The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-26 00:00:00

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that the gra,nd project of eatablishing a Milytay is no*
likely to be accomplished. Hitherto there has been so
much jealousy shown on the part of Austria, France,
and even Russia, to British influence in Egypt, and the
extension of her commerce with her colonies, .that the
cutting of a navigable ship canal, from Suez to Alex.
andria, so as to join the Red Sea (Arabian Gulf) with
the Mediterranean was abandoned, through the intrigues
of the agents of those powers, and confined it to the
usual overland route. Now that a reat pplitical_mo
went has taken place throughout-the, Contineiki.. the
new Pacha has evinced the warmest desire to. extend:
as much as possible his relations with this peunii7,'
and render all the facilities he can. to our ,:i4ep,.
course with India. Several surveys and: vain:miss;
have been made by various engineers as to titiootatiar
of a railway, but nothing decided upon. Rohibria.
phenson, Esq., is at present in Egypt, milking a naitiats,
rt!!'
survey and estimAte of expense of a yailWay, al th
particular request of the Viceroy and under the auspices
of the British Government and the East India Company.
The gri4it benefits already derived by the indefati4s,
exertions of Lieutenant Waghorn, in the,establi94lLef"
the overland route to India, via _Marseilles, -for. :the
1 transmission of letters, newspapers, &e., fortnightly, and
posengers. aided by the enterpr:sirg Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Conapan)'s splendid steamers
Prow Southampton to Gibraltar, the Italian ports, Malts
the Levant, and Alexandria, and from
Sjiei'to Ceylon, Aladras, C.lcutta(..nd also 'Bombay, in conjunction With
the Hon. East India Uornpiny's steamers frem. Aden),
Penang, Singapore, flung Kong, &e., are justly appre-
elated by our merchants and the public. Railways hare
made such rapid progress all over the Continent, within
the last sew 3 ears, that Tut key and Egypt, two great
productive and commercial countries, earl
stand aThive
without them. Not only will a rail 'pearl.
thiough Egypt,
trade, Alexandria and Suez, greatly increase her internal
trade, as it will inevitably lead to others being -gilts-
blished in Turkey, with trunks and 'branches to the
different parts of both the Ottoman gmpire and ligypt,
but develop our own commerce with India and- the pro.
Ze; t:
musing colonies of Australia and New
aland, and i -
crease our commercial steam nary in the. getliterransaa
and the Indian seas.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Sprightly steam.
vessel, Lieutenant Commander Barnard, arrived this
morning from Cork, and is ordered to be paid off,
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, does not appear
likely to start to night, as the wind is blowing very hard,
and the night long and dark. The run to the Downs is
but a short one for a fast sailing frigate, so that she•will
most probably weigh at daylight. She got her foreyard
into its place and bent the foresail this forenoon.
The Arrogant, 46, auxiliary screw steam-frigate, re•
ceiv(d her proper lower masts alongside. the jetty to-
day.
All the supernumeraries for the eastern ports wars
put on board the President this afternoon. It was first
ordered that they should proceed in the Sprightly
steamer, Lieutenant 11. Barnard, but as the President
will have to pass through the harbour of Sheernest to
go to Chatham, it was thought best to send them in her,
and the order was accordingly countermanded.
Mr. Martin, Mate of the Fury steam-sloop, on th•
China station, has been promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, and appointed to the Medea steam-sloop,
vice Quin, deceased, by the Commander-in-Chief on
the station, Rear-Admiral Sir F. A. Collier, Kt., K.C.11.
and C.B.
Wind W. by S., fresh gales, and hazy weather.