The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-04-10 00:00:00

PORRION INTELLIG_ENCE,

EGYPT.

Private letters from Malta bring additional ilitelligence
from Alexandria to the 22d of March, It appears that there
are some political relations between Mehemet Ali and the
Imaum of Sanaa, who is the Sultan of Yemen. An envoy
extraordinary of this Imaum went to Egypt a few months
ago, and had secret conferences with the Viceroy, the. pur-
poses of which are yet unknown. He returned to his mas-
ter, accompanied, on the part of the Viceroy, by Hussein
Effendi returned from his mission to Cairo, and thence started
at once for Alexandria, where he thought to find the Viceroy,
but not finding him, he returned to Cairo, and on the 13th
of March had a secret interview with him, in which he gave
a complete account of his mission. The Viceroy seemed
completely satisfied, and Hussein Effendi was again sent with
fresh despatches to the Imaum. It is reported at Alexandria
• that the presence of the Scheriff of Mecca on the coast of
Yembo, where the Bedouins had risen, has greatly contri-
buted to subject them to the Egyptians. The Bishop Fre-
derico Cao came to Cairo by the way of Suez, having accom.
plished his mission in Ava and Pegu.
The Viceroy has returned from Cairo to Alexandria, and
the preparations for war always continue. Tents, which are
intended for the four regiments expected from Arabia, have
already come to Alexandria, and powder and ammunition
are disembarked every day at Mahmoudeh, whence they are
transported by camels to the Government magazines. Exer-
cise is gone through both by land and sea ; 60 cannons of
large calibre have been sent to Aboukir to fortify that sta-
tion, and carriages for cannon are manufacturing at the ar-
senal. On the 20th of March Aly Gezar, an old Arab, was
sent by the Viceroy to Boulaque and old Cairo to form the
redif (militia). This man had been in disgrace for 15 years
for a quarrel with Solimai Aga, whom he attempted to shoot.
He was exiled, but as he was an influential person, the Pasha
recalled him to Alexandria, and said—" Old man, I have
made you a colonel, but you shall not wear the decoration
until you have formed a regiment at Boulaque and Old
Cairo./'

The Alexandrians have become proud of bearing the mus-
ket, and the colonels and officers are more haughty than the
Pasha himself. • The Capuchin priests cannot appear without
being grossly insulted. Ibrahim Pasha, from never praying
at all, has turned devotee, prays five times a day, and severely
chastises those of his soldiers who will not do the same.
The plague continues, and the doctors, notlully understand-
ing the disease, often fall into ridiculous mistakes. An
Arab, who had fallen in the street in a fit of intoxication,
was sent to the Lazaretto by the health authorities, and
though on coming to his senses he cried out that he was
well, the guardians of health would not commit themselves,
and he had to perform quarantine.
Accounts from Damas state, that the murderers of the Pa-
dre Tommaso have at length been discovered, but the details
of the affair are so extraordinary that it is hard to give them
credit. It appears that the deceased was invited to enter the
house of certain Jewish merchants, who sent his servant for
a barber. They all assisted in cutting the throat of the priest ;
his body was hung up by the feet, that the blood might flow
into a basin ; and his flesh cut into small pieces, and his head
and bones heaped up in a pile. These remnants were put in
sacks, to be thrown into the common sewer of the Jewish
quarter, where they were found. Nine persons Were appre-
hended, and seven, amongst whom were the barber and the
servant, confessed the crime. Some turned Mussulmans in
the hope of saving their life, but in vain ; five have been al-
ready hanged.
According to the confessions of the murderers, the priest
was killed that his blood might be used for passover bread,
according to an ancient custom of their religion. However,
the Israelites say that this confession is entirely false, and has
fo
been drama forth by rture, and that the government has
only wanted an exc se to despoil the rich Jews of their
wealth. A singular eature has been the violent indignation
of the Mussulmans of Damns, &c., at the death of a Chris-
tian. The strictest exercise of authority has been required
to prevent the extermination of all the Jews in Damas.