The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-20 00:00:00

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with the following passsge.:—" Gov will bless our
efforts, because we shall ,never have anything else in
view but the regular development of the liberties con-
tained in our Constitution.."

EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 9.—His highness the VICE..
ROY is now living at his palace of Derr-el-Beyda, on
the Suez desert, whither he has recently repaired to
avoid the dust and suffocating summer atmosphere of

the capital.
The tanzimat has been proclaimed in the Hall of
Justice at the citadel, in virtue of the requirement
of the Imperial finnan. All the officers above the
military rank of major, the ulemas and mufti, and the
chief notables were assembled on the occasion. The
ceremony was grave and solemn, and the PACHA re•
ceived the instrument with becoming deference. The
tanzimat is therefore the law of the land.
MAHOMED ALT during his ambitious career had
exhausted in wars and folly so large an amount of the
blood and treasures of his country that the people had
fallen into a state of heartless serfdom, and the pro-
ductive capabilities of the country were, if not retro-
gressieg, at least stationary. ABBAS VACUA saw
this, and struck out a different policy. He lessened
the demand On population by reducing as far as
practicable the army, navy, and public works, and
directed the whole energies of the country on agri-
culture. The result had been that, besides the in-
crease of people, which is very considerable, cotton
and corn increased in a still greater ratio, and the
land was marching rapidly on in prosperity, The
growth of cotton, which is the most important
of our staples, had increased from 700,000 cantsrs
(961 b.) to 1,000,000 within one single year ; and the
quantity of corn sent to England alone in 1851 was
double the entire exporta of this article five years
before. The increase in the value of agricultural
produce exported during the first year of the present
VICEROY'S Government, as compared with that im-
mediately preceding it, amounted to no less than
64,137,558 piastres ! the figures being 166,056,132
piastres, as compared with 230,193,690 piastres.
The item of cotton showed an increase of 32,415,680
piastres, and corn 18,381,600 piastres. The relaxa-
tion also of the restrictive duties and traffic regula-
tions on interior products, such as ivory, gums, coffee,
drugs, spices, and other articles peculiar to the re-
gions of the Nile, as well as those of Abyssinia and
Arabia, tended to open a large source of employment
calculated to stimulate enterprise and work important
social good. As regards the railway, there can be no
manner of doubt it deserves to be placed prominently
forward among the evidences on record of the
PACHA'S successful efforts to further the advancing
development.
At this juncture, when the people were relieved
from an oppressive taxation, gaining confidence in
the new government, and accumulating wealth (for
in the year in question it is a notorious fact that
50,0001. to 60,0001. a week in English sovereigns,
were paid by the merchants for private produce, and
that this money was all carried into the interior or
otherwise absorbed)—at this juncture Turkey prefers
a demand (doubtless a just demand) for claims
founded on the war in Syria, under MEHEMED
on her own part, and a series of sums (swelling the
bill to millions sterling), for compensation to the
family of the late VICEROY, for prejudice done, or as-
sumed to be done, to their patrimonial rights.
Such demands even a flourishing exchequer could
not withstand, particularly if we add the year's tri•
bute of 400,0001., and the estimated cost of the rail-
way, put down at 800,0001. more. To meet these,
and afford ample indulgence to the agriculturists for
the payment of their bead rents and taxes, it was
suggested to the VACUA to open a Four per Cent.
loan in England, but he at once refused his sanction
to any such measure, even though he should be poli-
tically benefited from it. With a large and growing
income, a little repose is all that is needed : and,
unless other drags are again made upon her, two
years will suffice to give Egypt and ABBAS VACUA
another fair start on the highway of prosperity.

THE CREMDGMENTORNE BUOF "MIDAS CASEND THE
JU"
In a place, not in Crete, but in Essex they say,
New life hes been given to Heathen mythology,
For Europa came down from the clouds t'other day,
To give us an instance of doubtful zoology.
Her dear husband, Old Jove, who assisted her flight,
Beheld with amaze, as she soared thro' the skies,
That the bull which she rode on was dying of fright,
And to Earth, with Europa, he instautly hies.
In the name of Olympus, whence came this old bull?
Do tell me, Europa? My sweetest! my bliss!
Had you searched through the knackers, you never
could cull
Such a shocking bad bovine companion as this.
Did he come from the Zodiac, tell me, I pray?
Was ho fed upon air? or is fodder so dear?
It can't be; friend Apollo has plenty of bay,
To stand to his nags, every month in the year.
No, no, my lov'd Hubby, Europa exclaimed,
'Twas in Smiffel' I bought him, so lank, thin, and
bare,
He was dying of phthisis, and should I be blam'd
If I toJk up the brute, for a mere "change of air."
But he's dead ! I—here comes Midas; he'll kick up a
row,
Tho' a donkey himself, still he's full of compassion.
'Tis a hundred to one, for this son of a cow,
If he don't hold a court in right asinine fashion.
Old Midas now opens the court, with great awe,
And solemnity, fitting this doleful occasion,
For the death of a bull ho most clearly foresaw
Could never admit of disguise or evasion.
Stand forth Master Jove and Europa, he cried,
What say you to this most inhuman barbarity,
In this high court of justice, o'er which 1 preside
.
Though an ass, I say it, this crime is a rarity.
You both stand indicted for killing this bull,
By kindness or torture, 'tis all one to me;
And if you're
found guilty, and I have " the pull,"
Won't you trip it to regions beyond the" Dead Sear'
Take care what you plead, then— take care what you
say,
For thousands, aye, millions, are opening their ears;
And " the eyes of allEuppe are on us to-day,"
To reprove with their hisses, or 'plaud withtheir cheers.
Poor Europa and Jove, who erst
.wanton'd and smird,
Hung theiraheads, heads, pleaded guilty; Jove hoped that
the flaw
Which his wife had committed, coerced or beguiled
By himself as her lord, would find favour in law.
Silence reign'd in the court; for the hour had begun
When '6 the eyes of all Europe" were strained to
behold
As fantastical, e bit of fun
singular, strang
As chronicles time out of mind have yet told.
And now for the judgment—Hem! Old Midas began.
Fe! fa! fum! ``l smell blood"—'Tis a horrible case,
" I'm the judge and the jury"—smoke that if you can,
And the bull shall have law whilst I sit in this place.
'Tis a case which concerns both " the welfare and peace,
" And the morals of the kingdom" (of bulls, pigs, and
monkeys,
Of widgeon and saipe, not forgetting the geese),
And mayhap, my fraternal, intelligent donkeys.
And there's one thing I've learn't since I came here
below,
" That slaves in the Indies have long since been set
free"—
',l've been school'd in a pot. house" since a boy, that you
know,
And why shouldn't the bull, then, find friendship
from me?

You both may be married, for aught / know or care,
And Vulcan forged chains which till death you can'
sunder;
But, " according to Cocker," ev'ry two make a pair;
To fine each of you, now, can be no legal blunder.
Parturiunt Montes I then prepare for the worst,
(There's " a ridicules mus" at the bottom of all,)
I'll sentence you now, for I'm ready to burst,
To a fate that no power on earth can recal.
To old Charon go each, put an Obolus bright
In the mouth of the bull, for his wand'ring alone
On the banks of Cocytus 'mid the darkness of night,
And they'll bury him decent, hoof, horns, and bone.
And let this be a warning to others who dare
Bring a bull from " Old Smiffel" to gaze at the moon,
That 'tis done at their peril; for this much I swear,
D—n me, " I'll cook their goose," aye, and that very
soon.

ALPHA.

HENRY RUSSELL'S CONCERTS.—On Saturday nigh
this popular favourite gave the last of his series of entertain-
ments at the Lyceum Theatre, after a short but successful
career. The house was crowded to excess, and Mr. Russell,
who more than equalled his former efforts, was frequently
greeted with rounds of applause. The great attraction of
the evening was the announcement previously made public
that he intended to distribute four valuable prizes, in ob-
taining which every one who entered the theatre was to have
an equal chance. The prizes consisted of a free passage for
four individnals to America, Mr. Russell having promised
that the whole proceeds of the theatre that evening should
be devoted to defraying the expenses of their voyage to the
Far West. Three of the successful numbers were found to
be held by persons in the pit, and the remaining one to be in
the possession of an inhabitant of the gallery, and the whole
found to be in a humble position of life, and to
be desirous of bettering their condition in the new world.
Mr. Russell, we believe, intends to repeat his entertainments
in a few days at Liverpool and Sheflield, and it is to be
hoped he will meet with as much encouragement as he has
received in the metropolis.
COMPOSITORS' EMIGRATION SOCIETY.—A. meeting
of the compositors of London was held on Saturday evening,
at the Red Lion Inn. Red Lion-Court, for the purpose of
organising a society for the promotion of emigration. The
meeting was well attended, and the rules which had been
previously framed by a committee, were amply discussed,
and, after a few trifling modifications, cordially adopted.
The object of this society is that of advancing sums of money
without any charge for interest, to compositors desirous of
emigrating. The minimum charg which i member
was caship
lculated was by
the meeting fixed at 3d. per week, t
would establish a fund sufficiently large to enable the
committees to carry into effect the laudable purposes of the
society.
A tanner, recently deceased, at Manchester, is said
to have left a fortune a 250,0001., which he had accumu-
lated in that trade.
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