New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-13
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.f,.s War De psr.msni report f. tie tcma' a'e


Il Ip1uiry, r:a'es;
go is.-..ses Of The e-e-d 80 ,-e 1,y ;--s,1.,
seoss he i.,h.s By tie Trs,s,. sdm san y
sayr si.soat .n.cfs,.ose With TIE '.atIJ ps,sss, al
&c., f,om shio - .so "a % hs1- TIE trIn., y
corop.ed w:hr .n.os :~.-.J RES Of e. rs - p
.scu: s1 noIr, Ih.re soas a. . - si?s''sn.
n'. RE fine occupied BY ..cops from Ene:ard 70
Ibdais. by the oTe.lsnd route, fIom 80 % ~ day
From Malta 10 JDda, from 10 = II or - day..
Compare these peri>is TLh he q By s,saners, or
TIE 100 by sailing shys, on The iong sea route ehd
the Inference vii appear striking. Agan, dlrne
the .oIger route Great Britain vi lave ron
~ GOO e. IN 400 trooos 10 effect kovs dc coqbs.,
and texond eoqn,er orders iOr period su2Htly, 81
from 10 months while, with ne shof'ef Inc IL
WI be bu. for the brief period OF some ~ Gays
during the transit from Suez - Jhdil' lL9' tIs
.rOops VIII be beyo0d f-ach ~ iec'''' 'O' y "o
pected EurOpean contingency.
In resortinr 70 'he overland route oaiy months
afer the ou.brcsk Of the Ind an Var, AID tten OILY
Tor q mere handful Of troop, Pame.s'J1 .et AZ
,aneh. the general anticipation Of l1da AID irope
The C0,ernor. General IN India assumed that tee
Home Government would dispatch troops by the
way of Egypt. The following q passage from tie
Governor. General in Concerts letter = the Home
Government dated Aug. I, leo|
WA A.. 40 il comm sc.i5a with 'Le Pen.rs.lar and
o. Sean r.gsstion Cof1p.uy f,r he orysys--s ft3m
SEE Of ,rooo.iaas nay P'h5 have been e'ian'' %
ius1 - tsLi q. e
ON TIE very day Of TIE arrival At C0Gs.aGtnople
~ the news Of the revolt, Lord Stafford ie Red
clife t4legraphed to LondOn 20 knox whether be
should apply 10 the Turkish Government 70 allow
the British troops 10 pass throIgn EGpt on tnelT
way 20 India. The Sultan having meanwhile 0hersd
and raasni.ted frmsn 70 that affect % The tne u
Of July, Palmerston replied by telegraph, .nit };
was not his intention % seed troops by inst route
I. beng in France Likewise esumed, q mater o'
course that the accejeration Of rhe military re
endorsements must a. ttat moment fJrm the para
mount object of British policy, Boaaparte soon-
taDeously rendered permission for the passage over
France Of British troops 10 enabis t1e-r belns en-
barked if deemed desirable, a. Marssllies, for
Egypt Tie Pasta Of Egypt !a.s'y, ween, At
length Mr.. Hol.or, the Superintendent OF the Pen
inslar ard Oriental Company 10 Egyp., was suthor-
led 10 reply on the subjec. answered Immediately
" IL would be satisfaction 70 Inn 'ogye facility >
" the passage Of not only 200 meo, as n ne prs-ent
instance but 70 that Of 10000, if necessary. and
" not IN bourgeois but in Uniform. snd win th9.r
" arms, if required.
Such were the facilities recklessy thrown away,
the proper use OF which might have prevented the
Indian war from assuming is formidable Dimensions.
The motives By which Lord Pamerston was prompt
ed in preierring sailing vessels 20 steamers, and
line of communication extending over 900 mlles
10 one limited to 600 mes, belong 10 the mysteries
Of cotemporaneCTs h.story.