The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-12 00:00:00

EGYPTIAN MOiOiOLIES.

Extract from a letter from Alexatilift dated June
16:—With regard to linseed, I have otittfitMd coOes
of the orders issued to the Mudirs on this subject. Whe
first order was, that they should b‘ hinder the felfiihs
from selling their linseed until the end of the year 1257
(February, 1842), for fear they should leave themselves
unprovided with seed, seeing that the European mer-
chants who have oil-mills are seeking this grain, and it
is probable that the fellahs, seeing the possibility of
selling all their seed, will not think of keeping any to
sow this year, and thus next year the produce will fall
short." Ostensibly a very paternal order ; but it was
accompanied with another order enjoining the fellahs to
bring to the Government stores one ardeb of seed for
every feddan sown with flax (about half the aver 3e
prance of their land, and therefore not very unjust. as
regards the grower), for which they were to be paid 70
piastres per ardeb for the first, and 50 piastres for the
second quality—as high a price as the Europeans were
offering, with the exception that the Europeans.pay in
cash and the Government promises to pay. A few days
afterwards a new order appeared "reiterating the pro-
hibition to sell or to buy linseed, and ordering the fellahs
to bring to the Government stores one ardeb and .a half for
every feddan sown, to be passed to their credit, at 90
piastres per ardeb, against the total debts of their vil-
lages respectively;" one of the peculiar customs of the
Egyptians, by which the man who has the means is made
to pay the debts of the man who has none—a community
of property, active or negative, which must effectually
stop anything like improvement in this country. Besides
this demand for 111 ard. per feddan, the fellah has ti fur-
nish each his quota of 1,350 ard., demanded monthly for
the supply .of fourteen crushing mills, established by the
Government in the provinces of Lower Egypt. Upon
the representation of Europeans that they had already
purchased linseed the export of 20m. ard. was first con-
ceded to them, but this concession has been withdrawn,
and they are now allowed to re-sell their purchases to the
Government at the price of 80p. per ard., at which rate
they lose nothing, and will not, therefore, complain.
The penalty enforced against the seller or the native
boatmen carrying linseed is severe and inevitable. The
present crop of linseed is estimated at 200,000 ard., of
which 60,000 must be retained for seed; 80,000 are de-
manded for the Government mills, and 60,000 will be
left for exportation when the Government will be pleased
to sell. This is a long chapter on linseed ; but I merely
quote it as an instance, to show how plausibly the
ni Govern-
ment ment of this country can contravene any freed o_
fra
established by treaty. The fellahs have been officially
informed, that " next year those who have pa id
up
all
their
of
their taxes on their respective villages, and complied
punctually with all the demands the Government,
will be allowed to sell their cotton to whom they please."
This, again, is very plausible ;
but in the meantime the
Government has raised the price of cotton taken from
the fellahs from 200 p. to 250 p. the canlar, and ordered
the mudirs to take care that villagesthheesidea be not out of
being harrassed
debt ! Neither will they b_
as heretofore with constant
_de.e.n;iikasn7 for men for the
or private farms and
cul-
tivation of the Pacha's ` hill
public works, on thee temost frivolous pretences. The
be applied to grain and other
same regulations ar:
ill be allowed to leave any village
produce. Nothing
until that village is outw of debt, and while it owes a para
to the Government, the whole produce must be delivered
into
the Government stores. This may seem an exag-
gerated picture. I wish it may prove so. I have this
information from a source I believe most fully worthy of
credit.,
it is borne out by other corroborative informa-
tion, and personal observation. The Paella is fortunate
in sustaining ,the prieleliof his cotton. He has just re-
fused private offers of dollars for 10,000 ets, and sold
3,000 cts. at 134 dollars.

The Presse has an article on 'the state of the, wino
trade in France, which is not without interest in connec-
tion with the efforts of tha growers to bring about Com-
mercial treaties which woula have the effect of opening
new markets to their products. Our _readers ,are aware
that one of the leading points of t;:-
e Commercial Treaty
between France and England -which has been scrAng
delayed, and of which we have now he..,trd nabing= for
months, although nearly a year ago we ii,ere"told that
it wanted only the signatures of the part,ies,vlates to
a large reduction of the duties on French i:es and
brandies in England, in return for certain ctincessions
by France in favour of British manufaettures, The delay
which has taken place in the conclusion of this treaty is
generally attributed to the temporary-misunderstauding
between the two Governments on the Eastern ques.,ion,
and which- has prevented the. immediate cultivation of
closer relations ; but it is also supposed by many that
the manufacturing interest in France, which, as in sums
other countries, sees or fancieS that it sees the necessity'
of withholding advantages from the agricultural interest,
as the latter in its turn, and perhaps equally erroneously
opposes the manufacturing interest, has in no slight de-
gree contributed by its remonstrances towards this de-
lay in drawing closer the commercial ties of the two,
countries. It will be seen, by the following extract
from the Presse, that it makes out a strong case for the
agricultural interest :
" The vine is cultivated in France in 76 departments,
and occupies a surface of two millions of hectares (not.
five millions of English acres). The produce represents
a value of 800 millions of francs annually, and every year
this branch of agriculture pays in one form or another•
more than 110 millions of taxes. This interest is then_
incontestibly one of the most important of the country.
Let us now see what has been done for it. Before the
Revolution, when affairs had not arrived at the extent
which it has since acquired, Bordeaux exported annually
to,the north of Europe more than 100,000 tonneaux of
* At ,
wine. this moment the exports to the same quarter do
not exceed 25,000 tonneaux. This is a diminution of
three-fourths, if we merely take as a point of compa-
rison the commercial relations of forty years ago; but if
we take into consideration the general increase of trade
and population, as also of the wealth of the country, this
diminution will appear much more striking. And the
most deplorable part of the subject is that the ex-
ports diminish more and more every year. Front
1838 to 1839 alone, they diminished, 12 per cent. for wines
and 26 per cent. for brandies. There was the same result
as to the home consumption. In 1809, the average annual
consumption of the inhabitants of Paris was 165 litres each.
It is now only ninety-eight litres. Where this state of
things will stop, nobody can say ; but it is easy to trace
its cause. It lies exclusively in the prohibitive system,
as regards foreign countries, and in the system of tax-
' ation which has prevailed at home. In order to favour
certain products and manufactures, all similar pro-
ducts and manufactures which we could have had
at a cheaper rate from abroad have been excluded, and
the necessary consequence has been a system of reprisals
on the part of those countries which would have supplied
them. The Swedes, whose iron we would not receive,
have shut out our wines. Russia, whose corn and tim-
ber are prohibited here, has prohibited our wines. Eng-
land, Prussia, and Denmark, treated in the same way,
have adopted the same reprisals, and a similar exclusion
of French wines has taken place in the countries which"
grow sugar. Wine, which was one of • the greatest ele-
ments of exchange with these different countries, has thus
borne nearly all the burthen of our illiberal and absurd
tariff-system. And it is not merely the foreign market
which is closed against the wine-growers of France ;
the home-market is also affected by this kind of legisla-
tion. We will mention one example. If a tonneaux of
wine be purchased at Bordeaux by a dealer of Lille for
115 fr., it has to pay first for octroi, circulation and con-
sumption 182 fr. 89c., ;then 18fr. 28c. for the decime-
duty, which, added to the carriage, would compel the
in order to have a legitimate profit, to sell for
4001 r. what was charged him in the market only 115 fr.
How is it possible that with such a system as this the
wine-growers of France can find a sale for their pro-
ducts ? How, with such a system, can the labouring
classes drink genuine wine ? . How, with such a system,
is it possible to prevent adulterations which are poison-
ous to the consumer ? Such a state of things cannot be
allowed to endure."—Galignani.

A BATH HOUSE IN THE AZORES.
The bath-house, which has been built by the towns-
people at Ribeira Grande for the good of the public, and
is open at all hours of the day for their accommodation,
is a long building, like a double coach-house, and is di-
vided into four compartments, in each of which a bath.,
six feet by' three, has been sunk in the floor. Each
apartment is paved, and each bath lined with a rough
honeycomed, scoriaceous stone, which time and water,
and the backs of the bathers, have worn sufficienth
smooth to suit all but the most fastidious skins. kbov-e
the baths is an oval pond of white mud, which is filled
partly by hot water rising in the mud, and partly by
means of hot, and tepid, and cold springs in otherparts of
the crater, the waters of which are collected in a smaller .
pond, and let into the larger to warm, as occasion may
require. When pond, number one, is filled for use. the
contents resemble warm milk-and-water, wherein gas
and steam are blowing constant bladders, which float
lazily along the surface, and at length burst and form a
creamy scum. Old Manoel Pascheco, the bathing-house
keeper, who seems to belong as completely to the little
crater in which he lives as if he had been cast up among
the lava and pumice when the volcano was opened, is
'the person who officiates for you. He walks with his
hoe on his shoulder to a stone shutter in the larger
;pond, removes or loosens a plug, and draws off into &
stone gutter the
.requisite quantum of liquor. He then
retraces his steps to the bath-house, and, by the time
he has arrived there, the stream, which has flowed along
i a small channel at the back of the building, is tumbling
! sad frothing into the bath. Manoel doffs his roomy and
un-tanned leather boots, descends into the water, and
with a rough broom of green heath, sweeps the sides and,
bottom of the bath, scrapes the grits into the corner,
closes the hole with a turf and stone, hoists his knee
over the edge, crawls out, takes his scat in the sun
until such time as the bath shall be ready, and slowly
' resumes his boots. The bath being at length filled, he
shuts up the plug, removes his carapuca, and politely
tells you that your bath is ready, and, moreover, is a
very good one. This is the process which old Manoel
contentedly repeats day
.by day, as fresh bathers
come to the springs ; occupying the intervals of his
daLly labznirs by banking. up the sides of his pond
with mud and turf, keeping clear, with his well-worn
hoe, the stretens which supply his pond, gossiping with
Maria and the work-people, eating his frugal meal of
Indian corn bread and warm vegetables, and sitting in the
sun twirling straws. The accommodations for bathers
are coarse and clean, and, in this moderate climate,
sufficient. In one corner of each room;is a raised beach,
on which you may dry and dress yourself, Manoel, as
he goes out, closes behind him a pair of tall folding-
doors, having a semi-circular opening above them,
through which the light and wind find their way, and
chinks which were not detected outside become appa-
rent. But when you have subsided into your bath, you
listen to .the gusts -of wind that sweep through the
crater, and shake the tiles above your head, with the
same feelings of complacent defiance with which you
regard from a warm English bed the " windy suspira-
tions 7 in your .bed-room chimney-pots. The slight
h.:l fling of the wind upon your, face, so far from being
uripte.,:sant, is an agreeable accompanlineht-; and as the
sulphur-hater stimulates the skin, and, instead of de-
pressing lit the least measure, invigorates the whole
body, so as to cake shivering impossible; you become
quite insensible, on stepping out, to the few draughts
and etklies that blow about the room..—Bullars Winter
; in the Azorts.
--,...

BURGLARY.—.At an early hOL:r
morn-
ing the country residence of the Honourable* Mrs. Osborne,h 4,
Sunning-hill, near Ascot, was broken open by'
yesterday
who effected at, entrance by cutting away the
,:v stole
shutters of the drawing-room, on the ground-floor..
sps .7,41,7e1 of the
several es-titles of jewellery, seals-, and valuable trinekdets:une-Z!!"
candlesticks, he., with which'
covered. It 14 supposed they werethe as the only
were in the hoUtie, as the drawing-rP°ln
fortUnately unsuc-
apartment they enteod, They bad (buat
small writing-desk,
Listuderbeae7d decamp
Awl
Cessfully) attempted to rick the lock of .
im& notes of the Bank
in wh:gb were upwards of iZt isPldos,;(;io bad not retired
of England. The Honourable :Ix"-,
o'clock, And before four
to rest until between twelve and trim broken into
the robbery was discovered.wt two years
and plundered three years ago)
be l
entered in a semi ,'r planner.
it has been twice attempted to .
hthieves,
hounds w,l-
The neighbourhood a The;:nfithimi:s ,house
description., .
Much 1/4'4'
idle characters of the worst niGH
LIFE._
ELOPEMENT IN .
ithin these few days, in Grosvenor-"
has taken P
*larat:neighbonrhood, in consequence of
square and its inual ..
the sudden and titil°l)
widowed lady, allied to a family of high
the daughter ef,aset for elopement of Miss Caroline W.....
of the fair fugitive being Jaime-
but in the anticipation
br 't was given to the fact
back, no pu lei y
fashion. The sasd elopement took place on Thursday last,
diately brought that the young lady, who is
is of dark complexion and hair.
not yet IS years of ag. e, .
a short stature and slight, and
has but recently returned to
dark
kil
blue eyes,
bestow upon a child
been finishing her education.
larglet eyebrows, has
t she
.. cantrived to elude
Every care
lady, ye.
townco
I considered
dfe:97l tatoraboteaadanb‘asenahxue itroiefuusslhme girin
th ahe r, could
st...weperson in an in-
young between three
last. The I)robability that the
Alois-111g fact—
ait'huardd b
fouree watchfulnogniviehns su tri
Thursday
ahhyei srmryoeorluannti
morning
, and let. n . .
young lady has formed an attachment for
tenor condition of life is inferred from the 1...t.„.e11ery, but
tthat she took, not merely her own dresses and
also jewellery belonging to the family, value at 25°/.,
amongst which were a very small gold Geneva vat A, a pair
of long gold ear-rings, a jet cross and heart (for the 11,:ek?;
a pair of gold and coral ear-rings, neck-chain with cos "`
heart and cross mounted in the newest style, a coral orna-
ment for the head, with geld chain attached, a number of
other gold and coral articles, a very splendid pair of tur-
quoise and pearl ear-rings, a diadem turquoise and pearls to
snatch, psir of turquoise and gold pins for the hair with smaller
ones attached, a blue enamelled serpent ring with ruby stooe,
and seven other rings. The enumeration of these articles is
given with the hope that, should any one of them be pledgei,„
the pawnbrokers will communicate with the police. At pre-
sent I\lr. Partridge, inspector of the A division, is engaged its
the case, and endeavouring to unravel the mystery that at-
taches itself to this extraordinary affair.
A curious circumstance has occurred at St.
Margaret's Church, in this City. On Sunday last a young
woman, nineteen years of age wasEbaptised, and on Monday
morning the godfather presented himself at the altar to give
his new charge away to a husband.— Canterbury paper.
HOP INTELLIGENCE—WORCESTER, JULY 9.
—The accounts from the plantations are not so favourable this
week as last, the wet weather being too much for the plant,
which in the clay lands is getting yellow and stunted in the
growth t very little business is doing. Prices nominal.
REPEAL AND GALWAY FOR EVER ! 1 1.--
The ton nof Galway election is over. Mr. Lynch resigned
yesterday morning, and Sir V. Blake and Mr. J. Blake are
returned. Lynch refused to give the Repeal pledge. The ex-
citement was most tremendous.. Repeal has obtained a signal
ognueßsteipoenalthpartintheiepleelse. considered
rgySewhliottleooiskßpaerptealm.
triumph. Here is a Catholic rejected, and a Protestant elected
Lynch were
a religions
with r
pelted with mod.—Dublin Pilot.

CAPTAIN CHAMIER'S NEW NAVAL STORY.
Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo.,
T ° m-EOWL I N G,
A TALE OF THE SEA.
By Captain FREDERICK CHAMIER, R. N.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THE ?NEW NOVEL.
Ncw ready at all the Libraries, 3 vols. post Bvo., with Illus-
trations by R. Cruikshank,
TAM.ES HATFIELD,
9, AND THE BEAUTY OF BUTTERIVIERE.

A STORY OF. REAL LIFE.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

LADY BLESSINGTON'S NEW WORK.
Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo.,
THE IDLER IN FRANCE.
By the Countess of BLESSINGTON.
Also, just published,
LADY BLESSINGTON'S " IDLER IN ITALY,"
Second and Cheaper Edition,
3 vols. small Bvo., with Portrait.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations,
THE HON. MRS. DAMER'S DIARY
OF HER TRAVELS IN GREECE, TURKEY,
EGYPT, and the HOLY LAND.
Mrs. Darn, r has not only the lively slirit of adventure,
but the lively habit of telling plainly and unreservedly whz.t ad-
venture throws away. A tourist cannot have two better qua-
lities, and with their help lrs. Darner has written a most
agreeable book, sensible., observant, and full of interesting in-
formation. After many just remarks on the present state of
Greece, Mrs. Danner passes into Turkey. This part of her
work has superior claims to praise, and has some valuable no-
tices of the present state of the- Holy Land."—Examiner.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13,- Great Marlborough-street.

:.()Y,xl. SURREY THEAI iLE.

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE

AND AIR, WILLIS JONES.

Grand Mus'cal Treat.—Locke's magnificent Music to Mac-
beth will be sang by Miss Romer. Mr. Wilson, and Mr.
Leffier, who will also appear on the same evening inifhe
ras of" Fra Diavole," or " La Sonnarabular a cem-
bna.!ion of attraction that can only be given a. this Theatre.
Nightly ooerflevcs.
THIS EVENING, JULY 12,
Will be performed Shakspear's fragedy of
MACBETH.
Macbeth, Mr. Graham ; Iterate, Mr. Leffler ;

Singin:; NVitebes, Miss Rom' r, Mrs. Seile, 'Nilson, Mr.
Stoker, Mr. Roberts, and a powerful Chorus, conducted by
Alr. G. Stansbury.
After which, Auber's Grand Opera of
FHA DIAVOLO.

Zerlina, Miss Romer ; Lady Alleash, Mrs. Serle; Lord All-
cash, Mr. Roberts ;- Lorenzo, Mr. Stoker ; Deppo, Mr. G.
Stans}:•nry Giaoomo, Mr. Leffler ; and Fra Diavolo, Mr.

To conclude with,
EVERYBODY'S RELATION.
Supported by the comic strength of the Company.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AIR. OSRALDISTON.
Bri;liznt an splendid continuation-of success in the nn?arallelcd
combination and attraction- of "Susan Hopley " 'Mac-
beth !" and " Othefl !" supported by Mr: Osbaldistoo, Mr.
E. F. Saville; Ales, : W. West, and Miss Vincent!
TEHS EVENING. JULY 12,

The sp!endidly successful Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, of
SUSAN HOPLEY ! OR THF. TRIALS. AND VICISSI-

TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL!
Wiliiam Dean, Mr, E. F. Savillc ; art! Swim Hopky by
Mis Vincent.: the accepted Ilevoiur of I :omestlit Drama.
Af;e: whic!l Shra, Tragedy 1
MA CBETH.

Alacheth, Mr. 03balcbs.clig .mat.,,uff. Mr. F. F. ;
Bunquo, 1.1-,(1%, Macbeth, Mrs. W. %Vest ; Fast
bingtng Witch, Miss Vieei.t.
To conclude with, the new Burletta.ent4leu
THE PALACE OF GENEVA.

Old John. Mr. Gardner ; Selina, the Countess of Barotti,
Mrs. Howard.

THE HUNCHBACK.

Walter, Mr. Dale; Sir Thomas Chard, Mr. E. F. Sa-
ville ; tlodus, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Julia, MiSs Vincent; Helen,
Mrs. G. Lee.

To conclude with the Laughable Farce of
HONEST THIEVES.

Tesgue, Mr. Brougham; Obadiah, .Mr. Gardner; Abel
Day, Mr. Paul.
Boxes, 2s.—Pit, ls.— Gallery , 6d. Half-price to the Boxes
only, at Half-past Eight.