The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-07-18 00:00:00

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The Egyptian Crisis.

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ALQUIDILIA, Moodily maiming.

Limit. Jackson, of the Inflexible, who was wounded
In Tuesday's battle, died last night. Town mooh
quieter.

Admiral Seymour telegraphs at elght o'clock this
morning that the Tamar, Salamis, mod two irowolods
ere in sight.
Captain Seymour, a the Iris, telegraphs from Port
Said this morning :—" Canal traffic not as usual, but
vessels ars commencing again to pass ; some still
hesitate to enter.

ConaunTlnortn, Monday, Os o'clock,
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Lord Duflorin had a lesigiheoed intarview with the
Sultan this morning. His Majesty manifented • mush
owe moderate spirit than was anticipated.
A Daily Nero Port Said telegram says the Arabs
are massing troops and throwing up earthworks six
Mita distant. The Bedouins are in great foram in the
desert. An Mimic on the town and massacre of
Scropsane is feared. The Europeans are armed with
revolvers.

There le some prospect of joint action in &opt by
England and France. The expeditionary force froin
lfinsland is to oonstet of 21,000 mile, 5,30 horns and
mules, and 100 guns.
The Marines aro clearing the streets of A lezaadria,
and have orders to about down all rioter,.

—A/7147s 'We; -;17•1:;:b7ate- are -nib no-wn. He has
spread a rep..gt that the liatilieh oennot tight on lead,
and say. teat be wr aantbilate them 11 they giv.
bat
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It is feared that thine will be massacres in Cairo.
Almandria is still Minium, and sip mime ars frequent.
The city Will be Oatlrel. ommuned. It is said that
Arabi hat only 4,000 men with him. AOoOrding to one
report, he has lasso to flight, and his troops are
dii-
p.rain. Fifteen hunirsd sailors ars now on share at
Alexandria,

Durin—g-the bombardment • whole battalion of Arabs
were blows up in one of the torts.
Admiral Hoskins in the ren•lops has gone to Port
The vessel reported looted is safe. Entrance to the
Canal is again prohibited.
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LATEST NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.
Aucusoate, Sunday.
All the English marines and &galore from the Palace,
Arsenal, and other parts of the city were sent to the
hoot yesterday evening, it being expected that Arabi
would attempt to enter the city ; aed at three O'Olaelt
thit morning fighting took plea outside the gates
beyond /dohs:rem Hay. The extent and nature of the
lighting was nut known, and not much firing wee
heard. About 60 (hems& refugees, Including the
sisters anu staff of the German Hospital, being
!surrounded by troops and the fire of the liatlieg anon
close to the gates of the hospital, were obliged to
embark with the sick and march through the burning
town, escorted by 25 men from the gunboat liablulit.
Of thee. refugees three-fourths were women. .he
Inflexible fired • rocket during the night, and the
Sultan bore down to see ff any assistance was required.
At six the Helicon steamed outside. The Tamar has
not arrived.
Firing was heard outside the town during the
night. An engagement wee supposed to hews
taken Ohm between Raiffsh troops and EgYOO.B
soldiery. The fleet has leads no movement. Toe
American marinas who landed to assist in restor-
ing order were followed h 2 the Germans. To-day the
boats of other nations, except the Greek and Atudzoin,
disembarked marines. Eggligh reinforcer:tante we
now arriving. According ec, the eavtoite of the
survivors during and alter the bombardment bands of
morderers forced th dr way into almost egary house.
Arabi Pasha appropriated Alm® from the Conawr
home.
A report wee current here last night that Arabi at
the head of 7,000 men, with 30 field-pieces, was march-
ing on Alexsodria, Admiral Seymour, though giving
the rumour no credeaca, took precaution., but none
of Arabes troops Came into sight.
The great question is the restoration of order to
Alexandria The troops paraded the streets; the
sight was frightful. Many of the streets are blocked
with ruins.
The marines shot several men caught in the act of
plunderiog, but with so small • number of troops
available it is impossible to put a stop effectually to the
incendiariam.
The following is the story of the Khedive's escape
from violence : -About four o'clock on the evening of
the secondday of the bombardment, two regiments of
cavalry and one of infantry approached and formed a
double line, armed the Palace. The officers commend-
ing said they had been sent as guards by the Minister
of War. The Khedive said that it was not necessary
to form so close to the Palace. Al ter considerable
trouble and talking, he induced the &oldies.* to go to
the neighbouring barracks. Yesterday, beforeooming
away, bribery and other inducements prevailed, and
the regiments finished by offering to accompany him to
Alexandria.
During the bombardment Arabi did not remain in
the forte; his reputation, consequently, is mach
Injured. No doubt there are many deserter, among
his troops; they are reported as suffering from want
of c imaffseariat arrangements. The Khedive will
proclaim Arabi as a mutineer, recommending the
soldiers to go to their homes. It is, therefore, quite
poseible that the movement may collapse.
At the Palace they do not agree regarding the num-
ber of troops remaining by Arabi; some say that
they number 4,000, and others 10,0C3. During the
bombardment his field artillery remained 21 hours
without water; the batteries, consequently, were
nearly all rendered unserviceable. There is no doubt,
also, that the troops left the city in great disorganisa-
tion.
Some four hundred and fifty men hive been sent
ashore. They occupy all the gates of the city, and
petrol the street' under the sanction of the Ministers.
The Americans have landed one hundred and twenty-
five men for our assistance. The Greek ships have
come inside the harbour. The 011112 were ordered to
shoot incendiaries, and to arrest plunderers. The
greater portion of the French fleet has gone to ses.
The city is now entirely in our possession. The Mu.
about Fort surrendered to-day to the Achilles.
The Alexandria correspondent of the Observer, tale.
graphing at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning, says:
—All the available marines sod sailors, with the
Grading and Nordenfeldt guns, are now on shore.
They have taken with them provisions for 14 days.
The forts are all abandoned, and the goes are spiked
with the exception of those in the large fort of
Cumerlik, which is held as • fortified post by powerful
detachment from the Fleet. The gates and the
approached) to the ci)y are also held by a large fore* of
English marines and sailors. The American, Greek,
and French vessels hays landed all the sailors whose
services they could spare. Four hundred men
have been placed under the orders of Lord
Charles Barest unit to act as police, and to
amidst in extinguishing the fires and in preventing
pillage. The whole force on shore is under
the command of Captain Fisher, of the
Awful as was the destruction of the forte by the heavy
gnus of the fleet, it was nothing compared with the
wholesale ruin of the best part of the city, in which
miles of houses and palatial buildings have been
reduced to a mass of calcined stones. Under the most
favourable circumstances, twenty years cannot restore
the city bits former state. Arabi is believed to be
encamped within 20 miles of Alexandria, with •
reduced and disaffected army. No Arab soldiers are
allowed to carry arms. Four soldiers who refused to
give up their arms to-day were shot. There are but
few Arabs about the streets. The soldiers carry white
fine with them. In the European quarter there is
scarcely anyone to be seen except a few residents who
are watching the progress of the flames destroying
their property. Altogether Alexandria presents such
a spectacle as has seldom been entwined in history.