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      n « , n « v to movide it with a branch line . The SS ^ nSr ^ SSg on , and the branch will start Kvaniembady , about 120 miles from Madras , Wto- 8 ? mile ' s in length , will be at a total Stance of 200 miles from Madras , and [ being aSSe in a few hours , w 11 become ior the Sesent the chief military station of Madras , and 5 le the native army to be largely reduced-a meTsure most desirable for the Government Still Bangalore is not altogether the , best climate for the European women and children , and the main line to the Shevaroys will be earlier opened- these hills , likewise within 20 G . miles K . - * * : _ i- ^ .. ^ ! , ««¦« / - » -r . iii- lntf » l v oncumea bv tne uiivc j ---

      of iviauras , . " «« «« * ^ English , and are being most rapidly cleared for coffee plantations , and they will soon be , with the railway communication , among tne most favourable coffee districts in the world , having access to shipping ports on the east and west coast The Shevaroys , althoug h of limited extent , are most suitable for English occupation , and will doubtless be occupied by cantonments , _ so as to station English regiments there , forming a station further south than Madras , and constituting , one of the most important central strongholds ' in Southern India . ... their

      The Neilgherries are , however , from lonser occupation by the English , and from their regular resort by the Gove rnor , Commander-m-Chief , and officials , the favourite district in the south ; and the attention of the- Director * is seriously given to the completion r-. f railway communication with them . In the beginning but little notice was taken of this district , and ¦ it was not considered a source of tr . iihe : but it i < - now evident it will be one of . the ' main feeders of the line , with the best description of traffic—English first-class passenger traffic—as will the Shevaroys and Bano-alorc , adding much to the revenue and value of ' the line . Such is thejnc . feasing attention paid to Enulisli settlement in India , that the that have

      directors observe in their report they sent out instructions to survey a short branch from the main line to the foot of the hills , it being considered , that the largely increased number ot English residents and convalescents , and the contemplated extension of the Government establishments in tliat salubrious table-laud , afford good prospects-of traffic . ¦ The works on the . main , line between Ciuriattum and ¦ lieypore are likewise proceeding . Thus it will be seen that the progress of English settlement in India is rapid and determined , and that the attention of the Government and the railway authorities is steadily directed to its advancement . When the line is completed from Bey pore inland , the foot of the Neilirhorrics will be reached in two or three

      hours by settlers arriving on the M-estern shore . As we hfive before announced , a communication is provided by the Madras Government by water between the ports of Bey pore and Cochin . Although this is done on the plea of economy , the railway branch must , nevertheless , be made in the cu < I . The north-west line to connect Madras and Bombay is chiefly under survey , but the works are in progress between the Arconum junction and Cuddapah , to which a comparatively early opening will take place . The state of the traffic is satisfactory to some extent , but vevy .. much kept buck by want of roads , which we ' re of course non-existent ; but through the influence-, of the railway company branch roads are now in progress to the railway stations .

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      NOTES ON INDIAN PROGRESS . The eneniios of India and I-Iii ^ lanl received a Bovero blow on Monday from Lord Stanley ' s statement f which shows that the Government of India is determined to give every facility lor Englishmen obtaining the tenure of land in feu siiriplu in lndiai ftnd ibr tlie promotion of public works ami improvements . It la reported that Lord William liny , the Commissioner for Simlali and the Hill States , is to be sent iis Resident to Nepaul . If so , it is to bo hoped some one will bo appointed in bin place who will maintain the cause of English advancement in the lulls , Cnpt . E . J , N , Burton has six months' leave to the hills north of JJeyrah . ¦

      I 4 out . Whitlook lms leave for a year to the Np . il ghorries and Bangalore . Assistant-surgeon Busteod ma four months' leave . The leave of Lieut . O . Wliot lias boen extended . Major-Gonoral William ^

      is allowed to become a resident in the Neilghemes , and to draw his pay there or at Bangalore . . A branch railway is being surveyed to the Neilgherries , and another to Bangalore , each from the Madras railway . , . , *¦ - ; Mr . Ewart ' s Committee has a large body of witnesses ready for examination . : It may be taken as a proof of the growing attention to emigration to India that Mr . J . H . Stpequeler proposes to give a public lecture on the subject . We regret to hear a report that the Calcutta Volunteer Guards are to be disbanded . In keeping with this is the announcement that a fourth extra regiment of Native Infantry is to be raised in Madras . This nursery of mutineers is to be supervised by three English officers .

      The formation of the colony in the Andamans is proceeding , and the rebel sepoys will be made instruments of establishing a new possession . The deputation of flax-growers bad an interview with Lord Stanley on Tuesday , to urge that measures should be taken to promote the growth ' of flax in India , but their suggestions were , to some degree , forestalled by the announcement made in the House of Lord Stanley ' s policy . Thus he was enabled to refer to the concession of a freehold land tenure , settled

      and of the promotion of public works as points , and he agreed to take measures for the distribution of flax seed , and for giving powers to cultivators . It will be seen how different is the spirit now dispiayed at the India House from that which formerly animated it ; but we must caution the flax an ; l cotton deputations , tliat although -they have a stronghold in Lord Stanley , they must support him , for the land tenures will not otherwise be soon settled , and the guarantees of public -works will be stopped by ' the' active interests in the India House . and coffee cultivations

      At this moment the tea are much checked in the hills , from the undecided state -of the land regulations . The success of the Alpaca in Australia ought to rir . vw attention to its introduction into Sind . It is a strange comment qn the state of communications in Bengal that the inspector of schools is compelled to report that lie is delayed in bis proceedings from the want of roads ; for no one would 'dream- of taking a wheeled conveyance sixteen miles from Calcutta ; and river conveyance is impeded for the want of towing-paths , The new shares of the East India Steam Navigation Company have , we a re . glad to see , come out at a premium . They were first called & to § , and busK ness . was done at 4- ¦ . 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 of the canal projector , Colonel Arthur Cotton , but reputed to be a more practical man . Major Cotton is instructed to take measures with the Government for beginning , operations as soon as possible . We regret to learn that the photographic department of the Elpbinstone Coljoge , at Bombay , lias been broken up , and that photography has ceased to be studied' there by amateurs . In Calcutta , however , amateur photography is maintained . 105 'clepimnts have been introduced at Calcutta in one shipment from Burinah . This is the largest cargo ever imported .

      The King of Burmah has abandoned all his monopolies , except timber and earth > -oil , so that the trade with Burinah is expected to increase . The Calcutta HevieiiTis in the hands of the friends of progress , Mr . Townsend , the editor of the Friend of India , having becomo the editor of the Jievu' / p . The Friend of India is earnestly advocating the suppression of that nest of bigotry and intolerance , the Mudrusseh of Calcutta , which , although founded by Warren Hastings with good intentions , has , in lact . done much to retard the progress of the Mahomedans of Calcutta .

      The Asiatic Society has with great public-spirit memorialised the Government of Bengal on the establishment of an imperial museum . at Calcutta , on the acceptance of which they propose to endow it with their own collections . We trust this proposal will be adopted . It is reported that the native officials in tho Delhi government have altered the word " arms" in tho proclamation to handmills , " so as to make it penal for any one possessing or using tho latter ; with a

      special proviso , that no Hour , &c , is to be made cxoept by tho servants of tho State , or persons licensed by them . Tho Government of India has agreed , on tho principle of the Australian and Canadian Governments , to give a grant in aid of jGl 20 j \ -year for each clergyman ninjntained by private subscription , ' and the Bislion of Calcutta haa therefore urged exertions to profit by this arrangement . Dr . Truinph of tho Church Missionary Society has arrived to take charge of the Punjaub mission .

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      INDIA . . TiBMiGfcAPHic . 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 Begum . Those of the rebels who have not come in under the amnesty have either dispersed and gone to their homes , or have fled into the Terai . 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 ' s force , and defeated it with much slaughter , taking six elephants . Tantia was also attacked and defeated by the force under Col . Somerset at Chuppra , and again at Burrod , in the Kotah territory . Brigadier Showers , With a column from Agra , came 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 dispersed them , killing about 300 . Three chiefs fell on the field , and one , on an elephant , was overtaken and killed by Lieutenant Hadfield , of the Agra police cavalry . The rebel leaders are said to have been Tantia , the Rao , , and Feroze Shah . The Commissioner of Rohilcund reports that the rebels ,-who numbered from 20 , 000 to 30 , 000 , were defeated with slaughter , and driven across the Sartheas , their guns taken , and Nurput Sing , of Rooza , and Benee Sing , killed . . . Col . Hill ' s force had a severe action with the Rohillas and Arabs on the 15 th inst : at Chicoumba , thirty miles north-west of Hingolee . The British loss was Capt . Mackinnon killed , and three other officers wounded . . Sir H . Rose is at Jaulnah . The Bombay Presidency is quiet , with the exception of slight disturbances among the -Sheets on the northern border of Guzerat . THE OUDE VO 1 . 1 CE . This new force is thus described by a correspondent in India ,: — " The only body in Europe to -which the new force is at all assimilable is the Irish constabulary . The force consists of infantry , drilled , armed , and clad like soldiers , and of cavalry which are in all l-espects like the troopers of the Irregular Horse . The infantry are purely protective ; the cavalry are jwrtly j > roteetive 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 . Frere says that practically no such result is apparent . The old village choukedars 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 ho thinks fit . It appears to me that the removal by tho police of an official whoso existence is not acknowledged , though it be tolerated , is rather anomalous . The district and divisional officers are Europeans , the inferior officers being natives , promoted from the . cavalry for good conduct . The officers have full power to punish their men for military offences , and in mixed offences , whore the police and others are concorned , they may send their men to bo tried by the magistrate . " iwiMM >¦!¦ im iii n * wnwwh ( ninwrn-fnnTT" ^~^

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      Tun Siuri'iNG In-truest . , — Newcastle hold jts shipowners' meeting on Wednesday , in the Guildhull , which was presided over by the Mayor . The principal speech was made by Mr . Jackson who attended as the representative of the Mercantile Marino Association . Ho discussed the alleged unfair burdens to which tho shipping in tores t is liable , and urged the shipowners of the Tyno to unite with those of other ports in seeking to obtain from Government and the country something lil < " » practical acknowledgement of their just position , by the removal of those bunions . Resolutions were unanimously adopted , calling for a general repeal of the timber dutv , and tho abolition of tho light duos , passing tollri , and other unfair imposts and restrictionsi a petition to Parliament , based on theso demandsbeing also agreed to .

      , Ni : w KuBfliAN Stjsam Smr Companv . —Tho new Lubock-St-Petur-tilnirg Steam Navigation linu baa boen confirmed by tho Emperor . Tho capital of tho company amounts to 400 , 000 roubles , and tho shares are almost exclusively in tho hand of the Lunoclc housos , ClumensiTiindor . nijd Co ,, Schliisser and Co ., Alexander D . Rodde , Hoddo , Schroder , and Co ., and K . G . Wildt ' ang .

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      No . 465 , Fbbkwm 19 , 1859 . 1 THE XEADER . J 4 ^_

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1859, page 245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2282/page/21/