The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-15 00:00:00

EGYPT.

A letter from Alexandria of Feb. 24, says th,e,
accounts from Syria are very unsatisfactory, and
the whole country seems to be in a state of an-
archy, owing to the withdrawal of the troops for
the war with Russia, and the Pashas are left with'
out the means of enforcing their authority. Thie
Greek and Latin clergy at Jerusalem have reneweu
their shameful contests about the Holy Places,
while the Turkish officials had not the power to
prevent them from coming to blows. It is ad-
mitted, however, that this time the Latins claimed
greater privileges than they were entitled to, and
the Latin Patriarch and French Consul, finding
themselves under the necessity of yielding to the
Greeks, left Jerusalem for Beyrout. Several per'
sons were killed iu the various- affrays that took
place.

- On the evening of the 18th inst. Said Pasha, hell
apparent to the Pashalic of Egypt, gave a gran'
public entertainment to the Europeans, to celebrate
the birth of his first child, a son born of a slave ill
the beginning of this year. All who wished to at-
tend the feast were welcome, refreshments on a
profuse scale were at the disposal of all comers/
and dancing was kept up all night in his palace.
The English nurse who is to rear the child has
received very handsome and costly presents from
Said Pasha, and the necessary clothing has been
brought out from England without regard t°
expense.

The Viceroy, Abbas Pasha, after remaining .2'
few days at Cairo, has again returned to his reB'
dence in the desert, which he prefers, because he
is there away from all Europeans, and particularlii
from the Consuls, whom he seems to avoid by all
possible means.

- The Viceroy's neglect of business to the detrl
ment of the interests of the country, and his Wl'
disguised aversion to Europeans, will not fail ever
tually to cause the Consuls to take some steps
through the Ambassadors at Constantinople to
oblige him to adept another line of conduct. Elsov
ever, the efficient aid and services his Highness 10
given to the Sultan in the prosecution of the pre'
sent war with Russia will, for the present, cause
him to be protected and looked on with favour by
the Sublime Porte.

Although all quaran tind is now abolished through'
out Turkey and Syria, Abbas Pasha penists in keel)"
ing up the quarantine between Egypt and Syria,
for no imaginable reason but that Alexandria would
benefit by the removal of all restrictions of comma"
nication, and his Highness does not like Alexandria
and will not come near it, though by far the most
important town in Egypt.
Abbas Pasha, not satisfied with the immense
stocks of produce he has accumulated in his stores,
has now taken steps to monopolise the forthcoming
crops, and has sent orders to his officials through'
out the country to buy up all the crops from the
growers, by paying higher prices than those offered
to them, and thus not to allow any portion of the
produce to fall into the hands of the European trot
ders. This is quite in opposition to the meaning
of the oconventions made with Egypt, that there
should be no monopoly in the country, and that
free trade should be encouraged in every way.

TADCASTER RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
ARRIVALS FOR THIS DAY'S RACES.
STEEPLECHASE.—MaIey, Diana, The Duchess, B 1
Bonnet, g. by Young Priam, Robin Hood, Juan, $ll
Mary Barnton. St. Mark is expected. Run at two.
FARMERS' STAKES.—AII here. Run at three.
HURDLE RACE.—AII here. Run at four.

LATEST BETTING AT YORK.
6 to 4 agst Maley (taken).
3 to 1 agst Blue Bonnet (taken).
4 to 1 agst Robin Hood.
4 to 1 agst Diana.

SECONDARIES' COURT.-(THIS D AY.)

(Before Mr. Secondary Potter.)
IMPORTANT QUESTION ON A FOREIGN BILL OF ExCIIA.IO/4

HANCOCK V. BORGEALT.
The plaintiff in this action was formerly an hotel'
keeper at Paris, and defendent, who residei there 11.1
1843, but now resides in London, and carries on bust:
ness as a tailor. The action was brought to recover the
sum of 91. 7s. Bd., the balance due on a bill of exchange:
The defendant pleaded several pleas, amongst which
was the statute of limitations, and a set off.
Mr. J. R. Chidley, Gresham-street, stated the caff,
for the plaintiff, and it appeared that the bill was giVen
so far back as April, 1343, but owing to d. fet.dant has'
ing come to England, and plaintiff continuing tn-feside
in Paris, no proceedings had been taken. In 1852,
however, plaintiff came to England and found the defer
dint, and an arrangement was made that he defendant
should make a suit of clothes for plaintiff 'for 71 , which
was to go off the bill. The suit was made 'and de"
livered, and a memorandum was indorsed on the bill by
wtty of receipt for the 71., since which defendant 13114
paid Is.

- Plaintiff was examined, and proved these facts, and ill
cross. examination denied that he had ever promised t°
give up the bill in consideration of the clothes being
made. The memorandum was made by a Mr. Baco'
in the presence of defendant, who himself handed it back
to plaintiff. Mr. Bacon confirmed this fact.
Mr. Paxton, counsel for defendant, took an objectil
that the document produced could not be taken as a 1),1_,,
—it commenced, " I promise to pay," and was Bigot"'
C. Hancock, and directed to defendant. It was, Wl'.
ever, accepted by the latter.
The learned Secondary said it had been held that
where anything could be made out to show a document
was -intended for a bill, the mere language shouldn°
invalidate it, and he should let the case go to the jai/
but reserve the point.
The learned counsel next contended that the claim W°
barred by the statute of limitations, and that a Isere goo
off or running account did not revive it. He also cop'
tended that even should this verdict be adversa to 1
client, plaintiff was not entitled to interest after so man/
years.

The learned Secondary said he should leave it to the
jury to say whether the goods had been supplied 801611
on account of the bill, and had been thereby revived.
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Plaintiff was then called, and swore that he 117
lent defendant 1/. 18s., at diff3rent times, and had made
clothes for another party introduced by plaintiff, and
the bill had not been fully paid.
The learned Secondary left it to the jury to eal
whether the debt had been revived, and to give On"
interest as they thought just, for it was not an ordinal
case where parties resided in foreign countries.
The jury gave a general verdict for the plaintiff for
4/. 2s. 6d.

LLOYD'S SHYPPI N - G.- (THIS DAY)

LONDON, March 15.—Wind this day at Noon, Wastelll;
moderate breeze, and cloudy.
MARGATE, March 14.—Wind, S.S.W. Sailed—Dy
' dora for New York.
RAMSGATE, March 14.—Wind, Anti Isabella, for Naples.
•reti
PORTSMOUTH, March 14.—Wind, S.W. to W. Aril- a
—City of Manchester, from London, for Geelong, ail,
sailed for Southampton. Sailed—Helene Sophia, for Be.
mnda, and brought up at the Motherbank.
FALMOUTH, March 14.—Wind, W., fresh breeze. A r
rived—Tamaulipas, from Tampico—on freight, 250,w" dollars—and sailed for London.
PLYMOUTH, March 13.—Wind, S. Arrived—Cara
from Maulmain. Sailed_ Golden Fleece (s s), for Malta.
or
SOUTHAMPTON, March 14.—Sailed—Propontis (s a),
Calcutta.
YARMOUTH, March 14.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Skuldl4
from Lundewall ; Emerald, Medimblike.
QUEENSTOWN, March 13.—Wind S., blowing 3 :
Arrived—Magrico, from Lisbon. Off Port—Barbadou
from Callao.

STRALSUND, March 11.—The Fortuna (Danish schooner),
from Lubeck to Reval, with a cargo of tin, lead, and coals,
was stranded near Prprocoon Darss, 9th March ; ere(
saved.

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ROTTERDAM, March 13.—The Diadem, from Livere,
to Dordt, got on the Banjaard 11th March, and remai
crew saved.

BROMVERSHAEEN, March 10.—The Jessie Eason, from
Newcastle to Shiedam, has pub in here leaky, having
struck upon the Banjaard.
NORDEN, March 11.—A large quantity of timber he
been saved, ex Napoleon, of and from Christiania to Bow'
le
n,
which came ashore on the island of Juist previong
28th Feb., derelict. A ship's boat, 26i feet in length 3130
7 feet broad, marked on her stern "Edinburgh—London,
and inside "King," and containing the body of
man ; and a ship's board 19 feet in length, front and bar
acute, and on both sides chests filled with cork, hi'/(;
driven on the island of Borcum. The Geertina,
u'
from Haiint
burgh to Harlingen, was stranded on the Island of Jll
9th March ; crew and materials saved.
WARRENPOINT, March 13.—The Charles Humberstoe?
from Liverpool to Boston, which went ashore near DI
drum on the 11, is injurva,; has her rudder unshipped, an
tills with the tide ; the people are all on shore. It 11,
blown a heavy gale all this day from the south, but is 2io
more moderate.
The Advocate, from the Tyne to Seville, arrived a San
Lucar on or about 10th Dec. last, and was ordered
Vigo to perform quarantine, but has not since been limm

ALGIERS, March 10.—A long-boat, belonging appare_,,ntedli
to the Lord Ravensworth, of Newcastle, has been Pig"
up on the coast and brought to Stora.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)

Wind GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.10 a.M.
, W. ; tido, one hour's flood.
Arrived—Adna and Sophia, from Falkland Island!
Stratford, Sydney; Orient, Valparaiso ; William, Gue.nril,
tsheYer;
(As),lboiosnten(sd)„. Boulogne ; Batavier, Rotterdam ; 11`'.
Sailed—City of Rotterdam (s), for Dunkirk; Belgians
(a), Ostend.

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