MR. LYGONsaid, he would beg to ask the President of the Board of Control, on whom rests the responsibility of providing that the intelligence transmitted by electric telegraph to this country from the East Indies shall represent as accurately as possible the detailed information conveyed by the mails?
MR. VERNON SMITHsaid, that when the telegrams were first sent from India, some confusion arose in transmitting the intelligence. Orders had, however, been sent to the Secretaries of the Government in India to transmit official telegrams, which had been very diligently compiled and carefully selected. In the messages sent by the Consular Agents there had been occasional mistakes in Indian names, but great care was now taken in this respect; and, on the whole, he thought the duty was performed very satisfactorily.