Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-13
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. A FLAG OF TRUCE. A Short Lull i'm the Firing. BRITISH TROOPS 60 ASHORE. Not Molested by Arabi
 Bey's Forces. FIRES STARTED IN THE CITY. The Incendiary's Torch Brought
 Into Play.
FIRES STARTED IN THE CITY.
EGYPT.

The eBombardment-Ant the Forts Silence e.s-A short Cessation of HostIiities-A Flag Truce Waving Over the City The Incendtary's Torch Brought Into Use-SeveraI Fires Started Through hout the City.
 ALEXANDRIA, July 12,-The bombardment was not renewed at o'clock thls morning. At 10 @. m. there were no signs of 8 renewal of the bombardment. The ironclads had not then entered the inner harbor. The sea was very rough and the weather very foggy. By noon the British fleet had been in position some time and general fire upon the forts had been kept up. Not an Alexandrian bat tery replied to the English fire. The batter l ies seemed all to have been perfectly silenced At 12:15 p. m. picked party from the Invincible landed. They met with no opposition and went directly to Fort Meks and there burst three guns and spiked six. The marines continued on shore some time at work around Fort N1eks. No signs of a laLd fight could be seen from the ships. The In- vincible well covered the marines and had the Egyptians attacked them 8 terrible slaughter would have ensued. At ? p. m. 8 flag of truce was run up over Alexandria. It was recognized by Admiral Seymour and 8 flag was hoisted by him in reply. In answer to the admiral's signal vessel was seen ap- preaching the admiral's ship from the city. At D. several large fires were burning in various parts of the city, all of which were started apparently simultaneously. The flag of truce could still be seen flying, but 1t was feared that Arabi's followers meant to destroy the city by fire.
 The gunboat sent from the forts with the flag of truce has returned from Seymour's flagship. The fleet is under way in conse- quence of rising wind and heavy swell. O,1aayo has haG fnr ha condition of the wounded. dispatch from Berlin says it is reported there that Arabi 1 is enlisting recruits by thousands. ALEXANDRIA. July 13-1 a. m.-The fires ! in the city are increasing in fercensss and extent and are supposed to be incendiary. They are not due to the firing of the fleet. No shot was sent into the town during the | day. If the truce fails general cannonade will be resumed this morning. Anarchy pre- ! vails among the Egyptian soldiery. An Eng l fish gunboat was sent to ascertain the mean ! ing of the white flag. The Egyptians re- | rused to surrender.
 l The European quarter Is burned. Hun- l dreds have been killed in the streets. Two thousand were killed in the forts during the | bombardment The fleet has entirely sus pended action. There is evidently no gov l ernment to deal with and the city is given to l anarchy and pillage.
 All flags on the fleet were at half mast to- I day and all the English marines killed during l the bombardment were buried in the sea. | The closing of the Suez canal is assuming
 8 serious import, and no vessel has passed it | now for two days
 l The ships used in the bombardment of Alexandria include some of the best ironclads
 in the British navy. The Infexible, of 5000
 horse power and tonnage of 1906, is the finest war ship in the world Her armor is from 16 to 20 inches in thickness, she carries four S1 ton guns, while no other vessel in
 the navy carries larger than 38 ton guns,
 throws a bal weighing more than 1,6OO
 pounds, and easily sails 13 miles an hour. l The Saperb, vessel of the second class, has
 | a tonnage of 8,76O, and is clad with 10 to 12
 inch armor, and carries four 25 ton guns
 | The Monarch, Femeraire, Sultan and Alexan
 dra are in size about the same as the Superb
 l but have lighter armor. The other two yes
 sels are smaller, but all are formidable and fiji
 antagonists for the best ships of other Euro
 pean nations.
 The Suez Canal nd American Comm cree
 NEW YORK, July 12.-In view of the dis