The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15

PARIS, July 1.-THE Turkish min
ster officially informed M. De Frey
cinet that Turkey willnot send troops
to Egypt.
LONDON, July 1.-THE Standards
correspondent on the InUiocl6Le tele-
graphs the following:
"ALExANDRIA. July IA, $40 A.
M.-The attack on the forts has now
been kept up two hours. Smoke
hangs over the city along.the line OF
the shore batteries and among the
ships, and is it difficult to see what
damage has been done. 1t Is certain,
however, that the enemy has suffered
very heavily. Fort Marsa Ell Kanat
has been blown up. The fire from
the other batteries and forts is slack
enlng. The top of the tower of Fort
Pharos has been carried away, and
many guns haye been dismounted on
that and other forts. The flag of the
Geneva red cross is flying over the
hospital in the city. The Dutch and
Greek flags are hoisted over their re-
spectiYe consulates. Atthe beginning
of the bombardment immense ex-
element was visible. Crowds of peo-
pie were seen vending their way to-
wards the palace. The streets are
now deserted. the people having fed
or taken refuge in cellars. There is
no signs of surrender so far.
A telegram from the Eastern TeIe-
graph company's steamer Chilter7a.
sent ILLS this A. NJ, says the bonn.
bardment still continues. The forts
are gradually being silenced. The
Ras- El-Tin forts are suffering severe
ly from the heavy and disastrous fire
of the ships Alexandria,, Superb and
Iemeraire.
Admiral Seymour telegraphs as
follows; 1.-THE ships opened fire at 7
O'Clock this morning. The return fire
from the forts was weak and inefiec-
tive. An explosion in Fort Marsa
Ell Kanat had occurred by O'Clock.
The ships engaged are the ZnJ7erible,
Ieneraire. Penelope Superb, Sultan,
LnUinci6ie, Alexandra. and Monarch"
CoNsTANTINOPLE. July 11.-Lord
Dufferin, the British ambassador, no.
titled the porte on Monday of Admit
raj Seymour'S intention to lombard
the Alexandrian forts if Arab Pacha
remained obdurate. The porte on
the same evening telegraphed Musu-
rus Pacha, its ambassador at London,
that such an act would constitute a
grave infraction of the sovereign
rights of the sultan and that it ex.
pected the British government to orr
der Admiral Seymour to abstain.
LONDON, July II, P. MA dis
patch just received from Alexandria
says that the magazine at Fort Ada
has be been blown up.
LONDON, July II. The Times in
its third edition, publishes a dispatch
from Alexandria as follows: The
armored ships are in the following
positions: The Alexandria, Sultan
and Superb, are under way On line
northeast by east, and from fifteen to
nineteen hundred yards northwest
of the Ennostus Point lighthouse.
The LgaeribLe is In the Corvette pass,
the narrowest channel leading into
the harbor, and $500 yards north by
west from the Masse fort. The
Ienaeraire IS in the central channel,
$500 yards north to northwest of the
Masse fort, and the Penelope, Znvs,a-
chile and Monarch are 1000 to 1900
yards to the northwest of the Masse
fort. The unarmored ships are under
way, working their guns to the best
advantage. The Torpedo depot ship
Hecld has arrived. Fort Ada, the
magazine in which has been blown
up is located close to the vice regal
palace outside of the harbOr.
LONDON, July 1880 P. M,-An
Alexandria dispatch to the Central
Neaos says the fire of the fleet COM
mands the railway to Cairo. Up to
noon four forts in all were blown up.
No casualties to the feet are discern
ible.
ALEXANDRIA, July 1850 p. M.
The action is finished for the day.
The casualties on the English side
amount to forty wounded, and none
killed.
OFF ALEXANDRIA, July IL, 1.30
p. MA flag of truce has been dis
played from the town.
LONDON, July ia dispatch from
Admiral Seymour. sent at Z O'Clock
this afternoon, says:
"There was no response to to.day's
firing. A flag of truce was hoisted at
noon at the arsenal where the Minis
ter of War and the official Divau are.
A gun boat under flag of truce pro-