The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-26 00:00:00

THE PACHA OF EGYPT.

The Semaphore of Marseilles publishes the following
account of an interview with the Pacha of Egypt, com-
municated by M. Marmier, who is performing quaran-
tine at the lazaretto of that port :—" Mehemet Ali pre-
serves in his old age all the habits of activity acquired
in his younger days. He rises early, and as soon as he
is up his doors are open to visitors. He takes plea-
sure in receiving foreigners, and more particularly the
French. The public functionaries come in to him with-
oat any previous demand of an audience, and the Con-
sul of France goes to him with the same freedom and
ease as one friend calls upon another. We passed
through a large hall simply furnished, in which there
were persons attached to the palace, all of whom on
the arrival of M. Barrott rose, and saluted him with
great respect. One of these ushered us into a second
room, still more spacious, lighted by very high windows,
and having at the far end a divan which occupies the
whole side. On this divan was seated the youngest son
of the Viceroy, a boy about twelve years old, already
invested with the sabre, suspended from a belt round
his waist. By his side was his governor, and both pre-
served the utinf)st gravity. Mehemet Ali lay half in-
clined in a corner, supported by a pile of cushions,
and holding his chibouck. On his head was the red
cap called the Fez, which he has given to be worn by
his soldiers instead of the turban, which is much heavier.
Ile was dressed in a furred caftan of ample folds, and his
fine white beard falling like flakes of silver upon his breast.
In front of him was his dragoman, and by his side a do-
mestic, who was employed in fanning him with a bunch of
palm leaves. Mout half-a-dozen other servants stood at a
respectful distance, with their eyes fixed steadily upon
their master, watching to catch and execute the slightest
signal he might make. All the arrangements of this
apartment were very plain, but simply elegant. In this
group, formed near a window, in the oriental attitude of
this remarkable and noble old man, and, above all, in
the expression of his animated and energetic countenance,
there is wherewithal for a painter of eminence to pro-
duce a most striking picture. We drew near Mehemet,
and, after the usual formalities of a presentation, he
signified to M. Barrot to sit down by his side on the div'an,
and pointed out for me an arm-chair placed in front of him.
Servants brought in coffee, and M. Barrott entered into
conversation with the Pacha, who loves to discuss ques-
tions of European policy. He had just received news from
Ibrahim Pacha, and spoke with delight of the accounts of
his improved health, and of the reception given him at
Marseilles. have always loved France,' said the
Pacha, and I shall never forget that it was a French-
man who first held out the hand to me, at a time when I
was far from imagining the destinies which Providence
had reserved to me.' He then related that when he was
quite young, in his native town of Romella, one of his
cousins was murdered. He and his father wished to ob•
tain justice on the murderer, but had not sufficient funds.
A French merchant, named Lyons, who had known
the deceased, gave them the necessary funds to proceed
to Constantinople and accomplish their wish. `I
always remembered,' continued he, with grati-
tude the conduct of M. Lyons, and when I was in-
vested with the dignity of Pacha, I wrote to him to come
and see me. He was preparing to set out, when he died
suddenly.' Whilst the dragoman translated to us this
story, Mehemet fixed on us his brilliant eyes to see the
effect it produced. I never saw more penetrating ones,
except with Bernadotte. In those of the latter, how-
ever, there was more pride, and in those of Mehemet
more keenness. Other visitors then arrived—the gover-
nor of the city, the English consul, and some of the chief
officers of the army. M. Barrot, thinking he had given
me sufficient time to see what I so much desired, took
his leave, and I went away, bearing with me an indelible
remembrance of the language and look of our host."

Native industry petitions have been circulated in
the South of Devon with more vigour than success.
The conviction exists among the farmers that the settle-
ment of the question is the only benefit to them that
can be looked for. They know that farmers have not
grown rich under the corn-laws, and that the labourer
has become depressed.— Western Times.
NEWARK ELEcyroN.—A correspondent says, it is
intended to place Mr. Gladstone in nomination at the
approaching election, in opposition to the Duke's no-
minee, in order to give his friends an opportunity of
recording their votes in his favour ; and if the elec-
tors will but be true to themselves, they will beat the
nominee. We heartily wish they map—Nottingham
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