HIGHWAY MURDERS.-A friend who went up to Ishapore on some private affairs mentioned to us yesterday, that on his way to the above village he saw the bodies of four murdered travellers near Sothul. The dorogah of Thannah Noihuttee and his assistants were there instituting local inquiries, and the village and its neighbourhood were nearly emptied of their respectable inhabitants on the approach of the darogah. What the cause of the disappearance of the inhabitants was may be easily guessed by the public.-Hurkaru, June 8.

THE RIVER DAMOODAH.-We learn from the pilgrims who came to bathe in the river on the festival of the Dussaharah, and who reside in the Damoodian districts, that owing to the late heavy rain the Damoodah has overflowed its embankments, and in many places the water is above kneedeep. They mentioned to us that paddy crops which were about two feet high have been destroyed by the inundation.-Hurkaru.

BENARES. From a Benares correspondent, we learn that the cavalry stables at Sultanpore are now a mass of ruins, having been entirely dismantled by orders from the Military Board. The bricks are being conveyed to Rance-ka-Talao (on the Allahabad road) for some Government building now in course of erection near the cross-roads. A sale of withdrawn stallions from the central stud (Arab, English, and stud-bred) comes off on the 3rd of June. Great bidding is looked for by the numerous griffs. The new post-office, Bungalow, is speedily progressing. Colonel McCausland, commanding the 50th, is about to proceed on sick leave to the hills shortly. One marriage on the tapis already, and a probability of one or two others, ere many months elapse. The "Thomason Pillar" is, at last, standing erect in the collegegarden. All honour to Captain Atkinson, the ex-engineer! Very hot and we hope the rains may come in their own good time to cool the fiery atmosphere. When is our new brigadier coming? No signs of the mail yet. A hurried telegraphic scrap reached us a day or two ago.-Morning Chronicle, June 3.

CHUNAR. A Chunar correspondent, dating the 22nd May, writes: Swords in this little place have not yet quite been turned into ploughshares, nor has the lamb laid down with the lion, but the preliminary organs of peace are now residing in the district; no less than two engineers of the East-India Railway Company have taken up their abode here-theodolites and dumpy levels are becoming as plentiful as mangoes, levelling staves are at a high premium, bis and tricoloured flags are fluttering in the breeze, and the long supposed mythical railway is fast becoming a substantial reality. Between this and Agra there are ten civil engineers and one district surveying engineer; these are indeed "signs of the times ;" and if what these gentlemen say is the case, we may in four years hence expect to be hurled from this to Calcutta in ten hours, others of a more sanguine nature, adopting the go-a-head principles of America, declaring that with means at their disposal, they would guarantee the whole line between Calcutta and Mirzapore being completed and opened in a twelvemonth. This, Mr. Editor, in my opinion, is all flam, neither do I expect at the expiration of four years even will their chimerical expectations be realized. The line of country through which the railway must pass in this district is probably one where more engineering ingenuity will be called into operation than upon any other part of the line (not including the Soan and the Jumna); it is intercepted with innumerable nullahs, which, though now for the most part dry, are in the rains perfect torrents, broad and deep, and running with such impetuous velocity, that anything in the shape of an ordinary bridge or embankment is invariably demolished, if not bodily carried away; yet, with all these difficulties to contend against, and where an unlimited scale of masonry must primarily be resorted to, I see no bricks being burnt-no stones being collected-no contracts entered into for the above material-no artificers and no work men employed-though now is the time, for in the rains it is as useless to attempt to make bricks as to make hay; thus another year is thrown away; and if, after the lapse of four years, any of us should be very anxious to reach Calcutta in ten hours, we must be transmogrified into an alphabetical generation, and be conveyed thither by electric telegraph, for there will assuredly be no railway open in that time. In the mean time, as works progress, and hope springs up, I will occasionally give you a line, relating how diffculties have been successfully overcome by engineering skill, or how nature has signally triumphed over art."-Indian Standard, May 26.

BLUETT v. ROGERS.-We understand that the further proceedings against Mrs. Bluett, to which we alluded a few days ago, are in no way relative to her original libel upon Capt. Rogers, but in respect of the gratuitous slanders in which Mrs. Bluett indulged while giving her evidence on the trial of the action brought by Capt. Rogers, the object of which was to blast the reputation of the plaintiff's wife.-Calcutta Paper.

DR. MCQUEEN is said to have been appointed to the charge of the medical duties of Shoay-geen, in the province of Martaban.

A MOST ABSURD RUMOUR was yesterday (May 28) current in the town of Calcutta, that the Governor-General had directed the European soldiers in the fort, and the British sailors on board the ships in the river, to be let loose for the purpose of plundering the native population. Women ger erally, and even many men, were so thoroughly impressed with the truth of this report that they shut themselves up in their houses, and numerous workmen in Calcutta have left their employment and retired to their homes in the suburbs.

MAJOR J. H. BURN, 1st N.I., town major, Fort William, has been appointed superintendent of army clothing in Bengal, and auditor of clothing accounts.

MR. GEMNER, a German gentleman, has been appointed conservator of forests in the Tenasserim provinces, on a salary of Rs. 600 per mensem.

MR. MATE PILOT G. SAUNDERS. - The result of the Marine Court for the trial of Mr. Mate Pilot George Saunders for the loss of the barque Eliza is published in the Gazette. As expected Mr. Saunders has been acquitted fully of all and every part of the charges, the proceedings of the Court being fully approved of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.

PROGRESS OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-We have received the important intelligence, that the communication has baen carried across the Sutlej and the Beeas, and that a telegraph office will, in all probability, be opened at Lahore, in the course of another week. It has not, we believe, been definitely settled where the office is to be located, but we understand that negociations are pending for the purchase of the house belonging to Mr. Kirke, at Anarkulee, and conveniently situated near the chief public offices. Mr. A. Todd is the officer deputed to take charge of the communication.-Lahore Chronicle, June 3.

BRIDGE ACROSS THE CHUMBUL.-H.H. the Maharajah of Gwalior, has given six lakhs of rupess to build a bridge across the Chumbul. An application has been made to the GovernorGeneral for a competent engineer to superintend the work.Mofussilite, June 1.

THE RIVER DAMOODAH.-We learn from the pilgrims who came to bathe in the river on the festival of the Dussaharah, and who reside in the Damoodian districts, that owing to the late heavy rain, the Damoodah has overflowed its embankments, and in many places the water is above knee-deep. They mentioned to us that paddy crops which were about two feet high, have been destroyed by the inundation.

MR. G. F. COCKBURN, the officiating chief magistrate, is to be president of the commissioners for the improvement of the town of Calcutta.

A MESSAGE sent by Lord Dalhousie to Lord Elphinstone to Bombay by the electric telegraph, took twenty-six hours and a half in its transmission.

RULES OF EXAMINATION FOR JUNIOR CIVIL OFFICERS.We mentioned some time ago, that the stringent (scorpion) rules of examination for junior civil officers, on which promotion was to depend, first introduced, singularly enough, in Bengal, were about to be adopted in the North-Western Provinces and in the Punjab. We remark on the singularity of their being first introduced in Bengal, as it is so rarely that any real improvement of any kind originated in a province notoriously worse governed and managed than much more recent acquisitions. The arrangements for the adoption of these rules in the Punjab are, we understand, complete, and they are to be brought into operation, for the first time, on the 1st November next. They are to apply equally to assistants and extra assistants. All officers desirous of " going up are to obtain leave for the occasion. Loodeeana is to be the place of examination for the Cis- and Trans-Sutlej states, the committee there to consist of the two commissioners and the deputy "commissioner of the district. The Lahore divisional examination is to take place at the capital, and the committee to consist of the commissioner, and the deputies of Lahore and Goojranwala. The Jelum examination is to take place at the station of that name, and the examiners are to be the commissioner, deputy commissioner, and the present first-class assistant. One committee is to be for Mooltan and Leia, to assemble at Khangur, and to consist of both the commissioners, assisted by the deputy commissioner of the district. The Peshawur committee to assemble at that station, and consist of the commissioner, aided by the deputy commissioner of Hazara. A central committee is to be formed at Lahore, to consist of judicial and financial commissioners, with the secretary to the chief commissioner. They are to prepare the questions to be proposed to examinees by the divisional committees. We shall in our next give an outline of the examination which those anxious to be advanced in the service are to undergo.-Lahore Chronicle.

CAPTAIN BOWIE will, we believe, be appointed to the townmajorship in an officiating capacity, and discharge the duties of the post until the arrival in this country of Captain J. Metcalfe, 3rd N.I., at present on furlough in Europe, and on whom the situation will be permanently conferred.

BABOO MUTTY LOLL SEAL has set apart two lacs of rupees in his will for the performance of his shraud, and that his sons, in honour of their late father, contemplate adding another lac, to make the shraud as magnificent as possible.

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.-Colonel Low had been added to the Legislative Council, and Mr. Wylie has been appointed its secretary.

DEATH OF MR. CAVANAGH.-We regret much to see the death of Mr. Hugh Cavanagh, of Cawnpore, recorded in our obituary. Mr. Cavanagh, in connexion with the Cawnpore Bank, was well known and highly respected by a large class of persons in these provinces. His illness was short, and death terminated it on the 2nd instant, his age at the time being 36 years.-Delhi Gazette, June 7.

DARJEELING, June 6.-The rains have begun I fear. During the last three days we have had a regular down pour; this is earlier than usual, in fact the season has been a most extraordinary one. We have had (for Darjeeling) no end of gay doings, two very pleasant dances, and I hear may expect more. Archery is the order of the day, besides the regular meetings, scoring days, &c. of the society (whose cognizance is a bow of Cerise ribbon). The bachelors of the depôt entertained the station at Leebong the other day in a most handsome manner, giving prizes to the ladies, which were well contested for and much admired; unfortunately the day was wet, which, however, did not damp the spirits of the guests or their entertainers, who did all in their power to make the party go off well, in which they succeeded admirably. The married men give a return I hear in the same shape. The assembly-rooms are at last rented for a moderate sum. The season being anti-dramatic, I expect the little theatre which was erected last year will be useless. The Masons, I understand, wish to start a lodge. The new barracks, now in the course of erection, as well as those under repair will, when finished, be magnificent buildings and very comfortable, well able to contain a larger depôt than the present one. The officers seem much crowded, thanks I hear to the Military Board. The station is not very full, and will remain in statu quo, I fear, as there are very few more people expected, which is a great pity, and would not be the case if the many advantages of the bright spot were better known; it is the cheapest hill station they say in India, no inconsiderable addition to the salubrity of the climate and the beauty of the scenery. A fire is quite bearable even now by day and night."

THE LATE LADY LAWRENCE.-We have only time to draw the particular attention of our readers to the following most interesting paper, handed to us this morning for insertion:

Some friends of the late Lady Lawrence, wishing to perpetuate the memory of one so exemplary in all the relations of life, propose to establish a fund in connection with the Lawrence Asylum, the object of which shall be to provide donations for deserving girls on their leaving the institutiou. Those who either knew Lady Lawrence, or who approve of the object of this proposition, are invited to join in establishing an endowment, to be called Lady Lawrence's Fund.' The following gentlemen have kindly undertaken to act as a committee, and to receive subscriptions in aid of the above design: R. Montgomery, Esq., Lahore; Lieut.Col. R. Napier, Lahore; Major H. B. Edwardes, Peshawur ; Dr. C. Hathaway, Lahore; Rev. W. Jay, Agra; Rev. W. Parker, Kusaolee. Names of subscribers: Major and Mrs. H. B. Edwardes, Rs. 1,000; R. Montgomery, Esq., Rs. 500; Col. R. Napier, Rs. 500; Dr. Charles Hathaway, Rs. 300."-Lahore Chronicle, May 24.

SEALKOTE. We have the following from Sealkote, dated 18th instant :-"It is said that Major J. Clarke, deputy commissioner of Goojranwallah, is to proceed shortly as political officer to Cashmere, and that Mr. F. Thompson, assistant commissioner of Sealkote, is to officiate for him at Goojranwallah. Another on dit is that Mr. Wedderburn, deputy commissioner of Lahore, goes on furlough to Europe in October next, and that Mr. Temple, at present in charge of the Goojerat district, is to succeed him. This promises to be a mild hot season compared with other years. We have had no hot winds as yet-the occasional showers of rain that fall have kept them back. It is still cold in the morning, and a light quilt is still used by the natives who sleep out in the open mydam. I hear the telegraph posts have been put up as far as Wuzeerabad. Perhaps you will be able to inform us if a supply of postage. stamps has been received at Agra, and whether the new postal rules are to take effect from the 1st proximo." We fear not.Agra Messenger, May 27.

DEATH BY DRINKING.-A melancholy event occurred on board the Nussur Musjeed yesterday morning. The second mate of the vessel, having received his salary the day before, bought a dozen bottles of brandy, and began to indulge in the liquor at a most astonishing rate of excess. He drank two bottles and a half when his superior officer discovered the fact, and found the man very drunk; whereupon he took the remaining bottles away from him, and secured them. But this kind precaution came too late, for the mate expired early the next morning from an apoplectic fit, which carried him off so suddenly, that nobody in the ship knew anything of the occurrence until he was discovered a corpse.

OPIUM. The following is the result of the sixth opium sale of the season, held at the Exchange rooms June 8 :Chests. Highest. Lowest. Average. Behar.. 2,885 820 805 809-13-54 Benares. 1,170 825 815

816-14-5

Proceeds.

2,312,100

955,755

MR. ARRATOON, who figured some time ago in the Alipore Magistrates' Court, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the house of correction, and further sentenced to imprisonment for fourteen years in banishment to Hazareebaugh, and thence made his escape, has been traced to Tangra by Mr. Campbell, police serjeant of Entally, who apprehended him. It is said that Arratoon struggled hard to get off from Campbell, but was overpowered by a large body of the police.

LAHORE.-The following is from a correspondent at Lahore, writing on the 23rd instant:-"Lahore and Wuzeerabad will probably see general courts-martial sitting in the course of next month. At Lahore, a few days since, two horse artillerymen of Burnett's troop had a misunderstanding, and one stabbed the other with a knife in four places, inflicting three severe wounds, any one of which would have proved fatal if somewhat deeper. At Wuzeerabad, on the 19th, a soldier of H.M.'s 61st, while engaged cleaning his pipe, chanced to ask a comrade who owed him some money, when he intended to repay him. The debtor, a man named Donaghue, walked away, loaded his musket, and deliberately shot the other through the body, so that he died the day following. Lieut. Crofton, of the engineers, is engaged surveying a line for a branch of the canal, which is to pass to the northward of the Sudder Bazar out of cantonments. It is understood that the chief objection to its running through the station is the clashing of authorities; but it would be of great public benefit if the civil and military authorities would, were it for this time only, consent to agree, even if the water were only made available for the public purposes of watering the roads and the trees planted on either side of the road. Yesterday there was a great change in the weather, and it is time to put up tatties—the wind is hot.”— Agra Messenger, May 27.

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RUSSIAN EMISSARIES.-The Czar seems to have been sowing his agents broad cast over the East, indifferent as to the sort of ground on which they fell, but trusting probably that some of them might yield the comfortable fruit of injury and annoyance to his enemies in the West. It is suspected, and has indeed been roundly asserted, that some of his emissaries have been thrown even into India itself, and there can be no doubt that they abound in Persia and the countries adjacent. The crop of results is hardly likely to repay the cost of the seed and the sowing. The sterility of the soil is not the only difficulty to be contended with. Our Government has its "little birds" ready to pick up the tares which the enemy is scattering among its wheat. If the Scind News is correctly informed, the object, or one of the objects, of Major Jacob's trip to Khelat is now apparent. According to our contemporary, writing on pretty good authority," the major "has made very judicious arrangements with the khan of that principality, who pointed out some half-dozen Russian emissaries who have been boned by the major, and are now in his safe custody and keeping." There is nothing very improbable in this story, which may account for the mysterious visit of the bewigged Jacob to Khelat, some distance beyond our frontier. The only point which seems to demand qualification is that of the number of the alleged emissaries. Six for Khelat seems an extravagant allowance; but if so many have really been stationed in so small a territory as that, how many may we suppose there are in Persia and Affghanistan ? British India under Lord Dalhousie, is not to be caught napping, however cunningly the Russian bear, or the brutes in alliance with it may advance. There has for some time been an unostentatious movement of men and materiel towards the north western frontier, and we shall not be surprised to find all these quiet preparations developed in a very pugnacious attitude ere long. The Hurkaru, we observe, has "good reason" for supposing that Army of Observation" will be formed in the neighbourhood of Peshawur, for the purpose of showing to the Czar and his friends that we are quite ready to give them a warm reception whenever they please to honour us with a visit.-Agra Messenger.

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THE BHAGURUTTEE.-A letter dated 6th instant from the mouth of the Bhaguruttee mentions that the planters had had good rain, but want a few days sun. The river rising from four to nine inches daily.-Englishman, June 12.

CAPTAIN NICOLL.-We believe Captain Nicoll, of the 50th N. I., acting major of brigade at Cawnpore, will succeed Major Menteath in the same appointment at Delhi, and will be here about the end of the month to receive charge of the office.Delhi Gazette, June 7.

THE TRAINED THUG-CATCHER versus THE ORDINARY THIEFCATCHER.-A case has recently been decided, which clearly proves the great advantages possessed by the special over the general system of police in India as elsewhere, and which illustrates, in a singular manner, the confidence which bankers repose in the messengers they employ to carry bullion to and fro. About the middle of November last year, an old and infirm man was despatched from Seealkote to Umritsur, with a bag containing the sum of 1,519 rupees eight annas, the property of some merchants at the former place. On the third morning of his journey, he left Chimeearee, in the Umritsur district, and had proceeded about half a mile, when he was attacked by two men, who knocked him down, broke his teeth, filled his mouth, ears and eyes, with dust, wound a safa, the thug instrument of strangulation, round his neck, left him for dead, and carried off the bag. He recovered, however, gave information to the nearest thana, and the police were quickly on the spot. But all their exertions to trace the thieves were ineffectual; they gave "it up," and the deputycommissioner of Umritsur reported the case to the superintendent of thuggee; his bloodhounds never slumbered, and three months after the commission of the crime, Major Graham obtained a clue, which led to the apprehension of the principal criminals, the clue being furnished by an accomplice before the fact, who had instigated the deed, and furnished the necessary information; but he was dissatisfied with the share of the booty, and ultimately "split." The arrest led also to the recovery of 682 rupees of the lost cash. The culprits immediately confessed; and, the case being clear against them, they have been sentenced to perpetual imprisonment beyond the seas, and hard labour in irons. The accomplice is sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment with hard labour; two other men, accessories to the extent of keeping the matter secret, were sentenced to three years' imprisonment, and to a fine of 250 rupees each, the money to be handed to the merchants, whose further loss is to be made good by the sale of the effects of the chief culprits, who are, it appears, men in a respectable position of life, enjoying a religious pension from Government! It is admitted on all hands that, but for the exertions of the thuggee department, the crime would never have been brought home to the guilty parties.-Lahore Chronicle, May 31.

A BARBAROUS MURDER.-We regret much to hear, from the following and other letters given elsewhere, that a most barbarous murder has been committed at Murree by a husband on the person of his wife :

"Murree, May 28, 1851.

"This hitherto quiet little station has been thrown into a state of intense excitement by a fearful murder, which was committed about nine o'clock last evening, in the barracks occupied by the convalescents of the season. The unfortunate victim was the wife of a private named Costello, of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, and the perpetrator of the fearful act was her own husband. The particulars are as follows: It appears that Costello had an altercation with his wife, and in a fit of jealousy struck and abused her, and she left her room with the declared intention of reporting him; upon which he knocked her down; she got up, and proceeded a few paces, when he again attacked her, and she was seen by some men who were standing near to fall a second time; she then cried out that she was killed; and on one of the men lifting her up, he found her covered with blood, which was gushing from a fearful wound in her throat five inches long, dividing the jugular vein and carotid artery, ending under her right ear, causing almost instant death. Medical aid speedily arrived, but all efforts were useless, and before ten minutes the wretched woman was a corpse. The murderer had, in the mean time, made off to his quarters, whither he was speedily followed and made prisoner, and conveyed to confinement. Search was then made for the instrument with which the deed was committed, but without effect, until by accident one of the men, who was searching for a lock to fasten the door of the room, happened to turn up a guteree, which was lying on a charpae, when he found underneath a razor covered with blood. The murderer had evidently thrust it in there when he left the body of his hapless victim. An inquest was this morning held on the body, which presented a fearful appearance; and it is to be hoped that speedy justice will overtake the ruthless perpetrator of this horrid deed.' -Lahore Chronicle, June 3.

FIRST JUDGE OF THE CALCUTTA SMALL CAUSE COURT.-We understand that Mr. Stack, of the Calcutta bar, is to be Mr. Wylie's successor as first judge of the Calcutta Small Cause Court. The appointment is a good one, but we are surprised that any gentleman who can make a respectable livelihood at the bar, and whose income is steadily increasing, should give up his practice and his liberty, and take to the sedentary business of the Small Cause Court, for a salary of Rs. 1,500 a month. Better anything made by one's own exertions and industry, than the stagnant life of these small judges.-Morning Chronicle, June 12.

THE GANGES CANAL.-A correspondent sends us the following interesting notice of the channel of the Ganges in the neighbourhood of Chunar. The enormous depth of the river will probably surprise some of our readers, and we deem it necessary to say that we can vouch for the correctness of our correspondent's statements:-"You may be interested in learning that no perceptible difference has been made in the fall of the Ganges since the opening of the canal, and it is daily rising at present. Upwards of 10,000 cubic feet of kankur rock have been removed since the 17th of April from the bed of the channel at Deochundpore, which will make the passage safer. I observed a paragraph in a copy of your paper of the 13th inst., relative to the rise of the Indus at Attock, which some one remarked was not greater than that of the Ganges at Benares. I can testify to the correctness of the remark, as the difference between the lowest fall and greatest rise of the Ganges at Chunar, in the two years when there were the greatest floods, was forty-eight feet, viz., in 1825 and 1847. In 1852, the rise was thirty-eight feet, and last year forty-three feet. The Ganges runs from one to one and a half mile per hour during the cold and hot season, and from four and a half to five in the rains, except at some parts, when the velocity is increased to eight miles; at Chunar Fort for instance. The natives say, the Ganges is unfathomable at Chunar; but last cold season it was measured and found to be about 120 ft. deep near the fort. I have given these particulars, thinking you might be glad to avail yourself of them for publication, should you think the public will be interested by them." It is almost too soon to decide on the effects which the Ganges Canal is likely to have on the depth of the river below, as the water was turned off from the canal almost immediately after the ceremony of the public opening, and it has not, we believe, since been turned on again. But we have little doubt that Colonel Cautley's theory will be verified, and that no effect will be produced on the river below Allahabad. Whatever may be the effect on the upper branch of the Ganges, will be of little moment, rs the river is practically useless for the purposes of irrigation, while for navigation it will soon be entirely superseded by the canal.-Delhi Gazette, May 31.

THE HORSE-WHIPFING AFFAIR.-On the 31st May a committee of inquiry assembled at the Main Guard in Fort William, to investigate the circumstances connected with the horsewhipping affair that took place at the military club on the 24th current; and in which Assistant-Surgeon Wigstrom, of H.M.'s 14th light dragoons, and Captain Dorin, of the 27th N.I., on the commissariat staff at the presidency, are principals.

EASTERN JESSORE.-A letter of June 9 mentions that the violence of the rain has done considerable mischief to the indigo. The writer estimates the quantity fallen since the first of the month at sixteen inches, which is very much more than usual at the commencement of the rains. He says, the prospects of the planters before the rain were unprecedently fine, but that many low fields had a foot of water lying in them at the time he wrote, and that even the high lands require two or three weeks of fine weather to restore them to their previous condition. He concludes by saying that the planters' estimate of the produce of the district was as high as 20,000 maunds; but is now so much reduced that they will be fortunate if it reaches 12, to 13,000. Indigo is therefore something like war, which Napoleon said was frequently high at night, but low enough in the morning.-Englishman, June 13.

DACCA, JUNE 4.-We were oppressed for about a month by insufferable heat. On the eve of the 28th ult. the mercury rose to 97 deg. Fah. During the last two days we have occasional showers, and then the weather is pleasant indeed. Curzon tells us that at Erzroum the cold in winter is commonly 16 deg. below zero, and is often colder! By the bye, we may as easily realize the dreams of Ariosto, as imagine the rigour of an Armenian winter,

Who can hold a fire in his hand

By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ?

The Government has sanctioned the construction of a road between Dacca and Calcutta ; and our energetic magistrate, Mr. M., is of opinion that the road will be ready by the end of '56, in case nothing prevents him from commencing the work by the first month of '55. If the Government intends only to join Dacca

and Furreedpore, we may then have the whole work done in a couple of years, as the Furreedpore road wants only a little repair to render it the most beautiful road in Bengal, and that station is already in communication with Calcutta overland. The collector, Mr. T., has received orders to advance from the Dacci treasury Rs. 10,000, for the purchase of commissions ordered for the Paris Exhibition of '55. A few days ago I saw a beautiful piece of Dacca muslin, made to order, and destined for Paris. Its worth Rs. 100, its size ten yards by eighteen inches, and weight only 3 oz. 2 dwt. Goods are to be purchased after inspection; four competitors are already in the field, and there is no want of zeal in them, though Mr. T. is not taking a very active part in settling matters with them, which I am afraid will go far to cool the ardour of the aspirants.Captain Smith intends removing the elephants from their present unhealthy location to the old cantonment. This will be doing them a great service, and they will be bound down, not by iron chains, but by the chain of gratitude. There are now about 206 elephants in Dacca, out of which nearly ninety have been just brought from Chittagong. Dacca has been so unhealthy of late, especially towards the jungle, that Captain Smith has been forced to send the elephants to four distant parts of the town before their final removal to Phoenix Park. I visited the feelkhanah a couple of years ago, before Captain Smith's arrival, and I found it as disgusting a place as Moorshedkoolly's Bycaout; but of late things have undergone marked improvements, and I have not the least doubt that Captain Smith will put everything to rights very soon. -The magistrate has ordered all the akharas within the town to be broken up, as Mr. M. had recently experienced the strength of our Dacca prize-fighters. Mr. M. is an able officer as far as I know, and I can judge of him, but he wants a little spirit to stir him up now and then. A big-bellied Baboo, with a long tongue, will at no time put him out of his wits, but when the mischief is done, Mr. M. comes upon his victim with vengeance. Though he cannot stop the crime, he does not betray the same dearth of good sense in punishing the criminal. But this is not the right way of doing the business. Mr. M. has yet a bit of a Tartar's notion of justice. He is young, and we may expect much from him in time.-The summer vacation is over, and the principal has requested, till further notice, the pupils and masters to attend the college from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. As the first three classes have to study plan-drawing, they have been ordered to be an hour earlier in their attendance from Wednesday next. I have been just informed on very good authority, that the mathematical examination has again proved a failure. Go ahead Sir James with Mr. Bethune's minute, and you will reap another rich harvest of blocks next year.-You will hear again very soon a few words on a very interesting subject, which is only " looming in the future," and so I cannot drag it out.-Hurkaru.

CAPT. JAMES WHITEFOORD, of the artillery, has obtained leave of absence to the 31st proximo, to remain at the presidency, for the purpose of submitting an application to retire from the service. This casualty will advance 1st Lieut. Alfred Wintle, a cadet of the 11th June, 1841, and 2nd Lieut. T. E. Hughes, a cadet of the 8th June, 1849, to the superior grades. By Lieut. Wintle's promotion, the adjutancy of the 1st battalion of artillery will be vacated. Lieut. O. Penson, of the 3rd E. R., has also obtained leave of absence to the 1st proximo, with a view to resigning the service. This will give Ensign F. J. Stephenson, the father of the ensigns, his lieutenancy; and it is about time he should get promotion, being in the tenth year of his service. Ensigu Duffin, of the 70th N.I., a cadet of December, 1844, will become the oldest ensign in the army. There are only four ensigns of 1845, and three of these belong to the 3rd European regiment; so it is to be hoped for their sake that the new corps will get a little promotion, and the officers be able to come to some arrangement to buy out several of the old hands said to be ready to retire.Hurkaru, June 10.

MILITARY ON-DITS.-The Morning Chronicle states that Captain James Williamson, of the 1st Bengal fusiliers, has applied for permission to resign the service. Brigadier Eckford is appointed to Delhi, in room of Brigadier Gwatkin, who is compelled by ill health to be absent from the station. Colonel F. Markham, C.B., the new adjutant-general of H.M.'s forces in India, was expected to join head-quarters about the 23rd or 24th of June.

GOVERNMENT GENERAL ORDERS.

STAFF-OFFICERS' PAY.

Head-Quarters, Simla, May 29, 1854.-The Commander-inChief annonnces, for general information, that the Most Noble the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to decide that a staff-officer permitted to study at the Thomason College shall

be allowed to enjoy half-staff salary for a period of six months only. By order of his Exc. the Com.-in-Chief, H. T. TUCKER, Lieut.-Col. Adj.-Gen. of the Army.

LIEUT. A. BASILICO.

Head-Quarters, Simla, May 24.-The leave of absence granted to Lieut. A. Basilico, of the 11th regt. of N.I., in General Orders of the 6th instant, is cancelled, with reference to the unfavourable report which has since been made to His Exc. the Commander-inChief, by the officer commanding this corps, of the lieutenant's conduct in respect to his pecuniary affairs, and of his frequent appearance before courts of requests.

2. Lieutenant Basilico will return to his corps without delay, and his leave will be considered as cancelled from the date of his rejoining, a report of which is to be made to the adjutant-general of the army, for the Commander-in-Chief's information.

THE NEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

Fort William, Home Department, June 3, 1854.-The right Honourable the Governor of Fort St. George, the right Honour able the Governor of Bombay, and the Honourable the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, having, in accordance with section XXII., Act XVI. and XVII. Vict. cap. 95, respectively appointed the Honourable Daniell Elliot, Arthur Malet, Esq., and Charles Allen, Esq., to be members of the Council of India for making laws and regulations, they have this day taken the oaths and their seats in the Legislative Council. GEORGE COUPER,

Under-Secretary to the Govt. of India.

GENERAL OFFICERS RESIDING AT STATIONS.

Head-Quarters, Simla, May 31, 1854.- Under instructions from the Most Noble the Governor-General in Council, the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to prohibit general officers commanding divisions, whether temporarily or permanently, from residing in future at stations other than the established head-quarters of the divisions they command; but it is to be understood that this rule is not intended to apply to brigadiers falling for brief periods into the command of divisions in which they are serving, and who will remain ordinarily at their usual stations unless otherwise directed.

CIVIL.

APPOINTMENTS, &C.

ALLEN, C. to be a member of the Council of India for making Laws and Regulations, May 23.

ANDERSON, C. C. to be dep. coll. in Ghurwal. BRIGHT, G. offic. mag. of Midnapore to offic. as coll. until relieved by Mr. Broadhurst, May 25.

BROADHURST, W. H. to offic. as coll. of Midnapore, May 25. COCKBURN, G. F. to offic. as chief mag. of Calcutta, and to be commr. for the improvement of the town, vested with the powers of a mag. in the Twenty-four Pergunnahs, Howrah, Burnset, Hooghly, Nuddea, and Jessore, to exercise concurrent jurisdiction with the mag. in those districts.

COLVIN, B. J. to be a member of the Board of Examiners, and ditto of standing committee for exam. of candidates for off. of pleader at pres.

DASHWOOD, H. W. to offic. as reg. to Court of Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut, N. W. prov. June 1. DRUMMOND, F. B. to be register of deeds and marriage registrar in district of Tipperah, June 7.

ELLIOTT, W. H. to offic. as commr. of rev. and circuit for the Burdwan div.

ELLIOTT, C. P. attach. to N.W. Prov. and the Punjab, instead of Bengal div. May 26.

HAMILTON, Sir R. Bart. agent to the gov. gen. for Central India, rec. ch. of the polit. duties of the Bundlecund and Rewas states, fr. Maj. D. A. Malcolm, rec. ch. May 26.

HALSEY, W. S. to be an asst. in the Benares div.
HARDINGE, B. qual. for pub. service, attach. to N.W. P. and
Punjab, June 9.

KEENE, H. G. to be jt. mag. and dep. coll. of Moozuffernuggur.
LONSDALE, D. F. to be coll. of customs at Tounghoo, May 26.
MARTIN, J. C. to be marriage reg. in the district of Kamroop.
RAIKES, H. C. to offic. as joint mag, and dep. coll. of Furreedpore.
TAYLER, S. H. C. qual. for pub. serv. attached to Bengal div.
THORNHILL, H. B. to offic. as mag. and coll. of Moradabad, dur.
abs. of Roberts.

WATERFIELD, W. to be an asst. to mag. and coll. of 24 Pergunnahs.

WIGRAM, R. J. qual. for pub. serv. attached to Bengal div. June 9.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

BRANDRETH, E. L. 3 mo.

BRANDRETH, A. 1 mo.

JENKINS, C. 2 mo.

JENKINS, E. 1 mo.

LEVIEN, A 1 mo.

LIMOND, C. 1 mo. on m.c.
ROBERTS, A. A. 21 days.

WATSON, W. C. to Aug. 10 in ext.

ECCLESIASTICAL. APPOINTMENTS, &c. JENNINGS, M. J. leave for 1 mo.

MILITARY.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

ALEXANDER, 1st Lieut. F. art. to be exec. off. Dinapore div. v. Ommaney, May 30.

APPERLEY, Major W. W. 4th L.C. to stud in central prov. June 2. ATKINSON, 1st Lieut. G. F. eng. to be exec. eng. Umballa div. v. Anderson, May 30.

BATCHELOR, Lieut. C. 3rd Punjab irr. cav. offic. 2nd in com. to offic. as commandant from Mar. 1.

BAYLEY, Lieut. D. 7th L. C. to be brev. capt. fr. Mar. 9.

CAREY, 2nd Lieut. De V. F. art. to be 1st lieut. fr. May 21, in succ. to Stokes dec.

CARTER, Ens. A. H. 73rd N.I. to be lieut. in success. to Brev. maj. W. E. Andrews, dec.

CLARKE, Corn. M. 3rd L.C. passed colloq. ex. in n. lang.

COARE, Lieut. G. 60th N.I. to be capt. fr. May 23 in succ. to Riddell, dec.

COUPER, Lieut. J. K. 2nd N.I. to be 1st class assist. stud depart. v. Apperley, June 2.

DAVIDSON, Lieut. E. eng. to be assist. to chief eng. of the lower provinces, May 30.

DAWSON, Lieut. J. 1st N. I. to do du. with Arracan batt. and to act as 2nd in com. v. Munro, dec.

DYAS, 1st Lieut. J. H. eng. to be director of canals in the Punjab. ECKFORD, Lieut. J. 6th N.I. to offic. as exec. off. Cuttack div. v. Short, May 30.

EDEN, Capt. W. F. 1st asst. to the agent to the Gov.-Gen. for Central India, resu. ch. of du. May 20.

ELLIOTT, Lieut. H. M. asst. to the Mysore commiss. ret. to duty. FAITHFUL, Capt. G. 68th N.I. to offic. as commiss. of Arracan. FOSBERY, Ens. G. V. 48th N.I. passed colloq. exam. in native language.

FRANKLAND, Lieut. T. 2nd in com. 5th inf. to be instead 2nd in com. 6th inf. Hyderabad conting.

FULTON, 1st Lieut. G. W. W. engrs. to be exec. eng. of the Jullundur div. v. Boileau, May 30.

GRAHAM, Ens. G. A. 2nd N.I. passed colloq. exam. in n. lang. GRANT, Cornet A. C. 2nd L.C. placed at the disposal of the C.-in-C. June 2.

GREATHED, 1st Lieut. W. W. H. eng. to be superintend. of canals west of the Jumma, v. Turnbull, May 30.

GUISE, Capt. H. J. 28th N.I. to offic. as 2nd in com. 13th irr. cav. dur. abs. of Alexander.

HAMILTON, Lieut. T. C. to continue to act as adj. of Arracan batt.

HICHENS, Lieut. W. engr. passed colloq. exam. in n. lang.

HODGSON, Lieut. H. N. 9th N.I. to be adjt. v. Lieut. Travers, May 30.

HOWARD, Lieut. G. J. to offic. as cant. jt. mag. and superint. of Abkeree, at Wuzeerabad, in addit. to his other duties. HOWARD, Lieut. J. J. E. 24th N.I. 2nd Sikh local inf. to be adjt.

JERVIS, 2nd Lieut. S. C. engr. to be exec. engr. 2nd div. Arracan road, May 30.

KNYVETT, Maj. F. 64th N.I. off. exec. off. 2nd div. grand trunk road, to cont. ch. of that div. May 30.

LAMB, Lieut. T. jun. asst. to commissr. of Assam to offic. as princ. asst. at Nowgong, dur. abs. of Capt. J. Butler.

LEIGH, Capt. R. T. 7th N.I. to offic. as jun. asst. to commissr. of Assam, June 7.

LESLIE, Lieut. Sir N. R. 5th irr. cav. to offic. as 2nd in com. in add. to his other du. v. Need, on leave.

LUMSDEN, Ens. P. S. 60th N.I. to be lieut. fr. May 23, in succ. to Riddell, dec.

M'DOUGALL, Ens. C. A. 9th N.I. to be lieut. fr. June 1, in succ. to Martin, ret.

MACDONNELL, Ens. F. J. 14th N.I. passed colloq. exam. MACKENZIE, Lieut. A. M. to offic. as 2nd in com. 8th irr. cav. in add. to his other du.

MAGNAY, Lieut. J. D. 30th N.I. to act as adjt. May 26. MAINWARING, Lieut. N. W.73rd N.I. to be capt. of a co. in succ. to Brev. maj. W. E. Andrews, dec.

MARSHALL, Lieut. W. E. 48th N.I. to study civil engineering at the Thomason coll. Roorkee until Nov. 1.

MEAD, 2nd Lieut. C. J. art. to be exec. off. 3rd div. Arracan Road, May 30.

MERRICK, Lieut. T. C. 3rd N.I. to be exec. off. 3rd div. grand trunk road, v. Fulton, May 30.

MORTON, Ens. B. W. D. to offic. as jun. asst. to commissr. of Assam.

OSBORN, Ens. H. R. 55th N.I. passed exam. in field engineering. OTTLEY, Capt. G. O. B. 6th N.I. to be a 2nd class assist. stud. depart. v. Couper, June 2.

PHILLIPS, Ens. H. 40th N.I. passed colloq. exam. in n. lang. QUIN, Ens. T. 22nd N.I. to act as 2nd in com. dur. abs of lieut. Moore; to be adjt. v. Lieut. Sidebottom.

RANKEN, Capt. G. 69th N.I. perm. to retire on the pension of a major, fr. July 17.

REID, Lieut. B. T. asst. commissr. of Ferozepore to offic. for E. L. Brandreth dur. his abs.

RICHARDSON, Lieut. R. 3rd L.C. to be brev. capt. fr. March 26. RICHARDSON, Capt. to offic. as com. 8th irr. cav.

RIGHY, Capt. H. eng. to be exec. eng. Benares div. v. Atkinson. RUSSELL, 2nd Lieut. L. eng. to be exec. eng. 1st div. Arracan Road, May 30.

SIM, 1st Lieut. G. eng. to be exec. eng. of the Cawnpore div. v. Pott, May 30.

SHARP, Capt. J. N. eng. to offic. as civ. architect and garrison eng. Fort William, v. Abercrombie, May 30.

SHORT, 1st Lieut. W. D. A. R. engr. to offic. as exec. eng. Mean Meer div. v. Sharp, May 30.

SKENE, Capt. A. 68th N.I. to be supt. of Jalown and Jhansee. STEWART, Lieut. D.M. 9th N.I. to be capt. fr. June 1, in succ. to Martin, ret.

STURT, Lieut. col. 43rd N.I. to assu. com. of stat. and garrison at Umritsir and Govindgurh.

TRAVERS, Lieut. E. J. 1st Punjaub inf. to be 2nd in com. v. Lieut. Keyes, May 30.

TYNDALL, Ens. H. 61st N.I. to be lieut. fr. April 12, v. Cumberland, dec.

WARREN, Ens. C. H. L. 8th N.I. passed colloq. ex.

WATSON, Ens. J. 1st Punjab irr. cav. to act as 2nd in com. dur. abs. of Lieut. Fane.

WHITEFOORD, Capt. J. art. permitted to retire from the service of the Comp. on pension of a major fr. July 31.

WOLLASTON, Capt. C. 8th L.C. dep. superint. stud dep. fr. Central to N.W. Prov. June 2.

BASILICO, Lieut. A. 11th N.I. leave canc.
CONOLLY, Lieut. W. P. 46th N.I. to Aug. 30, prep. to Eur.
COOKSON, Capt. G. R. joint mag. of Meerut, leave canc.
CORFIELD, Maj. J. 1st N.I. to Nov. 15, Murree.

Cox, Col. H. C. M. 58th N.I. to Oct. 15, in ext. m.c. prep. to Eur.

ECKFORD, Col. J. 56th N.I. to reside at Nynee Tal.

EDEN, Capt. W. F. 1st asst. to agent to Gov.-Gen. for Central India, leave canc.

GARDNER, Lieut. H. J. T. executive officer 2nd div. Peshawur Road, 6 mo. to Murree and Cashmere.

GRAHAM, Brev. maj. J. 3rd Eur. regt. 6 mo. to Cherra Poonjee,

m.c.

HAIG, Lieut. A. S. 55th N.I. 3 years to Eur.

HOPKINSON, Capt. H. commr. of Arracan, 1 mo. on m.c.

KITSON, Capt. CA. 10th L.C. to Oct. 15, Cashmere and Murree. LOFTIE, Brev. maj.. M. E. 30th N.I. to Sept 23.

MAINWARING, Lieut. G. B. 16th N.I. 3 years to Eur. old reg. MORLAND, Lieut. J. 1st Eur. Fus. 2 years to Eur. on furl. on m. c. old reg.

NORMAN, Lieut. H. W. to Aug. 25, Murree.

PATCH, Maj. H. inv. estab. to Dec. 1, to Dorundah and Chota Nagpore.

PENSON, Lieut. J. O. 3rd Eur. regt. to July 1, prep. to res. the service.

PHILIPS, Capt. J. S. com. of ord. to Nov. 1, to hills N. of Deyrah,

on m. c.

PONSONBY, Lieut. col. C. C. asst. adj. gen. Meerut div. fr. May 3 to Nov. to Simla.

ROBERTS, Lieut. F. S. art. to Oct. 15, to Cashmere. TAYLOR, Lieut. R. N. asst. commissr. West div. Rachore Doab, 1 mo. to Hyderabad.

WARREN, Brig. G. Warren, brig. staff, to Aug. 18, prep. to Eur. WHITEFOORD, Capt. J. art. to July 31, prep. to ret. fr. the service. YOUNG, Capt. J. 4th N.I. 3 mo. to Bimlipatam, new reg.