The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-06-25
Gleanings from Foreign Journals and Corr
respOndence.


rospOndence.
Lord Cough the commander of the British
forces in India, has been made Viscount Cough of
Goojerat, of the Punjaub, and of the city of Lime
rick.
The Liverpool Times considers it probable that
the repeal of the navigation laws will give great
impetus to the construction of sailing vessels of
iron, in the building Of which ii thinks no nation
can successfully compete with the English.
Lady Blessington died at Paris, on the 4th inst !,
after an illness Of only four hours. Her disease
was apoplexy.
The story about the discovery of gold mines at
Port Philip, Australia, is apparently confirmed by
subsequent letters. The accounts, however, at pre-
sent, are too vague to be much relied upon, and
further information is looked for with great interest
Mr. Bagby, Minister of the United States to
Russia, arrived at Paris on the 4th instant
II is stated, on the authority Of letter from ST.
Petersburg, that the Russian Minister of Finance
has requested the house of Rothschd to raise
loan of 3O,OOO,0O0 silver roubles
Letters from Cyprus announce that the locusts
had made dreadful havoc among the crops. The
greatest fears entertained that all attempts to
prevent the ravages Of these destructive insects
would be useless, and that this beautiful island
would shortly become almost desert.
From the European Times.
Egypt.
Our latest dates from Alexandria are to the 25th
Of May. We subjon an epitome of all the news
that is interesting:
The popularity of Abbas Pasha, Viceroy of
Egypt, is still on the decline, both with Europeans
and natives. The European consul cannot get his
highness to attend to business, and he has lately
had bastnadoed and exied Roostem Bey, general
in thearmy. Mr.. Murray, our consul general has
had great deal of trouble with the Viceroy in
| making him abolish the custon,-house of Cairo,
which is contrary to treaty; and the consulate last
week issued notice that henceforWard the custom
house of Boulac, port of Cairo, will have no right
of search over the merchandise and baggage of
British subjects. The French consul has also had
some disagreeable correspondence with the Gov
eminent regarding the dismissal from the service of
some French officers, whose contracts they OBJ
| jected to fulfil.
The two sons of the late lbrahim Pasha, Ahmed
Bey and Ismael Bey, and Mehemet Alis son, Ha-
leem Bey, who we're pursuing their studies in Paris
returned TO Egypt in the Ripon on the 7th of this
month, and have been well received by Abbas
Pasha, Notwithstanding that the two sons of Ibra-
him Pasha are anxious to obtain a settlement of
their fathers affairs, regarding which there is
siderable delay shown by the Government.
| Some of the ships of war that conveyed the 1900
Egyptian sailors, and 200 picked workmen from the
arsenal to Constantinope, to be placed at the dis
| posal Of the Sultan, have returned here. Abbas
Pasha is now pursuing with regard to his army the
| system adopted at Constantinople, and the troops
are 10 be enlisted for only five years. Considerable
| numbers of old soldiers are being disbanded, and
some of them to be seen begging in the streets
Many of these soldiers have served for 20 and 30
years; still they get no pension, and are to make
| shift for themselves. The authorities are so hard
upon them, that if their clothes are not much worn
| out they deduct their value from whatever may be
due to them for wages, some regiments being 90
months in arrears of pay; and even if their :" tar
booshes," or red caps, are in good condition. they
| take them away from them.
The army is in future to wear the Turkish dress,
| which is a mixture of European and Oriental cos
tune; and 10000 equipments have been ordered
for this purpose from France.
The breaking up of the old ships of war in the
harbor is continued without intermission.
Persia.
Advices from Constantnople give some details
respecting an alleged difference between the Per-
sian ministers and the French resident minister at
Teheran which, according to this account, has led
TO the election of the latter from the city. The sub
ect of the dispute is said to be commercial treaty
which was formed under the reign Of Louis Philippe
but not finally ratified before the revolution. When
this treaty was about to be ratified, the Persian
ministers being, II is said, instigated by the Rus
sian party, who were hostile to Count de Sartgues,
the French minister, refused to accept it, ii bore
the signature of the exiled king, and not of the
newly created government. The quarrel is stated
to have proceeded far that the Count de Sarugues
threatened to bring up the French feet from the Isle
of Bourbon and lombard Bushire, and has now left
the Persian territory, after placing all French sub
jects under protection Of the English embassy.
HAMBURGER, June 5.-A rumor of an action be-
tween three German steamboats, of war and a small
Danish corvette mounting six guns, said to have
occurred somewhere between Cuxhaven and He'll
goand, has been current this morning, and was
considered to have been of sufficient importance to
be telegraphed up here and posted on the Borsen-
halle. The account says that the three steamers
and believe also couple of gun-boats-fred at
that they could not say whether the shots hit the
Dane not but they certain that no shot from
the Dane hit them; and, being careful that such
should not be the case, returned as soon conve-
nient to Cuxhaven, as Danish frigale was seen
| approaching.