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July 27
The Egyptian Forts Deluged with Showers
of Shot and Shell.
ALEXANDRIA IN FLAMES.
Arabi Making ueo of False Flags
of Truce.
-a-
•
SEYMOUR DEMANDS COMPLETE SURRENDER.
The Queen and the Wounded--A.dtuiral
Seymour's splendid seamanship .a•
Envious Foreigners' 'Opinions oi the
English Fleet in Action. .•
Orr ALFxANDRIA,,AT MIDNIGHT.4-The bar -
Tacks, Isomies•and windmills around Fort
Mex have been shattered t6 pieces'. " A Por-
tion of Ras el Tin Palace, until recently
inhabited • by Dervish .Pitelia, .and which
.formed a separate' buildieg from the Khe-
dive's, residence, has been berried to the
gronud. The lighthouse iFf still Standing,
- but a number of hetes are visiblehe the
masonry .and the light -appears to be ins.
jured. The Bittern; after -taking the flag
and Lieutenant Lambton On ,board, went
to the harbor to learn the object of the flag
of truce. Informetion was conveyed to the
Commander of the :Bittern that Toulba
Fasha,Military Commander of Alexandria,
wished to communicate With, S,eythour.
Lambton replied • that asa preliminary
condition to further -negotiations, the.' forts
dominating an entrance to the harbor Must
be surrendered. Toulba refused to accept
the terms, and the Bittern returnedto ac-
quaint the Admiral with his refusal. - It
.was understood, among the ,officers that
,firing was to be reeumed at 4' o'clock this
• afternooh, but nesorder tci that effect was
given. The Eeyptiane subsequently hoisted
a second flagoftehee,.and. theHehoon went
in to obtain' ieterneetion. The Bittern,
ascertained .that the Kbedive Wee pale,
. having, gone, with '...Dervish pasha to
Ramleh •Palace. • The storesliip Humber
leaves to -night with the' weurided. Alarge
lire is now visible in the •direction .of the
• British .
. Consulate. • •
.
• The 'Egyptians, worked their gene until
they werefairly: blown teem the batteries.
by the explosion Of shells. , The Monarch
- fired 200 .heavy ' shells :and 6,000 pounds
shoe from machine guns. Scimee hohses in
the Fort of Mex, apparentlY.of concrete,
-withstand the Monarch's heaviest guns.
LONDoN, July. -- The Telegraph's cor-
respondent at Alexandria went close •along
the land in. an open boat: An 'Arab in-
• ' formed laim that. many hundred persons
were killed. betWeen •Adjeini- and Alexan-
••dria. Au explosion oceerred in a fort
•killing everybody inside. .The Mahe said -
.that the noise of falling shells 'was:like
that. of. thunder. They •eeclaredethat
people .were killed in the distant. streets.
They stated eh,a0.the • obstinacy Of the
defence wee owing- to the., feot that "the
batteries were ,manoecl by • negro, Moharce
medans. The estimated loss of life among.
• -the soldiers and them folkeis 2,000. •
. Two ironclade opened, firing six rounds
• of shot- arid ehtapaela ' All took effect.
The •troops immediately abandoned their
• • work, and . the firing .ceased. The white
-flag was noW, hoisted it •the lighthouse.
hThe Bitteen was sent 'in to .inquire the
intentions of the Gplernmente The Hoe.
epitalbatteryetook-rettigeinatheacaxerciente-:
• close • by. ' She sew -about' 160 men,
armed: withrifles running toviarde the
-lighthouse forte They carried begs. She
also saw an Egyptian general, apparently
Arabi Pasha, surrounded by his Staff. Two
18 -ton guns on. the ;Alexandra were dis-
abled, shot having Passed' through the port
holes. At 3 •o'clockthe Bittern, 'steamed
rout and signalled: "Negotiations, have
failed; I have 'aceerdingly informed the
:authorities on .shore ; thatyeu Will engage
.outters at 3 30." Fromethie it deerned as
if the officer and' staff .observed in the hos-
pital battery; finding themselves. in a den.
geehus position, and linable to escape,
simply hoiated a flag of truce in Order : to
get out.of thefire. -• There wits.great
nation expressed thet five hours. ghoul('
have been wasted , in abortive negotiations,
while in, the meantime , the, eveell had
increased -so trench. that the 'fire lidio -.the '
'vessels Would be ineffective. •• Lambton
. reported that when the Bittern eleat ine
large bodies troops were..evaohating•
• the barracks " behind 'the .forts, going"
out in full marching order. The 'Iliaieters
had no proposals to 'make. , Lapabton .in -
stormed themhe had not ..cchne to.offer.
conditions but to receive proposals: He
informed them ' that theeErigheli did • not
consider themselves •at war With Egypt,
but Mere Fort must be, occupied by the,
.. British treops •and Fort Marabout • he
, destroyed, ,They,.: replied ,that Fort;
• DIcteabout had alreedy, been 'elaenatede but
, they could give ae6 definite engine as to
Mex Forte Finding ehtet no , agreement
:was likely, and being •.urievillipg to waste
• Aimee • Lambton lefte The milleary. _Gov-
ernor conducted the conversation. 'He Was
in command:during the' action yesterday.
He admitted the troops suffered heavy
losses. Lembton • inforneed him that
shculd he agree to the ternos • the• irooPri
wohld be allowed to evacuate the forts with
:rifles and all honors Of ' war, but •unlese
these . teems were .comalied-with,, no nego-
tiatiops would be entered upon. As the
• • Bittern steamed out the Egyptians hauled
down the flag of truce. Orders have been
given that the. Terneraire and Superb'
fire
wo rounds each at Fort Pharos. The
Invincible will do ihesame.at ,Mex, and if
• then:his-no reply the vessels will anchor
• for the night and refeerne. Operations to,
_tnorrow: ••
ALExANDRiA, July 13, 7,40 a, m. -At. day,.
igleteetlele-rharhingethe-freg•edf-treacee-Wati•
flying at Ras -El -Tin Palace. The Helieon,
with a flag of teace flying, and the Invinch
ble, Monarch and Penelope are now steam-
ing into the innerharbrin The ;remainder
of the squadron outside are eteaming about.
, The fire in the, townhae greatly extended.
during the 'neut. The Turhish veseel is
still lying off Renaleli. Thereis it heavy
8.20 fa.m.There -is , no likelihood of •a
renewal of the•bombardinent today. ' The
, weather is very- rough. • •
8.40 a.lree--Alexandria, has been evacuated,
and is in flemeee The telegraph siiip
'hilteru hasberm ordered to teem up a
eosition near the require" fleets. .
9.25 a.m.-The entire. garrison of Alex-
andria • withdrew huider a flag of truce
leaving the Bedouins to fire and pillage the
team.. The Decoy has gone to Pori Said to
• ascertain the state of affairs. , • -, •
9,48 aenaa--.The Egyptiah army is greatly.
•demoralized and in luli retreat towaedthe
interior. The European quarter, of the.
town, including the exchange. and the
/ telegraph office, is utterly destroyed: ,
• The city was fired .by releaSecheoevicte,
who cenamittedaherrible atrocities: 'Th'e
• Egyptians used the flag.of truce to -enable
the . acmes . to withdraw. from the town.
The telegraph ship . Chiltern is, Crowded
with survivors, who fought their way to
the beach, from whence the boats of the
fleet removed them, They report having
Paseed a dreadful night, defending them -
pelves desperately: . One hundred Euro-
peans and other Christiana in the Ottoman
bank and an adjoining building were mas-
• sacred. Part of the fleet is now leaving for
Port Said. • The whereabouts of the Khe-
dive is unknown.
CONSTANTINorMl, July 13. -The Council
of Ministers rose last evening after sitting.
nearly atwentylour hours. No decision
was arrived at. The Council meet again
to -day.
Paws, JUly is announced that.
Gambetta, will during the debate on naval
.oredite deliver a great speech upon general
polities, leaving the past out of the qaes-
tion and addressing himself to the Cham-
ber, to France and Europe to show the
policy which events have •marked out for
France. •
Lemma, July 13. -The Neys says the
proposal that Turkey be invited by the
Powers to re-establish the Khedive's
authority is practically agreed upon. ,
note to that eff,eist will be sent to the Porte
in the course -of the week. ' It is regarded as
probable that Turkey, while riot positively
declining the call of Europeewill try to
gain time by reopening negotiations. In
such caee England will invite the Confer-
ence to regard this procedure as equivalent
to a refusal, and will ask its approval of
some other course. e • •
LoNDoN July 13 -The correspondent -on
,
the Invincible telegraphed at 8 o'clock this
morning: " The -whole �f the civil popula-
tion and the troops' have, withdrawn. The
whole of the 'Grand square is burned. The
Helicon, which went to discover the
meaning of' the last flag, of truce -
last evening, could discover nobody
on the Egyptian vessel Mahroubsa
or in the arsenal." The correspondent
accompanied the officer to the shore in the
Steamer's pinnace. The purveyor of the
fleet, who was one of the party and well
acquainted with the town, landed and pro-
ceeded a considerable distance. All its per-
fectly silent but for the roar cf the flames.
A.LExANDRIA, July 13, -It is believed tnat
Arabi Pasha has 'concentrated his forces
beyond the city to oppose the British ad-
vance. The work of the ships is now over.
Further action Must be ashore. Fully one
half of the town.is burning. There
wilr be - a , landing in • force to,
• 'investigate the condition of things,:
and, if possible, rend* aid. There will
probably be three or four hours' eueperisiola
of telegraphing in consequence of the
Chiltern's chaege of position. The -Bee
&Mins are looting by thousands, The
'Europeans, who fought their way to the
•beach number -400. They report all the
other Eutopeans and Christians, number-
ing some hundreds, massacred.
LoNDoN; July 13. -It is understood the
conference has decided . that the Egyptian
army shall be disbandedand replaced by
egnclarnieriK--7"•
13. --The _Times. says : It
is understood that in the eyelet. of hostili-
ties in Egypt the Duke of Connaught will
volunteer his seteices. Probably if a'force
is sent out he will be given conanaa,nd of
four infantry brigades. •
The reserve squadron arrived at 'Taira
land at 4 o'clock thie morning. .•
The authorities, see chartering a num-
ber of vessels to convey munitions to
Alexandria. Five thousand mules have
been purohased in Spain. Egyptian unified
stook deolinett3 per cent. to -day.
ALEXANDRIA, July 13, 2 p.
Chiltern has moved into the harbor. The
fire in the city is steadily inoreasing. ,It
is reported that Arabi Pasha is- marching
ALEXANDinA, July -13.A cerrespondent
found many houses in the Arab 'quarter
badly injured ,and partly burned by the
boinbardmenta-Theineendiary. fires in the
centre -and European quarter at 11.15 a. m.
covered a mile square. A large part of the
fl d towardsth I • It
popu ain ee Cana . is
stated that the bulk of the Egyptian army
is at Rosetta- forty Miles 'northeast -of
Alexandria, and at •Damenho,ur, thirey.
eighe miles southeast of Alexandria: The
-soldier's joined in looting the city- before
The 'fire of the Invincible was.
-very effec-
tive against Rae el Tin Fort. Two 12 ton
• guns Were found reared on the end in cen-
sequence of being struek by shells.
LegnoN, July 13.-SeynaOur telegraphs
at 1040 thisanerning that the..terms were -
the
surrender. of the 'forte lee at first
demanded. Theuse made 'of the ;flag of
• truce -by the .Egyptians is considered , dis-
graceful. • Nothing is known of the Khe-
dive, but it is believed he is still at Bam--
'leh Palutee, wherein's 'yacht is apparently
waiting until the weather Will allow Of his
embarkation. •
•The coast guards are ordered to remain
aboard the reserve squadron. The men of
the reserve take the, duties of the coast
guards on shore: • The newspaper offices in
Fleet street areberiieged tor 'special editions
with Egyptian news.The excitement is re-
- markable. -• . Apekeemeres. july .13. -The Europeans
who fought their way to the beach sey.that
last night they saw hundreds of Christians
and Europeans maesaer.ed,dragged through
• the streets, Mutilated,' stamped . upon and
'thrown into ,the burning' buildieas with
hands and feet tied. •
' Alexandria on Fire.
,
,• Late • last night ihe• darkness was such
denly Iit up by a buret of flame from the.
neighborhood ' of -the Khedive's palace.
Aasearer inspectMn showed -that it was the
harem that was burning , fiercely ore all
sides- The beautiful terraced gardens
stood out in weird -loveliness; and the
reflection ,of the flames as they burst out,
now flora the windows, now teeth the roof,
shone far out -over the dietant waters.
Presently the rifle tower close by naught,
and a second illumination was added
to the former. 0 wing to the vast
sizeof the buildings, the ieflansma,-
ble nature s of their, contents, and
-1•116-71inhOseilei1itY ef"ebtalliiiig -the" 'sees
vices either of the military or 'tlio fire. bri-
gade, the fire Was not extinguished., but
contirmed raging the whole night. In
other quarters of the city the same Scene
was repeated. One large builclieg on the
square,-' Mehemet Ali, outshone all the
others, and showed out in all their hide-
ousness the merks of the sorry" 'treatment
which Fort Napoleon' had received at the
handeof.our ships during the dey. Another
and yet another houee followed. Street
'ghee street succumbed tothe fiery invader,
vile's° forces carried all before 'theme From
the decks of the ships and froth the tops of,
their masts could be seen the panie-etricken
people °rushing wildly forth from tho
blezing buildings, carrying their lives in
their hands. Other bands, evidently •of
robbers, were -utilizing' the occasion to theia
own advantage." None- had any thought
but Inc thernselvee, and SOOn a 'ergo portion
• of Alexandria Was in 'flames, which Mill'
threatened the whole city. At the 'Ras -el -
Tin Palace, betides the adjaeent harem,
the portiOn 'which had been assigned
Dervish Pasha as his residehee also caught
fire and was burned te the ground. It Was
'a separate building,And up to the present
the palace is unhurt. The, blanae of the
conflagration is laid on incendiariee.
•1F.uncrals:nt Sett. ' •
This morning was performed the naelan-'
choly duty of, burying the bodies of those
who fell in the • fray ea yesterday. -Each
coffin, covered with the Union Jack, Was
taken on board the flagehip, -the boats
which conveyed them displaying the ship's
ensign draped with crape. The crews of
eaoli vessel were mustered on deck, bare-
headed and. dressed in their white 'duck
suits, the marines peesehted arms, the
bands played fibe "Dead March in Saul," the
flags .flew at balf-mast, • anct the officers
saluted. The Scene was highly impressive.
Arrived at the 'flag -ship, a guard of honor
compbselof marines lined the sides and
stood With arms revereed on. each ,side Of
the coffina as they Were laid in a -row
eh the . depth where v,eere assembled
the Admiral with all the officer's of tile.
ship and two chaplains io their surpliceS.
The band played 'a solemn dirge; the
solenen burial service of the Church of
England was. read, and as the words, ",We,
therefore, commit his body to the deep to
be turned into corruption, looking for the
resurrection of the• .bedy (when the sea
shall give, up her 'dead)," were read over
each body the , port -hole was opened and
the hanarnook-to which a heavy cannon
ball was attached -was slid into the deep.
A three -fold volley was 'fifea, fidtbo dad
ceremony came to an end. .- Of those
wounded yesterday, one or to will proba-
bly die. The rest are progressing -as filer -
ably ae the climatic, etinditions and other
eirchinstances will admit of; -
damaged ironclad, the Alexandria, hav-
ing had.two of her 18 -ton guns disabled,
and being badly,htirt, will probably have to
go to Malta to get new guns. •• • -•• •
The Admiralty instructed the naval
officer at Suez that there -is- no objections
,to ships geingthreuglitheroanal
. Preparing tO.Evatensite Alexandria. •
ALExANDRIA, July 12, 4.i p. me --:.Nothing
has been -done to -day; the Inflexible Went
along 'there and fired one shot; thehrenae-
raire followed with two shots, but without
effect. Admiral Seymour sent in a flag of
truce. on a'. gunboat in the harbor in anewer
to a .flag Of truce 'raised .ley the Egyptians.
Everybody oillhe American ships is much
disappointed at -the inaction.of the English
ships to -day. They'say that the Americans
would have ,lone the work in half the time.
Arabi -is preparing to evaeuete Alexan-dria,
and to 'reeist•ih the interior. is apity vie
• havenet two or three thousand troops at our
.disposal, f or it would be easy enonghtheii to
occupy the, town and save it from destrne-
'ton, which,- judging by the. • increasing
conflagrations, the mob are preparing for.
, If the sea goes down, Fort :Marabout will
be,Oompletely destroyed this evening, and
a strong party will be landed at Fort Mex
to burst. the numerous guns lying .there
and the neighboring batteries 'which the.
small" party who landed- yesterday had not.
time to.cOmplete. If the sea continues too
•higlafor carryipg,this into effect the work
will be ta,ken into' hand to -morrow morn-
ing. The Monarch,: Invincible . ane Pene-
'ape still remain anchored near Mex. ••The
other 'vessels of the fleet lie some distance
• away in readiness to complete the (laetrile-
tion.of Fort Meares and .the other sea bat-
teries when the signal is giVen. ,The
Achilles has •arrived and has' taken her
station with the fleet• ' •
. News' hajust been ,received that the
Orontes, withthernarines, has arrived at'
Malta. TheAdmiral has order,ed. het to
. .
come here instantly. The 'reinfercernente
she brings will be most welcome; they ,will
be of great assistance for landing 'parties,
and will perhaps OccuPer'permunently some
of, tbe prineipal forte„ • . • •• . • .
.5.p.m.--hThe Invincible lias -just. fired .a'
nine-ineh shell at Mex., • The atmosphere.
was • clear and we . had the exact range,
therefore, • although the !ship was 'rolling
beeadlyathesshellatriekirithe seeseptagpet
aimed at: In a 'short time. flanaee ,broke
out in -the -buildings. There was we reply,
nor,_w_as there anyeign Of life' 'in :the fort.
It is 'Strange , ,that the enemh61d
80 stubbornly refuse,' to alloVf, pa. to,
occupy the ..abandonecle,fort. As for :the
sailors notwithstanding the Warm nature
,of yesterday's firctand out fortunate escape
froni.serious casualty, allare eager to he at
work again, and longing for anteater bent.
It is very ,fortunate 'that 'all the. conical ehet.
missed .the....yeasels Yeeterday, for had we
been struckeon the water line by them
:instead of:by many well -aimed round shot,
the, would certainly haye. been'obli,geth
..to go out- of action; .and' 'not improliably.
would have been sill*, for her armor Would
hardlenresist the '10 -,inch rifled ehot BO
--tar. If the .'Egyptians :" oppose Our
troops with the .stune gallantry. with which
they -fought theirleet "tone .gtuis yesterday
-
our soldiers Will have work enough out out
forthem before' they rech1Oairo.• With
thetreineadous fire of four ironalade ..con-
• ceutrated Upon them, , With the fortecrumb-
ling in.ruins anaorig the gunners, yet " they
sent shot alter shot baok,through'the sterna
,
of shells and bullets for more thanarchour.
The Admiral expressed a 'sense of relief
when at last it was evident that .the gene
were • eilericed.' The unequal but. 'heroic
,
contest ended at 6,o"olook. •,
A coreeepondent. On'the Invincible Mle-
.graphe that the eurvivdre of the massacre
.say that from the part of the city they
were defending they could.,hear shrieks and
'cries' and ,, reports .91 pistols. .and guns:
Scores of the fugitiveeew,ete, but doven oe-
beaten to death in their sight., 411 the pith",
lie buildings were destroyed and nothing
European -seems to have escaped. the rage
of the fanatics. Several 'ehotelvere fired
into that portion of the city where the con-.
flagratiou hadshroken out,. in Abe honee. of
searing off the. pillagers. • That many: pil-
lagers. yet remain ie evidentlrona the feet
that severalfresh fires have broken ;out..
An offtcer jUsfreturned from the Chiltern,
reports, .the scenes of carnage on shore as
appallieig. The towirfor some hours after
the troop had left was a veritablepeed°.
moniume Aboukir ie as yet. untouched.
A thousand Men are • 'Mown .• to be.
intrenehecl there. No recOnnuisapaes have
yet ' been Made of the Roeetta-and- Dame -
eta]. ,forts e Fugitivesay the loses tO the
Egyptianartilleryrnea during the first
day'e lebenbardment were • Very serious.
• The infantry did rot suffer. ee,
Gen. Stone escaped with the Itheclive,
but left his family at Cairo. . .
• Itis said that .a lighted • shell having
fallen upon the main' deek.„efethe. Aleaan.
dee', a gunner ,pickera up and immersed
the burning fthe in a laueket of water.. This
is described as more gallant thanea,bytbing
Of the sorb ever before chronicled. The
4tumer will bo recommended for ' the Vic-
toria creme., 'The Khedive's-Peivate. Secre-
tary infeene'ect a Correepoudent that the
morning afterhthe .bonahardnieht Arabi
Pasha ordered a detachment of solders to
eurrouncl-the Rainleh Palace where ' the
"Khedive and De,rvish Pasha , were await-
ing the issue oh events. " Arabi, first de.
Clared that tine soldiers were only meant
for the protectido. of the Khedive, but at
the lest moment lie told.the naeri to hill the
Khedive, •The SOldiere, on. hearing that
the English were approaching, deserted
their post everywhere. • ,
- The .Weive.spiecial frcine Alexaudria, says:
The, refugees , are chiefly Greeks • end
Italians and , only - one ,E6glielinacel.
Twenty-seven of -• these eame -from-the
Egyptian Bank. The eeldiers and nob,
joined by hundeeds 61 wOmen, fetched every
shopand e.nteredthe•houees a- the Euro-
peans and 'murdered the inmates. The
ina,rit.nos who lauded- took ratiene for one
•
day. The party detailed for spiking the
guns landed at Fort Kubbebeand dietuan-
tled,a number of large anaooth bore pieces:
Seymour wished to land marines t� take.
posseseion of Fort Napoleon and march to
Curneldik, but learning that -Fort Napoleon
• was rained. and that a large body of sioldiers
were stationed at Comeldils, operations
were postponed. The Condor has gone to
Port Said. The American A.dmiral
steamed around the fleet Tuesday, and his
men cheered each ship.
The Queen telegraphed to Seymour, cone
gratulating him on his success.
It is stated', that Arabi, has spread all
over. Egypt a report that the British Gov-
ernment is now so eirounistanced that it is
able to ,fight only upon the sea, and that
the international* troop e .cannot possibly
prepare for any great fighting upon the
lend within a year. -It is reported. that
Arebi has ncitified his followers that there
will be a great war and that a great battle
would be fought soon. It is said he is
receiving reoneits bythousands. It is
reported that. great consternation prevails
at .Caireo over the 'expected -arrival of •,the
army of Arabi, and a a:wasp:ore is appre-,
hendecl. 'ha •
have sent ashore --every man
that could be spared. Marines. were
lauded at the request of the- Khedive.
'Arabi 'sent awey by railway thensands of
women endohildren. All ablebodied men
were ordered to join the army.. •• •
', Forty refugeesenine of whom are British
subjects, made their way .to the fleet this
morning in, a barge in which they had hid-
den. Twenty armed Europeans, who • had
barricaded thenaselves in their houses and
escapelthe naaseacre; have -arrived. ...The
rioters paid no attention to Ahem , as they
p,assed through the ,streete; being too.busily
epgage,d in the work of destruction. • .
A - correspondent . on the Condor says
women were 'seen. • firing the. houses, with
petroleum in Alexandria.
Eleerisei.-All Arabs are carrying . white
handkerchiefs �b etioks ,and are showing
great anxiety. They are theught. to be
friendly. -General Stone, confirms the,
report tht Aeabapaslaa ordered the mur-
dereee theKhediVe and sacking of thetown:
Two Arab soldiers have beereseiZed with
plundereand .willbe tried..fee_pilleging.•
Several . Arabs have also -been' arrested
with a laige • • quantity •of.; ooth .in
their possession. - The Ameeicturii landed
sixty marines -under Captain Cochrane.
There are Ball ,some Egyptian. police on
duty helping to maintain'order. The sol-
diers Were ,firet • to ebegin the plunder:
- • • . • -
Desertion,. from'. Araln's army . is' rife:
Scolore now .occupy alt. the gates.. They
have been • ordered to, disarm all soldiers
and to 'Rhea' looters. The populace .are
beipg endouregedto return to their homes,
The Penelope' ha e sailed for Ismailia. The
fire, continues. with ,unalaated
the evidence goes to show that the Egyp-
• tian gunners were directed by French and
Italian artillerymen: •
- , • The Originof tbe War. •
'Several 'weeks ago the Times published
an- .extended: reference tothe ca,useswhich
have 'led up to the present etruggle.,' Since,
'then there have been nunierous requests to
republish the article.For the benefit of
those who -did- not see the article, 'the
appended summary -:s published: : The
Origin of -the War may be tracelback as far
aeFebruary;1881;when the troops at Calle
forced the Khedive to release.some Of theie
officers who Were On • trial for various
offences. In conceding to' their. demands
the Khedive.really.surrendered his power.
40 thearmy, and it -has remained withe.it,
ever glace. Last Septenther. Arabi. BeYe.
who was a COloael, and _the. leader of
-the , outbreak .in, February, ,seized , the
•conamend•' of . the army and demanded
the _ Ministry, 'increase.' the 'pay of -the
email -and". grant ae nonstitiltion. The
-Khedive conceded !all that was asked,.
except. the • constitiition and ..for this he
substituted a Chamber df Notables. This
oheinber 'metand.preptered anorganielaw,
by which , the oontrol of the budget, was
pieced in the hands of certain Members of
,the Notables .and of.' the Ministry,, but
excluded 'entirely the English and 'French
• Controlewhich means the representatives
Of :Englandand Fiance who had the -con: .
trol of .thefinances and,-.the..'Managenient
-ef -the debt owed- by Egyhe to the English
and 'Freneh.. bondholders: • The • Control
protested, and.Engeared and Francejoined'
an a note of everting to the revolutionists.
The army protested- againstthe- ncite,.and
• Arabi.. Bey explained that they did not
intend to disturb•.the financial arranges
ments: • The Control was instructed.. net.
to countenance , .any •concession by , the
'Egyptian Governmentto the' elaim of .the
Chamber of Notables to vote the budget.
The latter -waited upon the 'aliediye and
requested him to sign ...the organic law, but
he „declined; taking: shelter.13ehind . the
E uglish and French Consuls. • . Thereupon
.Cherif Paella; the President'of the Council,
resigned; and Arabi Bey formed •a new
Cabinet, with himself in it as Minister of
War,- and foreed the Khedive to recognize
it. ' lie.also forcedhim to -recognize the
Cabinet and . to approve,the organic law,
whieh'' conferred the . right of 'voting the
budget upon the Notables. .; Thereupon. the
Contrel d.eelarecl th at i tepower was nullified.
Meanwhile the Ministry ,tepudiated, the
aathority; of the Khedive Oltagether, and
also .severed, 'theft'. relations with .the
French. and English Control, whereupon
• the ironcla,ds were sent eto Egypt, and -the
Mieistry was notified , that Arabi.' By
must be removed.' He refused to submit,
the Ministry resigned, • end, theKhedive
removed Arabi Bey tiara the' head of the
army, but, under compulsion; reinstated
him. Meanwhile, under. the advice ot the
Eurepean, P.oevere, Turkey sane, Dervish
Paella' as its representative to -'Egypt to
settle the complication, and 'England' and
Franco aeked for a conference of the
Powers "at •Constantinople, which is • still
thoUgh Turkey refused to ,partiei-
pate. 'Dervish Pasha' missionappears to
be a failure, as the Khedive is still without
authority, ail& Arabi Be,having formed.
another 'Oebinet with himself. as Minister:
of War 'again is 'really the ruler of Egypt.
The 'Khedive will embark from Ras El
Tin palace ' on a Turkish ship. • . Rear
Admiral Haskins eailed for Pert Said in
the Petielope... The fire he the city is still
bioreabing, find men are seen running
about With tordhes completing the worlief
destruction. • The Arabs. are still looting',
the town. Admiral Seyneohe had .deter.
'Mined to laud, force, but the -refugees
informed hire 9,0,00 Egyptians occupied a
peel tion Outside the anty eleacly'tor attack;
while •Seyrisour could 014 land 300 m'efa.
• He, therefore, instead of landing the rneu.
ordered thecity to be final over, in order
to frighten the rioters. ' Twenty armed
Europeans, who escaped • the general mas-
sacre, were told . by a Pasha whom they
Met on the way through the town, that the
Egyptians killed numbered over 600. The
Erglish and French,' consulates were
burned: - • -
CHILD STEALING.
A Wealthy- Montrealer'e Boy
Carried Off
10,000 • POUNDS 111 GOLD THE RANSOM.
TIDE EXTILAORDINAICY LETTER.
A despatch from Montreal dated Monday
night says: To-aight, at an early hour
some robbers effected an entrance to the
reinclence of Mr. Melvin Smith, a Wealthy.
gentleman residing on Mountain, street,
and ; carried off a child aged: about 2
years. There. were ' three children
,,sleeping in the room. Mr. Smith was down
town and Mrs. Sinith was entertaining -some
friends in another room. About .10.30
o'clock she visited the children's room 'to
find her little eon gone, andat note on the
pillow stating.that he wini/d. be returned
for a ransom of £10,000 -in •gold. - . Unless
this amount is at once forthcoming the ab-
• ductors state that they" will make mince-
meat of the child, and also of Mr. .Smith
,hinaself.e.About a-yearago-Mr.-Sraitheloete
some very valuable diamond, Which were
returned after payment of 11,200 blackmail.
All the efforts of the detective force to cap-
-ture the robbene at that time were unavail-
ing, and the handwriting Of the note 101
on the Child's pillow to -night appears to be
the same as that in which the „negotiations
respecting the diarcion d robbery were carried
on in behalf of the thieves. It is believed •
that the child is still- in the city. •• '
The following is a•copy Of theletter which
was ,found under the pillow - where. the •
child' had slept : . '
".We haye got your child all 0.K. add if '
you ever Want to lay your eyes on it again
you must hand Over §I0,000 in gold. We
havegot it in close quarterseand would
remind you that there will be no use of
• yoor attempting to ,find it, for if: you had
all the deteotites on the continent you
could not arrange it.; and what is more,, if
,there is any .attempt Made whatever, 'we
will titiaina out Of the way, and try some
other means, on yourself' to, raise the
:amount. • This is to pay off:an old spore
-that-your-father-contracted some years -ago,
'and-, ,of course, we have to come on you as
hisheir. ,Weare thoroughlyerganized, and
our plane are perfeete and if the &tee -
lives are ' made aware' of this, or any
publicity given to it, we,will be advised of
it, and we will hot hesitate to make- mince-
meat out of the child, if necessary, and
then' try operations on spme ether
members of the family, and if we do not
succeed You had better make yetir peace
with Heaven, for -you Mighthe called. your-
self away suddenly. Now, -'if you are a'
,wise man yonwilI hand it at onoe, for if
you do not we will take it out of you in,
-some way or other; so you might -just as
well 'Comply -with our demands first as last,
or it will be certainly worse for you: If you,
'follow our instructions to the letter We
willhleave the city and never molest or
trouble you again; and if you. choose to
fight with us, you muststand the conse-'
querice. Now this amount must be forth;
coming .withiera day or two, eh it might
prove dangerous .to the child,as the place
where it is . confined is -not aaverye healthy
place for it; but etery care will -be ,taken
of it for a day or two. When , ou have
raised the amount in geld, and have it in
your hands,,you can insert the following'
• perserial in the Eveging • Stai,.. and
we will send ,. you • word • what dis-
position to make of it X. Y. -Z. -
Everything. is ready ;: will follow in.
Now we will draw your atten-
tion to the fact that if, you.put us to any
unnecessary trouble, or ..try anytrickivith
-1.10ve--wi 1 1-Inake-yed-pliTy-feit; t -With -
interest ; comply with out demands as
they are, and you may rest assured that
we wilhnot bother .you again. • You need,
not try to draw , us out with any corms-,
.poridence, for we have nothing further to
say and will not take notice of anything,.
and will not take a cent less."
The ' child wasrecovered-on a loorstep
-ast night and restored to. he 'Parenta
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