The New York herald., 1879-08-07

tho European builder had an opportunity to indulge
in the worst Of modern art. This was evidently the
diyan and state palace OF ola Mehemet All. On the
lik now used TOR all state ceremonies.
II is gadi.y ornamented and contains one enormous
hall known US the Sale cs Firmans This old bui d.
ing has been kept as being part of the State prop
erty and also being useiul in of emer-
uency. Looking northward IRON the Citadel win
doys we see away out in the desert three large piles
OF buildings. These also belong to the family. and
were for a while occupied. Close by them and to
the left of Abbasseh road is very neat little palace
and garden belonging to the khedives 1t is
opposite to large infantry barracks. During the ad-
Illustration of "A famous War Minister the sum
OF S90000O was carried in the accounts
repairs OF the said infantry barracks. The truth
wcs that Zalaranna the establishment opposite. had
been entirely rebuilt The soldiers quarters were
repaired to the extent OF coat OF whitewash. Far
out. about six miles away, is Coubah the former
residence of the reigaing Khedvc. 1t is surrounded
by we'll kept gardens. but never a very expen-
siye pile. There few others of less note but
not very costly. II is tho palaces of Gzeh and the
new ones in Cairo that caused such lavish expend-
lures Alexandria has also its complement OF Khe-
dival quarters-some dozen or SO. At each OF the
prominent seats OF government We hnd some stately
pile Of buildings smiling gayly at mis- rable mud
huts surrounding it. Up the river at each of the
sugar mills it is the same story.
IsMAIL PAcHAs EXPENDITURES.
The personal expenditures of Ismail Pacha OF late
years undoubtedly led to his undoing. The
count that we have just gone through might be
called that of his household. We to
larger and more serious itepl-the sugar estates.
ISrShim paSha aatd set up few icy sugar mi mills lin in
conducted with great success Reasoning with
purely arithmetical logic. the Khedive de-
tion and add more item to Egypt's exports.
He at once contracted for $40 900 OF sugar
chinery. and TO cause no jealousies divided it fairly
between the English and French, paying out very
extensively for some new process, which proved
failure. Wherever there was space to grow cane
tall chimneys and immense buildings the
banks of the Nile. They all first class
mills, most of them with ;our sets of rollers Ex-
perience soon proved that was only with the great
ba brOu ST en- oh
to the mill to keep two sets of crushers employed
At one time there was employed at Bodah 5000 men
machinery was in use. Agricultural railways
were laid down. 1t was then found that the
tine land. During the high Nile all upper
Egypt is under water; the cane only rpened in
December, SO dykes were made to keep out the
water; the consequence was that the lands not
inundated and so became exhausted, no fertilizers
being used Of course these immense factories
quire oportonately large estates. When the mort
the Daira Sanich, estates of His Highness, it
upon 4s5,OO0 peddans or acres of lands, together
with the agricultural machinery thereon. Now this
large quantity of land could only be taken from the
feilah by Of the severest pressure. They
fro@ the propsrty Naturally the Working of these
mills causes complete disarrangement of all the
labor system for the cane must be planted and then
gathered.
HIS HIGHNKss' EccENTRIcrrIKs.
His Highness had to be served first of all SO the
fellahdeen were to neglect their own cultiva-
ton that the sugar interest might not suffer- The net
revenue from this source. after deductng expenses
was $3.000000. which. at the usurious rates for
money leaves veiy small margin after allowing for
interest the capital and for depreciation. This
partly explains the debt OF the Daira uniting to
Sal, ,OO0,OO0 At the time of his deposition from
power, besides the secured debts upon his estates,
smail Pacha left debts to the amount Of $235O0OO.
Some OF His Highness follies. like the sugar one.
based very sound ideas. only the working was
carried on beyond the capacities of the country.
His African expeditions though costly. much
potiye dur sear. The Abyssnan expedition. the first
nna IN
grab. Hastily conceived and improperly sustained
it resulted in the sacrifice of gallant The Sec
ond, to avenge the FIRST was still more lamentabe.
Ignorantly conceived in councils of Spleen sus-
tained only by the viceroy and his military evil
genius, against the advice of his officers, 1t was
hastily sent forth to meet with most crushing de-
feat-amost annihilaton. No man will rejoice
more than the Emperor of Ethiopia to learn OF the
downfall of Ismail Khedive. fs