The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-02 00:00:00

HAMBURGH MAIL.

TIIE HAGUE, AUG. 28.—The Portafoglio Maltese
of the 14th instant announces that the Netherlands
frigate the Rhine and the Jason, under the command
of his Royal Highness Prince Henry, arrived at Malta
on the 13th, from Tunis. It is said they were to go
to the Levant.

Bois LB Dire, AUG. 29.—Though the river has
continued to rise up to this time, the accounts from
other places announce a fall, and we hope the dikes on
one side of the city will not be broken through or
overflowed. Thanks to the officers of the Polders,
who, by constant and persevering efforts, by vast num-
bers of workmen, great expenses, and personal exer-
tions, have hitherto prevented the water from doing
any damage. The water is 77 inches above the water
mark in the dikes of the river Dieze. The damage
would be incalculable if there should be a breach in
these dikes.

ROTTERDAM.-110 New Rotterdam Courant has
the following article :
" A respectable commercial house has communi-
cated the following account, dated Alexandria, the
6th of August :
"Since Mehemet Ali is at Cairo, his Highness
seems to he more calm, and no longer talks of abdicat-
ing, or of going to Mecca. Public tranquillity has
not been for a moment interrupted. We subjoin the
note addressed by the Consuls of the five great Powers,
to Artina Bey, the chief ,Minister of the Viceroy, and
his answer to it.

" ALEXANDRIA, JULY 27, 1844.—T0 his Excellency
Artim Bey, Minister of his Highness Viceroy of
Egypt.
" His Highness, Mehemet Ali, having suddenly
gone to Cairo, and publicly declared that he intended
immediately to set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca, we
regret having been deprived of the satisfaction of
personally paying our compliments to him, and re-
quest your Excellency to convey to his Highness the
expression of our respectful esteem for his person.
"We doubt not that his Highness, before he left
Alexandria, had taken all necessary measures for the
maintenance of public tranquility in this city, where
the safety and interest of our countrymen may be
endangered by the least irregularity ; and we hope
that his Highness, before his departure from Cairo,
will acquaint us, either directly or through your
Excellency, with the measures which he takes for the
government of the country during his absence.
(Signed) " LAURIN, for Austria.
LAVULLETTO, for France.
STODDARTi_ Great Britain.
WAGNER, Prussia.
SAIK, Russia."
Answer of Artim Bey to the Consuls of the Five
Powers at Alexandria :

"August 2, 1844.
" Said Pacha has arrived from Cairo. The Viceroy
having seen the joint note of the Consuls-General,
said, Return immediately to Alexandria, and tell
Artim Bey to make the Consuls-General easy with
respect to the tranquillity of the country; remain
yourself at Alexandria, while Ibrahim Pacha shall
send to Cairo, where I shall hold a council; the
matters to be discussed there relate to the internal
administration of the country, and must be con-
sidered by me and my servants. If Igo to Mecca
I shall take such measures as circumstances require,
and they shall be immediately communicated to the
Consuls-General. My health does not permit me to
receive them, and I request them to remain at
Alexandria.' "