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ladies on the slides were . pronounced , inferior to the beauties of Hundes , who have faces like the hippopotamus in t he Zoological Gardens . The resources of the country for grazing are considerable ; there are gems and minerals . deserving 1 of notice , and there are great capabilities of trade , but the whole matter requires the closer attention of the Government to secure the trade and access to Tliibet . As yet , very 4 e \ v Englishmen have approached this district , " but the description given m the Friend of India will lead thither other explorers , and in time , as the nature of the country is better
known and intercourse is cultivated , the condition of the scanty population will be improved , and the country will be made available for occupation . Such is only one of many like regions in the Himalayas , and the writer ends with the wish that when England recovers from that dread of the responsibilities of her position in the world—that fear of acquiring territory , which is at present an unreasoning mania —when England enters on her share of the Anglo-Saxon heritages of Asia , may she find a band of pioneers in the hunters who have passed the snows . Many will echo this wish . .,
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The Peoclamation. The Proclamation, Howe...
THE PEOCLAMATION . The Proclamation , however considered , marks an epoch in the history of India , a period which was being slowly reached , which was inevitable , and which marks a bold distinction between the past and the future of India and of England ; we say of England , because England is affected ^ ns well as India , not so exclusively , not to so "Teat a degree ; but still to such an extent as will influence our progress and leave its record in the 'history of our nation . India had hitherto been a country under an exceptional government , marked out from the rest of the empire , ruled by special administrators , secluded from the operation of the general laws ,
closed , it may be said , to the men , the manners , and the institutions of theinetropoKtan country . It was a land marked as a land of conquest , because intercourse , and familiarity , and the mutual interchange of customs and of institutions Jiad not taken place with the conquered ; and nothing , perhaps , has more given to the English the ungracious attributes of a conquering race than this seclusion of India and this segregation of its population . The haughtiness was that of the Homan , but there was no native who could be as proud , and say , " I too am a Roman- citizen , I too can appeal to Caesar and the Senate !"
These exceptional circumstances have now been abolished , and the exceptional Government is at an end , for such is the real effect of the Proclamation , although its fruits cannot be at once shown by a stroke of magic , nor the relics of the past be suddenly effaced by the creations of the present . India must henceforth be looked upon as a set of Crown colonies in preparation for the stage of municipal institutions and of ministerial and responsible government , and this alone is a great omen for the ad vancement of India . What Canada has become w thin a few years—what the Cape colonies have become within a few months—what
Ceylon , within sight of India , has become by means of freer gpver mnciit , is known to all of us ; and India will reap the same benefits . The Hindoo has something to look forward to beyond subjection under the cold shade of conquest . Ho has , what he will soon learn to prize , a share in the empire , to the prosperity ot which his own * country so largely contributes . Now this is an abstract right , which the multitude do not feel , and which a few merchants and landowners alone experience , but which will make its own impression as it becomes known , by material prosperity ; by the greater wealth and comfort of individuals , districts , and communities ; by their exemption from peculation
ana oppression ; oy me growing lecling of independence ; and by tho nobler aspirations of the rising generation , less heedful of tho dark past , less timid , less suspicious , and more confident in the bright present , and having no misgivings as to the futuro opening to them with promise . If throughout tho vast populations of India a new era is thus inaugurated , to the thinly peopled regions of tho mountains and their valleys a time of greater promise is forotokenod . Tho barriers of prejudice arc now broken down , and India is thrown open to us . She promises to . England the occupation of countries , various in their situation , but in thoir aggregate oovoring more than two hundred thousand square miles , suited for tho
abode of the English race , having fertile shots which industry can make productive , having bleak and barren districts , where mineral wealth will afford employment , or to which the construction of roads will bring the traffic ' of the far interior ; having lands winch tempt tho immigrant , and will become in time the scats of free English communities , watching over the safet y of India , sheltering her growing liberties , fostering her political education , stimulating her moral , social , and material progress . Such a destiny as this brings with it to England its own reward . It is in this development of our own population that we shall find our own safeguard , for we shall have no fear that India will be a drain on our
resources , or afford means of corrupting our home institutions , when we have a community established there competent for its own protection and that of its allies . There is another consideration which has not presented itself during the discussions on the change of government , but it is one which will soon make itself appreciated . The small community of settlers in India , the representatives of the press , has already shown how powerful it is in its influence on the local authorities , on public opinion at home , and as an instrument of government : and we may foresee how powerful this clement will become with the rapid growth of the number of English residents in India , having no longer a temporary stake in the country , but permanent interests .
"With regard to the Proclamation , it has had in view the double purpose of appealing to public opinion in England and in India , and it has not failed in cither respect .. It is plain , straightforward , and statesmanlike , doing credit to its author , and . affording , fresh ground for confidence in his administration of the empire of India . It is not a document of suppressions and equivocations , but in its entirety and in . its every part is marked with an even tenor of trustworthiness ' which will win the
convictions of all to whom it is addressed . I he per iod , too , was well chosen for offering clemency to the rebels , because the mercy oilered by the new empire at the height of her greatness and her triumph , and when the meanest of her subjects may be offered pardon and allowed enjoy men t , cannot be const rued to be a concession extorted from wenknoe ' et . Sueli a measure adds grace to tho 'occasion , and gives a fresh guarantee of tho earnest disposition of the Government .
Notes On Indian Progress. From The Darjc...
NOTES ON INDIAN PROGRESS . From the Darjceling , district it is announced that another tea plantation is to be established at Hope Town . At Darjeeling " a branch committee is being . established to co-operate with the Society for the Promotion of English Settlement in India . Petitions are likewise being got up in favour of the Northern Bengal Railway' at Darjeeling , and they . are moving the Calcutta people to the like step-At present the cost of carrying some stores twenty-five miles was 25 / ., more than the whole cost from London to Calcutta .
The Darjeering people are very anxious just now for the decision of the Government of India relative to the terms on which they are to be allowed to hold land there , and which is keeping back operations . Hitherto they have been allowed to take large grants of uncleared lands on most liberal terms , and many are holding on in tho expectation tlint when the emigration sets in they will dispose of land lots at advantageous prices . In consequence of somo remarks at home about tho supposed humidity of the DnrjcoUng district , wo have been written to by a leading settlor to state thnt the humidity is confined to tbo sub-Himalayan district , and that as tho snows aro approached tho climate is drier , the atmosphore more bracing , and not much colder than in tho sub-Himalayas , indeed
not so cold . Alarm as to tho futuro proceedings of tho Nepnulcse is not altogether allayed , and a strong desiro is expressed for ruinforcomonts . Some concern was expressed in Darjceling lest they should bo deprived of tho yalunblo services of tho eminent man under whoso direction as superintendent tho colony hns grown to its present importance , as Dr . Archibald Campbell wub pointed out in tho Calcutta papers as tlno intended successor , Major Itamsay in the important post of President at Ncpaul . It was natural for tho Government to make such a choice of a man best suited for tho duties , but the loss to Darjoollng would bo vory great . Hopes are entertained In somo quarters that w lien Bimla , Darjeollng , Kumaon , and other hill districts ,
have made more progress , the e « mihTT ~ - ~ superintendents will bercreatedLJfi ? ilnd with a legislative council , as in S ^ S ^ SSS A most interesting account has been hiSw f ' a small colony of " native Christian ^ $ ffiS 2 ? * persecution , established by Mr Wim-uh m Dehm-Dhoon , on a most eligible plantation "V " he proposes to carry on the tea andSSSSffi ^ The population is now sixty-six , and I ""' brought there by a small subscri ption of thVr - dents of Mussooric . A chaplain and good SE " master are much wanted . The population are em ployed in agriculture-a solid base for 8 Uch ' " settlement . Ul a
t pr- talker ,, who h ? ^ en sen t the Andaman Islands , to superintend the establish ment of convint Sepoys , is determined to create a new colony h ! has had Chatham Island and Ross Island cleared nf jungle , and he intends to form his free settlement on Mouatt Island , which is separated from the Dcna settlement by an isthmus , lie invites immigrant !! from the Madras const , the people of which emigrate to the Mauritius , Ceylon , and the West Indies
The French Government are endeavouring to obtain the acknowledgment of the French West Indies as a place for the emigration of Madras coolies but it is hoped stringent regulations will , bo made to secure their proper treatment and due . return . In the English West Indies the coolies are protected as English subjects , but under the arbitrary despotism of the French courts they might be oppressed , and an Knalish officer should be maintained in such countries . is their protector . The return of the emigrants with their earnings is the premium by . means of which the large emigration from the
Madras Presidency lias bei-n developed , and which is communicating a spirit of energy to the local population . From Assam vre learn that this year ' s crop of tea is estimated nt considerably over a million of pounds , and freshlaud is being planted , on which the young plants look healthy . The grain crops are good , aud in Lower Assam there are good rice crops . The { rreat want is labour and means of transport . On the grand ' artery , the liurranipooter , a towboatis the only-means of journeying eleven hundred miles . Well mav the people modestly pray for a steamer or two to convey themselves and their produce .
News has been received from Bulkh in Central Asia . that 'in September some Russian officers had arrived in Oorgmige and taken up tbeir abode hi the town . One of them was encamped on the river , and was surviving the roads and the river . The Ameer of Cabul communicated cliis to tliu English author ! ties at Peshawur . The Simla news is that Mr . F . Peterson has been appointed a municipal commissioner for the town in the place of Air . Barrett . Leave of absence for Simla had been ;_ 'ivcn to Lieut . G . A . A . Baker , and Lieutenant F . N . Dew , SSih Foot . Cantata Wood , 14 th Bengal Native Infantry , has been appointed to do duty with the convalescent
"tor thcfSierries leave . has beenigivento U ^ Colonel J . 11 . Hrown , Captain A . L . Iweedie , Lie K . S . Gray , Madras Rifles , Lieut . H . U Le « is , Lieut . T . K . Church , nnri Lieut F . G . l \>« les . Assistant-Surgeon Davidson , 1 st 1 » F ™ J 3 J has been appointed to the medical charge o g convalescent depot at Jnckatalla in the Neiigho n « J The effect of increased energy , in Indi * makes proof i
itself evident in various ^ nys . One o « ; is the increase of intelligence in t'ic overland Vuaun papers . The Overland *^ ' f ' ^ % 2 FJ to enlarged to that extent , that it " }™ P" * ° ,, rtmi s ^ w ^ assssr ^^^ 5 ^ srssi £ S : s = 5 « ^ ift' ^ T ^^ ta ^ - fili bhinnand the ccuuUnea
give news . ro . n , = Singapore and Japan , in consequence of our gn > intercourse with those < listriot * J . Q m . Tho Friend of India alnrma that the . Indianu ments are making great exertions tor « ggj k „ ,. euch public improvement as can bo ouppue out costly outlay or B ™ . ' " ?';' . , _ ff ft | tored , the , ^ jt ^^ s ys ^ s ^ tS & SfXS SS ^ ' it would have been much better , Imu tiw
tho Queen been introduced . . flOCr oury Mr . Forbes has boon ^ T ^ JTyJryrM ^ ^ ehip of the Dacca Hank . Ab »» 0 ™ " ^^ atlon . I an active public man , this >•« " »" jJljS proi-o ^ was one of tho Muhomotiw directors «« ° hia removal . . „ , , , . „„ fO tho < losW ° , Groat alarm exists in Tlrhoot as to J aistrlcr , Jung Bat indoor . They believe tl . a tl . o » ^ in which there aro no trut > l » . « OI ) O eoloctod for hia operations . . lcon „ gooa In IMrnoah tho indigo » e » a < m 1 as ' ^ rino , lubouJ one . The planters there aro llkow jo . if ^ . o Jung Balwdoorj but the Governmu
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 11, 1858, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11121858/page/24/
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