The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-28 00:00:00

COLONEL BARNETT TO BOGIIOS BEY.

" Alexandria, 24th May.
" Conformably to the wish expressed by the Pacha, the un-
dersigned has the honour to submit to his Excellency Boghos
Bey the arrangement on which he had the honour of convers-
ing this morning. The undersigned proposes that the duties
on imports and exports may be executed ad valorem, accord-
ing to the declared value of merchandise, and of the produce of
Egypt. 'I hat in case the officers of the Custom-house should
have reason to suspect that the real value of an article, what-
ever it may be, exceeds the declared value by the merchants,
they may have the powers of demanding that the duty be paid
en nature. By this one arrangement one will facilitate the
execution of duties, and obviate, at the same time, difficulties
which might arise in fixing a just value between the money of
Constantinople and that of Egypt. The undersigned has
already made known his intention of proposing this arrange-
ment of his Highness to the Austrian Consul-General, and to
the Vice-General of the French Consulate, for their considera-
tion, and the gentlemen approved perfectly of the plan that he
has just now exposed to E. H. Hoghos hey, as a simple and
equitable means of avoiding the inconveniences which are pre-
sented in the actual state of things.
(Signed) " C. J. BARNETT."
BOOHOS BEY TO COLONEL BARNETT.

" Alexandria, May 26.
" The undersigned has the honour to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of the note that Colonel Barnett, her Britannic Majesty's
Consul-General, has addressed to him, under date of vester-
terday, on the subject of the arrangement to take place on the
manner of levying the duties of imports and exports. His
Highness the Viceroy has had laid before him a translation of
the note you sent, and has just authori3A the undersigned to
signify to Colonel Barnett, that the arrangement in question
has met his full approbation, and that orders have been given
to that Effect to the Director of the Custom-house, to declare
to him, at the same time, that the undersigned in stating in
his note of the 11th instant, that the cooa:nerce of the next cot-
ton crop will be free, so that everybody from that time is free
to make purchases of it in every part of Egypt.
(Signed) " BOGHOS JOUSSOFF."

,
" But as it results on another consideration, from the decla-
ration made by the undersigned, the 26th instant, that the
Viceroy has renounced, to date from the said day, to preserve
the monopoly, exclusive of the sale and purchase of cotton,
and that by the fact of these recent dispesitiow, the treaty of
1838 is now in full execution, and the Dii ector of the Cus-
tom-house has been authorised to exact the supplementary
duty of 2 per cent. on all the merchandise imported into
Egypt, from the 26th May, the undersigned is pleased to be-
lieve that the measures, which have been just expo!ed, will
completely satisfy the commerce, and will, without doubt, in
their adoption, see the definite solution of the question of Cus-
tom-house duties.

(Signed) " BOGHOS JOSSOUFF."
Circular addressed to the Consuls-General of Alexandria, by
H. E. Boghos Joussouff Bey, dated 31st May:—
" The undersigned has received the order to make the fol-
lowing communication to the Consuls-General : —Cireum-
stances having prevented cotton from being comprised in the
number of the products of the Egyptian sale, the monopoly of
which had been abandoned by the Government, under due of
the 23d of November, 1841, and the execution of the treaty re-
maining from this account incomplete; now some difficulties
have been raised to the additional duty of two per cent. by the
Egyptian Customhouse, the imports of which are affected by
this treaty. In order to put an end to contestations of this
nature, the Viceroy has ordered the director of the Custom-
hcuse not to require the payment of the supplementary duty
of two per cent., for merchandise imported from Nov. 23, 1841,
to May 26, 1842."
The following, dated May 31, has been addressed to the
British merchants of Alexandria:—

" I am instructed by her Brttannic Majesty's Consul-
General to inform you that his Highness the Paella has acceded
to his proposition that the import and export duties be for the
future levied upon valuation of merchandise, and in Fgyptian
currency, without reference to the tariff of 1839.
" I am directed also to inform you that the Pacha having
now 001.0 free the trade in cotton, the five per cent. duty
upon thsa impPrts Per):PPs payalsle from the 26th inst., but
that three per cent. sl4ty p t° he paid for goods passed during
the interval between the 23(1 Alovernbge 6f 140 year and the
26th day of this month.—l have the honour to be; &c.
(Signed) "J. L. STODDART."
SYRIA.

The Naha Times of the 15th says :
ot Our news from the Levant contains one important feature
—that is, the determination of the tide grc4t Powers that
Syria shall again be under the rule of a Christian Prince, At
least such appears to be the cause of the unusal activity in the
Divan. Of course the Sultan will or must give way. The re-
port of Selim Bey on the administration of Omer Pacha is
anxiously expected. We observe that the Smyrna Journals