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Show EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. Items from the country of the Nile. Athens, Oct. 6.-All of the Powers assent to the claim of Greece to send a commission to Egypt to participate in the deliberations of the commission to fix the indemnities for the sufferers by the bombardment of Alexandria and from other causes. Great Britain took the initiative in urging the right of Greece to be represented. Suez, Oct. 6.-There is a water famine here. What water remains in the canal is putrid, and many persons are sick with fever. Cairo, Sept. 6.-The European residents and Egyptians regard the return to a system of joint control the worst possible solution of the difficulties of the situation. No genuine documents connecting Arabi Pasha with the outrages at Alexandria have been discovered. The spirit of vindictiveness against Arabi Pasha is growing less general and less bitter. It is stated that an English barrister named Lambton, has arrived to defend Arabi Pasha. Cairo, Oct. 6.-The examination of Mahmhoud Saml Pasha and Toulba Pasha was begun to-day. The Sultan Pasha received a gift of $10,000 as a reward for his loyalty. The Khedive has expressed his intention to confer the decoration of the Order of Osmanli on all British officers of the rank of Major-General and above engaged in the Egyptian campaign and that of the order of ?? on all officers below the rank of Major-General. Alexandria, Oct. 6.-The Egyptian Gazette says in consequence of representations made by one of the great powers two Commissions will be appointed to fix the amount of indemnity for the losses sustained by foreigners in Egypt during the rebellion. Cairo, Oct. 7.-While the annual caravan which recently departed with imposing ceremonies was journeying to Suez on its way to Mecca, the canopy over the Sacred Car was caught and overturned by a telegraph wire and the Sacred Emblem was exposed to the public. The Derviches in charge were greatly excited by the accident, and it is not certain but that the caravan will have to return and the ceremony be performed over again at Cairo. Alexandria, Oct. 7.-The prosecution of persons guilty of outrages at Tantah, of whom 113 have been arrested, was begun to-day. The notables of Tantah have solicited a postponement of the departure of the British troops. Cairo, Oct. 7.-Riaz Pasha, the Minister of the Interior, declares that complete tranquility prevails throughout Egypt and the public security is assured. New York, Oct. 7.-The Tribune's London special says the Egyptian mystery remains impenetrable. The ministerial silence is still unbroken and the journals do not pretend to know the probable policy of reconstruction. Mr. Gladstone's few words on Egypt spoken on Tuesday were pure generalities. Bismarck's recent friendly messages have still further stimulated French jealousy. An exchange of views has taken place this week between Earl Granville and M. Fissell. It is conjected [conjectured] that the French Ministry is seeking to extract some sort of compensation for the enviable surrender of the joint control. The protests against excepting Arabi as a rebel multiply. They come from humanitarian writers mostly. It is probable that the military authorities will arrange a review at Windsor or Aldershot on the return of the main body; meantime public interest in the army is kept up by the arrival of wounded soldiers, and it is enhanced by complaints of bad treatment on the troopship. General Wolsley's report of the victory at Tel El Kehir is published to-day. It is a good military narrative disfigured by swagger and by interjected eulogy on [line missing] system. A much graver matter than this is the charge made by a correspondent of the Cologne Gazette that the English soldiers murdered Egyptian wounded. He alleges that the crime was witnessed by an Austrian colonel, and it is admitted by Colonel Marianne. The latter adds an accusation of stealing. |