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      Eastern Bengal Company—Whereby, If Appro...

      " . ¦^ acailway incline up the Ivoonoor valley , leaving .-. ¦ ••¦ i Bte ' Jiadras line either at the Soomanoor or at the ? r ^ jPoiaibatore station , and having its terminus either ^ 3 ( afib SaeTOOHiogang or at Metapblliem . . . Xieave for the STeil cherries has been given to " Wfor .. M . 'F . Farquhar , Madras Civil Service , and to ^ CJapttuu W . J . Cooke , 8 th Madras Native Infantry , ^ S ic Charles TreveJyan has a ]) i : > ointed a native . T « afficer aide-dc-cainp-- —a measure which has caused " " ¦ J ^ seat satisfaction . ' . " j Several revelations have lately taken place of r ^ he Government—or rather no Government—of . l ; Jbid £ a , which is going on , for want of an adequate l-saanniber of English magistrates , justices of peace , ispsad police . The Engineers' Journal states that a UBHahomedan zemindar lately threatened a

      Govern--ap * eat . ¦ en gineer , who was engaged on a new road , ^ pfaat if lie made it go through his property he / = » p » uM be attacked by lattials , or clubmen . On the . s-aaeiJgiaeer applying for protection to the Govern--.-ainejGrt magistrate of Beerbherm he was told that 3 fihe law could dp nothing for his protection , and - ^ that if he protected himself , and took the law into ¦^ bfe flwa hands he might be indicted for murder in ^ Sib Su preme Court . A native chupi-assee , having v ^ been appointed gatekeeper on a level crossing of the ~ 32 ast Indian Railway , a few miles from Allahabad ¦ a a ^ bafioii , and under the noses of the governors of the ¦ sjpeerik-west j > rovinces , this respectable individual , : *& 3 . tii "tie native propensity for extortion , bethoxight ¦ zmprnxeXFaf establishing a toll-bar on his own account . •^ daatfers traveliin < r on the Grand Trunk Koad of India

      ¦ - - .- « itad to piay for permission to . pass the crossing , and -swere , of course , informed that the toll was levied -iby order of Government . It may be thought by ^ siiijme readers that the natives would have got -gsKEsnress from our native officers , but they were -SEHcli inpre likely to . share the spoil and harass ^ a flie compiainan , t . Tlie discovery was . at length ^ ainadfi hy an English gentleman of Allahabad , who isppened to drive Cut on the Cawnpore road , and iSbnnd he could not get along , as there was a nuni' . ^ ti est of carts detained , pending an altercation ij ^ fitw een the self-constituted toll collector and the •" e- « agjai ± ers . He caught the man in the act , seized

      3 SEkeanoney in his hand which he had just stolen , tas ^ nd reported him to the railway authorities , who ,. artsnt him before the magistrate . In another case wane of these native officials , having been employed i 5 n the disarming of Allahabad , is said to have - ^ ffijojged persons who really had no arms , with a -miew to obtain bribes . The dealers and peaceable > ai 3 asses are harassed , and numbers of shops shut ; - T » J 9 uIe their owners are compelled to attend the o ^ ol ice stations on the plea of possessing arms , while ^ isflue disaffected and really turbulent escape . J * 3 fcn . the extension of clubs at- Calcutta , the Ijfcarienians are about to provide themselves with a . « lub , aiid the projectors have already paid the aen . tran . ee fee of 267 . each .

      J & . new weekly paper is advertised at Madras , to ISSie called the Indi an Statesman , and to be conducted 3 £ by the former editor of the Athenceum .

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      Xatest Indian Intelligence..I93t Th« Arr...

      XATEST INDIAN INTELLIGENCE . . I 93 t th « arrival of the Calcutta mail we have received -ttgpopers from Calcutta to the 8 th of April . The . ^ political intelligence by this arrival is entirely > / aaevoid of interest . The Calcutta papers say that -jBnance had been the leading consideration in ¦ ^^ ujEniuia . . ' . "The trial of the Nawab of Furrackabad , one of the y & Frsmux & QTcmB crew who , during their bad pre-eminence , -jajeyellod in the tortures they inflicted on pur helpless . rappuntrymen' and women , has ended in his condemna-- << 4 ion to death , but the executipn of this sentence lias , -Sfeeen deferred for reference to the Central Govern-- ¦ jment . Some anxiety is felt aa to the conflrmation-of Ufre sentence . """ . Rebellion , " says the Times correspondent , "is ' . - * aow tho difficulty Government has to face , but v' jaceorganisation . Money sufficient to pay the interest awn t )] ie loans , though not to equalise present expen ^ ' tSHtur'G and income , -will speedily be obtained . The -flfcarlfF , if tUo House pf Commons dpes not upset it , « rmiill yield an extra million . A succession duty is . ^ saoieariy ready , to be extended to all personal property . ranndall real property not protected by the perpetual Twettloment . A tax on tobacco is also to be imposed , ' . mud , tlie twp together should produce a second million . ! 3 Efcic succession duty , unless exorbitant , will not be < vmngpo ]) ular . JA , third impost , in the shape of a * xmjtoMij $ & licence fee , will , I believe , be imposed . "TSBKis ' r jtujc , levied-by the Mussulmans , in in accord . tifwftth tho native-idetls , and would be inappreciable in tfB ^ aniairti ¦ of all the expense on feasts , torches ; _ i _ "x * w « it « heB ) tinsel , and gUt cloths , usually equal to two ^ SSSausS'wwiB ^ income . Tho money being provided for tho

      loans by which we are to tide over the years of difficulty , there will remain the reduction of expenditure to income . The orders for this end must come fro m E ng land , for-the mass of private interests and inveterate prejudices render large reductions here impossible . " ? i From Madras we . learn that Sir Charles Trevelyan has partially suspended some appointments made by his pred e cessor , JLord Harris , on the ground of the uhfitness of those selected to fill them ; it is his intention to adhere to the competitive examination system for entrance into the public service ; and he has taken steps to reduce the voluminous correspondence with which the Government is deluged .

      The Bombay mail of April 26 th has arrived , and brings particulars of the execution of Tantia Topee , whose capture only preceded his trial and death by a few days . On the loth ult ., he was brought to court-martial . The charges upon which he was arraigned were confined to rebellion and opposing the British Government by force x > f arms . The court did not long deliberate ; and it soon became known that he was to perish on the scaffold . On the evening of the 18 ult . he was conveyed to the place of execution , guarded by a company of the 3 rd After del of

      at Esangurgh ; and on both occasions thev w « - over native troops , who instead of opposing him ranged themselves under his banners . Sefctin aside his skirmishes , he encountered in siiccesX ? engagements more than a dozen of our best British general officers and brigadiers . His first Vanquish was Greathead , and he was succeeded bv Itn « . Nap ier , Michel , Roberts , Smith , Pairke , De Sift ? Showers , Benson , Somerset , Homer , and Bich . £ ** worsted the Pindaree leader wherever thev ericountered him . His success lay in the qeleritv of his marches , his knowledge of the country , and the freebooting manner he adopted to obtain supplies He carried along with him neither baggage nor commissariat , compelling the countries throueh which he passed to provide him with everythin ° - that his army required . °

      Bengal Infantry ( Europeans ) . a ay about twenty minutes , the charges , finding , and sentence were read in English ; a native translation having been previously read to the prisoner . When requested to mount the platform , he did so without assistance , evincing [ neither hesitation , nor apprehension . He died without a struggle , and had it not been for his cruelties and his crimes , his stoicism mig ht have been admired . Tantia is described as a stout , well-made man of about fifty , five feet six in heig ht , with a large head , eyes sunken beneath projecting cheek bones , and high arched brows . ; The total number of

      Oude continues tranquil . arms up to April 2 exceeds a million . There have already been surrendered 473 cannons , 128 , 844 other fire-arms ,. , 839 swords , and 567 , 724 ^ arms of other kinds . The accounts from Nepaul describe the condition of the rebels under Bala Raaand the Fana . as . being most deplorable . > Their followers , as well as those of the Begum ( who is not with them ) are starving , and all supplies are cut off from them . Bengal continues to enjoy the most perfect train ? quility . The celebrated mandarin , Yeh , died in Calcutta , on the . evening of the 9 th instant . He had been ailing , and became subject to a sudden collapse , from which he rallied for a timej but subsequently succumbed . ; TANTIA TOPEE ' S CAREER .

      We take the following from ; . the letter of the Daily News correspondent : Tantia Topee -was a Brahmin of the Dekkan , having been born in the zillab of Ahmednuggur . He attached himself at an early age to the court of the late Peishwa , Baiee Rao , and was from his boyhood the constant companion of Dhuardoo Punt , of Bidhoor , commonly called the Nana Sahib . He was well skilled in military tactics , and had made the old predatory system of Mahratta warfare his study . From the hour of his capture tp that of his death he betrayed no symptoms of either trepidation or despondency . Revolting as were his crimes , he attempted neither palliation nor extenuation .

      He gave no mercy ; and he sued for none ; he yielded up his life without a murmur or a struggle , betraying as little symptoms of nature or humanity on the scaffold at Sepree , as he had done by the well at Cawnpore . He denied having taken any part in the massacre j but it is well known that he commanded on the occasion one of the divisions of the Nana Sahib ' s army . His exploits were more numerous and dashing than those of any of the other rebel leaders . He led tho Gvvalior Contingent in person when Wyndham ' s camp was burnt in November , 1857 . Sustaining , however , a severe repulse at the hands of Sir Colin Campbell , and losing sixteen of his guns , he crossed the Jumna , and fell back upon Oalpee . But here ho did not remain long , intelligence of the victorious entry of Sir Hugh Rose'into Central India , the relief of SaugoK the fall of Garrakotd , and the perilous

      position of the Ranee of Jhansie , induced him to evacuate Calpee , and march southward . On the 1 st April , 1858 , he first crossed swords with Sir H . Rose on the banks of tho Betwa , and his troops were drivon in disorder , by only a handful of the Central India Ifield Force , from under the very battlements of the beleaguered oity . He also commanded at Agra , and sustained a severe repulse at the hands of Brigadier-General Greathead . In the course of twelve months he fought twenty pitched battles , viz . : —The Betwa , Koonch , engagements before Calpee , Gwalior , Kotekq-Serai , Sanganeer , Budwarra , Kotarra , Inoor Gowlio , Slndwa , Kurrai , Rajpoor , Oodoypoor , Portattvburgh ,. X > hoosa , Burrache , georapoor , Roorhnna , and Serongo . In every one of those engagements he was defeated , with tho loss of guns Innumerable and hundreds of his followers . Durirtg tho whole period he had only two successes—one at Gwalior and one

      Facts And Scraps.

      FACTS AND SCRAPS .

      The Duke De Padoue Is Startling The Worl...

      The Duke de Padoue is startling the world with zeal . He has expressed his displeasure towards the editor of a very small Paris paper , for having said in one of its tiny columns that the Empress was about to put a girdle of crinoline round Paris by carrying it out to the fortifications . A correspondent of the Independdnce Beige states that extraordinary precautions have been taken in the French camp to prevent indiscreet publicity . All letters from the army are to be deposited unsealed in the military post-office .

      » ¦ The Queen ' s State Ban , which was to Save taken place on Tuesday , the 7 th June , has been postponed until the 8 th . General Sir W . F . Williams , K . C-B ., who is about to retire from the command of Woolwich garrison , was present on Friday at a grand entertain - ment in the Royal Artillery mess-room , which was concluded by a ball . , The Duke of Chartres is at Casale in General Cialdini ' s division . On the evening of . the 9 th the young prince made a reconnaissance , and sent in his report . The Due d'Aumale has sent his nephew two English ; horses .

      Sir Andrew Smith , late Director of the Army Medical Department , nofc forgetful of the days passed by him when a student in the University of Edinburgh , has just presented to its Natural History Museum his magnificent collection of reptilia . It embraces nearly 2 , 000 specimens . The Gaite has made a hit with a new piece entitled " Manages Parisiens , " one pf those ~ dramas composed of a vicious husband , a suffering wife , and a dashing courtesan . In this new example of the school , the two ladies are brought into each other ' s presence in every one of the seven acts of which the play consists . The secretary of the Neapolitan exile fund , in Liverpool , laid before the committee on Saturday , the total amount of subscriptions , 3501 . 13 . 6 d .

      At Stalybridge , on Monday , Thomas Clark , journeyman to Robert Hine , chimney sweeper , was fined 51 ., or six weeks' imprisonment , for allowing a boy to ascend a chimney to sweep it . The General Conference of the States of the German Zollverein ia appointed to take place on the 1 st of June . The chief object of the meeting w to fix the tariffs for three years , from i 860 to lWJ inclusive . It is expected that the conference will be held at Harzburg . The celebrated Count Ctcsar Balbo has leftfive sons , all of whom are enrolled beneath the Pieamontese banners . One of them , says the - *«» «*« . »!;;„;»„ * i « n « ,, n * . rio « inifir Balbo . was unhappily in with the

      , ^ verelyNVpundedT the flrat skirmish Austrians . . , .. , « Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy died on the 14 th of April , at the ago of 76 . He was created a baronot by the British Government a ^ w years baok . Wj donations to public objects during lus yj mercantile career amounted to ft " " *^ ^ ° J '„' and he . has bequeathed a large fortune to we " According to private advices from EfflT * . jg attempt has - been made to aBsaasinato the Pacha , ana his Highness had been living on board hw yaout , Fald Geliaad , in consequence . , The seamen and ehipwrights ofIg ^ Jj ^ S demanding an advance of wages . They will op in their demands , tho call for both classes for ^ Royal Navy and dockyards having taken away surplus labour . . « Tho Count do Oavow is collecting evidencem * tUq depredations of thq Austrians in ^ V ^ ledmont , w" « purposes , it is said , to' make them Jo objoot j circular which shall protest in the face of mm against aots which transgress the ordinary limits tho rights of war .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), May 21, 1859, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21051859/page/10/