The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-16 00:00:00

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, JULY 26.—1 t is lived that owing to
a trifling rise in the inlet canal, in another week or
two the trade of this place will receive a fresh im-
pulse from the arrival of the new crops, and the estab-
lishment ofprices for the shiflik produce, under which
head may now be comprised nearly all the exports of
this country, as completely therefore in the hands of
the Government as before the abandonment of the old
monopolies.
The last mail took home a memorial to Lord Aber-
deen, signed by the majority of the British merchants
here, representing to his Lordship, that according to
the existing capitulations, they had conceived them-
selves exempted from all direct interference on the
part of the local authorities, but that the proceedings
of the Board of Health in an instance before their
notice, and the conduct of her Majesty's Consul-
General in refusing to interfere, had excited consider-
able apprehensions, while they were unaware as to
how far the Consulate was warranted in submitting
British subjects to the direct authority of the Egyptian
Government. _ _

With regard to the proceedings of the Board of
'Health in the instance referred to in this memorial,
by the time this reaches, the aggrieved party will
have arrived in England to obtain redress.
There has been an application by the French Con-
sul-General to the Pacha with regard to the transit
to Suez. The matter of the French Consul's com-
munication appears to have been without any refer-
ence whatever to the transport of passengers. or to
any French company established, or to be established
for that purpose, but merely that with regard to the
transport of merchandise. Of the projected navigable
canal between the Mediterranean and Suez, Colonel
Gallia Bey, has given in a very favourable report on
the feasibility of this work. The fleet are actively
preparing for sea under the new Admiral-in-Chief,
Said Pacha. Recruits are daily arriving from the in-
terior. The new French line of direct steamers be-
tween this and Marseilles will commence next Janu-
ary, and it is projected to reduce the quarantine of
passengers from Egypt by these steamers, to only
three days, if with clean bills of health.
(From the Malta Times.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 27.—The Austrian steamer,
from Trebizonde, which arrived on Sunday, the 24th,
brought no news from Persia. The Tatar had not
arrived. Preparations, were, however, being made
for hostilities, and Riza Kauli Khan, who commands
the Persians, had had a skirmish with the Governor
of Solimania, and had been worsted. This news,
however, demands confirmation.
The English and. Russian Governments have offered
their mediation in the Turco-Persian business, and it
will be doubtless accepted.
The interests of the Persians in Constantinople are
to be confided to Russia, during the period that hos-
tilities from that country menage Turkey.
On the morning of the 25th the announcement was
made to the public of the dismissal of 11. E. Arif
Pacha, President of the Grand Council of Justice.
Ile is succeeded by his Excellency Raouf Pacha, for-
merly Grand Vizier. Raouf Pacha yesterday went
to the palace, and took his seat.
SMYRNA, JULY 29.—The Frenth squadron, under
the orders of Admiral De la Susse, sailed yesterday
for Syra.
Captain Forbes, of the American corvette Preble,
died on Wednesday, 27th, after an illness of five days.
The Vanguard and Cambridge were at Besika Bay
on the 28th, and the Phoenix at the Dardanelles on
the 27th.

The Hecate had arrived at Alexandria on the 26th,
too late to bring any news from the coast of Syria.
ALEXANDRIA, JULY 26.—The troops have not as
yet been paid according to promise, although some of
the Coptic clerks and other Christians have received
aqua vita in lieu of pay, which they have converted
into money at a heavy discount.
Orders have recently been given by the Pacha,
that henceforward passengers' baggage in Egypt shall
pass through, without being at all subject to the an-
noyance or inipertinent interference of the Custom-
house officers ; that all passengers and their baggage
arriving by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamers from England, shall be landed at the Mah-
moudie canal near the Shouna, without passing, as
heretofore, through the city of Alexandria, by which
means six hours' time will be gained. The telegraph
at Cairo is, as usual, to announce the arrival of
steamers as well as the number of passengers they
bring—that a propelling steamer be allowed to track
upon the Mahmoudie canal station-houses and
depots to be erected immediately at Suez—the Lotus
steamer is to be repaired in the Pacha's docky-ard,
and when finished will ply again between Atfe and
Cairo. These advantages will be highly beneficial to
travellers to and from India, and are attributable to
the energy and talent of Captain Engledue, between
whom and the Pacha the best understanding exists,
and the Company cannot but appreciate the services
of that officer, so recently entrusted with important
commissions in India.

The Pacha has given large commissions, princi-
pally for machinery of different kinds, the selection
of which has leen entrusted to the judgment and
acknowledged good taste of Captain Engledue.
The three sons of the Pacha paid a visit to the
Tagus steamer, and expressed much pleasure at the
attentions shown to them. •