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London, England, 1826-11-14 00:00:00

ALEXANDRIA, SIPTIMBER 1.

The crop of Cotton will be limited this year, and it
is supposed that the whole will follow the direction that
was taken by the cotton of last year, that is to say, that
it will all be shipped for the Pacha's own account, by his
Highness's two agents, as these persons have divided
the Pacha's cotton store between them, and have fixed
each a press there; and, in order to prevent any appli-
cation from purchasers, the Pacha will raise the cost
price from 17 dollars per cantar to 18 dollars, and two-
thirds cf a dollar expenses, making 7d. and six-tenths
per lb. while the price in Liverpool is at and under lid.
per lb. The rate fixed will consequemly be prohibitory to
English shipments.
It is time that the serious attention of his Majesty's
Government was called to the close and sordid mono•
poly exercised by the Pacha over all the productions of
'the soil of Egypt, and to the constantly declining state
of the British trade in this country, in consequence there-
of. The sale for all articles, the produce of British in-
dustry, is now very limited, and goes on decreasing,
from thecircumstance of there being no staple article
that can be procured as returns.
It is ridiculous to suppose that the stipulations made
with the Sultan at Constantinople, furnish any rule or
security for the regulation of our trade with this coun-
try. The Pacha adopts just as much or as little of them
as suits his purpo,e, and any other stipulations that
might be sought for at the Sublime Porte, would be
equally thwarted by the doubtful allegiance of the pre-
sent Governor of Egypt.
The stipulations do teally guarantee a free trade with
all parts of the Ottoman Empire, but in Egypt, British
merchants cannot, as they affirm, exercise the privilege
to 44 buy, sell, and trade with the sacred dominions, and
load and•transf ort in their ships every kind of merchan-
t:l.e, at their own pleasure, without experiencing any
the least obstacle or hindrance;" for every commodity
that the country produces is forestalled by the Pacha,
who either refuses to resell at all, or, as we have shewn,
fixes such an arbitrary high p, ice as operates in the way
of an enormous duty, and effectually prevents the pos-
sibility cf purchasing.
When a I remonstrance is male to this forestalling,
the friends of the Pacha step forward and urge his
Highness's title to the whole lands of the country, with
as much confidence as if he had Acquired them by a
legal transfer from the' proprietors, or bad received
then by inheritance; but it is well known that thetitles
of the dispossesses' proprietors we not vitiated by his
Highness's violent seizure them.
M. Mengen, some nine French agent in this country,
and now receiving a salary ti our the Pacha, who has
written a pretty favourable History of his Highness's
Government, gives us an account of his Highness's first

introduction to the farming business. The Pacha had
taxed the Copts in 7,000 purses, " and not content with
this fiscal measure, he, on the 27th of March, 1810, as-
sembled all the Cachefs of provinces, with whom he
conferred during several days. After he had furnished
himself with every necessary information respecting.the
state of the country, he imposed upon the villages an
extraordinary.duty of from 10 to 20 purses. This im-
post was so oppressive to the Fellahs, that having in vain
had resource to their masters, numbers of them found
themselves forced to expatriate. The proprietors pre
sented their remonstrances against the measure—they
were required to exhibit their title deeds to be verified.
The most credulous deposited them ; and, under dif-
ferent pretexts, they were locked up in the archives.
The greater part of the proprietors were thus dispos•
seised ; -those only who had powerful protectors, -re-
ceived a moiety of their revenues from the Customs, and
Appaltos (Farms) ; the others were refused auy indem-
nity:'—(Page 344-5., Vol. I.) .
Then we have the invasion of the Church property.
"-On" thruther haneirthe-fsaie4.lke imposed xotaxxibu-'
tions De the Aloukzelians ; those nho were not in a con-
dition to pay, were obliged to send in their titles to their:
villages to the Deftardar"—(Page 374, Vol. I.)—and,f,
lastly, we have the consummation of all his Highness's
rights, by the dispossession of those who did not hap-
pen to submit their title deeds to his Highness's exami-
nation. " While these things were passing in Arabia,l
the Kaiya Bey at Cairo executed the orders of the Vice- I
roy. The Ist of February, 1814, he possessed himself
of all the landed property belonging to individuals to
whom be promised. revenues upon the. Treasury. The
Sheiks coming to complain of the inconvenience of this
measure, which deprived of their property a great num-
ber of poor families, who posiessed small portions of
land, the Kaiya Bey answered, that such were the orders
of his .Princt, and that he could not revoke them."—
(Page 13, Vol. H.)
The Pacha's attack upon commerce have been no less
summary than decisive. At an early period we hear of
his possessing himself of the whole merchandize brought
by a caravan, and lodged in the magazines at Cairo,
and only released them upon the payment of 1,000
purses..-(Page 193, Vol. L) -
From such beginnings, the Pacha has established a
" cosi detto" commercial system, the like of which has
not existed since the days of Pygmalion.*
The poverty and abasement of a people, suffering
under a system which is-not founded upon any regard
to their welfare, or their feelings, but which merely pro-
poses to pass the whole property of the country through
his Highness's coffers, need not be insisted upon. It is
only surprising that there should be any such delusion
upon this subject as that under which I observe some
persons labour. The reports of all travellers are, upon
this subject, unanimous. That the Pacha has reduced
the country- to an order and obedience never before
known, under Turkish dominion, is very true; and so
also has he brought about a forced cultivation of some
of the lands; but the circulation of all articles, and,
consequently, the industry of the country, has been stop-
ped, and the condition of the people is anything but im-
proved, either in respect of intellect, or of personal com-
fort. The land marks of property, which are iecog- ,
nized in all laws, have been daringly trodden down,J
and a sort of " brick-making without straw," is the
task-work of the miserable and degraded. Egyptian.
Here our compassion only is excited ; but, on the
other hand, our patience is tried by the unceremonious,
and, indeed, contemptuous manner, in which the Pacha
has trampled upon existing treaties, as they regard
commerce. He acts as if he were not a party to, nor
had any right to, respect them. The time may not be
distant when his Highness may openly declare this
principle, and shake off his dependence upon the Sul-
tan ; and it is to be hoped, that his Majesty's Ministers,
when called upon to accept Egyptian capitulations, will
not overlook commercial matters—for the question, if
put at issue at the present moment, would be, whether
British interests are to be entirely withdrawn from the
country, and British capital and industry to be excluded
from all participation in the commerce of Egypt?

• As he is represented in Telemachus.

LAW REPORT.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Novemas 13.

THE HIGHGATE CHARITY.-JUDGMENT.

THR ATTOINET•OENRYL N. LORD MANATILLD AND OTHERS.
The Loan CHANCELLOR this morning gave judg-
ment in the above cause. After having gone through
the whole case as stated before the Court, his Lordship
said, he was quite clear, that the inhabitants could not
call upon the Governors to enlarge the Chapel. It was,
no doubt, a very desirable thing that something or other
should be done, but all the Court could do was, to en-
force the Trusts. Upon all the points, his Lordship was
clearly of opinion, and if that opinion was wrong, he
should regret it; but hecould only say he had taken a
great deal of pains with it, and his judgment was, that
this was a Trust for the support of a Free Grammar
School, and that the Court could do nothing but en-
force that Trust; that the Wardens and Governors, as
Trustees of this Charity, were under no obligation to
enlarge the Chapel; and in deciding these two points,
it was theintention of the Court to conclude for to-day.
His Lordship then gave the parties a week to consider the ob-
servations le had thrown out.

wottastarr A sin DUKE or MUM%
On the conclusion of his Lordship's judgment in the
case of the ‘8 Attorney-General v. Lord Mansfield,"
Mr. Wellesley appeared personally, and addressed the
Lord Chancellor in the following words :
My Lord—Will your Lordship allow me to say one word? My
Lord, I come before your Lordship to request you will be so kind
as to as a day on which you will give judgment in the case which,
your Lordship must be well aware, is so near and dear to my honour.
His Lososuir—Take Saturday. I stated that I Would give my
judgment in that case in the course of the week.
Mr. Wellesley—My Lord --
His loin Dorm—Take Saturday, Sir.
Mr. Wellesley—l thank your Lordship.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 13.
• iIityNOLDS ussies.
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This was a petition on the part of a Solicitor of the
Court, who wished to except to the Master's repoft.—
The petitioner, Mr. Reynolds, having, in int gotieto
Ireland; neglected to take out his certificate; he, how
ever, took it out malady every subsequent year, and
having, in his capacity of Solicitor, conducted a east,

This was an action of assumpsit, at the plaintiff's in-
stance, for the payment of the price of cattle sold Joy
bins to J. Mansfield, agent for the defendant. The
verdict was found for the defendant.

Mr. Sergeant WILDE now moved for a rule to slew
cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new
trial granted. He apprehended the question was, whe-
ther the cattle were sold on the credit of Mansfi:ld him-
self, or on that of his master? There was no evidence
that the plaintiff knew at the time that Mansfield wis
acting for the defendant, but it turned out afterwards
that some of the cattle had come into his hands. He
(Mr. S. %%runic) therefore contended that he must be
held liable for 'their price.,
The Lora Cans JUSTICE, upon turning to his notes,
found that the defendant had never authorised Mans-
field to purchase goods for him on credit, having
always supplied him with cash to pay ready money. It
further appeared from Mansfield's evidence, that lie
had purchased some of the cattle for himself, and retie
of them for his master. His Lordship, therefore, re-
fused the rule.

•
imam V. CORAL
This action was founded on an alleged fraud prac-
tised by the defendant, who acted as agent for Messrs.
Goldsmiths and Co. merchants, on the latter.' The
plaintiff was a labouring man, employed by the defen-
dant in loading vessels with Messrs. Goldsmith and
Company's goods, at four shillings per day. By some
means it came to his knowledge that the defendant
charged Messrs. Goldsmith and Company much more
than be actually paid to the plaintiff, in consequence of
which he thought proper to raise the present action for
the balance, although he was fully paid the wages
agreed upon. One of the partners of Goldsmith and
Company was called, and deposed that they never ex-
pected that the defendant would charge him with only
what they paid their labourers; they only expected
them to charge as agent. Notwithstanding this, how-
ever, the Jury found a verdict' for the plaintiff, not
indeed for the whole he claimed, but for only 131.
Mr. Sergeant Wass trusted that it was unnecessary fiir him to
ttate any argument, at he was sure their Lordships would at once
grant a rule to skew cause on the bare statetneut of facts.—Rick
granted.

A letter from Lisbon,. tinder date of the 21st of Oe.
tober, gives the most flattering account of the present
Secretary of State for the War Department, Major
General John Carlos de Saldanha, a descendant of the
famous Marrhal Dann, and brother of the Marquis of
Campo M rivo, who has offered his services, and actually
gone in command of a small force to quell an insturse-
don in Algarve. If the Portuguese Constitution (ads
Brigadier General Ouseley) had but a few mote loch
firm pillars to support it, its stability might bid defi Ince
to everything that could be opposed to its progress : the
Princess Regent, however,is indefatigable, and Gen.J
Carlos de Saldariha says, his colleagues are good men,
and true; so that the happiest issue may be ex! med.