EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 994, 22 August 1882, Page 3

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

Alexandria, Aug. 17. The advance on Arabi’s position will ;b* made from Aboukir, and not, as at first intended from Ramleb. A con siderable force of British troops will embark here on Saturday for Aboukir Bay, and on the following day the fort there will be attacked before the landing of the troops is proceeded with. Aug. 18. According to authentic information which has transpired, Sir Garnet Wolseley will personally command the force which is being despatched to land at Aboukir. Major-General Hamley will command the Second Division, and will co-operate with Sir Garnet at Raraleh, a junction of the two forces ultimately being effected at Kafradowar. The whole of the British fleet now in Egyptian waters, with two exceptions, will be engaged in the bombardment of Aboukir, which will commence on Sunday next. The whole of the First Division of the British force about to be despatched to co-operate with the fleet in the attack on Aboukir, and to land at that place, have now been embarked on board transports, which are all ready to sail, Thres regiments of regular British troops remain here as a garrison for the city. Aug. 19, Sir Garnet Wolseley and Sir John Adye, Chief of the Staff, have embarked on board the troopship Salamis, for Aboukir. The former will control the operations for the attack upon that place. Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour does not accompany the fleet, but remains in Alexandria. Later. The transports with the British First Division have left port, and are now Steaming to the eastward, bound for Aboukir, All the vessels are full of troops. Night. A continuous and heavy cannonade has been distinctly heard since this afternoon in the direction of the Mahmoudieh Canal, but the cause of the firing is as yet unknown. Cheriff Pasha has been charged by the Khedive with the formation of a new Ministry, in which he will hold the Premiership. Constantinople, Aug. 18. Negotiations between the Porte and the British Ambassador, for the conclusion of a military convention, have been resumed, Lord Dufferin, it has transpired, has been authorised by the British Government to make further alight concessions, with a view of inducing the Porte to agree to a joint operation of troops of the two Powers in Egypt. London, Aug, 17. Russian agents in Stamboul are known to be intriguing in opposition to English interests. Aug. 18. The experiment of issuing rations of frozen Australian mutton to the British force en route to Egypt has proved most successful. The Sultan it is believed is relying on the support of Russia, and evinces a disposition to land Turkish troops in defiance of England. Major-General Macpherson, C. 8., V,C., has arrived at Aden with the first detachment of Indian troops. Arabi occupies a very formidable and strongly entrenched position at Ksfradowar. He is known to have 100 guns mounted there, and a heavy loss is anticipated in the coming attack. The escort of a gunboat through the Canal is now. optional to vessels.