TURKEY AND EGYPT.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 631, 3 February 1870, Page 4

TURKEY AND EGYPT.

At Suez, at the festivities, prayers: for the success of the undertaking were offered both by Mus.sejm.en and Catholic priests.;. The impress's' BtmOner blessed, the fchedive! M. Lesseps, in a speiech, regretting that France was opposed to ilie abolition of capitulations, offended the Empress, and lost his promised dukedom ofi Suez. The Viceroy's special guests numbered 3000 Europeans and 2500 Orientals. Recent accidents to ve^'els' have caused, the canal .shares to fall. ; M. LavaUeytheFrencH contractor, 'uh^ierijakes. T to ; .keep the canal 'clear for L 40,000 per aiih'uhf, abd. dflfers" i to i dbuble ! its 'width for two millions and : a^half . • ■: :.: A. '. ■;An Arab insurrection is going oh in ; Mes)potamia. Tmkish.troops hav*e been victorious in seyefa;! engligeniett^. \? i CONSXANTINOPIB,' Dec.; 2. ;A firman prohibits the Khedive taxing the population or contracting foreign loans : without the authority of the Porte. : : Port Said, NoV: 25. ' The French steamers Erymanthe,.2442 tons ; and Alphee, 2464 tons, of the Mes- ■ sajjeries Imperiales, have made a successful passage from Suez. ;