New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LXXU
UP TIE MEDiTERRASEAE
ALEXANDRA, wedndesday. Dec. {, ls


s3,or,sI corre.posdeBcs % The Tftbass
ALEXANDRA, "Wednesday Dec. {, 1872.
waited az Gibraltar two days after the India
Nail was due packing up my chatCels duly
every night and getting up every morning at
daylight, expecting 20 find the steamer IN the
kafbor. Finally. on SATURDAY, the 9th ult-. the
fsg OF the Signal Station on the top Of the Rock
denoted steamer coming from the west, ana
n on hour afterward We saw her enter the
Straits crowd was already gathered on the
sea-battery, watching her through telescopes
eyeglasses and l0rgnettes, and il VAS distinctly
seen and firmly believed b. al present th'1' hef
ssaintopInsst, mizeuInast and bOwspriI we're
gone, that one chimney was t"isted ana heI
starboard wheel aud paddie-box washed away,
saw all these things ~ plainly a. the rest an1
We were not little edited a. she drew nearer,
h. find her sound in every respect. IN spite Oh
ker crowded state, my English friends sue
seeded in getting tickets 10 Malta, and We we're
an on board before the Rock Gun Numbered
I.s curfew from Spain to Africa
MY berth had been preserved for me bat 1t
was ia lower cabin, in a state-rOOn containing
four. There were upward Of 100 passengers on
board. so that we we're crowded entirely too
nuch for comfort. The Haddingtonis a steamer
Of 200 tuns, and might accommodate even
larger number, were her space judici0usly dis
posed Of She is the most complete tub that
ever was set afOat. Her bow ia a blunt "a a
Dutch galleOD's, and her breadth OF beam u
sufficient for a vessel OF much greater length.
With the smcOthest sea and the falrest wind,
II is impossible 10 get more than nine knots an
hour out OF her, and with moderate head wind
she barely makes FIVE. We have been ten days,
running time, from Gibraltar 10 Alexandra,
distance Of 800 miles. For the credit OF the
Company ! should state that this is 70 be her
last voyage in her present condition.
As regards the comfort of passengers, the
Iiaddinetsn by no means explains the magnli-
cent rate Of fare charged by the Company. A
ticket 20 Bombay voyage about equal TO that
from New-York TO San Francisco, via Panama
costs clO0. This includes stewards fees,
wines. &c, and the cost Of the transit through
Egypt The prolus0n with which the wines
are furnished, is easily understood when you
know their quality, and the table is decidedly
The meanest | have ever seen on board OF q
steamer intended for the AnglO-SaXOn race.
The ventilation is an utter abOmlnatiOn. Not
che slightest measures were taken for sending
pure air into the lower cabin, where all the un-
married gentlemen were slowed, and il was not
ill some OF us experienced symptoms OF incip-
lent ship-feyer, and made strong rem0nstrances
10 the captain, that we were allowed wind
sail
Among the passengers there are number of
refined and intelligent gentlemen, principally
officers returning to their stations IN India, alter
leave OF absence. There are also numerous
specimens of Young England, in the shape Of
cadets appointed Ia the East India service.
Nothing can exceed the astonishing airs assumed
by some OF these youths. Although between
tLe tender ages of fourteen and eighteen. their
III ~ .nllare tuin hiob and tnux mp n :
stny starched, as those OF llgrown men.
They generally sport Eyeglasses aud are among
the first 10 summon the steward for hot waterin
the morning They carry cgar-cases of re.
narkahle size, bet high on SWITCHBOARD and
Suots, and mix their whisky punchssoi an even
ing with the most scientific air in the world Eng
lsh tourists are very apt 10 remark the precocl-
!. ~ OF Amete Juveniles but / certainly have
never seen at home greater variety OF youth
h swaggerers than is presented by this compa-
4 ~ OF cadets on board.
Our voyage from Gibraltar has been remark
ably tame aud devoid OF incident On the first
day out, we saw the headlands OF Malaga, the
Sierra Nevada and Cape de Gate, near Car
tbsgena, where we took leave OF Spain. Then,
for two or three days, We had distant and
cloudy plimpses of Algeria and Tunis, aud on
the morning of the Sd awoke in the harbor OF
"a.
shore. battle, breakfast purchase fruit and take
a pallsp into the country. La Naletta was not
so brilliant az when saw II oyerarched by the
blue of an August sky, but il remained what it
always is-the cleanest, the most picturesque,
the most delightful small city in the word.
Through the Kindness Of MIR Winthrop, the
American Consul, was favored with the peru
sal Of some late copies of The Inbuse.
We left Malta at Boon on the Sd, and arrived
here az 10 o'clock this morning-hye days for
Journey OF $40 miles The steamers leave this
afternoon for Cairo, and in three days from this
time We shall be aHost on the Red Sea. Day
before yesterday, while at sea, the passengers
we're formed into companies OF six each, Tor the
purpose Of regulating the transit across the
Desert, from Cairo TO Suez Six persons occu-
py a van, and six vans leave Cairo in company
AT intervals Of four hours. IL is therefore pref
cradle TO be In one of the last companies, as this
gives YOU longer stay in Alexandria and Suez
We formed, in ALL twenty four vans. Tickets
numbered from 10 "a, we're placed in bse
and the distribution determined BY lot My
company fortunately drew No 20, So that shall
leave by the second steamer this afternoon, and
probably have ten to twelve hours in Cairo,
THERE'S now no time for further particulars. |
shall send YOU some notes Of the overland trip
through Egypt, from Suez or Alden. RI,