The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-12 00:00:00

TRANSIT THROUGH .EGYPT•

TO THE EDITOR OF THE " TIMES."
Sir,—ln your c.:ltonns this morning is at letter fre°l
gentlemen, connected with the civil arid *miiitarY
vices, en route to India, complaining of the bad arrange'
ments made for their transit through Egypt, more Pari
titularly over the Desert; and really
great regret to me to hear complaints made, what!, °,
the other hand. the greatest possible credit is due, even
under the chief eireumstauce complain,d of, thee
tat gue and exhaustion of the horses, arising from sll
course of nature, over which human means can have
control. it is a sourc4'
In September, 1842—eighteen worths ago—that fear.
ful mortaiity, the murrain, visited Egypt, as it et.°i
sionally ever has done since the time of .the departure °
the I rielites from it. It was one of the standirl
pragues inflicted by the Almighty upon Pharaoh, ci
refusiog to let ihe children of ISraol.o." This fee.r
mortality ha.. tat . ten- t:qifths the
the cattle of Egvnr since that time. In October, 18'.c3
cot of the nuumer of horses in the Desert for the trot-01
of paoengers, upwards. of 100 died by 'murrain in that,
month, and its ravagos not only continue in variousKr„
of Egtpt, hut 0- puve the cattle that remain of t.'l-
-
usual stunina and strength.
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The l'a,;fia 'has lost upwards of 1,000,000/. sterling
enir,ei t, dfollte,laait.s, and huao ;, v.ithout nyjitiotl'lg
an:l otha. cattle,S pteu,C, r,
be,a constantly going to '1
ther parts of the Medio.rraneun, to Ft,
chase cattle for the comm purplses of husbandry,
homy f them die a few days after their arrival. 0
Under o'rcumstances like these, had the passenger!,
been aware of them, such complaints as have been wilho
could never have emanate:l from them against
Transit Company. Eighty ii,ssengeri, arrived at
ie
Alexandrian end to India, and uftwards of 100 at too
Suez end from India, on the same day ; consegoentlY,ii
cattle on the Desert had to do double work ; any
should lta been a matter of thanks, instead of °Zi
plaints, that they all got over Colt Desert, and eti,barr,
to and from India without one being left behind. 10
SO-, I think enouz,h has been said to exonerate tde
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Transit Company, who are doing their utmost, un
the Pittla's soul-stirring influence, amidst heavy lea
to oive setisfaction to all who pass through.
-lleg t, ardin the provisi,.ns, the murrain mill not 01-11
the cattle tat remain alive to gain ,fat or streng.eo, tl/11
therefore their merits arc lean, and do not look so Ne,4
as otherwise," and this will account for the ordie.4l)of
looking.state of the 'provisions: also, the great influx 80)
passengers at Alexandria and Suez (more than
would not allow of sufficient time to get them better ,
it never call be known until the arrival of the steamed'
whither there are 50 or 100 to provide for.
I beg pat don for trespassing so long on your cole°l
but. hop: this explanation will be deemed satisfacteri '
more than the majority of your readers.
I remain, Sir,-your faithful and obliged servantP„
THOMAS WAGllOl°'
Egyptian-offices, 34, Cornhill, April 10.

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MARKET NE WS.-( Yt:STERD- •
IVIE/LT MAR.gBTB.I.
SOUTHALL, APRIL 10.—For each kind of prime stoe b,
had a steady demand, at prices quite equal to those °tb,
tanned on this day se'nnight. Otherwise, however,
trade was heavy, and the rates were with difficultY 21,
ported. Beef, from 25,4 d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 45, 6i
Lamb, Gs 2d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 2'37;
to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. Supply—ileasts,
Sheep and Lambs, 2,621 ; Calves, 48.; I'igs, 39. to'
ROMFORD, APRIL 10.—Although the supplies offeriogoot,
day were by no means large,- the demand was, througho
heavy, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 6(1 to 43;
Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4d; Veal, 35 ;15to
and Pork. 2s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Sucking Calves,
288; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Milch
with their small Calf, 1./ to 18/ each. •
LEWES, APRIL 9.—Pr6ime Lambs sold freely ; other koO'ilicti
of stock slowly, at but little variation in prices. Beef, 6oi
2s .4d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s t 0
Veal. 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per Sibs.
Use'
SMITHFIELD.—Corse Meadow Hay, 2/ 18s fo 3/ ss; to
ful ditto, 31 5s to 31 lOs; fine Upland ditto, 3/ i 2189;
31 16s; Clover Hay, 3/.5s to 5l; Oat Straw, 11 6s to I ,ery
Wheat Straw, .1l 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade 1`
dull, at the above quotations. 4101
CUMI3ERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31105; -7411
ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 15s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 16s 1101
Clover Hay, 3/ to 4/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs ; leads
Straw, I/ lOs to 1/ 12s per load. A short supplY,
heavy amand. 316 P
WurrEcHAPEr...—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 16s to „pie,
useful ditto, 3/ 108 to 31 13s; fine Upland ditto, 31; to
31 17s ; Clover hay, 3/ 58 to 5/ 5s t. Oat Straw, 1163 -004
8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 Ss to 1/ lOs per load. Supply ,
and trade exceedingly dull. •

• CORN AVERAGES.
COAL 01
6E NERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF IsRITISH
For the Week ended April 1641. made up ftom the Repo:s.
the inspectors 'he iiltik.reut Cities and l'owint in Eng° ,
Wales, per Imperial Quarter
_sd. I Oats 2O, .14.1

BArley 32.. bid. Ryi
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P 3 eale .....
AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS.
Weeks ending WHEAT. BARLEY.I OATS. are. muss.

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1 i
March 2 —1
5' 2 33 9, 20 0 .."'5 3 20 5 31 i
9 '56 0i 31 6 19 1 33 • 9 31 0 31
16 ...... 56 3 133 3 20 11 33 8, 31 3 1 .
23 56 533 1 20 0i 34 1 31 g 311
w ...
April 6 55 5 32 10 :.0 1I 33 9..30 11 .0
(NI rEKIA t. A Gr. ItEGATE AVE KA GTE OE THE SIX tr d
Wneal.. ..... .. 55. Id 4 Oats
.Irle• 33 11l 1 Rye
DUTIES ON rOKEIGN CORN. n 6,11,4
Wheat .........16s. 0,1.1 Oar, ..... —.. 6, 0,1.1 11ea1m.•....••1 pr
Barley ......".. 5,. Od. i !lye .... 9-. 6d.1 Peasse 4,........19

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PORTSNIOUTHi APRIL 9.—Her Majesty's 5011
Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole, arrived this. afternoon wit?
Malta, which she left on the 22d February, in companYola
the Malabar, 72, Car ain Sir George Sartorious,- whic,oot°
parted company and went to Gibraltar, and the Areri-;,,
Lisbon, where she remained four .Uys, leaving in the sitcl,°
on the 28th ultimo, the Albion, 92, Captain.Lockyervge;
French brig of war. It had been expected that the
would go to Sheerness to be p,lid off ; but she is orderef tlO,
be kept ready for immediate service. The payment c'efis'
naval half-pay commenced this day, to the Several class
hei Majecitv's dockvard.—Brigliton Gazette.
the 10
TIIE MUSTARD TREE OF SCRIPTURE.--At
meeting of the Asiatic Society, Professor Rovle read
_par 14
in which he stated that he had " traced an Indian 0;4,,
its Asiatic synonyms. to be the mustard tree of Sceitd trt
It is called kharjal, the Arabic word for mustard; a," psl.;
tree is found in the north-west of India, and has aelldidei,
and edible berries. It droops like a willow, and has •Itici.
similar to those of the Salvadora Per:ica-of botanists, i're,
Dr. Royle feels no doubt is the mustard tree of ScriPlias4
Curious POETICAL TITLE DEED.—The 1)110 coo,
curious poetical title deed was granted. by William Of ito
queror to an ancestor of the late Marquis of Hastings'po,s;
copied verbatim from the original grant; which was led
session of .his Lordship's grandfather, who posse sa,
estates in Yorkshire, on which he built the noble
called Raw_ don Hall :
"Concessum ad Paulum Rovdon.
" I William King, the third yere of my reign,
Give to thee Paulvn ROydon Hope and Hapetow..,
With all the boun-,ds both up and downe,.
From Heaven to yerthe, from yerthe to h-1,
• For thee and thyn, there to dwel,
As truly as this King right is myn,
For a Crosse bowe and a harrow .
When I sal come to hunt on Yarrow • •.
And in token that this thing is sooth,
I bit the whyt wax with my tooth,
Before Meg, Maud, and Margery, •
tO
And my thurd sonne Henry. Ailge
HERONS.—This heronry is a noble appen"
the Park (Win sor), and any Monarch might
proud of it, as well as the trees on which the nes the
o
built. As I am not aware or. there being na(lrftis
Pleven or twelve heronrit s loft in this Country,
_se
be hoped that every care will be taken of the 0:1'4
erred to. Severa pena!ties were formerly imrseteli°f:
any person killing a heron ; and I lei
that the laws enacting them have not been rePeail f
at preseitt we find ht-rons amongst the trophies4;st o_,
by keepers upon some stunted oak- free, in the nitiolaF,,
magpies, jays, owls, arid polecats, although the 4,,ec1i1)
they do to fish-ponds is comparatively trifling. 010
as they chiefly d!., upon frogs, snails, „water-rsit;,o
Small eels. In the breeding season, when they
,c 1: I 0
.provide for their ravenous young, they may at' '914
Lrger &Al of fish, but the interest 'which mutt ittt tve
be attached to this royal bird, connected as it is ht toy
chivalry and anci,nt Fp.,rts of tWs country, rug 0'1,7
=tifficif.ut to protect it from wanton d structio„" fee
lently of its own wild and picturesque character.'
Scenes qnd Tolev of (ltiuntry Life.
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BIRTHS. of 11
On the 12th of Feb., a ISeeunderabad, the ladY„s-
Wilby, Esq., of the 4th or Kin's Own Regiment, of
On the Bth inst., at Yately Lodge, Hants, the la"'
John Murton, Esq., of a daughter. rde°
On the 9th inst., in Stanhope-street, Hyde-par".`fg ie.
the lady of Captain Bishop Culpeper, of a son and Dols`"
On the 9th in t., at Windsor, the lady of Captain 1J
Scotch Fusilier Guards, of a son.
MARRIED. . mkst f 1,6
At St. Martin's Church, the Earl of Aboyne, en',
the Marquis of Huntley, to Mary Antoinette, only pot
daughter of the Rev. P. W. Pegus and the Countess el'
of Lindsey. All 4
On the 9th inst., at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields,
ander Cadotte, of Sandwich, 'tipper Canada, to Si.' 9'9,0
daughter of Mr. Henry Haynes, of George-streett
square.
On the 9th inst., at St. John's, Paddington, Frs" to f(
fourth son of the late General Sir Samuel Hawker' fs(l'
Anne, eldest daughter of the late Henry Viga°' gt•'
Church-ltifl, altharnstow.
On the.9th W
inst., at Brighton, Sir John Dean Flivottagi,
of Rodborough, Gloucestershire, to Elizabeth,
daughter of Samuel, late Lord Bishop of St. Asalk.----
to

DIED. V
On the 25th of January, at Colpetty, in the Islaa-A ,e f
of ii
John Michael Staples, member of the Hon. ale) 01'
e
coin's Inn. asrir?
On the 3d of February, at Neemuch, East Indiair,iii
the wife of Adam Keir, M.D., Hon. East India
I"- old
Service. • • lt0
pi
On the 29th ult., at Hastings, the Rev.
Edvra coiollej
Milford, aged 82. 0
On the 31st ult , at Blandford, Dorset, Lieutenant-
,or
Samuel Cleaveland, late of the Madras Artillery.
On the sth inst., at -Tremains, Glamorganshire'
fir
Alicia, wife of Richard Lewellin, Es t., of Trernains..e.oal
On the 6th inst., at the. Parade, Harleyford-road, P. f,
ton, Charles Dimes, Esq., aged 72. e Ve'r.
On the 6th inst., at Rose-hill, Chesterfield, th at ,
Heathcote, aged 82. aced fslle':
On the 7th inst., at Ventnor, Mr. Charles DixtiiiSr's %,10
On the Bth inst., at Clapham-common, Ja—eof 1/'
youngest son of the late Alexander Gibb, DK' . I(
°I
'
row, Milk-street. lt.
A tri
On the Bth inst., Frederick Thomas, eldest 5011 IV'
Nash, Es.., of Birchanger, near Bishop Stortford. - . G ,
On the Bth inst., Susanna, the wife of Charles ttioin
Esq., Hemel H, m?sted raW
On the sth inst., at Finchley, Lieutenant-Gene dell.
Salvin, aged 86. q,
• 1 ieeecl7
On the sth inst., at Walworth, Charles 'Dame f a
At his scat in Dorsetshire, General John Michel,

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