The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-18
LATEST TELEGRAMS,
EGYPT.

has decided that the British advance
shall be made from AbOukir. Troops
Will attack the AbOukir forts on
Sunday.
The Khedive to-day visited Gen.
WOlSeley and remained one hour.
1t Is reported that negotiations are
proceeding for the surrender at
Mex of 1000 bedouins, now with
Arab Pasha.
Another report states that Gen.
Wolseley will make an attack pos
sibly on Saturday morning, in two
columns, one along the route of the
last reconnaissance, and the other by
way of Lake AbOukir, taking Arab
at point where his right rear will
rest on Mahmoudich.
There is reason to believe the
young Italian naval officer, reported
missing on the 18th inst, absconded
with the intention Of giving Arab
Pasha assistance.
The troop ship Euphrates, with
the second battalion of the Man.
chester regiment and the battery of
royal artillery, and the transport
COpella, with the Duke of Teck, have
arrived.
COnstantinople, II. - Dufferin,
British ambassador, has been in
structed not to press the Porte for a
reply concerning the military con-
vention.
Alexandria, 1.-THE transports,
Egyptian, Monarch and Nevada
arrived. Reports continue to assert
that a combined land and sea attack
on the forts at Aboukir is imminent
According to the latest accounts,
the attack will be made on Sunday
morning. The Duke of Csnnaught
goes on board the transport Orient
without delay.
Sp.m.-The Forty-eighth, Forty
sixth. and Sixtieth Regiments are
breaking camp at Ramleh, and pre-
pairing to embark.
Two 611S ton guns were mounted
within the British lines at Ramlet
on Thursday.
Berlin, IA correspondent o.
the Cologne Gazette expresses the
opinion that Russia is preparing FOL
a war with Turkey, by way of com
pensation for England's occupation
Of Egypt.
Malta, II The transports, Duk,
of Argyle, with pontOon, teie
graph and railway companies o
engineers, and the Grecian, with
battery of artillery, have arrived
on the way to Egypt; also the trans
ports Lusftanian, Ludgate, Greece
and City of New York.
Gibraltar, II. - The transpor
Russian passed to-day, on its wa
to Egypt.
Paris, 1.-THE following tele
3 gram, dated Ismalia, has been re
: ceived from DeLesseps: The gov
9 ernor asked me, to-day, whether til
h. Egyptians could legally cut til
fresh canals from Cairo to ISmalis
l replied in the negative. 1 sna
communicate my opinion, Whit
has the sanction of legal decis ion:
to Arab Pasha, who has Away
sCrupulously respected the rights c
the Suez Canal Company.
: MarseilleS, l7.-Riaz Pasha hs
embarked for Alexandria, in obed
i ence to the request of the XII
dive.
e; Constantinople, 1.-THE repo
Il that Said Pasha has resigned
: false.
p Alexandria, i7.-Major Gener
I Sir Edward Ham.ey, to-day, a
sumed local command in Ramle
Major Generals Wood ami Allist
have taken command Of their l
y spective bri yades. Colonel Ne hey
is appointed censor of press me
e sages.
London, 1.-THE Standard say
General Wolseley's parading W
for an Ostensible purpose, and m
have been the best way Of cOnce
n ing his real intentions. Before nc
the enemy has been deceived
90 means of the press. The Stan
I'D ard further says: The ire
~ clads may increase the decC
- ton by the bombardment
ne the forts, and at nightfall
fleet of transports may steam ba
II to Alexandria again and disemba
troops, and the entire British fol-
fall upon Arab Pasha's depict
entertainments, in front of Raml'
1t is almost certain that the repo,
. of landing at Aboukir are spread
. throw dust in The eyes Of Ar
Pasha.
~ The Times is quite silent rega
). ing Gen. WOlseley's intention.
$ The Ne10S draws attention to t
fact that when General Wolsel
s wrote the first edition of the "S
- diefS' Pocket Book he regard
special correspondents as
modern curses Of an ar
a in the field. Subsequent events,
led doubt, induced him to modify
OF views, but not to such an ext
10 that he would lightly take th
He into his confidence Without reser
ant