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      Accountant ' s office , which will not be removed till Canning town , at the Mutlah , is making slow progress . There are only a few thatche d sheds for stowing salt , anda 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 Ellengunge , on Mr . 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 .

      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 .

      From 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 our interests in the Kooria Mooria Islands , which , besides producing guano , will be an important station of the Red Sea Telegraph Company . The news ¦ from'Ceylon' is very favourable . An intrigue has been discovered of that arch con » spirator , D'Orgoni , or General D ' Orgohi , as he calls himself . He has persuaded some Lyons people to send a small screw steamer to Rangoon with a party of Frenchmen , women , ' arid 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 quietex * , 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 tho postmaster , three and a half miles distant , for a certificate for his native servants t 0 travel ; nnd three miles to the railway station , to tho traffic manager , to get tickets .

      Another proceeding of the Government nearly shut up the lino of tho East Indian Railway Company ; for the Government , ( is supervisors of railway expenditure and railway details , issued an order that tho erigino-drivcrs ^ and other English workmen were not to bo paid their wages till the monthly pay-sheet had been passed by the responsible officer of the Government ; , and leave had been givon by him for tho men to bo paid . In February tho

      locomotive superintendent was obliged to refuse to pay the men their January wages , and they went on strike , whon ho was forced to pay , for which it is cxpectod ho will rcccivo condign punishment from the supremo Government . It appears very dosirablo thivfc eonio of tile Indian officials should bo transplanted to China , Japan , or Prussia . Tho news has arrivod at Madras of Sir C . E . Trovolyan ' s appointment as Governor , and great expectations are entertained of the progross of tho Presidenoy umlor such a distinguished

      administrator . Tho Madras Spectator is demanding boldly the application of the system of guaranteo to reproductive works as tho bost measure for placing 1 the flnanco of India on a footing of permanent soundness . Tho Bengal Chamber of Commerce recommend the mnlntennnoo of tho principle of Treasury bills "bearing intovost , so as to create in time a floating

      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 r&et on foot for a Euphrates Telegraph Company , and the money is to be . returned to the depositors . The Red Sea Telegraph Company are proceeding vigorously with their operations . Good news has 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 stock companies of Calcutta stand at good prices . The following shows the last quotations : —

      Paid up . Quotation . Bank . of Bengal .... £ 400 £ 30 ¦ Agra-Bank-.: 50 G 5 North-Wcstern Bank 50 13 Delhi Bank SO ¦ — India General Steam Company . 100 230 Oranges Steam Company 150 .... 1 / 0 Calcutta Steam Tug- 100 .... 80 Bengal Coal Company 100 . ¦ -.. 150 East India Coal Company 7 7 Bonded "Warehouse 44 J .... 32 $ Oriental . Gas 1 1 Calcutta Docking- Compauy .... 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 .

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      LATEST IjSTDIAN 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 . Sassoon ' 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 Governor-General is still at Calcutta , busily engaged with . financial' schemes . He has approved of a plan for converting the Rewnh levies into a police force for the four districts under the political agent . The artillery attached to the force will be abolished . Tho 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 . From Madras there is nothing important to communicate . The Hindoos and Mahoraedans , 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 dcud . The appointment of Sir Charles Trovelyan to tho Governorship has excited very general satisfaction . The Punjab continues perfectly tranquil . Mr . Montgomery assumed the rains of office on the 25 th of February , and Sir John Lawrence took his

      departure on the same day for Bombay . Tantia Topeo , Feroze Shah , ana the Rao have lost most of their followers during tho last Aveek , and are hiding under false names , Tantia Topee , alias ltam Singh , has complexly disappeared , and it is only suspected that ho was lately near Jhansi , under tho name of Jcot Jung . Fcrozo Shah has also disappeared , no one knows where ; ho also is probably hiding under an alias . In tho flight from Bhilsa to Seronge ami IJeora tho four guns were abandoned . Colonel Rich is in pursuit , and other columns closo at hand ; so that this last remnant of rebellion has little chanco of a lengthened existence .

      In the Banda district tho rebels Rcwa Sirdar and Hummunt Singh succeeded in surprising two railway engineers , Messrs , Evans and Liunoll , whom they cruelly murdered . In Oude tho new organisation continues to work well . The frontier is still guarded , but Horsford ' s corps on the Raptoo has boon finally withdrawn to Baraitch . Lord Clydo loft Luelsnow oa the 1 st of March for Simla , and roaohocl Cawnporo on the 3 rd .

      He is still suffering from his fall at Burjidiah . One of the tendons of the shoulder was severed , and hence his lordship ' s slow recovery . Sir John Lawrence was to come home by this maiL His manner and appearance are strikingly blunt and straightfonyard . 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 NANA SAHIB A . SD JUNO BAHADOOR . A contemporary has the following : —The Nana Sahib Dhoondia Punt is now localised , to a mile , in the Tourin district of JSTepaul , from which he has addressed a letter to Jung Bahadoor . It would seem that one of Jung Bahadoor ' s officers has had interviews with the Begum , with Birjeis Kuddr , with Nana Sahib and Balo Rao . They and their followers , whom Buddri Singh , ths Nepaulese ofiicer , describes as numbering no less that 60 , 000 men , of whom , however , only 12 , 000 are infantry and 5 , 000 cavalry , the rest being camp fo llowers 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 , whith e r , at his invitation , the whole rebel force is now marching—the Nana , Bala Rao and all the chiefs , except , perhaps , Beni Madho . 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 Nepaulese have detached to the flank will suflice to cut off their retreat westward . The snows bar their progress northwards . What the Nepaulese intends to do when he gets them is not so plain . The Nana Sahib ' s letter to Jung Bahadoor ( date 28 th Jumadee Aosanee , year 1275 Hijree , corresponding with J 2 d of February , 1859 ) is : —" Blessings to the Maharajah . ' Your letter , dated 8 th Mag-h 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 now 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 yon 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 . This 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 fail 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 tho 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 xn'omiscs and breach of treaties on the part of the British Government towards the chiefs of Hindostan ure so well known , that any enumeration of thej . r acts would be superfluous . Moreover , the British have attempted to destroy the faith and religion of tho people of India , which attempt has caused this great outbreak : nnd mutiny . Before ray departure I sent by my brother , SirMunth Malm ? rajah Gunga Dhur Rao Bala Sahib-Peishwa Bahadoor , a friendly letter , In order to obtain yom ? summons , and he will enter into particulars when you moot him . " This epistle is not signed , but it is sealed with the signet ring of the ex-Poishwa of tho Mahnvttas , Bajce Rao , which the Nftria woars and uses . __„___ .

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      Pakvknu Pomp . — According to a corrospondont of tho Indapandunce Beige , flunkoyism is soon to ta co now developments at tho Court of the TullorJos . Iho writer says : —• " Under tho first Empire , thoro wore as many as sixty chamberlains , und In . Austria tie number of such dignitaries is ovun more considerable . Tho second Fronch Empire is rosolvod that tho Court shall not bo inferior in splendour and pomp either to tho Court of Vienna oy to tho historical traditions of tfapolcon I . I can stato , on information obtained from a good source , that the . Emperor is about to nomlnato a considerable numbor of now chamberlains , but without salary . Among tho persons mentioned as likely to obtain this honour are Count do Niouworkorkc , JM . Duhamcl , deputy , Count do Coutiulos . und M . do Las Cusas .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 9, 1859, page 473, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2289/page/25/