The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-04 00:00:00

MEHEMET ALI AND THE ENGLISH

(From the Salisbury and Wiltshire Herald.)
Of the character and of the friendly disposition of Mehe-
met Ali towards the people of England we never had a doubt ;
but, for the benefit of the sceptical on these points, we have
now great pleasure in giving publicity to some interesting
passages from the communication, of a much-valued corre-
spondent, whose connection with the Oriental Steam Packet
Company of Liverpool opens to him authentic sources of very
important information :

" Captain Engledue, of the Great Liverpool, has just now
communicated to me some very interesting details of his con-
versations with the Pacha. You are of course aware that
Engledue went in gallantly with his ship and passengers from
Malta, after Sir J. Lewis had taken out the mails, and that,
in implicit reliance upon Mehemet Ali's promise, he an-
chored in the very jaws of his batteries. He tells me that
the old man is a regular trump ;' and infinitely beyond
alike the red-tapery of the whig-radicil officials of England
and the stock-jobbing gasconaders of France. Tell your
countrymen,' said the undaunted veteran, that I know it
is not the people of England who are fighting against
me, but my only two enemies, Lords Palmerston and
Ponsonby, who, after giving their assent to my con-
quest and possession of Syria, now turn round and
take it from me.' Boghos Bey, his prime minister,
told Capt. Engledue that the Pacha had been deceived
by the French, and that he meant to have nothing further to
do with them, but should look to the people of England,
whom he esteemed, and for whose alliance he was anxious.
The old man, Mehemet, had, through his glass, watched
Engledue's approach, and admired his faith, courage, and
confidence in his promises for the safety of all English mails
and passengers, which Engledue relied upon, though none
of the whips would. At parting, he requested Capt. Engle-
due to bring him out some English salmon, and some apple-
trees, on his next voyage, which, of course, will be gladly
done. Rather inconsistent though, some may say, to be
bombarding his towns at the same time that we are sending
him presents of salmon and apple-trees ! But the circum-
stance marks the imperturbable spirit of the veteran chief,
who can give a thought to such things when his empire and
his very existence seem in jeopardy. The Pacha most kindly
offered the Oriental Steam Company the use of his arsenal
at all times, for stores, or such repairs as their vessels may
require."

RAILWAY AcetnENT.—On Wednesday morning, as the
mail train from London was approaching Leeds, an accident
occurred which was productive of very considerable damage
to the carriages forming
humtrain, but which most providen-
tiallyantaie life or limb. It seems that
did no injury to
the
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was that, although the engine and tenden
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line of road, the whole of the carriages
route of the projecting fine. Of course they
in that direction ; carriage after carriage was
by the force of the engine which still
was
sontinued its
course, and as each carriage was pulled off it w
and greatly damaged. Great injury was also to the
rails, which were torn from the stone foundations anncf broken.
Some half dozen carriages were overturned, and the
passen-
gers were thrown out, but, as we have already stated no
of them were injured. We understand that the engine
pro-
ceeded two or three hundred yards before it was brought to
a stand. The damage is estimated to amount to nearly
£lOOO. The mail bags for Leeds were sent forward by the
engine and tender, and the passengers were forwarded by !a
train which came nil shortly afterwards. —L eeds Intelligeseer.