The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-29 00:00:00

Queen's Bench had already granted, so as to bring
the person of Mr. CARUS Witsox before it, and
within its own indisputable jurisdiction.

Intelligence has been received by the Levant mail
from Constantinople to the 7th, Alexandria to the
6th, and Malta to the 15th of November. The only
news from the Turkish capital is the resignation of
RIFAAT PACHA, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the
birth of another Prince. This is his Highness's
third son. The heir to the throne, who is called
Sultan MuitAn, has just entered his fifth year.
SIIEILIR EFFENDI had been appointed Foreign Minister.
The accounts from Alexandria of the 6th merely
state that MEHEMET ALI was in perfect health, and,
that Mr. TODD, acting-consul of the United States,
has been confirmed by his Government in the post of
consul. Mr. BOURNE is still at Alexandria, but
had made no progress in effecting a post-office treaty
with the PACHA. At Beyrout business was brisk as
regards imports, as the stocks, particularly of Euro-
pean goods, were getting low; and in exports it pro-
mises to be likewise brisk, the olive crop looking
favourable. The grain harvest has proved abundant.
Accounts have been received from Jaffa that the Go-
vernors of Sidon and Jaffa had been murdered by
Ant-Bonoosn, who is besieging Jerusalem.

Madrid journals of the 20th instant have been re-
ceived, hut they furnish no additional information
respecting ZURIIANO. On the previons day, being
the QUEEN'S fete, deputations from the two Chambers
waited on her MAJESTY, and presented their con-
gratulations. In the evening General NARVAZE gave
a grand ball, which is thus described by the Lleruldo :
"Fifteen hundred persons were invited to it; an im-
mense crowd filled the street where the General's
mansion is situate. The band of the Cuirassiers exe-
cuted pieces of music, which, being heard outside, did
not a little contribute to keep the crowd in front of the
house. The drawing-rooms presented a fairy-like aspect.
Their Majesties and her Highness arrived at eleven,
and General Narvaez conducted them to a sort of
pavilion he had prepared for them. The ball was
opened by the Queen and the President of the
Council of Ministers ; the Queen-Mother danced with
Count Bresson, the Infanta Donna Louisa Fernanda with
the eldest son of Don Frencisco de Paula, Mme. Bressen
with the Minister of Finance, the Infanta Dina Josefa
with the Duke de Rianzaras( Munoz); her sister, she lefanta
Louisa with the Portuguese Minister, M. de Lima ; and
Princess Carini with General Pestle's. The English Envoy
arrived too late to figure in that first " rigadon," bat he,
as well as the Duke de Medina Cali, had subsequently the
honour of dancing with the Queen. Their Majesties ex-
' pressed a wish to see the Polka performed, when it was
most gracefully executed by Mesdemoiselles de Santa
Cruz, de Montufar de Zarce, de Enriquex, and de Larcal.
Their Majesties withdrew at four o'clock. Among the
most brilliant toilettes were those of the Duchesses de
Gar, Thies, and Tamanes, and the Countesses de Mon-
tijo, Onaee, Sastago, Toreno, Bunetti, &c. The ball
ended only at six in the morning."
The Three per Cents. were done at 271 for cash,
and 28 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 20k at 60
days; the floating debt at 65 at 59 days ; and the
debt without interest at 61 at 60 days.

The Journal des Debats has another long article
on the comparative merits of a canal and railroad
across the Isthmus of Suez, and adheres to its former
opinion in giving a decided preference to the latter,
for a variety of reasons. It infers that a railroad
could only benefit the English by expediting their
communication with India, and would be of little use
to the rest of the world, whereas a canal would unite
the two seas, give employment to a vast number of
merchantmen, and increase the trade of all nations.
With a strange jealousy of this country—not at all
commonly displayed by that Government journal—it
tells its readers that the great anxiety displayed by
English writers for a railway must " conceal
other designs." What designs has England to con-
ceal ? All she wants is a quick and safe passage
across the Isthmus, which shall be open to all the
world. A canal, even if it could be constructed at a
moderate expense, which is impossible, would not
serve that purpose, and the mail would to a certainty
be as long delayed as it is by the present mode of
conveyance. As the arguments adduced are probably
those of the French Government, we give them at
length, premising at the same time that they have no
foundation to rest upon, if we except the opinions of
certain French writers, and assumptions respecting
the cost of a canal, which are mere moonshine After
some remarks on the opinions expressed by the London
press, the writer this proceeds :—" The canal across
the desert is so far from being impossible that it 1,..a
accorxnn ;,, in vie:rt
2 rzcommendej,. The.' most
undeniable monuments of antiquity prove our asser-
tion. Without going back to HBRODOTIII, or even to
STRABO and PLor, who themselves beheld this canal,
and have given a description of it ; without quoting
MAERTSI, and other Arab writers who have related
how AMRoN, after having conquered Egypt, had re-
stored, under the name of the Canal of the Prince of
the Believers, the King's Canal of the time of the
Pharoahs, and the River Trajan of the time of the
Emperor ADRIAN, we do not want in Europe, and
even in France, witnesses who proved its existence at
the period of the glorious expedition of 1798. The
General-in-Chief, BONAPARTE, would not leave to
any person the task of examining the remains of the
work in question. He went there himself, and had
no difficulty in discovering them, for they are very
apparent. One of the engineers attached to the ex-
pedition, M. LH PERE, was ordered to survey
the ground, and send in a plan of restora-
tion, fulfilling the double condition of directly
uniting Suez to Thyneh, and of joining
the Nile near Cairo. He performed this duty with
zeal, and his paper, drawn up very circumstantially,
forms part of the immortal publication due to the In-
stitute of Egypt. In the same way was also pub-
lished the report drawn up by the illustrious FRONT to
the Council-General of the Ponta et Chaussees on
this paper. It results from both, that the maritime
canal from Suez to Thyneh, with a branch to Cairo,
is not only practicable, but exceedingly easy of exe-
cution. From one end to the other the ground is
levelled in a surprising manner, and the sandy nature
of the soil would render the cutting not at all difficult.
There is even reason for supposing that the moving
sands of the Desert would oppose only a feeble ob-
stacle to the work being kept constantly in good
repair. M. LE PERE estimated the expense at 17 mil-
lions of francs. All the French writers who have
touched on this subject in the journals, or in works of
repute, such as that of CLOT BET, and the travels of
Marshal MARSIONT, have declared in favour of a canal
rather than of a railway, which must go from Cairo
to Suez. They agree in saying that the railroad ,
would change the present state of things but little;
would be difficult to keep in working order, because
a little sand is sufficient to stop the circulation on
railroad, whereas a large quantity is required to im-
pede the navigation of a canal ; that a railroad would
be easily destroyed by the Arabs, for an iron bar, like
a rail, an object likely to tempt them, could be torn
off in a second ; that a canal, on the contrary, cannot
be easily filled up with the quantity of sand brought
by the hand of man, and presents nothing which is
worth carrying away ; that the circulation on the

railroad would consist of nothing but the mails, and
3,000 or 4,000 passengers, so that the receipts would

he exceedingly low ; whereas a canal might hope to
have nearly the above number of vessels, of 400 tons,

on an average. The canal, in fine, is a work of the
greatest importance and interest to all civilisation,
which would change the face of the general commerce
of the world, provided it be made a neutral passage,
accessible to all. The public opinion in France has
been turned to this point, and will continue to give it
all its attention, in virtue of the inclination of the
French mind to miz itself up in all matters relating
to the general interests of civilisation."
The article concludes with the following remarks,
which certainly do not give additional force to the
arguments :

"It is not a miserable feeling of Anylophobia which
makes the French press unanimous in favour of a canal
direct from Suez to Thyneh, in preference to the railway
projected
by Mr. Waghorn from Cairo to Suez. Their
unanimity on this occasion is the effect of one of the
most noble attributes which do honour to the French
character. How can it be believed, in fact, that it is ani-

niosity to Great Britain that makes us give the prefe-
rence to a communication from which England will de-

rive the greatest advantages? And if anything could
give consistence to the reports, which we believe to be
false, but according to which the project of a railway
conceals other designs, it would be that the organs of
public opinion the most accredited and the best informed
in Great Britain, force themselves, on the subjeet of
the comparison of the canal or railway across the Isth-
mus of Suez, to give the preference to the railway."

The accounts from Spain in these papers are very
imperfect respecting the movements of ZURBANO,
though it is admitted by parties opposed to the revolt,
that it is more important than at first it appeared.

CHRISTINA'S journal thus adverts to it :
" It appears certain that the revolt of Zahn° is of a

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