The Poole Telegram. — 1882-11-17 (Poole, Dorset, England)

CAIRO, M. nay t %Ink g.—The heslth f the Hussars, Artillery, ud Dre goons is shown by the Sul ge,.nGene ral's returns to have improved 50 er cent, in t he lsat tmn days. 113 len tt an a we( k unary 500 officers and men will be absent on a ttip to Malta or up the Nile tor 1b days, at the end of which they return to  duty. Sir A. Alison has resolved to follow this system of treating the convalescents, inatead of the expensive and unnecessary course of invaliding to England. The general health of the army is decidedly improving.— Daily News. CAIRO, Tuesday. Brigadier-General Dormer, the Chief of the Staff, has returned here after inspecting the battle-field of Tel-el-Kebir, where he found Bedouins still plundering the graves of the Egyptian soldiers, those of the British being, however, untouched. CAIRO, Wednesday.—Mr. Broadley has written a letfer to Sir Charles 'Wilson complaining of the treatment experienced by Emin Bey El-Shensy, one of the prisoners at Zsgazig. It is stated that the prisoner is employed at Zaurazig, where he was a large cotton grower, in watering the streets. ALEXANDRIA, Wednesday.—The Council of Ministers has decided to abolish the Land Survey Commiqiion, replacing it by a special departmeLt subordinate to the Ministry of Public Works. CAIRO, Tuesday.—Like most incidents in Egyptian polittcs the Arabi trial is rapidly passing from tragedy into comedy, and promisee to finish as a broad burlesque. At present the proceediugs are confined to humoious correspondence between counsel and the Commission, while Arabi le mainly engrossed in seeking from counsel an interpretation of some recent dreams, which he imagines ta have prJound significance.  ---The latest news from the Soudan is reassuring, one of the Mandi's lieutenants having been captured and hanged. But Abdel-el-Ka ler still asks urgently for reintorcemebts.—Times.  It is her Majesty's intention, shortly after her arrival frt.m Scotland, to receive the principal commanders and s aff officers of the Egyptian expedition, whtn she will personally thank them for their servicee during the late campaign. The Gaselte containing the promotions for the Egyptian c impaign may be expected on Friday night. Great effurts are being made at the War I„iffica to complete the formalithts, so as to publieh it before Saturday's review. All commanding ahem, and officals already full colonels, who have been mentioned in despatches, 'Will receive the Companionship of the Bath, while all other officers mentioned will be granted a step in breve: rank. . . .  The Admiralty has drawn up a long list of officers to receive promotions and decorations in recognition of the part played by the naval and marine forcei in the latter phases of the Egyptian campaign, and the names of th, se selected for honours will be published in the forthcoming Gazette at the same time as those of the army.  DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A SOLDIER AT PORTLAND,  On Wednesday afternoon a most determine attempt at suici e was made by a soldier named Ed° employed as a waiter in the sergeants' mess at the Verne Citadel. It appears that about one o'clock he was ngaged with the otter servants in the kitchen. when he was 43eri suddenly to leave the apartment and proceed towards the billiard room. One of the sergeants, going in the same direction, entered the room about half minute after the man, and found him lyirg on the flour in a pool of blood with his throat cut, 'l'Le sergeant at once raised an alarm, and Dr. Mc Lean, who was fortunately in the barracks at the time, attended in a few minutes, and was enabled to Hew up the most dangerous of the wound, about halfan.inch or the windpipe having been severed. The man is an old soldier, with 18 years' service, of excellent character, and exceptionally steady. For some time past it had been notice I that he bad ben subject to periods of melancholy, and it i 3 asserted by his fellow servants that during the whole of Wednesday morning he had scarcely spoken. The poor fellow lay in a most critical con. cition during last night, but this (Thursday) morning he appears in a more favourable condition.