, 1869-04-18
TEE suKZ CANAL
Another stare In its ProgTes

one more stage tn the progress towards compile
ton Of the sanz Canal has 70 be recorded On
THURSDAY. March IS. the HHtefa o. No Aed3faI-
raneau Tere admitted Into the Bitter Lakes, with
perfect snoeese La The presence OF the V!cefoJ o.
E9Jpt and numerous company One Of tha
chief mechanical dihaculdes o. me nn1etta1inE
md there can be no doubt thai In short time the
canal rin be open, u least for vessels Of csItsn
ne Inols length from @ ss Is en eaes
may remember 1has IN August, lso7. IN emcA
statements was u7ade Of the condition md Ros-
was fxed for the latter part Of The present 6s2
The csnal had attained ts full breadth Of Un1 9un-
dEed metres from the Mediterranean 70 IAEe Ilna-
place called Serapeum and the Htttef Lafe4 Tnha
part OF the promise hAs been dnfJ fulfilled,
and already, In the spring Of 1852, tho Hate1s OF
tne Mediterranean arc lowing into these ls1eA o.
xeeks to ill. The Remainder Of ne excavation
mss 1os pteasns any M aMc1 A. sna we
shies ~ Ta'h REASONABLE time, md opened 70 tae
fhr ~ nan nlles from Port Said The Blssef Lakes
.nt se!Sea are rwenty -shree and hall miles louKy
snsI oTi .ser soahe1n end II fourteen miles %
ne NEE lest1 or the Mediterranean, b. ne intQx of
,.sH ri, ,1on shat ga there VIII sernsn only four
nrI. des 20 ee trAsersed before he two esas arc
nnNea, an1 As the whole Of tAs canai via mlnnta
dssp'.Gns az tast ~ hs.as :s e1eass.edr Is evI
early eosapunicsIG93 CON nj ,a3 ,s ioos forward 70 aa
me oshet, although not perhaps, inuxssd,ateiy
isat proysl, tot aeal aSa use Nj. FovIc1 believes
depth and etceuey, aud The charnsa sa y p io nat
unreasonable, "the steasa passenrrr All = 1nsi nS
H ch'e's nST e on aud 1ad
.ng ng sssseh wh'ca ~ would Mt only require s,es
III III noi pss se ese h9 ao
veaeels With steauate aaauiary Heen,, ~ Sa1.uS
cally adaPted 70 the canal aud the Red So Es ~
ao q noW Setea ey Might a1, ,d;ysst ne iafg
Nj. Fowler thinks that enterprtstpv nrms Nv, a1 ~
this experiment which will secure for the sHeyy Sy
| profit The only doubt that occurs 10 NJ - ~ ~
Respect Is as 70 the capacity Of the caua to sim,s
The a'ge.al lzed vessels In which the commerce Of
the world tends more and more to be ea.fted az, ~
TIE mofa recent opinion OF engineers ls not sa
much against the durability Of the canal "a il wna
ses ~. tS sso 91e Of ne chief dangers
said BY the Nile deposit According to Iii Fox-
Icy, large and almost constant deposits ct aIlu-
taken 70 prevent these accunulat1n9 wear attt.r
year. Dut though considerable expense N
aa,eus!ng a e. WI ,., be coostannS !equlrea" sttn
The channel and hashor being nlied I'D anu de-
stroJed" II, then, the canal prove suecessfOl
ne fortune o. Pon SAD will be made. Tals
Ated on = dre1.y sand reef ot the coast, And must
be wonderfully altered By the hand Of man beioru
u consists Of nothing but wouden huts, md has
e!1ke fesemblanee 70 settlement In the American
! HHuesntsa, @hAt the san glafeS down on In
| Arly African fe~1A'-
aet thta Is The place which every Frrnehn,an de-
s.a1ss WIFI some plaastllity, Is to rival na1 70
never uttered more dreadful yase.aatIons aSaInsf
SaoJlon OF 1yle than the partisans Of The Suex
lanai against Alexandria They believe tna; il .
rev years its streets viii be deserted ia ouS ines
OF new buildings crnmhling into ruin, White tha
riches o. East and West will choke the warehouses
! o. Porf said. On the other hand, AleIaQdsta Sc
cure IN Its present prosperity and proud Of ia Two
!o!d pre-em!nence a. the chief port Of wea1tny
EDpt aud tne 1sst batting place on the journey to
ne Far East II Inclined 10 view with Indifference
Salt VII. Perhaps, prove that each place haa
G1oands noa nl+ 1os Its coincidence. Though Port SAID
city, 1t musb u the cana1 prove really succes.frI
the road to India w