The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-07-19
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

TIE royal assent was given to the Repres-
sion bill in the House of Lords on the 18th.
THE public debt of Egypt Is $500, ,OO0. 900,
and the greater part Of it Is held in England.
She also pays E75O, 900 tribute to Turkey an
nually.
A DISPATCH from Alexandra on the 14th
says that the Marine Artillery had occupied
Fort Napoleon that morning, commanding the
city. The feet had been ordered to do no
more damage unless provoked. The town is
totally ruined. The houses from the great
square 10 the custom house have all been
Plundered. In the square itself, and other
wealthy European quarters, there is hardly q
building left that was not either burned or
ruined The court house of the Inter
national Tribunal had so far escaped.
The Anglo Egyptian Bank was also pre-
served. The streets were strewn with empty
clock and jewel cases and similar debris,
but very few dead bodies were found.
Two-thirds of the troops, it is stated, deserted
during the bombardment. After the Khedive's
palace had been surrounded party of soldiers
entered his apartment and declared that they
had orders to kill him and burn the palace.
After long parleying their loyalty was bought
by promises of money. They then escorted
the Khedive to the British quarters at Ras-el-
Tin. His guard was not allowed, however, to
enter the palace there with him. A proclana-
ton in Arabic was being prepared in the Khe-
dives name, calling on the people to maintain
order and on the troops to disband. The
Khedivs with Dervisch Pasha and some of the
Ministers, then went on board a vessel in the
harbor. Two hundred British marines had
been ordered to march through the city and
shoot all persons found rieting. Some plum
derers caught In the act were summarily shot.
In the House of Commons on the 18th,
Chamberlain, President of the Board OF Trade,
confirmed the report that John Bright had re-
signed the ChancellorshiP of the Duchy of
Lancaster.
A WOMAN was shot at Balla, County Mayo,
Ireland, on the 18th, for taking farm from
which the former tenant had been evicted.
In the rife contest at Wimbledon, England,
Lieutenant Mitchell, of Canada, won the
Prince of Wales prize with score of eighty
five.
AN Alexandria dispatch of the 18th says that
the measures taken by Admiral Seymour to re-
store order had been a complete success. The
Arabs salute humbly every one in the street
who carries a white flag. The cafes and shops
were opening and matters were assuming a
more settled appearance. The great fires were
dying out, and as there had been no new out
breaks during the previous twenty -four hours
confidence was becoming restored. The Amer
ican marines were the first to land and occupy
the Great Square, helping to restore order.
The Germans followed. Both, it is stated,
did so without any political instructions from
their respective governments. All the vessels
in the harbor except those of Austria and
Greece landed men. Afamine is apprehended;
also an epidemic, because of the unburied dead.
The offices of the Ottoman Bank and Credit
Lyonnaise escaped destruction. Arab Pasha
appropriated e25, 900 from the custom house
before leaving. According to the accounts of
persons who remained in the city, bands of
murderers, during and after the bombardment,
forced their way into almost every house.
Scarcely any European dwellings were spared.
1t appears that large stores of petroleum were
sent to Alexandria aweek before the lombard
ment, especially to set fire to the town. Thir-
teen hundred Christian refugees were saved in
a Coptic church during the massacre. The
fires in the town were undoubtedly directly
instigated by the principal supporters of Arab
Pasha, if not by himself. After looting COM
menced the soldiers attacked the original
plunderers and robbed them of their prey.
Arab Pasha, during the engagement, was at
Fort Napoleon, which neither fired nor re-
ceived shot. After the firing had ceased he
rode through the town, accompanied by Nah
moud Lami and other ministers. Subsequently
party of soldiers delibera ely set fire to the
French Consulate. Another party proceeded
in the same systematic manner to set fire to
the other side of the Great Square. The whole
district is SO ruined that even the street open
ings are indistinguishable.