INDIA.

Southland Times, Issue 610, 26 December 1866, Page 2

INDIA.

H.M. steamer Bernice has been destroyed by fire in the Persian Gulf. The frontier at A den is again in a disturbed state. The garrison has been reinforced. A British Embassy, under military escort, has gone on a special mission to the King of Burmah. Peace has been concluded between Eussia and Bokhara. The Russians retired without interfering with the Government of Bokhara. Efforts have been made to establish a volunteer force at Bombay. A. commission to revise the Customs tariff in India has commenced its sittings. The famine continues in Orissa. Severe gales had cut off large supplies sent by the Relief Committee. Thirty thousand persons are fed daily. The deaths from starvation and pestilence amount to 2,000 per week. The subscriptions in Bombay amount to £20,000. The Marajah of Ram Gurgh has died, leaving no heir to his estate. It is worth .£300,000 per annum, and reverts to the state. Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, has held a grand durbar at Poona to confer the order of the Star of India on three native gentlemen. The ship Statesman has beeu wrecked in Gaspar Strait, while in charge of a Calcutta pilot. The crew were saved. It is. reported that the ship Belgravia has been wrecked. The Imperial Bank of Bombay has paid the shareholders in full. Freights in Bombay are depressed. Arrivals are heavy. Cotton, wool, and hemp, to London, 20s ; to Liverpool, 15s. | Calcutta to London, saltpetre, 5s to 7s I 6d ; cotton and measurement goods, £2 ' ss, Rice to Mauritius, 14 aanas per bag, '