The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-15 00:00:00

EGYPT.

His Highness the Pasha returned to his Palace of
Abbassia, from his residence in the Desert, on the
25th ult., for the purpose, chiefly, it is said, of re-
ceiving publicly Mr. Anderson, M.P., and Mr.
Samuel Briggs, the depu►ation appointed by the
public meeting held in London on the 14th of October
last, to present the resolution thereat adopted, and
which was to the following effect
"That this meeting desire to convey to his High-
ness the Pasha of Egypt the assurance of their sympa-
thy and their support, by every legitimate means, in the
present position of affairs—a sympathy and support
which they consider he has fully earned by the liberal,
active, and judicious manner in which he has devoted,
and parposes to devote, his resources to the security of
the transit of the British mails, travellers, and property
to and from the East. That a copy of this resolution
be transmitted or presented to his Highness in such
wanner as the committee before-named may think
proper."
On the 27th the deputation waited on him by ap-
pointment, and were received with much honour and
cordiality. The resolution having been formally read
and delivered,
Mr. Anderson, on behalf of the deputation, ad-
dressed the Pasha to the following effect :
" In presenting to you this resolution, we feel it to be
our duty to explain to'you that the sentiments therein
expressed are not limited to the great and influential
assembly of British merchants and others in London
from whom it emanates; lint that the feeling and
opinion demonstrated at that meeting now pervade the
whole British nation. The questinT.s which have re-
cei,tly beta raised by the Sublime Yore in reference to
the internal administration of Egypt have been publicly
discussed, and are now well uwirrstood in England.

"It is the general feclim there that to deprive
yocr Highness of any psi.. c f that authority which
was guaranteed to the Viceroys of Egypt by the
treaty of 1841, and which your Highness's pre-
decessors have exercised without question since that
time, would be tantamount to a great public calamity;
inasmuch as such interference would be incom-
patib:e with the efficient government of this country.
" That the consequene-s would be to endanger that
order and tree qaillisy- which have hitherto been so lesp-
'Ally established asd maintained by your Highness's
illustrious predecessor and yourself; that the protection
and security to person and property in Egypt could 110
longer ba depended upon; that the social and industrial
improvement of Egypt, so energetically and judi-
ciously promoted be, your Highne,ss, would be
greatly impaired, if not altogether destroyed;
that Egypt would soon fall into that state of
political and social disorganization now so unhappily ex-
hibited in other pro7inees of the 03011111 U Empire, where
neither person nor property i 5 secure; and that the great
highway to India, China, &c., so vitally essential to the
political, commercial, and social interests of our country,
andof Europe in general, would he jeopardiz.d by any re-
laxation of tho powersposlesied by your Highness for en-
forcing duo subordination among the Arab population in
Egypt, more especially for csn:rolling the Bedeuin tribes
who inhabit the desert between Cairo and Sin z. The
former predatory habits of tbsse tribes are well known,
and stay remembered; and thsir present obedience, and
e security.of travel now enjoyed, are attributable to the
igoroua measures of; our lies' ous grand.iire, Mehemet
Ali, and yet,„(sd.
" Such being the :feting:fetingof the British people upon
the
questions now er5,,,,,0 to
end -- he pending (since the
settlement of the rail
Porte and your Highness,
question) between the Sublime
we respectfully venture to
suggest to you that the maintenance
exnoisedinbtayety
of administration hitherto exercised the powers
would be a course of
British nation, of
fur Highness
and ties;
highly satisfactory to the
highness that moral suppicAtte4slhaed to insure to your
MElnity can so efficacioudy cff_rs,,ich so powerful a com-
His Highness received the deputation
and continued so during the delivery standing,
of Mr. Ander-
son's observations, which he listened to with marked
attention. To the address he returned a reply, of /
which the following is a translation :-
6. Gentlemen,—I have read with great satisfaction
the resolution passed at a public meeting in the
London, which you have this day presented to me.'! ofl
feel highly flattered by the sympathy expressed on that
occasion in favour of the metssures I have adopted for
improving the social condition of the people intrusted
to my government.
" It is also gratifying to me to find that the steps I have
taken for facilitating the transit of the mails and pas.
scngers through Egypt have met with the approbation of
so distinguished and influential a body as the merchants
of the city of London. Those facilities will, I trust, in
a short time be greatly imprcved by the construction of
a railroad between Alexandria and Cairo.
" Some delay hers taken place in the commencement of
this great work, consequent on the unfortunate and
much to be lamented differences which have arisen be-
tween the Sublime Porte and myself as to the inter-
pretation of certain articles of the firman of inves.
attic°. These, however, I trust in God, will soon be
removed.

First, because I have every confidence in the justice
of the Sultan; secondly, because I claim nothing be-
yond those powers which it must have been the inten-
tion of the framers of the finnan to grant when the
heriditary government of Egypt was ceded to my
grandfather, Mehemet Ali, and his successors, and
deprived of which good government becomes impossible.
" Tell the gentlemen who have so kindly and so ener-
getically expressed the interest they take in the welfare
of Egypt that, in resisting all encroachments on the
rights of myself and family, I have but one object in
view—to maintain public order as the only means of de-
veloping the resources and promoting the happiness of
thappeop!e it has plowed God to place under my rule.
"Acting upon this principle, I feel strong in the sup-
port of thy, British m.:tion, confident that the community
of interksts which exists between Esgiand and Egypt,
when Properly understood, must inevitably tend to the
anvantage of both countries."

IRON FOR FIRR-PROOF CONSTUCTION.—Let the
brains be puzzled to eternity, no scheme will be devised to
render buildings thoroughly safe, except excluding combus-
tible materials from their formation; that is, metal trust be
substituted for wood, and that metal must be iron. Let a
handsome prize be offered, open to all the world, for the best
essay " On the most advantageous mode of apPlYU'll iron to
render edifices completely fire-proof.' In the present de-
pressed state of the trade, it would not be iii-timed if the
ironmasters of the kingdom were to subsaribe for such au
object, thus combining attention to their own own interests
with benevolence towards their species. Wool-el benefit
would result from such a mode of buil. amely, the
equable heating of each apartment. Many a stately pile has
been converted into cinders by the unskilful direction of
fees, or by overheating of them ; but in a fire-proof house
they may be entrusted with impunity to the superintendence
of the most dull. Were such buildings once to become the
fashion, the world would be astonished how it could have ree
mined so long in the wood.—The Builder.
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