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A letter from Aden, dated March 19th,
You will be glad to hear that the trip o,
Cyclops along the south-east coast of Arabia has
been successful. The Nakeeb at Maculla received
Captain Pullen in the most friendly manner, and
assured Mr. H. Gisborne that, as the Queen of
England and himself were one, he ,might erect a
telegraph station wherever he pleased within his
territory: This was said in reply to the question
about payment, and reminds OIN of Arab dealings
as far back as patriachal times; and I doubt not
that the result will be the same in both cases. Tb?
Hittites insisted upon giving Abraham the land lie
asked for ; but the patriarch k new what they
really meant and. continued to press for a definite
settlement. Then said Ephron unto Abraham :
"My lord, hearken unto me. The 'land is worth
400 shekels of silver"—a good round price, we may
be assured; nevertheless, added the chief, "What
is that betwixt me and thee ?" However, I never
had any misgivings about Maculla, and as a spot
has been selected for the landing of the *ire not
far from the town, we may consider that point as
satisfactorily settled. What the company may
have to pay for the Nateeb's aid and protection
may give rise to a long interlocution, wherein both
parties, while striving to overreach each the other,
will disclaim all self-interest; but the issue will be
satisfactory to all concerned.
At the Kooria Mooria Islands the same favour-
able result has attended Captain Pullen's survey.
As I had • anticipated, Hallania is the island
selected for a station, and a safe spot in the little
harbour fixed upon for the landing of the cable.
Among the 50 wretched inhabitants, who are for
the most part Troglodites, are two brothers who
enjoy the privilege of hoisting the British flag, and
of representing the British Crown, at a salary of
nine dollars per annum. The commission to this
effect- Nirdsgiven them in 1854 by Capt. Fremantle,
of her Majesty's ship Juno, and 13,n0w worn, rolled
up as an amulet in a leather case, by our represene
tatives at Hallania. There are two wells on the
island, and from one no less than 7,000 gallons of
very drinkable water'are drawn every day to supply
the shipping which are taking in guano at Jibli.
Native craft trading along the coast frequently
touch at Hallania for the same purpose, and-I -am
glad to find that my former report upon the island
is confirmed in other respects. The expedition
were able to procure sheep and goats from the
island, the climate is said to be very healthy, and
with a little trouble the soil in the valleys may be
brought under cultivation. The islanders professed
no fear of invasion from the tribes on the main
land, but such security is attributable only to the
presence of so many British ships at Jibh. As I
said before, it will be very desirable that the sta-
tion here should be fortified, or a small vessel of
war kept permanently at the islands.
From Kooria Mooria the Cyclops proceeded to-
wards Rasel-Had, but a heavy sea off the. Cape pre-
vented Capt. Pullen from landing. Two attempts,
however, were made to obtain soundings near the
coast, but the result was unsatisfactory. I believe the
water near the land is too shallow, and, in other re-
spects, the place is considered undesirable. The large
island of Museira has been suggested as a substitute,
but the natives there fre wreckers, and the most
villanous set on the whole coast. I believe Capt.
Pullen rather inclines to the idea of taking the
cable direct from Hallania to Kurrachee, but buoy-
ing at the outset off Ras-el-Had, in order that some
third station may be selected should the distance
prove too long.
At Kurrachee the, necessary preliminaries have
been settled. The cable is to be brought in east of
the lighthouse, and must be laid several miles over-

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land fo reach the town. The company must build a
suitable office, none being available for the purpose
at present.
The soundings, as obtained by Capt. Pullen, were
as follows :—From Aden to Maculla, from 20 to 742.
fathoms ; from Maculla to Kooria Mooria, from too
to 1,150 ; from Kooria Mooria to Ras-el-Had, from
21 to 897 ; from Ras el-Had to Kurrachee, from 21
to 2,020 fathoms. Except between Hallania and
Ras-el-Had, where it is rocky, the entire bottom
consists of mud and sand, and though the result as
above given might at first sight lead one to, sup-
pose great inequalities in the sea bed, yet I believe
nothing more formidable than undulations. will

obstrucl the successful submergence of the; -ci;i;
throughout the whole line.
The Cyclops is at present refitting at Bombay,
but will be here again before the setting in of the
south-west monsoon, to accompany the Imperador
and Imperatrix, and to superintend the laying
the cable between Suez and Aden.

The Chesapeake, bearing Commodore Edgell's
pennant, arrived here on the 6th, and left again for
Trincomalee on the 14th inst. A few of the crew
were attacked with cholera while in the harbour,
and Corporal Harman, who was left behind in hos-
pital, died the day before yesterday. lam happy
to report that all were well on board when t 6•
frigate sailed.

The Duchayla also, with 250 French artillery
on board, arrived here on the 11th from Suez and
Jiddah, and left again for Cochin China on the
14th inst.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY COMPETITION.

Much as this country has been shamed by its
railway management, the crowning point of ab-
surdity and disgrace has only just been reached.
When the Great Northern, last year, in the ss.
scheme to Manchester and back, started their imi-
tation of the reckless and insolvent coach proprie-
tors of a former generation, they had at least a pro-
fessed object--namely, to wrest a certain amount
of permanent traffic from a rival, and also to com-
pel submission to a particular view of some disputed
agreements, and in all such contests hitherto an
element of this kind has existed. A fight avowedly
for no other purpose than to enjoy the sport of
mutual degradation and damage remained to be
witnessed. The Brighton and South-Westein com-
panies are now exhibiting themselves in this exer-
cise, and, if there is no other satisfaction the pulilic
can hope to get from it, there is at least the know-
ledge that we have at length seen the final depth
into which English railway boards can plunge.
Three shillings and sixpence to the Isle of Wight
and back is the charge for passengers, placarded
by each company, and, with regard to freight, it is
understood the contest is so keen that consignors by
a little management may virtually have it carried
for nothing. But the contest is for the amusement
of the directors alone, and can have no other result
except such as may be manifested hereafter by a
mutual reduction of dividends, and by appeals to
Parliament, covert or otherwise, to tax the public
for their present transitory enjoyment of cheap trips
by a permanent doubling of fares. Even if one
company could actually reduce the other to bank-
ruptcy no end would be answered. The Brigh-
ton charge the South Western with breach. of
faith in taking up the new line to Ports-
mouth ; but the merits of that question are
before Parliament, and cannot be affected in the
slightest degree by anything now going on.
Again, there can be no question of a permanent
wresting of traffic by the one company from the
other. The distance to Portsmouth by the Brighton
line is 95 miles, while by the South-Western new
line it is only 74. Under no conceivable circum-
stances, therefore, can the Brighton, by any com-
petition, recover the ground or prevent the South-
Western from enjoying it. At least this is the view
as far as the history of the affair is generally known,
and if either company can urge anything to wipe out
the opprobrium they seem to deserve it is open for
them to do so. Meanwhile it is asked, what is the
Railway Association, that was so recently formed to
prevent these scandals,
_ doing in the matter ? No
one expected much from such a tribunal, and it
appears now to have shown its perfect
helplessness. Stronger authority is required. It
would be hard, however, to suggest how it could be
created. There was a paragraph in the papers
yesterday, stating that a mass of vagabonds, with a
couple of pugilists, had started by the Dover train
early in the morning, ostensibly for that place, but
with the intention of getting out at some station
midway, where they might best hope to evade the
police. Why should these people be interfered
with ? The fight was to be for the championship.
The men were to beat and disfigure each other
voluntarily, and would be animated by the ambition
of conquest. Moreover, no innocent individuals
would be robbed in order to pay for the sport, since
the damage would be limited to their own morals
and persons. If there is no power to step in when
the Chairman and Directors of undertakings repre-
senting seventeen millions of capital and the inte-
rests of hundreds of private families, as well as
those of the community at large, choose to indulge
in a battle, the more demoralising because it is
merely for the pleasure of wanton blows, triumph
on either side being out of the question, and to
present us in the eyes of foreigners as a nation
whose most prominent commercial functionaries
have no aptitudes that can keep them within tho
limits even of conventional good behaviour, We
need not be so extremely particular to hunt down.a
few ignorant creatures who in a much less ij ..
of
ous manner act upon similar impulses, anti
whom, perhaps, many have never been taught to
direct their energies into any respectable channel,
—Times.

NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.---L 126,345
is the net total amount expended on agriculture out of the
public grants made to the Commissioners of National Educ-
ation in Ireland from the introduction of agricultural instruc-
tion up to the end of 18.57. This sum includes the net total
expenditure from the year 1837-38 to the 31st of December,
1857, under the heads of building, furnishing, and repairing
of all Model Agricultural Schools under the management
of the commissioners, the maintenance of resident
agricul-
tural pupils, salaries of agricultural teachers, expenses
con-
nected with the working of the farms, payments to indus-
trial classes, gratuities to workhouse agricultural teachers,
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held by the commissioners on the 31st of December, 1857,
was as follows—viz., capitalised interest in land, £9,341;
live stock, £4,179 ; crops, £3,594 ; implements and machi-
nery, £7,397; and value of buildings, £58,434.