The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-29 00:00:00

way submarine from Suez to
at Kossire and Jeddah, two
Aden, and goy riit -Mooriae .
The Sultan and the Viceroy of
tae necessary &mans. for th 3
the entire control of it in the
patty who undertake to carry .
refused to sanction tbs fo7mavon or tue
on the plea thet they cannot protect it through
Mesopotamia, where the populations are nomadic
aed freebooters. Thus, at Constantinople, the
authorities, who best know the districts to he Ira- -
versed, have given a decided veto in preference c f
the line of the Red Sea. - Recent experience
in India fortifies them in their opinion.
Scarcely had the first symptoms of mutiny bsen
observed when, by means of the telegraph, Lord
Canning was enabled to adopt a policy and make it
known at every important military station. Local
papers wrote, " the telegraph has saved Ladle"
The mutineers soon stopped this wonderful agency
which tracked them from post to post to post, fore-
armed and forewarned their approach ; they cut
the wires, and Delhi is again 16 or 17 days distant •
from Bombay. Now that the telegraph is of tbe
most urgent necessity its power is lost—the loss is
doubly felt from the knowledge of its utility in the
first burst of its evil-doing. There must be SOMA
radical fault in a system which can only work
when routine keeps its regular and monotenoua
sway ; that fault is palpable, the wires should
be guarded in the most efficient manner, which
science and practice can teach, from wilful or accie •
dental injury by man. He is the enemy to con-
-end with in this case. Applying this dearly bought
experience to the two projects for a telegraph to
India, now under the consideration of the Govern-
ment, the question resolves into whether the line
.hrough Mesopotamia offers greater guarantees as
conatant and efficient working than the line
within our Indian empire. Tin Miles who own
the country, and try to rule it, say it does not, and
they decline the responsibility of protecting the
wires—the evidence of men like Chesney, Layard,
Rawliuson, Williams of Kars, bears out this opinion.
The country is undeniably in an unsettled state,
and must have some definite and practical
form of . Government - before -we--can afford to -
hAtbsidise and depend upon a line of telegraph
through it.
The two stations on the Red Sea line, out of the
pale of English rule, are at military posts where
authority is recognised and order enforced, besides
they can be commanded from the seabowd, and.
there we can always protect our interests. We
understand that the Company who promoted the
undertaking by teis•route ate prepared to complete
the whole line within twelve mouths. Their con-
ce,sions or promises are in perfect legal form, cor-
rect surveys and soundings have been made the
whole way from Suez to Kurrachee, and a respon-
sible contractor is prepared to lay the cable at his
own risk. Nothing is wanting but Government,
and that one hope is about to be afforded. Rea.
son, b iserl upon experience, points it out as
the best line for speedy and efficient Telegraphic
communication with India ; the want of it is seri-
ously felt, and the value of it will be immense.
If we desire to maintain our character as a practi-
cal and. far-seeing people, let Government give a
fair start to individual energy, and an open field • e
science, and before the end of the year 1858 our
columns will record " Indiau News by Telegraph"
as regularly as we now do auy important occur-
rence upon the Continent.

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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

The morning papers groan under the weight of
the reported proceedings of the British Association
yesterday. The sayings and doings of the seven
sections are given with a fidelity that would nut
discredit the professional skill usually displayed in
the production of a Parliamentary debate of the
first importance. 12 or 13 columns of the minutest
type are devoted to the readings of the papers, to
the exclusion of almost every other topic of public
interest. A conversazione in the evening at the
Royal Dublin Society's house in Kildare-street
wound up the second day's feast of reason. •