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The Precursor, which left Calcutta on the 8th of August, reached Saugor on the 10th and Madras on the 16th; thence proceeded to Aden, where she received on board the Bombay mail, which had been forwarded from that presidency on the Sth, and arrived at Suez on the Sth September.

From Alexandria the mails were forwarded by the Oriental steamer, Joy, which arrived at Malta on the 16th Sept. and was appointed to leave on the same day for Southampton, where she may be expected about the 28th inst.

The portion of the India mail intended to be forwarded through France, was conveyed from Malta to Marseilles by H. M. S. Locust. A steamer was to leave Bombay 15th Sept. for Aden, with a mail for England.

DEPARTURE OF MAILS.

The next mail for Bombay, via Southampton, will depart on the 3rd of October. Letters to be in time must be posted in London on the previous evening, or, if marked vid Marseilles, on the evening of the 7th.

The Duke of Cornwall steamer, with the London mail of September 3, arrived at Malta on the 14th; and her Majesty's steamer Sydenham, with the London mail of September 8, arrived on the 15th. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Iberia left Malta September 15 for Alexandria with the mails.

The London mail of July 7 arrived at Bombay on August 6. The steamer Bentinck, Kellock, with the London mail of June 24, arrived at Calcutta on August 3.

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SINGH, as ruling the affairs of court and camp, though there is no symptom of reconciliation between these leaders. This state of things, in which men at deadly enmity with each other rule in conjunction, would be incredible anywhere but in the Punjaub; but there contradictions, it seems, meet and unite in an harmonious flow. Still there is some little ruffling of the waters. Another attempt had been made to assassinate GOLAB SINGH, which was disavowed by the Wuzeer (as if he could be suspected); "but notwithstanding," observes one of the Calcutta papers, "he (the Wuzeer) is evidently disposed to avail himself of an opportunity for a row." Surely he need not wait long in the Punjaub. The Wuzeer had taken advantage of a furlough granted to some of the battalions which formed AVITABILE'S brigade to disband them. The rest of the troops, seeing that the policy of the minister tended towards a reduction of their numbers, and not relishing an interference with "Othello's occupation," have refused to accept of furlough. There was a report that the Sikh troops on service in Kashmir had returned en masse to Lahore. This, it seems, is not quite correct, but a large body have returned on some frivolous pretext, which is not stated. The local "await further accounts," and so do we. Sickness papers has abated, and tumult and disorder may be expected to revive. In connection with the state of the Punjaub, the following intelligence from Scinde is not without interest. It is contained in a supplement to the Delhi Gazette of the 9th July.

We have this moment received intelligence from Hyderabad, under date of the 30th of June, to the effect that 480 men, with head-quarters of the 18th Bombay infantry, and two mountain guns, with Golundaz, had embarked at 8 o'clock on the 29th, accompanied by a commissariat officer, with three months' supplies, on three steamers, with orders to go to the north of Sukkur, and establish head-quarters near a village named Kumsoor, "or some such name," remaining on board the steamers. The cause of the movement is, that a party of Punjabees had made a dour upon some villages of the Scinde frontier, and killed two men. This detachment is to keep the country quiet. Sir Charles Napier declares, very properly, he will not allow his frontier to be disturbed. The pontoon bridge has also been ordered up to Feroze pore by special direction of the governorgeneral. We have no time for further remarks, but the above may be depended on.

Bating this latter movement, Scinde, remarkably enough, appears tolerably peaceable, and this unprecedented state of quiescence, still more remarkably, does not seem to have been relieved by any outbreak of eccentricity on the part of the Governor, excepting in a single intence, in the language used by him directing the revision of the sentence of a court-martial and in approving of the revised sentence. The Governor likes strong language, and denounces a poor miserable apothecary who "had put an enemy into his

mouth to steal away his brains," as "an infamous culprit." The call upon the Court to revise their sentence is certainly the most singular composition of the kind that we ever had the pleasure of perusing. It beats hollow the China specimen of military style to which we lately had occasion to adve. We scarcely know what it is like. At the Old Bailey, it is not customary for the prosecuting counsel to press very heavily upon the accused; he generally confines himself to a statement of facts; but if professional decorum allowed of the indulgence, on such an occasion, of rhetorical exaggeration, the result would be the production of just such an address as that which the Governor of Scinde thought it be coming his position to make to the officers who, in his judgment, had suffered the unfortunate professor of pharmacy to escape too easily. Freaks like this are gradually wearing down the reputation of Sir CHARLES NAPIER in the eyes of all. Men are daily, we were about to say-but in this country fortnightly, or thereaboutsgaining some degree of additional conviction that Sir CHARLES NAPIER is lamentably out of his place.

Sickness is raging at Sukkur; and while pestilence is thus committing the most frightful havoc, the evil effects of the perverseness of man are manifesting themselves. Sir CHARLES NAPIER, as a dernier ressort, has imposed a species of transit duties, which are fulfilling their destiny, and realizing the expectations of all reasonable men. The following is the account given in the Madras Overland Athenæum of the effect produced by this most wise and liberal measure:

The new tax regulations have come into operation, and are of so oppressive a nature that the bazaar at Sukkur is represented as quite deserted in consequence. The price of every article of consumption has been nearly doubled, and several commanding officers have sent in strong representations on the subject; but the Governor of Scinde is not a man to undo his own acts, and unless the Supreme Government interfere, there is little probability of the taxes being taken off.

We turn with pleasure from such legislation to that of a sounder and better description. It is scarcely credible that in the heart of the British territory human sacrifices should have continued to be offered in large numbers down to the present time. Such, however, is the case in the Khand country. A draft act intended to suppress these enormities had been published, and certainly not before its time. A vigorous blow has been struck at Thuggee; but we seem yet to be scarcely even cognizant of all the abominations which exist under British rule.

Another draft act of some importance has been published, providing for the establishment of a court for the trial of pilots accused of breaches of duty; and a third for allowing the transport of cotton from any of the subordinate ports of Bombay to Bombay free of duty.

A local journalist complains that Calcutta is dull. Madras and Bombay appear to be much in the same condition. Even the Supreme Courts seem to be tranquil.

China shews somewhat more life, as manifested in pretty general discontent, in proceedings at law and in multifarious robberies. Among the incidents which have enlivened Hong-Kong may be mentioned that of Admiral COCHRAN having prosecuted an editor of a newspaper, when a verdict passed for the defendant!

BENGAL. MISCELLANEOUS.

FATAL DUEL.—A duel, fatal in its results to Lieutenant S. W.R Tulloch of the 22nd regiment N.I., took place near Barrackpore a' short time ago: this unfortunate young man was wounded in the shoulder, the injury extending to the spine, and died a few days afterwards. His antagonist was a nautical gentleman, of the name of Nelson, and his second, a young officer, so weak in intellect, that his commanding officer had, a short time before, applied to have him removed from the army. The origin of the quarrel has not been made public, but the immediate cause of the fatal duel, which had been preceded by a harmless one, was an assault committed by Lieut. Tulloch on Mr. Nelson at at the theatre, followed up by a "posting," and the publication of a letter attributing cowardice to the latter.-Hurkaru.

THE LATE DUEL.-A friend at Barrackpore gives us the following extract from a private letter:

"Poor Tulloch died yesterday at 11 a.m. A post mortem examination took place, when the ball was found to have lodged in one of the vertebræ of the spine. The part that came in collision with the bone was completely smashed, I am told;-a single hair's breath lower down, and he would have died before reached the ground. He was buried this morning with the usual honors: a number of officers attended the funeral. "B.. was his second, and it is reported that the commanding officer of his regiment applied, not a week ago, to have him removed from the service, on the ground of his want of intellect the matter is, by this time, under the consideration of the Commander-in-chief.

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"There are strong suspicions-but nothing, that I can learn, seems to justify them-that the duel was an unfair one. No doubt, the other second took advantage of B ....'s ignorance to secure the best position for his principal, but he cannot be blamed for that."-Hurkaru, Aug. 2.

THE LATE FATAL DUEL.-The magistrate of the Twenty-four Purgunnahs was engaged this day in taking preliminary exami nations in this unfortunate case. The surviving principal, Mr. Nelson, has not yet been found, but the two seconds, and a third party, who was present on the ground at the time of the meeting, have been taken into custody. The last of them, Mr. Johnson, delivered himself up to the superintendent of the Calcutta police. Mr. Nelson's second, Mr. Fenwick, was arrested by the police authorities; and Mr. Tulloch's second, Mr. Blunt, has been intercepted by the military authorities at Barrackpore.-Ibid.

UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.-We have much regretted to hear of an unfortunate accident which occurred on Sunday evening. A young gentleman, Mr. Quartley, who had only arrived that day on the Poictiers, to join his regiment, H. M. 10th, dined with some of his shipmates at Spence's, and, returning to the vessel to sleep on board, fell from the top of the dinghy, and was not seen to rise. We believe his body has not yet been found. -Ibid., Aug. 6.

THE BENGAL MILITARY CLUB has opened, with no fewer than 600 subscribers. It is a purely military institution, intended to afford a comfortable and economical home to those officers of the Queen's or Company's services whose affairs may call them to Calcutta, as well as an agreeable place of rendezvous to officers permanently resident at the Presidency. The institution is under the patronage of the Governor-general and Commander-in-chief, and promises to be most valuable to all members of the military services.-Hurkaru, Aug. 7.

THE ANNUAL RELIEF is, this year, more anxiously expected than usual, because, from its details, a shrewd guess at the probable intentions of government with regard to the Punjaub may, in all likelihood, be formed. Thus, should additional troops be pushed on towards the frontier, affairs may be considered to wear a warlike appearance. On the other hand, should the force at present on the frontier be in any way diminished, it will go far to prove that the intentions of government are

pacific.-Ibid. THE NEW ARTICLES OF WAR for the native army, which have been so long in preparation, are expected to be published immediately. The necessity of them has long been felt.-Ibid.

GAMBLING IN THE ARMY.-An order has lately emanated from the Commander-in-chief on the subject of gambling in the army. Some very atrocious case, the parties in which, however, have not been made public, seems to have been brought to his notice, in which a young officer lost at play what is termed in the order, a very considerable patrimony.' Officers commanding regi ments and stations are, therefore, called upon, for the future, to exert all their authority to repress gambling of any kind amongst the officers subject to their control.-Ibid.

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LOSSES AT SEA.-Two vessels, on their way from Australia to this port, have been lost in Torres Straits. On board of one of

them the Hydrabad-were above a hundred horses, intended for the India market: on board the other-the Coringa Packet -there were only three. No human lives were lost. The passengers of the Coringa Packet have arrived at Madras.-Ibid.

The weather has been, for the most part, dull and wet, as suits the season; it is, moreover, when not raining, very hot, while, to add to the discomfort of the good people of Calcutta, the stock of American ice was unexpectedly declared to be exhausted. In the Mofussil, the weather has been much the same as at the capital, and the planters are complaining of damage done by the rising of the river. Two slight earthquakes were felt at Calcutta and the surrounding country on the mornings of the 23rd and 26th ultimo.-Ibid.

THE EAST-INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY has been formally introduced to the public here in the advertising columns of the newspapers, and a highly respectable committee has been enrolled.Ibid.

HIGH SCHOOL.The Hurkaru states that at a meeting of the shareholders of the High School, it was determined to close that institution, its funds being declared to be in a state of insolvency. It is rumoured that the school will be in abeyance for a short time only, and will be revived under episcopal management.

ALLEGED ATROCIOUS CONDUCT OF AN OPULENT NATIVE.-The Hurkaru reports a case in which a wealthy Baboo of Calcutta is accused of torturing one of his servants to extort confession of a theft. It is said the man's arms were tied behind him with a eord, which was afterwards twisted so tight by means of a ruler introduced beneath it, as to make the arms meet behind, and to cut them severely. He was also burnt with hot gools, beaten, and confined; and, furthermore, charged with theft before the police. He has been sent to the hospital to be cured before being tried.

AMATEUR THEATRICALS.-The Dum-Dum amateur theatre was opened with the play of the Mountaineers and theffarce of French Polish, both successfully performed.

DISMISSAL FROM THE PILOT SERVICE.-The Star announces, that Mr. First Mate Pilot Elijah Meyher, having been convicted of putting a vessel on the James and Mary's through negligence and ignorance, and of other derelictions of duty, has been dismissed from the service.

CAPTAIN SHAKESPEAR. We regret much to learn that Capt. Shakespear is obliged to leave Lucknow on account of the precarious state of his health. We have not heard who is likely to succeed to the post of Officiating Resident.-Delhi Gazette, July 19.

GENERAL LUMLEY.-We understand that the residency at Lucknow is to be filled by General Lumley. We hear also that a thorough reform of that ill-governed country is in contemplation, and that the first step towards it will be the organization of a subsidiary force; a measure once before attempted and abandoned.-Englishman, August 5.

SEIZURE OF CONTRABAND OPIUM.-In consequence of information having been given to W. C. Blacquiere, Esq, magistrate, respecting some contraband opium, he issued a search warrant, with which Mr. Sherlock, constable, proceeded to the house of one Sumboochunder Shah. After making a general search, and as he was about leaving without finding any opium, he noticed an old box which he had not previously inspected, lying in a dark corner of the room. On opening it, he found a quantity of opium packed in small bundles, of different sizes, and mixed with various ingredients, as is usually practised among a certain class of native shopkeepers in Calcutta, in order to carry on an illicit trade. The quantity seized was upwards of a maund. One of the parties implicated in this business is a native of a respectable family, named Ramturan Moockerjee, who is now in the custody of the police.-Hurkaru.

STRIKE AMONG THE COOLIES.-There was a strike among the coolies on Saturday, which threatened to put the mercantile community to serious inconvenience. It arose from the following circumstances. Owing to the recession of the river, the municipal authorities have been employing labourers to extend the strand. This has been done to a considerable extent from the southern extremity down to Coelah Ghaut; but as the work is yet in progress, a proper declivity has not been formed in the banks, which renders ascent and descent exceedingly difficult. As all the commercial landing places are situated within the intervening space, the coolies employed to convey goods experience great difficulty and are exposed to great risk in doing so. Several accidents have occurred to them, and the last of these occasioned the defection among them alluded to. A number of them were taking a heavy bundle of hides, when, in going down the uneven bank, they stumbled and fell, and some of them were rather seriously hurt. This was the immediate cause of the strike among the coolies. The chief magistrate, attended by the deputy superintendent of police and superintendent of roads, on learning of the circum

stance, proceeded to the strand, and, after some difficulty, succeeded in pacifying the coolies and inducing them to return to work, on the assurance that the banks would be put into a better condition to afford safer footing. As an earnest of this, a large number of labourers were immediately put to the work, which, in a short time, will be completed to the entire satisfaction of the respectable fraternity.—Hurkaru, July 28.

EXCESSIVE CHARGE OF POSTAGE BY A POST-OFFICE PEON. -A charge has been preferred against a peon of the post-office, for demanding and receiving postage in excess of the amount he was authorized to receive. He had taken a letter bearing postage, for delivery at Mr. Colvin's, of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut. The gentleman being out, the sirdar bearer took charge of the letter, paying, at the same time, the postage due upon it, which, the peon told him, was two rupees. On the gentleman's return, he found that the postage the letter bore was only one rupee and six annas, being ten annas less than the amount the peon had received from the bearer. This was communicated to the post-master-general, who, without delay, forwarded the accused peon, with Mr. Colvin's communication, to the magistrate of the division, Mr. Blacquiere, by whom the matter is undergoing a regular judicial investigation.-Ibid.

ASSAULT BY CHINA BAZAR SHOPKEEPERS.-On Friday last, Mr. Hugh Fraser went to the old China bazar and made some purchases, which he paid for, and was returning in his palky, when the shop people overtook and stopped him, and requested to be paid for what they had sold to him. He reminded them he had done so already, but they insisted on the contrary, and as he would not return to the shop, several of them shewed symptoms of using violence, and actually laid hands upon him. He, however, managed to get off unhurt, and immediately lodged a complaint at the police office, when two of the shopmen were summoned to appear before the magistrate, Mr. Robison, on Saturday. They did so, and were both convicted, and fined in the sum of 10 rupees, or a month's confinement in the common jail.—Ibid.

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UNION BANK. At the half-yearly general meeting of the Union Bank proprietors, held to-day, the accounts were passed, a dividend of 7 per cent. per annum declared, and Messrs. W. P. Grant, A. G. Paterson, A. M. Dowleans, and Manockjee Rustomjee elected directors, in the room of Messrs. Larpent, Allan, Patrick, and Rustomjee Cowasjee, who go out by rotation.-Hurkaru, July 19.

The Hooghly Steam-Tug Company, in connection with Mr. Green, of London, have declared a dividend of 12 per cent. per annum.

INDIA GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.-A halfyearly meeting of the India General Steam Navigation Company has been held at the Town Hall, when the report was approved of, the statement of accounts submitted, passed, and ordered to be printed, and the chairman, Mr. J. P. McKilligan, thanked.

ASSAULT.-The Hurkaru reports a police case in which a Mr. Philip DeCruz was fined twenty rupees for assaulting a postoffice delivery peon in the execution of his duty. The peon refused to deliver a letter to Mr. De Cruz, until the postage of one, previously delivered, was paid; and, in consequence, Mr. DeCruz assaulted him and snatched his badge.

BENGAL GENERAL PENSION FUND.-The Hurkaru contains a report of the proceedings at a meeting of the supporters of the Bengal General Pension Fund, held at the Town Hall. It was resolved that the Fund should be considered as established, and a sub-committee was appointed to consider and report upon the rules, rates, &c.

CLERICAL REFUSAL OF THE BURIAL OFFICE.-It is reported that a clergyman at a Mofussil station-Bhagulpore or Monghyr, it is believed-refused to perform the funeral service over the body of Mr. Vardon, an Armenian, who died on the river. The last offices were performed by a gentleman of the civil service.

EXPERIMENTS ON FIRE IN CASEMATED BATTERIES.-The Eng. lishman mentions that experiments have been made in the fort for ascertaining the effect of fire in casemated batteries, with a view to their use in the works to be erected at Aden.

REPORTED MURDER OF Two BRITISH OFFICERS BY SEIKHS. A correspondent of the Hurkaru, on the authority of a letter from one of the party, contradicts the report given in the upcountry papers of two British officers having been murdered by the Seikhs.

FANCY FAIR.-The fancy sale at the Town hall, for the benefit of the Agurpara and other native schools, is reported to have been well attended, and well supplied with wares, which went off readily. The proceeds reached above 2,000 rupees.-Hurkaru. PRINCE WALDEMAN.-KUMAOON.-Our correspondent beyond the snows informs us of the expected visit of Prince Waldemar to this land of grapes and sunshine, where he had proceeded,

it is said, take Simla on his return to India. In Kunawur, he will meet a number of travellers from Simla, one of whom was confidently rumoured at Simla to have been killed by falling over a precipice on the great range; but our correspondent assures us we may give an emphatic denial to the report, as all had crossed in safety, without any "butcher's bill," save that of some halfdozen karoos. The report seems to have originated in the story of "a trembling coward of a servant," who "forsook his master" in the snows, and invented this ingenious method of covering his retreat. "If a lie will last twenty-four hours, 'tis worth telling, says the Spanish proverb: this lasted as many days.-Delhi Gazette, July 16.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A STAFF OFFICER.-We much regret to learn that a staff officer in the Central Provinces is under arrest, and about to be brought before a general court-martial, or a charge of misappropriating certain monies in his hands.Ibid., July 9.

LIEUT. ELLICE, 15TH N.I.-Great apprehensions have been entertained regarding Lieut. Ellice, of the 15th N.I., who was reported missing between Ferozepore and Wattoo. We are happy to state that intelligence has just been received of his safety.-Agra Ukhbar, July 26.

DISTURBANCE AT LUCKNOW.-A special European Court of Inquiry is holding its sittings at Lucknow, to investigate the cause of a disturbance which took place in that city on the 6th inst., and which resulted in the death of a ressaldar in H.M.'s service, and the wounding of a sepoy of the 9th Regt. N.I. The King's government have taken up the matter very seriously, and the officiating resident has appeared at the court as a kind of prosecutor in the business. The subadar and the whole of the

Baillie guard" are implicated in the business. Two natives of rank, and one European-an officer in the King's service-âttend the court daily, on the part of the Oude government, to watch the proceedings. So important do the authorities of the cantonments conceive the matter to be, that all leave to the city, on the part of the native portion of the troops, is prohibited until further orders. With such precautions, it is not probable that any very serious result will follow; though, doubtless, a very bad feeling exists in the city relative to the affair. The ressaldar was killed by the sepoys, but whether premeditately, or under a mistaken notion of duty, has yet to appear. The affair is considered by the city authorities to be of so important a nature as to have been specially reported to the Indian government.-Hurkaru, July 21.

EARTHQUAKE. -FURREEDPORF, JULY 27.-(From a Correspondent).We had a severe shock of earthquake here on the morning of the 23rd inst., at day-break, which not being mentioned in your issue of that date, or the following one, I presume was not felt in Calcutta. The shock was severe while it lasted (10 or 15 seconds); -motion from south to north nearly, and was felt by several of my neighbours round this.-Hurkaru, July 31.

MYMENSING. A few days ago, a correspondent of Mymensing reported a very severe gale, which occurred on the 25th ult. We understand that letters are in town from several of the eastern districts, describing the effects of the gale as unusually severe and destructive; not only the crops being greatly injured, but the trees in the jungles destroyed in places where the storm was most violent.-Englishman, July 16.

DELICATE AFFAIR. We have received intimation of a delicate affair at Mussoorie, involving the fair fame of a lady. The name of the " gay Lothario" has been mentioned to us, and if he is really guilty, of all men in the world he should reproach himself. We decline publishing the particulars.- Agra Ukhbar, July 2.

CHOLERA AT LOODHEEANAH.-Our native correspondent writes from Loodheeanah that cholera had broken out there on the 26th ult. and that about 150 people had been carried off between the 26th and 29th of June. Three doctors (whether European officers, or native hukheems is not specified) had been appointed to attend the sick. A great rise took place in the Sutlej on the 28th, which kept our messenger twenty-four hours on the other side the river.-Delhi Gazette, July 2.

We are informed from an authentic source that the number of victims stated by our native correspondent to have been carried off by cholera at Loodheeanah has been considerably exaggerated. The total of all ages and sexes between the 25th June, when it first declared itself, and the 2nd July was forty-three, of which six cases occurred in cantonments.-Delhi Gazette, July 9.

STEAM TO GHURMUKHTESER. We alluded some time ago prominently to the Government experiment to be made as to the capabilities of the Ganges in regard to steam navigation as high up the river as Ghurmukhiteser. It is, we are happy to say, in due progress, and the Soorma is expected to reach that ghat

between the 15th and 20th instant. She will undoubtedly astonish the natives, and bring ten lakhas of treasure from Cal. cutta, Ibid.

ELEPHANT DRAFT TO SIEGE GUNS.-A novel experiment, which was to have been, by the special order of the Governorgeneral, made as privately as possible, has been tried at Meerut, under the superintendence, we are told, of Captain Watt, of the commissariat. It is no less than the adaptation of elephant draft to siege-artillery. Four 24-pounders were sent over to Meerut, to be so drawn, and the novelty of the guns being yoked to such monsters attracted a crowd of some 2,000 or 3,000 people, and the whole affair has been consequently bruited about.— Ibid.

A LITTLE WAR IN PROSPECT.-We learn, by letters from Agra, that some differences have arisen between the Thakoors of the small Rajpoot state of Kerowlee and their sovereign. The particulars have not reached us, but, from all we learn, it is not improbable that an armed interference will be required. A British officer was deputed by the agent at Jeypoor to endeavour to bring matters to a satisfactory conclusion, but has, we believe, returned unsuccessful.-Ibid.

MURDER AT DELHI.-A murder was committed at Delhi on Wednesday by a Klutree, named Assanund, on the person of a newswriter of the Nizam of Hyderabad. The exact cause of the dispute out of which the murder arose has not been made known to us.

Arrivals.-9th July, Ens. Huchen, 55th N.I., temporary leave from Meerut.-Delhi Gazette, July 12.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.-Major Talbot, of the 59th Bengal Infantry, is, we are told, to retire immediately, having accepted the bonus offered by his regiment. This retirement will promote Captain and Brevet major Grant to a regimental majority. A rumour is abroad, that on this promotion occurring, Sir James Lumley will retire from the office of adjutant-general, the same having been secured for Major Grant; Captain J. R. Lumley to become deputy. It is stated to us that Major Talbot's bonus is Rs. 40,000, of which 22,000 to be paid by Major Grant.

The 56th Bengal Infantry will also get two steps in August, by the retirement of Major Phillips and Major Thompson, who have both accepted the bonus offered by their regiment.—Ibid., July 2, AGRA. On the afternoon of Wednesday, the 16th, we hear, an affray occurred at Khundaree Bagh, in the neighbourhood of which crowds of natives assembled at the Seetlá Fair. The peons of the collector's establishment were set upon and maltreated by some men belonging to the city. The peons unfortunately drew their swords, and inflicted wounds on five persons, two of whom have suffered severely. The guard of the Agra police battalion, on the spot, exerted themselves to preserve the peace, and succeeded in securing the most prominent in the affray.

We understand that Mr. H. B. Riddell, the postmaster-general, left Agra the day before yesterday, for Cawnpore.

A portion of the roof of the Union Chapel, in the Civil Lines, fell in on the 16th, one of the large beams supporting it having given way. Workmen were employed in repairing the building, but no accident occurred, except to the furniture within, some chairs, wall-shades, &c. being broken to pieces.

Arrivals, July 14. A detachment from the 16th grenadiers, from Etawah, under command of Lieut. T. R. Stannus, with treasure. 18. Lieut. G. Moir, H. A., from Muttra, on tem porary leave.

Departures, July 16.- The detachment of the 16th grenadiers, under Lieut. Stannus, to Etawah. 17.-Lieut. J. Robertson, 7th N.I., in progress to join his regiment at Delhi, from temporary leave.- Agra Ukhbar, July 19.

The rains continue steady; scarcely a day passes without a heavy fall.

The meeting which was advertised in the Ukkbar of the 23rd instant, and which had for its object the establishment of a public seminary in Agra, took place at the Association Rooms, on Wednesday evening. The attendance, to say the least, was singularly small. The chair was taken by H. M. Elliot, Esq., who, after the report had been read by the secretary to the provisional committee, addressed the meeting in a few and appropriate words. Several resolutions were passed, and the meeting broke up after a return of thanks to the chairman. The committee elected (by ballot) to carry out the operations connected with the institution for one year included the following gentlemen:-C. Allen, Esq. (C.S.), T. K. Loyd, Esq. (C.S.), E. G. Fraser, Esq., R. Gordon, Esq., G. R. Gardener, Esq., P. B. Reid, Esq., and J. Carter, Esq. It is expected that the Rev. Mr. Dickens, who has been selected as head master, will arrive in Agra early next month.-Ibid July 26.

LOSS OF THE HYDRAZAD.-We have been favoured with the following extracts from a letter by the captain of the Hydrabad,

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giving an account of her loss:-"We left Sydney on the 3rd of May, and had a tedious passage to the edge of the reefs. within a hundred miles the weather became squally. On the 18th at daylight, saw the reefs from the decks: kept working under easy sail till noon, and found that we had drifted fifty miles to the northward. On the 19th, kept beating about till the 23rd, in hopes of regaining our position, but we found ourselves even still set to the northward. I then made up my mind to run through the above passage (the Murray-Island one): unfortunately the ship drew too much water, although in Flinder's Chart there is 25 fathoms marked where the ship struck; and in Horsburgh's Directory it says" a fine clear passage." We found no more water on the shoal than fifteen feet; every thing available was thrown overboard, and a stream anchor carried out to the deepest water. Night coming on, the ladies, with some of their luggage, were put into the long boat. About 7 P. M., during a gust of wind, the ship slipped off the reef into deep water. After anchoring, we found the ship began to settle fast down, gaining on the pumps about two feet per hour. By midnight both pumps were choked. All hands were summoned to the boats where, they had been previously placed. At 2 A. M. all hands being in the boats and fast astern, the ship began to settle fast by the head. About 3 A. M. the main deck blew up and the mainmast went. The ship then sunk, having her trucks above water. We then steered for the York Islands, being in the track of ships proceeding through the Straits, where we arrived on the 29th, and finally at Booby Island on the 31st; where I made the best arrangements I possibly could, with our scanty stock of provisions, for the long boat to proceed on to Port Essington. On the 1st of June, having embarked 28 persons and having 5 pieces of pork, 25 of bread, and 100 gallons of water, I set sail for Essington, having brought Master Melville Sandya, Miss Mary Sandys, and their nurse, Mrs. Murphy, in the long boat. We arrived safe on the 6th, and I had the gratification of seeing the remainder of the crew and passengers brought in by the schooner Shamrock on the 7th: as the schooner was not large enough to accommodate the passengers, the commander thought it better to remain till the Fly surveying ship came in, which will, in all probability, take them back to Sydney.'

The Shamrock, as we announced, managed to convey some of the passengers to Ceylon, whence they have come on here. The children mentioned above have arrived safely at Singapore. Among the horses it appears that twelve were government property, the others were on private speculation. As some anxiety prevails in town upon the subject, we give from the Sydney Morning Herald the following item.

"The passengers on board the Hydrabad, Robertson, wereMrs. Betts, three daughters and son; Mr. J. C. Lyall, Mr. A. Ford, Miss and Master Sandys, Dr. Child, Mrs. Murphy, Messrs. J. Knowles, John Stewart, James Broderick, G. P. Lynch, James Mason, Christopher Laurel, Colin Munro, David Peacock, Edward Brown, John Stacey, W. Phillip, and E. Hall. She exported, among other items-eleven horses, J. B. Bettington; nine horses, C. Throsby; twelve horses, A. W. Dallas; forty-one horses, John Mackay; twenty-six horses, Dr. Child; four horses, T. S. Morton; three horses, G. A. Lloyd; three horses, A. C. Brown; two horses, E. Hunt.-Star, Aug. 6.

A ship of 600 tons, built on the new principle, with a spar deck, was launched by Mr. Reeves, at Howrah, on the 21st of July. She was christened the Eneas, by Mrs. Samuel Smith. She was built for Messrs. Saunders, May, Fordyce, and Co., and is intended for the Mauritius trade.

EXPORT WAREHOUSE.-The Englishman is informed that the late Export Warehouse is to be converted into a kind of Calcutta Somerset House, the following public offices being about to be located there:-the Medical Board, Queen's and Company's Adjutant and Quarter Master General, and the Judge Advocate General.-Hurkaru, July 22.

The Star understands that Mr. Piddington has been appointed standing president of all marine courts of inquiry.

A correspondent of the Star says that three shocks of an earthquake were distinctly felt at Chinsurah, between four and five A.M. of the 23rd July.

THE LATE GANG ROBBERY AT MEERUT.-The following particulars regarding the late atrocious gang robbery at Meerut have been communicated to us, and we give them the most prominent insertion, with the view of hereafter founding some observations on the state of the cantonment police generally:

Mrs. Maddock's house is situated in the Lancer Lines. The

attack was made on the morning of Sunday, the 6th instant; about 2 A.M., Mrs. Maddock and her daughter were suddenly awoke by a cry of "thieves;" they instantly jumped out of bed, and ran into the adjoining room, where a bearer was pulling, by a rope through the wall, the punkah over Mrs. M.'s bed. The lady mentioned to him the cry she had heard, on which he replied, she need not be alarmed, as it proceeded from the next house. On saying this, he let go the rope, and advanced some two or three steps into the next room, where he was stopped by a man armed with a spear, with which he was attacked in the presence of Mrs. Maddock, and killed almost instantaneously. The ladies were on the point of entering the room, where the bloody scene was being enacted, when they perceived a large party of men, all apparently armed, rushing into the house, and making straight for their bed-room, followed by the murderer of the bearer, a sight which naturally induced them to run to the nearest place of refuge, a small dressing-room, the door of which they actually closed in the very face of one of the party. From thence they shortly afterwards managed to escape in the garden, being all the while in their night-dresses and without shoes or stockings, the house thus remaining in the possession of the ruffians; an ayah of Mrs. Maddock, who had only returned from Calcutta on the previous evening, attempting to go into the house, was wounded in a dreadful manner with a spear, though not mortally; and hopes are en. tertained of her recovery. Her son, a young man of about twenty, was also speared so frightfully that it required the strength of two men to extract the weapon from the wound, and the poor lad died on the foliowing day. The chowkeydar was also so severely wounded, that his life is despaired of by the medical officer of the hospital to which he was conveyed. The sirdar-bearer received a cut through the leg, and it seems almost certain that the ladies themselves would have been sacrificed, had they remained in their bed-room, that being the first place to which the band rushed, and from which they carried a chest of drawers containing jewellery, plate and money (Mrs. Maddock having received her pension on the 1st). The value of the property abstracted is estimated at about 1,000 rupees. The ladies remained, as may well be imagined, in a state of the greatest possible terror and anxiety, concealed in the garden, until the men quitted the house, when those servants who had not suffered, and even the poor wounded Ayah, went in to seek their mistress. The latter finding the bed empty, immediately conjectured that the ladies had been carried off and murdered, and ran out, unmindful of her own sufferings and with her clothes bathed in blood, into the garden, frantic with terror, and was rejoiced to find them safe and unharmed. It was some time before a servant could venture out of the gate, but as soon as their fears were removed, Mrs. M. sent for Major and Mrs. Scott, of the 55th, who found the ladies still in the garden, and were greatly shocked at the sickening sight which met them on their going in.

We are informed that it was the same gang which robbed Lieut. Short that attacked Mrs. Maddock's house. -Delhi Gazette, July 16.

For the better protection of property on the river, and at the various ghâts, the appointment of a river magistrate is about to be recommended.

The officers of the 62nd regt. N.I. have resolved to erect, in. one of the churches of Calcutta, a tablet, with a suitable inscription, to the memory of the late and much regretted Captain R. A. McNaghten.

MR. JOHN NEWMARCH.-We hear that Mr. John Newmarch has been appointed principal of the college at Lucknow, founded in pursuance of the will of the late General Martinel, and which will shortly be in operation. Mr. Newmarch is a member of the University of Cambridge, and took a wrangler's degree, and he was for some time one of the mathematical masters at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. The appointment appears to us in every respect unexceptionable.-Star, Aug. 6.

We now have in Calcutta two new papers-a weekly one called the Mofussi-ite to be managed by Mr. Lang, a barrister-at law, and the other a daily paper, to be ready for publication from the 1st September, called the Economist, and to be managed. by Mr. Knott, lately of Madras.

The governor, it is expected, will leave for the upper provinces about the 25th of September. His lordship will proceed in a state yacht as far as Allahabad, towed by a steamer. Sir Herbert Maddock will, of course, take the offices of president of the council and deputy governor of Bengal. The governor having led so retired a life, it will make but small change in the state of society in Calcutta, which is, at present, deplorably dull.— Englishman.

Letters from Kishnagur speak of a rapid rise in the river,