INDIA AND THE EAST.

Grey River Argus, Issue 58, 26 May 1866, Page 3

INDIA AND THE EAST.

INDIA. ': BojiBAY, 17th ApriU Indo-European telegraph, working satisfactorily. . , Panical, Sultan of Muscat, sent envoys to the Governor of Bombay, requesting omcial recognition. Governp-r refused- compliance. H.M.'s. Octavia and Highflyer returned from Persian Gulf to confer with Government on the state of affairs. 130 cases of cholera had broken out on board the Octavia. The first Lieutenant died. The vessel was placed in quarantine. Nine Europeans we£e drowne4^by a boat upsetting in the harbor! There are fresh disturbances. GSSe... Aden tribe, .so lajtcly punished ib# British, forces, are

again attempting to intercept supplies. Official 'reports on cotton exported from Bombay, during February, value it at L2,4C0",(J00. _ The question of constructing docks in Back Bay is again revived by the Reclamation Company. The board of enquiry concerning the Avreck of the Jecklo had decided that the commander is to blame for not using the lead, and suspended his certificate for six months. The Abyssinian prisoners -were released; they are still in the dominions of King Theodoie. . Famine has broken out in Bhootan, and the poorer classes are suffering fearfully. The total cost of the Bhootan Avar Avas L 250,000. The Bhootan Government remonstrates against a British force remaining on the frontiers after proclamation of peace. Lord Napier hag assumed the governorship of Madras. Sir Willliam Denison has received a highly complimentary address previous to his departure. The mone} 1 - market is satisfactory, Metals in fair request. Cotton slightly advanced. Opium dull.