The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-16 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND

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We have received our despatches hif the 14tlis
laud Mail, dated Calcutta, 10th ; Madras,
a the
nd Bombay, 18th Mnreh.
The following is from the summary o' bf
baTy Times
he excitement of the fortnight is, the oP
Government of a 5 per cent. loan of On f,of
sterling, to be employed on public vtlerlsti.ofer:or
the close of the Punjab war inIEA9 the and
General, on seeing the extreme necessitYLori v
mous gainfulness of public works, has u" t
on raising money for their construct he o',"
extent that might be desired, so long
borrow below six and invest; above °lli,: Ole
And now for the first time he seems
significant extent to have been inclidgeoo
public works would be infinitely better t ioolf
by private enterprise than by Governitie: 011,°311°
yond question, and no wonder that 00000i'
when we find three months required to 91/osit co,
simplest letter not requiring the slighthtoo94
deration or reference to any party, risolidoh_d'
for the (.xpiscation of information for v(lbetel
right should suffice, and an ignorance VivclB9;
the authorities of the physical, iners'9l,-ich
and financial condition of the country,
seem incredible if it were not confesVu'teates,,
has been so governed heretofore that no tto it r
hithertopresented has been found sufficieaci
into it private capital or enterprise ; aVit for,
disgraceful the work should be left ilud°ll:4l3o
sarily devolves on Government when a" bilitiVY,
ties decline it. A despatch of great oblr
publication of which is daily expeeteu/no P. de
written by the Governor-General r¢t
works, for the promotion of whielli she' 131015
partments are being arranged ; auu,,epitoo:o
chilly ordered. that men should b°-i-re 100.
. charge of these exclusively in cousi.ni. efstei
qualification, and without regard to th,,enj 0,2
in or their belonging to the service ;.tiOfl,lol
towards securing.for India the serve?: 50,10"
body of civil engineers, not as a separ3w9o B 1,0:3
pendent corps, but on the ordinary
they are engaged by Europdan Golecicrob
public companies. Lord Harris has alreauloar o 1
for Madras a liberal supply of these, v",:i to f. 06
on their way out, and others are desire 41;
tertained or trained on the spot, 1,111"ndtP,01
meets of most praiseworthy liberalith tliecte4,
em will, we hope, be worked out at !crotic 00:10
dencies. The Madras Government, bavii)c't tbssber
in establishing an excellent museum"tali° of
d eucy, are now
into existence up and down over the °lBrrica
The electric telegraph has just been cur 000,
north as Attok, and will be at PesiTv?;, of s' 'fog
months' time --a distance in direct lin-D.oi 0,,
sand miles from Calcutta, and the like the thflotisfrot
bay, and 1,600 from Madras ; 8° ."--th r6AWO%
pi esidetieies could be communicated °is
neously, and in a few minutes time, bf•rotliVcoP
frontier—the only point in the wholeuofe
dominions where serious trouble or alle, coVOO
arise to us. Meanwhile, after haviPtS incflej
three thousand miles.of telegraph wiagitlg fcjit
economy and speed, instead of encearbio toof 1/
lowtst possible scale of prices the Petlesorio 1:0001#
to it, until they had found it & ge °
char
oevefesu
we have clapped on it a rate of
strously extravagant, that it is itse' priti
ployed by Government, and is uttetroloY, jtl!id
the community at large, and this, oil vr
finding that by striking three-I°llr

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