The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-19
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
EGYPT.

Alexandria, lS.-The division of
the Guards and Sixtieth Regiment
are now embarking. The Gordon
and Cameron Highlapdars are going
to Ramleh to form the nucleus of a
Highland brigade under General
Allison. The feet and transports
getting up steam. They will sail
with sealed orders.
Inc second battalion of Grenadier
Guards, the first battalion of Scots
Guards and the second battalion of
Coldstream Guards are ordered to
embark IN transports early on Fri
Gay morning. A naval council of
war was held on Thursday on the
Hellcon. Arab Pasha is said to
have 100 guns in position at Kafr
Ell Dwar. The English staff credits
him with eighty at least.
The whole expedition is on board
ship ready to start in the morning.
The destination is still uncertain.
The first division, with one regi-
ment from the second division. Will
embark tomorrow, after the bonn
bardment, for Aboukir Fort. when
all the men-Of-war but two will be
withdrawn from Alexandria. 1t is
intended to land the first division
under the personal supervision of
Sir Garnet WOlseley, while the sec
Ond division, under Maior-GeneraI
Sir Edward Hamley, with Major
General H. Wood and Sir A. ALI
son, commanding brigadiers, will
cooperate from Ramleh.
Malta, 18.-The German corvette
Nymphe and the British transport
Californian, the latter with a com
pany of engineers, has arrived.
London, 1S.-The store ship Wye
left Cyprus to-day for Alexandria,
with $50 sailors on board to rein
force the British fleet.
The Post understands the PCr e
has countermanded the military
preparations for expedition to Egypt,
and declines to accept the British
conditions for military conventions.
Woolwich, IS. - The steamer
Q1e5lt71g sailed with quantity of
railway plant for Port Said.
ConstantinOple, 18.-The commu-
nlcatlons Of LOrQ Dufferin with the
Porte the last few days referred to
the transport of mules and oxen to
Egypt, which it is reported the
Porte is inclined to prohibit from
Turkish dominioDs.
Said Pasha, Turkish premier, and
minister of foreign affairs, and the
principle representative of the
Porte at the conference, has re-
signed the Office of prime minister.
The Porte has reiterated it's in
structioDs to provincial governors
to take precautiOn to prevent dis
order in their respective territories.
Arab Shieke Obe6allah, chief of
the Kurd tribes, has disappeared.
Government is endeav0ring to ascel-
tain his whereabouts.
COnstantinOple, IS.-LorI Duffer-
in, British ambassador, in an inter
view to-day, said lie understood he
was authorized to make concessions,
Unnecessary, in regard to some of the
terms of the military convention.
without altering the leading priaci-
pies OF the agreement. Troops have
been ordered to pursue Arab Sheik
Obedallah, who, it has been ascer-
tanned, has fled into KurdiStan.
Alexandria. 1S.-Tbe Al0ukir di-
vision will consist Of about 6 ono
men. In case of ne 'pssiey taey will
be reinforced by 1850 from the
naval brigade.
Major-General Sir Edward Ham
ley's division is 1000 strong.
The weather is Oppressive,y
warm.
The marines have gone on board
the transports.
sThe men Of the Inconstant took
two six and half ton guns, Arab
Pasha's own weapons, from Fort
Adah to Ramleh, to-day.
A train ran to-day, for the first
time, from Rosetta. 1t conveyed
part of the Highlanders to the right
flank.
tt is reported from Cairo that
Arab PaSha has warned European
residents that he will not be re-
spOnsible for their safety, having
called all soldiers and police to the
front.
There is reason to believe the cen
sOrship Of press kilograms has been
changed for the German system,
making correspondents personally
responsible, and allowing them to
send what they wish.
The enemy seems content with
his entertainments, doing little OF
nothing to improve them.
Rebel official returns state that
their forces number $4,000 regulars,
$4,000 militia, and $4,000 armed Be-
doulns. They claim to have $4,000
men at Kafr Ell Dwar. These num-
bers, of course, are greatly exagger-
ated, but show the tone of confid Snce
adopted by the native party. The
transports Orient, Capella, Palmyra
and Iberia left the harbor to-day
also another steamer with railway
wagons, rails and engines for IS
malta. The men and stores landed,
today, from the Orontes.
Guards, with horses. has gone to
sea on board the transports Batavia,
Orient and Iberia. The greatest
secrecy exists in regard to the
destination of the transports.
British ironclads, with Egyptian
and fereign men Of war here, fred
saluteS to-day in honor of the birth,
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