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The Trouble In Egypt.

An Official telegram from tue government OF
Arab: Bey, dated Cairo, says "The khedive
having issued a decree Diminishing Arab Pacha
from tho ministry for neglecting to defend
Alexandria, and having published q proclama-
ton declaring that England is the friend OF
Egypt. Arab Pacha has called on the country.
of which he is the submissive servant, to pro-
nounce its will in the matter. At q great
meeting called for SATURDAY., comprising Ule
mas, Cadis, the Coptic pStriarch, heads of the
Armenian. Greek and Maronite committees,
various high functionariea, mudirs, notab!es,
and leading merchants, in all 1854 persons,
moving speeches were delivered, especially by
Ali Bey, under secretary to the Soudap, who
recounled outraged IS assaults OF English call
ors upon Alcxnndrian women. The meeting,
with only three dlssentient., decided to main
tain Arab 80 that he might defend the country
until the conclusion of a satisfactory peace or
the total determination OF his forces. All decrees
to the contrary were declared annulled, as
the khedive was beyond The pale of Mussulman
law. It VAS resolved that the decision Of the
meeting be submitted to the Porte. Cousins Of
the khedive, who were present at the meeting,
declar ed that Tewfk wonld be khedivc if he
sided With the country and the army, but that
under the present circumstances he is either .
prisoner or q puppet OF the British, and his
authority might be repudiated. Immense num-
bers OF people paraded the streets last evening,
shouting: Victory to friends Of Egypt against
aggressort."
The departure of the Scots guards, $50
strong, for Egypt, caused much excitement
in London. There was q great crowd OF people
outside the barracks ana the troops took their
departure amid tremendous enthusiasm. The
Prince and Princess Of Wales, the Duke and
Duchess OF Connaughi, the Duke Of Cambridge,
ccmmander-in-chief Of the forces, and the
Right Honorable Hugh O. Cbilders, secretary
OF state for war, went on . special steamer to
meet The Orient as she left the dock. The
crowd at the barracks waa 30 dense that the
leading files Of the guards were Lifted Oh their
feet.
An Alexandria dispatch says: Midshipman De
Chair, OF the ironclad Alexandra, who was sent
to Ramleh on Saturday morning on horseback
with important dispatches containing Admiral
Seymour's directions regarding the proposed
reduction of the Aboukir forts, all indorsed BY
the khedive, has been captured by Arab and is
now held as q prisoner. De Chair was pro-
vided by the khedive with q guard OF natives
as an escort. The natives had al along
been secretly loyal to Arab, and when they
got De Chair beyond the British outposts they
~overpowered him, made him prisoner and con-
Quoted him into Arabi's camp at Kair-el-Dwar.
There he was searched, his dispatches seized,
and he was placed under guard as q prisoner
Of war. subsequently, word was sent to the
British OF what had been done. The natives
are becoming very ~insolent toward the British,
and whenever they meet small bodies
OF English troops they taunt them
to fight. Arab is still parleying with the khe-
dive. The sultan has intimated that no terms
will be made except unconditional surrender.
A traveller who has iust arrived here from Stout
reports that Arab Pasha has issued q manifesto
declaring that the Khedive Tewfk has sold
Egypt to the British and had retired to
England. Arab therefore ordered the people
to obey him until the Prophet has en-.
lightened him to find a worthier khedive:
Six Mudirs of Upper Egypt have been ordered
10 supply five hundred horses and six hundred
and fifty camels to tho forces OF Arab. The
governor of the town Of Minieb, lS6 miles
southwest OF Cairo, endeavored to resist the
attempt of Arab to interrupt railway commu.
n~ication, but was sent to Cairo and imprisoned
in the citadel. The railway trains in Egypt are
searched and Christians are murdered.
Tho following is an account Of how q British
outpost Mt Alexandra was alarmed and put to
flight by a body of Arabs: It seems that there
is a clump Of trees on the Sweet Water cana],
about in the center OF the British line OF out.
posts, which vas guarded by q company Of the
Sixtieth Rifles. An advanced picket, con-
sisting OF a corporal and six men, was
duly posted there last evening, and eau
toned by Major-General Alison as to
the necessity OF maintaining absolute steadi-
ness, and were ordered, in the event of an at
tack in force, to fall back in order on a barri-
caded house by the side Of the canal. These in
structions were apparently fully understood,
and the general left satisfied. At about O'Clock
in the morning the enemy suddenly appeared
on the left OF the British outposts with infantry
and cavalry. They had approached very rapid.
~ and unobserved, and, before the British had
time to check their advance, they charged the
clump Of trees at q great pace. The Rifles
fired Q single volley and then broke and ran
along the bank of the canal. The outlook
would seem to have been very defective, and,
worse sti !, the retreating troops neglected all
the orders concerning q rallying point, and never
stopped until they had reached the fortified
water works hill, about q mile distant. Four
of them even ran until they reached the camp,
where they spread all sorts Of ridiculous
rumors, such as that they had lost all their
comrades. and had last seen Major Ward sur.
rounded by the enemy. A company instantly
moved forward to the bank Of the canal. The
enemy had apparently not followed the fugi-
tives far, bu. had taken the rifles they had
thrown away in their fight and secured their
reserve Of ammunition. The conduct Of the
Rifles created a terribly indignant feeling
throughout the British camp. The position
they abandoned has been %reoccupied, and the
men composing the fugitive picket have been
placed under arrest. A harmless demonstra-
ton was made against an exactly similar posi-
ton on the previous night.