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The Trouble In Egypt,

The Trouble In Egypt,
A later di-patch from Alexandria says Adj
miral SEYMOUR has determined to land q force
to occupy the CITY to-day, but refugees in
formed him thai 5000 Egyptians occupied .
position outside the city ready IF attack
while Admiral Seymour oonld only land oW
men. He therefore, instead Of landing men,
order the city to be fired over IN order 70
frirhten the rioters. 1t has since been rumored
that Arab has only 1000 very much disorgan-
lied troops.
The fires Id Alexandria have been raging 81
dav, and the city is totally ruined. Men were
seen running about with torches completing
The work of destruction. Two miles OF houses
were set on fire at one time, and explosions oc-
,asionally occurred in the city. The French and
English coasuIates are burned, and it 10 re-
rorted that si1 persons were massacred at the
French consulate. The horses from the
Great square to the custom i ;esa11
have been plundered. In tho square Itself
AMI other wealthy European QUAR-
trls there is hardly build
inc not ruined or burning. The streets
are strewn with empty clock and jewel cases
and similar debris, but very few dead codes
have been found. Two-thirds Of the Oops
leserted during the bombardment. The num-
Der of ppr-ona massacred by the mob ia estl-
mated a. 1000. r. cnty-e'ght Frenchmen who
we're in the city during the massacre escaped:
, wholo battalion of Arabs was blown up in
one ,ort during the bombardment. Twenty
armed Europeans, who escaped the general
massacre, were told by a pasha, whom they
met Oh their way through the town, that the
Egyptian killed numbered 6o0.
At s this evening q detachment Of 200 ma
rincs marched through the town. me OF
the pllnherers. caught in the acf, were sum-
marily shot. The marines subsequently en-
1 xl--1 - kL1 ~ dtrnNu tNrHA ION
the BRITISH fleet. assisted by men from neutral
mon of var. remain TO keep order in the t w
to. night. The marine artillery have occupied
Fort Napoleon, commanding the town. Fort
Marabont tn-dIy hoisted the Egyptian colorc,
but lowered them again on the British squad
ron assembling round it. The fleet has been
ordered to do no further damage unless 1t Is
provoked. The American squadron has re-
t,rned to The inner ha1'Mr.
During the bombarhment, after the khedive's
palace had been surrounded, aparty OF soldiers
entered his apartment and declared that they
had oriers to kill him aud burn the palace.
After long parley their loyalty WAS bought by
promises or money. They then escorted the
khelivo to the British at Ras-el-Tin. His
,uarl WAS not allowed to enter the palace there
with him. All the ministers, except Arab
Pasha, presented thomselve, at the Ras-el-Tin
palace. Eervish Pasha saws that but Tor the
opportnne appearance on Wednesday the day
alter the bomblrdment- OF one of her maiesty's
ships off the Pharos fort the khedive would
have been murdered.
Tho khedivo, with Dervish Pasha and some
OF the ministers and the khedive's harem,
arrived aboard q vessel in the harbor to-day.
Ab1nt 500 loyal troops follow the khediye. A
proclamation in Arabic Is preparing in the
khedive's name, calling on the people to main.
tain order and on the troops to disband
E,~4bo. J;opo%ohoo fropo A1oyondrio aau that
the fire in the city was not spreading and that
learly all looting has been stopped. Admiral
eymour organized q police force and occupied
the gates of two forts. A force Of Germans
landed from the feet to protect the hospital,
and a party Of Americans, with characteristic
enterprise, reestablished q consulate among
the ruins and horrors OF Alexandria. The
American flag and the English wave together
in tho breeze over the piles Of debris and the
turning stones OF the devastated CITY.
The American marines were the first to
land to help the British TO restore order. They
occupy the great square, with their headquar-
tiers in the st. Marks building. The Germans
followed the Americans. Both parties landed
without any political instructions from their
respective governments. All OF the foreign
vessr in the harbor. except those OF Austria
and G.. eece, landed men; 1t 10 now possible
70 walk the streets without an escort. The
cafen and shops are reopening, and conf
l-nce is generally reviving. The lombard.
ment of Tuesday almost extermlnated
he Egyptian corps OF artillcrymen, which
Was the best branch OF the army. The
tires in the town wero undoubtedly directly
in-tisated by the principal supporters OF Arab
Pa>ha, il not by himself. After the looting
commenced, the soldiers attacked the orig
lnsl plulderers and robbed them Of their
prev Arab Pasha during the engagement
Vas Mt Fort MAJ oleon, which neither fired nor
received a shot. Alter the firing had
ceased, ne rode through the town accom-
panied BY Mahmoud Sami and other minister's.
Subsequ nily Il ptrty OF soldiers dell6er-
ately set ire to the French consulate. Another
party proceeded in the same systematic man
ner to set fire to the other 3 de OF the Great
square. The whole district Is so ruined that
even the street openings are indistinguishaole Die.
The Eng!i h consulate aud The quarter contain.
ing the gro at grain and cotton stores escaped
he contls grafton. The o Ices OF the Ottoman
bank ant: tho Credit Lyonnaise escaped the
general destruction of the banks. Arab Pasha
appropriated f25, 900 from the custom house
j, fore lie wing.
According to tho accounts Of persons who
remained in the CITY, bands OF murderers,
during and after tho bombardm ent, forced
heir way into Amos every house. Scarcely
any European dwelling was spared. 1t appears
that largo stores OF petroleum were sent to
Alexandria the week before the bhmbarIlm nj
specially % 80. fire 10 the town. The incendl.
IRE. say that they received Instructions t. set
fire TO tie houses. Thirteen hundred Chris
tan reus ees were saved in tho Coptic church
during tie massacre. A famine is appre.
hended tlso an epidemic. because OF the mum.
Der of nnlur, ed dead. Whole families OF Eli
ropeuns Lave disappeared, aud 1t Is believed
hey were thrown into the flames. A procla.
,,otipD fIaolo rim fhn ptv I'm or martial law
WAS i-srcl by authority OF the kicdive.
Tile cor respondent If the London I. leqrnph
sends the following from Alexandria: 81 visited
The American Cons late to-day, and found it
0 cnpicd by sixty American marl.c anL
twenty sailors, with a small gun. Inc houses
around being on fire. the Americans were pre-.
pairing to save The Consulate. How the Ameri-
cans iiluagcd to get gunpowder into the square
is IL mystery. as the air is literally tull OF spa'k-.
However, they succee led and brought down
tho houses in the vicinity of the Consulate AID
Palace of Justice. So bad was the condition OF
tho streets that the Americ N marines insisted
,r guarding us to our lauding place, many cut.
thu Ua: being abroad.
Arab Bey has diverted the Mehmoudieh
...nal, which supplies Alexandria with water,
although it is believed that the larger plumber
OF the cisterns in the city have been recently
a led. 1t was calculated that there was sufti-
Sleub 11Sou notCl III
days. The London Nr,cs has the following
dispatch: Everything is at a standstlll.
N,thing is doing and nothing is known: Inc
Roman wells cannot be cleaned and filled IN
l.ss than q fortnight. The fleet can condense
sufficient water for the crews and troops, out
not Tor the p~opulace, who must go afoat or fe+
tire to the villages"
The London Times correspondent says that
there is no chance of q resumption OF buslness
in the city for at least three months. be ADDS
that he has been informed from the camp OF
Arab Boy that the latters force ID increasing
and that he is lcgaining his influence because
OF the delay of the British troops in attacking
him. His scouts have been seen at Ramleh,
four miles outside Of the city. Arab Boy has
certain y not been inactive, though the stories
Of lis movements ale nearly all vague rumors,
30 that it is hardly likely he will obey the
porte, which the correspondent OF the Da!1y
Ntars III Constantinople says has ordered him
not to max" any further movements. Arab IL
calling in all tho Bedouins in the neighoorhood
of Ramlch.
Geuela al Alison, with several officers, recon.
noitered to a point within three miles OF Ara
bis positions, which we're found to be very
strong.
The Suez canal and Port Sadly we're considered
most insecure. There WIS only q small gun
boat in the canal aud there were II, 0U0 Euro