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MR. WAG-HORN’S ARRANGEMENTS
FOR PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS LANDING AT ALEXANDRIA.
Mr. Waghorn having established an Agency-house in Egypt, under the firm of
Waghorn and Co., a prominent branch of which is to assist passengers and travellers,
from the moment they arrive at Alexandria, till they leave that country en route to India,
or elsewhere, those returning to India from England are hereby informed that it is essen¬
tial they apply to Waghorn and Co.’s Egyptian Offices, 34, Cornhill, London, where
on making known their desire to avail themselves of Waghorn and Co.’s medium, in
passing through or out of Egypt, they will receive all the information, advice, and co¬
operation requisite for their purpose, and best adapted to insure them a short stay in
the country, as well as economical arrangements. Waghorn and Co.’s establish¬
ments at Alexandria, Atfe, Boulac, Cairo, Suez, and, hereafter, at every point of
ingress and egress throughout Egypt, will be at their disposal, and present them the
means of cheap, commodious, and expeditious transit, as well as of meeting every
want, however tfifling, at the cost of the country. As a title to the proffered advan¬
tages, a fee of two guineas is to be paid on registering at the offices in Cornhill; where¬
upon the following accommodations will be accessible to them. Mr. Waghorn’s
Guide from London to Marseilles and thence to Egypt, can there also be procured.
At Alexandria.—They will receive the best information relative to the hotels,
&c.; they will have free and gratuitous access to the Casino, and reading-rooms, at
WaGhorn and Co.’s expence: they will be furnished with boats, servants, and all
other requisites, to enable them to proceed to Cairo with comfort and economy.
At Ateje.—Waghorn and Co.’s factors will receive, with every proper attention,
persons duly accredited by them: and their luggage, when not unusually cumber¬
some, will here be carefully transported to the Nile, gratis; they will also provide
them with one or more boats, and, in the most expeditious manner, aid them with
every other requisite assistance.
At Boulac.—On arrival at Boulac, the port of Cairo, Waghorn and Co.’s in-
tendant will be in readiness to see their luggage promptly and carefully forwarded to
Cairo,
At Cairo.—They are requested to proceed at once to Waghorn and Co.’s office,
Us they will there meet with cheerful and efficient attention to all their wishes, and
receive every information and assistance they can desire, or which may be best calcu¬
lated to meet their intention, as to a short or lengthened stay, and that upon the most
convenient and economical footing. The means of conveyance to Suez are there
always at hand. Guides to the different places and objects of antiquity or curiosity
will be placed at their disposal : and precautions will be taken to preveut their
suffering extortion, for want of proper information and support. A reading-room,
with the latest papers and periodicals of Europe, India, and elsewhere, is attached
to that establishment. Three light carriages and two spring vans have been lately
purchased for the convenience of LADIES in crossing the Suez Desert; but ten days
notice at 34, Cornhill, with a deposit of 10£. is necessary in case the party should
not come at the exact time appointed by them. Travelling chairs also are always at
hand for CHILDREN if required.
At Suez.—The travellers who go through Waghorn and Co.’s agency are entitled
to apartments at this place, gratis ; and there are many other facilities which will be at
their command along this point of the Desert.
Mr. Waghorn confidently assures all parties, that the course herein suggested is
the best adapted for the travellers’ convenience and interest; and he begs them not to
be deluded by any thing they may have heard or read, previously to their arrival in
Egypt.
Such are the arrangements at present; and these will be continued till, after a f$w
months, it may be hoped, a better system can be devised, and enable Waghorn and
Co. to offer improved facilities of transport, by the canal of Mahmudie, the Nile, and
the Desert; as well as various other arrangements, calculated alike for dispatch, com¬
fort, and economy. And Mr. Waghorn feels he need only appeal to the proofs he
has already afforded, of untired devotion to the cause of India steam-communication,
to insure to his undertakings the support of every public-spirited traveller passing
along the line thus gradually organizing, and which, but for his exertions, perhaps,
might not, to the present day, have been called into existence.
Egyptian Offices, 34, {late at 71), Comhill.
ls£ August^ 1839.