Allens Indian Mail (Newspaper) - March 26, 1866, London, Middlesex AND OFFICIAL GAZETTE FROM BRITISH & FOREIGN CHINA ALL PARTS OF THE EAST ii THIS PAPER THE INDIAN NEWS 99 IS WOW Vol. 711.] MAECH 26, 1866. M. AND 221 Original 223 i. 225 Shipping and 226 Ma okas 227 Shipping and Commercia Miscellaneous 227 Shipping and 2^8 China 228 Official 229 23* parliament 23C - 230 Shipping and Domestic 239 reported at the India Office 240 Stocks and 240 DATES OF Feb. 22 Madras 22 24 Jan. 27 28 Ceylon 17 China (Hong 15. J -i SUMMARY AND were not so easily disposed of. The first was the which fell heavily and for several hours in inundating the and threatening all sorts of The next was the difficult nature of the which became worse at every step till a little beyond it is almost reached the force with tho greatest aud it was generally felt with such the advance would in a short timo bo simply The ascends a steep height of 5,000 whilst exceedingly it winds round the breasts and sides of lofty and precipitous These mountains are frequently enveloped in dense and through this our with its impedimenta of all heavily and fighting their way against heavy blinding rain and was expected to push its It was much whether tho force the double work of pushing on under all these and was enough for forming The Bombay mail brings us our usual a line of supports in communication with each other all tho way to Under circumstances the files of from Bombay to the 28th of news of the restoration of the guns must and Calcutta to the 22nd of that have been very This had not arrived at Calcutta at the latest date by Cachar on the part of tho barbarous tribes on tho who had threatened to the and with tho planters in rather an unpleasant Preparations were being made for keeping these unwelcome visitors at a respectful The Calcutta papers are commenting upon some scandalous disclosures which have come to light regarding the traffic management of the East India Correspondence after correspondence has appeared in tho public in which tho railway authorities are charged with showing undue preference in tho allotment of and from which it appears that the repeated remonstrances of tho most respectable firms on tho subject have been unattended with any Tho most flagrant instances of this preference are said to havo taken place in tho case of Messrs. Palmer and carrying on business under the stylo of the Commercial Transport Association Mr. of tho said being a brother of Mr. tho agent of the East Indian Railway Company and it is currently alleged that the preference in question has been shown in accordance with instructions issued by tho An investigation is now being held At the latter date the renewed but it had been received in time to into these though the into was still j be conveyed by telegraph to Bombay be- aro not made thoy are The first composed of three companies 20th, one of and the marched on the 4th instant along the bed of the Deea towards the The comprising one company 26th, and one company 12th, started on the following and pushed for and the consisting of the remainder of the 26th, and one company of 12th fore the departure of the The said to confirm this The had an inkling of the The it had carefully fortified the Hill and placed good great importance of a moved on the 7th marching into the of tho Monas w h i ch bridge The advance valley where it to hold a spanned that rapid was not a rapid as and all helped to check It was at that the force first touched the when the advanced guard was fired and one sepoy and a were The made no but fled after setting fire to the residence of the local They were quickly pursued and many of them cut off before they reached the Monas which is spanned by chain suspension bridge near the place in The bridge of occupied But if the opposition made by the enemy could scarcely be regarded as a there were others at hand which the preference complained of will be understood when it is remembered that the lino has for tho last number of armed men to guard six months been so completely blocked up the passage of the Zate with cotton that consigners aro fortunate and and to dis- when they can obtain despatch of their pute the advance of the British to goods within a month of laying them But on the representations of the down at tho Under these after the advance was actually tho Commercial Transport ho re considered his sociation are said to havo been enabled to nation and sent a message to say that the guns had been upon which the march of the force was The news of the resignation of Sir tho waggons allotted to them at a large Some alarm had been caused by an accident to tho carriage of Lady Charles Wood had just reached and j while her ladyship was there was no great mischief had been received both in Calcutta and Bombay with feelings which those who The Friend of India has good reasons a were opposed to his policy made no for that Lord Napier accepted the tempt to Some of the 0f Governor of Madras on the the event are not without i standing other things being ho especially in reference to the 11 will succeed Sir John Lawrence as tion which was undoubtedly the | The claims of one who has head and front of the of the late Indian The Currency Commission was still the very highest diplomatic app under the and has others to meet the wishes of but its deliberations were not I says our revealed to the profane hardly be satisfied by a There had been some incursions into | considered fit for incompetent