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Taw leaves ; At Mr ; Berkeley ^ plantation , at tKotghur , near Simla , several hundred thousand ^ plants are flourishing . The engineering authorities in India have refused -the petition of the Darjeeling settlers , that their acailway shall" be made at once , and the section , to JRajmahal be proceeded with . Further petitions are being prepared , and it is expected strenuous efforts will be made to obtain an inquiry in Parliament . Mr . M . Bell , third class engineer on the Ganges and "Darjeeling rocid , has been promoted to be second class engineer The first class native Doctor Jhumucfc "Loll , lately 3 rom Darjeeling , has been appointed to the Oude police , force . to be
Mr . P . A . Humphrey has been appointed . Assistant to the Magistrate , and Collector of Sylhet . ^ Particulars are given of the last expedition against the Abors in Assam , in which the Meyong clan sustained a serious check . It is of the greatest importance for ' the extension of Assam , that this tribe should be reduced . Captain P . A . Robertson , 68 th Bengal Native Infantry , has leave to Nynee Tal , and so has Captain W- J . Hicks of the 22 nd B . N . I . The return of the Commander-in-Chief to Simla lias been a fortunate thing for that settlement . _ lieaye to Mahableshwur has been given to Lieut . G . B . Heathorn , B . A ., and Lieut . F . ' Wi Jones , 18 th B . N . I . ¦ * ¦ ¦ ¦ Captain C . Cameron , B . N . V . B ., has leave to Kutxiaghery . — ,.
regarded without jealousy * and Ins propositions for recommending the amalgamation of the Supreme and Sudder Courts have met . the reprobation of the legislative Council of India . * .,,. ' Another measure of his , which is very likely to meet the disapproval of 1 is colleagues , is theincrease of the Madras Infantry Volunteers to 700 , and his acceptance of the colonelship . The spirit of the old hands is still to repress Englishmen and to keep natives in slavery . ¦ ; ¦ ¦ This evil disposition has Afflicted India with that serious calamity , the opposition of the Company ' s European soldiers , who very naturally object to being ; turned over like a herd of horses or a drove of sheep . The military authorities have shown a conciliatory disposition , and it is to be hoped Parliament will redress the grievances of the men . Their petition is a strong one . .
.... . .. There are some signs of economy visible in India , for the salaries of the Sadder judges are to be reduced , and the Postmaster-Generalship has been given to an uricovenanted servant . The patent law has not yet been carried into effect , although two years ago Mr . Theobald advocated , a comprehensive bill . A measure is , however , in progress . Protection is required for European inventions , for inventions o f Europeans and natives in India . . TVe are glad to see that the many services of our esteemed colleague , Mr . Theobald , for the advancement of India , have been recognised by his nomination as a member of the Senate of the University of Calcutta . tv"hen in England Mr . Theobald took a very active part in the promotion of colonisation , and its advocacy in The Leader .
The Hindoo Fatriot says : — " There are few public men who can succeed in making themselves so entirely unpopular as not to possess a single partisan , and we are therefore not surprised to find that efforts are being made to obtain for the retiring Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal some complimentary expression of opinion from the native community * Of that part of the Bengalee population which is capable of forming an intelligent opinion on the merits of its rulers , Mr . Halliday and his friends know that they have to expect nothing that could be desirable to have . A small minority indeed is willing to address him in set phrases of praise , goodwill and gratitude ; but we believe we see in their
proceedings signs of good sense distinct enough * ° lead us to hope that no such demonstration will be made . The active portion of Mr . Halliday ' s admirers—and , as far as we have learnt , their number is yet lamentably few- —have , in this stress of public opinion , been driven to seek for sympathy to the far west , A distinguished pleader of the Sudder Court , whose personal influence over the zemindars and Mahajuns of Behar is great , is bestirring himself to procure the testimony of those highly intelligent and estimable gentlemen to the great merits of Mr . Halliday ' s administration . We shall not grudge
Mr ; Halliday this reward for his long and laborious public services . We wish his friends success in this movement of theirs , and him joy of that success . It will be , however , a significant fact if Mr . Halliday leaves the scene of his public life without any . mark of approbation from those who have been the closest and most interested observers of his public acts . The English public , we mean that portion of it which takes an interest in the affairs of India and of Mr . Halliday , will not fail to draw very accurate conclusions from the address that is to come from Beh ' ar . "
Attention is being paid to tho fibre of the khip plant in India . It is very abundant in the Kurrachee collectorate , and various parts of Scindo . The camel men use khip for making ropes for camel gear , and the cultivators for their water wheels . It is used likewise for matting .
Bangalore is to be made a civil station . This will . add to its importance . Leave to Bangalore has been given to Lieut . H .. C , ZMacdonald , 35 th MiN .. !* , and Assist .-Surgeon -W . J . Susteed , H . M . 66 th Regt . . Dapeorie is found too low and unhealthy during the rainy season , so that the Governor of Bombay proposes , to gq to Ahmednugger . Leave to the Neilgherries has been given to Lieut . H Hankin , 24 th M . N . I ., Captain J . Babington , 3 MLA ., Captain G . A . Searle , 35 th M . N . I ., Purser J . Eandley , I . N ., and Mr . J . B . Bewsher , I . N . Assistant-Surgeon L . W . Stewart is appointed to « lo duty as medical officer on the Neilgherry hills . The Bombay Gazette says :- — " The often discussed question as to the legal definition of an European British subject in India has been again revived * As Tve learn from the Mofussilite , the magistrate of 2 Hirzapore referred the point for the opinion of the Advocate General at Calcutta , and did not obtain » -very conclusive reply . Mr . Ritchie ' s opinion is / that ' it is certain that the legitimate grandsons In the male line of o . 'European British subject within the meaning of the charter and statutes , though t > oth they and their fathers may hare been born in this country of native , Armenian , East Indian , or foreign mothers , whether the privilege extends Taeyond the grandson has never been determined ,
aind may be treated as an open and doubtful question . ' Our Agra contemporary , whose article « n the subject we republish , objects to Mr . Ritchie ' s leaving the position of descendants below the jjrandson doubtful ; but it is to be observed that the . Advocate General does not here record opinion but fact . The Mofussilite holds that as the legitimate descendants of an Englishman and a Trench mother » re British through all generations , though son , grandson , great grandson , &c , each married ^ French women , so it must he in this country . We suspect , however , there is some difference in tho cases , In Europe the point is settled , we suppose , by law and custom . Here
Tve believe , it never has . been settled either way . . At home , where neither the colour , character , or position of tho descendants are affected , however Song the admixture of foreign blood , be continued , the recognition comes naturally enough . •> Here , on the contrary , where each descent is commonly a deterioration , till there is nothing of the Englishman left except perhaps the name , the , public -anay well have hesitated to admit tlie claim of the fourth or fifth generation— -native rather ,, than ^ English in reality as well as appearance—to the -rights and privileges of a Briton-fcorn . Here , we suppose , the matter has remained thus long in Abeyance . It is time , however , that it should be
settled in some way , either by legislative enactment or otherwise , for it has been and may often bo the « ause of considerable embarrassment . 'During the -reign of the lato Honorable John there might have peen some ostensible reason for not extending the jurisdiction of ; her Majesty ' s Supreme Court beyond ** he sacred Mahratta ditch . We will , fpr the sake of Argument , allow that j but we are & % a loss to conceive any valid reason why the samo state of things should continue now ,. If the natives arp not Queen Victoria ' s subjects , we should like to know whose cubjects they aw . It W 1 U be a happy day for India yhen tho Supremo Court will be the highest apnel « Jate court in India . " D ™ Sir Charles Trevolyan ' u energy- has not boon
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Thbatrh Royal , Prurv-i . anb . —Mr . U . T . Smith could hardly ifcil of a triumph on the occasion of his benefit on Wednesday night , when this ample sallo was crowded to the coiling : lor , In addition to scones from tho " Barber of Seville , " tho " Troviata , " tho ' « Trovatoro . " and other operas which have been produced with success during the present season , at j Drury-lane , Madlle . Titiens appoarod In the grand
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crown . The petition is ably , drafted . The accounts are not all so favourable , ' A letter from Calcutta contains the following : : At Meerut the Court of Inquiry is going on , but elicits nothing except a distinct statement from each man as he pas ses in that he is " Englishman , and not a slave , and won't be transferaed like a ' oss , " The men abstain from all violence , but are " cheeky " to a degree which seems to exasperate their officers beyond all bounds . At Delhi the 2 nd Fusiliers are the final decisionAt . _ .. . « . « . *« . ^ _ / v _ _ Li ¦ m 1 . — — _ ft . —
< juiet , but await . Berhamporethe 5 th Europeans and the Light Cavalry did makesome kind of demonstration , and were , like the rest , waiting the official decision . The most peramptory orders have been issued to major-generals to avoid acollision between the Queen ' s troops and the-Indian soldiery , tsnd under no circumstances to usenatives for coercion . The last is the greatest danger oi all . Any fool of a martinet may , by a single hasty order to a Sikh regiment , cause an explosion , from one end of India to the other . "
It is said that the Sikhs having got hold of the rumour that bounty is to be had by kicking up a dust , are following the example of the Bengal Europeans , they say they enlisted to serve John Kumpanee and not the Ranee . " The Begum , " says the Bombay Standard , "is in quarters—perhaps not quite so comfortable as she would wish , but still much better than she deserves , thanks to that preux chevalier Jung Bahadoor . The lady is in a fort near Bootool with her
own female attendants , and those of the Nana . As for that miscreant himself he has about 5 , 000 followers , and boasts of a very considerable quantity of cash , and for the present bids defiance to his pursuers . " The Ex-Nawab of Farrackabad has selected Mecca as his place of banishment . It is understood he was given his option to decide within twenty-four hours whether he would suffer death or retire from British teraitory , where his appearance at any time would render him liable to be hanged , and to state where he would wish , to go .
The chief incident of local interest at Bombay is of an unfortunate character ; the cholera having omitted great havoc on several of the thicklyrpopulated native districts of Bombay . The news from Europe had caused much excitement relative to the sea defences of Bombay . The latest advices from India gives us to understand that the vacancy in the Council has not yet been filled up . Mr . Frere and Mr . Beadon , the Foreign Secretary , are regarded as thoroughly qualified for the duties of this important post . Mr . Prere has the advantage of seniority of service , and it is expected that he will be appointed to the vacancy .
CHINA . Hong Kong news is to the 5 th of May . The Hon . Mr . Bruce , the Minister to Peking and the new superintendent of British trade in China , arrived at Hong-Kong in the Magicienne , on the 26 th ultimo , but did not laud officially till the 2 nd instant , when he assumed charge of the superintendency . On Friday he goes from this to Canton , in order , it is presumed , to settle the site for the new factories , and shortly after will depart for the north . Though Mr . Bruce goes to Peking , in order to exchange the ratified treaty , it is generally understood that Iliapermanent residence will bo at Shangae . It is hoped that arrangements may now be come to with reference to the site of the future foreign settlement , and also with regard to the indemnity for losses sustained
LATEST INDXAN INTELLIGENCE . Tub new just received by tho overland mail is from Bombay to June 4 , and Calcutta , May 17 . "Wo learn that the measures taken by Lord Clyde to allay the discontent of the European . forces of the late East India Company , have resulted in tho re-establishment of order and discipline throughout the whole body . The Court of Inquiry at Meerut still holds its sittings , listening to the complaint of every man who chooses to appear before it . The artillerymen have generally expressed their readiness to serve her Majesty the Queen , their main objection restincr
solely on the fact tlwt they had been , transferred without having been consulted ; and had their right to re-enlistment denied them . The cavalry have taken up more decided ground , and , in most cases , claimed their discharge as a right , tho question of re-enlistment , in their opinion * being entirely optional and a matter for subsequent consideration . Two companies of the 3 rd Bengal European Regiment ( late Company ' s > have drawn up a petition to > Parliament on their transfer to the service of the
by British subjects .. A meeting of tho British mercantile community was to be held to consider both these important questions , and with the view of addressing Mr , Bruce on these subjects . Pee-kwei , the Governor of Canton appointed by the Allies , died on the 25 th of April , after a short illness . An expedition is projected to tho town , of Uungshan , the Mandarin of which has made himself so conspicuous during tho last two years by ordering the Chinese servants to leave the employment of foreigners , and by similar annoyances . It is not known what has led to the present movement , but it appears strange that none such was undertaken when great immediate good might have resulted from it . Trade continues dull . The rebels remain in possession of tho country , and transit is interrupted .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 9, 1859, page 814, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2302/page/10/
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