KURNAUL. The court-martial for the trial of Captain amenable to their superiors. The meeting separated McNaghten, commenced its sittings on the 21st Novem-without determining any thing.

ber. The prosecutor, Capt. Low, it is said, is suffering severely from illness, and will proceed to the Cape immediately after the conclusion of the proceedings.

MEERUT. A quantity of fine trees have been received for the Horticultural Garden at this station, which is now being rapidly enclosed.

NATIVE STATES.

BHURTPORE.-The native papers state, that fever has been so prevalent at this place, that there is not one house in the whole town which death has not visited.

DHOULPORE.-The Rana of this small state died on

MILITARY ITEMS.-The 9th regiment N. I. marched from, and the 70th N. I. arrived at, Benares on the the 12th Nov. His son, Bugwant Sing, a lad of thir27th Nov. The European Regiment marched from teen, succeeds him, and is likely to remain long his sucBenares, in progress to Agra on the 25th Nov. Three cessor, according to the prediction of the astrologers and companies of the 61st N. I. have arrived at Hansi, one diviners, whom he consulted on his coronation, and who Company has subsequently marched to Hissar. The promise him an unusually long reign. His death is to 21st N. I., left Hansi for Kurnaul on the 8th Dec. proceed from the bite of the black serpent," a predicThe 38th N. I., marched from Benares to Delhi, on tion useful as it will lead to the destruction of these the 1st Jan. The 9th N. I., bound for the Presi-reptiles. In a palace now erecting to be coeval with dency, arrived at Benares on the 24th Nov. himself, he has directed lime produced from cowries, the Buffs passed through on their way to Meerut on the most endurable of all, to be used; indifferent to the effect this will produce on the currency of his territory.

20th Dec.

The

It is said that a new corps of Local Cavalry is about of be raised at Ajmere, and that Capt. Downing of the 3rd N. 1. is to have the command of it. The expenses of the corps will be defrayed by Maun Sing of Joudpore, in lieu of the contingent which he has hitherto furnished according to treaty.

Mr. Rogers, Assistant-Surgeon of the 3rd Cavalry, who was recently sent to Joudpore to attend Lieut. Trevelyan, died there on the 22nd Nov. of fever.

LOODIANAH.-The son of the late Vizier of Kabul, has arrived at this place, and complains of the injustice of Runjeet Sing, who obtained the fort of Attock on the promise of great reward, but which dwindled into 360 rupees monthly, and on the death of the Vizer his son only obtained a stipend reduced to 120 rupees.

NEEMUTCH.-An officer of the 46th N. I. was recently seized in this district by a petty zemindar, and forced at the point of a spear to enter a house, where he was treated with every manner of indignity by a ruffianly mob which collected around. The manner of his deliverance from them is not mentioned.

Grain of all kinds is still exorbitantly dear in the district, and the mahajauns enjoy a lucrative monopoly.

NEPAUL EMBASSY.-The Nepaul Embassador, General Muktabar Sing, and suit, on their way down to Calcutta, had arrived at Tirhoot. The mission is expected to reach Calcutta about the 15th January; from whence General Muktabar Sing it is said, will proceed to England.

CUTTACK.-An extract from a letter, published in the Englishman, mentions that the 19th N. I. arrived at Cuttack on the 3rd, and the 33rd left that place on the 5th Dec. The people of the town are said to be very much disaffected. The Ex-Rajah of Coorg has arrived at Cuttack.

HATTRASS.-Writs have been issued from the Sudder Nizamut Adawlut, for the apprehension, in default of payment, of the parties who forfeited the penalties entered into by them not to persecute their Surogee townsmen, which are being served. The amount of defalcation is about 17,000 Rs.

ALLAHABAD.-A meeting of the assistants in the Public Offices took place on the 19th December, to decide upon the propriety of petitioning Government with a view to obtain an order defining the extent to which they are

labad.

LADAKH.-The Sheiks, under Zoorawar Singh, have at last obtained a footing in the country and taken possession of and repaired the fort. The Prince of Ladakh, with his son and Minister, have fled to Puttun near Rampore.

The districts of Kabul have experienced such severe by the oppression and mismanagement of the Nuwab frost, that Dost Mahomed has been compelled to send Noor Oolla Khan, the Governor appointed by the a large number of his horses from that place to Julla- Nizam. No means of violence or deceit are left unresorted to, to acquire possession of money, whether it belongs to the rich or poor: the consequences are, that the whole social machine is broken up, a moral pestilence has fallen upon the place, and robbery and riot, the immediate results of the people's misery and despair, are of daily occurrence. The merchant refuses to expose for sale to such a rabble the necessaries he commands; and famine is added to the rest, so that, says the correspondent alluded to above, unless some arrangement be made to remove or check the Nuwab, the people will be driven to insurrection, and then butchered by the troops disciplined for such purposes by English knowledge. The abuse of power this Nuwab is capable of exercising, may be guessed from his having imprisoned Nizam himself respects, under his orders, with all the one of the Europeans, whose personal liberty even the severity which usually characterizes native incarceration."

ULWAR AND BHURTPORE.- -Native reports say that the Rajahs of Ulwar and Bhurtpore are undecided with respect to espousing the cause of the British or Jeypo

reans.

So,

SCINDE.-Runjeet Sing having written to the Hakim of Scinde directing him to forward the usual presents without delay, the latter wrote in reply that he was a soldier and would not send them till forced to do and immediately after this reply, sent a body of ten or twelve thousand Scindians to cover the passages and fords of the river. In the mean time, two sons of a Chief called Ruheemdad Khan, lately deceased, quarrelling about the division of his estate, the youngest fled to the camp of the Sheik's under Kunwur Now Nehal Sing, and offered to conduct him by a secret road to She-paying his respects to that Chief. karpore. The result of this proposition has not transpired.

The Scinde Chiefs are, it is reported, in treaty with Timoor Shah, the son of Sooja, whom they propose to create their King.

NAUBAH.-The son of the Rajah of Naubah was recently married to the sister of the Rajah of Bullumghurh. Upwards of six lakhs of rupees were distributed to the populace on the occasion in four and eight anna pieces, and twelve men were killed in the scramble that ensued for them.

LUDWA.-Rajah Jet Sing, the Chief of this province, has sent his son Knah Dehol Sing to Loodianah in order to receive an English education.

sur.

PESHAWUR.-A second attempt is about to be made by the Affghans to regain Peshawur, arising out of exasperation at the murder of one of the principal Mogul leaders and his suit by Now Nehal Singh while he was

CASHMERE.-Mr. Vigne, the latest accounts intimate, had penetrated beyond the Happy Valley and entered a country called Sakundree, to the northward, where he was received with every attention by the Chief.

MADRAS.

COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN BYNG.-The court-mar

tial held on Captain Byng has most fully acquitted him and the sentence has been approved of by the Commander-in-Chief.

STRIKE IN ST. ANDREW'S SCHOOL.-There was a strike

recently in St. Andrew's school among the scholars, in consequence of the managers refusing to expel a Pariah boy from the seminary. Of the hundred and forty scholars, one-half left on finding their clamour for the GOOMSUR.-Col. Hodgson returned from his pursuit Pariah's expulsion unattended to. The following day of the Rajah on the 18th to the neighbourhood of Goom- one of them returned and endeavoured, but in vain, to He was much annoyed on his march by the fire of seduce away the remainder-he has been expelled; two the rebels, and had five men wounded. On passing the three of the ringleaders will be re-admitted on apolotown of the Boladah, he left a detachment to occupy itgizing for their conduct; the rest will be allowed to under Lieut. Taynton of the 8th, who destroyed the dereturn if they chuse. fences under an incessant fire from the enemy, without a single casualty. Several of the rebels, however, were put hors de combat in this affair and during the day. The place after the destruction of the fortifications, was evacuted for the inhabitants to return.

ACCIDENT.-A horse belonging to a gentleman on the 16th Nov. started at something while standing near the Court of Commissioners in a palankeen carriage, and took the vehicle down the barrier into the surf, when breaking from the carriage he darted back and bursting ced his way through the Court-House, thronged as it was through the railing which surrounds the Petty Court forwith people, to the enclosed space occupied by the Registrar and his Clerk, into which he bounded over the heads of two or three individuals, without doing any one the least injury, and after nearly kicking the chairs and tables to

LUCKNOW.-The Barber Rurpin is still in disgrace and likely to remain so, as he has been recently detected in appropriating a portion of the game he ran down to himself, which privilege His Majesty allows to no one. GWALIOR.-The Rajah has been reduced to a state of such debility that his recovery is looked on as very dis-pieces, was captured by Mr. Elliot. tant or doubtful. The Mamajee, however, carries on the Government vigorously.

THE GOVERNOR.-It is rumoured that the Governor having submitted to Calcutta the necessity of his proTONK.-The son of Ameer Khan is endeavouring to ef-ceeding to the Hills on account of his health, he has fect a moral revolution in his army by banishing the alma which attach themselves to his soldiers into the Company's and Mahratta dominions.

been informed that it will perhaps be required of him to concede a moiety of his allowances during his absence, and this, notwithstanding his intention of conducting the duties of his office while absent on sick certificate. His

AURUNGABAD. The Agra Ukbar of the 12th Dec. has honor, however, departed for the Neilgherry Hills on the following regarding Aurungabad :

A correspondent, in the hope of attracting attention

the 24th November.

THE BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.-His Lordship arrived

to his subject, describes this district as fast going to ruin, at Quilon on the 15th Nov. in the Hattrass.

ARCHDECON ROBINSON.-The society of Madras have] RAJAH OF SATTARA.-It is stated that the Rajah of Satdetermined to present the Venerable Archdeacon Robin-tara has directed a sum of 50,000 rupees to be approson with a piece of plate with a suitable inscription, on his priated to the making of good roads through his terriquitting Madras in the beginning of next year to return tory. to his native land. Upwards of 1,500 rupees have already been subscribed for this purpose.

ATTEMPT TO MURDER.-A native recently had his throat cut by, it is supposed, a Brahmin and a Purdasee SHIP NEWS.-The barque Woodlark, Captain Tozer, who were living in the same house with him and have while laying at anchor at Port Louis in the Mauritius, absconded. The man was found by a police peon one sprang a leak and sunk with all her cargo, a day pre-morning, sitting at the door of his house with his throat vious to that on which she was to have sailed for Eng- lacerated in a most shocking manner. He was quesland. No lives were lost, and a day or two afterwards tioned as to the manner of his being reduced to the she was floated again by the help of two hulls laying in plight he was found in, but could not speak, he however rose and went to the room in which the Purdasee and Brahmin had lodged and held up two of his fingers. The man has been removed to the hospital, but is not expected to live.

the harbour.

SEA POSTAGE.-Intimation is given in the Fort St. George Gazette, that "from and after the 1st December next, the same sea postage will be levied on letters leaving as on those arriving at Madras."

PROVINCIAL NEWS.- -The Coolies are disaffected to

THE INDUS.-The H. C. cutter Nerbudda, arrived on the 11th Dec. from the Indus. During her absence she touched at Kurachee, but was not allowed to remain there, though her officers were hospitably received by the local authorities. The steamer Indus had arrived safely in Scinde with Dr. Heddle some time before the Nerbudda, and the first boat with merchandize from to unload all her coal before she could proceed to Tatta, Bombay, had also arrived. The steamer was constrained in consequence of the shallowness of the stream.

TRIAL OF MAHOMED BIN SUGGUR.-Mahomed Bin Suggur, was tried on the 6th Nov. for having, on the 25th March last, committed a piracy on the bugalow Deriah Dowlut near the island of Henian. This individual, it is suspected, has actively participated in the numerous acts of piracy in the Persian Gulph, and also

to have been the leader of the fleet of corsairs who

recently attacked the Company's cruizer Elphinstone. He was found guilty, and on the 19th Nov. was placed at the bar and sentence of death passed on him, but he was respited until the pleasure of His Majesty is known.

CEYLON.

SHIPWRECK.-The ship Edward, of 350 tons, Captain Nunn, bound from Penang to Bombay with a cargo of areka-nuts, rattans and tin, was totally dismasted in a white squall on the 11th October in lat. 4 N. long. 44river, she struck the northern bank and became a total E. She bore up for Cochin, but in towing into the wreck.

required.

SINGAPORE.

DEATH OF THE SULTAN.-On the morning of the 2d the Northward and again busily plying at the trade of September, his Highness Hussain Sah, or better known their ancestors, and it seems very probable that a strong as Tuanko Long, Sultan of Singapore, died at Malacca force will be soon required to put them down. The on the 2d November. He was intered the following day troops in Guzerat have suffered so severely from sick-with military honors, minute guns being fired correspondness this year that at present no addition could be easily ing with the number of years he had attained, and his made to the force which marched from Baroda last Sep-civil and military, with all the solemnities the occasion remains were followed by all the authorities of the place, tember. A party of the Auxiliary Horse, under the command of Lieutenant Skinner, 9th Regt., has been ordered up by forced marches to assist in quelling the disturbance there, arising from the clamorous demands SHIP NEWS.-The ships Edward and Rosendale have made by a large body of Puttans enlisted in the Joud- put into Singapore in consequence of damages sustained pore country by the emissaries of the Raja, for arrears during a typhoon experienced by them in the month of of pay: these vagabonds have been permitted to enter August. The Commander of the Rosendale, Capt. Wade, the town by the Raja's people and another detachment was taken ill shortly after the hurricane and died, and of several hundred are now on their march down, two of the crew have since expired, and the rest are in Native reports are circulated of a bloody battle having such a debilitated state, that the vessel must be re-manned been fought near Panora in the hills, by the merce- and commanded before she can proceed on her voyage. naries employed by the Pinora and Gorawa Thakoors ; about fifty of the Pinora man's Mukranees were left dead in the valley, and the rest fled.

The American ship Emerald, of Salem, Capt. Eagleston, came into Singapore on the 9th November. She

had met with a violent typhoon on the 12th October in lat. 12°. long. 111°. E. which had thrown her twice on her beam ends, and carried away her boats and several spars; and the Captain had in consequence been obliged to shape his course to Singapore. On the 9th of November, while off Cape Romania, the ship was struck with lightning which shivered the mainmast from the royalmast head to within a few feet of the deck, and killed one of the crew, besides severely injuring two others.

STEAMER FOR SINGAPORE.-A Steamer is building in Calcutta by Mr. Thomas, on account of Mr. T. Watkins, for the purpose of being employed in the Straights in the conveyance of light freight, packets and pas

sengers.

and was to be employed in the war. His Siamese Majesty considers himself more than a match for the Cochin Chinese on land, but conceives that he will be unable to contend with them by sea; he is therefore very anxious to obtain the co-operation of a British flotilla, with the assistance of which he makes no doubt of soon subjugating the whole country; and as a reward for their services he promises to make over to the English all the sea ports along the East coast of Cochin China.

CHINA.

PROVINCIAL CITY, OCTOBER 19.-A runner of the Custom House this day captured a boat with 27 balls of FIRE. On the 20th November, a fire happened in the smuggled opium. A fight ensued between the runner Kampong of Pangulu Kissang, by which seventy-seven and the smuggler in which both were wounded, but the native houses, valued at about four thousand four hun-runner eventually overcame his antagonist. dred and thirty-eight Spanish dollars, were destroyed.

PENANG.

RECORDER'S TOUR.-The Honorable the Recorder and court establishment have proceeded on circuit to Singapore and Malacca, on the barque Fanny. The Fanny is engaged to convey them throughout the circuit, for three months, at 10,000 sicca rupees per month.

OCTOBER 23.-This day a Budhist priest, who had made his temple outside the east gate of the city a receptacle for robbers, was executed. He was detected by the police having pursued some thieves who robbed a money-changer's shop into the temple, where they had taken refuge.

Two blind singing girls were also kidnapped this-day; and all the efforts of their friends to recover them have proved vain.

DUTIES. It is said that duties are to be levied on the import and export trade of Penang; some intelligence to RUNNING DOWN A VESSEL.-The Golconda, which arthis effect has reached the local authorities, but is at pre-rived at Macao in a sinking state on the 23d October, had sent confined to the object of ascertaining to what extent and upon what articles of commerce the same may be most expediently imposed, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a flotilla for the prevention of piracy in the Straights.

ARABIA.

ran down and sunk the Danish vessel Matador, Captain Schildknecht. It appears that the Matador was seen from the Golconda hull down astern at sunset, and the vessels came in contact shortly before daylight the following morning, and four hours elapsed before they got clear of each other. The Matador did not go down immediately after the accident; two men and a portion of the cargo were taken from the wreck the next day by the Duke of Sussex. The rest of the crew were rescued by the Golconda, which vessel lost some of her spars and cutwater, and on arriving at Macao had nine feet water

last year's 800-new 740, Benares 730 old-new 715 to OPIUM. Opium in the market still ruled high, Patna to 720 Spanish dollars.

A letter from Bagdad, dated 12th October, mentions that a serious disturbance had taken place in that city, in consequence of a fanatic named Jacob Samuel hav-in her hold. ing entered the bazaar followed by two humals laden with religious tracts and books reflecting on Mahomed and Mahomedanism, which he began distributing to the people, and thus soon collected a mob crying out vengeance upon all Christians. The tumult was however quelled without bloodshed by the cool and determined behaviour of the Government troops, whose conduct on the occasion was highly praiseworthy. The unfortunate fanatic was in the mean time put into a boat and sent to Bussora; but his indiscretion was the cause of serious inconvenience to the unoffending Armenians and Catholics of the place, who durst not for several days after, venture out of their dwellings in consequence of the fury of the populace.

Three thousand regular troops had arrived at Bagdad from Constantinople, and the Arabs were tolerably quiet. Colonel Chesney is supposed still to be at Bir, and the expedition progresses very slowly, as Mahomed Ali is underhandedly doing all he can to prevent it.

SIAM.

Advices have been received from Bangkok to the 25th Nov. The disputes with Cochin China were still pending and the Siamese were accordingly busy, making preparations for war. A small brig-of-war of about 200 tons burthen, built by a young Siamese Nobleman at Chentaboon, and which reflects great credit on the builder in point of model and workmanship, had arrived

the appointment of a talented gentleman long resident at Canton, to be British Consul or agent to Canton, and that he was early expected.

BRITISH CONSUL.-Intelligence has been received of

THE NEW GOVERNOR OF MANILA.-Advices from Ma

nila state, that the new Governor, Don Pedro Antonio Salagan, appears disposed to allow the export of rice, and he has granted permission to the ship Constitution quire to make shipments of it in foreign vessels. He is to take in a cargo, and will grant it to all who may resaid to be a liberal man, and desirous to advance the interest of his country by opening a trade with neighbouring states.

SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

A Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in China, has been established. The first meeting of the members was held on the 19th October.

OPIUM. On the 13th Nov., Patna opium was at Sp. dlrs. 725, Benares at 695, and Malwa at 610 to 640 per chest, but the prices would of course fall, on the opium of the Water Witch, which had arrived, coming into the market.

REVIEW OF THE CALCUTTA MARKET.

(From A. E. Kuhn's Monthly Price Current, December 31, 1835.)

Our market, which for the last two months was in an un- Honorable Company's sale on the 15th December, there was commonly languishing state, has since our last evinced renewed a good attendance of buyers, and prices were considered to activity. The season of general business in articles of produce rule 10 a 15 per cent. higher than the same goods would have may now be considered fairly open. The transactions, which brought by private sale. Rejected Surdah Silk, including some have been in general on an extensive scale, would have been of good quality, obtained SR 10 6, per factory seer, Radanastill larger, if tonnage had been more available. Freights gore and Hurtipaul Rs- 9-10, Commercally Rs 8-14. Ordinary continue high and scarce, owing to the great demand for Choppahs, 7 by 1, realized Rs 7-8 a 7 12 per piece, inferior shipment of Linseed, Rice and Sugar to England. Freight ditto rupees 6 12 a 7-4, Cossimbazar Corals, light and of for about 300 tons of Government Silk has been engaged at mixed qualities Rs 7-4 per piece, inferior dito Rs 68. rates ranging as high as £ 7 7. The demand for Corahs for England and for Choppabs for the United States is steady. Prices are well sustained.