evening, played God save the Queen, and announced the approach of the Honourable the Governor, who alighted from his carriage, and was greeted by the founder. The hall was full, and presented a most interesting appearance. Capt. Turner, of the engineers, under whose superintendence it was erected, was in attendance, and explained the details. Dr. Morehead, the sur. geon of the establishment, was also at hand to give any explana tion which might be desired from him. A number of the gentlemen followed the chief visitor, and satisfied themselves as to the regularity and the airiness of the whole. Highly pleased with the appearance and arrangements of the Hospital, the Hon. the Governor, on his return to the Hall, turned to Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, and in a few words expressed his gratification on seeing that most useful edifice now brought to completion. It was his duty to thank him on behalf of the present generation; posterity would also do him honour by preserving his name as one of the greatest benefactors to Bombay. Sir Jamsetjeę Jeejeebhoy bowed to the Hon. the Governor. It was not necessary for him to make a speech, for every thing spoke for him. The party next proceeded across the area, to examine the state of the Grant College. The Hon. the Governor and Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, accompanied by Capt. Turner, visited every part. This was another subject of congratulation to the worthy knight, with whom many gentlemen shook hands with enthusiasm, while wishing him every happiness. The party soon after separated, all highly pleased with the public visit to the Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy Hospital. This Hospital and College present together one of the greatest blessings of European civilization engrafted by the generous Parsee knight on the tree of Indian life. They will assist in diffusing throughout this country a vast improvement; for not only will they contribute to restore health to the sick and strength to the infirm, who may be inmates therein, but they will soon extend the benefit of medical instruction and therapeutical aid to the bedsides of many families in the most distant parts of the country. Youths will there receive instruction from experienced European practitioners, and they will learn the art of healing and of affording remedies for numerous ailments, and thus will the greatest blessings be scattered over the country, for those youths will be able to judge not only of the modes of cure as practised by their own countrymen, but by the wise and the learned of Europe also. The Hospital was to be opened for the reception of the sick from the morning of the 28th May; and the dispensary was to be also then ready to distribute medicine to the poor. The wards are to be arranged according to the divisions of the poor; thus there will be two large wards for the Hindoos, in which they will be placed according to their castes, two for the Mahomedans, two for the native Christians, two or more for females, two for contagious disorders, two for surgical cases, and two for Parsees, which last are to be left at the disposal of the founder.

MR. W. C. ANDREWS.-We perceive by an article in one of the native papers, that a complimentary address has been presented to Mr. W. Charles Andrews, late session judge of Ahmedabad, by some of the inhabitants of that place. We subjoin a translation from the Bombay Summachar of the 5th June:

During the period of about 5 years, during which William Charles Andrews, Esq. has filled the office of judge and session judge at Ahmedabad in Guzerat, he has administered justice with impartiality to people of all classes. He has shewn regard to no particular individual. Owing to his ability and his personal knowledge of the subjects which came before him, his decisions have been always fair and just. Every person applying for redress has received early attention from him. He was never backward in lending his ear to the representatives of the people. He 1 protected the poor from the ill-treatment of their oppressors, and duly punished the evil-doers. The whole of the Ahmedabad com. munity have approved the manner in which he administered justice, and they regret his removal from Ahmedabad. The inhabitants have presented to him an address, in which they have complimented his proceedings, and have expressed a wish to have his portrait drawn, in remembrance of the integrity of his administration. The persons who have presented the address have promised to pay the expenses of the portrait. As soon as it is ready, Government will be requested to permit it to be placed in the Ahmedabad Adawlut; but if the application be negatived, it will be placed in the house of Hemabhaee Wakhutchund, Nuggur. sett, of Ahmedabad."-Bombay Courier.

NATIVE MUNIFICENCE. The Bombay Summachar states that Huttaysing Kesreesing, a wealthy merchant at Ahmedabad,, has purchased from Government a large tract of ground, upon which it is his intention to build ranges of houses to be given rent-free to the poor of that city. It is proposed to call this assemblage of buildings Hutteesing Poora, in commemoration of the generous founder.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL WALLACE.

(Continued from page 443.)

TENTH DAY-continued. 5th Witness for the Defence.

Lieut. Col. Carruthers, H. M.'s 2nd (or Queen's Royal regt.), is called into Court, and examined on his former oath. Examined by the Prisoner.

Q. Did a correspondence on the subject of the operations carried on against the forts of Manohur and Munsuntosh take place between you and me, and if so, are these true copies of such correspondence?

1. A copy of a letter No. 76, dated Camp near Sewapoor, 23rd January, 1845, is produced in Court, compared with the original, pronounced to be correct, and appended (No. 17). (See Sixth Day's Proceedings.)

2. Also a letter, No. 77, dated 23rd January, 1845, Camp near Sasseedroog, is read in Court, admitted as a true copy by the witness, and appended (No. 19).

3. Also the copy of a letter No. 78, dated 24th January, 1845, Camp near Sasseedroog, which is read in Court, admitted by the witness to be a correct copy, and appended (No. 20).

4. Also a copy of a letter dated Camp Sewapoor, 25th of January, 1845, is produced in Court, compared with the origi nal, found to be correct, and appended (No. 21).

5. Also a copy of a letter No. 82, dated Camp near Sasseedroog, 26th January, 1845, is produced in Court, read, compared with the original, and appended (No. 22).

6. Also a letter from Col. Carruthers, acting major of brigade, dated 20th January, 1845, Camp Sewapoor, which is referred to in evidence as the letter which arrived at the same time with a letter from Col. Carruthers, at about 1 A.M. on the morning of the 21st January, 1845. (Appended, No. 23.)

7. Also copy of letter No. 72, dated 21st January, 1845, quarter past one o'clock A.M., admitted by the witness to be a correct copy. (Appended, No. 24.)

8. Also a letter, No. 78, dated 27th January, 1845, from the acting major of brigade of Col. Carruthers, which is read, and appended (No. 25).

9. Copy of a letter No. 85, dated 27th January, 1845, to Lieut. col. Carruthers, c. B., in the Southern Konkan. This letter cannot be compared with the original, but the substance of the letter is stated to be correct by the witness. (Appended, No. 26.)

The Court is closed to consider the propriety of admitting the letters Nos. 78 and 85 on its proceedings, as they refer to a period subsequent to that referred to in the charges.

The Court is of opinion that the letters may be admitted, al though not bearing on the charges, as the prisoner most urgently wishes it.

The Court is opened, and the above decision is read.
The witness retires.

It is now a quarter to four o'clock, and the Court is adjourned until to-morrow forenoon, at eleven o'clock.

ELEVENTH DAY.

The Court is closed to consider whether or not the questions submitted through the Court by the prosecutor and prisoner should be noted down in the proceedings, as they appear to be leading questions.

The Court is of opinion that such should be done.

The prosecutor's questions will be noted by one asterisk,
The prisoner's questions will be noted by two asterisks.
The Court is opened, and the above decision is read.
Sixth witness for the defence.

Babbajee Bulwunt is called into Court, and makes affirmation.
Examined by the Prisoner.

Q. Were you with Phont Sawunt? If so, when and where? A. I was with him when he was at Sewapoor with the rest.

Q. When the British troops went down the Elephant rock, what did Phont Sawunt say to the other chiefs in your hearing? A. He said it is a very wonderful thing what the Company's troops have done in coming down that rock; they will now take Sewapoor, but we will see whether they will take Munobur.

Q. Did the chiefs say any thing about all their stockades having been turned, and their many months' labours being rendered useless in consequence of the descent of the Elephant rock by the British troops, or any thing to the same purport? A. Yes; they said that in consequence of the descent of the rock, and not coming by the roads where the stockades were, the stockades had been rendered useless, and their labour lost.

Q. When Sewapoor was attacked, where did Phont Sawunt, and other chiefs and their families, go to? A. The families were previously sent out of the village into the jungles on the road towards towards the fort, and on the attack the chiefs followed

them, and they all went up to the temple of Byree, outside the gateway of the fort, and they took me with them.

Q. When did the families of Phont Sawunt and other chiefs quit the fort was it before or after the fort was attacked and fired upon by the British? A. The families remained about two or three days in the temple of Byree, and then ascended into the fort, where they stopped until cannon-shot fell into the fort; after about forty or fifty had fallen, the families were sent out of the fort, under the care of Babai Dessai, about four days before the fort fell; but I was not cognizant of this myself, as I was a prisoner at a tree near a tank. I however heard Babai Dessai himself say to others on his return, that he had conveyed the families into the great Goa territory, and left them there under the care of Nana Pullegouken.

Q. Were there any of the Gudkurries, or Sewapoor women and children in the fort, up to the time of the forts being evacuated? A. There were twenty-five or thirty women in the fort; little and great, women and children, altogether about forty in the fort up to the time of its evacuation; but to whom they belonged I do not know.

Q. When did the enemy evacuate the fort? A. They evacuated the forts on Sunday, the 26th of January, at about ten o'clock at night.

Cross-examined by the Prosecutor.

Q. Did you yourself hear Phont Sawunt address the other chiefs in the manner you have stated? A. I heard Phont Sawunt himself, on one occasion, say what I have stated.

Q. As from your situation under Government you have been in the habit of writing dates, can you recollect the day of the month on which Sewapoor was attacked? A. It was about the 17th or 18th of January. I have not taken any note of it in writing, but as far as I recollect.

Q. How long previous to the attack on Sewapoor were the chiefs' families sent into the jungles towards the fort? A. I cannot tell from my own knowledge.

Q. Can you state the number of days that elapsed between the attack on Sewapoor and the flight of the families from the fort, under charge of Babai Dessai? A. About five days, I think.

Q. From what direction were those cannon-shots fired into the fort; and were they balls or shells? A. They came from the direction of the Kurwattee Ghaut and Sasseedroog, and they were balls, not shells.

Examined by the Prisoner.

E Q. Did you bring me two letters brought by two horsemen on the evening of the 16th January last, and if so, at what hour? A. I did, about six o'clock, or a little before six in the evening. Q. At the time you gave me those letters, how many troops do you think had gone down the ladder? A. I should think nearly about 500 men.

Q. Was there a body of troops on the ridge below the Elephant rock placed under your command, and held in readiness to move forward if required? A. Yes, on the morning of the 17th.

Q. Was your party on that ridge fired upon on the morning of the 17th of January, after our troops had proceeded towards Sewapoor?-A. They were.

Cross-examined by the Prosecutor.

Q. When did those 500 men commence descending? A. I cannot say when they commenced descending.

Q. How many days before the 16th were any of them below the Elephant rock, alluding to the 500 men ?-A. I cannot say; I was not there.

Q. On what part of the ridge were you stationed; and if so, how far from the Elephant rock? A. My post was at the bottom of the scarp on the ridge.

Q. What was the object of your post on the ridge, and of what strength was it? A. To keep up the communication between the bottom of the scarp and the advanced party, and also to move forward if required; it consisted of about, I think, 100

men.

read in Court, compared with the original, and appended (No. 16).

A copy of a letter, No. 79, to the Assistant Quarter-mastergeneral S. D. A., dated 24th January, 1845, Camp near Sasseedroog, is read in Court, compared with the original, and appended (No. 7). Eighth witness for the defence.

Capt. Brockman, 20th regt. Madras N.I., major of brigade to the 1st brigade, is called into Court and duly sworn.

Examined by the Prisoner.

Q. From the nature of the service, and at times the rapid manner in which rapid operations were carried on, did I not frequently give verbal orders for troops to follow me when I was about proceeding to the points where any attack was going on? A. frequently.

Q. Did I request you to take copies of two reports sent to me by Lieut. Graham, and if so, are these the copies you took? A. Yes, the prisoner did request me, and these are copies made by myself:

1st. To the brigade major, 1st brigade, dated Camp near SasThe above letter is read in Court, seedroog, 28th Dec. 1844. and appended (No. 27).

2. To the brigade major, 1st brigade, dated Camp near Sasseedroog, 1st Jan. 1845. The above letter is read in Court, and appended (No. 28)..

The Court is closed to consider the propriety of having the above letters appended to the proceedings, as they refer to a period prior to the date of the charge.

The Court is of opinion that the letters should be received and appended. gazon

The Court is opened, and the above decision is read.

Q. Did I send for you early on the morning of the 21st Jan. last, and give you two letters I had received from Sewapoor to peruse, viz. one from Col. Carruthers and one from his brigade major of the same date? A. The prisoner did.

Nos. 12 and 23 in the Appendix are shewn to the witness, and he states they are the same.

Q. Did you make known the purport of the orders conveyed in those two letters to the parties concerned? A. I did.

Q. Was there not great irregularity in the post department during the time you were major of brigade; I mean as to the uncertainty of the arrival of the packets, and at times some days elapsing without any post arriving, and then suddenly three or four days' packets being brought by the same man? A. There

Q. Did the same irregularity prevail in the post department whilst at Sasseedroog? A. Yes, for a great part of the time. Cross-examined by the Prosecutor.

Q. On receiving the two letters from the prisoner, did he further give you any orders respecting their purport, for you to communicate to Major George; if so, what were they, and did you communicate them accordingly? A. I received no orders particularly to Major George, my orders from the prisoner were to Capt. Jones, at the Chota Droog; when I arrived there, it occurred to me, it might possibly have escaped the prisoner to give me instructions to Major George. I consequently wrote him a few lines, making him acquainted with the purport of Col. Carruthers's letter.

Q. Can you state what were the orders conveyed in the letter from Col. Carruthers, with reference to Major George? A. To the best of my recollection they were, that he should move down the Kurwattee pass, and co-operate with him in his movement towards Gotia,

Q. Did that letter of Col. Carruthers convey no orders that Major George should seize on and occupy the head of the Kurwuttee pass? A. I do not recollect the precise terms of the orders conveyed in that letter; the general purport I have already stated.

Q. In the note you allude to, did you convey to Major George that Col. Carruthers desired that the head of the Kurwuttee pass should be seized on and occupied?, A. I do not think I mentioned any thing of that kind in my note to Major George.

Examined by the Court,

Q. How did you intimate to Major George the orders contained in Col, Carruthers's letter of the 20th of January to Col. Wallace? A. I have already said that I received no instruc tions for Major George from Col. Wallace that day; I merely felt it my duty to make Major George acquainted with Col. Carruthers's plan of operations, in the hope that by so doing he might be enabled to co-operate with him in preventing the escape of any of the enemy between his (Major George's) post and Sasseedroog up into the Kolapore country.

Q. Do you consider that the note you wrote to Major George was a sufficient description of Col. Carruthers's wish for the oe

cupation of the Kurwuttee ghaut? A. I do not think it was, nor was it intended to be.

Q. When were the orders for the descent of the rock and attack upon Sewapoor issued; and have you copies of those orders; and if not, explain the nature of them? A. To the best of my recollection, the orders were verbal; I think they were issued on the 16th; the time of the day I cannot recollect. I do not recollect the nature of the orders. I believe they were not conveyed through me, as it frequently happened that when Col. Wallace was sending orders in different directions, he sent them by different persons, which was the case I believe on this occasion; and frequently Col. Wallace gave his orders in per

It is read in Court, and appended (No. 29).

Another copy of a letter from Capt. Bayley to the major of brigade, 1st brigade, dated 6th Jan. 1845, Camp near Sasseedroog, is produced in Court, duly authenticated as a correct copy, by Capt. Donnelly, the assist. adj. gen. S.D.A., read, and appended (No. 30)..

The prisoner now produces a note: written, by himself, in reply, dated the 15th of January, 1845, to Capt. Bayley's letter of the 15th January, 1845. (Appended, No. 29.)

Question to Major Clemons.

Q. Is this note in the prisoner's hand-writing? A. It is.
The note is read in Court, and appended (No. 31)..

A letter from Lieut. Graham, Bombay Engineers, is produced in Court, read, and appended (No. 32).

The Court puts the following question to the witness Major Clemons, 20th regt. M.N.I.

Q. How were the orders for the descent of the Elephant rock and move upon Sewapoor on the 17th January, 1845, conveyed to you? Were those orders in writing, and circulated to the several parties concerned, or were they delivered verbally to you; if so, when? and have you any record of those orders to produce for the information of the Court? A. I arrived on the Elephant rock about one r. M. on the 16th of January last, with a part of the brigade that had been left at Sasseedroog; the prisoner informed me that he intended to attack Sewapoor the following morning, and asked me to come into, I think, Captain Bayley's tent, when he gave me verbal instructions regarding the attack to be made, and the disposition of the troops. I also issued verbal orders to the officers who went with me. I have no document to produce.

The witness retires.

(To be continued.)

CIVIL. APPOINTMENTS, &c.

DANVERS, E. F. to act as senior mag. of police until further orders, June 21.

ELLIS, B. H. 3rd assist. to mag. of Rutnagherry, vested with full penal powers of a mag. in that collectorate, under the provisions of Act 14, of 1835.

LE GEYT, P. W. to act as puisne judge of Sudder Dewanee and Sudder Foujdaree Adawlut during abs. of Mr. Pyne, ass. ch. of off. June 23.

RIVETT, L. C. C. to act as junior mag. of police until further orders, June 21.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

PYNE, J. 3 mo. to Deccan, June 20.

MILITARY. APPOINTMENTS.

DARKE, Major F. C. 4th N.I. ret. to duty, June 7.
EVANS, Lieut. H. L. 17th N.I. del. over ch. of duties as adjt.
Malwa Bheel corps to Capt. D. Wilkie, June 2.
FORT, Lieut. Sir F. G. 20th N.I. returned to duty, June 10.
GOODFELLOW, Capt. W. B. eng. returned to duty June 10, to be
exec. eng. at Ahmednugger, v. Jacob.

HICKES, Capt. T. W. art. returned to duty, June 10.

LITTLE, Ens. A. B. 25th N.I. to act as qu. mast, and pay-mast. v. Lieut. Major.

MOYLE, Lieut. J. G. 10th N.I. to act as adjt. during absence of Lieut. Ayrton.

MEDICAL. APPOINTMENT.

GIRAUD, Assist. surg. M.D. to act as assist. civ. surg. during absence of Dr. McLennan.

DOMESTIC. BIRTHS.

GRANT, the wife of Capt. art. d. June 19.
TYTLER, the lady of C. E. F., c.s. d. June 19.
WARDEN, the widow of the late Capt. R. art. s. June 4.

DEATHS.

MCPHERSON, Lient. L. J., H.M. 17th, of cholera, June 30. MENGERT, John T. s. of Rev. J. H. at Bombay, aged 10, June 23. WILKINS, Annabella Mary, wife of James F. of the act. depot at Kirkee, June 14.

SHIPPING. ARRIVALS.

JUNE 11. H. C. surveying brig Palinurus, Sanders, Bunder Lusk. -20. Tartar, Lockwood, Liverpool.-22. Julia, Herring, Calcutta. -23, Exmouth, Juddah; Friends, Aden.-24. Lord Western, Rice, sea; Forth, Mocha; Grecian, Watt, Downs.-25. Prince Regent, Spear, Singapore.-27. Harbinger, Candlish, Singapore; Berkshire, Clarkson, London; Orissa, Smith, Greenock; Cherokee, Mansfield, Salem.-29. Bolivar, Fenwick, Liverpool; Sir Robert Seppings, Trail, Calcutta; Woodman, Cood, Newcastle; Melissa, Dow, Aden.JULY 1. Thetis, Mainland, Aden; Mor, Baxter, China.

The letters from Scinde, which we yesterday mentioned having received, contain two most acceptable items of news; the one that sickness, generally, among the troops is mild, the other that profound quiet reigns. "So tranquil is the country just now," writes one of our correspondents," that any single individual may traverse the desert from Khaulghur to Shapore in perfect security and without fear of molestation." It seems that government has taken into its employ a great number of Jackranees, having embodied them in the mounted police; they are said to be extremely useful fellows. It is rumoured that the 4th N. I. are to move from Sukkur to Shikarpore; and the infantry regiment, Bundlecund legion, to take up its quarters at Shapore. Colonel Geddes left Sukkur by boat on the 8th instant to take command of the 3rd brigade H. A. at Ferozepore. We now subjoin the table of imports levied from the 1st of June to which

we have more than once alluded:

Imports from East of the Indus.

Rice (Buhawal poor) per md. 2 pies.
Flour, of description, daul, &c do., 1 anna 6 pie.
Export to ditto, the same as to Kurrachee.
Export Karee, viâ Sukkur.

Flour, rice, daul, &c., per md., 6 ans. 6 pie.

Export to Sukkur, Sudder Bazar.

Rice (clean) flour, daul, &c., per md., 6 ans. 6 pie. Import from East of the Indus, aud retailed in Shikarpore. Rice, Sookdasse, Bahawulpoor, and Chandooke, per md. 5 ans. 6 pie.

Grain, brought by Hindoos from any part of the country and sold in the city, on every rupee's worth 1 ans. and on every khirwar, 1t. 3p. 2ch. in kind.

Grain, brought from outside by resident Hindoos (Seersoo excepted), on every rupee's worth 1 as. 11 pie, and It. 2p. on every khirwar.

Grain, sold in the city by Mussulmans, brought from other parts of the country, on every rupees' worth 1 as. 11 pie, and in kind per khirwar, 1t. 3p. 2 ch. Grain, sold in the city of Shikarpore I as. 21 pie on every rupee's worth.

Grain, brought from outside by Affghans, and sold in the city of Shikarpore, 1 as. 5 pie on every rupee's worth, and per khirwar 1 p. towah in kind.

Seersoo, brought from outside, and sold in the city by Hindoos, per khirwar 1 rs. 3as. pie, in kind 3k. 2t. Fees on camel Toad 2p. 2ch.

Seersoo, brought from outside, and sold in the city by Mussulmans, per khirwar 6 as. 6 pie, and in kind 3k. 3t. 2p., on every rupee's worth 1 towah, and on every camel load 2p. 2ch.

Ghee, brought from any part of the country, and sold at Shikarpore, Rs. 1 15 as. 9 pie per maund, and one seer in kind. Duty levied at the Khanpore Gate by gate-keepers. Grain, of all description, per camel load, 1 pie fee, per khirwar 4 as. 3 pie,

Grain, from Khanpore, per ditto 3 pie.
Ghee, from ditto, per seer 8 pice fee, per khirwarpice.
At Sukkur Gate by gate-keepers.

-Grain, per ass load of a pice, cart and camel load 1 pice. The same tax and fees at the other six gates.-Police Station fees at the eight gates.

Grain, imported to, and exported from Shikarpore to the villages in the district, per load bullock 11 pice, per camel load 3 pice, per ass load 1 pice.

Ghee, from Kutchee, per ass load 1 pice, per camel load 3 pice.

Mem of Imports from Bombay, Kurrachee, Larkhaun, &c. on Grain.

We

TRANSIT DUTIES IN SCINDE.-To say we were surprised and grieved at the item we read in the Star, that Sir Charles Napier was about to resort to the all but exploded expedient of a transit duty to improve the finances of his province, is no more than might be expected, and the feeling will be echoed wherever there is a thinking individual, who can reflect for a moment on the incalculable evils which must accrue from a resort to such a trade-suppressing practice, as the one under consideration. could scarcely bring ourselves to believe in the accuracy of the statement, but the tenor of our own letters leaves us no room to doubt the fact, and the following extract, from the remarks of a talented friend on this subject, will shew how the question is considered in the country which it is intended to affect. We need scarcely say, that we entirely coincide in the reasoning adopted, and hope that the sanction of the supreme government to such a proceeding will be withheld, or withdrawn if it has unfortunately been given:-" Fine words butter no parsnips," says the proverb. The truth of this is beginning to be felt by the "Sigh-ah-me-s brothers of Kurrachee and St.

Peters of Guernsey," as a friend facetiously and not unaptly designates them. Neither exaggeration nor a step beyond it have sufficed to persuade the world of the flourishing condition of Young Egypt's revenues. The "par nobile" find themselves destitute of cash and credit. What does the Eastern moiety of the twin do? He imitates the very act of the very ameers he deposed for their acts, and institutes a transit due! Strange! considering that the abolition of transit dues and free navigation first brought the British into collision with the Talpoorees, that Sir C. Napier should no sooner find his revenues short of the happy tottle imagined by himself and his European half, than he should adopt the Ameers' expedient to increase them, and so prove himself a mere humbug! Have we in this deficiency of the revenue the explanation also of no European regiment being this season needed in Sindh? Truly the deduction of the expense of the Bengal 2nd European regiment would lessen the outgoings of Young Egypt materially! Nothing but this was needed to shew the world the value of the facts asserted by the "par nobile." They may be good soldiers-no one will deny it-but they are not statesmen, nor have they temper to govern themselves, and should not be placed over others. This new transit due is an amusing and most mischievous adaptation of the bed of Procrustes, the wrong way. Verily," Charlie, dear, we are ashamed of you!" So much for the opinion entertained in Sindh. We have just heard that the officers at Sukkur are sending to the provinces for atta. This, we believe, goes down the Indus duty free. Will Sir Charles tax it when it arrives at Sukkur? It is time for the Supreme Government to look about it, when such fantastic tricks as these are played, so calculated to engender a renewed bad feeling amongst the Sepoys in Sindh, who will be the chief sufferers. The proposed imposition is a retrograde movement of the very worst description; just as we were doing all we can to get the sole remaining transit duties abolished on our side, Sir Charles steps forward practically to stultify the endeavours which a liberal and more enlightened government had been making to move in the right direction since 1835. The proposed tax is estimated to yield about Rs. 125,000; what a miserable return for the immense sacrifice of principle which it will involve! The subject is too painful to be dwelt on with any degree of calmness. We shall, however, soon return to it.-Delhi Gazette, June 18.

CEYLON.

THE TEA PLANT IN CEYLON Our Ceylon friends are rejoicing in the cultivation of the tea plant, which has been imported by the house of Messrs. Worms into that island, and is said to be in a thriving condition, many young plants having been raised from the seeds of those originally introduced; and they anticipate that, ere long, tea may become another important branch of their colonial trade. We wish them all the success they hope for; but as they do not seem to have tested the quality of the leaf, we would advise them not to be too sanguine in their expectations. Ceylon lies too far within the tropics to offer a climate like Assam, which lies without them; the plants may thrive to appearance, but that is not a demonstration of their quality; we have seen them upwards of six feet in height at Penang, and in as healthy a state as could be desired, but the leaf had no flavour, and although thousands of Chinese husbandmen and gardeners cultivate spices and other tropical productions on the island, yet not one thinks it worth while to extend the cultivation of the tea-plant; those we saw were in the Company's garden, then rented to Chinese, but they laughed at the idea of converting the leaf into a beverage. The Ceylon planters should put the leaf to the proof before speculating on a large scale.-Madras Crescent.

MILITARY PLANTERS. We understand that on inquiry being made at the Horse Guards, as to the view there taken of officers holding estates in Ceylon, the reply given was that the practice would not be objected to.-Columbo Observer.

KANDY.-The following extract from a private letter from Kandy may not be uninteresting:-" There has been a considerable amount of sickness here for the last few weeks. Fever and cholera have caused great alarm among natives of all classes. Fifteen fatal cases of cholera occurred yesterday among the pioneers on the Trincomalee road; and at Matelle, as well as further on, it has been carrying off a good many victims. In the town of Kandy there have been several cases, but it is now on the decline, and the weather being cool, and symptoms of the rains approaching, there is every prospect of its being speedily eradicated.

The Queen's birth-day was celebrated with all the" pomp and circumstance" in the power of the commandant, followed up and prolonged by the most remarkable echoes from the This neighbouring hills that ever were awoke by ordnance.