The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

EGYPT.

A letter from Alexandria of the 17th says :—" A
dangerous spirit of fanaticism, excited by the tile-
mas, may be noticed amongst the soldiers and
Mussulman population, and in some places ex-
cesses have been committed ; in fact, during the
last fifteen days there have been almost daily dis-
turbances, and the police have not appeared dis-
posed to repress them severely. The Egyptian
soldiery especially is very insolent, and the ties of
discipline have become relaxed by the negligence
of the officers. The director of the police of Cairo,
on the contrary; has by' his prudent measures suc-
ceeded in preventing any commotion in that place,
and public order is considered secure."

JAPAN.
The Press of Vienna of the 23th says :—" It has
been said that Russia wanted to extend her influ-
once in the East of Asia ; but it appears that she
wishes to act not only on the continent, but also
in the islands. The Trieste Gazette contains the
following intelligence relative to this matter :
' The arrival of a Russian squadron at Hong Kong,
composed of the Pallas, 52 gun frigate, and the
Dwina and Wostock steamers, of 10 and 4 guns, to
take in provisions, had produced a great sensation.
The squadron was bound for Japan to act with the
Americans, and to show the Emperor of Japan
that foreign powers can obtain by force what is
not given spontaneously. It is known that com-
mercial relations exist between the Russian pos-
sessions in America and the northern ports of
Japan. Admiral Budiabir is on board the Pallas.
Amongst the officers on board is Baron de Krude-
ner, aide-de-camp to the Grand Duke Constan-

tinti,.' "

l'o M. H. GN HER B12?1:11114 r.

(From Eliza Cook's Journal. )
Van, for by that quaint name I know thee best,
Wilt thou accept these fcw poor ivords of greetl'o.
Poor, poor indeed, and vet a bosom-guest
Like thee can need formal speech at meeting.
I cannot mark this day with costly gift,
I do not offer what is rich or rare ;
I've little wealth—and some may say less thrift--
But I've a heart, and that thouet ever share.
Our friendship did not rise in headlong speed,
But grew like sunshine out of misty morn;
We seem'd to weave Love's mantle without heed,
And yet how well the home-made garb has worn.
Year after year, dark nights and summer days—
In fireside chairs and grassy nooks we've spent;
I was a fitful dreamer, bat my ways
Were pleasant to thee, and thouwert content.

I knew not what a gem had strung itself
Upon my thread of life, till life seemed breaking;
I knew not that Truth's pearl had hung itself
Upon my breast, until that breast was aching.

And then thy deep and holy well of love
Opened before me with unceasing spring ;
Thou wert among the few who stand to prove
That Friendship is not all a shadowy thing•

What thou hest met and done, and borne for no,
None but myself and God will ever know;
My rill of Song can never bring to thee.
The ocean-current of my bosom's flow.

Thou art to me as dew is to the flower,
That has been crushed by some untoward tresd ;
For like that dew thou hast a secret power
To help me raise again my stricken head.

Oh, thou halt been so quiet and so tender,
So calmly earnest, and so firmly kind,
That every tie which human heart can render,
Links mine with thine to sanctify and bind.

Thou art most dearly loved, and yet when nigh We,
No watcher can detect upon my brow
A ray to tell my spirit-star is by me,
Nor hear my words pour forth with warner gko•
nal
For those who cling 'mid lengthened pain and "ex
Seem to partake of nature half divine ;
And thou art held by me in sacred keeping,
As something fitting for an altar shrine.

"The world is yet before us ;" let it try
By all its charms to blot thy cherished Wee
I only ask that thou mayst see me die,
And then speak of me as my faith may 0161°3' oy,
ELIZA C°

REVOLUTION IN C.I3INA.

(From the Times.) _AO
The Chinese revolution is, in all respects, the gL7ode
revolution the world has yet seen. In mere rogill,l3ll
it comprises a population equal to that of all Eureyores
,a 'e
all America put together. It unites the • chief of
of all the great changes that stand out in the horsod
the world. As a destruction of temples, and idragee
a total change of religion, it recalls to us the earjothe
of the Christian church, and those later times vrm! A.O
northern nations embraced Christianity in reases;_rest
u
the extermination of a people, it compares with tllistag,
conflicts of races, the irruptions, fusions,
Pthestio
and returns that occupy the earliest ages of °decline
history, and resumed their prominence on the alga
and fall of Rome. As a total change of system:
opening of China to foreigners, it so far does in
the usually slow work of modern civilisation• foot'
mighty change has come so fast on us that we ".. ha.,o
d
.
yet realised its consequences. So great is the a the
of China, and so small the sympathy between it ak, ra-
rest of the world, that the Emperor of China ra: as 'b
figure of speech with his alleged brother the inae-leg is
being who knows nothing, and of whom nclthi joie
known in this our own sphere, and with whom °owa
no imaginable concern. In a moment that wall is our
down, that gulf is filled up, and that veil is rentu tlO
der. China has hitherto been the very type of av it
is unchangeable, formal, slavish ; all of a Budd
at s
not only yields, but absolutely falls to Piece %se of
foreign impulse. But the most marvellous iea";o.oii'
this revolution remains. The means are utterly l!si; bag
cant. The chief agent appears to be a person -A whose
received some instruction from a missionary, an a role'
conduct or apparent motives were such that th d to
sionary refused to baptize him. In fact, he seeillewith
be a mere charlatan. On comparing his succesSt cet'
the failure of another pretender nearer home, hie
tainly occurs to us that Mr. Provis has ists.ette of
sphere, and that if he had made a dash for the tin) bags
China he might have succeeded. The huge balloonv 01c1
collapsed at the prick of a needle. There is spelt
saying that every thing has a handle if we 0311 .ot of
where to find it. For ages it has been the coniPl3l
the civilised world that China had no handiew.ith it'
could not get at it, or into it, or do anything A less/
The result shows that there was a way, nefer"roepes,
for somebody has found it. He has pronounced the
Sesame," and the everlasting hinges begin to crew oat
huge gates begin to turn, the deep recesses of t.on Des
empire are opened to light, we enter, and China 13*—
part of the world. ~ f 0
Why, in a couple of years we shall all be gag of
China. The last mail left Hong Kong on the I.og
it
July, and arrived here on the 27th of August, I°l time
in 48 days ; and there is every prospect of teopet
being much shortened. People are tired of -a",,easa
now that it is railroaded, handbooked, and "4,,,r sot
up," as the phrase is, to its very backbone. aar.ass
has been burnt ; Petersburg is a city of arsenal is
palaces ; Constantinople, we have been lately toltloy;
city of wooden boxes ; Athens is a bad Herne thirty
Germany has been so often scoured out by its; 0
years' wars and its seven years' wars that its cit'eo"
nothing to show ; Berlin is a poor imitation of '-cov
Munich is in pieces, fresh painted, and not Ye:,.
Cer
together ; Paris everybody has seen over an"..h°ers•
again ; and 'these are the best—the rest are na"ihio;
But there is something new in China—sarseffrest,
genuine and undiscovered. It is undoubtall9;fears
ancient, curious, and original. So in a couple 0 is
we shall all be running to the Chinese Consin34r
Leadenhall-street or Backlersbury to get our F°l."Or'
office passport vised by a gentleman with swag tai!,
high-cheeked bones, and yellow skin, but without a Who
and dressed like everybody else in the city. of
don't wish to be the pioneers of the grand sired
British tourists may wait another twelvemonth, actea,
Murray will have by that time a " Handbook of `);t-sere
or perhaps Northern China with Japan, and 80-of lir
China with the Indian Archipelago. A column id is
domitable John Bulls, with their carpet bags'
that unmistakeable costume which denotes the 0.600,
all over the world, will force its way up all the:o the
over all the mountains, and along all the canals'
great wall of China is surmounted by English le
maids and English parasols. What splendid hate e
shall have at Pekin, and what incessant jokes at tb ego
ploded peculiarities of Celestial cookery ! In a fell Will
every lad of twenty will have " done " China, and shall
have his budget of stories of Chinese couriers, ca shall
sionaires, cabs and custom-houses. What lette.rss Oo
we have complaining of hotel charges and imPesitin,°arl go
travellers, for John Chinaman is a bit of a rog'ne,Li
like the majority of Christians that it is wonder,Tioovr
he is not one of them. In ten years time we 81111'1, or
much more of China than we now know of Russia'
shall know within fifty years. of
Then what a country for railways, canals, gasi.mots
vies, water companies, and all sorts of inves:—Of
The Chinese pay most . admirably. The effar",.be pre'
charging the opium ransom has contributed to „o 1".
sent revolution by the exhaustion of the tre-,doP'
The people have always been ready .t° Tartar,.
whatever improvements the jealousy of their ea
rulers permitted them to import ; and it apPeals'd n
ear'
authority of Jesuit and other writers two hilnu,re„lonlefl`.
ago, that aversion to change is not an origins.' - sots'
of the Chinese character. We shall have steameraose
• h Ch I oi
out end on the great rivers before long, with
oust
engineers and with Chinese engines. The atil-a.sur.e,,r
internal travelling in China is such, that we are iT;rer'''"
by those who have managed to penetrate into the horsey
that there are continuous streams of travelers out oral'
on foot, and on litters, from Canton to the gres3rowde.s
some fifteen hundred miles ;—in many parts s°
euotat-f
as to impede one another, and even in the ° out
passes so numerous as to leave no traveller h
se are
sight of others before and behind. Among ct reailviehl
long lines of merchandise. What a case ionci
traffic ! Our children may see China ,37s ig
a network of railways as England itself. Tu'acss of
mere speculation on the possible conser_esereats
change, for it is evident that the successful in d tic
a° icsi
are as disposed to invoke the aid of progress
„rano ,s,
lization as defensive auxiliaries against the I•lia,e
bigotry of the Mantchoos as the latter were aiyv It
posed to rely on the fixedness of their institutle7cinsiol:
is felt that the most effectual way to seal the ex' hes`
of the Tartars, and prevent them ever ge%:/ouel
again in China, is to revolutionise the countryict nor?.,
as possible, and as far as consistent with a Itirl be sritfe
code. That our new relations with China a;oaof.tn_i
out trouble we do not imagine, for the rell ideutie!ci
conquerors is one which we cannot claim :Laicals A_Pse
with our own ; hut, at all events, a very 11,1.,/e Chinese
unnatural state of things is removed ; Y,us wails aL
population is no longer imprisoned within
tit
_ed at
shores, and we shall now no longer be s opp
threshold of the empire.

J. bStaiilell
ENCAMPMENT OF TEETOTALLERS.—The tot,a, a wit to
and temperance people in Manchester have neongo -tbe
have a field day. They have pitched their tentses,
ground usually occupied by the military for rod. yes'
Old Trafford, and they marched there in processleemploy
terday with music and banners, intending too other
their time with dancing, music, cricket', 3 arP"
games. The public are charged for admission to
_, theta
in the festivities. A heavy
on taking possession of the tents, and, ince the
at Chobliam, it is likely they will get a soaking:x/3dg
shower of rain troop
LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE COMPANIr' 0i
are now rapidly supplyino. stitching
the superintendence of Mr. C. T. Judkins, the comp' capon
bilities of which are really very extraordinary',
_,on
be judged by the following necessarily brief aliTit`ching
its powers : —The machine is well adapted for s,d but'
every part of any garment, except the buttons aoL'arse or
ton-holes, whether the work be light or heasi,_c,,,, bog4'
str c;
fine ; also for gaiters, boots, shoes, corsets, Fa'''. tl
sailcloths, tents, & cue.lt is • ple in it 3
c. SO simple hild,
tion and action that it may be worked by e eatifilk7
will sew.a circle, curve, or turn a, square corner, isocheo
as well as a straight line. It is only twelve AO°
e
square, and is driven by the hand or foot. Th
seo
will produce as much work as any twenty lialluAnisliet',
machines, theeas
and from its uniform regularity the work, when dove hf
is worth at least 50 per cent. more than thatistuee.ioet:
hand labour. The company's offices, 2, Lawre Par
Cheapside, are daily attended by numerous p 5
tracted by the novelty of the invention.