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Disease is sure to follow, and ALTHOUGH o.
are certain that every possible means with.
in the power of government will he EN-.
ployed to lessen the effects of this dir.
visitation, we trust also that the aid of tba
Bengal public will not be withheld.


MADRAS, Dec. 90.


1t is with resrot that we notice the in.
creasing distress prevalent among the ma.
tives from the scarcity of rice; in the
bazars it is not to be procured, and ony
one Brakshall is now open for its sale.
consequently the rush Of the people 10
obtain a portion of this small supply il
dreadful, and the North Beach is covered
with hundreds waiting with the faint hone
of being at last fortunate enough 10 reach
it's door. Many European gentlemen ara
seen mingled with the crowd, eadeayour.
ing to procure grain for their servants,
which after having succeeded the difiicu.
ty Of carrying it away in safety is consid.
cradle, as the right Of the strongest, the on.
ly law of necessity, seems universally ac.
knowledged. Some few merchants are
dealing out their stock of rice scantily and
secretly during the middle of the night, to
avoid the scene of confusion and violence
fattendant on public sale of it. Grain Of
the worst and oldest description is bought
up with avidity, and many are reduced to
subsist on Gram: this even is not to be
purchased except in small quantities, and
at an enormous price. Several deaths
have occurred amongst the lowest order of
nh ,,k h.u r.
starvation. and so miserable is their condi-
ton that many children have in despair
been abandoned by their parents.


The inhabitants of Pondicherry we re-
gret to learn are also sufferers for the
want of food We can now no longer in
dulge the expectation that fall Of rain
may yet save the harvest of the coming
year, as we understand from those ac.
quaintcd with the subject, that the crops
are already destroyed we however sin.
cerely hope that plentiful supplies from
Bengal and the Northward, will soon reach
this port to obviate the distressing effects
Of a scarcity, which presses so severely Oh
all classes Of the native population.


DEC. 2j.


On Monday night. vast multitude as
scmbled in the Black Town, and proceed
ed to break open some of the Rice Stores
belonging to Native Merchants, which were
plundered, and much grain carried Off
Guards Of Native Troops were sent to pro-
tect property Of this description; the mob
however behaved in the most daring and
Outrageous manner towards the Sepoys--
while the latter, we understand, acted
Nth the greatest forbearance. under very
trying circumstances-two of the men
however are reported to be wounded, and
one killed 1t is imagined that no less
than 100000 persons were collected.