The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

ALIfICANDRIA, AUG. 19.—After the infliction of the
fines upon the several members of the Council at
Cairo, by which Mehemet Ali increased his finances
by upwards of 250,000 dollars, his Highness seems
to have thought no more of this matter, and left the
capital for Alexandria, where he arrived in the after-
noon of the 9th inst., amidst the firing of guns from
all the ports in and about the town, and all the ships
of war in the harbour, Egyptian, French, and Eng-
lish. Some preparations had been made for the re-
ception of his Highness, but, on consideration,
it was decided that nothing particular should
take place, as he might have taken it amiss. The
day after his arrival the Viceroy received all the
grandees of the place, the Consular and European
merchants, with whom he conversed as on ordinary
occasions. His Highness was not looking very well,
but is now recovering fast; he has resumed his usual
habits, and all is again perfectly quiet.
It now appears that the only cause of Mehemet
Ali's excessive ill-humour, which made him leave
Alexandria 30 suddenly for Cairo at the end of last
month, was the conduct of several members of the
Council at Cairo, who had taken some measures with
regard to the government of the country without
his authority, and without informing him of what
they had done, and his Highness did not seriously
mean what he said before his departure about resign-
ing and going to Mecca.
Sami Pacha, Mehemet Ali's private secretary and
constant attendant, leaves to-morrow by the French
steamer Le Caire from Malta and Lucca, where he is
to take the mineral baths fur the benefit of his health.
This old and experienced man enjoys the fullest con-
fidence of the Viceroy, and his Highness's parting
with such an able counsellor tends to show that he
does not meditate any change for the present.
The Viceroy has during the last few days dis-
patched the greater part of his ships of war, with
ample funds, to the coast of Asia iNlinor, to pur-
chase horned cattle and horses for Egypt. Most of
the ships have no guns at all on board, and the re-
mainder very few.
On the 13th the French steamer from Syria
arrived here with 157 passengers, mostly Turkish
pilgrims proceeding to Mecca. Amongst the passen-
gers from Constantinople was his Excellency Mazloum
Bey, Minister of Justice and Charge d'Affaires of
the Viceroy of Constantinople, sent here by the
Sultan to investigate the state of affairs in Egypt ;
but, as he found all quiet, he returns to-morrow to
Constantinople in the Nile. The Viceroy has made
him several handsome presents, and sends 16 horses
to the Sultan.

Her Majesty's ship Belvidere left this port at day-
break on the 9th instant, for Malta, towed out to
some distance by her Majesty's steamer Geyser. This
frigate made a very short stay here, having arrived
only late on the previous evening.
The two annual fairs of Tautah and Sheik Ibrahim,
which take place at this season in the Delta, have been
exceedingly well attended this year. It has been
computed that at the Tautah fair there were no
fewer than 120,000 persons assembled, and a very
large amount of business has been transacted there.
On the 17th instant the dam that closes the
mouth of the canal of Cairo was cut. This ope-
ration is done when the Nile has risen sufficiently
high for the Government to proclaim that it has
attained the sixteenth cubit of the Nilometer. In thij,
however, the people are always deceived, for there is
an old law that the land-tax cannot be exacted unless
the Nile rises to the height of sixteen cubits of the
Nilometer, and the Government thinks it proper to
make the people believe as early as possible that it
has attained this height. The period when the com-
pletion or abundance of the Nile is proclaimed is
when the river has actually risen about twenty or
twenty-one feet in the neighbourhood of the metro-
polis, which is generally between the 6th and 16th
of August; that is, when there yet remain, of the
measure of a moderately good rise in the neighbour-
hood of Cairo, three or four feet.
The schooner Emmeije arrived here on the 16th
inst. from Beyrout, which place she left on the 10th.
The Turkish fleet was still in the Bay of Beyrout.
The country all about Nahlous was in a very dis-
turbed state, and the Turkish Government appears not
to have the power to maintain peace in those districts.

A CCIDENT:—A shocking accident happened on
Wednesday night last, at the Dereham Theatre, to Mr.
Dillon, one of the performers. He had just com-
pleted his dress for the character he had to repre-
sent, and was preparing to leave the dressing-room,
when he approached too near a lighted candle, and
was instantly enveloped in flames. He ran towards
the stage and was observed by some of the
audience, who rushed forward and endeavoured, by press-
ing upon him, and covering him with such things as were
at hand, to extinguish the flames, in which they did not
succeed till he was so seriously burnt that be now lies in
a very precarious state. A gentleman with great pre-
sence of mind stepped forward and announced that no
further danger was apprehended, and happily prevented
any sudden rush to the doors.—Norfolk Chronicle.
Tnil BRITISH ASSOCIATION Tx Yenta.— The
, general subscription fund for the approaching meeting
of this scientific association has already reached a sum
, exceeding 900/. It is exclusively appropriated for
covering the expenses at York, in which city the an-
nual meeting is to take place on the 26th of next
month. Earl Fitzwilliam is a contributor of 1001. ;
and among the subscribers are the Archbishop of York,
50/.; the Earl of Zetland, Lord Feversham, Lord Wen-
lock, and Sir John F. B. Johnstone, Bart., M.P., respec-
tively 25/.; Viscount Morpeth, 201; the Bishop of Ripon,
Lord Hotham, M.P., Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, M.P.,
Hon. 0. Duncombe, M.P., Sir Edward Vavasour, Bart ,
Sir W. B. Cooke, Bart., Sir Thomas D. Legard, Bart.,
Sir George Cayley, Bart., Sir J. H. Lowther, Bart.,
M.P., Mr. H. R. Yorke, M.P., Mr. H. Warburton, M.P.,
Mr. A. Lawson, M.P., and Mr. H. Broadley, M.P.,
have each transmitted donations of 101.—Hull Advertiser.
EXPLOSION OF Two STEAM-ENGINE BOILERS,
NEAR NEWCASTLE.—A most alarming accident oc-
curred on Wednesday morning at the extensive iron fur-
naces of T. Firmstone, Esq., at Little Madeley, near
Newcastle-under-Lyme, by which one man lost his life,
and property to a considerable amount was destroyed.
The cause of the calamity was the bursting of two steam-
engine boilers. At about seven o'clock, both the boilers,
almost simultaneously, burst with a tremendous explo-
sion, filling the air for some distance around with the
shattered fragments, and vast quantities of bricks and
other materials. The utmost alarm was naturally ex
cited on the works, the men running in all directions for
safety. Great fears were at first entertained that
the loss of life would be considerable, as from twenty to
thirty persons were about the spot at the time of the ex-
plosion. A number of cottages adjoin the works, which
are occupied by the workmen, and out of them women
were observed running in all directions, anxious to as-
certain the fate of their husbands or relatives ; happily,
however (and it was considered little less than miracu
lous) only one individual received fatal injury, although
many had remarkable and hair-breadth escapes. The
unfortunate man whose life has been sacrificed, is Charles
Mayer. He was observed by the engineer, Thos. Rhodes,
in the slack-hole putting coal on the fire, scarcely a mi-
nute before the explosion. His mangled remains were
found amongst the ruins a few yards distant from the
place where he was last seen, and when picked up life
was quite extinct.—Leeds Times.
We are happy to learn that Mr. Whittle Harvey's
Committee of the Greenwich Proprietors has succeeded
in completing an arrangement with the South-Eastern.
We will not anticipate the meetings which are about to
take place on this subject, but we may state, for
the information of those who are interested in
the matter, that the result of the arrangements
will be to give to the ordinary shareholders, after
discharging all outstanding liabilities for the first ten
years, an average dividend of something more than
per share; and after that period in perpetuity nearly
12s. Taking money at 4 per cent., this would
make the share worth 111, now increasing to
15/. ten years hence ; taken even at 5 per cent. the
present value would be 94 increasing to 121. In
any case the value of the shares must be regarded as
considerably raised by the new arrangement. The old
preference shares stilt receive, of course, 5 per cent., but
the securities for all will henceforth be identical, the
whole becoming, as it were, preference shares, guaran-
teed by the South Eastern, at the rates we have men-
tioned. The proprietors are, we think, to be congratu-
lated on the arrangement.—Railway Chronicle.
J. TRAVERS, Est.—The will of the late J. Travers,
Esq., has been proved in the Prerogative Court, by
Maria Travers, widow, J. L. Travers, Esq., J. I. Travers,
Esq , the sons, and S. Amory, Esq., the executors. The
property is sworn under 70,000/. The will is dated in
1843, and gives Clapham Park (the residence of Mr.
Travers;, plate, furniture, carriages, horses, &c., to his
wife, Mrs. Travers. He also gives her the use of the
habitable part of the house in St. Swithin's-lane, where
his business as a wholesale grocer is carried on, and a
legacy of 1,000/. His stock in trade, and business he
gives to his sons, above-named, and makes a suitable
provision for all his children (fifteen in number) except
his son Joseph, who is excluded from all benefit under
the will, having been already provided for by his father
in his lifetime. He directs that his shares in the Assam
Company may not be sold till the year 1850. He gives
to the Unitarian Chapel, EtTra-road, Brixton, 250/. To
his executors, and such of his brothers and sisters as
shall be living at his death, 51. each for a ring. These
are the only legacies of interest, and the remainder of
his large property is bequeathed to his wife and children.
DOVER, AUG. 30.—The new iron steamer Princess
Mary, recently placed on the Ostend station, hence with
a mail on Sundays and Thursdays, left Dover harbour
yesterday at ten o'clock, with one carriage and 118 pas-
sengers: this day she returned from Ostend with two
carriages and 82 passengers, and after an extraordi-
nary quick passage thence saved the tide into Dover
harbour, This is a feat never yet before accomplished
by any steam-packet on this station.
TUE LATE SUICIDE AT DEPTFORD.—The funeral
of the unhappy girl, Eliza Kendall, took place on Friday
last. The deceased was followed to the church of St.
Paul, Deptford, by nearly fifteen hundred persons, a
very great proportion of whom were females. The pall
was borne by eight maidens dressed in white, carrying
large bouquets of flowers in their hands. At the grave,
the surviving sister was so overcome by the solemn
scene that she fainted, and was with difficulty saved from
falling in upon the coffin. The three remaining daugh-
ters were suitably attired in mourning for the occasion,
which had been purchased with amiss raised in very small
subscriptions amongst the working classes in the parish
in which they had resided.