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north-west frontier between a detatchment of the 3rd Scinde Horse and a party of Murrees. The Murrees were defeated with heavy loss. The military guards placed on the Bhootan frontier have been withdarwn, and police guards substituted. The National Bank at Calcutta has amalgamated with the Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi Bank. — Times of India, February 13. MAURITIUS. At a time when the cost of rice is almost equal to that of sugar, and when all kinds of grain are excessively scarce, we cannot do better than call the attention of other countries to the good market offered here at present. More might be done in the colony as regards the production of grain and substances for food, but all the efforts made will have little influence on our wants from abroad, which amount to a million of bags of rice, wheat, oats, grain, &c, per annum. The shipment of the last sugar crop will be brought to a close earlier than usual this year, there being an active demand for most qualities. The quantity will exceed our latest estimation, which was 115,000 tons. Sugarmaking has been actively resumed on the estates which have not yet finished, and if the dry weather continues the difference will be important. There are shipped and left, 84,000 tons ; on board in the harbor, 60,000 tons ; about 250,000 bags in store, partly sold, equal to 20,000 tons; total, 110,000. Launch of the Steamer Nelson. — Yesterday morning the tide being favorable, was fixed on as the time for launching this steamer ; the Woodpecker was in attendance to tow her off the moment she took the water. There was a considerable number of spectators present, and when the shores were knocked away, and the steamer glided swiftly and safely into the water, the assembled multitude gave several heavy cheers. The Woodpecker at once got uuder weigh and towed the Nelson up the river in gallant style; a band of music was on board, and played several enliveniug tunes as the vessels came towards the Quay, and a plentiful supply of bunting did honor to the occasion. The Nelson although of course dilapidated in appearance, has not suffered so much damage as expected, and repairs needed to the hull are slight; her fittino-s are gone,|she needs extensive repairs to her upper works. She will proceed tp Wellington under the command of her old commander, Captain S. Leech, to complete repairs ou the patent slip there. A Heartless Daughter. — Elizabeth Stevens, aged 14, was charged by her father with robbing him. — The poor man for some moments after he had entered the witnessbox could not speak for tears. He said he was a shoemaker living in Holy-well-lave, Shoreditch. On Tuesday last a drawer in an upper room was broken opeu, and the contents, amounting to £7, stolen. There was too much reason to fear that his daughter had perpetrated the act, as six week since she stole some money from him ; indeed, she had been a trouble to him ail her life. On the Tuesday night in question she slept away from home. He could not discover where she was living, but did ascertain that she had purchased a bed, some chairs, and a new silk dress. That morning he chanced to catch a glimpse of her passing along Brick-lane, Whitechapel, and she ran away, but was stopped by a police-constable. She did notutter a word about the money. — Prisoner here remarked coarsely, "It wasn't yours." The father assured the magistrate that it was, and that she well knew it. He most earnestly besought that she might be sent to some reformatory, as that was the only mean- likely to reclaim her. — Prisoner (defiantly) : If I am sent I'll let you know it before I go. — Mr. Ellison : Your demeanor in that dock proves you to be a wicked, heartless girl ; and if this case is sustained against you, most assuredly I will comply with your father's request, and send you to a reformatory. Take her away, the is remanded. — Prisoner left the dock for the cell, but turning in the qassage-way, and scowling at her father, exclaimed, "May my enrse be upon you np and down for ever, although you are my father."