15 AUGUST 1863, Page 3

The cable for the submarine telegraph from Bushire to Kurrachee

down the Persian Gulf is nearly ready, and will, it is expected, be laid before next February. By that time the land line through Turkey will be complete, and the com- munication will be perfect from Calcutta to London. The achievement is a very considerable one ; but when it is accom- plished the communication upon which a trade of some hun- .dred millions will depend will be at the mercy of an Arab with a pair of scissors. It was that contingency which Government tried to avoid when they made the contract with the Red Sea Telegraph Company.