The daily gazette., 1882-08-22
woLsELEY's PROCLAMATION

| WoLSELEY'S PROCLAMATION,
PORT SAID, August 21.-BeEore their do
Parture, Sir Garnet Wolseley posted proc
iaulation, written in the Arab tongue
ueeIarihg That those who respected the au
.horlty OF the khedive would not be moles
1ed, but those who resisted would he treated
as rebels. The British have evacuated the
ounces oil the canal company. The traffic nj
the canal will be only temporarily sus.
pended In order to allow British vessels to
pass Ihe canal company has refused 10
pit 9enu plIots on board the men, ofwar. The
Dritish occupy Nefich The Arabs have
abandoned Ghemileh and Withdrawn W
Damietta. Fifty of the captured Egvn,ian
so,ulers VIII be conducted to Alexandria.
Inc navive quarter OF Port Said is almost
deserted. Captain Fairfax has been an
pointed eommandant of the town. French
nuSAian anu Dutch dispatch boats are arriy
ing The transport Catalonia, which was
aground, has been refloated. II is rumored
tnst M de Lesseps is seriously i'll. The
oIueTs Ior the families of the canal
employees to quit Ismailia have Leen
resclhded, as their security is assured by the
p'esence OF the British troops. 1t is rumored
Cnat Mahmoud Fehmy has been arrested In
the native quarter of Ismailia, Some
lhdlan troops have arrived at Timsab. All
tie shops are open. The Arabs now frater
me- with the Europeans. The place has
quite holiday appearance. The invading
iorce here Is estimated at 1000.
q puring the shelling of Nepesche, early ON
sunday morning, several trains with troops
arrived from Zakarik, but Arabi Pasha, who
accompanied them, did not like the aspect
OF afairs, and ordered withdrawal of the
troops. kear-Admiral Hoskins and Vice
Admiral Seymour arrived here Yesterday
evening in launch. General WoIselev ar.
rived to-day. A considerable number of
troops have already landed. Mahmoud
renrmy who, IT was reported, had been ar
resCed IN the native quarter of Ismailia,
cauS yesterday to the outposts accompanied
Dy TWO officers and surrendered. General
Wolseley Is now accommodating at Nefische.
Ihe MAIN body of the Arabs, 9 500 strong.
mas gone To 6eneffe, taking with it guam
tity af railway stock.
ARTILLERY PRACTICE,
ALEXANDRIA, August 21,-The outposts
at Ramleh made a demonstration this after.
noon, and some artillery shots were ex
changed, The English met with no loss.
1t Is definitely settled that Major General
Alison and staff will remove to Ramleh to-
morrow, 1t Is Just announced from Ramleh
thai the enemy are moving up trains to
hafer-ei-Dwar, probably with the intention
OF Withdrawing the troops from there. The
person arrested for communicating with
Arab Pasha is Harif Edendi, Arabs
Director of Railways. Other arrests
on the same charge are impending.
The Khedive in decree, charging Cherif
Pacha with the formation Of a ministry,
says: "ln troubled time like the present |
the direct action Of the sovereign authority /
should become more sensible aud manifest. |
shall therefore use the right 10 assemble
The council of ministers under my own
presidency, as supreme chief of the Egyp-
5ian forces, also intend to render nv
effective without, however, re-
'trieting the power which the Minister of
War holds from me-"
Cherif Pasha has sent to the Khedive in
'eply, letter In which he states that he
will adhere to the pledges he took when he
assumed office in December last. 1t is
probable that Arab will concentrate his
orces at Damanhour, and that he has an
ntrenched camp at Tantah, to which place
le VIII remove his headquarters. This in
ormation comes from Arab sources.