INDIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 86, 22 March 1854, Page 3

INDIA.

The intelligence from India is of mnre thin usual interest, It is roported ihnt Dont Mahomed is preparing for anolhcr raid in (lie Punjaub. being aided ninl abetled by Russia. A letter from Peshawiir, dalod 15th Sept.. conveys the intelligence of tbn nuassinalion in open court, pn the tentli of that month, of Lieut. - Col. F. Mackeson, C. 8., British Commissioner at Peshawur. Tho murderer h»s been ascertained to be a disciple of the Akhoon of Swat ; ami he sjtyt it wos his intention to have added the As»lst-nnt-Commissioner to hit list of victims, but ha denies bovine any accomplice*. The authorities are said however to entertain no doubt thnt ho n an emissary from Swat, or at least ituligated by the bigota of that country. Several severe shocks of earthquake hove lately taken place. The rivtr Hooghly i« staled to lip rapidly filling up, which threatens, at no distant period, to render access to the port of Calcutta altogether impracti* cabin to any vcssols but tlio-e of the smallest size. The disturbances at Burmnh nre far from being settled. Mcah.Poon i« carrying on a sort of Guerilla wur with our troops, who have suffered much from tho pestilential climate of the interior. A little war is r.iging in the territories of the Niznm, between the British army and that potentate's rebel subjects, A large force of Arab insurgents under Bajcc Roto had been defeated by Brigadier Mayue. Our total hiss ivm twenty -five killed and fifty-three wounded. Tho Mormons nre very actively proselytizing »t Calcutta and Bombay. Great nctiviiy prevails in the Bombay mivtketi, in consequence ol tho rapidly increasing trndo bo'tween tho Western presidency and the Australian colonies. The Dutch Government has at lenslh thrown open the trade of tho Molupciw to all nail- m.