The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-22 00:00:00

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, MAI

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• The European arid
CplonibiaM saifed fii•onf Suez on the Ist ink.
carried forward the party of men of the 92d'L
linden tilaick wae" '4rouglit' to. Alexandria by
Ripon. This dettiShil)ent,, as You are aware, was to
have gose on 'to Bombay by the peninsular and
Oriental Cottipscry'e-steamer Pottinger, but it ap-.
pears thatowarrival of the men at Suez theytabieeta-d
in the first place to the quality :of We. provisions
and subsequently to the'iabeinmodation on beard ,
the boat. Ihe Pottinger is a deed vessel, .
and her decks, npon'which at least a portiotveftbe .
men were to seep, were encumbered ve,o/1 li.€ skek • -
of every description. Thook!erl4prared to have • -
sided with their men, and dui corntilaints, of the
latter growing lowler _and louder,_ CominaLiei
Stevens, of In,- Royal Navy, the Adanr,TrtTikent
on board the Columbian, and senior officer tokfie
nail agent of the Puttinger, was Called dpot}"fei
his opinion. This gentlemarr fraying
stat .d that he const-dered • the accommodation to
be both insufficient and unsu table, Colonel Mii-c-
-knz;e: or(kied the men to be for hwith shipped on
board the C lumbian. She will land them either
at Aden or at Ceylon, according as facilities may or
mAy not be found for sending them forward direct
from Aden to Bombay.
Mr. De Leon, the United States Consul-General,
has returned from the mission he undertook to
Syria, in connection TS Ail the outrage ou the persons
of an American family who resided in the neigh-
bour' ood of Jaffa, which I referred to in one of my
recent communications.

Of the sickening details contained in the official "
deposition of one of the principal and most unfor-
tunate victims of this cold-blooded crime, I will
c nfine myself to saying that they are such
as must .of necessity rouse feelings of horror
and indignation in no wise inferior to those excited
by the worst atrocities lately reported as having
been enacted in India • but there are other circum-
stances connected with the• case 'which may well
give rise to serious reflections. It clearly appears
not only that the crime was long premeditated, but
that plunder was not the piincipat object of its per-
petrators. One of the worst symptoms of theme,
however, is the undisguised sympathy which the
Mahommedan population of Syria havalibtrin is
favour of the criminals, and which niust of
sity confirm tbe uneasy feelings that hive for soime -
time past prevsiled among the Christians. It is
often remarked that the late war, contrary to what
m;glit have been expected, instead of diminishing,
has rather added to the acerbity of feeling that
exists between the great zeligious parties in the
East. And, much as one would wish to discred.t
the existence, as a rule, of a really more deeply-
seated anitm,sity between them, all men's attention,
unwilling though they m,ty be to add faith or to
give circulation to the reports of mere alarmists,
must be arrested, if not startled, when facts are
seen to arise corroborating opinions enounced by
persons who possess, doubtless, opportunities for
judging of the temper of the population among
whom they live.

Mr. Gofmt, the Anglican bishop in Jerusalem,
some months ago, in a circul tr since published, re-
ferred to the excited shits of the Mabomeclatts of
Syria, and gave it as his opinion that the leniency
shown towards the perpetrators of the outrages at
Marash in 1856, unless strong precautionary mea-
sures were taken, might produce the most dis-
astrous effects. Rumours of a religious struggle
between the Moslems of India and their Christian
c nigin tors a' e rife liniughout the countries of the
East, and the fact tLat the most wildly improbable
stirir s and the most garbled. accounts are those
which circulate the most rapidly, and are most
eagerly liwerted cannot in any way lessen their
tendency to produce most mischievous effects.
Without giving way to exaggerated fears or fore-
bo lings, it may, therefore, reasonab), be demanded
:hat every display of fanaticism should meet with
immediate and stern punishment, and thus it may
b • that the energy and resolution forced upon the
Turkish officials in the late occurrences at Jaffa
may avert more than one impending outbreak of a
like na ure. _ _

The Turkish authorities met the demands of the
American consular officials of Jerusalem and Jaffa
wish their usual apathy and inertia, by which it
seemed that'all proceedings were to be hopelessly
obstructed until they yielded to the indignant re-
monstrances of Mr. De Loon, and consented to
arrest a man against whom there existed serious
grounds of suspicion. Conviction was soon obtained,
and was followed by a full confession of his guilt
and of the names of his four accomplices, three of
whom, together with himself, now lie in irons
awaiting the confirmation of their sentence from
Constantinople. The fifth was not yet captured,
but the Sheik of his tribe was held in custody as
ho,tAge for his production.
Co!onel Hall, of the sth Bengal Cavalry, has ar-
rived in Egypt to purchase horses for serviao in the
British armies in India. He left for Cairo some
days ago, and an. Egyptian officer has been ap-
pointed by the Viceroy to attend him and to assist
bins
.in tLe'cao:ntioti of his mission.

Trade during the past for-might has &splayed
rather more animation, and in the Alexandria gram.
markets there has bceu an advance in prices equal to'
fully ls. per qr., free o❑ board, Saide wheat being
quott.cl at from about 255. 4d. to 265. per quatter ;
beans, 225. to 225. 6d. ; barley, 12s. 10d. to 135..
In cotton a large business has been done, with
alm,-,st daily advance in price. Sales are computed
at about 14,000 cautars, at prices equal to from
about 71d. to 9gd. per lb. free on board. The
freight market continues quiet, money becoming
ex,ressi:Tely scarce, and exchanges consequently
drooping. Three months' bifls on Lond. n are
quoted at 101 piastres per pound Marseilles, three
months' date, at sf. per dollar of 20 pias•'ros.

EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE AND SUDDEN

DEATH OF THE " BRIDE."

A highly respectable tradesman of Dawlish,
named Oliver, died some years since, leaving to hie
widow by will a considerable property ; with the
provi,o, however, that in the event of her re-
marrying, the whole should revert to their children.
Dining her widowhood, Mrs. Oliver, it appears,
bee trne surety t. the amount of 4001., for a sun-in-
law, who had obtained some responsible situation
in a large metropolitan brewery eAablistiment. The
young man misbehaving himself, the bond was for-
feited, and the mother-in-law was Galled on to pay
the money. To evade this loss to her family, the
poor woman (acing no doubt upon advice) adopted
a course as misgaided as it was repugnant to every
sentiment of morality and decency. A. dissipated
youth, about 10 years of age, named Crews, who
was residing at Torquay, and gaining a livelihood
as a builder's labourer, was induced to marry the
widow, who was 53 years of age, upon the under-
st ending that he should receive 301. for the " job"
and start off at once for Australia, where he is said
to have ft iends residing. The impious ceremony
t ok piece at the Registry-Alice, Newton Abbot ;
the bridegroom received his money, signed some
deeds of the nature of which he professed to be
totally ignorant, and set off for Plymouth, whence
was to have sailed, and the bride returned to
Dawlish with her fiends. The young man; how-
ever, soon altered his deternrnation, for a very few
hours afterwards saw him once more at Torquay,
where with boon companions he proceeded, as long
as the money lasted, to give full vent to his drunken
propensities. His return was of course a source
of great anxiety to the parties concerned, not the
least so, it may well be imagined, to his wife,
and now we arrive at the melancholy sequel to this
strange tale. Last Wednesday, Mr. F. W. Carter,
son of Mr. F. R. Carter, solicitor, Torquay; who
had, it seems, acted professionally throughout the
transaction, proceeded to Dawlish to obtain the
signature of Mrs. Crews to an affidavit relating to
the property. She had returned from the residence
of the commissioner (before whom she had sworn
to the truth of its contents) to her own house, in
company with Mr. Carter, jun., and was in the act
of searching for some paper in which to wrap the
document when she fell down and expired. The
coromr for the- district (W. A. Cockey, Esq.)
deemed that these circumstances demanded an in-
quiry ; and at the inquest, on. Friday and Satur-
day, moat of the above facts were el.cited by the
examination of the young man, James Wm. Osborne
Hamlyn Crews, Mr. Carter, jun., and Mr. S. B.
Oliver, the deceast,d's son. The evidence of Mr.
John F. Knighton, surgeon, showed that her death
arose from natural cases " produced by the excite-
ment and terror she was subjected to." The jury
in returning that verdict severely censured the
parties who had been concerned in the transaction.
—"Western Times.

DREA.DFUL ACCIDENT.—A [earful accident oenuired
on Thursday last at the saw-milli of Mr. Williams,
Coronation-row', Bristol. A woman named Eliza Hand-
cock, the wife of a labourer residing in Bedminster, was
in the habit of collecting sawdust at the different mills
for the supply of public-houses. On Thursday she west
to Mr. Williams's for this purpose, and was occupied
fir some time in filling her sacks. She then went to
another part of the premises, where a steam saw-mill
was zt werk, and within a foN minutes afterwards_b
kere
sister, who was with her, was heard to scream.
to
. T
engineer instantly st:pped the engine and
olobes
ttio spot, when it was found that thedeceased's
the poor ores-
had heco.-oe enta gied in the shanft,i andthe, machinery and
tut e had been vitlently to.
was Bobsequently held
,cattered around. An iuquest Accidental
lated body, and a verdict
on the mul
death" was returned.
11-avirg Indeous pr“ofesdotrotube manner of her death