The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-20 00:00:00

FLEET.

The Pasha's fleet is at present composed of nine sail of the
line, of which four are of 100 guns and upwards, six fri-
gates GO guns, four corvettes, seven brigs, three steamers,
and one 10 gun cutter. On the stocks, two line-of-battle
ships. Officers and sailors, 16,000 effective men, of whom
800 are officers.

ARMY
The army is composed of 29. regiments, of which three
are of Galla, consisting of two detached battalions, and
depot of Nikaileh, of 97,820 efficient men. The cavalry
also consists of 15 regiments, including two of guards of
12,750 efficient men ; the sappers 12,886 men ; the ar-
tillery, horse and foot, consists of 7,614 ; there are be-
sides 5,765 men of veterans, distributed into seven batta-
lions, and have two depots of 1.5 companies of invalids,
which make together, 1,815 men. Total of the army,
127,286 men.

The irregular Turkish troops consist of about 10,000 to
2,000 men, and the Bedouins, whom the tribes can sup-
ly, consist of 30,000 men.

EDUCATION.
It is to his II ghncss that Egypt owes the introduction
not only of special, but also of elementary education. The
following is the plan of public instruction. There are 50
primary schools, of which there are-
-3 at Cairo, of
lat Alexandria, of
lat Sious, of
45 in other towns of the provinces, com-
pcsed of 100 scholars each

Total 5,500
They are taught reading and writing, Arabic, and the
four rules of arithmetic. These schools, after three years'
study, supply scholars to the two preparatory schools,
1 at Abouzabel .
1 at Alexandria
800 -

T,300
In these two schools areotal taught Arabic,2 Persian, Turk-
ish, and a complete course of arithmetic, elements of geo-
metry and algebra, history, and drawing. These last schools
supply, after four years of study, scholars for the special
schools, which are ten in number, as follows :
The School of Medicine
of Veterinary Surgery l2O
for Cavalry
for Artillery -
for Infantry
the Polytechnic 225
of Languages
-- of Music
of Agriculture 5O
_ _

of Midwifery (were used to be -
100) 2O --

Total

Total of Special 2,415 scholars.
Preparatory Schools
Primary ditto 5,500

Grand Total
All these schools are furnished with professors, European
and native. The duration of the studies varies from three
to five years. The scholars of all these schools are lodged
in barracks, and subject to military discipline ; they are
clothed, fed, and paid by his Highness.
Besides these schools, which compose the regular system
of public instruction, there are regimental schools for the
soldiers, and schools attached to the mosques, which last
amount, at least, from 4,000 to 5,000 more in Cairo ; and
the total number of scholars at the mosques, also, through-
out all the provinces, amount to 15,000 more. Besides all
these schools under the administration of his Highness,
there have been formed private establishments, directed by
Europeans, for the purpose of disseminating education among
the population, without reference to religion or nation.

HOSPITALS.
There are in Alexandria two military hospitals, one for
the navy, and the other for the sick at Cairo. The mili-
tary hospital at Casser-el-ein contains room and perfect ac-
commodation for 1,200 patients ; there is, besides, a mag-
nificent hospital established at the Esbekiah-square, for the
sick poor, which is provided with accommodation for 300
men and 200 women. There is, besides, a lying-in-hospital,
which is attended by the professors and scholars of that
establishment. His Highness grants provisions to orphan
children, and a pay of five piastres (97k piasters make a
pound sterling) a month, and half rations of bread to the
children of soldiers.

PENSIONS.
The total amount of pensions is 15,741 purses (a purse
is about 51. Is. Gd.) of piastres, divided between 16,037
persons.

COMMERCE.
The maritime commerce has most enormously increased
under the administration of his Highness ; in 1836 it
amounted to more than 100,000,000 of francs.

DISTINGUISEIED STRANGERS.—Joseph
Bona-
parte and two giraffes landed on our wharfs simultaneously.—
New York Paper.
On Saturday afternoon a most melancholy accident
happened at New Polmadie coal-pit, belonging to Mr. Dixon,
of Govan-bill, near a place called the Fire-works. About
five o'clock the colliers and others employed in the pit had
left off work, and were ascending by means of the hutches, a
practice which, although very pretty generally followed, is by
no means approved, there being a stair for ascending and de-
scending. Four hutches, the first two filled with workers, the
other tyro loaded with coals, were fixed in the usual way, for
the purpose of ascending. In the second hutch there were
five men, but so soon as it began to move two of them leaped
out, having observed that the bar to which the hutch was hung
was at one end loosened from the chain onwwhfite the
which
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weight,shht-ee
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eing etieian
nched the top, and the men
got out upon the sur-
face;fio but the bar to which the second was suspended came
suddenly in contact with the side of the pit. The only re..
maining hold was driven out, and the three unfortunate men
were precipitated to the bottom of the shank, which is 100
fathoms deep, being deeper than any in this part of the
country. It is needless to add that they were instantaneous)
killed. The bodies were found by those who remained in the
pit, dreadfully bruised and broken.—Glasgow Chronicle,