INDIA AND THE EAST.

Southland Times, Issue 954, 20 May 1868, Page 3

INDIA AND THE EAST.

Letters from Dr Livingstone, up to the 2nd of March, 1867, from Bembo, N.W., Lake Nyanza, have been received in Bombay. He says he had sent the Bombay sepoys away because they tried to force him to return to the East Coast. A traveller, supposed to be the doctor, is reported to have been seen at Lake Tangangika in October or November. The petition to Parliament, praying that the order for the enhanced rates of Indian postage be rescinded, has been presented on behalf of the Madras Chamber of Commerce. It is proposed by the Government and leading gentlemen of Bombay to hold an exhibition in Bombay next January, on a large scale. The Khan of Lohoore, with a number of the chiefs of his family, have been arrested at Delhi for complicity in the rebellion of 1857. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, who is still indisposed, leaves Bombay for the hills in a few days. The Madras mint will be closed from the Ist of April. The bullion and assay department will be still kept at Madras, but the bullion will be sent to Calcutta for coinage. It is said that the Bishop of Calcutta has ordered that idolaters must not be allowed to enter Christian churches during the time of Divine service. Lady Franklin is staying at Lahore. The Government of India has decided on abandoning the Jhansie cantonment, and adopting one at Nowgona. Mr Stamp, manager of the Delhi Bank at Lucknow, has disappeared in a mysterious manner. He is a defaulter to a serious extent. A meeting of shareholders of the Indian Peninsular Bank has resolved that the report of the liquidator be not accepted. The Supreme Council of the Viceroy has collected information on the creation of an executive council for Bengal, and the erection of the province into a governorship, and with reference to the best site for the capital of India. The arrivals of shipping at Bombay have been very heavy. Rates in consequence have declined. Ships just arrived find difficulty in engaging cargo. Many were loading at 50s per ton. Ships on the berth have not been much affected, and command 60s to 655. The Eight Hon. W. Massey leaves Calcutta for England on the 10th of April. A bill for taxing trades and professions was pafsed by the Govern meht of India on the 31st of March, a clas being added for incomes of £20,000 and upwards. Six vessels engaged in the Abyssinian expedition have been paid off by the Government, and many more ships on the way from the Eed Sea. Business is very limited.