BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2899, 11 July 1882, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Reuter’s Agency.] ShippingLondon, July 8. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters! Association report the,arrival of the ships Candidate, from Timaru (Feb. 22), Cynosure, from Lyttelton (March Bth), Loch Dee, from Lyttelton (March 29). Egyptian Affairs. J July 9. H.M. troopship Malabar has left Portsmouth for Gibraltar with two regiments ' of infantry to reinforce the garrison there. The first battalion of the Berkshire Regiment (formerly 49 th Foot) has embarked at Gibraltar,, and is now oh its way to Egypt. Egyptians Defeated by Soudan RebelsTelegrams are to hand reporting that the Soudan rebels, under the leadership of the false prophet, have fought a severe engagement with the Egyptian troops. The latter were defeated and completely crushed, and the rebels are now marching upon Senaar, a town on the Blue Nile, 160 miles south of Khartum. « Fortification‘of AlexandriaThe,work of arming and strengthening the forts commanding the harbor and city of Alexandria has been resumed by the Egyptian troops,, and Admiral ■ Sir Beauchamp Seymour has therefore sent an intimation to Arab! Pasha, demanding the surrender of the forts to the Allied Powers within twelve hours. War-Credit for FranceIn the'Chamber of Deputies to-day, M, Foycinet, the Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs, proposed a vote of credit of eighteen million francs to cover tho expenses connected with the despatch of the French fleet to Egypt. Conference of AmbassadorsThe Sultan has now finally declined tho request of the European ambassadors that Turkish delegates should be appointed to join in the conference on the Egyptian question.

Arabi Bey in Rebellion. It has transpired that Arabi Pasha has been formally summoned by the Sultan to Stamboul, but that the Egyptian Minister has refused to obey His Majesty’s command. Preparations for Bombardment. July 10. Every preparation for bombarding Alexandria has now been completed by Admiral Seymonr, and it is considered that an attack by the combined fleet is now inevitable. Mr C. A. Cookson, the British Consul, has notified the various Consuls of the intention of the British Admiral, and has requested them to summon the subjects of the Powers! which they represent to leave the city and embark within twenty-four hours. The “ Times*' on the Colonies. The “ Times ” in a leading article this morning condemns the jealousies displayed by the colonies in dealing with one another, and expresses an opinion that this alienation is due to excessive protection.