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

No. 17,578.]

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, that the grand project of establishing a railway is now
I 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 great political move-
ment has taken place throughout-the Continent,— the
new Pacha has evinced the warmest desire to extend
as much as possible his relations with this country,
and render ail the facilities he can to oar later.
course with India. Several surveys and estimates
have been made by various engineers as to the outlay
of a railway, but nothing decided upon. Robert st,„,
phenson, Esq., is at present in Egypt, making a minute
survey and estimate of expense of a railway, at th,
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the overland route to India, via Marseilles, for the
transmission of letters, newspapers, &c., fortnightly, ip14.1.
passengers, aided by the enterprising Peninsular.
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Oriental Steam Navigation Company's splendid steamers
from Southampton to Gibraltar, the Italian ports, Malta,
the Levant, and Alexandria, and from Suez to Ceylon,
Madras, Calcutta (and also Bombay, in conjunction with
the Hon. East India Company's steamers from Aden),
Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, &c., are justly appre-
ciated by our merchants and the public. Railways hav made such rapid progress all over the Continent, whine
the last few years, that Turkey and Egypt, two great
productive and commercial countries, nearly stand alone
without them. Not only will a railway through Egypt.
joining Alexandria and Suez, greatly increase her internal
trade, as it will inevitably lead to others being esta-
blished in Turkey, with trunks and branches to :the
different parts of both the Ottoman Empire and Bgypt,
but develop our own commerce with India and the-pro-
mising colonies of Australia and New Zealand, and in-
crease our commercial steam navy in the Mediterranean-
and
the Indian seas.- -

NA VAL INTELLIGENCE.
POATSMOUTII, TIIIIRSDAY.—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-
ceived her proper lower masts alongside the jetty to-
day.
All the supernumeraries for the eastern ports were
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 Sheerness 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 the
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.H.
and C.B.
Wind W. by S., fresh gales, and hazy weather.