The daily gazette., 1882-09-05
TROOPS FOB WOlL.SEEElL4EI!YlE. Fl L4EI!YlE
HIS FoRoE 70 BE HEAVILY
- INCREASED.
ALL QUIET AT THE FRONT,
The Conspiracy TO Massacre-UDeasiness
Among EurOpeans-An Artillery Duel
q Between Arab and the English.

LONDON, Sept. 4.-General Wolseley tele-
graphs from Ismailia to-day as follows: "All
is quiet at the front. The Highland Brigade
will remain afioat for the present to furnish
working parties here. am clearing out the
hospitals, and sending away the wounded
serious cases of sickness in the troop ship
Malabar." M
A dispatch to the Times from Kassassin,
dated Sunday, says: "The enemy keeps
close watch all about our camp. Many Be-
douin horsemen are prowling in the vicinity,
rendering it unsafe to venture far out.
Last night a vedette OF the Lille Guards was
killed. His body has been recovered and
found to be mutiiated, Arab Pasha has an
excellent position here. He Is In direct
communication by rail with Zagazig and
Salihiyeh, and water for his forces is brought
up by rail and canal. His active cavalry
succeed in masking his movements and
keeping them secret.
The Indian cavalry and detachment of
the Royal Irish Dragon Guards have
secured the country between the camp at
Kassassin and Maxama, and returned with
| out seeing any maraudipg Bedouins."
The Times this morning says Though
General Wolseley does not require third
| division, the Government is determined to
strengthen his hands by sending three bat
tulions of infantry, SO that General Wood
may be set free without leaving a garrison
Of less than 5000 men at Alexandria. Re-
serve depots of $50 men for each of the
| regiments which are at the front with Gen-
eral Wolseley will also be formed at Alexan-
dria, and large depot OF 1000 reserve
men will be formed to replace these as they
are drafted to the front to supply causual-
| ties The general result of these measures
will be that General Wolseley will have
q, 900 men on the main, line of operations,
besides the garrison of Alexandria and the
Indian contingent"
A dispatch TO the NecS from Port Said
reports that Abdullah Bey Fanzi, Aide-de-
Camp of the Khedive, has gone On mis-
sion to ports OF the Red Sea To stir up among
the natives loyal feeling toward the khe-
dive, and to encourage operations against
| Arab Pasha. 4
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 4.-Great uneasiness
is felt in consequence of the arrests OF a
native spy carrying letter addressed 10
Antono Paulo the Greek Consular Agent
ut Stout, who is staying here. Paulo has
been arrested. II is rumored that the police
have discovered ramitications of a eonspir-
acy, in which several Greeks are implicated
the object being the massacre of Europeans
In Alexandria in the event OF the Brltisl
troops being seriously engaged at Ramleh
The man -oi-war Minotaur is shelling the
| rebel lines, because Of threatening demon
stratioms made by the enemy from Mandara
The uneasincss among the Europeani
continues unabated. Sensational rumor
| of every kind are circulating tonight
J There was a report that The French Consul
General had asked for transports to remov
French subjects, but it proved to be entirel
groundless. The British military authorize
have mapped the town into districts, whic
are connected by telephone, and they lee
satisfied that this will enable them TO quel
! any unforeseen outbreak.
At 5 o'clock this evening the Englis
: heavy guns near the Cairo Railway bega
. shelling Arab Pasha's camp. The enem
} replied, their shells falling within ten yard
9 OF the Fleming depot, i'll the Ramleh lines
Two more British guns Joined in the iirt
whereupon a lively cannonade ensued. Th
enemy continued TO make excellent practice
all their shells falling close to the BIRTHS
camp.
The water in the canal broke through tn
dam to-day, and is one and half metre
high.
A Greek who recently arrived here froI
! | Cairo gives gloomy account oil the sltui
: tion there He fears that when Arab Pash
is defeated he will destroy the city. II
estimates that there are at Cairo only 1,5C
= troops, who will join in pillaging the city {
:. the first opportunity He says that Circa
= slams are maltreated if seen on the streets
: Cairo.
Z The Egyptian courts martial continue
. extort evidence or confessions from prisone
y by torture. Three thousand rifles and s.
e thousand bludgeons we're discovered {
Monday in mosque. The finding caus
= uneasiness.
;s CoNsTANTINoPLE,S Sept. 4.-Lord DufIer
b Yesterday informed the Sultan that he hi
,e been authorized to assent to the landing
I. 1000 or 5000 Turkish troops at Port Sal
n Ii is understood that Dervisch Pasha VI
is command the expedition, and that Bak
IA Pasha will be his chief.ot staff.