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SUMMARY AND REVIEW.

BURMAH has failed the newsmongering world at last. Some disturbances in Bassein, greatly magnified by report, have been promptly suppressed, and all is as The prequiet as is likely for some time to come. sent arrival furnishes nothing beyond a few paragraphs which we have fished out, and which will be found in that department of our paper to which they appropriately belong. One of the papers asserts, on the authority of letters from Pegu, that " there will be neither peace for our troops nor prosperity for our new subjects until an army march on Ava, and the whole Burmese empire be annexed." We are really inclined to think so. In another paper we read, Every letter from Burmah advocates the annexation of the whole province, as the sine qua non to tranquillity throughout the country. Until the British flag flies at Ava, the inhabitants of Pegu will never know what peace is, and our troops are frittered away in the worst of climates, and in punishing the dacoits, acting under orders from the Burmese court. So long as the capital does not belong to us, we shall have our territories in Pegu harassed by every ruffian who can bring together a hundred men. The British authorities have no remedy whatever, for once beyond the frontier line, our troops cannot follow these marauders."

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Turning to our territories in the north-west, we again find nothing. Pursuing a westerly direction so as to come to the dominions of our neighbours, we meet with a little speculation. Some of this commodity we extract for the benefit of our readers, as everything relating to the subject which gives rise to it is at this time interesting.

"A letter from the Punjab, which was published towards the end of last month in the Delhi Gazette, and has never been contradicted, states that Dost Mahomed has sent Jubber Khan as envoy to Major Edwardes, the Commissioner of the Punjab, to beg that bygones should be bygones, and to state his readiness to join the English against either the Russians, or any other foe. The story is strange, but by no means incredible. In the first place, the Dost has no doubt wit enough to perceive that a Russian alliance could never do his country any permanent good, and that it is wiser to be on good terms with a neighbour at the door-as the British are at Peshawur-than with one who lives a very long distance off, as the Czar does. Moreover (and this seems to have escaped the notice of all the Anglo-Indian journalists), if religious prejudices are brought into play-as they most assuredly would by the Affghans, one of the most bigoted Mahometan people in the world-the Dost would hardly join in an alliance with a nation which, like the Affghans, professes the Soonie tenets of Mussulmanism. The agents of Russia invariably give out, that the Persian king and nation will certainly join the Czar in the coming struggle; and this would be another reason for the Affghan chief not joining in an alliance, in which a nation of Sheahs formed a part. There never has existed in the world a religious hatred so strongasthat between the Sheah and Soonie sects of the Mussulman faith, and either one or the other would far sooner join in an

alliance with a Christian nation than with a kingdom belonging to a creed which they deem doubly accursed. Strange to say, in spite of all the ill-treatment he has received at our hands, Dost Mahomed is said never to have lost his regard for the English. And even at Cabool, notwithstanding the Affghan war, with all its crimes and all its blunders, there are many of the chiefs who associate the name of our countrymen with that of Mr. Mountstuart Elphinstone, who was the first British official they ever saw; and they would gladly enter into an offensive and defensive alliance with our Government. The news of these overtures on the part of the Dost requires confirmation, but we hope to be able to supply the information respecting its truth or otherwise, in the next issue of our Summary.'

We have said nothing of Oude for some time past, simply because there was nothing to be told. A correspondent of one of the Calcutta papers writes: "What can I say of Lucknow excepting the old story-that the king's subjects are still oppressed, and his servants still unpaid?" This is the sum and substance of the intelligence from Lucknow ever since our journal commenced its course, and long before. Another correspondent of the same paper points out the unvarying state of the Nizam's dominions not less felicitously than does his fellow that of Oude. He says, "It is almost useless to describe the disorders which prevail in the country. They have always one and the same character, and are only varied by their greater or lesser magnitude."

Local news from Calcutta there is none; so we have recourse to the presidency usually named next after Bengal, and the very first sentence of the Madras summary positively astounds us. It run as follows:

"Ex nihilo nihil fit,' is a truth sufficiently ancient, as we thought, to authorize our pleading it, when appealed to by our printer for a Summary; but the bare idea of delivering' the present issue without one has had such an effect, that if it were only for the sake of being human,' as Brother Jonathan hath it, we have deliberately seated ourself to reverse the sentence and write something fit.""

There is after all not much that is "fit" for our purpose. The Maharajah Duleep Singh is really coming to England, it seems, after all the contradictory reports in regard to the matter. The head-quarters of the 15th Hussars embarked for England at the end of February. The Athenæum is eloquent in bidding the regiment good-bye, and we quote part of its valediction, to answer the very different purpose of a welcome on its arrival on our shores.

"We gladly take this opportunity of bidding the gallant 15th farewell. A finer set of men, or more disciplined, never left these shores. One fact speaks volumes for them. There has scarcely been a court-martial for the last two years; and the health in which they arrived at the presidency after the fatigues and comparative license of a march, is the best proof of their previous sober and orderly habits."

Bombay is about as lively as the other Presidencies. The most stirring incident is furnished by a steamer (the Bombay), belonging to the Bombay Steam Navigation Company, having struck on a rock near Dwarka. The accident happened, it is said, through the officer on watch trying how well he could perform his duty with his eyes closed, and his senses steeped in the forgetfulness induced by the drowsy god. The vessel is said to be uninjured perhaps she was asleep too (as all Bombay, and indeed all India appear to be), and escaped injury by keeping quiet.

Persia has of late excited an interest which contrasts strongly with the apathy formerly displayed towards that country. Circumstances have altered, and therefore we quote the following from the Bombay papers :

"The latest inteiligence from Persia has come to hand via Muscat. On the morning of the 20th ultimo, the Achar left Muscat for Bushire. The authorities at Abbas Bunder will not give the place up to the Persians; they wish to pay tribute, and in case of not being allowed to do so, are prepared to fight. Four hundred Per

sians have encamped to take the fort. A skirmish between the contending parties has taken place, in which the Persians are said to have had fifty killed, only two or three of the other party being wounded. The Muscat authorities have sent three vessels and two thousand men, the whole commanded by Mahomed-bin-Salem, to assist Abbas. It is said that Sultan-bin-Sugur is ready to assist Persia, and it is apprehended that a severe struggle must take place."

The Columbo Observer is much delighted with a specimen of some beautiful gold-coloured silk, produced at an industrial school in that place. But this is nothing to the production of gold itself, which it seems is likely to distinguish Ceylon. The discovery was deemed of sufficient importance to warrant the issue of a Colombo Observer extraordinary; and in order that our readers may be in time to avail themselves of the find, we print the following:

"In our last ordinary issue we announced the all-but certainty of gold in Ceylon, and have now the pleasure to state that doubt is entirely removed by the arrival of the joint report (then expected) of Mr. McCartney, the superintendent of police, and Mr. T. Power, assistant Government agent, which says that they witnessed the digging and washing of two pans of earth,' which contained 'very many minute particles of gold.'

"Their report is dated Yattegodde, 11th March' (yesterday), and is unavoidably hurried, in order to reach Colombo in time to be forwarded by Government to the Secretary of State by the out-going overland mail.

"We may add that the modliar (native headman) of the district sent in yesterday to the Government agent of Colombo a specimen of the gold, which he also saw dug by the sailors; and that Mr. Layard will leave for the spot this evening.

The locality is about forty miles from Colombo, near Girooele, on the road from Negombo to Kornegalle. A good carriage-road runs all the way from Colombo to the scene of action.

"We have as yet no precise information as to the proportionate quantity of gold which the earth contains, but it cannot be insignificant, seeing that the sailors who made the discovery, and are old Californian and Australian diggers, continue at the work.

"Our next report, we hope, will be the result of personal inspection."

After gold all other things appear mean, so here we conclude our Summary, and shall look out with ardent expectation for the next Overland, in hope of hearing more of the gold.

CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN THE ARMIES OF INDIA, REPORTED SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.

H.M.'s TROOPS.-Lieut. Gen. Sir Richard Armstrong, col. of the 32nd regt. and late commander-in-chief at Madras, at sea, on board the ship Barham, on his passage to England, March 3.

MADRAS.-Ens. J. H. B. Rhind, 3rd L.I., at Talyhautcherry, Feb. 23.

BOMBAY.-Capt. H. W. Brett, art., at Bombay, Feb. 27; Surg. B. A. R. Nicholson, 6th N.I., at Hydrabad, March 1.

MUCH THE SAME ALL OVER THE WORLD.-The proprietors of shops in Duncan Road, Girgaum, Dobee Tank, and the Chuckla, have a manufactured liquor of their own, expressly for the supply of sailors, known by the name of "Sailor's Jack," or "Tom's Brandy," which is liberally supplied to the unfortunate seamen possessed of money, with a view to rob them, in which these proprietors but too easily succeed, for the liquor takes immdeiate effect. It is prepared from strong country arrack, mixed with the poisonous juice of the datura, the juices of tobacco and chillies, and a quantity of opium. The beer and wine sold to Jack are by no means better. The former is a mixture of beer, water, a decoction of vinegar, soapnuts, sugar, and soda, which for two or three days after it has been bottled, is sold to "Poor Jack" at half a rupee a bottle. The wine is a mixture of vinegar, sugar, and Parsee brandy, with a decoction of log-wood, and is bottled and sold at the rate of a rupee a bottle, as port wine; and yet the vendors of such poisonous liquors escape punishment.-Joyce's Exposure of the Haunts of Infamy and Dens of Vice in Bombay.