18 APRIL 1868, Page 2

A prospectus has been issued for the construction of an

Anglo- Indian telegraph line, via Russia and Persia, to join the existing Indian line at Teheran. The line is already complete to Moscow, and the most serious portion of the work is a cable of 200 miles through the Black Sea. Concessions from the Governments of Russia and Persia have already been obtained, and as an alterna- tive line the undertaking will be useful, but what is required is a line which will not pass through so many foreign countries. The route chosen by the Red Sea Telegral3h Company was the true one, and with our improved knowledge of telegraphic cables, that unfortunate enterprise might yet be carried to a successful issue.