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INDIA AND THE EAST.
Colomiio, 13th March.
Rnar-Adnural M'Donald succeeds Cum-
m ug on the Indian station. The Glas
gow, in command of the latter, goes home,
while the Undaunted is the new flagship.
Admiral Shadwcll, iu the Iron Duke, bus
passed through Trincomalcc en route home,
while Ryder 1ms gone 111 the Audacious
to succeed in command on the China
station.
The triii of the Guicowar of Baroda
absorbs public attention. Sir Richard
Couch, chief justice of Bengal, is presi
dent of the commission, with Sir 11. Gude,
chief Commissioner of Mysore ; Mr. Mel-
v»Uc» judge of Bombay ; the Maharajah
Scindiah of Gwalior, and Sir Dinkur Rao
as members, The Mahomedan population
of Baroda has expressed sympathy wmi
the Guicowar. Sergeant Bnllantync's
mode of. conducting the defence hns
pleasingly surprised tlic onlookers so far,
although his cross-cxamiuing has been
very severe. Ilis son is his junior
counsel.
The Burmah Chinese expedition left on
25th January for the Chinese frontier, under
Colonel Brown, but was attacked by the
nephew of the Chinese Governor of
Momeiin, nnd forced to return to Burmah.
Mr. Murgarcy, who hud crossed from
Shanghai to Burmah, and who preceded the
expedition, ori going hack was murdered,
| and Ifcrr Elins, the well-known traveller,
! who went another way, has also, it is feared,
been murdered. '
A survey party on the Nagi-hllls was sud
denly and treacherously attacked by u hill
tribe, and Lieutenant Ilolcombc and sixty
three men were killed, while Captain
Bndgclley and fifty more were badly
wmmtlcil. A detachment of the Dnflla
Expedition, which lias been successfully
concluded, was at once (27th February)
scut to punish the Nagi-hill men.
Mr. Malcolm Read, of the Bengal Civil
Service, brother ofthc well-known writer,
was sliot dead with his own ritle, in his tent
near Agra, by his native attendant, whom
he had scolded and threatened with punish
ment the previous evening.
Orders have con.c from England to hold
scvernl regiments in India r<nlyfornn
expcditi' ii beyond our own territories.
The destination of the expedition is uot
known.
After a good deal of fighting, Herat has
surrendered to the Ameer of Atrghanistan|s
troops ; the cause of his son Yakoob is
considered desperate.
Dr. Schradcr, archdeacon of Ceylon and;
chaplain of Guile, died suddenly- of
apoplexy on 18th February.
Dr. Kynsey, of the ariny staff, lias been
appointed principal oivil medical officer of
Ceylon.
-Dr. Goldachmidt. n learned Orientalist.
hns been appointed hy the Earl of
Carnarvon to take copies of ancient in
scriptions, nnd suggest the means of pre
serving the nrchnaology of Ceylon.
The murrain, or rinderpest, in a modi
fied form, has prevailed among the
draught cattle and bullocks in the coflce
districts iu Ceylon, interfering with the
transport of the coffee . crops ; but the
disease is now dying away.
Cholera in an epidemic form has pre
vailed for some weeks in Colombo, 250
cases being reported, out of which .there
were 120 deaths. This disease is confined
to the crowded parts of the town.
Government lias promised liberal hid to
the municipality to secure a water supply,
for the city, of 3,000,000 gal. daily.
The prospects of the coming coffee crop
arc as yet considered fairly good.
Captain Bailey, of Gallc, has iutroduccd
the Shanghai pheasant to the Ceylon lull
country, 2,000 feet above the sea level,
where they arc expected to succeed well.
Governor Gregory met with an accident
in thc.northerri jungles of the island. His
horse bolted as he Svas raoqntihg, after in-
specting nn Irrigation' thrik, and he was
agnlnst.a.lree. lie .CBcapcd,.'tfow;
c\er, with ouly'a few slight contusions. "
It is rumoured thnt the 17th RcRimenk'
pore" remove(1. from, Ceylon to Singa-
IT.M.S. Thetis has been enpturing slave
m tiie Mo:imbii|iic Channel. :
I ho ,<oath of Sir. 'Arthur Helps calls'
home Jus srin, who has been acting as!
director of a public institution in Ceylon.
i» 8rjn<l hotel is to be established in the
Fort of Colombo. /
The breakwater works arc progressing. ;
A close harbour has been sanctioned Tor
Madras, and the works will go on itnmc
diatcly, 7
Mr Grant Duff, after visiting Bengal
and Madras, is now in the South Malm-
mttn country,
I'he fndtan Statesman of Calcutta is
'threatened with an action for libel for
some strong remarks on the conduct of a
merchant who noted unfairly ns agent for
the consignors of a cargo of coals/ "
' Gold mining machinery hns arrived, to
he set up in the Ncilgherry Hills,
The Maharajah orCashincreis to visit
the Viceroy at Delhi in April.' '
A curious action has been ; brought
ognmst Dr Hunter, late of Madras, by a'
commercial man who purchased from hint
a shawl got by Dr. Hunter from the
oi£1"rnj!>!1 a8 11 Present, aud valued at
£600, winch the traveller gave foHt; but'
on taking it home it was valued at £15.
Ihc case for the recovery of the differ
ence is being tried in Edinburgh.
bir Jung Bahadur hns returned to Ne-
pnul.
. i i — - Knvnu Hrc iicing nuiiic torn
visit of tlic viceroy to Delhi ou the 17th
March. J'hc lieutcuant chiefs are to re
ceive him.
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