Two pages from the Friend of India newspaper [‎47v] (4/4)

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THE F R I E N D OF INDIA.
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^ ia I'avliument, and who retired from political life
:il the last g-enerd election. Notwithstanding his youth
life deceased was every irtch an ofticer; an especial
iWvoimte not only with his brother officers and the
hmnhler grades of his Corps, but also with the
other residents of Fynabad. A generous high spi
rited youth he had already exhibited such marked
traits ot character ae endeared him to all, -mi<d earned
tor him in his-corps an influejice far in advance of his
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years. KU kindly cheerful disposition, his genuine tiou.
1 he number of passengers carried during three mouths
is 16,446 and the receipts already almost meet the
working expenses. This is very good ^onsMering
that the line only runs from Colombo to a station in
the jungle callc'd Ambepmsse and there is scarcely any
appreciable goods traffic yet.
— Mr. Ellis, a surveyor, has made a contract with
the Government of Travancore, to cut iu blocks sev
eral thousand acres of .forest laud for coffee cultiva-
good nature, gentleman-like deportment, and spark
ling wit rendered him a great favourite in the Mess
Tvooni, where he will long be affectionately remembered,
where his absence leaves a blank that will not so«n
be filled up. He was buried with Military honours
on the 9th instant, and was followed to the grave
by all the European residents of the station. The of
ficers of tire corps purpose to erect a testimonial to
bis memory, to which the Non-Commisskmed offic-
— A large number of the leading Hindoos of Mad
ras have presented the First Prince of Travancore with
a congratulatory address "6n the occasion of his brother,
the •Maharajah, being inatle a Knight of the-Star of
India. After speaking of the prosperity of TravaU-
core, the freedom of trade and the spread of education,
the address pays a well,deserved compliment to the
First IVincc. " She can boasjt in your Highness.of a
Prince with the.highest educntipu, the most enlight-
ers and men have-requested to be-pennitted to subs- ened and liberal principles, and with a keen interest
(>i^be.
— 1 The experimental fair established by the Mad-
as Government at Saidapett has produced several
.satisfactory' practical results. Large fields of Oholum,
Gram, Guinea grass and LucerHc -have been succ^ss-
fidly cultivated, and smaller quantities of iSrome grass.
Clover and sweet Potatoes. A fine breed of English
pigs has been iutrodu-ced and some good descriptions
of poultry.
— The recent outbreak of some of the Khond
Ujes in the Hill tracts of Ganjam has resulted in.the
idras Go^irunient c.^ovihg certain changes-in the
^ministration there as reeommenCtedby Mr. Robinson,
cho energetic Inspector General of Police, who help- ! of the ObolecA Coufereuce have determined to recom-
iu all that relates.to the welfare of .the public." "In
yoiu-^Highness we recognize with pride,, at once, ap
enlightened aud poli^lied.Head of the Hindu Society."
— Mr. Day saw the eyes of the young trout, on the
28th ultimo—being the 14th day after placing fjie
ova in the tanks at Ootacamund.
— The Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Herald states that -there has teen
another obstinate fight between the insurgents in the
Lebanon, led by Karam, and the imperial troops. It
resulted in the defeat of the former and the storming
of the fort of Ebdeen in which Karam bad taken re
fuge. He escaped higher up the mountain.
— After much debating a majority of the members
ed to put down the rising. Tlte Assistant Agent of
Ganjam whose head quarters are at present at Hussel-
coudah, and the Assistant Superintendent of Police,
will be required to reside for six or eight months in
the year on the bills, at Baliguda. An addition of
100 men and one Inspector is to if . made to the Gau-
u Police. The services of the Ooryah Patros and
*i s wini assisted iu suppressing the insurrectiou are
t ■ be rewanled by a distribution of 2,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , in
'.he form which Mr. Forbes may think best; and a
-•rant of 10,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. is made for the maintenance
ind extension ofroads.
FEIDAY, Al'RIL 13.
-— The Church Missionary Society has accepted an
invitation from the Director of the Paris Evangelical
Missionary Society to join with others in displaying
at the great Paris Exhibition next year all they
deem calculated to give an idea of the religious,.intel
lectual, and sooial condition of the uations among
whom they labour.
— The Island of Bombay requires £1,550,000 for
its drainage, water works and railway crossings and
bridges in tlie course.of the next few years. A Com
mittee of the Justices have recommended that a loan I
of £800,000 be at once raised, and they are willing
to pay 7 per cent., although the Calcutta ,0 per cent.
Ipan is at a premium. This will inxolve an annual
charge of £96,000 for interest and a sinking fund. ^
The Committee propose to raise the amount, we
regret to say, by reviving the old Octroi, although
they admit it to be " in some measure impolitic and I
ob.ie<'tipnable." They wish to charge an auna mi every
rwi . of cotton, Es. 5 on every chest of opium, per i
cent. . the value of metals, ^ per .cent, ou j.;ooe
goods, 1 per cent, ou liquors and tobacco, i per. vit.
on sugar, 4 annas ou each ton of coals, 4 anuas ou |
each maund of ghee, and 21 per cent, ou timber.
They estimate the quantity of cotton which will pay
the Lax at a milliou of bales and of piece goods at
160,000 packa ■ m .
— The length of railway jiow qpon in Ceyloa is
85 miles including the large in idge over tlje Ka
""his, with statio?-
v» : juat £1/^
mend to the Porte to sftop communication by sea be
tween the Porte and the Hedjaz jn the event of another
outbreak of the epidemic. The representatives qf
England, Turkey and Persia are opposed to this mea
sure and the Porte " knows the temper of its Mussul
man subjects too well" -to run the risk of a rebellion
which this would cutatl.
— The Englishman says that the Agent of the
Eastern Bengal Railway has proposed to plant trees
along the line in order to secure a supply of timber
,and to protect the line from side winds which in expos
ed places frequently detain the trains. This should
;be done on all 'the liiu.s.
— The Home ^Government has sanctioned the grai>t
of 5,000 acres of waste land in Oudh, to Mr. W. E.
Money,•Comnutisiouor.of Customs, North-Westeru Pro
vinces.
— The Malvomedan entertainment given to Sir W. ^
Denison has caused a most unseemly dispute. The
Wallajah family have been outraged by the attitude
taken by Sumsaum Ood Dowlah at the entertainment, 1
while be has replied in the newspapers vindicating
his high position as 'the son of the representative of I
owe of the primary branches-of the Carnatic Family.
— 'Lord Napier held his first Levee on the 5th in
stant in the Madras Banqueting Hall. His Excellency
was dressed in Windsor uniform, aud wore the ribbon
and star of the most ancient and noble order of the
Thistle. The Levee was well attended. Lady Napier
held a Drawing-Rcom. A Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). was subsequently
held but was scantily attended.
— The Roman Catholics of Madras are raising funds
for the completion of the Xavier Church at Popham's
Broadway, as a testimonial of their affection for Hishop
Fennelly on the completion of the 2yth year of his ser
vice in India.
— The greater part of the coast of New Siberia
and the Isle of Lack on, on the north of Asia, is only
an agglomeration of sand, dee and elephants' teeth.
The fishermen collect enormous quantities of fossil
ivory whioh is imported into China aud Europe, where
it is employed for the same purposes as ordinary ivory.
TUe_i^l#^i»f bones has served as >■ -ar'-y of this valua-
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of a hundred. But th« supply from these Strang®
mines remains undiminished. What a number of ac
cumulated generations does not this profusion of bones
and tusks imply.
— Dr. Livingstone, after his second and recent visit
to Bombay, has thus written.of the marvellous changes
in Indian Society. " Our Government is, upon the whole,
directed for the good of the people. We have wise and
equitable 'legislation, and the laws are enforced with
fairness. Many of the magistrates are tiatives, and any
of them may rise as high «8 any European in the major
ity of offices wader Government. No other nation
would have governed India so well as we have done,
or with as much tender consideration for the feelings
and-prejudices-iof the natives. We have rather over
done our duty in this respect, and as it appears to ni«
the statement of a native in London, that his eountrv-
men were buffeted if-bhey did not make obeisance to
every European, must be erroneous. 'Very-few natives
take any notice of Europeans in passing, unless they
happen to be acquaintances. Here nearly all the gay
carriages. and dashijig pairs are owned and occupied
by native ladies aud gentlemen, ^nd certainly no more \
is expected or received from them than would be at
Rotten-row among, ourselves. It is the same in those
parts np country •v.-he roJ have been, aud I believe n«
other nation would do so very much for a conquered
people and exact so-little. In the parts of Africa con
quered by the Portuguese no native dare come near a
white with hia hat on."
SAXURDAY, APRIIi 14.
— The Times of India mentions that an educated
Parsee has written a life of the late Sir Jamsetjee
Jejeebjioy in English which will soon be published.
It is a pity that as soon as natives get a good know
ledge of English they will write books in that lan
guage instead of improving their own literature by
translating valuable works into the vernacular.
— The convocation of the University of Bombay
for the purpose of conferring degsees was held on the
6th instant. His Excellency -Sir Partle Frecc presided
as'Charfcellor.
— The Englishman says thatd;he practice of sacri
ficing aiiuman being on the death of a chief still pre
vails among the Garrows of Tipperab and Gowalparah.
To put a stop to it Government will appoint chief Gar-
rows as Zemindar Police on monthly stipends.
— Sir Grenville Smyth is on a sporting excursion is
Ceylon. By Indo-European Telegraph four Com
panies of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment have been order
ed to hold themselves in readiness for service in Hong-
Kong. The soldiers are to be allowed to take their
wives and families; so that there can be no doubt that
this force will be permanently stationed in China. A
Poorbeah ■regiment should be sent to Ceylon iu its
place.
•— The Neilgherry paper states that Mr. Sterne and
his party have not been successful in their search for
gold in Wynaad-
— By a small .majority the Justices of t "alcutta
have fixed the salary of Mr. S. S. Hogg, the new chair
man, at Rs. 2,500 a month and lis. 500 for house rent,
as recommended by the Lieutenant Governor, 'i he
minority who wished to continue the old salary of Rs.
3,500 mentioned that Mr. Schalch used eight horses
daily in his duties.
— The Court of Enquiry on Captain Grainger wh«
lost the P. and CX Company's steamer Jed do, ha»
come to the conclusion that the loss of a valuable ship
was caused by his omission to adopt the simple precau
tion of soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. . " We have heard evidence as to the
experience and skill of Captain Grainger as a navigator,
and we are convinced that if it had been thought neces
sary to put it on record, ample testimony might have
been adduced in support of the high reputation he
bears. We deeply regret that in this single instanc.o
•' yld him • '■e fropv ■•"•t unwul-
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