EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 983, 27 July 1882, Page 1

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

(By Telegraph.) London, July 22. The French contingent consists of 40,000 troops. .Earl Granville has urged M. Do Freycinet, the French Minister of War, to hasten their despatch. y Arabi Pasha’s strength is'said to be 12,000. . V -V’ A Stamboul mail Has been embargoed at Alexandria,- having been suspected of carrying letters to Arabi, Arabi Pasha denounces the Khedive as being in league with foreigners against the country and its religion. Arabi Pasha is strongly entrenched at Kafradowar, seventeen miles from Alexandria, and has taken up a position between two lakes, which can only be approached by means of a which is defended by earthworks. He has advanced his outposts to within eight miles of Alexandria. Skirmishes have taken place between his troops anj the advanced guards of theßritish. The Europeans remaining in the country are in most dire peril, and throughout the interior are t . hunted down and murdered. Thirty-six were massacred in Arabl’s presenter' The horrible details of outrages com* mitted on Europeans have Excited in England a great outcry. ’ The Government are blamed for making insufficient preparations, Arabi convoked the Assembly of Notables, and compelled, the Chamber to issue a decree declaring the deposition of the Khedive. Port 6aid is crowded with fugitives who fled from Alexandria* Cairo, and the interior. An attack upon , the European town is greatly feared, .and precautionary measures are being tak£n. : July 23. It is announced that the Duke of Connaught, Sir Archibald Alison, and Sir Evelyn Wood have been appointed to the command of the brigade of the English army in Egypt. The British force now being despatched to Alexandria consists of 10,000 officers and men. The Vote of Credit asked for by Mr Gladstone is considered to "be altogether inadequate. An extraordinary war credit is to be asked for by Mr Gladstone in the House of Commons tomorrow. It will be for an amount of £2,300,000. Germany and Austria are. holding aloof from all questions affecting Egypt at the present juncture. Italy is mobilising a force to cooperate in the control of Egypt, Europe concurring. ‘ • Arabi Pasha has a plentiful supply of provisions and ammunition,* j McPherson is in command of the Indian contingent. Ramleh and Aboukir have been occupied by British troops. C 5 : i i Alexandria, July 25. A party of British troops, while out exploring the railway, line outside Alexandria, met a force of Arab cavalry. The latter declined an encounter, and made off before the British could come up. Measures have been commenced by the British troops for the occupation of Aboukir, an important strategical position ten miles north-east of Alexandria, Arabi Pasha has now been form ally dismissed from the position of Minister of War. , 1100 British troops arrived here today from Malta.