The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-07 00:00:00

THE TRANSIT THROUGH EGYPT.

(EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.)
CAIRO, Dec. 26, 1857 We have all been de-
tained here (Cairo) for the last week, in conse-
quence of the Alma steamer breaking her shaft.
For three days we have been huddled up in various
hotels, some with rooms, others without, waiting
the telegraph announcing the Alma's arrival at
Suez. It is a frightful business this, and there
seems to be little chance of our getting off befote
the sth proximo, if then. There are no extra
steamers. The Oriental was at Suez, but having
been contracted for the conveyance of troops to
Madras and Kurrachee, the agent would not take
the responsibility of detaining them. The Ajdalia)
another, but a Government man-of-war steamer,
was fortunately near Suez, and was hailed to carry
a ietachmeut of 350 troops which had already
been detained nearly to six weeeks. Owing
straits •
to this
ut sad
contretemps we have a:1 been p
for one whole week we have all had to go without
our baggage, which was fooavarded on to. Suez the
This morning some
night we got to Alexandria.
of the baggage has been brought back—many boxes ,
broken, apparel hanging ont, carpet bags cut open
—other boxes missing (mine among the number).
To to our grievances, hotel expenses at the rate
of 11. a day, money getting scarce among the pas-
sengers. Hotel arrangements are abominable,
owing to the crush of people. I could not get
a room at all, though I spoke about it several
times--new-comers dropping in. Ido not know
what I should have done had not -- offered
iae a couch in his room. All the young ensigns
are in a great way for want of means. The
ladies are more inconvenienced than any of ns. If
we go to the agent, he always manages to be out
of the way. The agent of the Transit Company
lives at Alexandria, so we cannot get hold of him
except by leeter. In fact there is no one to refer
to when one wishes to make inquiries. As for money,
there seems little chance of raising it—only one
banking agency here, who refuses to advance but
on letters of credit, and only to the amount therein
specified. It is calculated that upwards of 1,000/.
will he required by all the passengers together if
we are delayed here a fortnight. Everything is ex-
pensive—food infamous. No attendance at the
hotels unless one hires a dragoman ; every hole and
corner full of dirt, due, and discomfort ; if one
wants to get clean, one must pay for a cold bath,
and here it is essential to keep clean more than ix
any other place. We are compel!ed to remain here,
being without means and without knowing when
we can get away.
All the passengers are indignant at the way they
have teen treated, and have had numerous meet-
ings, noisy and demonstrative. I have no doubt
that many letters of complaint will appear in the
English papers in consequence. For all the delay
and discomfort is owing to the Peninsular and
Oriental Company neglecting to provide an extra
steamer at Suez to meet such an emergency, and
it is the eecoud time the public have been so shame-
fully treated. The Australian passengers were
similarly detained, it is understood, for six
weeks. Troops are continually arriving, and will
have to suffer a similar detention, and pro-
bably with worse accommodation. The detach-
ment was huddled away at Suez in a dirty coal-
shed. Everything assumes the appearance of dis-
order and mismanagement. Many civilians ace
sufferers in another pecuniary point of view, as
they have to rot mn to their appointments within a
certain time, but which they cannot now do, and
even stand a chance of forfeiting them. A judge of
the Sadder, Madras, tells me ho lives at the rate of
10/. per diem, another 8/., and so on. All of us
losing about a fortnight's pay and service.
A laseeting has been called to consider what st3ps
should be teken to recover from the Peninsular and
Oeienptat.Steam Packet Company compensation for
expenses, Sic., incurrA from the accident to the
Alma. This vessel had to leave 35 of her passengers
at Aden, of all places, where they are fed zee!.
lodged at the expense of the Company. We have
written to the agent iu this country and await Isis
reply. The Nubia is expected from Calcutta. She
has been made so as to convey 800 soldiers, inde-
pendent of the usual complement of passengers, and
she is the corresponding vessel to the mail of Dec.
20,
from London, to that many, if net all of us,
will have to be deck passengers, having paid 100/.
for proper accommodation. Many, it is expected,
will have to remain behind.—Daily News.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The non-cominissioned officers and men belong-
ing to the 2d West India Regiment-and the Gold
Coast Artillery Corps, who have been for some
time stationed at Chatham for the purpose of un-
dergoing instruction with th.) other troops at that
station in the Enfield rifle and artillery exercise,
with the view of their being employed as assistant
instructors to their corps, have been dimited to
proceed from Chatham for the purpose of joining
the head-quarters of their regiments. The men of
the 23 West India Regiment will embark at Por•s-
mouth in the Sir George Pollock for Jamaica, and
the troops belonging to the Gold Coast Corps will
proceed in the mail steamer to the Cape Co ist
1
Castle, where the service companies of tliJir corps
are stationed.

During yesterday and the previous day detach-
ments of Highland tr )ops for the Highland regi-
ments serving in India arrived at Chatham from
Scotland, for the purpose of embarking with the
reinforcements under orders t) proceed from that
garrison. The draughts included Capt. R. Gordon
and 46 non-commissioned officers and men of the
42d Royal Highlanders, from Dundee ; Capt. F.
W. Foster and 14 men of the 78th Highlanders,
from Aberdeen ; Lieut W. B. Robertson and 24
men of all ranks of the 79th Cameron Highlanders,
from Dundee - and 26 non-commissioned officers
and men of the 93d Highlanders, from Aberdeen.
They are attached to the 3d battalion.

Yesterday morning the officers and troops be-
longing to the 2d battalion at Chatham were assem.
bled on their parade-ground for the purpose of wit-
nessing the carrying into effect the sentence of a
district court-martial which assembled at that
garrison for the trial of Sergeant Edward Ray,
23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, on a charge of being
found intoxicated when on duty. The tro )ps
having been formed into square the sentence of
the Court was read by Captain R. Roney, the
Adjutant of the battalion, the prisoner be-
ing ordered to be reduc.:d to the rank and pay
of a private. As soon as the sentence had
been read the prisoner was msrched to the
front, and the stripes cut off his arms in the pre-
sence of the whole battalion. The prisoner has been
a number of years in the service, and has hitherto
borne a most exemplary character. He is decorated
with the Crimean medal andi three claspi, having
served during the greater part of the Crimean C4lll.
paign.

Master—W. L. Seamen (additional) to the Indus.
Second Master—E. Moarilyan (additional) to the
Indus.

GRANDEUR AND BEAUTY OF VICRONA.—At
R3are, the Roman—at Pisa, the Lombard, architec-
ture may be seen in greater or in equal nobleness ;
but, not at Rome, nor Pisa, nor Florence, nor in any
city of the world, is there a great mediaeval Gothic like
the, Gothic of Verona. Elsewhere, it ii less pure in
type, or less lovely in completion ; only at Verona may
you see it in the simplicity of its youthful power,
and the tenderness of its accomplished beauty. And
Verona possesses,- in the last place, the loveliest Re-
naiesance architecture of Italy, rot disturbed by
pride; •nor defiled by luxury, but rising in fair fulfil-
ment of domestic service, serenity of effirtlees
gra-oe, and modesty of home seclusion ; its richest work
given to the windows that open on the narrowest streets
and most silent garde,., All this she possesses, in the
midst of natural 'leaner well as assuredly exists no-
where else in the inhabitab'e .lobs wild • ild Alpine river
foaming at her feet, whose
shore in
the rocks rice a
great ereeent, dark with express,
illimitably, from before her .outi and misty with olive ;
gates, the tufted
pltins of Italy sweep and
Alpsfalo icnroeinedtir light : around
her, north and west, the
tehreested troops,
acrldetis of
and the winds of Bensons bear to her"
their snows.—Ruskin's Economy of
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the. numerous extraordinary cures without medicine ctll au
gestion (Dyspesia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bld.li-
i.
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