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

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 23.
The Bombay mails, which reached Suez by the
Pekin on the ISth inst., were forwarded hence on
the following day by the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Euxine. This boat has been
sent on to Marseilles to take up her station there,
and will open the new line of communication with
Ind;a, returning to Alexandria about the 10th
proximo with the first iLtermediate mail fir
Bomb iv.

The -Abeona, with her Majesty's 94th Regiment,
en route to India, has just come into port. All the
necessary preparations for the transit of these
troops have been made beforehand against their ex-
pec' ed ari ival. The men will be sent up by rail in
two detachments, with an interval of one day be-
tween them. As you are aware, however, the ex-
tremity of the line still falls about 25 miles short of
Suez, and for this portion of the journey about 900
le donrys have been provided by the Transit Admi-
nistration. The idea of ono of her Majesty's regi-
ments scouring across the Desert on these rather
unusual chargers may be permitted to excite a smile,
and will no doubt be productive of much jocularity
among the men, but setting aside all ludicrous ideas
that may suggest themselves to a European mind
in connection with the matter, the choice of this
means of conveyance is by no means an injudicious
one, It would be most difficult, not to say
to supply a sufficient number of vans and
horses, and unless the men were marched, the only
alternative would be to mount them on camels.
The latter has, doubtless, a dignified and even a
solemn demeanour, but in point of comfort as well
as of speed no one who has travelled iu Egypt will
hesitate in giving the preference to the smaller but
more active and easy-paced animal.
It has already been sufficiently shown that the
transit through Egypt of a few hundred men at a
time offers no serious difficulty of any nature what-
soever, and, indeed, hitherto little or no extra pre-
paration has been required. The only one of any
importance is the organization at Suez of a military
hospital, under the direction of a medical officersent
to Egypt for this purpose by the British Government.
The establishment has been abundantly provided
with all descriptions of stores and provisions bed-
, ding, Sc., but people here are sorely puzzled to
divine what useful service it is expected to render,
It is by no means likely that the health of many
of our sturdy soldiers will be affected by the fatigues
of the journey through Egypt, which is annuallyo
performed by hundreds of invalids returning
Europe after a long residence in a debilitating
rht uairima tieelsym
Alexandria, they will, of course, not bo
climate, and if any of the men arelanded sick
subjectedat
to the unnecessary fatigue of a jour. neych . to Suez.
fo
being rtunately
The thing is no doubt a mistakoei
however possesses the merit

one.
The Viceroy has latterly been chiefly at Cairo.
Ho was to leave yesterday for Upper Egypt, but
as it is not yet certain that Prince Napoleon will
not fulfil his intention of visiting Egypt this winter,
Said Pasha will not go far, and his absence will
necessarily be a short one. Our consul had an
interview with him at Cairo last week, and it has
transpired that he has obtained authority from his
Highness for the purchase of 1,000 cavalry horses,
for account of the British Government for shipment
to India. I must add in explanation that the ex-
portation of horses from Egypt has been prohibited
for several years past, under the mistaken notion
that such a measure would tend to maintain and to
improve the breed in the country. Latterly, how-
ever, though the rule still exists, the Government
has been less strict in enforcing it.
The direction of the Transit Administration has
just undergone a change. Mr. Green, who has
been connected with the Transit since its first
establishment, and who has been at the head of
that important department for the past four years
with the rank of
,Bey, has resigned his laborious
post on account Of his health, and is succeeded by
Nubor Bey, a gentleman possessed of a first-rate
European education, and whose energy and abilities
have obtained general approval to his appointment.
It is Nubor Bey's brother who, it will be remem-
bered, was last year appointed by Said Pasha to the
governorship of Khartoum, the first instance of a