The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-03 00:00:00

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, JULY 16:—Colonel Napier is still here,
and his mission appears to await the decisions of the
Porte.

Troops are now under "Orders for the. Hedgas, the
military occupation of which it has been found necessary
to entrust to Mehemet Ali, every species .of disTrder and
anarchy having resulted froniihe.short period in which
those countries had been under the direct dominion of
the Porte.

Much excitement was occasioned last week'hy an at-
tack by a party of the l'achit's soldiers on the country
house of a French gentleman here ; but the delinquents
have been apprehended, and full satisfaction promised by
the Paella in reply to the remonstrances of the Freneh
Consul : as yet, however, punishment has been limited
to the degradation of the officer who was in command
of the party, who also received fifty blows of the stick--
a punishment no novelty to officers of allgradei in his
Highness's service.
The Pacha has just sold the remainder of 'his cotton
crop at $l3. A portion has again been resold as high
as $134-. The sale of the new grain crop is to be de-
ferred Cm another six weeks. As the old grain crops
might be considered as very nearly closed, I annex a
note of the exportations of the past season :-32Q,000
ard. of barley, 315,000 wheat, 17,000 Indian 'corn,
13,000 chick peas. 415,000 beans, and 70,000 balei of
cotton, of which about 15,000 bales are yet for shipment.
JULY 19.—During the last three days nothing has
transpired further than the publication of the sentence
on the soldiers who broke into M. Pastre's country-
house. The officer in command of the party has been
deprived of his rank, fined one month's pay, and received
fifty blows of the stick ; the men have had stopped one
month's pay, and received three hundred blows each ;
and the Bey, by whose orders the party left Alexandria
without proper authority for so doing, has been placed
in fifteen days' arrest, and ordered a hundred and fifty
blows.
The Oriental arrived on Saturday, bringing London
letters up W the sth instant. A naval commander and
two surgeons, for the Syrian establishthent, passengers
be the steamer, If:FT• y3=tercloy fur Beyrt,,,
met tycc pacts et.
Ibrahim Pitch., „iveet yrtiiiy to the oricatal.
This steamer tacos le»ne BeghoS"Bey's reply to the East
India and Chin t address.
Mr. IVaghor.e revisits England by this conveyance ;
on taking leave of the Paella last night he obtained a
firma„ as a personal favour, to put another steamer on
the Nile. The Paella, expressed himself much pleased
on hearing lmiritended to bring the machinery only from
England, and bialiVtliebeiit at Cairo, on a plan properly
adapted for Vv.,Nile ; in fact, boats for the Nile can be
better built in this country. Hill's little steamer, with
its new machieery, is infinitely better than the Lotus
fiat-bottomed boats do not answer in it river so full of

lire hear nothing more said about free trade. Those
who have been fortunate in getting produce to Alexan-
dria are allowed to export it without remark on payment
of twelve per cent, export duty, but the same difficulty
lin finding transport for , produce from the interior, or
allowing it to be taken from the interior, still exists.
Colonel Napier remains here. Nothing official has yet
cline from Constantinople. Colonel Barnett, our new
Consul, arrived at Malta, by the Oriental, whence he de-
parted to deliver his credentials at Constantinople, and is
expected here in another month.
The Indian mail arrived here last night. The news is
devoid of general interest. From China they had received
in Bombay, up to the 19th ult., no later news than the 31st
March. Sir G. G. Bremer had departed from Calcutta for
Canton, and a portion of the new expedition, including
the 55th and 49th regiments, a detachment of artillery,
sappers, and a company of native rifles, had already de-
parted. From Bombay no troops had been sent, but- to
complete the expedition they were waiting the arrival of
Admiral Sir W. Parker and Sir Henry Pottinger. In
the new expedition are included many armed small craft
for river service. Opinions appeared divided in India
as to whether the re-possession of Chusan, or an imme-
diate advance on Pekin were the first objects of this ex-
pedition. In the Punjaub things still remained in a
most distracted state. The Governor of Cashmere had
been murdered. In Scinde affairs appeared as far as
ever from a settlement. - The Nepaulese had become
troublesome, and appeared to require a severe lesson. In
Aff.;hanistan things were comparatively quiet ; Post
Mahommed was amusing himself in Calcutta, where he
was treated with marked attention and respect. In He-
rat things were again quiet, and Yar Mahommed was
likely to give no further trouble.