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Stbam Cajrjmagk on Common Roads.—The Mar...
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Notes On Indian Pro Geess. We Regret Tha...
hp a prejudice against it , as there was in the instince against some of bur best hill stations . "When { heKuropeim invalids were first sent up to Mua-* o of ie adequate barrack accommodation not being Brovided , but . they being stowed together , they died ; as one of their officers said , like rotten sheep , whilst the officers got into" good health ; having better Sh Since the return of Mr . Theobald to Calcutta , a most important memorial has been prepared by the Indigo Planters'Asspciation of Bengal , in pursuance of the strong recommendations given by witnesses before Mr . Ewart ' s Colonisation Committee next for the extension of the
vear The memorial prays iurisdiction of the Supreme Court to Lower Bengal , and the introduction of the English language in courts of large cities and towns in the Mofiissil . These latter courts would possess civil and criminal iurisdiction , and administer English law to English citizens , native Christians , and others subject to En glish law , and . lex loci and Mahomedan and Hindoo law to the native subjects now amenable to those codes . There is no measure so well calculated to encourage the introduction of Europeans , and to favour the application of their capital and industry for the improvement of the native population . In the hill settlements we must have English law , as we have in Canada , South Africa , and Australia .
We are sorry to see that Captain A . B . Bayl y ^ H . IVI . 8 th Foot , has been appointed to officiate as executive engineer in the SealkOte Division of Public Works . It is ten chances to one that Captain Bayly ever received any engineering education ; arid it is deeply to be regretted that such appointments are giveii to officers of the army instead of _ competent civil engineers . The railway companies have not yet been obliged to take officers out of the army , nor to employ sergeants and privates as subordinate assistants on public works . The Christian Vernacular Society of Madras have no less than 354 schools , with 12 , 516 pupils . The languages taught are English to some few , Telegoq , Canarese , Malayalim , Tamul , and Singhalese .
As a further evidence of the Parsee intercourse with England , we learn that Professor Dadabhoy Nowrojee , late of the Elphinstone College at Bombay , is coming to England with Pestonjee Ruttonjee Colah , arid Jamsetjee Pallonjee , to set up a new mercantile firm . He will also bring some lads of the Cama family for education .
The Colonisation Committee was reappointed on Tuesdav night in the House of Commons , on the motion ' of Mr . Ewart , with the full consent of the Government and the concurrence of all parties . The proceedings of this committee are looked upon with the deepest interest in India , as they afford the basis for the future legislation and administration of India so far as English settlers are concerned . It will be observed that on this occasion the intercourse between India and Thibet , China , and Central Asja is made a marked feature of the purposes o f th . d- committee , and thus a subject so long neglected may at length receive attention . Lieutenant-Oolonel Carleton lias received an extended leave for the whole of this year to Simla ari 4 Mussoorie . ; ¦
The Rev . H . H . Pace has been appointed Acting Chaplain of Deesa and Aboo .. —Mr . G . Inverarity , collector of Surat , has leave for MahablesKwur . Now that the English are getting more-settled down , they are indulging , as of old , in theatres and hounds . A pack of hounds is being hunted in the neighbourhood even of Luck now . We regret to find that the native Punjab army consists of no less than seventy thousand men . Thus we have a new nuisance created instead of an old one , but it is one receiving the attention of the public in India and at home .
Whatever may be the views of parties at home , the local Governments of India are fully aware that they must carry out public improvements if they are to consult the welfare of their citizens and subjects . The Government of Bengal have just given directions through the Department of Public Works for particulars of the dimensions and draught of water of steamers frequenting Calcutta , so that a dock may be constructed able to take in the largest class of
. The dearth of steamers in India , which has been bo prominently put forward by the public press , has led to increased exertions , and we are happy to report progress . Twelve steamers are announced as having arrived out in India , and a new steamer for the Indus , on tho American river boat plan , from Scott Russell ' s yard , has this week had a trial trip down the Thames , and two companies are in the market here for funds to construct more steamers . The Oriental Inland Steam Company propose to double their capital , and the East India Steam Navigation Company propose to raise funds to purchase steamers and send out at onoo .
The Dacca News says that at this time there is no steamer between tho great city of Dacca and Calcutta , nor has there been for at least , two years , only steamers for the conveyance of troops , on two or three occasions . There is trade enough for a dozen steamers . The . Calcutta Auction Company , limited , is at full work . Some wealthy Mahomedan merchants of tho Khoja sect hnvo formed a company at Bombay for tho purpose of establishing a commission agoncy in Chinu
England , with branch firms at Bombay and . The capital is to bo 100 , 000 / ., in one hundred shares of 1000 / . each . Among the new substancos announced in India is a preparation of a well-known plant— tho Callioarpa —which hns beori found to give relief by smoking to severe fits of asthma . It is not a narcotic , and is free from tho evil oflbeta of stnunonium . A silver olarot-eup is to bo presented to Mr . © aVM Parker by sowe of iho officers of the Madras Hallway . . ¦ " •¦' . Mr . \ v . Puiraon , the executive onginoor of the ivhowra salt mines , in tho Punjab , has boon obligod to come homo , for a time on account of ill hoalth .
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India. Detailed Despatches, With The Bom...
INDIA . Detailed despatches , with the Bombay date of 11 th January , speak of Tantia Topee , Feroze Shah , and the Nana as being still at large , of the Beguni of Oude as having attempted to render herself to mercy , and of the dissolution of the Eriam Commission , as far as the Bombay Presidency is concerned . The Friend of India declares that the Commission is to be broken up . On the 17 th December , Lord Clyde arrived in the neighbourhood of Baraitch , the head-quarters of the Begum and BeniMahdoo . On the ' 20 th he entered the city , and on the 21 st the Begum sent messengers to sue for terms .
Her object was , however , frustrated by the rebel leaders , and the Commander-in-Chief resolved to march upon Vanparah . Some distance outside "Vanparah , he had , on the 26 tb , a running fight with the rebels , inflicting great loss upon them , but while riding over some broken ground his horse came down , dislocating Lord Clyde ' s shoulder and hurting his face . His Excellency has since been carried in a dhoolie . The Nana Sahib , did riot wait to meet the Commander-in-Chief ; he evacuated Churdah ; and took refuge in a jungle-fort , thirty miles to the north-west . ¦ ...,.
The fugitive Sepoys from Oude have been refused an asylum in Nepaul , those that ventured across the frontier having been driven back by the forces of Jung Bahadoor . . ' Feroze Shah ' s force has dwindled away to 700 cavalry ^ without guns . The blow struck at him by Brigadier Napier at Runnede proved most fatal to his interest . His object now is to effect , a junction with Tantia Topee , who is still at liberty ; we are however informed that he has met with several severe reverses . Major Roche ' s Neemuch column had made forced marches after him , and brought him to action at the pass leading from Pertaubghur , above Mundessore , to the Cliumbul . Tantia , fancying he had to deal only with cavalry , entered the passage on the 24 th , and was totally surprised by Roche ' s force , whose artillery , under Captain
11 th of January , reports thousand of Tantia Topee ' s force had crossed the Chumbul on their way to Jeypore . THE NANA SAHIB . Mr . Russell writes to the Times :. —? ' The Nana is in the jungle fort of Churda , living with the Rajah , of the place ^ eight miles north of NariparahY To secure him is now actually the great object avowed by most pe ' ople except the authorities . But he must not be startled from his lair-r-there must be no precipitate hasty move to frighten the cowardly , sanguinary heart of Bhitobr , till the toils are around him . And it will be difficult indeed to set them surely , for ; he is amid the jungles , where his nature must be at home , and his Capture will be effected probably by treachery and stratagem rather than . by force . Already he is roused arid away . Since I-wrote the . few lines above , we hear that the Nana has
moved from Churda to the north-west , in denser jungle still- We shall see . There is 15 , 000 Z . set on his person —if it were on his dead body , Nana Sahib ' s head might soon be in our camp . We cannot secure the death even of the Nana by an offer for him " dead or alive . " There are , however ,, other means on which we may rely with more corifidence—the treachery and avarice of his own friends . Already active brains are at work * and the spiders are spinning their threads . When we were at Fyzabad , the chief of police had already endeavoured to communicate with the Rajah of Churda , and was Well pleased to find that the latter , as far as outward appearances Went , was quite ready to betray the Nana upon certain conditions . A strong letter has ,
at all events , been addressed to him , assuring him that if he captures the Nana he will not only receive all that ha asks , but secure the favour and rewards of the British Government . As to the means of the Rajah to seize upon the Nana we know nothing . The latter is at a remote fort in the Churda territory ; access to him on the . part of our spies is all but impossible . Accounts as to his strength are different , but he is believed to have an escort of 300 or 400 well-mounted cavalry , and two horse artillery guns . As he has never fought , it does not much matter how many men he has , but the Nana
rides fast , and has taken care to have the best horses in the country ; his escort know the passes ; in ; fact , there is no chance . of surprising one whose every instinct is sharpened by the ever-present fear of well-deserved death ; who is on his guard night and day ; who knows every movement in our camp , and the route of every column . There is no doubt on my mind that while the Begum arid her party are negotiating with us they and the Nana are also endeavouring to induce the Nepaulese Government to give them an asylum . The attitude of Jung Bahadoor , as exhibited on one occasion recently , proves that he is alive to the duties of an ally on such occasions .
Bolton , opened upon him at short range with considerable effect . Tantia did not attempt to resist . He fled , leaving some men and elephants in our hands , and proceeded to the eastward . Colonel Somerset despatched Colonel Benson in pursuit . Tantia got to the Chumbul , crossed it before his pursuers , and , still running east , entered Zeerapore , in the territory of Holkar , one hun- ; dred miles south-east of Neemuch , on the 26 th of December . Colonel Benson caught him at Zeerapore , after a forced march , and fought another action , in which the rebels lost more men and elephants . Still Tantia escaped and fled to the northward . On the 1 st of January Colonel Somerset caught him at . Bursode , fifty miles north-east of Kotah . Colonel Somerset ' s strength was . however , too numerically weak to do more than disperse the rebels , and the slippery chief escaped into tho Jey pore territory .
Tho ox-King of Delhi has been sent to Rangoon , instead of tho Capo of Good Hope . Tho Madras Presidency haa felt a smart shock . of an earthquake , which soeros . to have extended from Poshawur clown to Madras . At Pooha a military riot has occurred , in which tho 36 th and Royal Artillery wore the parties concerned . Ono man haa boon killod and six or seven wounded . A court of inquiry has boon sitting . A religious quarrel at Tinnevolly has terminated disastrously . On tho 22 nd December tho Brahmins of Tinnovqlly eommonood a riot , by endeavouring to prevent a Christian funeral from passing along tho road in front of thoir sacrod vdillco . Three companies of Sopoys woro called iu to restore onlor , nml in doing so they used tliuli' llro-arms and killod thirty-nino of tho pooplo . Tho murderer of Captain Haro was caught ut Ashtoo , in North Borar , on tho Oth December , and blown from
a gun . Further tolographio nows has boon received this wook from Alexandria . By a notification , dated Allahabad , tho 1 st of January , tho Punjab is raised into a separate Prosiilonoy . At Calcutta the Oudo campaign waa considered closed . A telegram , from Allahabad , dated tho
China. Advices Have Been Received From H...
CHINA . Advices have been received from Hong Kong to the 29 th December . Lord Elgin ' s flotilla , composed of five steamers and several gunboats , had proceeded up tho river beyond Nankin . The object of his expedition was considered of so much importance that the French Ambassador and the Chinese Commissioners had delayed their departure from Canton in order to await the result .
Stbam Cajrjmagk On Common Roads.—The Mar...
Stbam Cajrjmagk on Common Roads . —The Marquis of Stafford is in possession of a new kind of steam engine for running on the road . It weighs little more than a ton , and is capable of travelling at from fourteen to sixteen miles per hour . It runs upon three wheels , and is guided by a handle in front similar to a velocipede . It is of two-horso power , and is fitted with a seat in front capable of holding four passengers , including the driver . Tho Marquis , Lord Grosvonor , Lord Blantyre , and another , rodo through Newport from Lillesljall Hall on Friday . It appears to be somewhat unwieldy and rather noisy in its progress , and tho steam niay probably be unpleasant to the passengers , tho funnel boing closo to their backs . A Sign of this Times . —It is noticed that tho number of Italian rofugces in London has considerably diminished during the last few days . The CoAj ^ vyiHPPEBS . —A deputation from tho Coulwhippors' Association waited on tho Earl of Derby for tho purpose of inducing tho Government to ro-oiuiot tho bill which expired in 185 ( 5 . Tho deputation consisted of Lord Kinnaird and several gontlomon connootod with tho coal trado . Lord Kinnaird , in introducing the deputation , said that tho men wanted a " Parliamentary oflioo , " by moans of which tho omployor and employed might bo brought togetlior without tho intervention of " middlemen , " consisting of low publioans , oofll-ohousokoepers , and owners of lodging-houses , who frightfully mulcted tho oonhvhippers on a trunk systom of thu mont notorious aharaclor . Ho was about to introduce a bill for tho purpose of restoring tho old systom , whioh had worked woll and satisfactorily for masters ami men , anil ho liopod tho Government would givo it thoir support . Tho Karl of , Derby said tho subjeot was dosorving of consideration , and the Government would givo thoir bust attention to it . lie saw no objection at present tp tho request of tho deputation .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1859, page 25, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12021859/page/25/
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