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N view of the abandonment of Kandahar by the Government. Sardar Shere Ali Khán, late Wali of Kandahar, is making arrangements for leaving the city and taking up his residence in India. Conflcting reports regarding the Kurdish rising are in circulation, the lattest is, that Russian troops have been withdrawn from the frontier of Persia. The illness of the Viceroy for some time was a cause of considerable anxiety. He has been laid up at Allahabad with a severe attack of intermittent fever, and is now happily in a fair way of recovery. Sir Donald Stewart succeeds Sir Fredrick Haines as Commander-in-Chief.

The Santhals, one of the few aboriginal tribes of India, are at present in a state of ferment; and fears are intertained of a rising of some sort amongst them. The sub-division of Jamtara seems to be the centre of disaffection. Preparation for the forthcoming census appear to be, if not the cause, at least the occasion of con siderable excitement; and the Deputy Magistrate's house at Jamtara has been burned to the ground. An arrest had been made of some Santhals who were instigating an opposition to the taking of the census; and the bungalow was fired the same night. We quote the following from the Englishman :—

No further act of violence is reported from Jamtara or the disturbed neighbourhood. It is, indeed, expected that whatever may be their purposes and plans, the Santáhls are not likely to commit themselves to any overt act at least for the next fortnight or so. Early in January, however, takes place the Bandhna festivals, one of the great national festivals of the people. The Santhals gather together in very large bodies to celebrate the occasion, and natural apprehensions are felt as to the consequences of their gathering in crowds like this in their present frame of mind. Some rash and thoughtless act on the part of some mischief-monger or evilly-disposed person, during this time, may, it is very justly feared, precipitate a disaster. Should the festival be got over without any disturbance, there is a prospect that the excitement will subside, at least for a time; for we fear that the present state of affairs at Jamtara is but the outcome of a long series of Santhali troubles, connected chiefly with the late land settlements. Every precaution is being taken to provide against any outbreak during the Bandhna festival, and to restore order. Strong police reinforcements have been sent and are still being forwarded to all stations throughout the Parganás. Strong bodies of the railway police have been put on guard on the line and stations in these parts. On Saturday a more efficacious proceeding was resolved upon. It was determined to

send up a detachment of troops to Jamtara and to march them. through the country thence to Naya Dumka. It is thought that this course will exercise a sobering influence on the unruly spirits among the Santháls. A similar measure was adopted in 1871, when signs of a Santhali outbreak appeared at Nya Dumka. On that occasion troops were marched through the heart of the Santhal Parganás, from Bhagalpur to Nya Dumka, with the very best results.

December 31st, 1880.

THE

CALCUTTA REVIEW.

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NO. CXLIV.

ART. I. THE INDIAN BAYARD.

HE chivalrous favourite of three French kings would be the first to recognise the high estimation in which posterity holds his memory as shown by connecting his name as a titleof-honor with that of the hero whose biography lies before us. That Outram was, "without fear and without reproach," like his spotless prototype, is however, after all, only negative praise, and conveys but an imperfect idea of the man who played so great a part in Indian History, and who has already taken his place in the foremost rank of statesmen and administrators. The inspiring task of writing the life of this great Anglo-Indian worthy had been originally allotted to Sir John Kaye, but, owing to the death of that distinguished writer, it devolved upon Sir Frederick Goldsmid, who has performed his work with an impartiality, diligence, and ability, that the elder writer could not have surpassed. Sir Frederick has had to deal with a great subject, and there can be no doubt that he has succeeded in giving us a vivid and life-like picture of the English official who best succeeded in winning the natives' hearts. The sketch which we propose giving of Outram's career will, we trust, be the best testimonial to this valuable and interesting biography, which no one who cares to hear the recital of noble deeds, and to learn how British rule was consolidated in Hindostan, should fail to read.

James Outram was born January 29, 1803, at Butterley Hall, Derbyshire, a mining property which had been recently purchased

James Outram: A biography by Major-General Sir F. J. Goldsmid, C.B., K.C.S.I., 2 vols,: London, 1880.

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