The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-05 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH

EGYPT AND INDIA.
Mr. CRAWFORD staked the First Lord of the Trea-
sury whether any arrangements bad been made, or con-
•entions entered into, by or on behalf of her Majesty's
Government, with any companies, individnals, or foreign
governments, for establishing telegraphic conamn-
rtications with Egypt and India ; and whether any
aegotiations were uow pending, and with whom, in
reference thereto, and, if any had been terminated,
would he state the terms.

Lord PALMERSTO' said the Government had been
in communication with Austria on the subject, but the
conditions required by Austria were such that Her
Majesty's Government could not with propriety agree to
them, and therefore negotiations had been dropped.
(Hear, hear.) The conditions ►ere, that Her Majesty's
Government rhould engage to use no other line
but that in their communications with
In-
dia; and, also, that this country should
undertake to continue the line from Suez to India ; that
the British Government declined to agree to. He hoped
Austria would be induced to adopt a line of communi-
cation through her territory, and if so, the Government
would be ready to pay for the use of the line
in such a manner as might be agreed to.
The Turkish Government proposed to establish a line of
is legraph from Constantinople or a point on the opposite
shore to the head of the Persian Golf, with the hope
if the line should be established that the British or In-
dian Government would carry it on from that point to
Kurrachee. (Hear, hear.)

IttIWA'R,DS. TO INDIAN OFFICERS.
Colonel NORTH asked it the officers who had
received titles from her Majesty, and the widow of
General Neill would be called on to pay the usual fees.
Mr. WILSON said they would not. Tore() years ago
it was arranged that such persons should not be called
on to pay fees. The officers engaged in the Crimean
war, rewarded in a similar manner, paid
no fees, and the same course wool' now be adopted.
(Rear, hear.)

ARMY WARRANT, 1854.
Oe the motion for the adj )urninent of the house,
Geg. PEEL asked the Under-Secretary what was the
result of the Government inquiry on the army warrant
of 1854, and what steps had been taken in consequence
Sic J. RAMSDEN said that, in consequence of the
ludian disturbance, the department to which it belonged
bad not been able to direct its attention to the subject,
but he hoped shortly after the recess to be able to give
an answer to the question.
After some remarks from Col. NORTH, t'le subject
dropped.
VOTE OF THANKS TO THE INDIAN
FFICERS.
Sir DE LACY EVANS asked the Government
when a vote of thanks of the h.)use would be proposed
to those officers who had so gallantly dibtinguished
themselves in India I

Lord PALSIERSTON said he was unable then to
nama a day. He would give due notice when it would
be proposel.
ENGLISH ENGINEERS AT NAPLES.

Mr. MILNES called the attention of the Govern-
ment to the apprehension and detention of BritieL
engineers found on board the Cagliari by the Neapolitan
authorities.

Lord PALMERSTON said that full inquiry had
been made into the circumstances, but the Govern-
ment did not consider themselves called upon to
interfere. These individuals had been taken in an
apparent violation of the Neapolitan laws, and her Ma-
jesty's Government bad no right to say they should not
be t.ied for thit offence. One of the moat eminent
Neapolitan counsel had been appointed there, acid so far
as things now stood, her Majesty's Government bad no
cause of complaint against the Neapolitan Government.