The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-03 00:00:00

ALEXANDRIA.

MAY 22.—Ibrahim Pasha is expected to return shortly
to Egypt, and some believe that the Viceroy announced
his intention of going to Constantinople, not with any
idea of doing so, but in order to hasten the return of his
son from Europe.
The barrage of the Nile is proceeding with great
vigour, and the men are made to work both 'night and
day in order to take every possible advantage of the
present low state of the water. The Pasha's frigates
are employed in bringing cargoes of timber from the
coast of Daramania; these are immediately squared and
sent up to the site of the barrage with all possible speed.
15,000 men, comprising soldiers and country people, are
at present employed at the barrage, and, owing to the
great fatigue and privations of these poor people, the
deaths are very numerous.
The family of the late Bishop of Jerusalem, Dr.
Alexander, consisting of eight children, under the
charge of a governess, arrived here from Beyrout by the
Emmetge, and proceed to England by the Iberia to-
morrow morning.

The Hon. East India Company's steamer Atalanta,
with the'Bombay mail of May, arrived at Suez on the
19th, and has brought fifty-four passengers, comprising
Price Waldemar of Prussia and the Hon. J. IL Craw-
ford, of Bombay.

PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.
Prince Louis Napoleon, on arriving in London, ad-
dressed the following letter to the editor of the Journal
de la Somme :
" My dear M. Degeorge —My desire to see my father
once more in this world made me attempt the boldest enter-
prise I ever engaged in. It required more resolution and
courage on my part than at Strasburg and Boulogne, for I
n as determined not to submit to the ridicule that attaches to
those who are arrested escaping under a disguise, and a fai-
lure I could not have endured. The following are the par-
ticulars of my escape :
" You know that the fort was guarded by 400 men, who
furnished daily 60 soldiers, placed as sentries outside the
walls. Moreover, the principal gate of the prison was
guarded by three gaolers, two of whom were constantly on
duty. It was necessary that I should first elude their vigi-
lance, afterwards traverse the inside court, before the win-
dews of the commandant's residence ; and, arriving there,
I should be obliged to pass by a gate which was guarded by
soldiers.
" Not wishing to communicate my design to any one, it
was necessary to disguise myself. As several rooms in the
part of the building I occupied were undergoing repairs, it
was not difficult to assume the dress of a workman. My
good and faithful valet, Charles Thelin, procured a smock-
frock and a pair of sabots (wooden shoes), and after shaving
off my moustaches, I took a plank on my shoulders.
" Ong Monday morning I saw the workmen enter, at half-
past eit o'clock. Charles took them somee drink, in order
that I should not meet any of them on my passage. He was
also to call one of the gardiens (turnkeys) whilst Dr. Con-
neau conversed with the others. Nevertheless, I had scarcely
got out of my room, before I was accosted by a workman,
who took me for one of his comrades, and at the bottom of
the stairs I found myself in front of the keeper. Fortu-
nately, I placed the plank I was carrying before my face,
and succeeded in reaching the yard. Whenever I passed a
sentinel or any other person, I always kept the plank before
my face.
"Passing before the first sentinel, I let my plank fall, and
stopped to pick up the bits. There I met the officer on duty,
but, as he was reading a letter, he did not pay attention to
me. The soldiers at the guard-house appeared surprised at
my dress, and a drummer turned round several times to
look at me. I next met some workmen, who looked very
attentively at me. I placed the plank before my face, but
they appeared to be so curious that I thought I should
never escape them, until I heard them cry, Oh! it is
Bernard !'
" Once outside, I walked quickly towards the road of St.
Quentin. Charles, who the day before had engaged a car-
riage, shortly overtook me, and we arrived at St. Quentin.
" I passed through the town on foot, after having thrown
off my smock-frock. Charles procured a post-chaise, under
pretext of going to Camybarleani.cieloSnrees, arrived,whe I
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"Adieu, my dear M. Degeorge; although free, I feel my-
self to be most unhappy. Receive the assurance of my sin-
cere friendship, and, if you are able, endeavour to be useful
to my kind Conneau. "LOUIS NAPOLEON."

EXTRAORDINARY MUSHROOM. —Oa Saturday last,
James Stubb, of Buglawton, near Congleton, was somewhat
surprised that one of the flags just within the threshold of
his door had been so far displaced by some invisible agency,
that it had become almost impossible to open or abut the
door. To discover the hidden cause of this strange effect, the
flag was removed, and underneath it was found a fine mush-
room, measuring nearly half a yard in circumference. The
fl which was thus pushed from its place by the upstart
fungus, was two feet long by eighteen inches wide, and two
inches thick :—Zacc/effield Courier.