The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-28 00:00:00

EGYPT

ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 20.—The Viceroy Said Pacha
returned on the Bth from his excursion along the
sea coast to the westward, and, on many Eu-
ropeans again flocking to call upon him, his
Highness showed that he was not going to be
always at their disposal, and refused to see them.
Notwithstanding his obesity, Said Pacha evinces
much activity, and is very often on the move,
sleeping sometimes at Ramleh, in the desert
to the eastward, and sometimes at his palace at
Gabareh, or at Ras-el-teen ; and, following the
example of his grandfather, Mehemet Ali,
,his
Highness looks into everything himself, and is just
now at Damietta, whither he proceeded by sea.
A few days after the return of the Faid Gehaad
from England, Said Pasha inspected this fine
steamer, and on the 10th took a short cruise in her
outside of the harbour. Finding on inquiry that
the captain of the Faid Gehaad is most inefficient,
and that he can neither re:A nor write, his High-
ness is about to dismiss him from the service, as well
as most of the officers. The late Viceroy Abbas
Pasha never once had the curiosity to visit the Faid
Gehaad, though she cost him upwards of 150,000/.
sterling, and she was allowed to lie for upwards of
a year and a half without being moved from her
moorings.
Said Pasha has instituted some beneficial modifi-
cations in the mixed tribunals of the country which
affect any suit between European subjects and
natives. _ _

Fresh supplies of soldiers being wanted to re-
place those sent to Turkey, great consternation
exists among the natives at tie forcible seizures
that are made. During the last few days the mid-
dle and lower classes have barely ventured to show
themselves in the shops or streets of Alexandria,
from fear of being taken up and forced into the
army, and great imprecations are showered upon
Said Pasha's head because he will not allow them
to live in peace and follow their owu vocations.
The poor Egyptians never benefit by any change
in the Pasha of Egypt, but they are ever subject
to the tyranny and uncontrolled will of their
ruler.
The drain on the population of Egypt for soldiers
is very great, and the country loses much from the
want of hands to till the land, and it would be far
more politic for the Viceroy to send to Constanti-
nople his contribution for the war in specie than in

men.
Artin Bey, ex-Prime Minister, of Egypt, who
fled from Egypt in September, 1800, keeps dodging
about Said Pacha, and will not be satisfied until
he gets "some Government appointment.
The subject of farming out the transit through
Egypt is quite dropped.
The railway between Alexandria and the Nile is
now in constant operation, and the remainder of the
line to Cairo is progressing, though slowly, as the
construction of the bridges is delayed by the great
rise of water.. The Nile has this year risen as much
as it did last year, and has already committed some
damages on the eastern side by breaking through
its embankments.
Prices of produce are as high here as in Eng-
land, and this Government has been sellin,, wheat
at prices equivalent to 425., and barley 235.' per
quarter, free on board without freight. There has
also been a sale of cotton. Freights Es. per quarter.
Exchange on London, 3S piastres per pound
• Nterling,

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