The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-30 00:00:00

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EGYPT.
THE EGYPTIAN TRANSIT COMPANY.

4 PRICE 5D

CAIRO, MARCH 9.—The Egyptian Transit Company, as
constituted under the directorship of Mr. Thurburn, may
new be considered as brought to a close, and there appears no
reason to doubt that in a few days the new Turkish ma-
nagement, appointed by the Viceroy, will come into opera-
tion. The question, however, of the delivery over to the
Viceiroy of the stations in the desert is not yet settled, and
it appears that the Bombay Steam Fund Association, to
whom they belong, decline ceding them to the Egyptian
authorities, although they are willing to do so to the British
Government, and the association has written to this effect to
Colonel Barnett, the British Consul-General, requesting him
also to protect their interests.
Unfortunately, the English Cabinet has evinced such a
complete supineness in this really important matter of the
transit of English passengers and goods through Egypt, that
the Viceroy has seen he could have his own way entirely,
and having been worked upon for a considerable time past
by the French representatives and emissaries in this country,
really appears to have been so thoroughly frightened into the
belief that the English intend to take possession of Egypt,
as to determine his Highness to thwart any such views by
every means in his power.
But the Viceroy has been further materially aided in his
final decision of taking the management of the transit into
his own hands, by an arrangement just agreed to between
him and Sir John Pirie, who has been sent here on behalf
of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
The latter, very much to the surprise of most people, with-
draw all opposition to the transit service being performed
under Turkish management, in consideration of the Vice-
roy's agreeing to purchase the new iron steamer Delta
(which has been lying idle at Alexandria for many
months), for 7,0001. sterling, also all the Company's old
carriages, harness, &c. ; the Company to be permitted to
transport through Egypt all their own goods in transit, and
also agreeing to keep up their present as'ablishments, like-
wise their two steamers on the Nile, the Cairo, and Lotus, to-
gether with a steam-tug on the Malunoudie Canal. The
Viceroy's Turkish Company is to carry the passengers and
their baggage between Alexandria and Suez, and his Highness
has consented to reduce the charge for each passenger, from
15/. to 121. sterling. The present employes, many of whom
are Englishmen, are to be continued under the new Turkish
management. It will soon be seen how the new system will
work; even if it should go on well at first, it is scarcely pro-
bable that regularity, punctuality, and civility will be main-
tained under Oriental management.
The grand object which at present engrosses the Viceroy's
attention is the Barage of the Nile, the preparations for exe-
cuting which his Highness is pushing on with all possible
activity. In short, he scarcely thinks of anything else, and
to show his anxiety on the subject, he lately went down to
Alexandria, taking them all by surprise, and this merely by
his personal presence to force all his steamers to drag out of
the harbour, in spite of wind and weather, the large pon-
toons destined for pile:driving and other works. In effecting
this, his Highness succeeded in damaging several of the
steamers, and causing the loss of another, which was destined
fir ibe river navigation. What may be the result of this
grand attempt to dam up the stream of one of the principal
rivers of the world, remains to be seen. There are many
who consider it will only cause great mischief, and that the
is onderful advantages predicted by its promoters will vanish
before the difficulties to be contended with. If the Viceroy
lives, the work will be persisted in, should it not only cost all
the money now existing in the public coffees, but the re-
venues of several years to come, besides, it is to be feared a
terrible sacrifice of human life. _

The stupendous fortifications which for some time past
have been erecting round Alexandria, are still proceeding
after the plans of a talented French officer. These fortifica-
tions already extend to the whole circuit of the city, in de-
tached forts, Paris fashion, besides heavy batteries erected
seaward. No doubt the monster guns which some time
since were cast in England, expressly by his Highness's
orders, will be mounted on these fortifications. They were
cast by Walker and Co., and from a written memorandum
it appears some of those guns were proved, and their capa-
cities tried, previous to their being sent out on Sandwich flats,
by a part of the Royal Artillery. One gun weighed 18 tons,
being 13 feet in lengtb, 15 inches bore, carried a 460-pound
solid shot, or a 330 hollow shot, with a charge of 42 pounds
of powder, and at an elevation of 10 degrees. The solid
460-pounds shot was projected a mile and a half. Another
of these guns weighed 11 tons, 12i feet in length, carried a
solid shot of 130 pounds, and with a charge varying from
29 to 32 pounds of powder, at an elevation of 10 degrees,
threw a shot 1 mile and 178 yards; while at 20 degrees
elevation the shot was projected 4 miles and 269 yards.
There are those who say that Alexandria is now neatly
ready for French occupation, and many more who firmly be-
lieve that this will undoubtedly take place as soon as a good
excuse, or the chapter of accidents, will admit. Probably
this may not happen in the lifetime of Louis Philippe, but
afterwards how soon none can tell.

AN IMPUDENT THIEF.—On Wedaesday forenoon
man dressed in the garb of a sailor entered the shop of Mr.
Clapham, residing at 7:2, Porter-street, and desired to be sup-
plied with half an ounce of tobacco. On receiving the article
named, he tendered a sovereign in payment, and the requi-
site change was then handed to him. Whilst the fellow
was disposing of his cash, Mr.Claphani incautiously took from
his desk a purse containing a number of sovereigns, into
which he also deposited the sum he had received of the party, •
and then placed the money in his desk. The man then
ordered sonic vinegar, to procure which Mr. Clapham had to
walk to another part of the premises, but it would seem the
fellow had merely given the second order to distract the
attention cf the shopkeeper, for on returning with the liquid,
he refused to accept it, and walked out of the shop. Mr.
Clapham had not, however, his suspicions aroused until
some time after, and on going to the desk before referred to,
he discovered that he had been robbed of the purse and
twenty sovereigns and a half sovereign.—Hull Advertiser.
Tag LATE EXTENSIVE RORBERIES.—A meeting of
magistrates, merchants, and tradesmen of the town, friends
of Mr. I. Daniel and Mr. C. Gardner, was held at the
Town hall, on Saturday last, and numerously attended. The
object was to raise a subscription to alleviate their condition,
consequent upon their recent heavy losses, occasioned by their
premises being broken into and robbed, as stated in our last.
Amongst the gentlemen present were Joseph Jones, Esq.,
ex-Mayor; Thomas William Palmer, Esq. (J.P.); Thomas
Wilson, Esq., Messrs. T. and B. Jacobs, Alexander, Hutchin-
son, Barnes, J. Robinson, solicitor ; J. Glover, Cortis, Hart,
W. Field, B. Oates, W. Collinson, Taroni, Cowham, Evans,
T. Abbey, Savage, T. White. &c. &c. The Mayor, Alderman
Thompson, and Charles Whitaker, Esq, each sent intima-
tions of their concurrence in the object of the meeting, and
the two former stated that they would each have been present
if they had not been prevented by pressing engagements.
The most perfect unanimity prevailed, every speaker expressing
the pleasure which it gave him to aid so laudable an effort ; and
it was resolvsd at once to commence a subscription. The meet-
ing resolved itself into a committee to carry out the object,
with power to add to their number; and a sub-committee,
consisting of the Mayor, the ex-Mayor, Messrs. B. Jacobs,
Alexander, Evans, Palmer, Wilson, Cortis, W. Collinson, M.
C. Peck, Field, Oates, Cowham, Abbey, and Savage, was
elected, as a committee of management to receive subscrip-
tions, and to apply them to the purposes of the subscription,
under the direction of the general committee. It was also
resolved that subscription lists be placed in the banks and 4
other public places. Mr. Cowham was elected treasurer and
hon. secretary. A number of gentlemen immediately put
down their names for 51. each.—Hull Advertiser.
A mysterious case of extensive poisoning has taken
place at Barrow. near this town. On Friday se'nnight the
daughter of Mr. Lockwood, of the Lion Inn, was seized with
violent sickness and.other alarming symptom., immediately
after partaking of a meal of sausage rolls. The illness conti •
nued till Sunday evening, when, as she got worse, Mr.
Barker, the surgeon, was sent for, who found her labouring
under very distressing symptoms of having taken metal-
lic poison. A child of 31r. Cooper, sister-in-law of Miss
Lockwood, having eaten a tart, immediately became sick,
but did not suffer anv ill effects. Mr and Mrs. Lockwood,
their two sons, and the maid-servant, were also taken ill after
partaking of the pastry. During the Monday a char woman
of the name of Adkin and two men named Frost, of Barrow,
and Sargeant, of Hargrave, ate some pudding and sau-
sage-rolls at the house, and Sargeant carried home a roll
and gave it to his child, when all were taken ill, and
Frost suffered very severely, and is still unable to work.
Mr. Cooper and his apprentice took part of a sausage-rell
and a tart, but although one was sick and the other felt ill,
they did not experience any alarming symptoms; making in
all twelve persona who have suffered more or less. It appears
that the flour from which the pastry was made stood us a
pantry in the yard, but how the poison was introduced re-
mains a mystery, as Mr. Lockwood has never, to his know-
ledge, had any mineral poison in the house, although he had
had wheat steeped in a narcotic liquid for the purpose of
catching mice. Part of the vomitted matter, and also part of
the pudding and sausage-rolls, were forwarded to Mr. Nunn,
of Bury, for analysis.—Bury Post.
VINDICATION OF THE LEAGUE.—National revolutions
have generally been bought with the price of blood; they
have too often resulted only in the substitution of one
despotism for another; they have almost always been con-
fined in their effects to a single country. We are on the eve
of a revolution precisely the reverse. It has been peaceful
in its operation ; it will be world wido in its blessings. An
honour be to the League that has prepared us for the change.
This League was born in contempt—it rose amidst sneers and
contumely into popular favour—it has flourished amidst
calumny and reproach—it has triumphed amidst the acclama- •
tions of its once most violent opponents. We cannot agree
with those who look upon the past existence of the League
as an evil, only justified by a still greater one. It may be,
that gentle and peaceful agitation is as necessary to the salu-
brity of the political atmosphere as to that of-the material
world. Nay, that its severest storms have the same utility in
the economy of the one as of the other. If so, the League has
proved not an evil, but a good. It is certain that it has used
its vast influence for high and noble purposes. In all respects
it has been an intellectual agitation. Its magnificent
bazaars, rightly considered, have been expositions of the
triumph of mind over matter. Its tracts and lectures have
embodied the soundest doctrines of moral and political
science. With the knowledge of the true principles of inter-
national intercourse, it has infused an intense love of inter-
national peace. It has awakened the most generous emo-
tions of the national heart. It has practicalised religions
creeds, imbuing all of them with more of the true spirit of
our common Christianity. It has softened the asperities of
party, and created higher standards of right and duty for
political leaders. If it ores curbed the power of the aristo-
cracy, it has purified the p, and exalted the people. On
every suitable occasion it has repudiated the doctrine of phy-
sical force. It was not the League, but a Minister of the
Crown, who, while acknowledging that its agitation was
" not of force but of reason," said that if reason were not
yielded to, " some day force might be added." The League
has never for a moment lost sight of the efficacy of its wea-
pons or the justice of its cause. And when it has fulfilled its
mission—when its mighty organisation shall have ceased to
exist with the enormous wrong which called it into being.
the names of its leaders—no less wise than powerful—Cob-
den and Bright, and Wilson and Villiers—will long be re-
membered as benefactors to their country and mankind.—
Report of the Liverpool Anti-Monopoly Association for 1845.
GAME-LAW MORALITY.—On the northern circuit, at
the instance of Mr. Charles Waterton, the philanthropic natu-
ralist, some men were indicted for tre!pas,,ing upon his grounds
in search of game. Mr. Waterton was examined :—" Mr.
Sergeant Wilkins asked the witness if a spring-gun did not go
off?—Witness : Does not the law of this country forbid the
use of spring-guns ?—Mr. Sergeant Wilkins t That, air, is not
an answer to the question.—Witness: It the law forbids the use
of spring-guns, I want to know whether a man is bound by
the law to cu iminate himself?" We consider this quite worthy
of the Jesuit's College, and one with which the learned ser-
geant very significantly expressed himself "satisfied." The
witness then wound up by saying—" There was, indeed, a tre-
mendous explosion !" Artless Mr. Waterton. He had no
objection to prosecute poachers for breaking the law, bat it
' was not for him to "criminate himself" by owning to a syste-
matic violation of the statutes. And this is game-law morality.
—Putzch.

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