CALOGRAMS.
[Reutek's Special.]
EGYPT.
Alexandria, July 16. HOW ARABI PASHA ESCAPED
It has been ascertained that Arabi Pasha escaped from the city by taking a boat down the Mahmondial Canal, and after proceeding some distance he landed and fled into the interior. His exact whereabouts are not now known. KHEDIVtf ESCAPJiS—GOLDEN KEY.
It now transpires that Arabi had not to resort to bribery, but it was the Khedive who bribed the soldiery in order to escape from Ramleh palace.
Alexandeia, July 17. EGYPTIAN ARMY DEMOEALISED —FLOGGING THE MARAUDERS —NATIVES STARVING AND OBSEQUIOUS. It has now been ascertained that Arabi Pasha has reached Kafrdowar (sic), and is accompanied by a tolerably but utterly demoralised force of Egyptian soldiers..
Th§ English sailors have captured a* number of men who have been engaged in looting the city, and the latter have re» ceived a severe flogging and are detained in custody.
The natue population generally have adopted an obsequious, attitude towards the English and other Europeans occupying, fhecity. Many of thenativesare thoroughly destitute, end in a state of starvation..
The ironclads comprising the Channel Squadron and'transports conveying four thousand British troops, are now nearing Alexandria.
Rumors which were to hand that Cairo was in a state of disorder, are now proved to have been without foundation. The capital is now known to be perfectly quiet.
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4226, 18 July 1882, Page 2
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222CALOGRAMS. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4226, 18 July 1882, Page 2
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