A FEW WORDS ABOUT EGYPT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 263, 24 February 1877, Page 3

A FEW WORDS ABOUT EGYPT.

A to t'-lO P*KY:r>Hiif, a L : .v. ;■{><.<>l najx-r. writing the a<lI vis.\. ; : : .i : ty »f Kaytatul EjJJ'pt. I t;:;i-'u.,'5 til'.' [\>tU>vv;i>tj rouiavk.-r: — '■Tiit: vvojufH «•<>.;upy a very interior, r.nb U» sav «U---it.iU:»l, |H'C."tii>n. In the Ji.uni-.ry tiu-y v/»rk ; :t the- SieMs. hut appear tt* W i.M.krit Hi»m t4cnemt!y as creature-* v.hr* are and therefore tolerated, ideat f.t tf'cnt v»''»ar Vwila which ci>Vi.n' the i, r aw r except tho c-y:s, awl give them a vt-ry P'Jatiyholy appearand. Thry aro situ pie ti-'utvs. s:<au<? »►? tht.-i:i W.ng mnob £vat.v;td and pre'ty. They carry uvi >>u t'.'v? head, t'f.nn brge at:»ttc Iii:r«"»»E wat r fcu tt:« vc-ry ssmaHtst article. [ b;vvusc-:tiv.-ur!! :t nitis" a farming- cake t f .n the hwt vcrAm-- a.* steadily as i;" it J wuiv a he-ivy rt:i"!-'. iti'?.-; d, th;-y s^cm (■..■► E.;: ur-aUs t<:> t:-:- '.ho- hand as v;e «?<■*, f >r it a trirl casTk.-i a t>;v.i.rt ia the hand, she | rahva cay 'inrut, pahu upt.ardX t> ttsc i s'lMi-tU r r and ti'.u,'. I>ca;'rf it. G-v-daTa piti.uros. ;.:iv t : out; the twet id*;a of this pcc-ihani-y. tiormtry w In a mtSen siats*, htdh movaUy and s<>c:aliy, and »>no is often renutided «>H Blsthop- Italicf's Ihtes : " ' Whets «vrry prwspact pleases, And caly man is vile.' " Truth b anknown, awl, from the Khei dive downwards, the people do not under-

sf.-.n'l. nor fbi thev b«-.li»ve, tr:atany man cr.n r. j ci. a hr:h ■.* J:very Turk or native ~,.. f, t : : : ~,] -f ;-;;-,- favor, or inilc.d or- ,-■ ;- r - : - . •;.. .;■■ 'b:: <-:■:; c •':•!. T.-.-re ■".*. j.':;;-.;'.. r.-.r; c;.n>'oy(d l.y Gov.-.rn-itt :.' :> f;«.ol lnaitv • f whom arc English; s>ut n.-ariy all r.rcV-econd or tlitrd in command—none at the head of departments. The consequence is, that when a Turk finds a European steadily trying to do his work thoroughly, and endeavoring to induce those below him to do theirs, lie reports unfavorably of him to the Khedive, and many are thus deprived of situations. TJobbe-.-y'aud spoliation are other popular methods of getting rich, and it is said that the Khedive is unaware of many of the horrible cruelties practised on the unfortunate'fellahs.' The bastioado and corporal punishment have no;r.i"ally been abolished. l»ut in private the ' fclla'-s' are fr.nfnliy beaten, with the object of cxtort!?•'_• money fnMil them, the tax-gatherer fveqneu''y tahitig oae-third more than the (Jo*.*:.■nrment rctiuir.-s for his own use. Lass y.Ttr ibi; Khedive promulgated a rlecr-e that anyone who paid six years' !::x»-.t i-i advance s'loull l-.avc a sort of hjase r>f i'.u; .soil S>r that time. Many * frihsh.--.' i-aiistd, with the greatest difiicdi.v. ihe nec..-.-.«-riry mom-y; but; this year tiu: "eider i:; that five years' taxes taiun .shall b- ivhirmd them, and the veai-Iv tax- ■• »■■-• I as u.«:ial. But how is t-drf dor-,.-; J Ti:,: amotmt.s are repaid in the woithh-s-j <MiveViHi:ent bonds, which the <h.vermmnt wiil not receive again in pavm, el of t : but demand gold. This wi!! '; : ve >-0..:,; idea of i!;e state of things. The A!•;■!■>. and people generally, are e.e.h-g the Ihedi.-di will occi;]>y the country: and, if iht't were done, the prosperity of* IvcyA v.-otdd da'dy develop. With si'eit a rcehh-s. unprincipled man as the Khedive at the head of affairs, and surrounJVd by such miserable debauchees as bis Ministers are. there can bo nothing Imi hopeless misery for the unfortunate native./a>.d utter ruin f«r the country. The Khedive is said to have Y2~> palaces for the use* of himself and his relatives, and • e h> si ill building new ones in the expensive manner, a staircase alone in one eod:i;g £'»il.UJ M O, and ho has also given £■>*;)'."» for a fan. This is a sample ])? hov-,- ihe moiuy goes."