ALEXANDRIA STILL ON FIRE.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 10, 19 July 1882, Page 3

ALEXANDRIA STILL ON FIRE.

ARABS rTTJACixr; .-.hips IN suiz c \y\h. ADV E.S 1 Ul. ( * t rs >SOA PF. OF I lib KHrDIVK. SPLIi IN TIL.-. EN JI.ISII CAIONEi. (BY TF.LEGRA.'PH.. At,kxa>*T)Rla. (via London). July 14. The coufhißration in '.he ciiy eont!in.i"S undiijiiuishetl, ;md fi"->ii tires are breaking out. All the principal buildings are destroyed. The city is now completely in ruins. The Khedive has obfaiui'd tbe support of some Egyptian troops that remain loyal, and has siuniii^U'-d Cherrif j'asha to take command and restore order and maintain bis authority. Intelligence is to band that a numoer of Arabshnve embarked in In .a Is For the purpose of pillaging slops which are now in tl c Suez t anal. All trallic in. the Canal is slopped in <ons( quench of tbe steamer Gle.ily.m. The otiicers in command of war vessehs of neutral powers lying oif tbe port have landed parties of sailors, who are now -assisting British sailors in restoring order in the city, and a strong force of the latter have been landed by Admiral .Seymour. It has transpired that Arahi i'.T-ha has left the city with soldiery. Before leaving he ordered lhat tbe I. hedtve siiould be murdered, aiul that the city -should be find and. pibaged. Tbe Khedive had a most adventurous escape from the hands of the infuriated soldiers, but is now wf<' at If o-eltii.! Palace, guarded by Ib-itTi marines. It has been ascertained thai Arab! '. Pasha only succeeded in escaping froiji j the city by giving heavy brines. I Tt is row known beyond doubt iba; j tnany thousand Egyptians were killed by : the British guns. ; Admiral Seymour has lauded a large , body of blue jackets from die squadron.. 1 and tbey now occupy various gates ol jfche city in force at ad points. Tbe oiiicers commanding the different ' detachments have received orders irom j the Admiral to show no mercy towards [ maraders arid pillagers, but to lire up n \ tbem wbcrever they inaj' be seen. Order.- j further are that sailors are to sei^e aud disarm any Egyptian soldiers who m: y ; he met. 1 Loxijo.x. July 14. j Hon John Bright has resigned the j -Chancellor of the Thichy of Lancaster in > consequence of a disagreement with hi-- j •colleagues in regard to their Egypt-ui.. I yolicy. _ j [The above telegram was issued as ao Ixtra from the Star Ollice on Monday.] I