Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-14
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EGYPT'S DOOMED CITY.
ALEXANDRIA STILL BURNING.
THE PLUNDERING GOES ON.
TWO THOUSAND CHRISTIANS MURDERED.
THE EGYPTIAN LOSSES, SIX HUNDRED.
SARATOGA RACES-CRIMEs AND CASUALTIES.
THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT
Secret Movement OF Household Cav
| airy.
LONDON, July 14-Four hundred and fifty OF the
| household cavalry Will leave England tomorrow
week. Their destination is unknown
| War Cry of the London Times.
The Times this morning says:-"By this last
| outrage Arab Pasha has put himself outside the
! pale OF humanity. He must be followed and his
! army dispersed. 1t is satisfactory to know that
the BrltlSn preparations are complete and that we
are ready to carry out the will OF Europe. IL no
other nation be found to do the work. Should the
poTUe Stl nOlQ DacE. .IOr1 Duern VIII state In the
| conference that England is prepared to undertake
the task but Will welcome the cooperation OF any
other government"
Performance Of the Iron Clads.
The Standard says the admiralty proposes TO re-
| quest Admiral Seymour to furnish full report OF
the performance of each iron clad, with details OF
the working OF the armament
Work at the French Arsenal.
dispatch to the Se1rS from MarSeeS states
that despite the fact that it is the national fete
day work Will be carried on at the Toulon arsenal
| on Friday
A German Corvette Ordered to Egypt.
The correspondent OF the Times at Berlin says
it is reported that the German corvette Nymphe
| has been ordered to Egypt.
| Greece Ready to Intervene.
ATHENS, July 1.-THE Messenger d'4neneS con.
] firms the report that the government has ex-
pressed its readiness TO join with corps OF 7GGO
| men in Intervention In Egypt
English Assurances to the Porte.
LONDON, July IA dispatch to Reuters Tele-
gram Co. from Constantinople says, Musuras
| PaSha, the Turkish ambassador at London, has
! telegraphed to the Porte that Earl Granville has
! Informed him that England is compelled TO pro-
ceed vigorously against the Egyptian rebels, but
thaI the sovereign rights OF the Sultan will be in
| no way prejudlced thereby.
1000 Persons Ma>sacrcd i'm Alexan.
dria.
A dispatch to the NelrS from Alexandria, says
i the number OF persons masSacred by the mob is
! estimated at 1850.
TeleGramS from Admiral SEYMOUR.
Admiral Seymour telegraphs: 81 have occu-
! pied the Ras-El-T1n palace with marines and
! spiked the guns in six batteries opposite The
city Is still burning, but clearing the streets
The khedlve is safe In the palace. which is garri-
soned by 700 marines"
! British Marines Fighting the Plumber.
ers in tfae Streets Of Alexandria.
OFF ALEXANDRIA, July 4-The rriHg heard In
4 Alexandria yesterday was by the marines and
sailors, Who We're dispensing plunderers with gat-
| lin guns The small detachment first landed had
10 wait for reinforcenentS before they were able
| to push to the center OF the town. There was
some short sharp fighting. No water could be OBJ
tained, owing to the stoppage of the works
] There are some French ladies among the fugi-
tlves rescued yesterday; also the Egyptian pre-
lect or police, who succeeded the instigator OF
Ine massacre In Alexandria on the 11th OF June
| There are not enough sailors and marines to
occupy all the'StreetS or the city.
| The HaS-El.Tim Palace LOOted-A Bat.
TALON Of Arabs blown Up.
LONDON, July IA dispatch to Reuters tele-
gram company from Alexandria says: "Some field
pieces were landed with the marines at the Ras-
El-Tn fort. The khedive's Ras- El-Tin palace was
looted SPORTY before the marines arrived. whole
Dattalon OF Arabs was blown up In one fort during
/ the bOmbardment."
| The Fire i'm Alexandria Still Raging.
dispatch to the Ne,cs, dated on Alexandra,
July 14th| a ~, says: 'The fire In Alexandria
Is still raging. There are at least two miles OF
| houses burning. More than a third OF the CITY
/ appears to be on fire.
From Alexandria This Afternoon
LONDON, July IA, p.m.-An Alexandria dispatch
| TO the Daily NetrS dated at 10 a.m says Gen. Sir
| Garnet Woseley is expected at Port Said on Sun.
day. II Arab Pasha makes stand at Rosetta or
! Damanhouer, Sir Garnet will have to proceed to
Alexandra. The marines who spiked the guns
found fifteen Armstrong guns OF the newest pat
seven dead bodies. body OF $50 marines hold
the arsenal gate. At the custom house gate there
m a naS T1n The Gtng gun who will
| looters. A crowd, with green flag, passed down
the principal street I'm the Arab quarter shouting
being panic-stricken they pay no heed to him. It
is reported that six persons were massacred at the
the aS-E-Tin palace on board a Turkish ship
| Rear Admiral HoSkinS has transferred his flag TO
the Penelope and has sailed for Port Said.
The Fire and the LOoting Continue.
AT the time OF telegraphng, the fire In the city is
still increasing, and men are seen running about
with torches completing the work OF destruction
A dispatch to the Standard, dated Alexandria,
81 % am, says the Arabs still looting the town
Admiral Seymour had determined to land a force
occupied a position outside the city ready for
attack, while Admiral Seymour could land only
800 men. He therefore, instead OF landing men.
ordered the city to be fired over, in order TO
fr1ghten the rioters.
Six Hundred Egyptians killed.
Twenty armed Europeans, who escaped the gen.
eral massacre. were told by pasha whom they met
on their way through the town, that the Egyptian
killed numbered over GOO The English and French
consulates were burned to the ground party
OF blue jackets landed at Fort Gabaru and spiked
10 guns in position.
Another Battery Destroyed.
This morning the Monarch fired at and soon
destroyed another battery. The gunboat Iris has
arrived at Port Said, and lies with one broadside
bearing on the town and the other upon an
Egyptian corvette commanded by one of Arab
Pashas officers. There are 4S British subjects,
500 Egyptian soldiers and 200 police at Port Said
The Khedive Embarks.
LONDON, July IA, p. ma dispatch to the
Standard, dated Alexandria, $50 a. m.. says:-Ex-
pl6sions occasionally occur In the city. procla-
nation In Arabic is preparing in the Khedive's
name, calling on the people to maintain order and
on the troops to disband. The Khedive, with Der
vlscha Pasha and some OF the ministers and the
Khedives harem, has arrived aboard a vessel in
the harbor. About 500 loyal troops follow the
Khed1ve.
Arabi Pasha's DemOralized Army.
It stated that Arab Pasha has only 1000 very