INDIA AND THE EAST.

West Coast Times, Issue 1591, 2 November 1870, Page 3

INDIA AND THE EAST.

Gaxle, Oct. 4. Captain Gilmore will wait till next mail. There is great improbability of England being imbroiled in the FrancoPrussian war. Subscriptions are being raised throughout India, Ceylon, and the East for the relief of the wounded of both sides, and the widows and orphans. Passenger steamers have arrived at Colombo and Galle from Liverpool and London via the Suez Canal in 27 and 31 days, affording comfortable passages at half the usual rates. It is rumored that there will be a temporary discontinuance of the French mail steamers. The schooner David and Jessie for Melbourne became stranded in Colombo harbor when nearly loaded. Fears are entertained for her safety. The Isabella arrived with a cargo of bonedust. Steamers conveying the Singapore cable and the stuff have passed through the canal. There is an interruption of the Red Sea cable. Bombay, October 28. The tempoaary panic at Allahabad subsided on the reinforcement of European troops arriving. A leading native merchant at Bombay has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for fraud by means of false bills of lading. ♦ CHINA AND JAPAN. There is no settlement of tho affair at Tien Tsin. The Chinese arc preparing for war. They are buying arms and massing troops. Foreigners are in danger. Man}' aio leaving the northern ports. The French Minister's terms are not acceded to. The Japanese have declared war on the Coreans. It is apprehended that there may be a fight between Prussian and French men-of-war in Japanese waters. Two German vessels with general cargoes and coals have Wen captured by a French guuboat off Singapore.