The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-07-18

AfAOi DcJ Oegau yesterday HotuiuS W s''~ ->'N
ish feet under Admiral Seymour opening dre
upon the forts at Alexandra. 1t is needless 70
reiterate at length the circumstances which have
led to this event, they must be familiar to all
our readers. Arab Bey, Minister of War to the
Khedive, becoming jealous of the influence of
foreign powers in his country, endeavored to es-
tablsh National party, the basis principles OF
which were that Egyptians should rule Egypt.
and that Khedive should be placed in power
who would not be at the beck and nod OF Eng
| land and France, and who would not be willing
10 levy heavy taxes upon the people for the ben.
eft of the subjects of these countries who owned
| Egyptian bonds. This was in brief, the cause OF
| Arabs rebellion against Khedive Tewfk, and
| he being undoubtedly man OF nerve and con-
siderable strength of character, has succeeded IN
| securing the army on his side, and Is virtually
the ruler while the Khedive is TO all intents and
| purposes but a prisoner in his hands.
To protect the claims of her subjects and her
| property in the SueZ Canal To restore the khe-
dive and to re-esIablish order in the country,
conference OF the powers has been called IN Con-
staninople, Egypt being under the suzerainty of
| the Sultan. In the meantime, while this confer
| ence was engaged in its deliberations, England
who, for prudential reasons, had been left by
France TO alone suppress the rebellon-de-
| manded that the forts AT Alexandria should be
| disarmed. and that the Egyptians should dscon-
tiuuC thC hOlh O IoItillilS uuu ihOuutuk guns.
| This Arab Bey promised. but failed to keep his
| word, whereupon he was notified by Admiral
| Seymour ON Sunday last that unless he surren-
dered the Notifications within twelve hours, the
| bombardment wOnld begin within a further Pc
! riOd OF twenty four hours. The Egyptian leader,
| however, was defiant. and, as We have seen, the
British Admiral has maie good his threat
| LONDON, July 1.-THE special correspondent
| of the Associated Press with the British fleet
| elegraphs:
OFF ALEXANDRIA, 6 p MA British naval
officer has furnished me the following account
of the days operations: THE bombardment
commenced at 745 this morning The IRON
| clads Superb, Sultan and Alexandria engaged,
and totally destroyed Fort Pharos and the light
house batteries, which are at the entrance to the
new port, and were intended TO dominate the
| apprOacl to the inner harbOr. The hag-shps
Invincibe, Monarch and Penelope took up a
commanding position inside the reefs, and as
sisted outside by the Temeraire, attacked with
destructive effect the strong position of Fort Mex
with the Lighthouse and shore batteries. The
Inflexbe was stationed so as to command the
lighthouse batteries. Fort PharOs and Fort Mex
nj the same time, and was thus in position To
cooperate both with the division outside and
that inside the reefs. The gun vessels Bittern
Condor Beacon, Decoy and Cygnct attacked the
MarabOut batteries at the entrance to the harbOr
and taking close and destructive range soon
senced them, after which they ran in and
shelled For, Mex on the southern side of the en-
trance to the anchorage on the outer harbor
The Invinci1e, under cover OF her own guns
and most of the Bttern, then landed party OF
| blue jackets and marines who entered Fort Mex
and blew up the heavy guns The lombard
ment practically ceased at noon, though some
| heavy guns are at this hour still Smelling Fort
Napoleon, the large works situated at the south.
ern angle Of the inner harbor, and dominating
the town. The fort does not reply. On the
whole the Egyptians fought their batteries with
| I.tor hal h.a., t..1
Several of the earth works, behind which the
guns were mounted, were found 70 be mere
| heaps of sand @s
ALEXANDRIA, July II, 80 p. M-Thc tota
number of killed is five, aud wounded 81, dis
iributed as follows Killed. on the Alexandria
/; Superb l. Slltan 9, and Infcxible,
Wounded, on the Alexandria, 3; Superb, /
Sultan, Z; Invmcible 6 Infiexible, 2, and Pene
lope g. Twelve officers and men landed from
the lnyincible, lnder the cover of fire of the Con
dor and Bitter, and destroyed with dynamite
the heavy guns If Fort Mex.
PARIS July THE agent of the SueZ Cana
telegraphs NJ. DeLrs>ups that he had written to
the naval commanders p ocsting against The
action of the British Consulate at Port Said il
proven ing vessels entering the canal, as viola
ton of its neu ralIty, and declaring that the
company will bold the British Government re-
spOnsible. The whole staff of the canal remain
at their posts
LONDON July 1a--In the telegram sent al 92C
A. NJ, Admiral Seymour confirms the report o
the evacuation OF Alexandria. The entire garr
son Withdrew under flag of truce, leaving the
BedOuins to fire and piage the town. The
Decoy has gone TO Port SAID to ascertain Tho
state of affairs there
Reuters Telegram Company has received the
following
ALEXANDRIA, July 49, 9:4s A. M-The Egyp
tian army is greatly demoraliZcd, and is in full
retreat toward the interior. The European
quarter of the town, including the exchange and
telegraph Office is utterly destroyed. The city
was set on fire by released convicis, who com
milted horrible atrocities The Egyptians used
flag of truce to enable the troops TO withdraw
! from the town. The telegraph ship Chiltern is
crowded with survivors, who fought their way
to the beach, whence the boats of the fleet re
: moved them. They report having passed a
dreadful night, defending themselves desperately
One hundred Europeans and other Christians in
the Ottoman Bank and adjoining buildings were
massacred A part of The fleet are now leaving
for Port Said. The whereabouts of the KhedivC
is unknown.
The work of the ships is now over Any fur
ther action must be ashore. Fully half of the
/, town is burning. There will be landing in
force, 10 investigate the condition of things, and
If possible, render aid
LONDON, July ID. 8 p. M.-The Standard has
dispatch from Alexandria dated at $50 O'Clock
this evening, which confirms the report of the
landing of marines, and says that since they en-
tered the town. firing has been heard there
Two batteries of field artillery at Portsmouth
have been ordered to Egypt for embarkaton.
The Nears says the proposal that Turkey be in
vted by the powers To re-establish the Khedive's
authority is practically agreed upon, and note
TO that effect will be sent TO the Porte in the
course of a week. 1t is regarded as probable
that Turkey, while not positively declining the
call OF Europe, will Try TO gain time by reopen
ing negotiations In such case England will in
wife conference To regard this procedure as
equivalent TO a REFUSAL and will ask its approval
of some other course
) visch Pasha left Ramleh this afternoon, and
drove through Alexandria with their suites.
LONDON, July 13.-The landing of British
force for police purposes, was to be in concert
with the Khedive or native authority in Alexan
be invited TO cooperate
In the House of Lords, this afternoon, Ear
Granville, Foreign Secretary stated that if the
fleet at Alexandria required the assistance oil
troops they would be sent. There was he said
no reason to believe hat any Of the great pow ers
regard the bOmbardment of Alexandria as other
than an act of sefdcfence
LONDON, July ID. ! p. MA dispatch to the
iStdndGrd dated Alexandria Saturday morning
says il is now possible TO walk the streets with
out escort The cafes and shops are reopening
and confidence is generally reviving. Admiral
Seymour telegraphs at 1920 this morning: :"
am organizing police force as fast possible
and have occupied the gates and two forts.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 15.-The conference to-
day discussed the terms of the note 10 be ad
dressed to the Porte demanding the dispatch o.
| Turkish trOODS EOvpf