Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-24

Egypt.

Egypt.
Mr.. Edwin do Leon, late Consul General II
Esypt, then member Of the KhediVe's Cabi.
net. and since the author Of we'll known work
on Esypt, discusses the Khedive's recent coup
d'etat 10 the International Review for duly:
"Thc stranger Who enters Egypt either g!
| Alexandra or at Port Said at tho mouth OF the
Suez Canal Is astounded at the imTeose works
and vast outlay M sde at either point. At Fort
| Said modern science and skill have ec,ompllsh.
ed that which King Cauu:e failed. aud have
compelled the sea to retire aud yield possession
of bis domain. Ofth uious of po1uds rs'
ouired to build those sea walls. create that port
aud cut the canal from sea 10 sea, Egypt oon'
tribulcd fully sl0 0OU,O 900, directly and lodl
reclly, besides lts supplement. the Sweet wa
ter Cssal from I.m.iia to Cairo. which c:s:
GI, 800 900 more. At Alexandra. the new
barber sod decks. which now 'qual any 10 tho
| world. and atfurl shelter aod sat to foreign
shipping, have already cast E3 OO0.OO0, aud
will probably ,reaohh, s5. 0OO.UOo wneo COM
pleted by the Eogsh Contractors, who
ba7s them in CHARGE with lien upon them.
About thousand miles of railway. and as many
| # .elsgrsph, have been constructed during the
present reign at an estimated cost OF ElO OOO.-
900, including repairs. A quarter OF q million
sterling has been expended on lighthouses
aloog the shores of tho MediteIranesu and lied
Sea coasts The introduction OF gas aud water
works into Alexandra aud Cairo, both OF which
ara now we'll supplied with these tRo neces'a'
RIGS, together wt tho sewerage, paving: an1
| i'm oroycmeuts in the latter cy, whose Euro.
pean quarter is now quite Partisan, having s)lid
blocks # shops and dwelling houses where ten
years ago we're mud buildings AID s,camo!e
trees of the Ez5ekieh. or o,ltral park, haVo
heen estimated az s3 1000 900 more. Inc
ktedive also established a h,et OF mprcnant
steamers to oily betweeo E-yot, Turkey, naa
Greece, the estimated coss II which WAS Hl,'
$40 O0O B.sidej thess dGe,t "utlays. the
KnydlVs mas redeemed about SOD OoO acres OF
| land. and dug severa! hundred niles OF new
Iirripatiog cauaIs, the cost Of which 10 mouey,
a we'll az 10 follah & ,sh aud bood, it Is lmpOs
| I, b q to compute.
| Thus much it is possible to pass to the
| Khediyr's credld, for these works are there to
sneak for themselves But toere IL an opDJsltc
| side to the account, wherein be does not figure
10 we'll. Ia familiar o,ayersatiou With the
writer cf this article, 'heee years slnc', the
| Khedive said II & .ctiveL (5peakiuE 10 French
as he always does,) Every man Is mad ou s,ue
one suhj-ct. My mania is for bulldog. + 81
uue mamie en- pierre. Ho might have added
that bis passion for the acquisition OF land vas
another of bis besetting slus. whether on a
| large scale 10 the way oil snnexiog Central Al
ricap juogIes and savsPes, or approprlatlng I'VE
nundrsd thousand acres OF arablo lsod tor han
self and family, though 1t must bs addnd thit
be has given up thus latter properly 1Jf the
ouroose OF paying State debts. His passion
for territory has cos. him auy numb'r of small
wars, as we'll as large one with Aoyasloia,
| while his Lieutenant, Gordon, is sill shpolog
and slaying in the Soudso, under his authority.
| The cost of the Abyssinian campaign must hsVs
been very heavy iudeed. His confessed Graz,
| for building led him into ereclog numerous
oalaces for himself and different members OF
/ his family, at immense cost, aod whIch Were
furnished With utter disregard Of exDeoss. How
mauy millions this taste has COS. hn 90 Ono
can tell nor even COL c.ure, but the sums eX'
pended must have been very great. lie has
also another expensive mania; namely,to enter
ca,uiug. He thus found use fJr mauy PALACES IN
Jrdiog hospitality to forslgu guests, from
1.-The Pfiace of Wales down to tho smalitss
3Ge,m,n or Austrian prrc,lings with NOR,
| ned,pree than pocket m1nCy, lendog them
steamers that they might pas, the winter up the
Nile. ard furnishing them with Drlnc,lV retl-
nnes. He even extended such fayors to bis oWn
foreign employees, who were lodsc1 10 palaces
and driyeo about 10 khedlvlal "a iioages. Dur'
ling the winter be gave fri lent aod suuDtuou5
| entertain to the fJr slgo visitors aud resi-
dsnts at Cairo, numbering Several Thousand
idnners and balls and splendid suppers sld
allowed tho young PRICES and courilers 10
y,l,z With the European ladies who attended
tint N. 10 very unorensal style.
He c,used not only fiae opera house but
also French tbreatre to os erec:ed at Cairo.
aud engaged Verdi to compose speclal onera
(Aids) for him. which was produc at CAIRO
with costumes (which must have cost pr'to s
raueom) made from deslgos futOlshed oy Ma
rette BaV from the old Lieroglyphs, aud pre-
nar.d a: Paris Ia bis mode cf lVnS, and
that of all the members of bis family. no bounds
g.re set to eztrsy4saut expenditure aud 9hoT.
"Nubar Pachs, the great reforming states man,
who Was the chief agent in estsbl'shing the Ju-
ticial T-ibunsls and representative OF tna ior'
e;gn IL ilence in Egypt ha. been dismissed and
his rival Cherif Pachs, the leader OF the IurGlsh
or relrogIsde policy. succeeds bim As prime
minister Eminenl as be is for ability. patriot.
am and personal purity, Nuoar hss had - Coz
tend against the ill.Will of the khediVe oy rea'
sop of his being an armenian and Cnristial
q nd the supposed repr' sentative CT Engllsh In
: : tusnce in Egypt, which Latter supposl!'on ha ~
rendered tho French iLf Isnce cold II no. hostile
20 him. Such q man OF course could had NJ
nlsce in an administration e1clu.Vely and jss.
% onsly native is, Mahonslsp. It's ca
h rious fact however, not generally kn0Wo, taa
a EQv pt WAS once Christian country, a'o re-
y msined so for term of two baIdfed ard at:y
line years tsrmiusting A. y: GID ~hea The fol J;
overs Of The Prophet invaded and occupied i!
The Copts boast that they were Inc pstmltlT. 't
Christians and are still sdheariog TO tneir 0ie
,sith' which does l o. disquslify them from hold
Or ,ng important Offices in III! the deoartnens 0
;tste. At the head of all which, under the soul
d. etat ars native mussulamsns. Hence. alsnousi
ruos.'s race and creed have doubtless sem S1,,
~ wsis ht in making him unpslatsoie 20 tne
i GIVE a1I him !, bs sympathy with English mel
10 and T English methods. ind his ,, active agency II
f,,tenine both on the couotry'
: Avoid the very appearance OF heat by haV'n
ID s.suaa stnrrd and kept until winter 8