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seen from the deck of the American ship.
According to the reports from shore the peo-
pie are fleeing in every direction and there Is
a great panic.
The Conference.
CoYsrASrINorIE, Turkey, July lO.-The
conference will probably not sit until affairs
in Alexandria are more settled. The ambas-
sailors generally consider the action Of Eng
land regarding Alexandria as perfectly legiti.
mate.
The Bombardment Protested.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July lO.-The Brit
ish ships are cleared for action. The Thctts
Monarch and Invincibc are in the harhor.
The rest of the ships are outside. The Tor
eign consuls, excepting the British, have pro-
tested against the bombardmcnt. All the
foreign mcn-of-war, excepting the English,
are lying outside the harbOr. The French
squadron sailed AT sunset leaving only the
Alma and llirondclle.
war Inevitable.
LONDON, England, July 10---The Stand
ards Alexandria despatch says that save the
somewhat numerous colony of Italians and
Greeks, all Europeans have quilted the city.
Those remaining have barricaded their
houses. Admiral Seymour had received no
reply from the ministry up to 8 o'clock this
evening Ii seems to be their determination
to fight as bodies Of troops can be seen
moving about The military say they
will defend the forts to the last and then re-
tire TO the interior where preparations for re-
sistancc are complete. The forts will proba-
bly, be engaged at close quarters and the YES
sells keep moving during action. The khe-
dive has sent his family 10 the country pal
ace. Arab has again declared he will not
yield an iuch and peiectpanic prevails
among the Arabs.
Neutral ships Outside the Bar.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July 10. C;3O p. m.-
The American, Austrian, Russian and ltal-
ian men f.war anccored two miles outeide
of the bicaliwater. Admirrl Seymour has
depu,ed an officer to supervise all kilograms.
The Bombardmcnt Commenced.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July II, Z a. M
The bombardmcnt has commit need
England Thought TO Have n Secret
Understanding with Turkey.
PARIS, France, July 1.-THE news that
Admiral Seymour had bombardcd Alexan-
dlii, this morning, created great sensation.
The belief gains ground that England all
along had secret understanding with Tur-
key. |, is sal that De Freycinct knows of
the secret treaty between the powers. A de-
spatch to lie Figaro announces that Touleba
Pacha, yesterday, Informed the khcdivc that
he was prisoner. A Gordon of Egyptian
troops surrounded Dcryisch PaCha's resi-
denCc, making efforts to approach the shore
to carry of Dervisch, but without success.
The Khedive's sons are on board the kak-
roussa. Popular feeling in Alexandria grows
more hostile to Arab.
The Bonn ba rd,mcnro of the Forts.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July II, G p. m.--
The British naval bombardment commenced
at 7.ij this morning. The iron.clads SUI
perb, Sultan and Alexandria engaged and TO-
tally destroyed Fort Pharos and light house
batteries at The entrance of the new port and
intended to dominate the approach to the
new harbo' The flagship lnvincble, the
Monarch and Penelope took up commanding
positions Inside the reefs and, assisted from
the outside by The Tcmcrare, attacked
with destructive effect the strong position Of
For, Mex with the light house and shore bat
! terics. The InilcXiblc was stationed SO a:
!, to command the light house batteries of Fort
rharos and Fort Mex at the same time anc
was thus in Il position to cooperate both will
the division outside and that inside the reefs
The gun vessels Bittcrn, Condor. Beacon
Decoy and Cygnct attacked the Marabou
Il hot : I,a ant n "a
: taking close destructive rang
Soon SiIcnced Them,
after which they ran in and shelled For
Mex on the southern side of the entrance L
the anchorage ON the outer harbor. The In
vincble under cover Of her own guns ant
those of the Bittern then landed party o
= blue Jackets and marines who entered For
Mex aud blew up the heavy guns. The bonn
, bardmcnt practically ceased at noon, though
some heavy guns are still Smelling Fort Ma
pocon, {, large work situated at the southern
angle OF the inner harbor and dominating TIN
town The fort does not reply. On tn
whole the Egyptians fought the batteric
] with more determination than was expected
c Several earth works, behind which gun
were mounted, were found to he mere heap
, of sand.
.csted.
CoNsrANTINopLE, Turkey July 1l.-Min
lister Wallace had confidential audienc
with the Sultan lasting four hours. 1t
believed the subject of the conversation wa
: the Egyptian crisis and that the fricndl
mediation of the United States was suggest
ed The conference is in Il state of complet
!. discord.
n lncasincss at Frances Action.
j. NEW York, July 1.-THE Commercia
a Advertisers London special says the creates
Il excitement prevails over the news fror
k Egypt. All sorts OF runors are aaoat. TIL
C situation is very critical, and though there
e an overwhelming majority in and out of Pai
n lament that heartily approves the step
&c taken this morning, cautious men see tina
l. unless the trouble is soon ended, it may lea
to ends never contemplated by the majorit
of the English people. The action Franc
- may take on the Suez canal question is th
IL subject exciting the most comment. lie
o strange behavior the last week or two an
&c particularly in the last three or four day
n has created an uneasness which the protes
IL of the Sucz company over Admiral Scy
10 mours order of closing the canal has not II
layed. 1t is argued that Arab has bee
promised European support of some kline
That new troubles will begin when the fort
ID are all silcnccd no one doubts, for Englan
\, will then have to define what is nccessar
- for Egyptian and Turkish rule
III Engiand's Course Justified.
~ PARIS, France, July lit is admitted
is government circles that England is perfcrtl
c. justified in her vigorous action against Ara
ei Pachas attitude of provocation, and as lor
'g us England pursues this line of conduct 81
% will meet no onpOsliop from the powers. .