Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-18 00:00:00

111,WAY3 IN INDIA

On the motion for going into committ,eJsupply,
Air. WATKIN drove attention to the prcgress of railways in India,
complaining that the money in hand warranted the works being pro-
ceeded with gre tter rapidity.
Mr. V. Sairrii stated that the East India Company guaranteed five
per cent. to theve railways, and exercised control over the works to
prevent the expenditure exceeding the revenue.
A brief discussion ensued, after which the House went Into
SUPPLY.

On the vote for £500,000 to defray the expenses of the war with
Persia,

The CHANCELLOR of the EXQUEQUER explained that. the expenses of
the Persian war amounted to about 1,601,000, though he was only
asking for a vote of ha'f a million. In consequence of the ,elzursr o
the Treasury at Delhi, ~,nd the in t-rruption in the collection of the
revenue, the East India Company thought it necessary to
ask the 'Government for a larger sum than the £500,000 and
he shouldjpropt,e on this account a supplemental vote of £400,000, in
consequence of the with irawal of a large number cf troops from
China, he would be able to produce the estim stes for that service,
from £500,00 to £400,000, but the First Lord of the Admiralty would
name a supplemental estimate of £lOO,OOO for the Indian naval
service. The actual rxpe,ndituse of the last year was less than the
estimate of February tothe extent of '1,860.000. There was an ,ncrease
in the estimate of the tea duty of .£500,000 during the last year,
and the malt duty had an increase of £500,000 over what he had
estimated, and he hod in the Treasury the sum of £2,800 0 ,O, while
on the other hand, the total amount he required was only £2,2 lo,ooa,
leaving a ba'ance in the Treasury of £650,000.
After some further discussion, the vote for the Persian war, and
the vote of £400,000 for operations in China, were agreed to, and the
House adjourned.

MARSEILLES, July lA—The price of wheat is still falling
BRIGHTON RAILWAY DIVIDEND.-The directors have de.
cided on recommending the payment of a dividend for a
half year of £2 lOs per cent. on the consolidated stock of
the cc prnany,
AUSTRALIA.—The next telegraphic advices from Austra-
lia by the overland route will be conveyed to Suez by the
steamer Simla, and are expected to reach London in about
sixteen days from the present date. This intelligence will
extend to the llth of June from Sydney, and to the 14th
from Melbourne.

►STEAM COMPETITION.—Amongst the cargo brought home
by the Brazil mail-packet Medway, was a large quazAtity of
coffee and cocoa, from the Brazils. This is the first time
the mail packet have brought such cargo, and it is owing
to the royal mail company having just reduced the freight
on such produce.

A despatch from Berlin, dated Wednesday, states that
the King of Prussia, who had quitted tho baths of Boheme
for the purpose of passing a day at Pillmotz, w;,,th the royal
family of Saxony, was taken so seriously ill, 6s to be unable
to proceed. A bulletin, signed by the royal physicians,
says that the intense heat had affecte., his Majesty.
TIIE LINE' OF BATTLE SHIPS FOR INDIA.—The Daily News
says that the arrival of a couple of line of battle ships in
each of the harbours of 80n7:03y, Madras, and Calcutta,
would give corfidence to fir; European inhabitants of these
cities and strike panic into the bosoms of the mutineers
throughout India. The inhabitants would feel perfect ,y
safe so long as they knew the crews of 2,013 men of ''garwere within hail. They would see with tranquility their
towns denuded of European troops, and the wbr,ie of our
effective English soldiers marched to Bengal, On the other
haud these mighty ships would be regs.rdPAl by the natives
ias the avant coureurs of a mighty Englsharmy on its way .
to trample ous every spark of dlsfifrection Hindostan,

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.

INDIA.

Private accounts state that the atrocities com-
mitted by the sepoys, on the Europeans who fe li
in their power, was fearful in the extreme.

Russian agents throughout the East have spread
reports of the weakness of .England.
The outbreak is attributed to Russian intrigue.