The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-14 00:00:00

EGYPT.

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Letters from Alexandria of November 3, describe
the situation of commerce as deplorable in conse-
quence of the decree prohibiting the exportation of
grain, and the inextricable confusion caused by
Stephan Bey's circular of October 10. The govern-
ment it is true, had explained to the consular
corps, that corn of last year would not be
reckoned in the 400,000 ardebe to which
exportation was limited ; but, as might have been
foreseen, practical difficulties arose, and all the cal-
culations of trade wore overturned by the govern-
ment insisting upon considering as corn actually ex-
ported those parcels upon which the export duty had
been paid by anticipation before the decree of pro-
hibition. The result is that, contrary to the spirit
of the circular, although nothing like the 400,000
ardebe has yet been exported, the custom-house

M. Latour Dumoulin is the government candidate officers refuse to allow th; ships waiting for cargoes
to fill the seat in the Corps Legislatif, vacant by the in the harbour to be freighted. A great deal of,
death of M. Demesmay. litigation is going on in consequence. The British
There have been fresh domiciliary visits at Nantes. consul, to whom many complaints have been ad-
A sensible fall in corn is announced in several dressed, has received from his government positive
country markets. orders to insist upon the withdrawal of the decree of
A public meeting of English visitors and residents prohibition. In a note addressed by this func-
will be held at Mcurice's Hotel on Wednesday next, denary to Stephan Bey, ho is said to have declared
to take measures for paying a tribute of respect and that he cannot be satisfied with a suspension of the do- 11
admiration to the memary of the gallant Lieutenant tree tothc 30th ot Nov., suppoing the Pacha to consent
Beilot. A co:utnittet for this purpose has been to grant it. The consul denies that the Viceroy has,
formed, consisting of His Excellency Lord Bowden, in any event, the power to prevent the exportation of
the English Minister at Madrid, President
E.
Captain , any corn actually tho property of British subjects,
Coortenay Boyle, It N., Secretary M. E. Blount, ' they having by the very fact of the possession of
Treasurer; and the Marquis of Ely, the Earl of personal property in the East, the right to dispose'

freely of, and consequently to export goods of which
they were the legitimate owners at the moment ofl
the promulgation of the exceptionsl decree. The
answer of Stephan Bey was not known, but it was'
expected to besatiafactory, and the more so because
the French consul-general proposed also, as it was
said, to act with vigor. He was about to start for
Cairo, whither the Viceroy had at length returned.
Armaments were actively going on. An extraor-
dinary levy of 73,000 was spoken of, but the recruit-
ing service was not likely to be greatly aided by
popular enthusiasm. lteeruits are commonly caught
by press gangs, and brought to the barracks hand-
cuffed. _ _ _ .

On the 25th after the arrival of the Austrian boat
from Constantinople, the Russian Consul took down
hie flag, and officially informed his colleagues that
pursuant to orders from his government he was about
to leave Egypt with his suite, and that he should
place Russian subjects under the protection of the
Swedish consul-general. News from Syria of the
30th had been received. It was without interest.
The province was perfectly tranquil.