INDIA AND THE EAST.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1675, 2 July 1875, Page 4

INDIA AND THE EAST.

_ PROPOSED VISIT OF THE PRINCE

[OF WALES.

Ceylon, June 6th. Colonel Hamilton, while pursuing the "Dacoits near Pegu, was shot through the heart; Mr Davidson, district-superintendent, and an orderly were wounded. By a collision on the Ganges Railway, . twelve lires were lost and ten. persons severely wounded. . ' Delhi is to be the head-quarters of the Prince of Wales in Northern India. The Baroda affair has been peacefully settled, by the selection of a young Khandeish Prince to sit on tbe Endee or throne. Affairs with Burmah are still m an unsettled state, but it is believed that the King is quite unprepared for war, and cannot therefore persist in his annoying attitude towards the British Government. The Russians are busy projecting railway extension in Central Asia, and it is said they will soon be in a position to threaten Afghanistan through Herat, if so inclined. Their trade with Tartar and China is on the decline. A host of newspaper correspondents, including Dr. Russell and Mr. Archibald Forbes are expected to accompany the Prince of Wales, and a great influx of visitors is also anticipated. . ■:. Gustave Dore, it is said, will come to India this year; also, Mr W. Simpson, of the Illustrated London News. The plague continues to rage in Persia. Native ladies have been admitted as medical students in Calcutta.. Sir Mutu Coomarswamy, Hindu member of the Ceylon Legislative Council, is expected from Europe this month with his young English bride, nee Mjbs lily Beeby, daughter of a Manchester merchant. He is a deist and an artist. An article by Moncure Conway, in an American journal, in which the Tamil Knight, who -is of a very ordinary family, is spoken of as a Hindu Prince, and descendant of the Kandiar Kings, has created some amusement here. Lieutenant Legge, R.A., belonging to Tasmania has had a narrow escape from a bear while oat shooting in the Trincomalee jungles; his flesh was torn a goood deal | before two native bearers succeeded in driving lit is rumoured here thatj the {Australian ■colonies are to request that they may be fcvoured with a visit from the Prince of Wales and the flying squadron while in the ■krt. If a visit were phid via Singapore and heir apparent would carry