INDIA.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 553, 4 November 1867, Page 1

INDIA.

The following summary of the Indian news brought by the Bombay is published in the Melbourne Argus •

The all-absorbing topic of interest dur* ing the month is the decisive measure* adopted by the Home and Indian Gouernincuts for an expedition to liberate the captives in Abyssinia, consisting of Mr Rassain, Consul Cameron, Mr and Mrs Rosenthal and child, Mrs Fiad and three children, Mr Stern, two missionaries of the Scotch Church, and others. By fha latest direct news, up to the Ist July, they were all well. Conflicting reports continua to be received of their position and liber* at ion, but the most active preparations ara .roiiig on. The pioneer force was to leave dombay on the 10th in<t., to be followed by the main b idy of the expeditionary lorca next month. Numerous steamers have bent engaged bv Government at Bombay, and n large number of sailing vessals, it is expected “will be charted for the convey* j uico t'f troops and stores, j A decisive' struggle between the rival. |• ulers of Atlghmistan must be near at |hand. Their concentrated armies ara : within a few miles of each other. Cholera is )'ro-trut ing many of the regiments. It lis rep irted that the Ameer of Cabul i* kim-cit a victim, but this requires cou* 1 tlr. cation. Latest accounts from nil the lately fa* mine-stricken districts are encouraging. In Orissa, work is abundant, and the Go* vernment have undertaken to supply the distressed population with food. Provision will be made for the maintenance of thosa who have died. I he Vicerov and Governor-General will hold a durbali at Lucknow, in Oude, on the 1 -Jili November, to receive the homage of lb • Talookdars. He proposes to make ia ftet.. entry into the city on the 9th Nov. ! The ex-King of Dude's atfairs are in such | a state of confusion that. Government have 1 been comp-lied to interfere, lie lias been '[allowed six montns to arrange them, and if ;lie fails, his debts will be paid by GovernImetil. and deducted out of Ids large stipend kf c120,n0.' per annum, exclusive of Ids ji ilace ar I grounds ul Garden Reach, Calcutta, purchased for him by the Govern* [ men' of imlia. 1 Twelve banks are in liquidation in Bom* bay, o died-up capital of wtdeh is said to [represent the- enormous eum of twelve , mil do; is sterling. 1 ]lefalcations, amounting to 30,000 ru* jpees, have been detected by the Govern* iniont auditor in the cash-keeper’s account |at Ncgapatam, in the ofllce of the Great Southern of India Railway, j The National Hank of India has dei glared a dividen 1 of eight per cent, for tho past k.h-vear, iiiia earned LSeOo vO the reserve lund. I The Bengal Government contemplate j’ho erection of additional lighthouses afc ! tiie mouth of die river Hoogly. | The ship Anstatan (Astraoan?) ha« ; been wrecked 0.. the south-west prong of ■ihe cutra’ cc to Bombay harbor, while oa a voyage from Calcutta, j The damage by floods to tho Indian : Railway embankments and bridge is enorjmous. In several districts the lines [os juiiltS have been completely underwater. U>n the unopened portion of the Labor# [extension ol the Great Indian .Peninsula j Railway, seventeen bridges have been coa* i detuned by the company’s engineers.