The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Si-,—ln the roinarks in Ole Tines cf this date
on the subject of Telegraphic Communication with
India, you assume ti-at route by the Red Sea 's

the most feasible and can bo most quickly estab•
lished, and that the c anple;_ion of thtt by the
Persi-tu Gulf ought to he delayed on acC)unt of the
difficulties which you apse: t attend it. It: nit you
will he good enough to allow me to state a few bets
ui h reference to hod). routes.

As regards the 1.1,-d Sea roue the elmmunica-

Pion wiili Rigland is now only advanced as far as
M -.1 .a; 8 )0 miles intervene betty, en that isl And and
Al-x %nth i ; tetween Alexandr:a and Suez the tele-
graph is at work, hut from Suez to Aden and Kur-
achee there is a distance of upwards of 4,000 miles.
Betwn2en Suez and Aden the dist ince Is too great
to allow the cable to be submerged in one length.
This tact Vie most strenuous supporters of the Red
Sea ro:ite admit ; it would consequently be neces-
sary to land the cAb!e about half way ; and, as it
it nt,t irious that the Arabs on the cost of the Re
Sea are the mo 4 1 .wless of the inhabtants of any
part of the Turkish dominions, it wou!d be requisite
to ei cot a fort—in fact, to take mditary possession
of the country in order t 3 protect the end of the
cable and the-persons iii c`iar„cre of it—a proc edin,g
b inferred iLe Turkijih-lauvorn-
nittl I -.lvrt sanction.

Ca tiiu Psxllen, in his report, states that. there
would be great difficulty in landing a cable on
acioui.t of the coral reef, and suggests that a
ship should he anchored, in which the ends of
the cable could be placed. This suggesti,,n does
not overcome the cliff-10111'y to be expected from the
A.r•bs,- as they would probably seiz 3 whatever was
iu the wssel and afterwards destroy her. -
Will respect to the Persian Gulf touts London
is in telegraphic communication with donstanti-
nople. The Turkish Government has despatched
from this country the necessary materials for a line
of telegraph between that city and the head of the
Persian Gulf, and the B itish Government has
placed the s.rricei of Colonel Biddulpl3 and other
engine r officers at the disposal of the. Porte, so
that the line may he quickly and effi.dently,estab-
lts',ed. From the head of the Persian Gulf to
Kurracbee there remains only a distance of
1,200 miles, and the company's repres,)ntative has
made a proposition t) her Algjesty's Government
for laying down a submarine cab'e between
these two p ints, which would unite the tele-
graphic system of India with that of Europe. This
propo.ition is now, there is reason to believe, under
the fay pn-able consideration of the Government.

-Toe difficolti-s by this rout-, have been g,eatly
exaggerated. Thn li e-be'!ween Qonstantinopl,, and
Bus- oral) at the heal of the Persian Gulf will fol-
low the c..,rrimon post road, and it is the opiiiion of
gent'etnen who have travelled and resided for many
yearc in Aci ',tic Turkey !ha' the inhabitants of the
cou.:try to be traversed by Vie tel-'graph are among
th,, most of ihe-Sul'an's sul.jects. No dit-
ficolty can attend the operation of laying down a
ep.bte in the Persian Gulf ; the water is shallow,
and .ft ere ara various points at which it can be
landed—such as Ba.sarlore, a station of the Indian
navy, and numerous others.
In brie; thn, it appears that while nearly.
5,000 wiles of cable are necessary to establish tele-
graphie communichlioh between this country and
India via the Red Sea, only 1,200 are required by
thi Persian Gulf route. I leave any unprejudiced
pef%%n tq draw his own conclusion fpom these facts.
'I air,' Sir, your most obedient servant,
• W.. P. ANDREW, Chairman.
European and Indian Junction Telegraph Com-
pany, crres)mtn-house, Old Broad-street, May 21.

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