The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-14 00:00:00

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 5.
The Bombay mail arrived at Suez on Monday
last, the 29th ult., and cannot leave on its return
until Tuesday next, as the Vectis, with the over-
land mail from Marseilles, did not arrive here until
this morning. The Calcutta mail arrived at Suez
on Friday last, and will leave on Tuesday next.
The Colombo arrived here yesterday morning with
the heavy portion of the outward-bound India mail
from Southampton. It required 10 camels to carry
the mail boxes from the harbour to the railway
terminus.

ELis Highness the Viceroy has returned to Cairo
from Upper Egypt, whither he had proceeded to
satisfy himself, by personal inspection, whether the
inundation which had taken place near Cairo had
arisen from natural causes, or whether the embank-
ments of the Nile had been maliciously cut by the
inundations is significant.
The Nile has risen 24 cubits, which is regarded as
a most fortunate result, and promises well for the
nevi; harvest. His Highness the Viceroy has eonse-
quently raised the land-tax 12 piastres, or 2s. 6d.
the measure, equal to an English acre. Among
other improvements spoken of the streets of Alex-
andria are to be lighted with gas, for which a con-
tra4ct has been concluded between the Pasha and a
Parisian company. If to lighting were:added pav-
ing and cleansing the sanitary condition of Alexan-
dria yrould become tolerable, and it might be pre-
served from the periodical visitations with which it
is afflicted.

A traveller returning to Alexandria after an ab-
sence of a few years will find an extraordinary im-
' pravement in the appearance of the town and' the
condition of the people. Three handsome churches
for the Christian worship have been erected—an
English Protestant, a Roman Catholic, and a
Greek. Bells are heard to toll, calling the Chris-
tiara; to Divine service. A railway has been coma-.
pleted to Cairo, and new streets of handsome houses
are springing up.
The Christian population of Alexandria has quad-
rupled within a few years, but the Greeks threaten
at no distant period to absorb the entire trade
of Egypt, and to their combinations is attri-
buted the present high price of corn. They possess
an unity of purpose which belongs to no other
people, and which enables them to successfully
compete. with older established merchants.
The fanatical enthusiasm of the Arabs has con-
siderably diminished of late years, and even the
women are gradually rejecting the veil with which
they used so pertinaciously to cover their faces.
Literature, however, makes no progress in Egypt,
and a newspaper which was started some years back
in Alexandria has ceased to appear.
There has been a considerable amount of business
transacted in the corn market during the last 15
days, with a material advance in prices. The fol•
lowing are the estimated sates :

WHEAT. Qrs.
Saide, private produce, readystuff, 425. to 425. 6d. 22,000
Ditto, Pasha's „ 91 • 43s to 435. 9d. 5,600
Ditto, contracts for future deliveries, Oct., Nov.,
and Dec., 375. 6.1. to 429
Behiseh, private produce, ready stuff,39s. 6d. to 425. 34,000
Freights, owing to the diminished number of vessels
in port, have improved, and cannot now be quoted under
4-i. 6d. to ss. 6d. per quarter for beans, to a direct port ;
ss. 6d. to Os. for orders, according to size. Cotton to
Liverpool, Ad. to id. and 5 per cent. per lb. Ballast.,
3s. to 3s. 6d. per quarter.
Exchange on London has given way, paper at three
months being done at from 100 to 1001 piastres per X.

SHIPMENTS FROM THE 23D lILT. TO THE IST INST.

Qrs. Brl. Br!
Cotton

Wheat. Beans. Bar!ey. Linseed. seed. Cottn.
Great Britain.., 26,057 3,778 2,100 1,776
France 8,990 890 388
Austria
Other countries 323 376