Star.
London, England, 1829-10-27 00:00:00

STATISTICS OF EGYPT.

From the Courrier de Snlyrne.
The attention of Europe is at prescnt fixed upon Egypt. A French
Officer, who resided there for a long time. has communicated to
us some Statistical Notes, which we mean to publish in a series of
articles. The Journal du Commerce of the 20th July contained,
under the head of private correspondence, interesting details, af-
fording some approximation to the revenues of the Viceroy These,
which we now give, though nearly the same in the result, differ as
to the details. We do not hesitate to publish them, having reason
to be convinced of their superior accuracy.
The basis of Egypt forms, with the Dalta. a triangle of culti-
vatable land, extending to Cairo, and commencing with kattan
on the East, and the Lybian Chain on the West. The land, en-
closed by these mountains, presents, as far as the tropic, the fors,
of a narrow valley, which, in its greatest breadth, is not inure than
five leagues, and becomes gradually more narrow until it tetmi-
nates at Soudan. Here these mountains leave only a passage for
the Nile, which fm ins the great cataract.
The land of Egypt, capable of being inundated perinilialy
by the Nile, may safely be estimated at ten millions of feddans,
according to a measurement taken by order of Selina tee Con-
queror. in 1517 or 1518. The result then given was 7,200,000
feddans—the feddan being then 400 perches, arid the perch twelke
feet. At present the feddan is but 5.33 perches and a third. and
the perch ten feet. The revolutions which distracted this fine
country, j to the folly and the devouring despotism of the
various Governments which succeeded each other, uecessarily
obliged the inhabitants of the country to remove into the towns,
or to emigrate to Syria, for the purpose of avoiding the vexations
and extortions of which they were the constant victims. The
greater part of the cultivatable land was therefore deserted. and is
now confounded with the deserts. At present there are scarcely
tour millions of reddens under cultivation, though by opening the
old canals, the number, in a few years, might be increased t 4 ten
millions.
From the last census taken in 1827 by order of Mehemet All,
the number of families app-ars to be 780,000. Five to each fa-

mily would give a total population of about four million..—a smal
number compared to the extent and fertility of the country, aii.l
which, under a good Government, might be very soon douhl-..
Egypt is at present divided into fourteen provinces, each cont.o:
ing 36k towns or villages. Cairo, the capital, has 250.000 or 260.0.11
inhabitants.
The maladies which principally afflict Egypt are the ophrba:mi ,
the plague, and the small-pox. The first Is felt only in the tow, s.
The country is exempt front it, which seems to prove that the
effects of this malady would be greatly diminished by more ;Att.,:
tion to cleanliness. Against the plague there ought to be three
lazarettos established, one at Alexandria, one at D3lttiAtl, and thy
third at Catia, in the deserts leading to Syria. The introduction
of the plague might thus be prevented, for there is no instance of
its being brought front Arabia, Barbary, or Ethiopia. It is intro
duced generally front Turkey or Syria. Vaccination, if duly en
couraged, would prevent the ravages of the small-pot.
The climate of Egypt Is healthy and pleasant. ihe north-we•t
winds prevail during the great heats, that is, from May to the end
of August. and produces an agreeable coolness. The salubrity of
the climate is proved by the health the inhabitants enjoy and the
great age which they attain, though almost naked and miserably fed.
To judge of the capabilities of Egypt, both as regards revenue
and productiveness of soil, the best way is to corsider its present
state, in both these respects. The following statement i., we be-
lieve, correct. The revenues of the Viceroy have been estimate.)
at one time too high, at another too low. It wined be a mist .ke 1.1
judge of his riches by his enormous eapenditere for the las: few
years. He could not much longer sustain such an expmditure
without far exceeding his resources.
AVEIRAGE MAMIE Or TOO ZOTPILar GOVtRXIIENT.
Territorial Revenue on four millions feddans, at the
rate of 2 2.3 Spanish talaries each feddan.....Tel. 10,666,6,,t;
Capitation Tax
Tax un Date Trees 400,0 0
Custom Duties of Cairo, Suez, Cossir, Damietta,
Alexandria, and the Interior.
Farmed Revenues, Including the Fish..ries of the
lakes Mutinies, &autos, Heckot, and Faydune.....
Profit on Money coined
On Rice
On Seeds for Oil-making

On Flax Seed

On manufactured Flax for borne consumption and

exponation
On Spun Flax for exportation
On Cotton

On Incense, Elephants' Teeth. Gums, Sugar, Saffron,
Wool, Silk, Indigo, and other Articles, about ....
On Mats, Oman, and every thing connected with
that branch

On Beans, Barky, Wheat, Maize, exported front
Alesandria on account of the Viceroy, and from

other places
This is more or less, according to the external demand
by the sum of
On the same sort of articles sent from Egypt to Ara-
bia by the port of Cassair

1,•.00,0(X)

3,533,334
500,000
730,00 u
150,000
300,00 u

14000,000
250000
1,500,000

1,000,000

450,000

28.040,000

1,000,000

1,250,000

Taal Income
The expenses of Viceroy in collecting and storing the various
ankles of food, cotton. wool. &c. are more than covered by awrofit
of 12 or 1.5 per cent. arising from the manner in which the agent.
of Government weigh and measure the various product. when de •
livered to them by the cultivators.

FRENCH PAPERS.

From the Messagcr des Chambres of Saturday—Secola

Edition.

The ship Telegraph has just arrived at Bordeaux, front Valpa-
raiso, in 89 days, and the letters brought by that vessel confirm the
statement of the occupation of Lima, in the name of Bolivar, by
General Lafuente. The following are new details relative to this
event, which will no doubt be attended with important conse-
quences :
General Lafuente, formerly Prefect of Arequipa, at the period
of the Presidency of General Lamar, was intrusted by the Peru-
vian Government with the command of an army to oppose the
Colombians, who were advancing against Peru. Secretly devoted
to Bolivar, Lafuente did not reject the propositions which were
confidentialy addressed to him by his former Chief, and his
patriotism induced him to disobey the Government which
bad intrusted him with power, in order to acknowledge the
authority of the Colombian Chief. The Liberator, profiling
by the favourable disposition with which be found Lafuente to
be actuated, charged him to make the Peruvian soldiers placed
under his orders declare in his favour. This desertion having
taken place, the north frontier of Peru was abandoned to the Co-
lombian army. Nevertheless. Bolivar did not cross that frontier, but
be ordered Lafuente to mach upon Lima, and in his name to change
the form of Government. These instructions were fulfilled in spite
of the struggle made by the Peruvians in opposition to them. On
Ms approach to Lima, Lafuente found himself in the presence of a
large army which had come to meet him, and civil war began. The
Peruvians opposed to Lafuente fell, and the defeat may, perhaps,
be attributed to the misfortune which befel them in the loss of one
of their most skilfulChiefs,who was always distinguished for his in.
trepity. This Chief was a Frenchman, M. lloUett, a Colonel in
the Peruvian service. upon whose head a price had been set by a—
line- Curled away by his impetuous courage, M. Rol ett was un-
fortunate enough to fall alive into the hands of his enemies, who de-
livered him tip to the Colombians. On his arrival at Lima, Lafuente
re-established the former Government which the Peruvians had
overturned after the departure of Bolivar, and dismissed all the heads
of offices and the clerks. At the date of the letters from which we
collect these detail., it was nut known at Valparaiso whether tl o
Liberator bad arrived at Lima. We also learn from these letiets
that the road from Valparaiso to Buenos Ayres had for a long
time brett intercepted by the savages of the North of Paagonia,
and Mendoza was blockaded by them. The inhabitant.. aided
by a few foreigners, and some French travellers, made frequent
sallies in order to drive these ferocious enemies Iron, tSetr walls.
A letter from Vienne, in the department of Isere, says that her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Berri. not hiving met with her
august sister the Infant Louisa, wife of Don Francisco de Paulo,
took the route to Valence, where she found her. From thence
the two Princesses returned to Vienne, and they intend to go and
pass two days at Lyons, after which they go to Grenoble to meet
their Sicilian Majesties.
Their Sicilian Majesties, and their daughter the new Queen of
Spain, left Rome on the 7th of October. for Turin. Before their
departure those molest personages paid another visit to his Holi-
ness the Pope, and from thence went to hear Mass and receive the
Sacrament at the Church of Quatre Fontaines.

The Prince of Soutdzo, llmpodar of Wallachia, has just arrived
at Paris, The domiciliary visits to the booksellers of Paris multi-
ply, and are pursued with singular activity. M. Noel, Commis-
sary of Police, accompanied by some agents, went yesterday to
the shop of Mr. Samson, the bookseller, with a view to seise a
clandestine press and some prohibited works. The search, how-
ever, was not attended with any result.
VIENNA, OCT. 13.
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This morning we have received here the melancholy news that
the city of Trieste was inundated on the nth instant, after a very
dreadful storm. The waters penetrated into the highest part• of
the city, and destroyed a great number of magazines, especially
those in the port. Happily the catastrophe occurred during the
day, otherwise a great number of the inhabitants would have
perished.
&Alta.—The King, it is raid, having consulted •be Council of
Castile on the subject of the amnesty, the opinion of tooth it.is been
favour .ble to the measure. Nevertheless, it seems. there will be
restrictions to this benefit; for instance, the emtgra•cd Deputies
who maintained in the Cones the sovereignty of the nation will he
required to take an oath, formally recognising that the sovereignty
is in the King; those emigrants who have belonged to secret so-
cieties will be required to swear that they abjure their errors, and
that they will not belong in future to any society.
Yet, notwithstanding these restrictions, the King meets with
much opposition to this tardy project from the Count d'F.,pagne,
M. de Calumarde, and a well known member of the Can.arilla,
who has agents In foreign countries, all of whose reports tend to
alarm the King. and keep up the present division among the
citizens, for it is on this division that their existence depends,
Happily the Ministry has determined on :he affair of the Amnesty.
and (hate is no doubt that it will triumph over the Apn.toliral
party. It is seconded in this underrating by all the influential