THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 7, 8 July 1882, Page 3

THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.

EXPECTED BOMBARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. ; ;; ,-; ; '».,u /l- •;, .'lU)',*, .='.'}.•' ', BRITISH SUBJECTS LEAVING., I ALEXANDRIA*. ' r " [BY TELEOBArH]. • Ai,i.xk&Dßii,< r July *5. '*■■ Admiral Sir Beaucbamp Seymour, ■commander of the /allied l-'ttglish 'itiS French fleets now in port, - has sent a communication (td-thetKuedive of mmeniac' ing . character. The Admiral demands immediate cessation* of fortifying and arming ,of . the harbour. ,of , Ade^aadrja,; which are actively: proceeding,.' .and threatens, in case of non-compliance with his 'demands, to take steps: to , en f area obedience on the part of the Egyptians. •• •■»•« ••■■■■ •--■• '•■;■• Lifer."* ! Tt has further transpired' ln ! connection with the demand made by ,'AdmijPalySey.-* ■mour for cf ssa,^ion iof work of ) fortifyin?'. and arming the jiarbor,, that tjie Admiral, has declared that should the Egyptians i sink a ship or 'ships ; at the entrinee to ; the port, the Act will be deemed' cattt* belli. . ,t . . . i •**.,-■ ■ •.. / i No: reply has yet been received from Arabja Pasha, the J^j^ptian V^iniiter of/ War.jto the communication of S r Beauchamjp Seymouj,, and- notwithstanding the tafreats of ttrft'Aahiirar cotei-a'anding the allied fleet before this .city, the .work of fortifying* the hArb'6ur' •and-tlie *c©W manding positions proceeds without intermission. (Affairs are now tr i*a.;si most, critic il state, and it is expected that the bombardmatt- ofi the. city will 'shortly ' take place. ... "_ ..-• • Latest. - Sill Beauehamp Seymour has received: a 'reply from the Egyptian Minister of War] Arabi Pasha refuses to od mit that the 1 Ijrititli Admiral has any ground -for , complaint. * . * . : ■'-„•• In {consequence o^ the threatening aspect pf the present position ctt affairs' -aIP English subjects still in- Alexandria are | hurriedly leaving the city, *ltd juel&nbarking on vessels in port. i ... ..- .. Pabis, Jrily 6.. : f In j view; pf the. present serious .aspect j of Egyptian affairs, active preparations • are being made at Toulon, the .Frpncp Navil Port in the Mediterranean, arid,' a formidable ironclad 'fleet is rapidlybeihg* equiped for active service. •' .■; ' '' ! " I •....•-,- Bombay, July « r \ Active military preparations' are now ibeing made r. by the Indian Government 1 tfor despatching- --ai contingent' force -to | Egypt in case of necessity. ' Sit thousand troops ,^aye,, receiyed; •' sordeijs to hold themselves injreadiness to . enlbajrk. . i f;. Further'' preparations are also being I. iuadej for the transport and victualling yervipes'. ■ ■ ; '•■■'•*' T ■ , ■ ' . LoifDoir, July 6. j . jilf Gladstone, in reply to. a qnestwh • put tb hin, m* the House of Commons to-i > day, ptated that the Governpien,t,d;i,d nqt | intend to propose a war credit at present, L I *s existing facts did not justify , suclva > request. '"" ,":',' c i Arrangements have now been' cornMeted by the French and English Go.yerhjnentg for despstching an allied army 1 -"jO-Erypt. The first corps is to consist r of 23,000 men,, and of this number Enga r hvnd 'contributes 15,00 p., .