The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-10 00:00:00

STEAM NAVIGATION-EGYPT.

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So much has been done of late in the Levant by
steam, that everybody is now alive to its capabilities as
an element either of war or peace, and is ready to ask,
" What will it do next ?" Ibrahim Pacha can only ac-
count for his loss of the coast of Syria in a week, by
confessing that the " steam-boats conveyed the enemy
here, there, and everywhere, so suddenly, that it would
have required wind to keep up with them! One might
as well think of fighting with genii !" Commodore
Napier, on the other hand, seems to think that steam is
only in its cradle on the ocean, and is still swathed and
bandaged down in many ways by the old-fashioned mid-
wifery of our " naval architects." It is many years
since he advocated the systematic introduction of war
steamers as a branch of the service, to form, as it
were, " the cavalry of the navy ;" but they have
never yet launched the kind of vessel he re•
commended ; capaciour, to hold a months' fuel, instead
of a mere ten days' supply, as at present ; shallow
and broad-bottomed, ti skim over the water (instead
of ploughing throueli it) with the least expense of fuel;
and furnished with cast iron tanks or reservoirs for coal,
so that as it was expended water might be pumped into
them, and the best sailing line he preserved or re-esta-
; Wished at pleasure. These broad bottoms, he con-
fesses, might roll about more than the Cyclops and
Stromboli, but what would that signify ? There could
be no danger where the centre of gravity was properly
arranged ; and they would be thrice as effective in a
blockade, as transports, or in any long voyage, or
lengthy service. The Commodore has lost money
enough, and won renown enough, in the employment of
steamers, to entitle him to give a good practical, opinion
in the matter ; and it is to be hoped, for the sake of
all concerned,. that it will not be further postponed.
The Commodore declares that he has never seen a
river better adapted to steam navigation than the Nile,
nor one worse furnished. The Pacha lent him his best
and newest on the trip to Cairo lately, and the deck
took fire on the way. The Paella wiil not pay for the
boat, and ha;, I hear, returned it on the hands of the
builders. He is very anxious to hate some good steam-
boats on tie riser, at d gave an order for one recently
on the principle of the screw-propeller ; but withdrew it
on hearing that this construction required a greater depth
of water than the ricer could maintain ; as it
does in the dry season, to feet in some parts. He
Las granted the Peninsular and Oriental Company per-
missimi to place one steamer thereupon far the conveni-
ence of their passengers, and the boat destined for that
purpose is now making the best of its way out, coasting
carefully along the shores of the Peninsula and the Medi-
terranean—a dangerous trip for a river-beat drawing
only :24 inches. This Company has also undertaken to
bring nut to Alexandria, in one of its monthly steamers
a double-bottomed iron track-boat, to be drawn by
horses et a rapid pace, on the Mahmoudieh Canal,
whereby travellers may be expedited to and from the
Nile and Alexandria. But there is much yet to be
done to fulfil the wants and wishes of travellers be-
tween England and India, and to render Egypt a de-
s:rable place of residence, even en passant, for the Hon.
Company's officers en furlough. As far as the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company are concerned, I am as-
sured that no exertion will he spared to accomplish
everything that can be desired. Their managing Direc-
tor, Mr. Anderson, way lately here, and took a trip to
Cairo and Suez, inspecting everything connected with
the teansit of travellers, and noting what might be re-
quired for their better accommodation. In going over
the Desert, he found a few miles of it rendered rugged
and unpleasant for carriages by loose stones that en-
cumber the surface ; and naturally began to inquire
how many men and how many dollars would suffice to
have them thrown aside. The Paella, who is now par-
ticularly inquisitive .about English sayings and doings,
beard of the passing inquiry, and jumping to the con-
clusion that the English were going to reform his De-
sert as they conquered Syria, sans phrase—sent word
there to say that whatever was wanting should be done
by himself—that is, as soon es political affairs were
settled, and he had leisure to attend to it ; so that, in
short, his ways are as fer from being mended as ever.
As soon as our treaty of " freedom of commerce and
navigation" is worked out, and the Nile is thrown open,
I understand that it is the intention of the Peninsular
and Orie.ntel Company to place a second steam-bovt
on it, so as to enable passengers to ascend as well
as descend the river at the same time, and thus
accommodate both travellers to England and
Indio, who now, very inconveniently, cross each
other en route between Suez and Alexandria.
A little five-horse power steamer, employed by Mr.
Hill, has hitherto been the only available steam-boat
for passengers on the Nile. This is nosy refitting with a
10-horse power engine, and will probably be the first in
the flood ; but it only holds 14 persons. The Pacha
long since promised the Bombay Fund Committee to
build a station, or reception-house, at Kennah or
Luxor, and another at Kosseir, so as to enable travel-
lers arriving from India to enter Egypt at the latter
port if they pleased, and (by an easy journey of four
days across a country well supplied with water) pro-
ceed direct to visit Thebes and the most interesting
ruins in Upper Egypt. Passengers proceeding to India
also might, if this route were available, enjoy a trip up
- the Nile, indulge their curiosity with a sight .of those
far-famed antiquities, and finally embark at Kosseir on
board the Victoria, Berenice, or Cleopatra., But,
alas, there i., much yet to be done era this can be counted
on. The station-houses have yet to be built and the
second steam-boat placed on the river ; but the Pacha
shows no inclination to permit either to be
,done until
his own affairs are settled favourably at Constantinople
(a great mistake on his part) ; then the three steamers
on the Red Sea must be replaced by larger ones, ere
passengers who stop at Kosseir can expect to find ac-
commodation. Last month the Berenice sailed away,
leaving four at Suez, having all her berths and sofas full,
filled by 20 passengers, and 20 more besides stowed on
the open deck, hopeless of any better accommodation in
the is ay of couch or canopy I
But, above all, and before all, voyagers from England
to India want an extension of accommodation in the
time allotted to perform their voyage through Egypt.
It is killing work to hurry through the desert
night and day to keep up with the mails in their transit
from Alexandria to Suez. Each passenger takes eight
horses at present to perform the 90 miles between Cairo
and the Red Sea. Ladies complain bitterly, and with
justice, of the continuous driving, hurrying, loss of rest,
&e. But the mails must go through at the quickest rate.
The public service cannot stop for the comfort, the health,
or even the lives of ladies and gentlemen ; and the
steamer at Suez must sail as soon as the mails are on
board ! The fact is, that travellers require some days
in advance to cross the Isthmus safely and properly,
without leaving their baggage behind, or worrying
themselves into a fever. This will require an interme-
diate steamer from England, properly a passengers'
steamer. The present boats (Oriental and Great
Liverpool) ate mail steamers, and the bags and boxes
they bring must go a-head, whoever may be left be-
hind. General Sir Colin Campbell looked very much
surprised, the other day in Cairo, when he saw a
lot of forty-die camels provided to carry the baggage ,
of his party, seized on tout-a-coup by the Governor
of Cairo to expedite the British mail; However,
the Governor subsequently seized as many more
from somebody else to oblige Sir Colin, other-
wise he and his friends would have been left be-
hind and been too late at Suez, notwithstanding
the Pacha had lent bite his own steamer to ascend
the Nile with expedition. Travellers in Egypt are
always liable to these things, and the only way to
avoid the ill consequences (such as being left to stay
a month at Suez, as Mrs. Turton lately was, with her
nine children and servants) is to enter Egypt some
days in advance. The British and Indian public
ought at once to put their shoulders to the wheel,
and help the Peninsular and Oriental Company to do
this, otherwise the French will do ite They have
been beaten out of the Neapolitan line, and will, they
know, be soon beaten out of the Grecian and Turkish
line (for both Austrians and English are setting to
work in competition with them-the fmer ttoherelsautmt e
its lucrative occupation of carryingalre pilgrims,
adysuecessful efforts einr
by the mare extension of
shortlyAs
own " French Lake " but
despatches to and from Algiers :and
the Mediterranean), and nothing will remain
for them to do in their
to carry
AlexanfriThey cannot continue to flounder on in
the wretched state we see them at present, throwing
w'at
the friction
e the axles of their 160 horse-engines, to pre-
vente friction setting the vessels on fire. They must
eitner retire or improve. They say that they are
building steam-ewes in Toulon, to be furnished with
and then that they will run direct
s'A'-leanr g
sienilelse's and Alexandria, bringing hither
passengers from England for India 48 hours before the
arrival of our monthly steamers, and hastening back
t2boreortiot vwbai o
echer'Toeing telegraela with whatever fait accompli
may be crafted on the wings of steam from India or
China.

. .
This undertaking would certainly be very desirable
for voyagers to ludic, who will,
therefore, doubtless en-
courage it, it the British public do not step forward in
time to remedy the deficiency for their own profit, and
as their own afrair,—Letter j.OOOl illexatidiia, 4 March
16th.

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death
oli)aUTsioriduifSON.----A letter has been received
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in town duiii:g the v.tek m!)
from Chu, mentioning the
gneatiVvealoetirtipnaeisibeei
longing to the
26;h Regiment,
Ile has been a soldier about nineteen years, fourteen or
fifteen of which Le has spent in India. During that
named
andG a George
time he has transmitted money at various times to the
with very affectionate
arn"nt of 73/. , accompailizd
lett,,rp, to his aged vidowed mother. On leaving India
he hag in one of the savings banks 101., which, with
proper consideration, Le inane over by will to his mo-
ther before sailing on the Chinese expedition. The sale
of his eir,..ets produe2cl 101. 10s., for payment of which
the letter contains an order. One article alone he on his
as a token of affeei,nate remembrance.—Paisley
—P • 1
death-bed forbade being sold, and that was his Bible,
which is to be sent borne by first opportunity to his mo-
er, Majeqy's Buck-Hou d •
I" I or. ;srer. au ey
oNcV will
ten
years,
arms meet on
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tAs:eicnlri.o't heath on raster Mondayi,lasS
Stoke Common. It is not expected that hor Majesty will
ba present.

I

EVENING EDITION

THE PUSEYITE CONTROVERSY.

(Abridged from the Leeds Illigencer, a Tory Journal.)
[The following account appears rather late in our
pages, but it is so necessary to complete the picture and
the history of the controversy now raging on the
Church, and it exhibits the party spirt of the priest-
hood in such a clear light, that we shall gratify our
readers by inserting it. Dr. Hook, our readers will
be aware, is a Puseyite, and they will admire the de-
cency of the clergy in thanking him after the Bishop
bad been obliged to call him to order.]
On Wednesday evening the Anniversary Meeting of
the Leeds District Society for the Promotion of Chris-
trian Knowledge, was, held in the Music-hall, Albion-
street, Leeds, and was very numerously attended.
The Lord Bishop of Ripon presided ; and amongst
the clergy and laity present were the Venerable and
Reverend J. R. Wilberforce, Archdeacon of the East
Riding ; the Rev. Dr. Hook, Vicar of Leeds ; the
Rev. Dr. Holmes, Master of the Free Grammar
School ; and a great number of other clergymen and
gentlemen.
The accustomed prayers having been offered by the
Rev. Dr. Hook,
The Lord Bishop opened the meeting by a speech.
The Lord Bishop announced that the second reso-
lution would be moved by the Rev. Dr. Hook, the
Vicar of the parish.
The Rev. Dr. HOOK immediately rose, and was re-
ceived with the most cordial cheering, which lasted for
some time. When the applause had subsided, he said,
My Christian friends, I thank you for that loud and
long applause.—(Renewed cheers.) It tells me that
whatever others may say of me, I am still secure of
your support.—( Applause.) It tells me that in what-
ever Protestant pulpit Popery may be pre ached, in my
Catholic pulpit you only hear those doctrines of the
Church of England by which Popery can be success.
fully refuted.—Renewed plaudits.) My Christian
friends, we oan no longer shut our eyes, after
what we have heard in various parts of the country,
to the lamentable fact that the Church of Eng-
land is now divided into two parties. It is a la-
mentable fact, and I should very much have wished that
it bad been otherwise. In my own humble sphere I
have endeavoured even to avoid the appearance of form-
ing a party, the appearance even of " lording it over
God's heritage," and God Almighty knows that it never
was my wish.—(Applause.) Both parties now are
formed. A party has been found acting in a party
spirit, and on party tactics, in various pares of the coun-
try, and in self-defence a party Dow must be formed
to meet it.—(Gheers.) We can no longer halt between
two opinions ; we cannot attempt to hunt with the
hounds and to run with the hare ; we must take our
part ; and as far as I am concerned I will nail my co-
lours to the mast of high principle, and blow high or
blow low, come sunshine or come storm, through the
grace of God, I will adhere to them.—(Lend ap•
plause.) Now, my Christian friends, I will tell you
what I mean by our taking a decided part. It is often
said, I have heard it frequently said by laymen, "What
are we poor laymen to do ? Laymen who are but per-
fectly determined to take their own course—but "What
are we to do when we find that on some particular
points the clergy are themselves divided ?" I will tell
you the safe course, which is this—to discover what
party act upon those general principles which we in
general approve, and to that party to give our support,
notwithstanding the occasional extravagancies to which
individuals of that party may be led by their enthusiasm
for all that is high, elevating, and holy, for the demon-
stration of their principles, for the edification of the
Church, or the glory of God.—(Applause.) Now the
two parties into—
The Bishop of RlPON—Perhaps my Rev. Friend
will allow me to observe that this is scarcely consistent
with—(Tho renewed plaudits of the assembly pre-
vented the rest of the sentence from being heard, if ut-
tered.) My Christian friends, we are come here to
promote the cause of Christian knee ledge, and I do
earnestly—(A repetition of cheers prevented his Lord-
ship proceeding.) Hear me, while I, in Christian
kindness beg my Christian friend to consider whether
he may not confine himself to the subject ire are met
to promote.—(Great excitement prevailed.)
The Rev. W. WILLIAMSON, in a stentorian voice,
exclaimed, from the upper part of the orchestra.—
" Hear the Bishop, bear the Bishop, hear the Bishop."
The BISHOP rejoined—" I have been heard—l have
spoken," and then resumed his scat.
Dr. HOOK (after a burst of applause)—lf I had
been allowed, I should have shown how the subject on
which I have been speaking may be made to bear upon
the object of our present meeting ; but after what our
respected Diocesan has said, I shall content myself with
saying nothing more than requesting you to adopt the
resolution that I proceed to read to you—" That this
meeting is deeply impressed with the liberality which the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge has shown,
both by the grants of various purposes to this town and
neighbourhood, and by the reduction which has
been made in the prices of Bibles and Testaments."
On this point it will be unnecessary for me to detain
you any great length of time. You all know how libe-
rally the grants have been made by this Society. You
are all well aware of that, and therefore I feel quite cer-
tain that you will gladly and cordially adopt the resolu-
tion which I now submit to you.—(Loud and long-
continued cheers marked the conclusion of the Rev.
Vicar's address.)
The Rev. R. NEWLOVE said he should only antici-
pate, by his own personal expression of love and vene-
ration for the Right Rev. Diocesan, the burst of good
feeling that would greet the resolution that he had the
honour to move Teat the cordial thanks of this
meeting be given to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Ripon for his continued patronage, and for his kind-
ness in taking the chair on the present occasion."—
(Cheers.)
Mr. WAINHOUSE, solicitor, bad much pleasure in
seconding the resolution.
The VICAR rose to put the motion, whereupon the
cheering was renewed. When it had subsided, he said
he felt sure that he need do nothing more than read to
them the resolution.
The vote of thanks was adopted amidst applause.
The Lone) BISHOP, who was cheered on rising, re-
turned thanks.
Mr. H. SKELTON then presented himself, and said,
that with the kind permission of the Bishop, he rose to
propose a resolution which was not on the paper of
business to be transacted, et he felt persuaded that
there was not any resolution which had been passed
that night that would be received with more cor-
dial approbation than the one he was going to propose.
Mr. Skelton then, in highly eulogistic terms. enlarged
on the extraordinary exertions made by the Rev. Vicar
in the cause of this Society and the Church Eetic,rally,
in which exertions he had been zealously supported by
Lis clergy, and concluded by proposing a vote of thanks
to the Rev. Gentleman for his kindness in pre dding
over the Leeds District Society for the Protection of
Christian Knowledge, and for that, as well as many
other acts of kindness and good-will whith he was at
all times ready to exercise, even towards the humblest
parishioner, he thought he need not doubt their
acquiescence in the resolution.—(Loud applause.)
He was confident that he spoke the feelings of
the Vicar when he said that, deeply as lie re-
garded the sympathy of his parishioners, warmly
as his heart responded to their thanks, yet he looked
not to human approbation merely, but he looked
for the approbation and approval of his Maker and the
Judge of all.—(Cheer=.) If, amidst the trials ho bad
to encounter since he came into the parish, he had
proved that he was not only amortal, but a fallible man,
where was the person who dare take a stone and throw
it at him ?—(Loud applause.)
The Venerable Archdeacon Wteesetteonce hoped
his Lordship would allow him to second this sort of
extemporaneous motion, which he had allowed Mr.
Skelton to make. He was sure that it must give his
Lordship great satisfaction to ter., the attachnacet that
was felt towards one of his Lordship's clergy--(Hear.)
Tnis sympathetic feeling towards one who had spent his
life in labouring for the good of his parishioners must be
taken as a sort of pulse-beating of the Church of Eng-
land. For his own part, be ''had long been bound to
the Reverend Vicar of the parish by ties of private affec-
tion, he was therefore glad to sea the feel ng expressed
on his behalf, and, being a member of the same great
party of Christ's Church upon earth, he felt thankful
that his labours were in this parish not ineffectual. He
benceed leave to second the motion.—(Cheers.)
The Bishop of RIPON—My Christian friends, the re-
solution which has been proposed and seconded has al-
ready been responded to so fully, that it can scarcely be
necessary to put. it to you formally. Many hands have
been lifted up in acclamation and in praise of your Vicar,
but I am persuaded there are also many warm hearts
who respond to those zealous labours and those devoted
toils which be bestows.—(Cheers.)
The Rev. Dr. HOOK, with the permission of his
Lordship, stood forth to express his acknowledgment.
He was greeted with the most animated plaudits,
which lasted for a long time, and when they bad sub-
sided, he said—My Christian
friends. I should not
have the heart of a man if I did not feel most deeply
grateful for those hind expr,ssi„,,, or
your affection and
regard. At the same time I feel that an apology is due
to my Lord the Bishop nnd to you for having very
unintentionally disturbed, or nearly done so, the har-
mony of the meeting when I addressed you on a former
occasion.—(Hear, hear.) Perhaps I did too much ro-
joice when I found that I retained your affections in 1
spite of all that has of late been done to deprive me of
them, and I allowed my feelings tie carry me a little
way.—(Cheers.) But I am confident his Lordship
will permit me to assure him, and to assure this meet-
ing, that if I had continued my address, my object
would have been to promote peace ; to have shown
where parties may differ, to have shown how they may
differ, and be all the while in perfect love Ind peace
with one another, and bow we might attend such meet-
ings as this, where all parties are joined together, are
united under our beloved Diocesan. —(Cheer,:.) I
take the liberty just to say these few word=, let hav-
ing been interrupted before I had entered into my or.
gumeat, I might be misunderstood. I am sure fie
Bishop will excuse my having done so ; and now, my

friends, once more, from my heart I thank you.—
(Loud applause.)
The Bishop then implored the Divine benediction,
and the meeting broke up a little before nine o'clock.