Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-08-16
FOREIGN.

LONDON, August 14.-The Sports.
man this morning says: Owing to
satisfactory answer received from
the Yale Boat Club, that the Thames
Rowing Club have accepted the
challenge of the Hillsdale Crew,
Captain Trivilleger received a letter
to that effect on Saturday evening,
from Captain Canton, of the Thames
Crew, and immediately telegraphed
for the other members of the Hills
dale Crew, who started on Friday,
on their trip to the Continent, but
all his efforts to intercept them thus
far have failed. Their passages
home are already booked, but will be
cancelled if nesessary.
The match, if it comes off, will
take place about month hence,
over the championship course.
In the House of Commons this af-
ternoon Mr.. Gladstone stated the
conditions on which the government
had Offered to accept the compromise
or cloture resolutions. Having been
charged, they had decided to adhere
to the original proposal of the
simple majority. He said he would
be ready to consider any charges
which the House regarded desirable
CALCUTTA, August 14.-It is gen
orally believed that the Indian con
tingent for Egypt will be raised to
10000 men.
ALEXANDRIA. August 1.-THE sick
list of the British troops, issued be
fore the arrival of the Guards,
showed that out of total of 5,400
men, there were rs invalids, exclu-
sive of the wounded
A tight is imminent between the
troops of the Ameer of Afghanlstan
and those of the Ameer of Maimund.
ALEXANDRIA, August 1.-Two de>
crees of the Khedive were promul-
gated to-day. One authorizes the
British Admiral and the commander
of the force to occupy such points
on Suez Isthmus as they consider
useful for military operations against
the rebels, and inviting the Egyptian
authorities to acquaint the inhab,
itants, particularly the canal en-
ployes, with the decree. The other
authorizes the British authorities to
prevent the importation of coal and
munitions of war along the coast
between Alexandria and Port Said,
and in the event of contravention Of
the order to seize prohibited articles.
LONDON, August 15.-The Daily
Telegraph has the following dispatch
from Constaatir ople: Several of the
stipdlat,ops proposed in the military
conve Jon are considered unaccepta-
bic to Turkey. TIE proclamation
against Arabi Pasha will not be iss
sued until the convention is signed.
The session of the conference to day
was exclusively occupied with the
consideration of the proposal of
Count Corte, Italian ambassador for
the Collective Police Supervision of
Suez Canal, which was finally agreed
to as temporary measure, with
a modification submitted by l. prd
Duferin, British ambassador,
permitting the landing Of troops.
The propositio N was then employed
in the protocol. Turkeys objection
to military convention was not
brought forward by Said Pasha- FL
JawaIb states that Arab Pasha has
already been semi-officially ac-
quainted with the terms of the
proclamation declaring him a rebel.
He has been informed that the Sul-
tan would grant him free pardon
should he make submission, but that
if he refuses, strong measures shall
be taken to enforce his obedience.
The cherifs have condemned the acts
of Arab Pasha as contrary to the
interests of Islaim.