Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-29 00:00:00

r the head of Customs
mutely, there is an expected im

Isive of s

the receipts kir the' whole of India:. in 1859166: as con
pared with 1.858-59, of 1,05,08,100 rs
The revenue to be derived

ivances

3,l3,s6,ooo.ruiees,_being 14,72

amount estimated 'for 1858-59'..' In Bengal a diminution
of 3,0.6,230 rupees in the amount realised, from the sale of
salt is expected to be more• than met by an increase of
5,00,000 rupees in the duty upon importations.
The receipts for opium arc estimated at 5,28,84,000 rupees,
being 41,73,660 rupees in excess of the receipts estimated
far the current year. The ordinary and extraordinary re-
ceipts from the public works have been assumed at 50,56,100

rufiees, being 2:51,1(4 rupees in excess of the estimate of
1858-59.

' The miscellaneous receipts, deducting the receipts apper-
taining to the mints, show a probable improvement in
1859-60 of 9,52,955 rupees.
The aggregate anticipated improvement under the prin-
cipal heads of revenue is 2,42,95,832 rupees. It is chiefly
contingent on peace being maintained, and on the delive-
ries of opium at Bombay, and the exports and imports
by sea at the several Presidencies not being diminished in
consequence of the additional duties imposed upon them ;
but the prospect is on the whole encouraging, and it is pro-
bable that the general results will be much more favourable
should it be determined in the course of the year to intro-
duce the measures now under eonsideration, of a tax on
tobacco, a stamp duty on checks and receipts, and an in-
hancement of the salt duties at Madras and Bombay.
With regard to the charges, it is observed the tota► charges

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expected tobe incurred in India in 1859-60 amotwit to
39,13,38,073 rupees, being 1,91,95,981 rupees less than the
charges estimated for 1858-59. Of these charges 1,34,71„100
rupees appertain to the. territories of Nagpoor, Pegu and
Martaban, Tenasserim and Oude.
The ordinary civil charges are estimated to exceed those.
of 1858-59 by 188,960 rupees, chiefly in consequence of an
increase in' the expense, on account' of deputy magistrates
and the criminal courts, police establishments, and revenue
surveys in Bengal, and the charges of the Enam Commis-
sion, police establishments, revenue surveys, and uncove-
nanted deputy collectors in Madras.

The civil charges extraordinary (general, judicial, revenue,
&c.), show a decrease compared with 1858-59 of 1,832;850
rupees. In the departments under the immediate control
of the government of India, the decrease is estimated at
931,500 rupees.
The military charges, ordinary and extraordinary, exhibit
an estimated decrease of 2,32,01,300 rs.
Under the head of " Interest," there is an estimated in-

crease of 48,86,200r5., the bulk of which is under India.
The expenditure for public works during the year is
assumed at 4;38,20,997r5.
After giving a tabular statement with regard to the debt
as well, besides recapitulating the receipts and disburse-
ments, the document, in its concluding paragraph, says :

"From these results 'it will be seen triat a cc'as hbalance of
11,39,66,539 rupees is looked for on the 30th April, IS6O.
This cash balance is only 60,33,461 rupees below the
amount (12,00,00,000) which it is thought desirable, under
existing circumstances, to have at command in the treasu-
ries throughout India at that period of the year,

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There must be (says the National Gazette) in the relations
between the Cabinet of Vienna and our own, some radical
defect, since all the confidential overtures, even those where
the bearers act in perfect good faith, end after all in such
illusions,

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WESTERN BANK OF SCOTLAND.—The report of the liqui-
dators of the Western Bank of Scotland, just published,
shows that a large progress has been made in winding up
the affairs of this unfortunate concern. The liabilities,
which, in February, 1858, were £6,134,129, have now been
reduced to £726,936. The liquidators expect that there may
be a surplus, after paying all debts, of £480,000,
whichdto re
will be paid back to the shareholders who contributed
of
call, which call unexpectedly. realised thr
onfot
cohee
£1,971,860. The action against the di eecteolearrodiginealsl
in any way interfered with by the proc g
liquidators.
THE CANADA -strerrle
rrN CyLLISION WITH AN
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publishes a letter from a
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gentleman on his passage to New York, to a friend in
Glasgow, giving an account of a terrible collision which the
Canada had with an iceberg. The writer says, "On Satur-
day, 9th instant, about 1.30 p.m.; in latitude 48 degrees 40
minutes north, longitude 48 degrees 10 minutes west, during
a dense fog, and while about 230 miles from Newfoundland,
the ship struck an immense iceberg, the same not
having been perceived until about 300 yards from the
ship, which was going full speed, and with mainsail
and yards set. The engines were immediately stopped;
but only about a minute and a quarter elapsed until we
struck, crushing and splintering the gigantic bowsprit like
a reed, annihilating the cutwater, tearing up the forecastle
deck, and staving in the bows of the ship. Death, speedy
and inevitable—for it was feared the ship would fill and sink
before the boats eould be lowered—seemedimminent, and was
apprehended by all for the space of five or seven minutes., but
if minutes are to be measured by the amount of sensations
experienced in the time, they were the longest I or anyone
on board ever felt. The captain and officers of the i
who behaved in the trying circumstances with great 'calm-
ness and presence of mind, as soon as possible ascertained
the extent of the damage done. Our hopes gradually rose
as some time elapsed, and there were no symptoms of the
ship settling down by the head, and it was shortly discovered
that we had fortunately struck on a perpendicular face of
the berg, and not where it extended under water, so that
the principal damage to the bows was above the water line.
This, with what must have been, as compared with others,
the extraordinary strength of the ship, proved our safety.
We remained on the spot for several hours to repair, so far
as our means admitted, the damage, and the heavy part of
the cargo and luggage was shifted back to the after part_
the main saloon, so as to lighten the ship forward, and
the broken part still further out of the water.. After dtht:
so long as the fog continued, we went "dead slow,"
have sent us for ano-
ther thump, thou 0 greatly less severe, wi9uland there are
down at once. The Americans on
board,
many, are almost unanimous in saying that had it been a
a
ver one.
I
Yankee ship, our fate would have be have nowr no doubt of
From the immensity of the shock,
the cause of the silent and signlesq fate of the President,
IPacific, and City of Glasgow.