Mr . David Sassoon , to celebrate the Queen ' s assumption of rule in India . Mr . Sassoon is one of the wealthiest native merchants of Bombay ; he has the desire to perpetuate his name in connexion with great acts of public benevolence . The ball was attended by Lord Elphinstone and the whole society of Bombay , and the Governor made a speech , in which he alluded to Mr . Bassoon ' s various acts of benevolence , and particularly noticed the reformatory and industrial institution which he had endowed , and which bore the name of the " David Sassoon Institution . "
THE KA 5 A SAHIB AND JDITG BASACOOB , A contemporary has the following ;—The Nana Sahib Dhoondia Punt is now localised , to a mile , in the Tburin district of Nepaul , from which he has addressed a letter to Jung Bahadoor . It would seem that one of Jung Babadoor ' s officers has had interviews with the Begum , with Birjeis Kuddr , with JSTaria Sahib and Balo Rao . They and their followers , whom Buddri Singh , the Napaulese officer , describes as numbering no less that 60 , 000 men , of whom , however , only 12 , 000 are infantry and 5 , 000 cavalry , the rest be ing camp followers and unarmed dependants , were proceeding towards Katmandoo , to seek an interview with Jung Bahadoor . It would appear , however , that the Nepaulese minister is preparing a trap for the Begum and her followers , for he is preparing a large force to march towards Chitoun , whither , at his invitation , the whole rebel
force is now marching—the Nana , Bala Rao , and all the chiefs , except , perhaps , Beni Marino . Horsford closes up one pass out of Nepaul into Oude , on the south ; Kelly is stationed to prevent escape into the Gurruckpore district ; and the regiments which the Hepaulese have detached to the flank will suffice to cut off their retreat westward . The snows bar their progress northwards . What the Nepaulese intends to do when lie gets them , is not so plain . The Nana Sahib ' s letter to Jung Bahadoor *( date 28 th Jtimadee Aosanee , year 1275 Hijree , corresponding with [ 2 d of February , 1859 ) is : — " Blessings to the Maharajah ! Your letter , dated 8 th Magh Zumbut 1915 ( 26 th January , 1859 ) , to the address of the Begum of Lucknow , inviting her , with all the rajahs , talookdars , and army in . her train , to come to Chitoun , came to hand , and the contents have been read . I
have heard of your magnanimity from every one , high and low , but how I am sure of it . Although your seven brothers possess great qualities , yet you are as the sun in the midst of a clustre of seven stars . Indeed , I have heard of chiefs . of Hindostan of past ages , and seen those of the present , but I find you without a rival ; for you have not refused to give your aid even to , the British , who are opposed to you in everything . But that you did at their request , for your own renown . Thi & generosity ' makes me hope confidently that when I arrive with the other chiefs at Chitoun you will , in consideration of the relations that for many years existed between me and your Government , not fuil to give us your aid . As the poet says , you who are kind to your enemies cannot make your friends hopeless . I have , no hope from any one in
the world but from you . Do what you think best forme . With those hopes I have determined to go , that I may seek the object I desire . The violation of promises and breach of treaties on the part of the British Government towards the chiefs of Hindostan are so well known , that any enumeration of their acts would be superfluous . Moreover , tho British have attempted to destroy the faith and religion of the people of India , which attempt lias caused this great outbreak and mutiny . Before ray departure I sent by my brother , Sir Munth Maharajah Gunga . Dhur . Rao Bala , Sahib-Peiahwa Baliadoor , a friendly letter , in order to obtain your summons , and ho will enter into particulars when you meet him . " This epistle is not signed , but it is sealed with tho signet ring of tho ex-Peishwa of the Malirattas , Bnjee Rao , which the Nana wears and uses , ¦
He is still suffering from his fall at Burjidiah . One ; of the tendons of the shoulder was severed , an £ hence his lordship ' s . slow recovery . Sir John Lawrence was to come home by this mail . His manner and appearance are strikingly blunt and straightforward . Mr . Peacock has been offered , and has accepted , the place of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta . The appointment vacates a seat in the Council of Calcutta . . Lord Stanley ' s financial statement is considered at Bombay most able , and will do much , good in silencing dark forebodings .
The Governor-General is still fit Calcutta , busily engaged . with financial schemes . He has approved of a plan for converting the Re wall levies into a police force for the four districts under the political agent . The artillery attached to the force will be abolished . The rates of pay are to be assimilated to those of the police corps of the north-western provinces . A report has been made to Government that the King of Delhi is in a state of destitution at Rangoon * Orders have accordingly been given that he shall receive a sufficient allowance for his suitable maintenance .
• Prom Madras there is nothing important to communicate . The Hindoos and Mahomodans , it is said , are about to hold a great meeting for the purpose of assorting their pretensions to oppress their lower caste brethren while living , and denying facilities for decent burial when dead . The appointment of Sir Charles Trevelyaii to the Governorship has excited very general satisfaction . The Punjab continues , perfectly tranquil . Mr .
Montgomery assumed the reins of office on the 25 th of February , and Sir John Lawrence took his departure on the same day for Bombay . Tant-ia Topee , Feroze Shah , ana the Rao have lost moat of their followers during tho last week , and are hiding under false names . Tantia Topee , alias Ram Singh , has completely disappeared , and it is only suspected that ho was lately near Jhansi , under tho name of Jeot Jung . Ferozo Shah has also disappeared , no one knows whore , j lio also is probably hiding under an alias .
In the flight from Bhilsa to Serongo and Beora the four guns , were abandoned . Colonol Rich is in pursuit , and other columns close at hand ; so that this last remnant of rebellion has little chance of a lengthened existence . Iu tho Bunda district the rebels Rowa Sirdar and Hummunt Singh succeeded in surprising two railway engineers , Messrs . Evans ana Linnell , whom they cruelly murdered . In Oude the now organisation continues to work well . The frontior is still guarded , but Horsford's corps on the liaptoe 'teas been finally withdrawn to Baraltch . Lord Clyde loft Luoknow on tho 1 st of March for Simla , and reached Cawnpore on the 3 rd .
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Pauvenu Pomp . —According lo a correspondent of the Independence Beige , flunkoyism- is soon to take now developments at tho Court of tho TuiJorJos . llw writer says : —• " Under the first Empire , thoro were as many as sixty ohiunborliiluti , and in Austria tho number of such dignitaries is oven more considerable . The second French Kinplro is resolved that tho Court shall not bo in & rlor in oplondour and pomp either to tho Court of Vienna or to tho historical traditions of Napoleon I . I can slato , on information obtained from a good source , that tho Iunporor Is . about to notnlnato a considerable number of now ohamborlains , but without salary . Among tho persons mentioned as likely to obtain thin honour are Count Ua NJouworkorko , M . Duhamol , deputy , Count de CunUuk'S , and M . do Jmb Civsas .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 9, 1859, page 25, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09041859/page/25/
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