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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.

The Oriental, with a mail, left Calcutta Nov. 8th, Madras 13th,

Point de Galle 16th, and arrived at Suez Dec. 5th.

The Queen, with a mail, left Bombay Nov. 14th, and arrived at Aden on the 25th ult.

The Erin, with the China mail, left Hong-Kong Oct. 28th, Singapore Nov. 7th, Penang 9th, and arrived at Point de Galle Nov. 16th.

The mails thus brought were taken on to Alexandria; they arrived at Malta Dec. 12th (per Vectis), and Marseilles (per Vectis) Dec. 14th.

The Tagus, with the remainder, may be expected at Southampton Dec. 24th.

DEPARTURES OF EACH MONTH-MAILS FROM LONDON TO INDIA, CHINA, ETC.

Via Southampton (from London), at 8 o'clock in the morning of the 4th and 20th. It is advisable to post letters in London on the previous evening; if that day be Sunday, then on the evening of the 3rd and 19th; if Monday (of course) before 8 o'clock on that morning. Postage, letters under oz. Pre-payment is optional, but out of London it is the most certain to insure early despatch; and it will be preferable to affix stamps rather than to pay in money.-Newspapers, free.

1 oz.

15. 2s.

Via Marseilles, on the 9th and 25th; if either of these days be Sunday, then on the 10th or 26th.

Postage (must be in stamps), letters, under oz. 1s. 10d.
oz. 2s. 3d.

Newspapers, 3d. each." *The Marseilles mails of the 9th and 25th overtake the Southampton mails of the 4th and 20th, at Malta; they arrive in India together.

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SUMMARY AND REVIEW.

THERE is scarcely anything from any part of India; but as shopkeepers having little variety of stock and little modesty of demeanour, bring out as perfect novelties goods of old patterns, perhaps even previously shown and rejected, so the local journals parade matter with which the public here is quite familiar as something entirely The Burmese diplomatists have not yet been forwarded to Calcutta, and it seems somewhat doubtful whether they ever will. They make a great show where they are, and it is said do some mischief by giving out that they are come to purchase back the province of Pegu for seven crores of rupees. Whether his majesty of Ava has so much ready money is very much doubted; but it is not doubted at all, that if he had he would not part with it. Probably the object of the mission is not a purchase-it is certainly not to pay the purchase-money, if a bargain were concluded. Most likely it is to unsettle that which to all appearance was previously settled, by exciting the feelings of the people against their new rulers. This effect, to some extent, the mission has produced; for the people, in the true spirit of eastern prudence, or that which passes for prudence, are, it is said, beginning to flatter the men from Ava, by the exhibition of hostile feeling towards the English. There has been a week of holidays in Rangoon, it being the boat-racing time. Wrestling-matches have been mixed up with regattas. Some of the Burmans engaged in these matches, and not without success; but their wrestling is like their diplomacy, most indirect and evasive.

In Nepaul there are movements which have excited the anxiety of the British Government. The increase of the army of that state may be with a view to assailing some other neighbour than the British; but still it may be otherwise. Whatever may be the real object, it is to be hoped that the Governor-General is too wary to receive with implicit belief any Nepaulese assurances of its purpose being harmless as far as we are concerned. To cajole and deceive are regarded by all Orientals as among the first of the arts of life. We believe, however, that the caution of Lord Dalhousie may be trusted. A Nepaulese war at this time would be a very awkward addition to our Indian engagements.

The Caubul correspondent of the Delhi Gazette furnishes the following, which according to our wont we extract verbatim for the information of our readers.

"I have already mentioned to you in my last that on the arrival of Sirdar Mahomed Azum Khan (incorrectly spelt Azeem

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Khan in the last letter) at Cabul, a private discussion was held with the Dost on the politics of the day. All the official documents relative to Persia, Herat, Candahar, Toorkistan, and Peshawur, as well as those of Raimut Khan Oorukzaiee and the Nazir Khair. ool-lah, were produced, and the question, whether the negotiations with the English should at once be pressed to a result, as there was no time to be lost, was brought up for discussion. The council was composed of the Ameer and the members of his family. Sirdars Mahomed Azum Khan and Gholam Haidur Khan were the first to suggest and to insist upon it that the welfare of the Afghans demanded that they should be on good terms with the British, who have such large armies in our immediate neighbourhood. We therefore must abandon all thoughts of receiving the smallest advantage from a connection with Persia and Russia, at least until those powers have really fixed camps at Candahar and Bulkh. The Ameer joined in the same opinion, and the result of the conference was, as I said before, that a letter was ordered to be prepared to be addressed to the British Government. Nazir Naeem and Mirza Athmut Khan, the favourites of Sirdar Gholam Haidur Khan, were pointed out by the Ameer to go on the mission to Peshawur, but the Sirdar objected to this; whereupon his Highness selected Mirza Mahomed Hoossein Khan, who has left this, and probably before this reaches you, will deliver his credentials as Elchee from the Afghan to the British Government at Peshawur.

"The Ameer had, as I told you, resolved to set out with his army for Kelat, and had appointed Sirdar Mahomed Azum Khan to rule in his absence. The project has now been abandoned entirely, chiefly, I imagine, for want of funds, and on account of the Dost's fear that some of the chiefs, such as Sirdar Sultan Mahomed Khan, should take the opportunity of playing the traitor. However, he openly stated his belief that the abandonment of the expedition to Kelat will embolden the Ahmed Shahee chiefs, but that he will settle their business after he has arranged matters with the English.

"The little disturbances caused by the Momuds, near Peshawur, have induced a few foolish fanatics here to praise Saadut Khan for his obstinate hostility to the British, and to throw taunts at the other Afghans with whom the British alliance is becoming so popular. The people at large, on the other hand, say, that until the British take and hold Jellelabad, they will never be unmolested at Peshawur. This step would at any rate give a guarantee for the policy of the king of Bokhara by keeping him in awe, and it would render it impossible for the Russians to extend their influence from that city towards Cabul. Otherwise, say the people, as soon as the Russians have a firm footing in Kokan and Bokhara, their influence on the neighbouring Oosbeg states will be irresistible, and eventually English influence will be of small account either at Cabul or Peshawur."

As everything relating to Central Asia is at this time interesting, we select another passage from the correspondence of our friend of Delhi.

"Sirdar Mahomed Azum Khan has received from Peshawur what purports to be an abstract of the letter sent by the Khan of Kokan to Major Edwardes. Right or wrong, here it is :

"We have long been friendly towards the British Government, and any Englishman passing through our country has been invariably well treated, as in the case of the late Colonel Arthur Conolly, whose mission was treated by us with every consideration. On the contrary, the king of Bokhara murdered the British officers who visited his court.

We are attacked by the Russians and have hitherto met them with success, but they are preparing to come again with an overwhelming force, and it is therefore entreated that the exalted Government of the British will treat our kingdom as its own, and will not only send us large quantities of flint muskets (chik chukmak Toofung bisyar). We also pray you to send us a gentleman who is a good mineralogist, as there are a great many mines of gold and silver in the Kokan dominions.

"Sirdar Mahomed Azum Khan refused to meet the Persian agent who lately visited this country. He not only slighted him in a marked manner, but advised the Ameer to write to him at Kelat, where he was detained, and order him to leave the country and go about his business. For this stroke of policy, and also for the friendly negotiations now going on with the British at Peshawur, the party of Nazir Khairoollah, headed by Sirdar Gholam Haidur Khan, wish to claim all the credit for themselves. Ruhmut Khan Oorukzaie and Sirdar Mahomed Azum Khan claim for the latter all the credit of the policy, for the Sirdar has always been most anxious to witness with his own eyes the wonderful civilization of the English, and the improvement of Peshawur and the Punjab in their rule; and he will proceed on a special mission to the Governor-General as soon as the present envoy, Mirza Mahomed Hoossain Khan, brings his negotiations with the Chief Commissioner to a satisfactory conclusion.

"Sirdar Gholam Haidur Khan has received news from Peshawur, that the Chief Commissioner at Murree, finding that the heirs of Ahmud Khan, the late agent of the Nazir Khairoollah, have not appeared to defend their cause against the Nazir's claims, has assured the Nazir of the favourable decision of his case.

And have since done so, if our Bokhara commissioner may be relied on.-Ed. D. G.

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The Ameer has summoned to Cabul all the chiefs of the Khyburees, the Sheoranees (?), Ghilzaees, and the Kohistanees, in order to warn them that he is about to enter into amicable relations with the English, and to invite their concurrence.

"Sooltan Mahomed Khan, the ex-chief of Peshawur, whether with or without the knowledge of the Ameer, has sent Jafur Khan to follow the Persian agent with a few valuables, such as Cashmere shawls and chogas, as presents for the king of Persia. When the Ameer lately paid a visit to the sirdar, he (the sirdar) addressed his highness as follows: that he had associated with the British for nearly forty years, since the time when Moorcroft Saheb and others of the nation first passed through Affghanistan. He knows the British to be fully aware of the practice prevalent throughout Central Asia of securing the safety of a caravan, by paying Badurka' to one powerful chief, who guarantees its safe passage through the territories of plundering tribes. The British know all this, and are fully aware, that if the services of a powerful Barukzaiee chief like the Ameer were secured by an aunual payment, he would not only assure the tranquillity of the British frontier, but provide safe-conducts for British officers throughout Central Asia, and so help to extend British influence to the heart of Persian Khorasan and Mawur-ool Nahur. Indeed he would, if called on, join with his family any expedition undertaken by the British. Yet the British neglect to follow the usual custom, and this looks suspicious. He (the sirdar) consequently believes that they will never come to any terms, unless he and Sirdar Mahomed Osman Khan and some others resume the negotiations with_Persia and Russia. For it had not been wise to dismiss the Persian Elchee until friendly relations with the British Government had been finally established.

"The Dost heard all this with calm attention, and then calling upon God, assured the Sirdar and all the other chiefs that he would always provide for their safety, and the stability of their position, and that he has already taken steps to throw himself into the arms of Persia and Russia, provided the English treat his overtures with neglect or do not give him satisfactory terms. Whereupon the members of the ruling family performed a Fataha' and departed to their respective homes.

"Mahomed Shah Ghilzaiee, who made himself notorious during the English disasters at Cabul, and who since their departure has refused to acknowledge the authority of the Ameer, has addressed a petition to the Shah of Persia, praying that his Majesty will give every aid to Kohundil Khan and the other Candahar chiefs, but withdraw all confidence from the Ameer of Cabul, who is allying himself with the infidels at Peshawur, and will some day or other attack Mushid under the instigation of the English, and so secure them the possession of Herat, which is the real gate of Persia. This letter was intercepted by the Ameer's people between Ghiznee and Kalat, and the bearer was hanged.'

The news from Bombay altogether is of a painful character. The Commander-in-Chief, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, has yielded to the great destroyer, death. He appears to be universally and deservedly lamented. It was generally understood that he was destined to fill the office of Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in India, but Providence has willed otherwise. The Governor, Lord Elphinstone, was suffering under severe indisposition, produced it is stated by climatic causes. To complete the catalogue of misfortune, Bombay has been ravaged by a tremendous storm, the calamitous effects of which, in regard to the loss, both of life and property, are of the most fearful extent. The Courier closes a description of the melancholy event by saying "we do not think the whole history of storms could furnish a parallel to the cyclome of the 2nd November."

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

H. M.'s TROOPS. Lieut.-Gen. Lord F. FitzClarence, G.C.H., Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay army, at Poorundhur, Oct. 30; Lieut. H. J. Hinde, 24th regt., at Lahore, Oct. 24.

BENGAL.-Lieut. Magnay, 22nd N.I., at Ferozepore, Oct. 17; Capt. J. Rattray, 2nd N.I., at Dorundah, Oct. 24; Major W. H. Nicholetts, 28th N.I., at Seetapore, Oude, Oct. 19.

MADRAS.-Col. P. Whannell, 32nd N.I., at Egmore, Oct. 28; Lieut. S. B. Goodrich, at Guntoor, Oct. 30. BOMBAY. Ens. L. B. Richardson, 28th N.I., at Bombay, aged 19, Oct. 19.

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LIEUT. BLAIR, MADRAS ARTILLERY.-As a temporary measure, Lieut. Blair, of the Madras Artillery, has been employed at Prome on a staff salary of Rs. 150 per month, in removing an ornamental building, the Poongee House, for Barrackpore Park, intended for immediate conveyance to this Presidency.-Englishman, Oct. 16.

RIVER POLICE.-The Commissioner of the Tenasserim and Martaban Provinces lately asked the sanction of the Governor General for the formation of two establishments of River Police, one for Sittang, and another for the rivers between the Salween and Beeling. The Governor General in Council perceived that, owing to the large saving made in the river establishment of Province Amherst, which was maintained in great part for the protection of Moulmein, and which the annexation of Martaban has enabled the commissioner generally to reduce the aggregate cost of the Salween River Police prospectively, and of the two new River Police establishments which the commissioner recommended for the annexed provinces under his jurisdiction, will exceed by mor, than Rs. 280 a month the cost of the establishment therefore mentioned on the Salween alone. This, in his lordship's opinions was a very satisfactory result, and he accordingly sanctioned the new establishment proposed by the commissioner when the actual constitution of the force was commenced, on the condition mentioned in the commissioner's letter. The formation of a police post half way between Sittang and Shoay Gyeen, and of another thirty or forty miles above Shoay Gyeen appeared to the Governor General judicious measures, and had his approval.-Englishman, Oct. 18.

BENGAL.

AFFGHANISTAN. THE DESTINY OF THE EMPIRE, Perhaps the most remarkable circumstance in the moral history of the empire, has been the reaction against Russophobia. For nearly four years, the Indian public lived in a state of perpetual alarm. Every movement beyond the frontier, and every halfcaught rumour from central Asia, was interpreted as an indication of the policy of St. Petersburgh. Men grew familiar with Balkh, and studied Bokhara; bought up Moorcroft's travels, and talked of Khirgiz, steppes, and the Jaxartes. The natives shared in the anxiety of the governing class; the Mussulmans looked for a deliverer, who should pour a new army of fanatics through the passes; and Hindoos buried their jewels within sight of Comorin. Then came a violent reaction. It was known that Russian plans had been suspended, and presumed that they had also been abandoned. An unreasoning confidence took the place of an unreasonable fear. Because Russia could never hope to force the passes, she would never try to march from the borders of the Caspian. Because Petrovich had been beaten by the snow, Central Asia was impassable. Because folly, licentiousness, and indecision had cost us a great treasure, and still more valuable lives, the politics of Central Asia were to be totally ignored. Other circumstances aided the reaction. The very name of Affghanistan was hateful to English ears. Wars within the frontier, the conquest of Scinde, and the great danger on the Sutlej, distracted popular attention, and Affghanistan slipped as it were out of the sight of India. The new generation knew and cared nothing about the barbarous politics of the savage races beyond the Suleiman; and when the other day a Russian advance was announced, and its progress delineated week by week in a north-west journal, the statements were received as ridiculous inventions.

The tide has turned at last, and our "credulity" will soon be denominated foresight. We are enabled to confirm absolutely the chief statements of the Cabul correspondent of the Delhi Gazette, and by implication to authenticate the remainder. About a month since, an envoy from Kokan, named Shahzada Sultan Mahomed, Suddozye came into Peshawur on a mission to the chief commissioner. He had been six months on the road, and was full of the Russian approach towards his own province. He was followed by a more important embassy. Dost Mahommed is really frightened, his cause of alarm is really a Russian advance, and he has really despatched an embassy to the British Government. About the 12th October, Meerza Kassim Khan, mohurburdar, or keeper of the great seal to Dost Mahommed, arrived in Peshawur as envoy from the Ameer. Major Edwardes was in the hazara, and thither the envoy proceeded with his credentials. Of course his master's views as yet remain a secret; but it is thoroughly understood that the Ameer is anxious for assistance.

We have not the slightest intention of attempting to revive the forgotten panic which we call Russophobia. We know that Kokan is 700 miles from the Khyber, that the path is through an uncultivated desert, that Baber in the same locality twice lost

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an army in the snow, and that if 20,000 Russian Calmucks did force the passes they would be annihilated in the valley of Peshawur. With every officer of sense in India we regard with dread even the appearance of inteference in the politics of Central Asia. It has brought to the empire nothing but disaster, and to our prestige nothing but disgrace. But we cannot conceal from ousrelves that the disinclination to meddle with Burmah was at least as great, and that an English officer is commissioner of Pegu. There are contingencies which may force us to accept an alternative as dangerous as undesired. So long as the states of Central Asia remain native states, their affairs are as unimportant to the empire as the quarrels of Feejeans. It is nothing to us whether who savage occupies Bohkara or the semi-barbarians who quarrel in Candahar, are victorious or defeated. If they remain at peace we know that the caravans will travel undisturbed, and the revenue will profit. If they remain at war, we know that every stroke falls on some one of whom the world is willing to be rid. But the question becomes more serious if we are to believe that these states may be united, that a second empire may be formed beyond the Suleiman range, and that the courage of monntaineers is to be organized by the science of the West. That contingency with all deference to those who hold an opposite opinion-we do not deem to be absurd. It is believed that the Russians are masters of Kokan. It is certain that the petty states of that region are alarmed to a degree which overcomes their dread of British annexation. It is allowed that Russian officers are not in Kokan to botanize, or even to add a few more thousand miles of steppe to an empire whose boundaries have never yet been traced. Their object may not be India, and even if it is, it may be unattainable. But they have an object, and we protest against the belief that courage means stupidity, and that we are not to watch events however important, or receive assertions however well authenticated.-Friend of India.

THE STABBING CASE AT BERHAMPORE. Some excitement has recently been created in Calcutta by a re port that a civilian has murdered a native at Berhampore. We should not have alluded to it, but for the disposition which exists in England to magnify every half comprehended case of "brutality to natives." That disposition is not decreased by the tendency of a class in this country to consider every offence of a civilian as illustrative of the service. The steps of the argument are as well known as they are irrational. A civilian is reported to have killed a native, therefore he has killed him, therefore he killed him out of wantonness, therefore the civil service is in the habit of killing natives for amusement. We beg to be understood that we are in earnest. A correspondent of the Citizen has really drawn all these deductions, with a force which shows that if he does not believe them himself, he intends to create that belief in others.

The facts of the present case are briefly these :-Mr. J. D. Ouseley, one of a family who for generations have been remarkable in India for eccentricity and ability, is assistant to the magistrate of Moorshedabad. As such he was of course required to pass the examination prescribed by the recent rules, and whether from illness or some other cause, the duty appears to have caused him unusual anxiety. On the last day he became violently excited, and even expressed a fear, evidently genuine, for his own reason. The examination, however, was finished, and Mr. Ouseley started for a factory belonging to a relative in the employ of Messrs. Lyall & Co. The journey lasted the whole day, and it seems that Mr. Ouseley, half-mad with the previous excitement, the fatigue, the heat, and the journey, drank much too freely. A feverish, restless night increased the delirium, and in the morning he would speak to no one. His cousin who was with him, left him for a few moments, and it would appear that he took up an Affgban dagger, went into the garden, and stuck it into the back of a coolie working there, then took off his hat, and walked about in the burning sun. When interrogated by his cousin he at once admitted the deed, but declared that he could assign neither motive or palliation. There was no dispute with the unfortunate native, no complaint, and apparently no word spoken on either side. The presumption, strengthened by his own subsequent statements, is that the sight of the dagger suggested to Mr. Ouseley, the idea of suicide, and the sight of the coolie, the fancy that he would be opposed. Since the act, the health of the accused has not improved, and there can be little doubt that the reason of the unhappy young man has been materially impaired. We have therefore considered it better to state the facts at once, than to suffer the circulation of reports injurious to society generally, and painful to all his relatives.

The wounded man, by the last advices, was doing well.-Friend of India.

PROGRESS OF NEGOTIATION WITH BURMAH. The embassy deputed by the Court of Ava to the Government of India arrived in Rangoon on the 5th instant. It comprises besides the envoy, five official personages, an under secretary of state, Mr. Macertish, an Armenian, holding the office of kala woon or governor of foreigners, the superintendent of marine, and two individuals of inferior rank. The ambassador selected is the old dalla woon, the only official in Pegu, who displayed at once courage and honesty in his dealings with Commodore Lambert. He is not a man of any attainments, but remarkable at once for caution, and for his thorough comprehension of British power. He now holds an office which we should call steward of the household, and the selection may serve to indicate that the king is really desirous of amicable arrangements. Even this man, however, probably the only officer in the kingdom fitted for such an embassy, displayed at the outset the innate insolence of a true Burmese. He expected the commissioner to meet him, and kept the British officers waiting for two hours. Fortunately, Captain Phayre was not present, and the embassy has not yet been officially acknowledged. It appears, that shortly before the arrival of the envoy, a letter had been received from Ava, containing expressions as distasteful as injurious to the Government. Forms, said Lord Dalhousie, on a former occasion, are things with the Burmese, and in accordance with a wise, though haughty policy, the missive was returned. It must be corrected before the envoy can be received, and even then he may not be permitted to proceed to Calcutta. The Government does not desire his presence except as the bearer of a treaty, and it remains to be seen whether he is empowered to make any concessions whatsoever. The point must be settled in a few days, but until it is decided, the Burmese embassy must remain a political possibility.

Meanwhile, a report is current of a project which may materially influence the views of the Government of India. The King of Ava, with all his pride of pedigree, is not indifferent to pice. He desires Mengdoon as the district from which his title is derived, but he requires Bassein to augment his financial resources. That territory is not only the richest rice-field on the globe, it possesses a port which might compensate for the loss of Rangoon, and the loss of Rangoon has been severely felt. Ava, shut out from the sea by the territories of the Company, has become dependent for its trade upon the will of the Governor-general. Not a pound of powder or a yard of calico can be sold or bought in Umeerapoora without his consent and assistance. There is no port, and therefore no foreigners, and the king loses at once the pleasure of torturing Europeans, and the profits which his predecessors extorted in the process. He wishes for Bassein, for the deep river, and the fertile district in addition to Mengdoon. His majesty, however, contemplates the possibility of a refusal, and has authorized the Dalla Woon in that case to proceed to England, and plead his cause directly with the British Government. We need scarcely say that so astute a project never emanated from the brain of a Burmese prince or his Burmese advisers. It has been recommended by the Austrian Jesuit, M. Abona, whose diplomatic sophistry once before almost baffled the commissioners. We will not absolutely vouch for this report, but it rests on intelligence (as accurate as any the Government is likely to obtain, and may be elucidated by the subsequent proceedings of the Dalla Woon. We cannot consider it expedient that so able a manoeuvre should be permitted to succeed. It is true that ten days' residence in England will open the eyes of the envoy, will convince him of the folly of resistance, and will render him, like Jung Bahadoor, "a firm and obedient subject of her Majesty." He may, however, fail to impress those convictions on his master, and English statesmen know little of the importance of Bassein. A few thousand square miles of paddy field will appear as nothing, to men whose heads will be filled with plans for the re-distribution of the balance of power in Europe. They are scarcely aware, either, of the necessity of leaving the Governor-General the final referee, and in the name of a specious moderation may excite the hopes of every prince in treaty with the Government of India. Even the possibility of such a disaster ought to be averted.Friend of India.

THE LONDON MAIL of September 25th arrived at Ceylon October 26th, Madras October 28th, and Calcutta November 2nd (per Oriental). The Hindostan, with the subsequent mail of October 9th, arrived at Point de Galle November 6th, and had reached Madras from thence.

CHANGES IN THE SECRETARIAT.-The following changes are in contemplation in the secretariat :-Mr. W. Gordon Young, at present under secretary to the Government of Bengal, will go to the Home Office as under-secretary. Mr. Cooper, now undersecretary at the Home Office, to the Foreign Office. Mr. Young's post, at the Bengal Office, will be filled by Mr. Pratt, who will be succeeded in his present position by Mr. Russell.

Lieut. P. Rubie, of the 40th N. I., has been tried by a court martial, on a charge of drunkenness on duty. The court martial acquitted him. The Commander-in-Chief returned the proceedings, but the Court adhered to their finding. Sir W. Gomm confirms without approving, and hopes the severe warning received by the accused may prove of future advantage.

MR. H. F. JAMES, Additional Circuit and Sessions Judge, will it is believed, take his annuity this year.

UMBALLA CAMP OF EXERCISE.-The Englishman states, that the Umballa camp of exercise will comprise the following regiments:Cavalry Brigade.

Her Majesty's 9th Lancers.
4th regt. B. Light Cavalry (Lancers).
4th regt. Irregular Cavalry.

THE 3RD EUROPEAN Regiment, at DINAPOOR.-The first detachment of the 3rd Europeans has just arrived, and the volunteering of H. M.'s 96th will commence immediately. It is the general impression in the latter regiment, that but few men, comparatively speaking, will volunteer, the calculation being that not more than a hundred and fifty will remain behind; so that the corps will go home very strong, both in men and officers, there being up to the present moment only one exchange amongst the latter. The paucity of volunteers from the ranks is accounted for in two ways: first, the abolition of the old system of volunteering, by which the men got the cash in hand; and secondly, the war in Europe, in which, I believe, the men still expect to take a part. Curious how deeply the fighting principle is implanted in the British soldiers; in my opinion, however, the former is the weightier reason by far, as a soldier always weighs the difference between money ready in hand and money in distant prospective. The 3rd Europeans were longer coming up than was expected, as the current is very strong in the river. The men appear to be very well-conducted, steady, and in good order and discipline.-Calcutta Morning Chronicle.

PROGRESS OF

THE LORD BISHOP.-The pinnaces which were engaged for the conveyance of the Lord Bishop to the Upper Provinces, met with an accident on the way up, which has rendered it unsafe for his lordship to prosecute his journey in them. On the 11th inst., a little below Bhagulpore, the steamer which was rowing them took the ground, when the pinnace which was allotted to the Rev. Mr. Bloomfield came in contact with the steamer, and injured her bows so as to spring a leak. Temporary expedients were resorted to to stop the leak, and on the vessels coming to for the day, the injured pinnace was closely examined, with a view to the damage being properly repaired; but this was found impracticable, and it was finally resolved to discharge the boat. As the other pinnace in which the bishop was accommodated was now brought in immediate contiguity with the steamer, and was not the strongest of boats, nor likely to stand the effects of a collision in case the Berhampooter grounded again, the wisest and surest course was followed of sending away all the hired boats, and the whole party embarked on the steamer. This was effected on the 12th, and the visitation journey upwards was resumed with more safety and speed.-Hurkaru, Oct. 21.

MR. A. J. M. MILLS, one of the members of Bengal of the legislative council of India, will retire from the service during the ensuing cold weather. Mr. Mills is one of the ablest members of the civil service, which he entered in the early part of 1826, twenty-nine years ago. During that period he has held some of the best appointments under government, and more especially so since his return from furlough in 1850, he having always had a lucrative substantive appointment as well as an officiating one, as one of the judges of the sudder, the allowances of which he, of course, drew. Notwithstanding that he now fills one of the highest posts that a civilian could attain, yet is it not surprising that, having served more than twenty-five years in India, he should be desirous of passing the remainder of his days in his own country? Who Mr. Mill's successor in Council will be we have not yet heard, nor do we believe is it yet known.-Hurkaru.

CIVIL RETIREMENTS.-The Hurkaru mentions that Messrs. C. D. Russell, Bury, Bentall, Quintin, and Travers, all of the Bengal civil service, have sent in applications for pension.

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.-We understand it is now fixed that the Governor-General will go to the Neilgherries about the end of February or the beginning of March next. Mr. Edmonstone will accompany him officially.-Hurkaru.

RETIREMENTS.-Two more officers have obtained leave of absence preparatory to applying for permission to retire from the service :-Major S. R. Bagshawe, of the 7th N.I., to the 15th of January, and Brevet-Major G. W. G. Bristow to the 28th of February, 1855. In the 7th N.I. Brevet-Major McGeorge will obtain his regimental majority, after a service of nearly thirty-one years, and will vacate his appointment of deputy judge advocategeneral, consequent on his promotion. Lieutenant G. Swiney will get his company in about twelve, and Ensign R. Travers his lieutenancy in about three years' service. In the 71st N.I. Lieutenant J. Ross, a cadet of the 9th of March, 1842, and Ensign S. W. Fraser, a cadet of the 16th of February, 1850, will be advanced to the next superior ranks.-Hurkaru.

DR. HATHAWAY.-We regret much to learn that severe indisposition, the result of his most assiduous attention to the duties of his onerous office, compels our inspector of jails, Dr. Hathaway, to apply for furlough on medical certificate. He is the oldest European inhabitant of Lahore, having been appointed civil surgeon soon after the nomination of Sir Henry Lawrence to the residency. The constant and most intelligent attention paid by him to that part of his duty which related to the district prisoners, attracted the well-deserved notice of the authorities, and secured for him the appointment he now holds; and we do not write under correction, when we assert that few men in this country have exerted themselves more zealously and perseveringly for the good of the state than has Dr. Hathaway in his particular vocation.-Lahore Chronicle.

SALT. THE DESERVING REWARDED.-"That the GovernorGeneral, at the recommendation of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, has sanctioned the grant to Mr. Bond, the assistant salt agent of Balasore, of a gratuity of Rs. 2,500 under circumstances which are highly creditable to that officer. It appears that the Government has gained, in the course of fourteen years, no less a sum than Rs. 13,78,450 from Mr. Bond's excellent and indefatigable superintendence of the export of salt, and of the many details connected with the agency of which he is an assistant. Under the contract system, the wastage on salt was three per cent. ; under Mr. Bond's superintendence, it is only one per cent. The loss under the former system was Rs. 13,33 on an export of thirteen and a half lacs; now it is only Rs. 4,900 on an export of forty-two lacs. Moreover, the contractors received for every 100 maunds Rs. 20 and 2 annas; whereas Mr. Bond, during his superintendence, has exported the same quantity for 10 rupees. Upon these facts being brought to the notice of the Governor-General, his Lordship, as might be expected, most readily sanctioned the grant recommended by the Lieutenant-Governor in recognition of the services of so good and faithful an officer."

LIEUT. CUMMING.-Five captains of the Company's Service have been placed upon Lieut. Cumming's court-martial by orders of the Commander-in-Chief. This will have the effect of preventing an outcry that the court was packed; but the number is not sufficient to save the accused if there be a feeling against him, and his case has been prejudged by the Queen's officers on the court. For our own part, we have no apprehension that British officers will so far forget what is due to their character as to allow their prejudices to get the better of their judgments, and we think that Mr. Cumming would have acted more wisely had he waited until the court assembled, and then challenged the officers of the 32nd regiment, and any others who had expressed opinions prejudicial to his case. Another officer is evidently about to be brought to a court-martial in the Sirhind Division, and, judging from the composition of the court, he must be of a higher rank than Mr. Cumming, since of eleven Company's officers placed at the disposal of the general commanding, four are lieutenantcolonels, four more majors, and the remaining three captains.— Hurkaru, Oct. 22.

GOVERNMENT GENERAL ORDERS.

APPOINTMENTS TO IRREGULAR FORCES.

Fort William, Oct. 25, 1854.-It having been directed, in Government General Order dated 19th of April, 1853, that officers of artillery attached to the artillery branch of contingents and of irregular forces, shall vacate such appointments on attaining the rank of captain regimentally, the Most Noble the GovernorGeneral in Council is pleased further to direct that, on promotion to captain, officers of artillery shall vacate all military appointments in contingents or irregular forces.

This order is to have effect prospectively only, and is applicable to the three Presidencies.

(Signed) R. J. H. BIRCH, Colonel, Secy. to the Govt. of India, in the Mily. Dept.

FURLOUGHS AVAILABLE.

Nov. 1, 1854.-The following statement of the number of furloughs available in this season for the members of the civil service, is published for general information :

On the 1st November, 1853, there were vacant and available to make the complement of 51 furloughs

Lapses since 1st November, 1853.

By Return.-Messrs. F. J. Halliday, E. F. Lautour, T. K. Lloyd, J. E. S. Lillie, B. H. Cooper, R. N. Shore, E. T. Colvin, J. H. Young, J. G. Campbell

By Expiry.-Messrs. T. C. Trotter and H. Vansittart By Resignation.-Messrs. G. H. Smith and W. H. Tyler.

..

Deduct taken during the Year. Messrs. H. G. Astell, J. R. Hutchinson, St. G. Tucker, W. Seton Carr, A. Swinton, E. Sandys, R. Marriott, C. B. Saunders, B. Sapte, L. B. Bowring, J. Guthrie, C. Beadon, E. C. Bailey, E. Jenkins, W. M. Beaufort, L. S. Jackson, C. F. Montresor, A. Money, G. H. Smith, W. H. Tyler, and H. D. Sandeman

23

92

218

36

21

Fifteen furloughs are available on this date, of which nine have been assigned to the following gentlemen :

Messrs. R. Money, H. S. Ravenshaw, R. N. Cust, J. Power, F. Tucker, J. Wedderburn, R. H. Davies, C. P. Hobhouse, and G. E. Lance.

This leaves six available furloughs unappropriated, and the following will also fall in between this date and the 31st March next, on the dates mentioned, or sooner if the incumbents previously return:

Mr. A. Ross, 9th February, 1855.

Mr. E. Lushington, 10th November, 1854.
Mr. R. J. Scott, ditto ditto.

W. GREY, Secretary to the Government of Bengal.

ALEXANDER, R. H. to be an asst. to jt. mag. and dep. coll. of
Noacolly.

BAX, J. H. to be a mem. of local agency at Azimgurh.
BENTALL, E. to be civ. and sess. jud. East Burdwan, Oct. 21
BERFORD, G. M. B. to off. as account. N. W. Provinces, dur. abs.
of Grant, Oct. 20.

CAMPBELL, G. to be mem. of local agency at Azimgurh.

CURRIE, C. to be jt. mag. and dep. coll. of Allahabad, v. Sandeman, Oct. 20.

DAMPIER, H. L. to ch. of sub-div. of Mudhypoorah, dur. abs. of Doveton.

D'ROZARIO, E. transf. fr. 3rd div. to Dacca, Oct. 24.

DRUMMOND, Hon. R. A. J. to be mag. and coll. of Agra, Oct. 20. ELLIOT, A. J. to offic. as jt. mag. and dep. coll. of Baraset, dur. abs. of A. Hope.

GUBBINS, M. R. to be mag. and coll. of Shahjehanpore, Oct. 20. HARRISON, E. F. to offic. as 2nd asst. to acct. gen. Oct. 24. HENDERSON, W. H. to offic. as mag. of Dacca, dur. abs. of Mackillop, Oct. 21.

HOBHOUSE, C. P. to offic. as 1st asst. to acct. gen. &c. dur. abs, of Adams, Oct. 24.