The Sun. — 1846-10-08 (London, England)

AFFAIRS OF EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 25.—The Hon. East India Company's steamer Semiramis arrived at Suez on the morning of the 22d instant, with the Bombay mail of the 27th of August, and thirteen passengers ; she met with very bad weather on her way up. Lieutenant Waghorn's dispatch was conveyed from Suez to Alexandria in the very short space of sixteen hours and a half. The courier rode across the desert from Suez to Cairo, a distance of eighty-four miles, in five hours and a half, having relays of horses every five miles ; a steamer started at once from Cairo on the arrival of the dispatch, and came down the river to Atfeh, at the head of the canal, in nine hours ; and a horse express rode from Atfeh to Alexandria, along the banks of the canal, in four hours and a half. Her Majesty's steamer Ardent, which was waiting here for the purpose, got out of the harbour at 20 minutes to 8 o'cloek on the morning of the 23d, and as the English steamer Iberia, with the bulk of the Indian mails, sails only this morning, the Ardent will have had the start of her from Alexandria by fifty hours. In order, however, to make a fair trial, by which to test effectively the two routes, two steamers of similar power should start from Alexandria at the same time, one for Marseilles and the other for "Trieste, and the first dispatch received in London would prove which was the quickest route. In confirmation of intelligence received here from Messrs. J. C. and H. Freshfichl, the London solicitors, a package has been found at Cairo containing a large quantity of paper, somewhat similar in shape to the Bank of England notes. This paper was sent out to Egypt by the late Mr. C. W. Thornton, who committed suicide on the 29th of August in the Marylebone station-house, where he had been taken into custody been made, for having passed some forged Bank of England notes. The package was addressed to the care of an English resident at Cairo, to whom Mr. Thornton hpaadywinrgittfeonr ed Thornton, to come aided,to no doubt, Egypt with att the cost. deliver it is oict t tol likely application ) uipit.oorn: on his it tll be claimed at has all, now that the whcle transaction has come to bliyghaot.mo confederates, is the necessary implements, and quietly carry out his design in Cairo, whet e the note might have been forged in perfect security, to be afterwards circulated in India ofepdreersautmese,di nttleantd or elsewhere. The only mark at present on the paper is the name of Dupont and Co., engraved on the margin, and by cutting off this part the form of the remainder becomes exactly similar to that of the Bank of England notes. In Egypt Mr. Thornton was always considered a very honourable man, and the post he occupied at Cairo was one of great trust. ge bnd great talent in the art of engraving. Mehemet Ali is still at Alexandria; his highness intends to proceed to Cairo shortly, and one night last Week he suddenly issued orders for his steamers to be got in readiness to take him up to the capital, but towards morning he as suddenly changed his mind again. His Highness has convened a meeting in Alexandria of all the Governors and Sheiks of the provinces and villages in the Delta, for the purpose of adopting new measures for the improvement and extension of the cultivation of the laud. There has been another skirmish at Aden. A body of 5,000 Arabs attacked the town in broad daylight, but being repulsed they were soon compelled to retire with a severe loss in killed and wounded.  portion of Wellington 0 TFIE WELLINGTON oTATlJE.—Nurnerous workmen statuea ar e busily b y which employedtboof the scaffoldinglington was raised to the top of the triumphal arch at liyde•park-corner, but in consequence of the firmness with which the timbers were braced together, the progress is very slow. No correct. idea can bo formed of the general appearance which the statue will present icno removingo il )yhm it is full, exposed to the view of the public.