The Sun. — 1869-05-19 (London, England)

THE SUEZ CANAL.  Some important negotiations relative to the Suez Canal have recently been concluded between M. do LessePs and the Viceroy of Egypt. A treaty has been signed, defining the canal as nothing more than a great commercial enterprise on Egyptian ground, to be subject to the local laws and institutions. Every endeavour has been made to prevent the possibility of a political significance being attached to this great work. Port Said has been declared an Egyptian port, and will be subject to the same Customs dues as Alexandria. The plots of land skirting the canal are to be sold, and the title-deeds drawn out by the Egyptian Government, which will also retain half the amounts of the sales. The hospitals, homes, and other buildings, with the exception of those retained at Suez, Ismalia, and Port Said, have been banded over to the Egyptian Government. For these and other concessions a sum of £1,200,000 is to be paid by the Viceroy, not in money, but in relinquishing the interest of the shares which he now holds. The Fiance states that the Empress of the French will positively be present at the opening of the canal.  (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, May 1.  The railway accident on Long Island caused a strong feeling of indignation, mainly along the line, as the company arc accused of carelessness, but it has gradually, as is usual with us, died out, and affairs relapse into their old course, which is to sacrifice any amount of life to cheap rails, bad boilers, inefficient service, and the other expedients by which the companies save money at the passengers' risk. There was the Uselda coming down the Missouri River when she struck a snag, the rush of water into her exp'oded the boilers, the boat was shattered to pieces, and more than fifty were killed, many of them United States soldiers on their return from their Indian service. Two days after, the steamer St. Elmo blew up in Mobile Bay, killing and wounding seven passengers. But these are every, day occurrences, and tend, 1 fear, to add to the recklessness of life which has become an American characteristic. Mr. George T. Dalton, once prominent on our Stock Exchange, committed suicide last Saturday. He wan but 35 years of age, and leaves a widow an 3 three children. It is thought that heavy losses had affected his mind, and when in a state of aberration he got into a carriage from the New York Hotel where he was stopping, and directed the driver to the Manhattan Club House. On his way the driver heard the report of a pistol, but not dreaming that it proceeded from his own vehicle he drove on to the Club House at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Fourteenth-street, when ou opening the door the truth was revealed, Mr. Dalton being dead, with an empty revolver at his side. One of our most eminent physicians, Dr. Minturn Post, died on Monday in his 61st year. He studied at Columbia College, and after going through a course of lectures in New York and Philadelphia, completed his medical education in Paris under Dr. Broussais. For a quarter of a century he held the post of medical examiner to the Mutual Insurance Company. Another cage is progressing in our courts which reveals the brutality occasionally practised by officers of merchant ships against their crews and steerage passengers. The Richard Robinson, from Liverpool, recently arrived here under her Captain, William H. Robinson, and chief mate, Richard Hoffman, against whom charges of cruelty were preferred by the sailors. The vessel left Liverpool on the 2d February, and had to put into Holyhead for repairs, where it is alleged a sailor was drowned in his attempt to escape maltreatment. The captain fearing an arrest put to sea, and the ship, under his charge and that of his mate, both drunkards and armed to the teeth, became a charming abode. The captain, not knowing how the way had been smoothed for him, 1 had almost said to the gallows, by the proceedings of the James Foster, Junior, and other ships placidly came to anchor in our port, but affairs then took a very rapid turn, and he, as well as the mate, thought it time to skedaddle. But though the master and mate have disappeared the ship remains, and the tailors are prosecuting their action against the owners. The public recognise the fact that the employers must be made responsible for their agents, and if they select such brutal officers they will stand a disagreeable chance of having to pay for the injuries inflicted by the fiends as well as bear a share of the odium attaching to their acts. Secretary Boutwell has attracted much attention here, for his business being the sale of Government Bonds excites great interest. Bankers, brokers, and merchants visited him freely, fully discussing the subject; and his appearance on the Stock Exchange called forth the usual complimentary notices. He was introduced, and delivered a brief address, reiterating the assurance be has already conveyed that he would do his best to have the revenues collected honestly and expended to the national advantage ; and he was emphatic in his closing remark, that his attention would be especially given towards administering the finances so as not to embarrass general business. The large reduction in the number of employes is good proof that he means what he says about instituting economy, and his last remark is interpreted into taking action on the Sinking Fund Act of 1862, so your readers may expect soon to learn that the United States Government are purchasing in this market the national bonds. The effort at amalgamation between the open board of brokers and the Stock Exchange has been unsuccessful, owing to the indifference of the former. The special committee appointed by the Stock Exchange to effect the purpose advised the matter to be dropped at present, but think that the Government Department might be consolidated into the Exehange: The largest of wooden steamships built for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company was tried on Wednesday, with a large party of guests, includisg ladies on board. The America