New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-19
voI.XLn.. NO 'l3,o6l.
THE BRITISH IN EGYPT

usiA'; Zinc Their destination Is not hno"n'
=, ,'io = renorted that the ironclads VIII 10 "
.,orL;r and the troops TO the ouo"
ConoI The enemy's patrols have peo"
sno-1 ,,itbin ten miles of Suez. Arab rao""
ormv ia Thought to be greatly In neeo VI ' .ao
seons. The Russian Government uo" on-
,enort that Russian troops are oei"s
centrated in the Caucasus
THE TROOPS ON BOARD THE TRANefonL9'
IovDoS Aug 1S.-A dispatch from h''A"',,... -
dated l1:2O a. m, says the division % 'no Tho
a',d tho Goth Regiment are now emDarkihs
a anu Wy ,d Cameron Highlanders are going 10
Ramleh to form the nucleus "a A'e
under General Alison. , .Lo
later dispatch from Alexandra says Una. '"0
eoet and transports are getting up steam i"''
Will sail with sealed orders. ,.., =
ALEXANDRIA. Aug. 1S.-The whole eXpeui"o" "
on board the ships, ready to start III 'i'c Hoi9
Its destination is stlil uncertain oo,,
sp.m-The transports Orient, Catalonia OsP.t'
and Nevada. with troops board have gone 10 'nv
o,ter anchorage II is supposed that the nee. WI"
On to Ahoukir and the troops TO the Sue1 N1tii
Telegraphlc communication has been es'ao'i'"o'
between lGti SaIS nf fbe wounded in Arab Pahas
i've described bv the desefter VINO came III NJ ~
vester,lay arises from scarcity OF surgeons III %
rebel camp and the bad sanitary cohul'ion VI '''N
'%r I6SDox, Aug 19.-Thc correspondent o. Tbe THe
DaiIv Ne,cs at Alexandria says: Id amS
iberia left the harbor here today also another f
steamer with railway wagons, rails anu engines Iol
Ismalia Guards with horses hSS and iberia
be greatest secrecy exists IN regard 10 the 9esttn
tlon of the transports The Bfl sn IRON Ja "el,
IN honor of the birthday OF the Emperor fIa!ciS IaH
Joseph of Austria. Bluejackets from Iiel 1"Jon,y &
flagship IlcOnstant mounted seVeh-'nDu i's 80 tn
morrow and complete a battery OF t0ur guns. &c
" have reason to believe that the censorship oi
the press teleTams has been changed LOT lne Ura
man system making correspondents p9rsoha}f t fher
sponsible and allowing them to sehd "n"' 'ne'
wish; o,r soems content with his intrench-
mon : doing little or nothing TO improve theH.
Rebel Official returns state that their FORCES nuoed
10000 regulars, $4,000 militia ana oU'ooO 1H.nGr Kt
Bedonns hey claim to have 20 OoO men at M Mil
elDwor These numbers are OF course RIediIy cA
acgerated. but show the lone OF confidence auoP'eu
D! be hue 6o T9le1rGph has the following dispatch
from Alexandria / he Aboukir DIVISION VIII coz
slst of about G000 men IN case Oh ngcsSSey t Seyya
ISr,g,de. Mlior-Gencral Sir Edward liam
ieVs division IS 1000 strong. The we3ith.
er here IS oppresSRinyncrSy NaI tEe TRANSPORTS
Nrrissa and Rhoslna The men OF II. NJ ;. incon-
stant took two CLIFTON guns, Ara6i Pacha OWL
Weapons from Fort Adah 10 Ramleh to-aay' "A
- ran to.dav for the first time from Rosetta IL
conveyed A part of the Gordon Highlanders TO the
night flank. 1t Is TepO ted from caro- tiat AIapl
Pacha has warned the European residents % tnaD io W
vii not be responsible for their safely, having W
call all his soldiers and police to the roht'
OPERATIONS ALONG THE SUEZ CANAL.
Surz. Aug. 1s-Raif Pacha, the new Governor
amounted by the Khedive arrived here yesterday
and WAS sauted by the British ships and the Naval
Brigade. Arab Pacha's patrols have been seen ten
mules from Suez II s reported that his outposts
near here number 2,UOO men.
Nv the time the first detachment of Indian troops
arrives there will be ten thousand tons OF fresh
water stored here.
PopT SAID. Auc 1s.-Arabi Pacha's Governor
left here at midnight last for Isn1ala. The com
mander of tue rebel troops here, who Is known
fanatic. acts a. Governor. The transport Viking,
with a company of engineers, has arrived here ana
has anchored III the roads.
TRIBtLATIONS OF THE PORTE.
CoNsrANTINOPLE. Aug 1S.-Lord Dufferin, the
British Ambassador, in an interview TODAY said he
understood he was authorized to make concessions,
Il necessary in regard to some of the terms of the
military convention without altering the leading
principle of the agreement
Troops have been ordered to pursue the Arab
sheikh Obeidallah, who, it has been ascertained,
has fed into Kurdls stan.
LONDON, Aug. 1s.--A dispatch from CONSTANT
nopie TO Tke Standard says the Porte fears that If
the Durdish Chief Obeidallah succeedsin regnning
his tribe unpleasantness between Turkey and
Persia VIII enSue. Russians have been requested TO
watch the frontiers for the Sheikh
! LONDON Aug. l9.-Ihe Post understands that the
Porte has countermandcd the military preparations
for the expedition TO Egypt and declines TO accept
the British conditions for military convention
CLAIMING COMPENSATION FROM ENGLAND.
LONDON Aug lS.-A dispatch to The St. Jdmess
Gazette from Berlin states that the Germans who
suffered loss by the bonbardment of Alexandra
bsve petitiOned the German Government TO claim
from England compensation for their losses.
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
WAR RUMORS DENIED IN RUSSIA.
LONDON, Aug 1S.-A dispatch to The Times from