The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-27 00:00:00

EGYPT.

A telegraphic despatch from Alexandria, dated
Feb. 18, states that a revolt has taken place in
Upper Egypt, and the population of Abyssinia. is
in arms.

STRETFORD RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEG.RAPJI.)
ARRIVALS FOR THIS DAY'S RACES.

MANCHESTER STEEIMECHASE.—OId Rake, Theo(line,.
Frederic, The Duchess, Farmer, Escape, Braggadocia,
and Luke the Labourer.

STRETFORD STEEPLECHASE.—Countess, Linnet, Royal
Blue, Diana, Smilax, Locomotive, and Take Notice.
The races commence at half•past two.

LIVERPOOL RACES.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. )
ARRIVALS UP TO LAST NIGlicT.
Cockcrow, La Gazza Ladra, Kilquade, Bur. ut Sienna,
Labyrinth, Come-away, Crabbs, Andromache, and
Yewtic.

MALTON.—The filly by lagos out of Belle Dame (2
yrs), leaves here for Liverpool.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY).

The February sessions of the Central Criminal Court
was opened this day at two o'clock by the Rigby Hon.
the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. the Recorder, Alder-
men Sir J. Duke, Moon, and Sir R. W. Carden, Mr,
Sheriff Wire, Mr. Under-Sheriff Andorton, &o.

The first edition of the calendar contains the .names of
115 prisoners.
On the charge to the grand jury, the Recorder said
that, although there were some serious cases in the
calendar, they did not appear to him to present a.ny diffi-
culties in point of law ; and therefore he should not de-
ter them from the performance of their duties by making
any observations relating to them. His lordship then
observed upon the absence of charges involving personal
violence, and he at the same time said that the only class
of offence which appeared on the increase was that of
uttering and making counterfeit coin—no less Ulan 35
persons out of the whole number contained in the ca►len•
dar being charged with that offence.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. - (THIS DAY.)

SUSPECTED ROBBERY.

William Devine, a lad about 18 years of ne, • was
placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwicke, chargAd with
having a valuable shawl in his possession, supposed to
have been stolen.

Police-constable Joy, 187 C, stated that on Sunday
night, about twelve o'clock, he met the prisoner in
Jermyn-street, who asked him the way to Saffron-hilf..
Seeing that he had a lady's shawl round his neck, wit-
ness asked him where he got it from, and, with some con-
fusion, prisoner replied that he had been to a meeting
round the corner, that his wife and him had a few words,
when she tore his neck tie from his neck, and he then
laid hold of her shawl and ran away with it. Witnt'a
not believing that tale took him to the station-house,,
where on searching him he found his neck-tie secreted
round his body. Witness subsequently ascertained that
a lady had met with an accident a short time before be
met the prisoner, at the corner of Jermyn-street, and
she had lost a shawl similar to the one found in priso-
ner's possession,•and he therefore wished to have hint
remanded in order to procure the attendance of ,the
lady. Prisoner was then remanded. •..

CABINET COUNCIL.--A Cabinet Council was held at
the. Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday. The
Ministers present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord
Chancellor, the Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll,
Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke
of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Moleeworth. The
Council sat two hours.

ARRIVAL OF THE CHANNEL FLEET.—It Was reported
at Portsmouth last night that the Channel Squadron,
under the command of Admiral Corry, had arrived off
the Isle of Wight, from Lisbon.
SECOND INSTALMENT OF TROOPS FOR Tyßurr.--We
have every reason to believe that the following regiments
are under orders to prepare for their departure to the
Mediterranean :—The let Foot (Royal Regiment), the
7th Royal Fusiliers, the 19th Foot,
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Fusiliers,
likewise
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under orders.— United Service Gazette.
SEMI-QFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.—The only condi-
tion annexed to the free pardon so graciously granted by
the Queen to. M. r. Smith O'Brien, is the usual one of not
dominions. Indeed,•for
rtheteuprnreinsegnr, tahrinethuernr Mtoali.reesltaYn'sd could not be considered
desirable to himself.. It is stated by his friends that, he
will probably join his family in France, where they have
been residing for some time past. A free pardon will
also be probably extended to Messrs. Martin and
O'Doherty, who were convicted some time before Messrs.
O'Brien, and O'Donohue, for the minor offence of, sedi-
tious publications, and who were sentenced to a limited
period of transportation, the greater part of which has
already expired. It is not probable that any further
indulgence will be granted to the other convicts, who
have committed a second offence against the law by
escaping from their sentence. The resignation of his
place by the Hon. Colonel C. A. Gordon is entirely
caused by his anxiety to accompany his regiment, the
Grenadier Guards, into active service. His appointment
as an. extra groom-in-waiting is honorary, and without
any emolument attached ; and to be regarded in no other
light than as a compliment to his long and intimate ser-
vice in the household of the Prince.—Observer.
THE GUARDS AND POWDER MONEEYS.—SiX sergeants
of the Coldstream and Foot Guards, by order of the
War-office, attended at the Royal Laboratory depart.
ment on Tuesday last, to go through a course of instruc-
tion to make Minie rifle cartridges. Boys, of the greatest
experience, finished them off in the course of the day,
and they returned again to London to do duty.—
Kentis4 Mercury.