Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-26
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. TRICkED BY TURKEY. A Flat Refusal of Eng!and's
 Demands. 4 COUNTER PROPOSAL OFFERED, Rllssia's .Hand Seen in the
 Scheme. A FIGHT WITH ARABPS TROOPS. The British Compelled to Fall
 Back.
The British Compelled to Fall
 Back.
EGYPT.

Dur.rip Duped-A Sharp Game Played
 ythe 4Aorte-A Fefu sal to Declare Arabi
 a Rabel-What Turkey Proposes-The
 Turk1sh Troops to Act Independently in
 Egypt-A Turk Appointed to Command
 the Troops.
 CoSsTANTINoPLE, Aug 25.-The Porte has finally concluded to refuse to declare Arabi 8 rebel in any of the ways demanded by the English government. Said Pasha and Assym Pasha the Turkish delegates to the confer ence of the powers, today were instructed by the Sultan to seek an interview with Lord Dufferin, the English minister, which they did. At this interview the pashas, on behalf of the Porte, submitted q new draft for 8 military convention between England and Turkey in regard to the occupation of Egypt. In it the Porte demands that Turkish troops be allowed to land at Alexandria independent ly of England and be subjected entirely to the orders of Turkish officers, unimpeded by English restrictions. The next condition is that Arabi shall be only summoned to submit to the Khedive as the Sultan's viceroy in Egypt, and that no further action shall be taken toward him until he has officially re- piled to the summons. Following close upon this visit came the Russian minister. He stated that he had been instructed by his government to signify to England through the British minister at Constantinople that Russia WAS desirous Of signing a military convention in regard to the occupation of Egypt, providing that England would declare formally that she was willing to renounce all claims to self advantage from her present action in Egypt at the close of hostilities and that at the end of the war the British govern ment would submit all questions appertaining to the final solution of the Egyptian ques- tion to the discretion of all the European gov, ernments through their ambassadors in con- ference to be assembled at Constantinople Lord Dufferin was considerably taken back at the positive way in which the Turkish and Russian suggestions were made, and at the apparently concerted time at which they were submitted to him, and it Is understood that he notified the home office that Russia and Turkey had reached mutual understanding detrimental to England's interest in Egypt.
 Ahmed Mukhtar Pasha has been selected by the Porte to command the Turkish forces designed for operations in Egypt. The ap poirtment is regarded favorably by the Turks, but will hardly prove satisfactory to England in the by no means certain event of Turkeys sending troops to Egypt, contin gency which now seems less likely to occur
  tions. Mukhtar's well known affiliations with the ultra Moslem party render his ap- pointment significant, particularly in view of the procrastinating policy of the Porte in its treatment of the Egyptian question.
 ALEXANDRIA, Aug 25.-The report tele- graphed this afternoon that Arabi Pasha. had set price upon the head of M. DeLesseps and accused the latter of having made deceit full promises with the object of selling the canal to England throws some light on the lieved to exist between the rebel leader and DeLesseps. There can be little doubt but that Arabi had been encouraged by delusive assurances to believe that the neutrality of the canal would certainly be maintained, which would have restricted the British com nander to the single line of operations from Alexandria toward Kafr-eI Dwar. The seiz ure of the canal by the British, and the conse- quent discovery that he had been misled doubtedly excited feeling of bitter hostility to DeLesseps, whose recently friendly atti tude toward the British has been fully re- ported to Arabi.
 LONDON, Aug. 25.-It is announced that Lord Granville has stated that the govern ment cannot accept the offer of the Khe- dives brother, Ibraham Pasha, to serve in the British army.
 ALEXANDRIA, Aug 25.-Five more natives have been arrested for footing and will be 1 shot.
 PORT SAID. Aug. 25.-Admiral Seymour is arranging with the naval commanders of the powers the necessary details for the protec- l tion of the Suez canal.
 l to Retire-Sharp Firing by Arabfs Gunners
 ! LONDON, Aug. 25.-General Wolseley tele- ! graphs this evening that he took possession
 of the dam erected by the enemy across the
 fresh water canal between Magfar and Tel
 el-Mahuta, for the purpose of cutting of the
 water supply of Ismailia, after sharp skir-
 mish this morning and held it all day. Arabi
 sent achievements from Tel.el- Kebir, mass
 ing force of ten thousand men and ten
 guns on the British front and right flank | compelling them to retire. The fire of the | Egyptians was very accurate, but the British | loss is said to have been small. General | Wolseley states that he shall attack the ene-
 my at Halanke tomorrow and endeavor to l capture the dam. During the operations the 1 British cavalry is reported to have charged
 the enemy's infantry with great gallantry I The operations of to day make it clear that Arabi has no intention of abandoning the l successive positions between Ismailia and l Tel ell Kebir without stubborn resistance, ] and indicate that his available force on that 1 line is much larger than has been credited. l Dispatches of General Wolseley, describ-
 ing the events of the day at Tel el-Mahuta, | have produced an evident feeling of depres sion at the war office. Great anxiet- ,as been
 manifested all day concerning the ,ws from ! the scene of operations, as for the first time
 since the bombardment the British army in a 1 body was to meet the enemy on terms as
 nearly equal as ever occurs in war. No news | was given out from the war office until late 1 to night. After the last news from Egypt
 was in then the government made public the 1 following guarded and somewhat eontradic-
 tory despatch from General Wolseley: l IsMA1L1A-s p. m.-We took possession of the ene-
 and lS Tsiel- Mahuta after some sk rmshing We had
 not long been ill possession when we found that the
 for. ements from Tel el Kebir We stayed all day. al
 though had to contend against a force
 front and right. The enemy's fire was good. Our l casualties were few. We shall attack the enemy at
 During the days operations our cavalry charged the | enemy's infantry with great gallantry.
 It is believed in London to night that the | British troops met with most serious re- | verse at Arabi's hands and that the moral ef- | feet of the victory upon the Egyptian troops | will be of immense advantage to Arabi. LONDON, Aug. 2G.-General W olseley tele-
 graphed late last night that Tel el Mahuta
 was strongly intrenched. The enemy with
 drew their guns during the night. The
 British cavalry and artillery attacked the | enemy's rear guard and captured the Max | sama railway station, routing the enemy with considerable loss taking five Krupp guns,
 75 railway carriages laden with provisio ns
 and quantity of Remington rifles and am
 munitlon. General Wolseley intends to occu-
 py Kasassin lock, 2} miles west of Maksama, | to day. This position secures & safe passage
 of she desert between Ismailia and the Delta
 The enemy seems demoralized. The British
 loss was five killed and several wounded
 The cavalry, although tired with marching il
 the deep sand, behaved well. The Duke oi | Connaught handled brigade of guards very
 skillfully. There have been several cases ot
 sunstroke, one of which resulted fatally. Ad
 miral Seymour's boat service on the cana
 brings supplies promptly.