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      The Madras Railway. The Report Of The Ma...

      ^ iiSSiSS ^ - w ^ mm m K ^^ m ^ isii ^ ss ¦ W ^ s & stss ^ ¦ S ^ JMSsrs f ^ GS a ss ^ 't ^ Spwv 7 » -s : taS cn " of the most . importaut central strongholds" in Southern India .. ^ K . The Neilgherrio . are , however , _ from their longer oecnp ° . tiOT by the English , and fconi the r rem , \ , ir resort bv the Governor , Couimim . ler-inefef ' ruir t oBlriaK the favourite district m the ^ tSWSq ; - . ssi ^^ -s i ^ ^ eivx line with the best description of . traffic—English fcS-elnsspn ^ n ^ r traffic-as wil l the bbevaroys and Banoalorc , adding much to fnu revenue and value of " the line- Such is thejncrcasing aUention paid ( o Kimlish settlement m India that the directors observe in their report that they liave sent out instructions to survey a J » ;^^ from the main line to the foot of the hills , it-being considered that the largely increased number of English residents and convalescents , and the con-. templated extension of the Government MBstablftliments in that salubrious table-laud afford good prospects of traffic . The works on the main line between Coviattum and Beypore are likewise proccedin-. Thus it will be seon that the progross of Enirlis-h settlement in In < lia is rapid and detennined , and that the attention of the Govonnucnl and the railway authorities is steadily directed to its advancement . When the line is completed from Beypore inland , the foot of the Neil « 'h « rrk ' s will be reached in two or throe hours by settlers arriving on the western shore . As Ave have before announced , a communication is provided by the Madras Government by water between the ports of Beypore and _ Cochin . A lthouoh this ' is done on the plea ot economy , the railwny ° branch must , nevertheless , be made in the cud . -nr i i The north-west line to connect Madras arid Bombay is chiefly under survey , but the works are in progress butweun the Arconiim junctjon and Cuxldapuh , to which a comparatively early opening will take place . nit .. i _ j i' * ! . „ » nn |); n 5 ^ anli-irnflni'V to SOIT 1 C iulw » - j

      JL 11 U oLlite Ul l li \ i Mi ( » 'J ««»*¦¦• ' , »* - ^ - - extent , but very much kept buck by want ot roads , which we ' re of course non-existent ; but thromrli the inHuonoe . of the railway company branch roads are now in progress to the railway stations . '

      Isto. 465, Twruary 19, 1859.]

      ISTo . 465 , TWruary 19 , 1859 . ]

      THE LEADER . the

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      Is Allowed To Become A Resident In ».Eng...

      is allowed to become a resident in » . engnerries , . and to-draw- his pay there or at Bangalore , A branch railway is being surveyed to-tlie . Ne 1-gherries , and another to Bangalore , each from the ^ ffi ^ S ! S ? Com « hittee has a large body of wit- ' nC ^ ay a b ^^ ra prS of the growing attention S / n & iion to India that Mr . J H . Stpcquelcr nc ^^ ^ 5 ' ^ TS ^ tfi S £ tu T SS ^ thIMS * is ^^ Sement that a four \ h extra regiment of Native Infantry 1 S to be ra ? sed tn ' Madras . This nursery of mutineer * i . to be sunervised by three English officers . tL formation of the colony in the Andamans is proceeSand the rebel sepoys will be made instruments of establishing a new possession . The deputation of flax-growers had an ^ "tcrvM- w with Lord Stanley on Tuesday , to urge that ^ measures should be taken ' to promote the growth . flax £ India , but their suggestions » ere 'J . j ^ g ^ forestalled by the announcement made in the House ofTon ! Stanley ' s policy . Thus he was enaWed «» refer to the concession of a freehold land tenure , and of the promotion of public works as fettled nointV and he agreed to take measures for the dis-SibuUo * of flaxW- « " *** §^ r ^ The ' sp ' r " t tivitors It will be seen how different is the spirit nJw displayed at the India House from that which formerly animated it ; but we must caution the flax anTSton deputations , tl . at although they have a stronghold in Lord Stanley , they must-support . him . for life land tenures will not otherwise ^ f ^ V ^ I tlcd and the guarantees of public works will be stopped by the active interests in the India House . aHhis moment the tea and coffee cultivations are much checked in the hills , from the undecided state of tlie land regulations . . , The success of the Al . ya . ca in Australia ought to draw attention to its introduction into bind . _ It is a strange comment on the state of communications in Bengal tluit the inspector o schools ^ s compelled to report that he is delayed in his Proceedin gs from the want of roads ; tor no one would ¦ dreaS ' of taking a wheeled conveyance sixteen miles from Calcutta ; and river conveyance is impeded tor ' ^ e ^ Kes ^ WeW Mia Stoan , Navteation Company have , we are glad to see , come out at a prem / im . " -JThey were first called I to § , and busi . ness was done at a premium . The Madras Irrigation Company have announced the appointment of Major Hugh Calverlcy Cotton as their chief engineer in the Madras Presidency . Major Cotton is brother cf the canal projector Colonel Arthur Cotton , but reputed to-be a more practical man . Major Cotton is instructed to taLe measures with the Government for beginning operations as soon as possible . . We re"ret to learn that the photographic department of " the Elphinstone College , at Bombay , has been broken up , and that photography has ceased to be studied there by amateurs . In Calcutta , however , amateur photography is , " ntnl . ^\ ltta 105 elephants havu been introduced at Calcutta in one shipment from Bur . nah . This is the largest cargo ever imported . The King of Burmah has abandoned all hi * monopolies , except timber and earth-oil , so that the trade with Ijiirmah is expected to increase . The Calcutta HevieitT is in the hands of the Menus of progress , Mr . Townsend , the editor of tho In end of India , having becomo the editor of the Review . The Friend of ' India is earnestly advocating ¦ the nest ihwuhi i

      NOTES ON INDIAN PROGRESS . The enetnlos of India and Hugl . ui 1 received a sovero Mow on Monday from Lord Stanley a sUUtj " ment , which shows that the Government of India is determined to give every facility for Englishmen obtaining the tenure of land in fw simple m India , and lbr tlie promotion of public works and improvements . It is reported that Lord William liny , the Commissioner for Simln . h and the Hill Status , ia to bo sent us Resident to Nepaul . If so , it is to bo hopud some ouo will bo appointed in his place who will maintain tho cause of English aiivunuomont in tho mils . ' Cnpt . E . J . N , Burton has six months' leave to tho hills north of JJuyruh . ¦ . _ .. Llout . Whitlook has leave for n year to tho Noilghorrien and Bangalore . Assistant-surgeon IJuateoU has four months' leave . Tho leave of Llout . < J . Elliot has boen extended . Major-Gonoral Williams

      suppression of that or Digoiry anu . ^ , the Mudrusseh of Calcutta , which , although founded by Warren Hustings with good intentions , has , in iact . done much to retard tho progress ot tho Mahomedans of Calcutta . The Asiatic Society has with great public spirit memorialised the Government of Bengal on the osta' blia ' hmont of an imperial museum at Calcutta , on tho acceptance of which they propose to endow it with their own collections . Wo trust this proposal will be aulppted . It is reported that tho native officials in tho Delhi Government have altered the word " arms" in the proclamation to » handmills , " so as to make it penal for any one poasosaing or using the latter-, with a special proviso , that no Hour , & a , is to be made except hy tho servants of tho State , or persons licensed by them . Tho Government of India has agreed , on tho principle of tho Australian and Canadian Governments , togivo a grant in aid of jGl 20 j \ -year for each cl ergyman maintained by private subscription , and the Bishop of Calcutta has thorefore urged exertions to profit by this arrangement . Dr . Trumph of tho Church Missionary Society has arrived tp take charge of the Punjaub mission .

      India. Tielkgkaphjc Despatches Received ...

      INDIA . TiELKGkAPHjc despatches received on Wednesday bring highly satisfactory intelligence , but as usual , confused in some particulars . The rebellion in Oude is entirely suppressed . The Begum and some followers have gone by njght marches into Nepaul , partly forcing , partly bribing her way ; the sepoys of her party are said to be plundering the Nepaul villages ! A corps of observation remains on the frontier The Nana is supposed to be with the Be ^ um Those of the rebels who have not come in under the am nesty have either dispersed and gone to their homes , or have fled into the lerai . One body of them under Bala Sam is reported to have entered the Nepaul forests . The Nawab of Furruckabad has surrendered himself . ¦¦ _ From Central India we learn that Col . Benson , after marching 140 miles in five days , attacked Tantia Topee ' force , and defeated it with much safirJhM- ^ ^ sszsg . set at Chuppra , and again at Burrod , in the Ivotah territory . Brigadier Showers , with a columiv from S Lie up with the rebels under Tantia Topee at Bosha , on the 16 th of January liaving marched ninety-four miles in three days . They defeated and d spersed them , killing about 300 . Three chiefs fell on the field , and one , on an elephant , was overtaken and ktlled bv Lieutenant Hadfield , of the Agra police cavalry . The rebel leaders are . said to have been Tantia , the Kao , and Feroze Shah . The Commissioner of Koliilcund reports that tfie rebels , who numbered from 20 , 000 to 30 , 000 , were defeated with slaug hter , and driven »? /* **« S ££ ¦ theas , their guns taken , and Nurput Sing , of Kooza , and Benee Sing , killed . . w t i , Col Hill ' s force had a severe action with the Rohilias and Arabs on the 15 th inst . at ^ iicoumlm , thirty miles north-west of Hingolee . ^ The British S was Capt . Mackinnon killed , and three other officers wounded . Sir H . Rose is at Jauliiah . ., , The Bombay Tresidency is quiet witli the exception of slight disturbances among the Bheels on the northern border of Guzerat . . THE OL'DE POLICE . Tins new force is thus described by a correspondent in India : — ' < The only body m Europe to ^ s men he new force is at all assimilable is the Insh constabulary . The force consists of infantry , drilled , armedrand clad like soldiers , and of cay ^ ry which are in all respects like the troopers of the Irregular Horse . The infantry are purely protective ; _ tlie cavalry are partly protective and partly , detective In the large cities there is a separate local police under the city magistrate ; but in the rural districts the force only obeys its own officers , who are held responsible if they refuse , without good cause , obedience to the requisitions of the magistrates . This would seem to be objectionable , as opening up sources of discord between the civil power and the police ; but Mr . Frerc says that practical y no such re ult is apparent . The old village chouk « lars are not acknowledged by the police ; . they ) are tolerated as agents of the 'zemindar , who is held responsible for their conduct , and they can be removed by the police-officer if he thinks fit . It appears to me that the removal by the police of an official whoso existenceii not acftnovrlilffed , though it be tolerated , is rather anomalous . The district' and divisional ofHcers are Europeans , the inferior officers being natives , promoted from the . cavalry for good conduct The officers have full power to punish their men foi military oflfciieos , and in mixed offences , whore the police ami others arc concerned , they may send thoir men to bo tried by the magistrate . " b ^^^^^ m * * a ¦ haa naraJUlMWUW ^^^^ ' ™**^^^

      Tiir Siiipvino Intruest, -- Newcastle Ho...

      Tiir Siiipvino Intruest , -- Newcastle hold its shipowners' mooting on Wednesday , In the Q »»« - hal , which was presided over by the Mayor . Ihe pplncipal speech was made by Mr . Jackson who attended as the representative of the Moreiintile Marino Association . Ho discussed , tho «« ojod unfair burdens to which tho shipping interest is hul le , and urged tho shipowners of theT ^ no ourn to with those - of other ports In seeking to pbt . i f " " V ^ ° vornniont and tho country so . netlung il <«'«» I ) rac tical acknowledgement of their «¦« P " oiS Were tho removal of those burdens . KuboI i o ' ™ unanimously adopted , calling ft ) i ' go eia 10 peal SSS ? 3 . S ? £ S ? ca ^ - those dqm . inds , being ' » " ftS « 'eed to-Nfw KuafliAN Stisam Smr Co » n- 'A >\ .- ~ luo now T i \ bQok-St-J » otoroburtf Steam Navigation lino has Ss ^ rfswa ^ srgS ish' ^ rJ ^^ oSasuj ^ 'S Alexamlor D . UocMe , Uoddo , Schroder , and Co ., and K . G . Wlldfang .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1859, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19021859/page/21/