The daily gazette., 1882-08-17
TURKEY PROPOSITION.
MAKING ovERTUREs TO THE
ENGLISH GOVERNMENT.
WHAT THE PORTE PROPOSES TO DO
He Does not WAIST the British Government
to Participate in the PacifIcation of
Egypt-Fightlng the BedOuins.

| CoNsTANTINoPLE, August 10Th,
draught of the military convention proposef
by the Porte to England was as follows
The Turkish army undertakes the pacifIea.
ton OF Egypt without foreign assistance, tho
British to remain in their present positions
and not to participate in the Operations
me turks shall be allowed to use Alexan.
dria as base of operations, and the Turks
ana British both to Withdraw after the naci
iication of the country" Lord DufIerin re-
Jected this draugbt and submitted another
stlpuiating that the Turks should not under.
lake operations without the previous consent
Oh the British commander: that British,
oIneers should be attached to the Turkish
headquarters, ana thai he question of eyac
nation should be the subject of a special
Convention. 1t Is believed that there Is no
probability ofthe Porte accepting the English
conditions =
The report that the Ulcmas had deposed
M she sultan is untrue. On the contrary, the
sultan at the feast ol Bairam yesterday re-
celved several. congratulatory telegrams
from Cairo and othnr parts of Egypt,
ALEXANDRIA, August 10 General Sir
Garnet Wolseley, the English commander,
with the authority 1f the khedive has issued
a proclamation to til people of Egypt repre-
senting the sole. autllority of the Khediye
IL says all peaceahlc inhabitants will he
kindly treated, the mosques will be respected
and all supplies paid for. GENERALLY Wolse.
ley adds that he will be glad TO receive all
chiefs who are disposed to assist in repress-
ing the rebellion.
General Wolseley held conference TODAY
win Admiral Seymour and all the generals.
lie subsequently visited the Khediye. Tbis
afternoon General Wolsecy inspected the
Ramleh positions.
AN ENCOUNTER WITH BEDouINs.
An encounter between Il British mounted
patrol and party of five hundred Bedouins
occurred this morning near RamIeoh. Five
OF the latter We're killed.
The correspondent of the Paris Lanfe,y,e
has been released.
The khediye yesterday sent telegram to
Nice requesting the presence of Riaz Pasha
at the Palace Riaz Pasha is expected TO sail
irom Marseilles to-mnrrow and ii is hoped
to form combination Ministry under the
leadership of Cherif asha and Riaz Pasba.
the whole to be under the Presidency of the
khedive. Omar Pasht Iulti will probably
retain the post of Minister of War, with
Osman Pasha Refld as commander-in-chier
of the army
PLYMOUTH, England, August 16.--A
special rom Alexandria to the Western
Morning Neics says: A belief in the home
the Egyptians. The British commander OF
Meks has received overttres for the surren-
der of an entire infantry battalion il it can
obtain favorable terms,
PARIS, August 16.fN4Iflc officers here of
the Suez Canal Comsmny state that after
the English troop III / talSen possession of
the water works. Il s..sz VieFtsF IL Lusscp.
proceeded thither and effected satisfactory
with Rear Admiral Hewett
In relation to the duties imposed by the laws
affirming the neutrality of the canal, after
which he went to Port Said to effect a
similar arrangement.
ROME, August l6.-Menotti Garibaldi de-
nies the report that he is recruiting for the
Egyptians. He says the difficulties he would
nave TO encounter in such work would be so
great as to prevent its accomplishment.
LONDON, August l6.-A dispatch to the |
Times from Berlin says it is believed that
The Sultan wishes to await the result of the |
with Arab Pasha before he |
gives his consent to a military convention |
with England.
The Daily NctrS has the following dis |
patch from COnstantinople 1t is stated in |
Turkish circles that the hesitation TO issue
,he proclamation against Arab Pasha is |
owing to the fact that telegram was re- |
;eiVed from him five days ago expressing his |
readiness to submit to the authority of the |
Jaliph, but stating that he could not leave |
lis soldiers without head until the arrival |
Of the Turkish troops in Egypt, when he |
would instantly hand over his command To |
,he Turkish general. The military conyen
ion is still unsettled for the same reason,
HAVANA, August l6.-The rumor that the
spanish Government would exact from Cuba
money to meet the expenses of the Egyptian
expedition is semi officially denied in the
newspapers here, which say, ON the CON
,rary, Spain has authorized Cuba to draw
IN the Spanish Treasury for 81 ,0OO, 900.
WASHINGTON, August 16.-The south
ront entrance to the Senate Chamber was
lraped in mourning to-day and the flag over
he Senate placed at haf-mast, in which
,osition it will remain until after the funeral
If Senator Hill.