From the present meagre account, the encounter does not seem to have been very bloody, in fact it seemed to be more an arrangement between themselves. Messengers of distinction have been passing from the Shassan Court to Yarkund, holding secret conferences with the Thannadar at Leh, the meaning of which did not transpire. I am sorry to tell you that no news whatever has been received of Mr. Schlagintweit or the man Mahomed Amin who conducted him to that country. The news formerly being, that Mr. Schlagintweit had identified himself with the Indijan party, which party has been conquered by the Chinese, would place him in an awkward position, and as he would have been unable to pass the Chinese posts to return to Leh, he would have, of necessity, been obliged to retire with the beaten army towards Kohkan." Delhi Gazette, July 17, 1858. No. 3.--A merchant named Nasir Khan, came to Hindoostan about two years ago nominally on a pilgrimage to Mecca, where he proceeded. He returned at the beginning of the hot weather to Sultanpore in Kulu, where he took up his residence, some of his people joining him from Bombay, and others vid Calcutta. He has remained several months in Kulu, and was narrowly watched by Major Hay, who was of opinion that he had other motives than those of trade. Being anxious apparently to return to Yarkund, and wishing to know the exact state of that country, he paid a man 15 Rupees to proceed to Ladak before the passes were considered fairly opened. About a fortnight ago, this messenger brought him a letter informing him that the Chinese force had driven back the troops of Indijan, which attacked Yark und last year when they were ill prepared for resistance; nor are the Chinese of Yarkund allowed to assemble troops without orders from Pekin. However, the important portion of my story as regards Runbeer Singh is to come. This letter stated that 200 of the rebel sepoys fully armed had been allowed to pass through the Kashmir territory, and had actually arrived in Yarkund!! Nasir Khan is a Patthan, and communicated this to the Native Officer of the guard of the detachment of the Police corps now stationed at Sultanpore. Who can tell what is going on up there? I met a few days ago two Mahomedans who had arrived from Leh in 19 days, just to cross the Sutledge to Rampoor. One a Kashmiri told me, that Mr. Schlagintweit was alive, and that he had gone on to Kashgar, with Mahomud Amin, the native who accompanied him from Kulu. If true, this is a curious move for him to make, and the Chinese would certainly never allow him to return the way he went to Yarkund. (True copies) (Signed) W. H. Lowe, Offg. Assistt. Secy. to Govt., North-Western Provinces. Mr. H. Blanford read a paper on the Cretaceous rocks of Southern India. The Officiating Librarian submitted a report of the additions made to the Library during the months of September and October last. LIBRARY. The Library has received the following accessions during the months of September and October, 1858. Presented. Catalogue of the Government Central Museum, Madras, 4 Parts.-By THE MADRAS GOVERNMENT. Appendix to the Report on the Government Central Museum, Madras, 8vo., Madras, 1855.-BY THE SAME. The White Yajur Veda, Part 3, Nos. 4 and 5.-By ALBRECHT WEBER, Berlin. The Oriental Christian Spectator, Nos. 8 and 9, for August and September 1858.-BY THE EDITOR. Indische Alterthumskunde for 1857-58.-BY CHARLES LASSEN. Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Band 1, No. 3, 2 copies.-BY THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BERLIN. The Oriental Baptist for September.—BY THE EDItor. The Calcutta Christian Observer for September.-BY THE EDITORS. Reports on the Harbour of Beitkul in Sedishaghur Bay, by Col. Cotton and Lieut. Taylor.-BY THE MADRAS GOVERNMENT. Reports on the direct and indirect effects of the Godavery Annicut in Rajahmundry, and the Coleroon Annicut in Tanjore.-BY THE SAME. Selections No. 2, from the Public Correspondence, &c. of the British Indian Association.-BY THE SOCIETY. The Annals of Indian Administration, edited by Meredith Townsend.BY THE HOME GOVERNMENT. Selections from the Records of the Madras Govt., No. 2 of 1854, No. 39, and No. 45 of 1856, 2 copies and No. 49 of 1858.-BY THE MADBAS GOVERNMENT. The Oriental Baptist for October.-BY THE EDITOR. The Quarterly Review, Vols. 50-51-52.-BY BABU GOURDOSS BYSACK. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. V. Part 2, and Vol. VI. Part 1.-BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. General Report on the Administration of British India. and Maps on the Administration Report.-BY THE HOME GOVERNMENT. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Vol. II. No. 3.-BY THE SOCIETY. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol. XXVII.-BY THE SOCIETY. Photographic Drawings of the Gol Goomuz at Beejapore.-FROM THE HON'BLE THE COURT OF DIRECTORS THROUGH THE GOVT. OF BENGAL. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.-By THE ACADEMY. The Calcutta Christian Observer for October, 1858.-BY THE EDITORS. Catalogues of the Government Central Museum in Madras, British Shells, 1. Iron Ores, 1. Palaeontology, 1. Descriptive Geology, 1. Mineralogy, 1. Five Pamphlets.-BY THE MADRAS GOVERNMENT. Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Government Central Museum, Madras.-BY THE SAME. Reports on the Government Central Museum, Madras, and on the Government Museums at Bellary, &c. Iron Ores, Manufacture of Iron and Steel and the Coals, 1. Report for 1853.-BY THE SAME. Report on the Woods of Madras, 1.-BY THE SAME. Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1858.-BY THE SOCIETY. Notice of Mr. Hugh Miller, Philadelphia, 1857.—BY THE AMERICAN. PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. Le Tresor des Belles Paroles, Choix de Sentences.-TRADUTES PAR. P. E. FONCAUX. Bibidhartha Sangraha for Joysto.-BY BABU RAJENDRALAL MITTRA. Bijdragen Tot de Taal land-en Volkenkunde van Nedarlandsh Indie, No. 2, New Series, 8vo.-BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCIENCES, NE THERLANDS. The Precepts of Jesus, &c. compiled by the late Rajah Rammohun Roy by the Unitarian Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in India.-BY BABU RAJENDRALAL MITTEA. Twentieth Report of the Proceedings of the Calcutta School-Book Society for 1857.-BY THE SOCIETY. Kitáb Jozabi, or Persian Work on the Diseases of Persia, by Dr. Pollock.-BY THE GOVT. OF INDIA, FOREIGN Department. Catalogue of Birds in the Museum of the East India Company, Vol. II. -BY THE HON'BLE THE COURT OF DIRECTORS. Pudmini Vopakhayan A Tale of Rajasthan in Bengali.—BY RUNGOLAL BANERJEE. Voyages d'Ibn Batoutah, Par. M. M. Defremery et Sanguinetti, Tome 4.-BY THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF PARIS. Reports on the Districts of Midnapore and Cuttack, by H. Ricketts.— BY THE BENGAL GOVERNMENT. Calcutta Review for September, 1858.-BY THE EDITORS. Journal Asiatique, Tome XI. No. 43, April and May, 1858.—By the ASIATIC SOCIETY OF PARIS. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgen: Gesellschaft, Band XII. Heft 2, Liepzig, 1858.-BY THE GERMAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY. Purchased. Comptes Rendus, Nos. 23 and 24 of Tome 46, and Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Tome 47, 1858. Literary Gazette, Nos. 2161 and 2162, Old Series, and Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of 1858, New Series. Vendidad Sade, Part 4. Sanskrit and English Dictionary, Improved from Professor Wilson, by Theodore Goldstücker, Vol. I. Parts 1 and 2. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, by Mr. F. E. Guerin-Meneville, Nos. 5 and 6 of 1858. The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Supplement of No. 103, and Nos. 104 and 105 for 1858. Notices et Extracts des Manuscrits de la Bibliotheque du Roi, Tome 16, P. 2. Analectes sur l'Histoire et la Litterature des Arabes D'Espagne, par. Al-Makarri. Published By M. REINHART DOZY. Mutanubbi Carmina cum Commentario Wahidii, Edited by Fr. Dieterice, Part 1. L Algebre D'Omar Alkhayyami.-BY F. WOEPCKE. Kitab-i-Yamini, translated by the Rev. James Reynolds. Chronique de Matthieu D'Edesse, Par. E. Dulaurier. Ibn Abd el Hakem's History of the Conquest of Spain.-BY J. H. JONES. Bibliotheca Egyptiaca.-By Dr. H. JOLOWIEZ. Map of Mont Rosa, shewing the Heights of its Peaks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History for July, 1858, No. 7. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Vol. VIII. No. 2, Botanique and Nos. 4 and 5, Zoologie. Deutsches Wörterbuch von. Jacobb Griciem und. Wilhelm Griciem, Vol. II. Part 7. Journal des Savants for June, 1858. Natural History Review for July, 1858, No. 3. Revieu des Deux Mondes, for 15th June and 1st July, 1858. Westminster Review, No. 27 for July, 1858. BHOBANYPROSAD DUTT. |