The New York herald., 1869-11-21
THE SUEZ CANAL,
Complete Success Of the
Great Work.
The Empress Of France In Her
Yacht at Suez.
Inception, Progress and Completion
of the Canal.
PARIS, Nov. 20-e r. NJ.
Advices from Alexandria just received contain
the gratifying intelligence that the suez Canal is
success.
The French imperial yacht Aige, with her Majesty
the Empress on board has arrived at suex without
HISTORY OF THE SUEZ CANAL WORK
Its Earliest Inception, Progress and Compile.
tion-M. Ferdinand De Lesseps-His Per.
severance and ecess-InspiriDg
Influence Of the Empress
Of the French.

The map which we present to our readers to-day
illustrates the Suez Ishmus Canal In its completed
condition, its points OF entrance anddischarge and
the connection of Europe ASIA ana Africa afrording
also full view of the new transit route by the use
Of which the rounding" Of the Cape OF Good Hope
win be, for all profitable purposes, obiiterated to
mariners and travellers iourneyng to and from the
East mileage to the extent Of $500 miles be saved
either way the hitherto existing current Of the
worlds commerce be revolutionized towards Amer
lea and New York, with the aid Of the Pacific Rail.
road be made the receiving and distributing entire
pot Of the commerce and nrst news Of the universe
Egypt be reviv1ed, Turkey brought still more COM
petely within the pale Of the great nations Of the
earth Hlndostan be eventually liberated and civil
Ned, China christianized and the world, moved by
steam and Rirdied py teiegraphs be made one In
community OF interest," the univers alism Of religion
ana simplicity Of faith ana form OF worship
For the more easy comprehension OF this vast and
beneficial change with its certainty Of effect. by
readers 1t Is merely necessary to state In plain
words the following geographical facts relative to
distances by the different existing routes from
Europe to Asia, as well as the economy OF the one:-
From the point Of a ships starting, OF Gibraltar
ut the Azores-round the Cape of Good Hope to Cal
cutta, is $4,000 miles.
The distance to Calcutta, starting from Gibraltar
IT the same point-and travelling through the Suez
Canal, Is $500 miles.
The difference In favor OF the use Of the SueZ
Canal route ls consequently $500 miles leading
London journal says, generally, that the distance
from Gibraltar to Cacatta is "about' 1000 miles,
and that this will be shortened by about one-haf"
by the opening Of the Canal Suez.
By means OF electric telegraph, In the shape Of
dispatches from Asia, Africa and Europe, transmit.
ted for our use by the deep sea cable wires sub
merged in the Atlantic Ocean, We have already an.
nounced to the readers OF the HERALD the compile
ton Of the great work OF the Suez Canal its uttliza
t1on BY actual navigation by the Empress Eugene Of
France the fairest and most lustrious incarnation
and representative OF that indestructible spark
which has been from the beginning and dies not, as
veil - Of the grand idea Of such an undertaking,
which was thrown out to humanity three thousand
years ago. the assemblage of crowned heads princes
learned men, statesmen, military and naval officers
already distinguished in the service Of their respec
tive countries and rendered still more notable by
their presence this OCCASION with the general and
very illusrious representation OF all the great living
interests OF the world besides literary commercial
financial diplomatic, artistic, scientific, mechanical
industrial, and Of the great daily newspaper press
she enlightened bond which unites. and the
pOWeftui ieVcFbRc WHlCn ulOfcS, IL uo ndiu al"
most thinks for the whole. We have presented M.
Ferdinand de Lesseps, who nurtured and matured
the idea Of its concluding effect TO the world in his
moment of triumph. Surveying the whole from the
deck OF the imperial French yacht LAige. any dis
position towards an undue exultation at his splendid
success, q natural and almost inevitable human
tendency or feeling under such glorious circum-
stances being efectually toned-neutrallzed we may
call it-by his c0mpanionship with the Christian lady
standing by his side, one who has never forgotten
the divine precept Of humanity even In her first
youthful exaItation to an active partnership in the
every day responsibilities and duties OF one Of the
most powerrul-perhaps the most powerful-throne
IN the world. We have proclaimed the conservation
Of the canal work In prayer offered up by the
reverend Almoner of the Empress, Pere Baner, at
Port Said and announced the fact that the reverend
gentleman subsequently preached sermon in which
he congratulated the world on the success OF this
grand enterprise, thanked the vceroy Of Egypt, who
had immortalized his name ana reign by his CO.
operation in one OF the greatest undertakings OF
modern times, besides dwelling In terms Of lively
qualification on the liberty or worship which had
been granted to Christians; and, thanking the m
press for the sympathy she had shown, and NJ. de
Lesseps for the he had made to bring the
work to completion, and also returning thanks to
oil the other illustrous personages who had hon.
ored the occasion with their presence. We have
also shown how the Emperor OF Austria the Viceroy
Of Egypt, the Crown Prince Of Prussia the Prince
and Princess Of Holland, with the other distin.
Quished personages, participated In the religious
ceremonies without reference TO "form Of creed"
and also how the Empress OF France subsequently
landed and assisted at 7e Deum and at the Mus
sulman prayers; thus periecting her glorious mis-
sion by sealing to the peoples the acceptance of
really worldwide catholicism the soil Of the land
OF the Pharoahs Of a moment when the current Of
commerce and thought had just been changed in Its
r6ie from Europe and Asia towards America.
We have chronicled the congregation Of feet OF
thirty-fOur steamers at Ismailia with tho notices of
others looming up" as well as reported the con-
rregation Of the immense number of visitors from
oil parts OF the world, with the continual streaming
IN at that point Of the numerous advance Of 5000
Europeans. and the $4,000 Orientals who had been
specially invited as the guests OF the viceroy of
Egypt
We have telegraphed the trip route Of the
first detachment Of these visitors from lsmailla to
Port Said, in the canal, within the space OF eight
hours and thirty minutes and shown that the transit
had depth of water ranging from twenty five TO
thirty feet through the wnole line Of the canal as
well as the preparations which we're made for the
starting OF the entire fleet from Ismaia to SueE on
Saturday. the Goth OF November, at noon. Our
readers have seen in the pages Of the HERALD how
the French imperial yacht pAigle. with the En-
press on board was followed through the nrst part
OF the canal BY forty vessels and anchored at Ismai
la, In the presence OF the vast multitude of the
officers and crew Of newly arrived Russian rigate,
the largest war vessel present. and the enjoyment Of
worlds ovation.
We nave reported how the Norwegian govern
ment on the oath Of September last decided that the
eorvese Nordsernen should be present at the inau-
gurao0n Of TIE CANAL sBe how that vessel LEFT ROr-