LATEST WAR NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2583, 18 July 1882, Page 3

LATEST WAR NEWS.

AFFAIRS IN EGYPT. PBOTECTION OF THE SUEZ CANAL. ABEIVAL OF THE TBOOPS. PBEPAEATIONS AT WOOLWICH. ["aegtts" specials.] LONDON, July 15, 6.26 p.m. The firos which have been burning in Alexandria for the last few days are now expiring, and order is restored. English marines and sailors occupy all the gates of the city. The Germans are protecting the hospitals, and the Americans are guarding the Consulates. The Khedive has proclaimed Arabi Pasha a rebel, and has ordered his soldiers to disband. Rear-Admiral Hoskins is protecting the Suez Canal with a detachment of vessels from the British fleet, and the mail service is resumed. Orders have been given at Woolwich for the preparation of material for 21,000 mien and 5300 horses.

The Conservatives censure the Government for neglecting to foresee and provide against the atrocities which have been committed in Alexandria. July 16, 7.25 a.m. Two thousand five hundred British infantry have arrived at Alexandria. The French and Greeks are assisting the British in patiolling the city. It has been discovered that Arabi Pasha, previous to his flight from Alexandria, plundered the Exchequer. July 17. Arabi Pasha is encamped at Kafirdowar, seventeen miles from Alexandria. He has summoned the troops from Cairo to join him. Some British and German patrols at Alexandria fired on one another owing to a misunderstanding.

Transports have been engaged at London and Bombay for the purpose of currying troops to Egypt. The Powers propose that the Turkish occupation should be limited to six months, unless the Khedive demands an extension, the Powers to provide the funds for paying the expenses of the occupation, and to he repaid afterwards by Egypt. According to latest reports Cairo is qaiet.

f BBTJTBB'S TEtEGKAMS.I ALEXANDRIA, July 16. It has been ascertained that Arabi Pasha escaped from the city by taking a boat down the Mahmoudieh Canal, and after proceeding some distance ha landed and fled into the interior. His ex&ct whereabouts is not now known. It now transpires that Arabi had not to resort to bribery, but that it was the Khedive who bribed the soldiery in order to escape from Hamleh Palace. July 17. It has now been ascertained that Arabi Pasha has reached Kafedowar {sic), and id accompanied by a tolerably large but utterly demoralised force of Egyptian soldiers. The English sailors have captured a number of men who have been engaged ia looting the city, and the latter have received a severe flogging and are detained in custody. The native population generally have adopted an obsequious attitude towards the English and other Europeans now occupying the city. Many of the natives are thoroughly destitute and in a state of starvation. The ironclads comprising the Channel 'squadron, and transports conveying 4000 British troops, are now nearing AlexEtudria. The rumors which were to hand that Oair.i was in a state of disorder, are now proved to have been without foundation. The capital is known to be perfectly quiet.

Modern Alexandria stands partly on what was formerly tho Island of Pharos, partly on the peniußnla whioh now conneots it with the mainland, and has been formed by the accumulation of soil in tho course of ages, and partly on the mainland. Though the scene of muoh bustle and gaiety,, it possesses none of the Bplendors cf the ancient city. In common with most Eastern towns, however, its coarser features are relieved by the minarets, some of which are of beauty. The streets in the Turkish quarter are narrow, dirty, and irregular; tho houses generally three or four stories high, substantial but dull, from want of windows to the street. Sinoe 1840, when the overland route to India was established and commercial prosperity ensued in oonsequenoe, these old dwellings have been giving place to hotter houses. Land has increased in valuo, and large warehouses and shops occupy the site of old Turkish houses end Arab hovels. In the foreign quarter the [streets are regular and wide, built of white stone, and mostly in the Parisian style. The chief place of business and resort is the " Hace Mehemet Ali," or "Grand Place," whioh is paved on eaoh side, and has a railedin garden in the oentre, planted with trees, and having a fountain at eaoh end. In the oentre stands a statue of Mehemet Ali. Here are the principal shops and hotels, the English Consulate and church, Banks, offices of companies, &j. In many streets in the Turkish quarter, too, European customs and I merchandise are causing innovations, and the only really Moslem part of the city is the plaoe where the Arab bazaars are located The Government have Bhown decided Western proclivities. Fortifications mounted with heavy ordnance on the most improved plan have been ereoted, with an arsenal and barracks for 8000 to 10,000 drilled troops. In all this the Egyptian authorities have been chiefly Bided by Frenoh engineers and military officers. Alexandria has two ports, the nesr (anoiently the Great Port) on the east, and the old port (anciently Eunostos) on the west. The new is not much used, having a foul and rooky bottom, besides being exposod to the north winds. The old port is the principal, and has been much improved in recent times. In particularly breakwater has been constructed over 3000 yards in length, starting near the western extremity of what was the Isle of Pharos and running nearly parallel to the shore. It forms a sheltered auchorngo of 17,000 nores. An inner harbor is formed by a mole 900 yards in length, projecting from the mainland. From the end of this mole, round the east side of the inner harbor, fine quays have been constructed for large vessels, with suitable railway and other accommodation. The works were completed in 1878. .._... An official statement gives the population for 1872 at 212,034, of whom 47.316 are foreigners.