The New York herald., 1871-10-20


GRAND CARo. Sept IL, 1871.
nlecai self-government be the basis OF republican
institutions the Khedive of Egypt has proved himself
. sound republican At heart well as q wise ruler.
By edct he has granted the right elect their
own municipal offces TO all the towns and villages
OF Egypt The terms OF thts extraordinary conces.
sion for an Oriental ruler) are as follows:-Every
land holder, whether Of one acre or one
thousand, has right to vote for the town
council, which council Is to apportion and
regulate the quota OF taxation allotted to their dis
tnct. Any one may be elected councilman
soldier priest, farmer or merchant-but he must be
OF fair repute and resident Of the place which
elects him. These councils In towns are to elect
the members OF the annual Parliament which
meets every spring IN Cairo, under the personal
auspices Of His Highness the Khedlve. To this Par
lament is submitted the budgets OF the different
ministers, and the amounts asked for are not to pe
exceeded under any pea without special legislation.
This
RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE
80 the people Is bold step on the Part OF Ismai
Pacha; but lsmail Pacha IS q bold man. Never
before has Prince vested with absolute power SO
fearlessly stripped himself Of or the essen
tial prerocatves OF despouc government has this
progressive grandson OF Egypps great regenerator,
Mehemet An. The Khedive believes, however that
TO keep pace with the telegraph and the railroad
one must move fast In this electric age, ana he
grants TO his people only what IN time they would
demand and possibly take by force. Ambition is
the vice OF noble natures, and the Khedive is am.
bitiOus 70 prove that II not king o crown would
well become him.
WHAT HE HAS DONE.
He mas extended his telegraphs to Khartoum at
1ne junction or the Bue and White Niles 200 miles
from the Mediterranean n fow aro
considered 80 remote That that intrepid traveller
Bayard Taylor exfolled himself as an African ex.
plorer for having reached 1t by dnt or hard camel
riding and long boating. The rail reaches now to
the little town OF Rhoda on the banks of the ME-
200 miles from Cairo and in brief time Will be at
the first cataract-the Untm Thule Of poetical
travellers. From there contracts are already made
with great English 1rm-0f which John Fowler.
che leading engineer OF The world and successor OF
Brunei, Is one-to run q narrow gauge road all the
way to Soudan, resting at Kharroum. Surveys
have been made to establish the practicability Of
LOCKING THE CATARACrs,
and il is not Improbable that less than twenty years
VIII see uninterrupted steam communication from
Grand Cairo to Victoria and Albert Nyanzas-t6e
grea. lakes discovered by speke aud BAKER
BAKERS ExrEDTiON.
The latter-nOw Sir Samuel Bakef-is at present
In the heart OF the Continent the head OF great
eXpeuluon, numbering TWO regiments OF Egyptian
Noops and thousands OF cameIs and mules to pro-
vide transportation through nese hitherto trackess
and almost lmpessees gilas: Asrstolere abandoned
20 the lion. the tiger, the elephant and the occa-
sional fQrays Of the no less savage and
bloody Turkish slave trader: The English
commercial papers Id past years Con-
siderately called 1t ivory hunting. but the ivory
was IN the mouth OF the unlucky Soudan negro,
and not the tusks OF mighty elephants. Bakers In.
structions to subjugate the Wild tribes who may
oppose his passage and refuse to come under the
dominion OF Egypt, and to also check by all means
In his power the continuance OF the slave razztas,
or 1orkys He viii also improve his opportunity to
thoroughly explore the great Nyanza, or lake which
he discovered, and solve the geographical problem
OF the day as 70 whether Is part Of the Nile system
or whether 1t forms the E6ufce or nna Of the
e0urces Of the Congo River For this purpose Baker
who is 4 patron Of the arts and sciences as
wei as a statesman, two steel steamers, carried In
sections, TO be put together on the lake by compe
tent engineers and steamboat men VINO accom- pany
the expedition. Among other
IMPORTANT WORKS
which lsmai Pacha has brought TO completion ID
the lighthouse system and Duoying OF tile Red sea,
In Oraer that the dcult and dangerous navigation
Of that treacherous sheet OF wuter may be slmpl-
ted and made easy even TO the smallest craft.
ONE OF THE BoLDESr INNOVATIONS,
though. q this 60 ahead Prince Is me establish
'YoUNG LADIES, sBxIHARY.U
This scheme has set all the old f02y Turks to nod |
ding their heads IN solemn dlsapprOval; but while |