EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1010, 28 September 1882, Page 3

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

London, Sept, 23. Two transports have sailed from Portsmouth to bring home the first instalment of troops from Egypt, •Kept. 34. The Khedive has issued a proclamation declaring that he has received satisfactory assurance that England has no intention of annexing Egypt. Both English soldiers and European civilians have been stoned in the streets of Cairo by the native mob, and the bazaars have refused to sell anything to foreigners. It is considered probable that the Khedive will confiscate rebel property to the value of a million, in order to compensate the sufferers by the rebellion.

The Pall Mall Gazette advocates reverting to the status ante-bellum in Egypt, except in regard to the maintaining of a sufficient military mrce. It is rumored that England will undertake the direct administration ot the territory immediately adjacent to the Suez Canal. The Khedive has intimated his intention of decorating Mr E. B. Malet, C. 8., the British Agent and ConsulGeneral in Egypt. 25C0 of the enemy who were killed have been buried at Tel-el-Kebir.

The Frenchmen and Italians who volunteered for service in Egypt have been declared ineligible as gendarmes by the Khedive, though thanked for the assistance they offered. (Sept. 25. It is now officially announced that Lieutenant-General Sir Garnet Wolscley and Yic«-Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour are to be raised to the peerag* for their services in Egypt. Cairo has been decorated and illuminated in honor of the British occupation. Abdullah has been taken to Cairo,

Tranquility prevails throughout Syria, and the Egyptians are leaving. Alexandria, Sept. 22.

Damietta was yesterday occupied by the British troops under Sir Rrolyn Wood. The bulk of the rebel garrison had previously deserted, and had made their may to Tantah, where they submitted to the British. The remainder of the rebels fled before the arrival of the troops, but only after they had looted and plundered the town in every direction. The commander of the garrison, Abdullah, yielded to MajorGeneral Wood en the entry of th« British .

A grand parade of the British cavalry took place to-day at Cairo. Since this display the attitude of the populace (previously most insolent towards the troops) has become most abject, the parade having had an overawing effect on the people. Sept. 23, Fort Ghemelah, at Damietta, has been dismantled and abandoned by the British, Geneva, Sept. 23. A number of Swiss volunteers have been enrolled here to serve as gendarmes in Egypt. Gibraltar, Sept. 24. The residents here are holding public rejoicings at the success of the British forces in Egypt,