The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-21 00:00:00

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 26.—We are without further par-
ticulars from Syria. Travellers come back with fever,
and complain of interruptions on the route. •
They were saluted with a quarantine on entering
Egypt, though we have cases of plague even in Alexan-
dria ; much fever still prevalent in this city. Some
travellers come by laud from Syria, and had- a tong
quarantine near Damietta, in a bad locality, and with bad
accommodations ; the consequence was illness, the place
being feverish, and one of the party died afterviards at
Cairo. There is no end to absurdities in this country,
under pretence of quarantine ; and the worst of it is our
new Consul-General does not protest stoutly againsts
them. Conciliation is the order of the. day.
The Pacha is still in Upper Egypt. .
The custom house of Alexandria is crammed with •
ported goods. Anything may come in, but nothinglinal--
lowed to go out - till his Excellency Boghas h
heard from the Pacha. The object is, to levy theey new
duty, under the Turkish Commereialtht:
eaty, of five per
of
cent. ad valorem on the contents Custom-house,
ir.stead of the old duty of three per c
whatever iler e,a as t
iiitei
Syria, they are ready enough to
fflayeolint.
treaty sanctions, without taking
fudged levied before internally.
public
e t
gnk i s
h trade,
ports,
homTeheas
cOomamileriocitaala whattreaty wwasa s
but, so far as Egypt and Syriaare concerned, it is very
something wonderful,
import duty einojmuriinogufsrotmo foreign
Turkish goods, or those
per cent. as the export
ofdityy tconnaa
and pay foreignare treated here as foreign,
Our latest dates are..rion. y;ruthrkeyeytevuennlelsesyyl2
pro-
vided with certificateshaving paid it before export.
and Constantinople ld th don 6th, Marseilles 11th, Malta
inst. Bomba-,- Ist inst.

MALTA MALTA.
,
DEC. s.—The Wasp arrived yesterday from
Beyrout. At a late hour last night the Court-Martial
declared
that the charge brought by the boy of the
Savage ava•
pat Lieut. Bowker was unfounded and mali-
cious, and condemned him to be dismissed from the navy
after receiving two dozen lashes, and to be imprisoned
for nine months. •
(From the Malta Chronicle of the 3d inst.)
At an early hour on Wednesday the whole of her Ma-
jesty's Ships were dressed out in flags, and the union-
jack waved from the various staffs on the batteries aed
the public offices. Most of the private dwelling-houses
in Valetta .11011 ed the note of preparation for an illumi-
nation in honour of the birth of the Prince of Wales.
The lighting Hp commenced about half-past six P.M.,
when the inainguard Presented a most brilliant
spectacle. The columns were covered with serpen-
tine lines of variegated lamps, surmounted by
" Victoria," in large capitals, above which also ap-
peared the " Regent's Plume" formed also of lamps; the
offices attached to the guard, and also the Casino to the
right of it, were splendidly lit up ; over the door of the
Casino were the words, "Prince of Wales," surmounted
by a vessel under sail decorated with lamps, emblemati-
cal of the commerce of -England. • The front of the
Public Library was also very prettily ornamented with
1 unps of all colours ; the colonnade to the left had the