New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-13

IL appears then, from the above that Y
steamers carried t. the four ports OF dsem-
tarkaton in India H. 444 men, averaging, therefore,
54s men in each ship that in 50 sailing ships were
conyeyed IL 23i men averaging 2S9 men In each.
Now by the same official statement OF averages, 1t
appears that the Ia, i4i nen conveyed IN steamers
arrived at their respective places OF destination on
al average OF 81 days sooner than the 1854 men
embarked on sailing ships. On the part OF the
British Admiralty and the other ministerial depart
ments no arguments were adduced IN favor 0i the
Evolutionary transport but precedent and routine
both dating from an epoch when steam navigation
was utterly unknown. Lord PamerstOns principal
ples, however, for the delay was expense, the cost
If steamers in most of the above amounting 10
perhaps treble that of sailing ships. Apart IRON the
fact that tins great enhancement OF charge ior
steamers must have gradually diminished after the
FIRST unusual demand and that in so vital an emery
ency expense ought not to be admitted an element
az calculation II is evident that the increased cost
Of transport would have been more than cOmpen-
sated for 10y the essened chances OF the nsrrection
Still more important than the question OF SUPERB
crity as between steamers and sailing vessels,
seems the controversy respecting the voyage round
the Cape the one hand aud the overland route on
the other: Lord PalmerstOn affirming the general
impracticabilty of the latter route. controversy
in regard 10 il between his Board oi Control and
the East India Directors, appears To have COM
menced cotemporaneously with the fret informs
ton Of the Indian evelt reaching England. The
question had, in fact, been solved long ago as the
beginning of this century. In the year l-0i, when
there were no steam navigation c0mpany's agents
10 aid the military arrangements, and when no rail-
way existed, large force under Sir David BARN
proceeded from India aud landed at k0sser IN
MAY and june crossed in nine days the desert OF
Kkere, on the Nile; proceeded down that river,
Carrisoned Alexandria, and in the following year,
1902 several regiments returned 10 India by Suez
pt Do1 ..,tk a, ~ lima hat tnraa
amounting to 5000 men, consisted Of troop OF
horse artillery, SIX guns and small arms, ammuni
Gop, camp equpsge, baggage, and l26 chests o
treasure The troops generally were very healthy
The march across the Suez Desert, from the lax
Of Sc. Pilgrims, near Grand Cairo 10 Suez, wa
performed in four days with the greatest ease.
marching by night aud encamping during the day.
In June the ships proceeded 10 India, the wind at
that season blowing down the Red Sea- They made
avery quick passage. Again. during the late Rus
sian war, in the Summer of 1851, the 10th aud lth
regiments Of Dragons i, 400 horses, 600 mem
arrived in Egypt from India and were forwarded
thence e. the Crimes. These corps though their
transfer took place during the hot months, or mon
soos, and though they had 10 remain some time 10
Egypt are known 10 have been remarkably healthy
ard efficient, and 10 have continued So throughout
their Crimean service Iu the last instance there's
the experience Of the sexual Indian war. After
the waste Of nearly four months, some thousand
troops were dispatched by Egypt win extraordinary
advantage as 10 economy of time aud with perfect
preservation of health. The fret regiment that
Was conveyed by this line passed from Plymouth
70 Bombay in thirty.seven days. OF the fret reg
meat sent from Malta, the first wing arrived At
Bombay IN sixteen and the second wing in eighteen
dsys. An overwhelming mass Of evidence, from
numerous Trustworthy witnesses, attest the peculiar
Eeibtes especially in periods Of emergen ~ afforded
Ay the overland route transport. Col Posklngton,
Deputy Quartermsstsr. General, appointed in 0cto-
tp 1857, e drsS, and soPeE.aisDd re j-a1s,, Of