The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-06 00:00:00

EGYPT.

The _Mats has some interesting news from Alex-
andria. It says :
" We have received accounts from Alexandria t) the
23d ult. The Egyptian Government had just addressed
to the Consuls-General is Alexendrie, through Edhem
Pacha, Minister of Foreign Milers, a circular, which hea
caused considerable emotion among all the European
commerce in the plac". This circular, which is dated
16th ult., states, in substance, that the price of corn, being
much higher at Cairo than at Alexanciii- to which place
it is carried in large quan -ties for exportation, the i
Viceroy, in his paternal solicitude for his subjects n the
capital, has decided that henc,iforth all boats laden with
wheat coming from Upper Egypt
compelled to unload at Boulac, and there sell their
should be stepped and
cargoes for consumption, The &realer adds that
this measure will rcr jive the unanimous appro-
bation of the consular hely, who e co-operat-on
the Egyptian Government invokes in order to sec re
its strict execution. It is easy to conceive what com-
plaints were rail' 1 ag,:inst this measure when it was
made known at Alexandli• In f; ^t the commercial
advices had for soc e s'aie given rc ason t) supposa that
the harvest in Europe would b 3 very inferior to fiat of
former years, and !;corcely sufficient in many parts for
the local consumption. This wrs expect-d to Le the
case more particularly in Great Britain, where a deficit
of a fifth was looked for. This st ite of things had led
to a largo amount of business at Alexandri2, from
whence about 1,550,000 hectolitres of corn were exported
in 1851, and a number of vessels had been collected to-
gether at Alexandria in order to ship the corn which was
shortly expected to arrive from the intazior. In the
midst of all these transactiora comes the circular above
mentioned. This measure, if it be rr :intained, will have
the most ruinous consequences for ti el' immerce of Alex-
andria; and it is to put an end to such a state of things
that the consuls-general, after having consulted together,
convoked the principal persons belonging, to their respec-
tire nations, whose observations and complaints they heard,
and made every disposition to defend their intereais,which
are so s'iiously compromised. The right of the Egypt
tian any more than any other Government to prohibi-
the exportation of corn cannot be disputed; for it is the
sole judge of the necessity of such a serious measure.
When it is adopted with foresight, end with that consi-
deration which is due to other interests, which it sacri-
fices for en object of general utility, it must b 3 submitted
to, but such does not apps t have been done in this
instance. Far from issuing a prohibiron against expor-
tation, on the very day the circular a..ived at Alexan-
dria the Government sold 12,000 ardeL3 of wheat, with
an enormous rise in price in consequence of the panic
caused by the new measure. Thss tact proves,that there
is no fear on the subject of a sufficient supp'y in Egypt;
and in fact the last harvest has been a most abundant
one. Political affairs in Egypt appear to be very celm.
Abbas Pacha is shortly expected at Cairo. News from
Syria had been received to the 20th, which were rather
serious. The Druses had again raised the standard of
revolt, and recommenced their depredations. The
Governor-General of Damascus had vainly attempted
every means of bringing about an understanding with
these mountaineers, who are supposed to have relations
with the Bedouins of the desert. Ho had consequently
decided en taking the field against them at the head of
15,000 men, and a numerous artillery."

Rumours are current that Parliament will h
coiled together during the last week of the present month
for the dispatch of important businesp.

BNAeIIzvNIT YMork AND
Musical A correspondent of
the
JNcaEiT7,Y orldLiNp.—
writes to that journal—" Not
long since Mr. Barnum exhibited to me the account current
between himself and Jenny Line, and a truly marvellous
A
document it is. Ile ought to pub,;sh it entire, for the as-
tonishment and edification of the world generrily, and
singers particularly. According to the footings up and ba-
lances, the parties received the following hr-idsome dividends
after all expenses were paid :—Jenny Lind, 302,000 dolls.;
P. T. Barnum, 308,000 dolls. ; total, 610,000 dolls. I give
the even thousands, not remembering the units, tens, and
hundred . They are of little consequence,