The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-16 00:00:00

MILITAR INTELLIGENCE.

CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN INDIA SINCE THE DEPARTURE
OF THE MAIL ON THE STH MARCH, 1855.
Her Majesty's Troops—Lieut.-C ,lonel Green, 84th
Reviment, at Rangoon, on the 6th February.
Madras—Major (brevet lieutenant-colonel) J. Beck,
Artillery, at sea on the 11th F,bruary.
Bengal—Major Cainphell, 53th R.,giment Native In-
fantry, on board the Jelum, at Moolran.
QUEEN'S TROOPS.
APPOINTMENTS—Lieut. J. Wall, of the 87th Fusi-
liers, officiating interpreter to the 10th Foot, is dire t
to place hims,lf under the orders of the chief engineer in
the Punjaub fir employment in the department of Public
C,,ml,inh h hag heen transhrred. C ilonel
G.
Congreve, C 8., Quartermaster-General of her Majesty's
Forces in India, has joined the he-id-quarters of his Ex-
cellency the Commander-in-Chief, and assumed charge
of his department. Captain the Hon. E. G. Curz,,n, of
the 52d Foot, is appointed to act as aide-de-camp on the
ersonal staff of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
vice Lieutenant Lord Walter Scott, 15th Hussars, pro-
ceeding to join his regiment in England.
PROMOTIONS.-83d Foot Ensign
James
Villiers, who
. burst, to to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice
retires, Feb. 14, 1855. 60th Foot—Ensign James Ar•
thur Morrab, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to
11 a •
ensign, vice Fox, promoted, Dec. 22,
1854 ; im
Richard Prendergast Vereker, to be ensign, without
purchase, vice Travers, promoted, Dec. 29, 1854. 78th
Foot—Capt. Jacob Meek, from half-pay unattached, to
be captain, vice Bertley, who exchanges, Dec. 22, 1854 ;
Lieut. Lawrence Pleydell Bouverie, to be ctptain, I y
purchase, vice Meek, who retires, Dec. 22,185 ;
ce Ensign
John Finlay, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vi Bou-
verie, Dec. 22,1354; Montague Alex. Kirby, gentleman,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Finlay, Dec. 22, 1854.

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 6.
The mails from Calcutta arrived at Suez on the
Ist, ose from Bombay on the 3d, and the
Indus and and th
Valetta both leave Alexandria this day
with these mails for Southampton and Marseilles.
Said Pasha, being anxious to conciliate the popu-
lation of Egypt, is gone to the fair at Tantah in the
Delta, whioh is now open, and, in order to impress
upon their minds his visit to the tomb of the famous
saint buried there, he took with him about 12,000
troops, consisting of cavalry, infantry, and artillery.
These soldiers crossed the Nile by two bridges of
boats thrown over the river at Cafr el Ais, and the
Viceroy himself actively superintended every move-
ment, making himself hoarse by shouting out his
orders and swearing at the men and officers, and
this. notwithstanding that hew has generals in in-
fantry, artillery, and cavalry, ill-, in his presence,
sunk into insignificance. One General of the Im-
perial Guard was deprived 'of his rank just after
crossing the river, on account of some deficiency in
the appearance of his regiment. Cavalry, artillery,
and infantry were made to take the line of road
from the Nile to Tantah by the railway, and a train
being en its way back met the troops, aud a scene
of terrible confusion among the horses occurred.
Notwithstanding the prohibition of slavery
throughout the Ottoman dominions it is still car-
ried on in Egypt, and numerous slave-dealers, with
ample stocks of slaves, were to be seen exhibiting
their wares at Tantah.
The 10th Huvars left Cairo on the 26th, and are
expected to arrive at Alexandria, a distance of 130
miles, to-day. They crossed the Nile by a brid,,e
of boats made for the purpose a little above Rhoda
Island, and most ample preparations were made by
the Pasha's orders to insure their comforts on their
march down, and supplies of fresh bread,
to them
butter,
and milk were, among other things, sent
daily. There viers of
drunkenness exhibited
among the soldiers of the 10th Htissars during
their stay at Cairo, of nearly two months. 'By some
means or other—perhaps owing to the multiplicit
flippancy of manner—Said
Pasha has been disappointed with them,
and,
although it is well known that he was anxious to
inspect minutely all pertaining to the
English
cavalry, so as to introduce improvements in his own
army, his Highness has kept quite aloof from them,
and has not even asked to see the regiment.
The first and second divisions of the 12th Lancers
are at Cairo, awaiting the arrival of the remainder
of the regiment. The Hon •Company's new steamer
Assaye, which brought part of the second division
of Lancers as far as Aden, broke down,
transship her cargo of men and horses to the Semi-
ramis.
The screw-steamer Etna arrived here from Con-
stantinople last week to convey the cavalry to the
Cgimea, as soon as Lord Raglan sends instructions
to that effect. The Simla and three or four other
steamers are expected for the sametor
o purpf Everton,
ose.
The Rev. W. W. Ewbank, rec
near Liverpool, died about two da3s' journey from
Mount Sinai while on his way to Jerusalem by the
desert. Mr. and Mrs. Ewbank, accompanied by
the Rev. Mr. Skinner, one of the curates of St. Bar-
the
Sinai,
M
nabas Pimlico, left Cairo on the sth of Mainkrch,
was
for
attacked with dysentery, which continued upon him
and on the way r. Ewb
without intermission for 14 days, until he died.
Bishop Gobat, of Jerusalem, has announced his
intention of comine. to Alexandria to consecrate
St
e
new Protestant church on the 25th of April, .
Mark's day, by which Larne the church is
to be
called.
Prices of produce are on the decline. Wheat
345., beans 225., Indian corn 225., barley 18s. per
quarter, free oti board. The Government is en-
deavouring to keep up prices, but cannot succeed.
Exchange on London, 99 piastres per pound
sterling.