Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-20

pendent on board the Bittern, tele-
graphs the following:
ALEXANDRIA, July III a. m.
"The bombardment has com
menced"
| THE WAR CORRESPONDENT.
LONDON, July 1.-The Daily Tee
graph has the following:
ALEXANDRIA, July II.
admiral Seymour declines to allow
the newspaper correspondent to go on
| board his war ship. | shall be able to
take refuse on board the American
ship"
GREAT PANIC.
ALEXANDRIA, July 10, 2:23 p. M--The
men belonging to the Monarch have
lush fitted iron shields on the tops for
placing machine guns. English ref
ugee ships have left the harbor. The
telegraph ship
is also outside, but the American yes
sells stay here for time. The Egypt
ians are still working in the forts. They
can Just be seen from the decks Of the
American ship. According to the re
ports received from the shore, the
people are fleeing in every direction,
and there is a great panic.
QUITTING THE CITY.
LONDON, July 1.-THE Standard has
the following dispatch: Alexandria
the 10th a somewhat numerous col
only of Italians, Greeks and Europeans
have quilted the city. Those who
stay, have barracaded their houses.
NO REPLY.
There was no reply from the min
istry to Admiral Seymour up TO 5
o'clock this evening. 1t seems their
determination to fight, as bodies of
troops can be seen moving about. The
military say they will defend the forts
TO the last. And then retire into
the interior where preparations for re-
sistence are complete. The forts will
probably be engaged Mt close quarters,
and the vessels will keep moving dur
ing action. The knedive has sent his
family to his country place.
WILL NOT BULGE.
LONDON, July 1.-THE Daily Ne,ps
has the following: Alexandria, July
10.-Arabi Pasha has again declared lie
will not yield an inch. A perfect panic
prevails among the Arabs.
APPEALING IN VAIN TO GEN. WALLACE.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 1.-THE Voket
(Turkish) newspaper says representa-
tives of the powers have requested
Gen. Wallace to use his efforts rs a
minister to II mutual power, to negoti-
ate for the entrance of the Porte into
the conference, but that the Washing
ton government has ordered Gen. Wal
lace not to discuss questions of purely
European diplomacy.
GRANvILLE's HYPOCRISY.
LONDON, July 10.-In the house of
lords, this afternoon, Lord Granville,
foreign secretary, confirmed the news
that unless the Alexandria forts tenn
porarily surrender Admiral Seymour
would lombard them at daybreak to-
morrow. 1t was painful, he said, to
be obliged TO use force against a weak
but hostile people. Preparations had
been proceeding in defiance of the or
| ders of both the khedive and sultan.
The action now taken was in simple
self defence.
The Irish repression bill was read the
second time without division.
THE SEAT OF WAR.
ALEXANDRIA, July 10.-Tho present
seat Of war, Alexandria, is a city of
about 100000 inhabitants, with two
| harbors, the newest of the latter being
used by small vessels. 1t is built on
the isthmus connecting the main land
with the Island of Pharos, and on the
island itself. A new embankment
along the eastern harbor and the lev
buildings on the great square of Me-
hemet. All have added greatly to the
attractiveness of the city. The palace
of the Pasha and the lofty harem first
strike the strangers eye on entering
the city. Among the other large build
ings are the custom house, the arsenal,
the medical, naval and other schools.
The Place Mehemet Ali, or grand
square of the consuls, is where the
greater part of the massacre in
the recent riots took place. This
square was the centre Of European
Alexandria. The sinking of ships la
den with stcne to block the harbor was
the first intimation the English had Of
a determined resistance on the part of
the Egyptians. This was regarded as
an act of hostility. Then the construc-
ton of additional defenses in the face
of the English squadron was discovered.
Admiral Seymour at once posted pro-
CARNATIONS charging violations of faith,
and declaring his intention to open fire
| in twelve hours if the work was not I'M
mediately suspended. The European
quarter of the city will be most exposed
to the bombsrdment.
oRJECT OF THE WAR.
The suspicion that the real object of
the Europeon intervention was not so