The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-07-20
ANDERSON S. O., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 90 1889
IRE wHITE FLAG AT ALExANDRrA.

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IRE wHlTE FLAG AT ALEXANDRA
How the Egyptians Net tho EIre Of u
BFitislr Guna.
LONDON, July IL.
The &dnddrdrs correspondent on boar
the Invincible telegrapha: The forts an
batteries on the ses face are heap {
ruins. The Egyptens stuck &c their gur
until the forts were crumbling. The ai,
Of the Egyptian gunners was chief
directed against the Penelope and th
InAexible, and they fircl principal
round shot. Their elevation was bat
The Invinoib!e was seldom hit. Th
armor of the Superb was penetratet
The Egyptian officers eee good exanapl
to their men, often jumping upon th
parapets to sec the effects Of their firt
A party of marines, which landed fror
the Invincible to blow up Fort Mex, CAV
50, eral dead lying inside the forts. Ia
Egyptians had no shells. which fact &C
counts for the email number Of casualtie
on the British vessels. A dispatch fro1
Suez says no merchant vessels have on
tered the canal during the last forty. eigh
hours. ALL the ships, including the In
dian mail steamers, reMain In the road
atead. The whole European population
10 aaoat. The British consul, in purau
ance of Admiral Seymop,'s instructions
has hauled down his flag and gone aboar,
gunboat.
4 correspondent of the Tymes, on tn
Helicon, telegraphing at 10 O'Clock thi
morning, says: The / tex forts appear /,
DO entirely deserted. The weather 1
cloudy and the wind has risen, causih,
the Bhips to roll. The bodiea Of thos
killed in the action Of yesterday wer
buried ct sea to-day. There are nov
about fifty vessels, including the men.of
war, anchored OF the breakWateg. IF Oh,
wind rises much smaller ones must weigl
anchor. It has been impossible 30 far I,
communicate with the shore. Itis likel]
that the European quarters have beef
seriously damaged. Several shells from
the Inflexible we're seen 70 burnt imme
dlately over the center of the toys5a
AMONG THE SHIPS. & ST.
The Penelope was struck fi{SoaHJ
and had one gun dIsabled. They go =
bic was hit many times but oplFs =.
penetrated her armor. The Mo-
not hit, owing to her moys -
Alter the action was over, thIY3 "a IA
drew of from the shore and h EB
approached each other. Al WHu
the 2Sr'es, dated off Alexandr;'
Egyptians could have done m--.... -.
tion had their aiming been lie. 4,
Is difficult to describe the exc S...saS, - q s
the sr lors. Each shot was wat shI tSeAl
great anxiety, and every goodss
cheered, Some shots from tho 81 =, .
flew high, and may have dnmgs -. y EN-
town. A dispatch to the Ddil
from La Galetta reports that the An:Sk.
can consul has received orders to r.
establish the consulate at Tupis. Til
Times, in leading article this morninl
says Musurus Parha, Turkish aI,hassa
DOR. had an interview yesterday with
Earl Granville, and demanded that tht
order for the bombardment of Alexan
dria be countermauS.d. Earl Granville
replied that circum':ar rces compelled tht
British government, ~ take decisive
action, aud that its de. 'sion could not b.
revoked. We do not hesitate to cay tina
the effect of England's determination
has been to produce the most favorable
impression both on the public opinion
and judgment of European statesmen
The representatives of three powers haze
already expressed satisfaction at the GOV
ernment's action. There is, therefore
no ground whatever for the assertion tha
the ection of England Is judged by Eu
rope as high handed or unnecessary.
the porto refuses to intervene in Egypt
we shall gladly welcome the assistance o.
France, and signs are not wanting tha
M. Defreycinct has shown timidit,
little to the taste of his couatrymen. III
Gambetta's speech yesterday, in one O
the bureaus Of the chamber, In the coursl
Of which he said that thei mcst seriou
fears was that England and France, afte
having acted together at Alexandria il
presenting the nltimatum, had parted
company, tud that If the separation
proyed deflnitiye, meyer would Franc.
have been in o more serious position, I
q sign of public opinion not to be neg
reports that NJ. Goblet, minister of th,
interior and of ,..Rorka, replying to Gam
BETA, in regard 20 Egyptian affairs, snit
bardment because England's conduct di,
not seem to her justified, and hecaus
France did not desire to emerge from
European c5nceyt. The correspondent
adds that 1t is OF least three weeks einc
England proposed to Franco to Join Ii
the occupation of the Suez canal, but q
France raised objections England gav,
up the idea Of French corporation I.
that direction, and turned her attention
to Alexandria. Eince then che has con
stantly urged France to keep her com
pany, and until tho last moment she hnt
not given up hopes.
THE wHITE FLAG.
A. dispatch, off Alexandria, July IL
ct l.S0 P. m, says: "a flag of truce |
shown from the town and vessel steam
ing towards the feet is also displaying
flag os truce" a dispatch to Reuter-
telegram company, from Alexandria, sen
at 9.26 this evening, eays the vessels O
the fleet took Hp the following position
OFF the new port before sunset: The Sui
ten of Fort Pharos and the Superb, III
Tcmeraine, the Infexib!e, the Aiexan
driR and the Achilles TO the eastward
The Invineible, the Monarch, the Pene
lope and all this gunboats are I'm the outa
harbor. It is supposed that this arrange
meHt Of vessels has been made in orde
that they may Es in readiness to ehel
the forts commanding tho, town to
morrow in the event Of the failure o
negotiations. It Is supposed that th
Egyptian troops have evacuated th
town, as Che fires tonight are assumin
large proportions. Tho town is reporteI
to be almost empty, and it is believe,
has been left TO the low Arabs, possibl,