INDIA.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 24, 26 July 1864, Page 3

INDIA.

7 ; (EEOM THE TIMES OE INDIA, JUNEj.a.J \ ' The fhead- : quarters , p£- -.- 4 the., B pmba; Goyerimeiitaiici army are still at'Maliaßle ; sHwar; /:;^ The //^iceroy/ rand; G-oyemoi : (^eneraif is, at " Simla. [ The '" rpsigiiatioii' b : tlie" chief '^nimahd of '"the"%my; $% : &i 'Hugh, . Epse^aiid. the of Si WilHahi-Mans'f^^ , successor;, \ ar; ; stated as -coming 'events, ueax;. at; hand. .; , ■ ' AfFghanistan is.. now plunged. in .. civi ;•-. iwar. Auziiri Khan' 'has lost 'liis ; game Almost the r whole ,of his- .force ..depertec .him on' the eve',6f an^^ erigagem'eh^ with thi /Ameer's troops :und.en.l.un'eeh':|Chan, wh< .completely routed, the ,remanider,, of his fprce. The "Ameer has!, marched oh to attack Ai'zul ?iK;han ? . :r.of SUCCesS. ,- : , ■ ;yy.;.. -. ..... ..■ -i .;. .' ■'.-.,-' An Eastern frontier brigade has beer formed, comprising 3u'ch troops as may he stationed in Assam, the Cossyah anc! Jynteah Hills,-^ and Sylhet;'ahd the : Bhootiahs a-nd pthei* eastern frontiei peoples and tribes are henceforth' to be dealt with as the- Punjab G-overnment, hy means of the Punjab Pield Poi*ce, deals with: the EuzAifzye's, Momunds, and similai tribes. ' -; . Tlie tract of land situated at the ; foot pi the Bhootan Hills, called . Ambarree ]?allaeootah, is to be immediately annexed to the British territories The sumofßs. 10,000, hitherto paid as a subsidy to the Bhootiahs on the frontier of Assam, has been ordered 'to' 'fre discontinued. The Bhootiahs are to be hemmed in by po.sts ..established along our frontier, the garrisons ;;of which are to prevent supplies of , any kind reaching Bhootan from British India. These measures .: .will soon humble the Bhootiahs, as the Hill States depend on our territories for most of their supplies. The Akhoond of Swat addressed the people of Jellallabad, .urging them ,to declare against the Ameer of Cabool, who, although a Musselman, had formed a friendship with Eeringhees. Nearly the whole of Arabia under 1 Turkish rule is in a state of open revolt; and the roads from Zamboo to Medina, and from Medina to Mecca; are closed by the Arabs. Shere Dil Khan, Pailer (Usurper) of Khelat, was massacred in the Moola Pass, on the 20th May, by a Patau in his service. The Umballa conspirators are still in a state of suspense, and will probably get oft' with their lives. Major Light's practice with the Armstrong guns, at Peshawur, has produced a marked sensation on the envoy from Cabool. A cruel suttee recently took place at Beygoon, in Mcywar. Tlie son of the Eajah died, aud was cinerated on the 28th April ; his widow was thrown on the funeral pile and held there until force was no more required. The line of rail over the Thull Ghat l _is now wholly laid. The incline will be available for public, traffic towards the end of the year-. The Messageries Imperiales haveloweired their .charges- from ''Calcutta to Marseilles to Es. 850, from the Ist instant. . The Secretary of State, has his instructions that no G-overnment servant is to reply to any newspaper attacks officially, ; without express permission from Government. " ; The Meerut Cotton Pressing Company, established, ten months ago, has declared aj dividend at the rate of 55 per' cent, per annum free, of income tax. .:''.' \ The monsoon is setting in very quietly, v There ha\-e been heavy ."showers, but nO ( ' settled rain yet. .-...