The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-03 00:00:00

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 22.—The Calcutta and China,
mails, which have been here since the 19th, pro-
ceed to England only this day by the steamer Ava.
Said Pacha, the Viceroy, has returned to Alex-
andria, and is as busily engaged as ever in reform-
ing and drilling his troops. The poor Bedouins
have been suffering great cruelties at his hands; all
those his Highness succeed in catching are chained
in couples, and cast into the vilest and most noi-
some prisons. Last week, during several days,
about 3,000 of these poor men were brought down
to Alexandria., and on the way many of them died
from the excessive cruelties they had undergone ;
the living were not serar3.tecl from the deed, xa the
man in charge had to account for the whole number,
and they were thus taken to the galleys.
Mr. Gisborne, who is here on the part of the
Eastern Electric Telegraph Company, is very well
satisfied with the arrangements ha has made with
the Egyptian Government for the formation of au
electric telegraph for his company between Alex-
andria and Suez, and he speaks highly of Said
Pasha's liberality. He will have the power to
affix as many wires as he may require to the posts
erected by the Egyptian Government ; or, if he
prefer it, he may place the wires underground at
his own expense, and all his employes and officials
will be entirely under his own control.
Mr. Gisborne hopes eventually to extend the
line from Suez to India, and the submarine electric
telegraph between Constantinople and Alexandria
is expected to be in working order in the course of
a few days.
By the last account from Arabia the town of
Jeddah was quiet, but the whole of the province
of the Temen was in a very disturbed state. The
important tribe of Aseer is in open revolt, with
upwards of 30,000 men in arms against the au-
thority of the Sultan, and they have taken com-
plete possession of Loheia, and other towns on
the coast.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY.
The third sitting of the Canference was hold yes-
terday.
It is confidently assorted that a series of prelimi-
naries embodying the points of a CC6SIG3 belli were
formulated. This is supposed to be tantamount to a
treaty of peace. The Russian Plenipotentiaries
have conceded every point demanded by the Allies,
almost without controversy.
There is a general opinion that the Emperor will
announce in his Speech of to-morrow that a peace
is actually agreed on.
The ceremony of opening the Legislative Session
will take place to-morrow at one o'clock, in the
Salle des Marechaux at the Tuileries, and the oaths
will be tendered to such of the members of the
Senate and of the Legislative Body as have not
yet gone through that formality. All persons who
attend the Emperor, as well as the diplomatic
corps, the cardinals, ministers, marshals,' admirals,
grand crosses of thel Legion of Honour, will be
present. Salvos of artillery will announce the com-
mencement and the conclusion of the ceremony.
" We have reason to believe," says the Consti-
tutionnel, " that the allies of the 2d December
have given notice to the Russian plenipotentiaries,
that at the expiration of the armistice concluded
until the 31st March no prolongation of it will be
granted. Before that date, therefore, the prelimi-
naries of peace which contain the castes belli must
be accepted and ratified by Russia."
BOURSE, March I.—The following were the clos-
ing quotations:—

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