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ANNEXATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN BY STEAM -lhe advantages presented by this inland sea for steam navigation, to have begun attract the att tentlon of Europeans The whole number of vessels navigating its waters has amounted to 42 precisely the number, It Is said, which aoat on Lake Erie and and Ontario Dnring the last year the French gov efnment contracted for ten packets, of about 600 tons,fo cost 100000 francs each Eight are compile ted and the other two nearly so. There are to be two llnes one from Marsces to Consantinople the other from Athens to Alexandria. Between the first places, the packets will touch at Leghorn, Ciga Vechla, (30 miles from Rome) Naples, Messna, Malta, Syria, and smyrna At Malta and Smyrna there will be a stoppage of one day, and the voyage will be complet- ed ill l3 days, hours. From Athens to Alexandria the passage will be 4 days and hours. The boats are said to be beautiful in their construction and finish ed with ample accommodations