The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-27 00:00:00

BRITIBH WAR PREPARATIONB.

It is stated that the Goverinneelt on Sunday morn-
log received a further telegram from Mr. Cartwright
Mating that all is stall quiet in Egypt. The exodus of
utopias scan wildness, but British-born subjects
have, with one or two exc,ptiooe, Mreadv evecuated
the *cowry. No apprehensions are felt regardieg toe
etoppuag of the waterworks, arreneemeeta tiering been
mon prior to the not at Are:andth to meet aeyeeder
gooey of this kind. Tee vowel dew') will be able to
data wooer made= foe the fleet. Earl Granville
: remained at the Foreign Wks till late on Saturday
eveanig, and saw the French and Buseiita Ambas-
sadors, the toulahip remained in London. It Is rr
ported that Sir E. Mahe progresses satisfactorily, and
that Mr. o.arkeori has resumed duty.
In the event of the num Canal pang threatened by
the Egyptians under Arabi Pasha, arrangemente have
tow made fur the Mush troops at Cs prus and Ado'
to embark without /slay to guard Me °mai The
Briton troops at present at Cyprus are live oompaidee
ot the let Battalion ltoyal *woe E-giment (late 35,h
Foot) and the 31at Company of the loyal augineers.
he garrison at Arlen isair.apsssd of one Let liattelion
deatorth ilighLawiers and nosehire Bulls (allota 'Pled
lidlighteadere.)
It is aimed that all offiesee whose regiments are near
the top of the rioter, and who have asked for leave,
have been requested to bold themselves ready tor
immediate renal, whilst flat:Daion of leave has been
refused exospt in particular cases. It is the oploiou en
odlitary circles that within • mouth UM Government
amid land • force of 10,000 men in tegypt, drawing
tam from the Indian, Mediterranean, and other
stations. The following regiments, composing the
garrison of (bonito, would be in readiness to embark
at once for SOTTIOII to ggypt, it celled upon :-2nd
Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Lrilmitry (late
46th Foot); Sod Battalion, Derbyshire negiment (late
95th Foot); lot Batal.on, Berkehire Regiment tate
411th Feet); let battalion, Cameron illghlasiders (late
Tilth Foot); the Wen, Slat, 30th, and Moo Corps of
the Royal Engineer.; and die 3rd nattaitou Lanca-
shire and 4th battalion North Irish divisions of the
Royal A r 'artery .
The trouseetipe Malabar and Orontes have received
doff its orders to be ready for sea by Wednesday night.
No orders have yet been received NV 71tag the
destinaJou of the vessel,' or the number of troops to
embed le, and It is c A:O.:Lured that they will be ordered
to India to embark regiments returning to Blighted at
toe coo:menus/nut of the trooping usion.
Peremptory orders were Weirs .4 from the
Admiralty to Levouport on tia.urd .y our the fleispor
to ire couipleted aid unlocked at tbe eirheat pooling
moment A large number of worameu were imme-
diately put on, and the vowel will be uudocked to-day,
attar undergoing repairs, which under ordinary car-
col:nuances would ...soupy dues week,.
lbs lisileisle has attired In Plymouth Sound from
Irelaud, sod will replace the liotspur in the dock to
have deiette made good. It is believed leer deminatioe
will be the Mediterranean. The Hotspur wiil as ready
for commission iii a week, and will probably act a.
wardship to the Suez Canal.
Considerable activity prevails in Woolwich and the
other garrison towns in placing the men upon a war
looting. Up to 6ator,lay no particular regiments had
received official iodination to bold themselves in
readiness.
The Doily Telegraph publishes the following state-
moot ;—lt was currently reported yesterday, towards
the close of business. in influeritiel quarters, that her
Majesty's Government has directed the preparation of
• Isrge force for immediate employment in Egypi,
Ito expedition would consist, it is said, of about
3000 men of all arm; drawn principally from the
garrisons of Gibraltar and Malts. Tiny_ will be
mod under the c immand of dlr Evelyn Wood, mid
m stun were alleged to be so far advanced that
the tridispc ea are now engaged and nearly ready
for the reception of the troopa It is obvious,
however, that no such force as 3,000 men could be out
direct to Malta, inseam/de as at the present moment
there are only six regiments of infantry, which wouid
' number at the very ouir'de 4,600 mon, quartered in
that command. Only • amen p ortiou ot this lore.
could be detached for teems* elsewhere, asht would

be impossible materially to weaken the defence ol
Malta when •lkuropean or sis might be eminent. In
Gibraltar there are at proem& ooly four battalrocr.. it
should &Leo be nocci that one of the brz.talions at
Alitha furnishes five companies f,r the garrison of
Cyprus. The Channel IrciA is already aochored in
Vaunts harbour, where every:dog is ready for
embarkation upon the order being despatched. The
Dettched Squoron is to rendezvous at Gibraltar,
whither the I.tel';ale, ironclad corvette, is ordered out
while the little, torpedo ship, has sailed for the Kock
with an enormous store of explosives, seven.! torpedo
620CLICIII. and an extra detachment of =does.
A special Army Circular, issued by order of the
Secretary of Star* for NVar, directs that no Army
Reserve man is to leave the Meted Kingdom, or
prooeed to *ea, without obtaining the special per
mission of the Airier commanding toe regimental
district in which he reside*.