The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-07 00:00:00

EGYPTIAN NEWS.

We find the following from Alexandria, 16th ult., in

the Malta Times :
Mehemet Ali, in addition to the sufficiently-serious
embarrassments of his relations with the Porte and her
Allies, has nearly been involved in a separate quarrel
with England, arising from the obstinacy of Boghos Bey
and the baneful venom of monopoly which unhappily

pervades every artery of his commercial system, contrary
alike to the letter of our ancient capitulations with the
Sublime Porte, as it is inconsistent with the sound ame-
liorating spirit whieb distinguishes those recent treaties
and charters, which have been framed with the view
of infusing renewed vigour into all the members of
the Turkish body politic. On the 7th inst. a Maltese
boat was in the act of conveying, between three and
four thousand pounds sterling worth of coin from the
schooner Emmetje, now lying in this port, to her Majes-
ty's steam-frigate Cyclops, when she was boarded by a
Custom-house officer, the groups (as the bags of coin
are called) seized, and the man in charge rudely handled
and deprived of his purse. The Emmetje is under con-
tract to carry the British mails to and from Beyrout,
and the money in question was old coin she brought
from Syria for account of a mercantile house, which had
purchased it at its intrinsic value as old gold. Boghos
Bey hail either got intelligence of the intended ship-
ment, or the lookrs-out from the fort had espied the
boat in its progress, and thus made the seizure. Mr.
Friend, the mail contractor, immediately lodged a com-
plaint, and on the same evening her Majesty's Consul
in this port went to a villa of Moharrem Bay, where the
Pacha was staying fur a few days, in order to state the
case to the highest authority et once. The Pacha being
ill referred him to Boghos Bey, to whom he described the
seizure. In vain, however, did liosrew Effendi beseech the
obstinate Min'ster to settle the matter immediately with-
out bringing it before the Pacha ; Boghos Bey justified
the seizure as well grounded, in consequence of a regu•
lation of the Egyptian Government having been some time
in force, which rendered compulsory the delivery of all
old coin to the mint at a fixed price, and maintained
that its exportation was contraband. This unsatisfac-
tory attempt at an explanation produced a vigorous re-
monstrance from Colonel Hodges, in which he gave the
Paella to understand that he knew nothing of local re-
gulations, and that capitulations alone were the law and
the testimony between Great Britain and the domi-
nions of the Sultan, and laid particular stress on the
insult sustained by the British flag, the treasure in ques-
tion being in course of conveyance from her Britannic
Majesty's packet Emmetje, to her Britannic Majesty's
steam-frigate Cyclops ; and concluded by announc-
ing that, if satisfaction were not given, he would
strike his consular flag. Boghos Bey sent in an
answer, which is understood to have been the echo
of his verbal declarations to numerous indivi-
duals who have conversed with him on the sub-
ject, his arguments all turning upon the Custom-
house and Mint regulations of the Pacha. A crisis
seemed to be imminent. Colonel Hodges would have
nothing short of the restoration of the money, and an
apology for the insult, fixing at the same time Monday,
the 14th, at twelve o'clock, as the last time of his re-
ceiving an answer, as he would then have no alterna-
tive but to strike his flag. The obstinacy of the mi-
nister was, however, overcome by his fears or his better
judgment, and b.2fore the term had expired the money
was sent on board, and the officer ordered to apologise.
Mr. Waghorn has had a severe scuffle at the house of
Said-el- Gliarbi, where he had been applying for the re-
lease of the brother of his Sail) from the duties of a