Show ARABI I 1 AWED the union lack jack floats proudly over the dark waters of tho tile delta I 1 the rebellious ellious egyptians weaken and plead for truce nr BY W U to the Il herald 1 l LONDOT july 12 A dispatch from the eastern cable co s ship off alex andriash sent sc bt 1140 l this forenoon says tho the inflexible and Mner aire opened fire this ni morning orning on mon 0 rort fort which during luring tile night had lad been repaired th three ree shots greatly damaged the batteries A signal lias pas just been given to decaso tho the firing tho the achilles has bas just been sighted steaming toward tho the fleet lomon july 12 admiral seymour nour telegraphs that tho the party from tile invincible which lauded landed to destroy fort acx acx burst three and spiked six guns in ili tile fort the wounded include jackson severely injured davics davies and midshipman lut lasden slightly y injured off alexandria 13 0 pm a steamer is approaching 13 the fleet with a hag flag of truce Lono LONDON ox july 12 tho the times tins this morning bays says it is contemplated contemplate to call out of the army reserve to tako take the places odthe of the unlearned men belonging to tile regiments prepared to 41 proceed r to egypt the 1 times in a leading article this morning says 8 Mu maslia turkish A ambassador as had lad an inter ter view yesterday ye berday with earl granville and demanded that thanom alis bombardment bar dment of alexandria be countermanded earl granviue granville replied that circumstances compelled tile british Britis li government to tako take decisive action and that its decision could not bo be revoked wo ve dont hesitate to say that the of En glands determination has been to produce a most favorable impression both on oil public opinion aninion I 1 I 1 and an IN tho the judgment of tho th 0 european Eui states odthe of the powers have already expressed satisfaction at the governments action there is therefore no ground whatever for the assertion that the action of england E is judged by europe Euro peas as highhanded high handed or unnecessary ii if the tile porte refuses to intervene in ili I 1 egypt agypt we shall gladly welcome tho assistance assi stanco of france and signs are not wanting that do freycinet Frey has miowne timidity little to his count rys taste Gam bettas 3 speech yesterday in ill one of the bureaus of the chambers in the c course ou arse of which lie said the most serious au s feature was that I 1 england n band and france after having acted together er in ili alexandria in ili pres presenting entin g the ultimatum had parted company and that if the separation proved definite deli nite france never would be in a more serious position is a sign of public opinion that is not to bo be neglected 11 A times corrca correspondent ondene writing about abou t yesterdays bombardment bom bard ment says tho tile gunboats gun boats played an active part to Fre creeping close to the forts and si one ing several guns tho tile inflexible mado a splendid practice the Teme raire was ashore some time but floated subsequently the gunboat gunboat condor ran within twelve two ve hundred und red yards of tho the fort asin a dinglo sin io shot from froin which would have sunk s t 1 her let land before the signal was given gi v cn to cealo firing she had bad silenced three great guns in tile fort admiral seymour signaling well done condor the superb has two holes in her lier side the standard correspondent sends the following one of tile officials from Der pasha who brou brought lit a letter from the ministry to seymour offering to dismount the ed mo rac that he and many others were not lot sorry that tho tile hostilities were begun as it was the only oni v way in which the end could be made and tho the fato fate of the two parties viz the one in favor of tho tile khedive Klie dive I 1 and the other of arabi pasha and anarchy adi could uld be decided the tile officials were conveyed ashore after seymour had given them his decision in in writing at am tho the order was passed to load with elland sli satisfaction was shown on the faces of tile sailors the wind and sun were both in tho the favor there was some time before the smoke lifted enough to offer a glimpse of the shore As nothing could be seen from the deck a midshipman was again posted in tho the maintop to signal the directions of tho tile shells and the accuracy of firing improved 2 no news from the town of alexan dria the correspondent adds it is at least three weeks since england proposed to franco france to join in ili alic occupation cu of the suez canal but as france raised objections england gave up the idea of french co opera tion in that direction and turned her attention to alexandria sinco since then slie site constantly urged franco france to keep her company and until the last moment slie she had not given up hope off alexandria p m A hag flag of truce is also displayed from the town LONDON londo july 12 A dispatch from suez says no merchant vessels have entered the canal the last 48 houra hours all ships including the indian mail steamers remain in the roadstead tho tile whole european population tio n is afloat the british Britis li consul 1 in n put pursuance s ance of admiral Sev moura n ours in instructions t ructions lias has hauled down his hag flag and gono gone aboard the gunboat eun boat LONDON july 12 A correspondent on board tho tile helicon sends the following the loss of the egyptians must bo be dreadful A number of shells repeatedly struck tho the works just about tho tile guns and throw up tip vast volumes of yellow dust it was often thought that the guns must have been demolished but they appeared uninjured when tho the smoke had lad cleared the funnel of the superb is pierced and the plate below the foremost torn away one of the boats ofilio of the inflexible is useless and another badly adly damaged the inflexible bore the full brunt of 0 f th c fire of tho the west end of the rag ka el tin tir fort for three and a li half hlf hours the sultan lias has been shot clear through her main masi mast and another through her funnel the harem adjoining a d alio ti to ras R a s el tin and adjacent ri rifle joining a tower continued barnin burning all ni night lit ALEXANDRA july 12 it is likely that tho the european quarter has been seriously dama damaged ged several sit shells i ils from the inflexible flexible rn were seen to burst immediately over the center of tho the town LONDON july 12 in the commons this ti his afternoon ailko under secretary of foreign A affairs bairs said as far as ho lie was aware admiral ad m seymour had merely cautioned tho the merchant vessels that they would pass through the suez canal at their own risk lie ile added that I 1 ho lie was unaware that torpedoes had been laid in lie the canal LONDON july I 1 12 0 in the commons this afternoon gladstone replying reply ing to Go tirley advanced liberal said ho be lad made communications to other governments in ili regard to the rree free navigation 11 av ignation of the suez canal which 1 lio 1 0 thought it his duty to make gourley moved an adjournment in ili order to obtain a satisfactory statement si sir r wilfred lawson radical seconded the motion declaring the ac tion of england was atrocious cruel and cowardly gladstone said the action of the government had been quite apart from the interests of tile bondholders bond holders adding it would bo be unjust on his part to discuss the reasons for the course taken by france lie ile also said that if tile massacre at Alot alexandria andria remained and uninvestigated the effect would bo be serious to the europeans the tile egyptian regime was one of military violence the proceedings of great britain were not it against ga dinst the poopoo but against their oppressors dilke denied alint arab pasha re rep resented a national movement movement move Tent IF llo denied that yesterdays action retaa assassination sassi nation austria and Geri germany nany approved and Eurg european concert would settle tho Egypt egyptian lair question |