The Sun. — 1846-10-09 (London, England)

SEPT. 23.—The lion. East India Company's ,ti ainer Si miramis arm( dat Suez n the morning ti:e 221 ins•ant, with the Bombay mail of the 27th of August, and thirteen passengers ; she met with very bad vt either on her way up.  Lieutenant Wrighornls 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 fire 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'clock 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 celeste, znd 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. Freshfield, 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 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 had written to deliver it to a Mr. Dupont on his paying for the cost. No application for it has been made, and it is not likely that it will be claimed at all, now that the whole transaction has come to light. It is presumed that Thornton, aided, no doubt, by some confederates, intended to come to Egypt with the necessary implements, and quietly carry out his design in Cairo, where the note: might have been forged in perfect security, to be afterwards circulated in India 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. He had 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 land. There has-been another skirmish at Aden. A body of 5,000 Arabs attacked the town in broad daylight, but being repulsed they were:. boon compelled to retire with asever.e loss in killed and wounded.