The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-15 00:00:00

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arge quantity of great ooats. for the soldiers' Ilse.'
All sorts of reports are flying about hete regarding: /
Windham; but I assure you- it is the moat soleine -
truth to say that we know more_of what is going~in
in Canada than we do of what is going t iniand
about Cawnpore. Government allows no message
but the most simple one in regard to being alive
and in good health to come by the telegraph. It
monopolises everything. Even the dawks, whe.*
they do come in, are most scanty. No news what-
ever seems to come in, save the miserable pittance
doled out by government. The letters generally)
as far as I can ascertain from a very general inquirn
seem to be written with the fear of thew iter lest
he be found out and visited with the disploattuksiof
government exhibited in every line (I refer.4l-
- to the correspondence of the newspapers,
but it is much the same in private correspon
same.book to
yuosu. will
know
*Len ) Dee
lhi 1 hpinins a
ub the sei
when you have got this letter far more of, Upper
India than I may expect to know untityour answer
a
•
to my letter comes to me. We fully expect-
that the current of public feeling which by the last
papers received W 3.3 running against Lord Canning *:
was turned in his favour by the fall of Delhi, and •
that he will, alas !be rewarded. But when you
get the news from Chittagong and Dacca, the news
of his policy and acts towards Delhi and the army,
&c., I think Lord Canning will be in a minority
again. But lam writing to save the mail."

C'- ;

THE DISTURBANCES IN BOSNIA,
ALBANIA, &e.

The following letter from a correspondent, ex-
plaining the causes of the insurrection which lately
broke out in a part of Turkey in Europe appears in
the Debats

" Insurrectionary movements have just broken
out in the south of the Herzegovine ; the disturb-
ances in Bosnia are far from being appeased ; and
in Albania, notwithstanding the presence of large
bodies of troops, the Porte appears to have obtained
only a temporary tranquillity by making some con-
cessions to tbeinsurgent population. Everysithere
the causes of these movements are. the same ; the
transformation of the promises of the Hata i-huma-
yowl into new t-xes ; their colleetien eonfided.- to
the persons who farm them, who exact double and
triple what is du., ; the difficulty of regulating the
dues between the proprietors of fiefs and the Chris-
tian rayas ; and lastly, the arbitrary acts which '-
everywhere take the place of the law—a sad stateof
things, in countries where the masters are separated
by religion and interest from the rest of the popula-
tion. 'ln the Horzegoviue the tribes of Bagnani
and of lirouehewitce had entered into a convention
with the Pacha of Mostar, in which they bound
themselves, in exchange for the remission ef the
taxes, to support the Paudours and the irregular
troops established on their territories. Last year
the troops were withdrawn, and, the convention
being consequently at an end, these tribes had to
pay the taxes of the year. The contraoters for
these taxes, however, without taking into account
the convention entered into with the Pacha, claimed
the payment, not for ono year, but for five, for
four of which the convention had lasted. The in-
habitants naturally refused to comply with that ex-
action, but they eagerly collected the sum due for
the year, in order to send it to Mostar by chiefs
who vsuu!d then be able to defend before the Pacha
the into' ests of the tribes. At the moment of start-
iog, Loivever, every one hesitated to undertake
the perilous mission ; they feared on their arri-
val, in the absence of any European consuls, an
arrest, which, by del-riving the tribes of their cuiefs,
would perhaps secure 0 the Turkish pretensions an
immediate obedience. The money collected for the
tax remained, therefore, in the hands of the tribes,
no ono daring to carry it to Mostar. These tribes
were then considered as rebels, and troops were sent
against thorn. In another district, at Drobniak, a
body of about 40) irregulars c Iranited all kinds of
violence. The inhabitants supplicated the Pacha
to withdraw these men • they offered to support at
their own expense, at Mostar, any number of host-
ages that the Papa might name, to be selected
from the families of the chiefs; they protested their
entire submis3iou, only asking for the withdrawal
of those irregulars, and accepting beforehand any
condition that the Paella might impose on that in
return. The Paella would not consent to their
request ; and the consequence was that at Drob-
niak, as well as among the neighbouring tribes of
Piva and of Charansi, the people loot all hope of
redress, and took up arms. List year a company
of irregulars were besieged in their quarters, and,
after a desperate resistance had been made, almost
all perished. That act did not serve to open the
eyes of the Turkish authorities, and, instead of tak-
ing the necessary measures to calm the agitation of
the people, they confined themselves to miaowing
the different posts. They are acting in the same
manner nowe a battalion of the Nizam has been
marched on Nikchitj, at a short distance from Drob-
nitik, and other troops on the town of Trebigne,• in
the neighbourhood of which place commenced the
movement of the Christian tribes of Zoupee, of
Krouchewitoe, att4, •of Bag-omi. .21hier
appear to have been "the conquerors in a Alit
niarif-. The insurrection, therefore, will atteed,
and the winter in those countries rendering the
march of troops almost impracticable, the people
will have every facility for organising a vigorous
resistance."

TBLEGRAPHIC COIIIMUNICATION WITH

INDIA.

(From tree Times' City Article.)
The subjoined relates, to the question of a tele-
graph to India :
" Red Sea Telegraph Company (Limited),
8, Moorgate-street, Jan. 14.
" Sir,—The able review contained in your article of
this morning on the state of telegraphic communication
with India, appears indirectly to reflect upon the energy
of the parties who have taken upon themselves the duty
of active agency in the pro ecution of these onde* takings.
S 3 far as the Red Sea Telegraph Company is concerned
the inference is far from just. That company did all in
their power, in August last, to enforce the view you ad-
vocate of tree policy and even economy of immediate
action in laying down a telegraph in the Red Sea, for
which the cable and the ships were then available. Un-
fortunately the Government did not attribute an import-
ance to the question such as it deserved, and the opportu-
nity then offered was lost.
" The company, however, have never abated their
exertions in the cause. They have addressed repeated
repreeontations on the subject to the Government in all
its appropriate departments.
Tne times have been most unravonrable to the raising
of capital for such undertakings, awl it could only have
been effected under a guarantee of Government, such as
they have nokbeen prepared to give.

'7 The period has now arrived when both the Govern•
ment and the public, as represented by your opinions of
this day, must see more clearly the vital importance of
this movement to the best interests of the country.

" To prove to you that the Red Sea Companj have
not been backward in perseveringly advocating these
views, or in taking advantage of the improving prospects
of the times, I enclose a copy of a letter, written by the
chairman on the first day of the present year is the
Court of Directors of the East India Company, which we
assume to be still under consideration.
" It is only righ), to add that the Bowel of Admiralty
has, from the outset, been alive to the value of this
project, and that her Majesty's steamer Cyclops WAS
despatched so long ago as October last for the express
purpose of surveying and sounding the Red Sea with a
view to the submersion of a telegraph cable.
" Under these circumstances the company hope shortly
to be in a position to carry out an object which they
agree with you in thinking has been far too long
delayed. I remain, air, your obedient servant,
" C. L. PEEL,
"Secretary Red Sea Telegraph Company."

" Red Sea Telegraph Company (Limited),
8, Moorgate-street, Jac. 1.
Sir,—At the earnest request of those with whom
I am asacnated in the prosecution of the Red Sea Tele.
graph I beg you to submi', the following observations to
the Hon. Court : •

ICI Oa the 12th of September last I had the honour to
receive a communication from you, inquiring whether -
the Telegraph Comp any would ba prepared to undertake •
the establishment of telegraph c communication the _
whole way between Suez and Kurrachee within a year -
from the date of the agreement which may be entered
int o for the purpose, and upon what terms they would
perform the work. On the 15th of September the secre-
tary submitted, on behalf of the company, our reply to
this request, stating the conditions, which, at that time,
were deemed necessary to enable us to raise capital and
to commenca operations.
" During the three months and a-half which-havC
since elapsed, without any communication from the
Lion. Court. we have hesitated to press the subject on
their attention, partly from the state of commercial -
affairs in England, and partly from a de,ire to avoid
I:Articling at this juncture tf atia'rs in India.
" Both these difficulties having triw been in a great
measure alleviated, we can no longer neglect the re-
peated solicitations we are constantly receiving from Um
supporters of the undertaking to bring the question to a.
detinite issue.
I would, therefore, a3k you, to submit to the Hon.
Court our request to be favoured with an early reply on
a subject of so much public interest and importance. )
" lam further requested to state the readiness of
my colleagues to attend with me upon any convenient
ocos•ion, h o ultl it be considered that a personsel_soolan.
munication will tend to ex elite the decision of tfi /1. e _
Court, as to whether our tender will be accerooda • r_.
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obedient Court(
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"'Sir j.laojosn.ThivreVa% India Company."