The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-03 00:00:00

TURKEY AND EGYPT .

The Lerma Herald publishes the foll,wing as " a
nearly textual summary of the Khedive's reply to
the letter of Aali Pasha" : " His Highness begins by
clearing himself from the charge of having gone be-
yond the proper limits of his rights and duties as
defined by the Imperial El-mans. Fully sensible of
the successive favours be has received from the Sul-
tan, he has always regulated his couluct according
to the will and orders of his Majesty. The with-
drawal of the Egyptian troops fromCandia took place,
be declares, because of the great expense,which Egypt
could not support, and as the result of an under-
standing previously come to with the Porte. If he
addressed invitations to a few foreign Sovereigns
to attend the opening of the Suez Canal, it was
only in virtue of the high position which he fills
under the gracious auspices of the Sultan, and
the reception which he met with at the European
Courts was similarly due to the benevolent favour
with which his Majesty has deigned to honour him.
As to his alleged disrespect towards the ambassadors
of his Majesty during his recent tour, he entirely
disclaims having been wanting in proper considera-
tion to their Excellencies. The mission of Nubar
Pasha is neither a new incident nor unknown to

the Porte, which even furnished that personage
with letters of introduction when he first set out.
The development of Egyptian commerce and the
settlement of a large number of foreigners in the
country have led to frequent litigious disputes,
and the object of Nubar's finis:-ion was merely to
effect some modifications in the faulty system of
jurisdiction now in force, within the limits of
the privileges accorded to Egypt by its gracious
Sovereign. Replying to the charge of having
squandered the revenue of the country, his High-
ness compares the present situation of Egypt with
that in which he found it ou his accession to power,
and argues that the result shows a sensible progress
in all directions. He instances the erection of an
assembly of native delegates to control the revenue
and expenditure and to supervise the administra-
tion of the numerous schools which have been

founded, and of the youths whom he has sent to
Europe to be perfected in the sciences, in literature,
in arts, and in industry. As to agriculture, this, he
affirms, has prospered greatly ; 320,000 feddans of
previously untilled ground have been brought under
culture. The settlement of foreigners in the country
—even as far south as Soudan—and the increased
activity in old and new ports, all combined to show
the progress which trade and agriculture have made,
as also the general security for life and property
which exists under his rule. Further, if the heavy
debts bequeathed to Lim by Said Pasha, the diffi-
culties which have been occasioned by the pay-
ment of so many indemnities, the cost of con-
structing railways and telegraph lines, and
the great outlay occasioned by the Suez Canal
—if all these be considered, and if it be borne in
mind, at the same time, that the charges of ad-
ministration—salaries, &c., included—are all regu-

larly paid, it must be admitted that the financies
are carefully managed, and that the population is
not overburdened with taxes. As to the increase
of the armament, he merely wished to keep abreast
of modern inventions, and the cost of doing this is
well justified by his sincere desire to be in a posi-
tion to prove useful to the empire—as his conduct
during the Cretan revolt clearly proved. In con-
clusion his highness expresses the hope that these
frank explanations will remove from the mind of
the Sultan the unfavourable impression produced by
wholly unjust accusations. his fidelity and devo-
tion are unalterable ; and, feeling strong in these,
he appeals to the clemency and generosity of his
Majesty, at the foot of whose throne he proposes to
come and lay his respectful homage as soon as the
completion of some important affairs will permit."

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOA7 1N571-
IUTION.

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Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
at John-street, Adelphi, Tho.. Chapman,
V.P., in the chair. The minutes of the
ptevons mce.ing having 1.3. Tn read, rewards were
, 4vrat•t d to the crews of different lifeboats of the
society for going off to the aid of distressed vessels
during the past month. It was reported that the
:-;outhern lifeboat had been hunched on the Bth
nit. to the assistance of the crew of the schooner
Widiani Wallace, of Dundalk, which was seen
ashore on James's Bank. The boat succeed( d in
taking the schooner and her crew of five men to
Lytham. The ItamFgate lifeboat Bradford and
steam tug Vulcan were taken out twice during,
the past month to the aid of yessls sig-
nalled to be aground on the Goodwin Sands,
but the services of the boat were not required.
The thanks of the institution, inscribed on vellum,
and £2, were ordered to be presented to Capt. C.
Bell, of the steam tug William and Charles; of
Hartlepool, and to Capt. Matthew Jones, of the
steam tug John Bull, of Hartlepool, together with
£5 to their crews, in acknowledgment of their ser-
vices in assisting in the steamers to save thirty-
seven fishing boats and their crews which had been
caught in a heavy gale off Hartlepool on the 16th
June. They also went out afterwards and suc-
ceeded in picking up 360 nets belonging to the
boats. Other rewards were also granted for say-
ing
life from wrecks on our own coasts. The
Earl of Stamford, P.C., had defrayed the cost
of the new lifeboat which the institution was
about to place on the Island of Alderney. A
contribution of £95 had been received from the
stewards of the Covent Garden Lifeboat Fund,
being the proceeds of a ball and concert held at the
Freemasons' Tavern on the 4th February and
27th April. " Two Sisters" had also given £7O to
the society. New lifeboats were being sent to Solva
and Fishguard, South Wales. The late Mrs. Eliza
Doncaster, of Winthorpe, the late Miss Mary Ann
Horton, of Highbury, and the late Wm. M'Alley,
Esq., of Stirling, had each left the society a legacy
of £lOO. Payments amounting to L 825 were ordered
to be made, and additional expetwes to the amount
of £B3B were sanctioned. Reports were read from

the inspector and the assistant-inspector of lifeboats
on their recent visits to different lifeboat stations,
of ter which the proceedings terminated.

ST. PANCRAS TVORKHOTJSE AND THE
CORONER'S COURI.

Yesterday afternoon Dr. Lmnkester and a jury
were engaged for a considerable time at the College
Arms, Crowndale-road, Camden-town, in investi-
gating the circumstances attending four deaths
which had occurred to pauper inmates of the St.
Pancras Workhouse.

The first case was that of &drier Wright, an in-
fant of three weeks old, the mother, a married
woman, having been confined ia the workhouse.
The complaint was that the mother, not having
sufficient natural sustenance for the child, she asked
Mx. Hill, the surgeon, and Mrs. Sanson, the resi-
dent midwife, for some milk foi • it. She applied
for the milk at six o'clock on Monday night last,
and did not get it until four hours after. Although
requested to remain in the house, she. left the fol-
lowing morning with her baby, and fed it on cow's
milk and a little port wine. On Wednesday she
called in a doctor, but the child died.

Mr. T. M. Harding deposed to being called to the
child, and found it dying. The cause of death was
congestion of the brain and lungs.
By the Coroner—Witness did not think the
mother, by bringing the child out of the VA )rkhouso,
accelerated the death. The child could not have
!ived.

Mr. I fill (the surgeon), the midwife, an 1 an at-
tendant were next examined, from who so evidence
t appeared that the deceased, from its V reakly con-
lition, could not h.Ave lived ; that there was plenty
tf milk and .-tigar to be had for the child ren on ap-
plication ; that the deceased had been fed
nn the Monday morning; and that the Alter :,Ift
the next morning with her child, contrary to the
wihes of the surgeon. The patients i zne,,,i they
could have milk for their children all d „ay long if
they applied for it.
The jury considered that the offleinas 0% re free
from blame, and returned a verdict of " Deat, h from
natural causes."

The second inquiry was on the body of, G eorge
Edwards, aged 64, who died suddenly Oh, Wet Ines-

day morning last, while an inmate of the insane
ward of the before-mentioned establishment.
The wife stated that herself and husband went
into the house last June twelvemonths, and they
were separated. On the 26th of last May her hus-
band was removed to the insane ward, where she
thought he was treated kindly.
Evidence having been given relative to the death
of the deceased, viz., that after he had got out of
bed and returned to it, he suddenly threw himself
back and died.

Dr. James Ellis, infirmary medical officer, said
the deceased was a very quiet man. The body was
well nourished, and there were no marks of external
violence. The cause of death was rupture of the
large vein in the chest, the blood filling the cavity
on the left side. There was no appearance of any
blow. The exertion of getting out and returning
to bed might Lave caused the 'rupture.
Verdict, " Death from natural causes."
'I he death of Frank Dyson, aged fifteen months,
was next inquired into.

Mary Ann Dyson, the mother, said the deceased
was an illigitimate child, and was born while she
was a prisoner in the Thorhill-fields House of Cor-
rection. She went into the workhouse when the
child was five months old. The doctor had ordered
her to wean the child when it was twelve months,
and, as she objected, she was allowed three weeks.
She then took the child out, as she thought the
father would help to support it, but he refused.
She was then in and out of the workhouse with the
child, where it died yesterday from diarrhcea.
By the Corner—She preferred suckling the child,
and she objected to its being taking into the wean-
ing ward as the children were there ill-treated and
bruised. There were also some railings, through
which the children could put their heads, and might
strangle themselves. She said she would not have
her child murdered, and the task-master was sent
for, but she and her baby left the house. She had
applied to the board to allow her something out of
the house, but they refused.

Mr. Joseph Hill said that, when the child was
twelve months old, he, according to the rules of the
house, informed the mother that it must go to the
weaning ward, but on her declining he allowed her
till the 4th of August. She then said that she
would not have her child murdered. She went out
on the sth, returned on the 6th, and remained till
the 13th. She came back on the 20th, that night
sleeping in the casual ward. She went out again on
the 24th, returning four days after. The child was
very ill each time she returned, and he cautioned
her that she would kill it if she gave it breast milk
after it had been receiving weaning food. It died
on Wednesday from disease of the intestines.
By the Coroner—The course the mother had
pursued was injurious to the child's health ; he
might say she accelerated the death. The railings
referred to by the mother were boarded over so that
no injury to the children could be received.

Verdict—" Death from scrofulous disease of the
bowels, accelerated by the conduct of the mother."

The fourth case somewhat differed from the
others, the deceased, Catherine Smith, aged 81,
being found dead in bed.

George Smith, aged 78, and very deaf, said lie
and hii wife were admitted to the workhouse, six
years ago. His wife was afflicted in the hospital,
and he complained that he could only see her once
a week. He continued by saying that when he
last saw her she complained to hint that she was
ill-treated, and further, that he did ❑ot hear of her
death until a long time after it occurred. She also
said that during the night if she wanted attendance
she was shaken like a child.

Mr. llill, the surgeon, said the deceased was
suffering from an affection and contraction of the
knee. Her general health was good, but she was
bedridden. She never made a complaint of any
kind. On Saturday afternoon, in passing through
the ward, he looked at her bed and saw a change in
her countenance. Ile examined her and found her
dead. She bad been assisted out of bed a very
short time before. The cause of death was fatty
degeneration of the heart.
The jury returned a verdict of " Death from
natural causes," and considered that in neither of
the four cases had a charge of blame to the work-
house officials been established.