INDIA. [From the "Sydney Herald," August 6th.]

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 557, 16 August 1851, Page 3

INDIA. [From the " Sydney Herald," August 6th.]

By wav of Singapore and Adelaide, we have Calcutta news to the 19th April. On the night of the 9th April, the ship Kurramany, Captain Hogg, outbid bound, with Indian emigrants, was totally destroyed by fire, supposed to have been caused by incendiaries. The second and thiid mat^s of the Kurzamany, the leadsman, and about £'60 of the emigrants are ascertained to have perished. Much, suspicion s-eems to attach to some of the lascar?, a number of whom landed TMth all their clothes and i-ioney q'n'e safe. The most seaicbmg investigations were being made by the police authorities. The great contractor, Jottee Pereaiid, whose trial on charges of having defrauded the Government to an enormous extent has been exciting much interest in India, has been acquitted, the finding of the jury being concuned in by the judge. It was rumoured that the Government had determined to send on troops to the Cape of Good Hope, and the 18th or Koval Irish are stated to have received oiders to be in lpadinets to embark on foreign service. The electric telegraph is now vnfull opeiauonbetwepn Calcutta and Diamond Ilaibour, and has been found to uoik satisfactorily. '1 lie Peninsular and Oiientftl Company had announced that the direct line of steam communication between Calcutta, Penang, Singapore, and China, would commence in the month of May (last). The London correspondent of the Hurharu writes thus regarding the new Stenm Company : — " The Eastern Steam Navigation Company nre going a-head. All the English shares have beeu subscribed ; for India 3000 shares have been referred. A clever dodge, it is said, was tried by Rothschild, acting for the Peninsular and Oriental company, by making an offer to the Austrian Lloydt Steam Company to abso.-b them en their own terms in the Peninsular and Oriental Company, so as to withdraw this powerful body from the wr: Ccmpany. It was, howerer, too Into. The sgen's for the Austiian Lloyds had signed and sealed thf agtwsnont with tbo Enatern Steam Company before the offer^ was foimaily maJo ; •-.o the attempt to break up the con!>»>o»> has failed ; and my friends in Indn, will, 1 hope, have before long a competition on their line ertuctively worked for the publ.c adYan^ge."

THE ADEN TRAGEDY. Under the above heading tho Bombay Times of March 28ih, gives the melancholy particulars of the murder, by an Arab, of Captain G. J. D. Milne, cf (lie '21 N. 1., Deputy Commissary-General, snd the wounding of Lieutenant M'Pberson, of the 73th Highlanders, and of I\lr. Laullpy, brother in-luw of Captain Humes, the Political Agent at Aden, which occurred at ft village named Wast, m (he territories of the SulUn Lu'wdj, on the night of the 2nd March. The tragic particulars ore thus given :—: — "On the last tiny of February a party of six went from Aden on a viMt to I.ahodj, distant flbout 30 miles, tbe residence of the so-called Sultan. The paity cousistecl of Captain Milno, Deputj Commissary-General ; Lieutenant Cruttendon, Assistant Political Agent; Lieutenant M'Plierson, H.M.s 7flth Highlander*, Lieutenants O°ilvie and Henchey, Madras Artillery ; and Mr. Laidle}, brother-in-law to Captain IJ^mp*, the Politicnl Agent.' On their nrrival at Lahedj they wero presented to this Sultan, who received them rather coldly; and, on being lemonslrated with, he after* si ds made some lnrne excuses. This, however, pasted, and two days after they nil (with the exception of Mr. Cruttenden, who returned to Aden) deparied for tbp village of Waaf , composed entirely of Syed Shereets, or descendants of the false Aial)ian Prophet. Here they were hospitably and even kindly received by the Sheik of the village, who Assigned them lodging in a houne not many yards distant from the main r>ody of the vil1 ige, and cmefuli y saw all thoir wants supplied. Pleaded with this hospitable reception, ivnd dreaming of nught but treachery, they acceded to the iiTgent »o!ieit«tio»n of their guard (furnished by the Sult,«n, nnd which had hitherto attended thorn) to bo permitted to return «o Laliedj, as fodder for then horses and ccmela won not to be procured at Waat. Nsy, fo confident were they in their safety, that they did not even think of adopting the at all times necessary precaution of «eein° that their arms weie loaded and ready for immediate use. The house assigned them being rather confined Rnd warm, they spread their beds in ft small adjoining court-yard, surrounded by a mud wall about four feet high. About 10, p.m., just after they had fallen asleep, fatigued by the exertions of the day, Lientenant Rl'Pherson wbs awoke by r cry from Cftptsin Milne, and saw an Ainb stealing from his (Milne's) bed towards Mr. L.udley, who awoke just in time to roiso his arm nnd divert the course of the knife, in doing which he received a slight flesh wound. MTrwrGon, without waning to look lor his arms, boldly rushed upon the villain, and with on« arm raned (.o w«id oft tno thi^ntent'd blow, he attempted with the other te strike him to thegiound. Ihe dagger was buned in hiß mm, nnd unfortunately, ere he could retch him, hi« foot stumbled over a box, and be fell to tbe ground, "nhile tbe afi'-n^in having seven times buried his ciea-ein poor M'Pborpon's back and arm, effected bis esope — not, ho*erGr, befo)e he was leco^msed by an Aiab attendant who hud followed them fiom Aden, and who asserts that he m*d« a cut with his bword at him as he was escaping, find m pioof showed some blood on the blade. All this take? some time to narrate, but it was the work of less timn a minute, and so quietly and noisolPß-sly had it all bren effected, tint it was not till the native servants entered and raised a cry of Imitation over their fallen Blaster, that Meb&rs. O^ilvu^ and ilonchey aw oLe. " On coming to examine Milne, it was found that he had lecciveil a do p wound in his abdomen, through which the bowela protiuded; and it was immediately evident to himself, as w ell its to las companions, that the wound must pio\e fatal. Wlnlo their companions wcie busied in dressing the wounds, aa well as circujmt.amP-3 peruntted, two nie&Mjngeid were forthwith dibjiatchcd — the one to the Sultan ut Lahedj, to repoi t the foul deed done to Miangeis and guests in Ins countiy and nndtr his protection, and the other to inform Captum Ilaines, at Aden,. and to piocure medical aid. " Hefo'v 9 the following; morning, Mr. Cruttonden and Dr. f'ooKe of the Artillery were on the spot ; but all the skill of the doctor was unable to stivo pooi Milne. After poising the night in gieal pain, mortification ensiifd, which icheved his agony, and abont two howrs al'iei the .utival of the doctor he breathed lna last. About this time tbe Sultan of Lahedj also amved, attended l>y ,i numeious retinue, and ofl<'iecl " bat ahsistiiiut! l.iy in hi^ power, but in a cold and unfeeling manin'i. Milne's body was placed un a biei , .md tbo otlioi «u!l'ei eis were conveyed to Aden in doolies. 'Jo the delight of ev.>iy one, M'Pliei son's wound*, though veiy sevete, were not found to be f.Ual, and I>e is now doing well, though it may be many months yie he ho ablu to ]i «ive )ub caucli."

SIXGXPORE. 'Pie flinsfntiorr *ilt-3 include thp loth I\Tay. TV PuuiHZ Gazette of the onl coiU.uni ]i-tr* ictil.it -i of the pi-ratic.tf-«t>iz,uio of tin- li.ilnn i>.iri|uc, Clement ma, .md of t!-p m r< ! rol the tvpfam and o.'.uo 1 .", l«y ilip !\l.iN\3, on the couat ot Sumatra, l'hi? -hi}) w.im deliljji iti-ly robbed of 5J1,0t,() dol.iin, air] other valuables, by a lnMiic oi v,\' tcliiw who o.r>)» i o.i Itu-nvl uniJcr pr«'t"i<ce ol •«. iliiis; a (jui'itir> of pi'j>p. r. a sin>;K" jAlihy ita-l any cau-o of tvtipl mil a^iiiHf the I(a!n.i C^ytaM, Cad 10; on lli<> rontinry, th^ sj.oke m Iit 1 lii^/i>-<. tcrni of him, an! Ci»ptam Sli.iw further livrnr, tint It* pave avv.iv in present* t<i flip i.attvej fo the amount ot ueaily 1(M\) ilollfttg. Ripo-nii; tinlumU'd contidinc* 1 upon tl>v iiulivt-8 r»i>ponr a ) Jv iiavi* been hi-* i>nlv ti'ill — lie vr<s- a victit'i to a too Kink «n I cui>h(hn^ ili'jnpiit'otn Cholwa v:h itill pn-vnlt'iit nl Suij; iporv. The police repot t -UaU'd tint at fm ftinu it \visvu> In J.ivn and the M,il.tya» J'enjn->ul<ir the uum)>or of deaths m atittoa to i>? fii t rli't(il. The rnuitber of Clih.csp rlio nrnved fit Sint, f aj>orp in 1859 was 8205, nbout 301)0 U>d3 than the pre-noiis y»Mr , 6'ii.tl of tiit* totftl nuinlter arriTed in 'JL ju.ikj from ei{;nt Chineao porfa. The A iffUt Tuuet.iif May i3th, thu^ Turtice 1 * n tnol ni (•}M>ed by H.M. htpamer B.iinhw: — " ihe Jitmlicp mad stoam-pHcLet, Lieutenant-ContTiiß ulf-r J.irn. « HooVen, w<>iit down th" rivor totrv h> r spoed nt tl<e mcTiUted mdf id Sea lleac'i, Imving tried her t'n^irios on the pretious day, and un nn avern^c of six inns, thrpp down and three up, her sppp<i w.i* ascertained to ha 15.953 knot<», or i 0.07 ? rudes per hour."

Poit.iy of AnsicAV Languages. — /Uno.ig the Mongwers thur.'ler is culled 'the sky's gun ,' the j"omin» ' the da v's child ;' wrul ono wl>o bos litconie mtoxicatpd ia said Ui he ' taken captivo by rum.' The Zulut. call the twilight 'the i^ob-siips of the sun;' and llipy s.iy of a nun «ho h..s ti«»fi,uid(.><l th*>m, ' he li'is f.ilen we up.' 'i'hf iJh>;i<>«i«7V /l«'e'(»«f/« tell* of a unlive of Wi'sloju Airic.i wlo v.*i'ed Amntca some \eara ago, aril when a^Ked what ho would cull ice, "which be had iifvei aeeu before, s.»id ' Him be water fast :islcep ;' and while ruling in a lailrond car, when asked what name he would give to the vehicle, replied, alter some thought, ' Him bo os'e thunder niill.'— Colonization Hetaid.