EGYPTIAN ITEMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1593, 19 September 1882, Page 2

EGYPTIAN ITEMS.

The number of Christians murdered at Damanhour, Tantah, and Millaha is estimated at 550. The Sultan on Sunday invited all the German officers and functionaries in^ the Turkish public service to attend the "celebration of the feast of the Mantle of the Prophet. The German Government haa forwarded decorations to various officers of the Turkish army. Arabi has issued a proclamation offering £300 for the head of Mot'ice Bey, the commander of the Egyptian coastguard, and an Englishman. Arabi has forbidden the inhabitants of all the villages to supply fresh provisions to any Christian on pain of death. General Gordon has assumed the command of the Ramleh lines. Midshipman Dv Chair was paraded through Cairo as Admiral Seymour's son and a sample of the prisoners, but was well treated. A portable steam engine has been sent to Egypt working an electro-machine. The boats crew of the Nautilus (Austrian), captured some time ago, has been released. The Tunisian merchants who escaped from Kafr-el-Dwar, have arrived at Alexandria. They declare the country generally is thoroughly disgusted with Arabi' Pasha, and is auxious for peace. This applies particularly to Cairo. Lord Granville has refused the Khedives brother permission to server with the British army in Egypt.