The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-08 00:00:00

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 16.—His Highness the Pacha
has just returned from Cairo, so as to be here in time
to meet the French steamer, which, on dit, has brought
him important and agreeable news from Constantinople.
On the morning after his arrival at Cairo he held a
divan, and appeared in great good humour. He spoke
of the Turco-Egyptian question and M. Thiers, with
whom he appears to be highly satisfied, and mentioned
that he intended to make his French friend a present
of two giraffes lately arrived from Sennaar, several rare
and curious birds, and other curiosities, and that, having
France in favour of his views, he did not care anything
for England and Russia combined. He feels quite
certain that all his demands will be allowed, and he is
determined to hold out until such be the case, and
when once in quiet possession of his rights, he will give
his whole energies to benefit his people! All this is
very fine, but neither Mehemet Ali nor Ibrahim
Pacha will ever remain quiet—their cmbition is
scarcely to be conceived—and the moment they
feel themselves firmly possessed of Egypt and
Syria they will prepare for new conquests. Bagdad
has long been coveted, and had Syria remained the
submissive slave of those despots, Bagdad would long
ago have been annexed to the Pachalics of Egypt and.
Syria. It is filled with emissaries of Mehemet Ali,
who have already succeeded in persuading the people
that he and his son are demi-gods, and the miserable in-
habitants are longing for an opportunity to place them-
selves under the paternal care of his Highness of Egypt.
Abyssinia, too, has long been desired by our pasha
he has already 30,000 or 40,000 men on its borders, at
Cartrain he has extensive barracks and hospitals. His
magazines are well stored with all the munitions of
war, and he is only waiting a favourable opportunity
of pouncing upon that very fertile and valuable Christian
country, which some twelve or
.thirteen years ago
applied to England for its protecting aid in case of
need, and which was then willingly offered ; but a
change of Ministers at home, and the death of the
king or ras, Subagadir, placed Abyssinia at the mercy
of the Egyptian ruler, who too well knows the value
of such a territory to neglect any opportunity of adding
it to his dominions.

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the county of Surrey, vacant by the death of Lord Arden, to
the Earl of Lovelace.
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