INDIA.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 354, 15 March 1861, Page 2

INDIA.

Disturbances in Darjeemng.—•The English- ■'■■ man sayE:—" A correspondent at , JDaijeelinjfj -; writes on the 15th December as follows:—'The whole station was still in a dreadful panic. The enemy (the Sikkimites) were near the river, and had carried off all the bullocks, &c, they could lay their hauds on.' The writer also mentions that the gvound round the Cuteherry was being entrenched, in order that it might be fitted for a plac«« of refuge in case of necessity; and h» adds—'The Sikkimites are joined by the Simboos, a more warlike race than themselves. They have commenced plundering all the villages right and left, and have made two bridges and stockaded themselves on the Sikkim side of the Rungeet. The troops ordered to Darjeeling are short by at least 2,000 \o enable full protection being given to the country we possess on this side of the Run* geet.'" Troops have been ordered up. Public Feeling.—There has been a monster | \ meeting at Calcutta to protest against Sir Charles' I ' Wood's gift of half a million sterling, out of the, taxes of India, to the descendants of Tippoo. Saib, ; . whose sons were the authors of the mutiny at - Velore. By a mujority of one the Legislative 1 ; ; Council has caUed, ou Gov^rninei»t;to.j>rodu,ce, tl»^! - k

papers connected with this gift.— Overland Athe nceuin.

Sin P. Grant.—Sir P. Grant, commander-in-chief of Madras, leaves for England in February next. It is reported that Sir Robert Napier, of the Bengal Engineers, is to succeed him, but it i believed that the report has no foundation. Sl' Marie Cubbon, commissioner of Mysore, leavt-^ for England in January next. His successor ha: not been named.— lbid, Dec. 27. The Frontier Raids.—From the Washers if Ookmunriel, on the western coast, to the Kookee.in the Tipperah hill, almost directly opposite on the east, our frontier is surrounded by a ring-fene< of half suppressed or active hostilities. We canno; catch the Waghers. The only result of our las1 invasion of the Mahsood Wazeerees was an ad mirable survey of their country. In obedience to orders Dr Campbell, superintendent of Baijeeling. took possessiou of a part of Sikkim's torritor.l, with only 100 natives and three Europeans. Ac - ing as he did, under orders, he does not dese ye hlaine for this. But he does deserve, and with him Captain Murray, who commanded the n.itiv. s, the severest reprehension for sending out pickets « f men so far from the camp that no help could reach them when attacked. The folly of this is seen from the fact that, within the camp, which was stockaded, only one man was killed and four wounded. The distant pickets at three different points, after fighting splendidly, were cut down, and 29 men were killed. Upwards of 400 men of H.M.s 6th were sent off from Barrack pore on Saturday and Monday by rail to Rajmahal, whence they would reach Darjeeling by a three days' march. Of Sikhs and Ghoorkas belonging to the Bengal Police, 290 went up on Saturday. Two companies 73rd, from Julpigoree, were at once sent up. Sikkini will be re-occupied by this strong force. Still going eastwards, Lieutenant Moreton is entering the Garrow Hitts, last penetrated by Lieutenant Agnew, in 1852. And, finally, Captain Magrath heads an expedition against the tribes of the Tipperah hills, who have not yet been punishedfor plundering our territories and kidnapping our subjects. The only result of this incursion is likely to be a survey of the country, for which purpose a revenue surveyor accompanies the force. Captain Magrath's opinion of Sir F. Halliday's police is that of the public generally—he would rather head 200 of our own peasantry, well armed, than 5000 of the most useless and most expensive heroes of tlio Bengal Police Battalions. Tluls it is that war and annexation are forced upon U3. — Friend of India. The Northern Borders.—The Turcomans have defeated an army of the Persians, commanded by the Shah's uncle, at Merve, and has driven them to take refuge in Herat. The old and tyrannical King of Bokhara is dead. Negociations are going on to effect an exchange of territory with the Maharajah of Gwalior.— lbid, Dec. 22.