Summer Rates will be charged from 2 May to 31 October.
For the convenience of families and others, a large portion of each ship's accommodation has been reserved for Egypt, so that Berths can be definitely engaged at once, as if the voyage were commencing at Port Said. Plans can be seen at the Offices of the Company's Agents.
The through Steamers for Marseilles and London are intended to leave Port Said after the arrival of the 11 a.m. train from Cairo, every Tuesday for the present except the MONGOLIA, which is taking passengers to the Anglo-French Naval Review, and will not wait at Port-Said on 24/25 July. A steam tender will meet the train to convey passengers to the ship.
The Brindisi Express Steamers leave Port Said directly the Indian Mails arrive. Passengers can go on board the evening before. The Fare remains as usual.
For all further information apply to the Company's Agents,
Messrs. THOS. COOK & SON (Egypt) Ltd. CAIRO.
GEORGE ROYLE, Esq. PORT-SAID.
Messrs. HABELDEN & Co. ALEXANDRIA.
F. G. DAVIDSON, Superintendent P. & O. S. N. Company in Egypt SUEZ.
REDUCED SUMMER FARES FROM MAY TO OCTOBER INCLUSIVE.
OUTWARDS to AUSTRALIA.
R.M.S. "Orotava" will leave Suez about July 28 | R.M.S "Ormuz" will leave Suez about August 11.
HOMEWARDS to NAPLES MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, PLYMOUTH, LONDON, TILBURY
R.M.S. "Oroya" will leave Port Said about July 18 | R.M.S. "Ortona" will leave Port Said about August 1
Egyptian Government Officials allowed a rebate of 15% off the above fares.
Return tickets no longer issued, but passengers paying full fare in one direction allowed abatement of 1/3 fare back if return voyage be within 4 months of arrival, or abatement of 20 o/o if return voyage be made within 8 months of arrival.
Agents. Cairo:—Thos. Cook & Son. Alexandria : —R. J. Moss & Co.—For all information apply
Wm. STAPLEDON & Sons, PORT-SAID & PORT-TEWFIK (Suez) 31-12-904
Special Reduced Rates During Summer Season,
OUTWARDS to COLOMBO, TUTICORIN, etc., and RANGOON. Departures from Suez.
S.S. Derbyshire 6,635 tons, leaves about July 20.
S.S. Lancashire 4,244 tons, leaves about August 3.
HOMEWARDS to MARSEILLES and LONDON. Departures from Port Said.
S.S. Worcestershire 7,160 tons, leaves about July 26.
S.S. Yorkshire 4,196 tons leaves about August 9,
FARES from Port Said to Marseilles £12.0.0, London £17.0.0, Colombo £32.10.0, Rangoon £37.10.0.
Agents Cairo: THOS. COOK & SON. Suez & Port Said : WM. STAPLEDON & SONS, 31-12-905
FAST BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS
GREECE - TURKEY LINE.
Express Steamers leave Alexandria every Wednesday at 4 p.m. for PIRAEUS, SMYRNA, MITYLENE, and CONSTANTINOPLE, in connection with Orient Express train-de-luxe for Vienna, Paris, and London.
PALESTINE - SYRIA LINE.
Fast steamers leave Alexandria every Saturday at 6 p.m., and Port Said every Sunday at 6 p.m., for JAFFA (for Jerusalem), CAIFFA (for Nazareth), BEYROUT (for Damascus), TRIPOLI, ALEXANDRETTA, MESSINA, continuing in alternate weeks to LARNACA and LIMASSOL (Cyprus).
RED SEA LINE.
Steamers leave Suez fortnightly on Wednesday at 6 p.m. for JEDDAH, SUAKIN, MASSOWAH, HODBIDAH, and ADEN ; and in the intervening weeks for PORT SUDAN and SUAKIN direct. Calls will be made at TOR (for Mount Sinai) as required.
N.B.—Deck chairs provided for the use of passengers, excellent cuisine and table wine free.
Steamer plans may be seen and passages booked at the Company's Agencies at Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said, and Suez, or at THOS. COOK & SON or other Tourist Agency. 31-12-904
For LIVERPOOL calling at MALTA (Messrs. JAMES MOSS & Co. 31, James St, Liverpool, Managers.)
*Second class accommodation only, unless specially reserved.—Fares : Alexandria to Liverpool, 1st, £14 Single, £25 Return. 2nd, £9 Single, £15 Return.—To Malta, 1st, £5 Single, £9 Return, 2nd, £3 Single, £5 Return.—Return tickets available for six months.
S.S. Seti now on the berth, will sail on or about Monday, July 17, to be followed by S.S. Menes.
S.S Tabor for Havre via Malta to sail about Saturday l5th inst.
Through freight rates on cotton, etc., to Lancashire inland towns, Boston, New York and other U.S.A. towns, obtained on application. Cargo taken by special agreement only.
Passenger Tickets also issued inclusive of Railway fare through to and from Cairo. Particulars on application to
R. J. MOSS & Co., Alexandria, Agents. 26-12-905
MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAM SHIPS.
SAILINGS FROM SUEZ, LONDON and CALCUTTA LINE.
Calling at ADEN, COLOMBO and MADRAS Outward, and MARSEILLES (GENOA and PLYMOUTH optional) Homeward.
Fortnightly Service in connection with the Co's Indian Mail Lines and monthly with the East African Mail Line between ADEN, MOMBASSA and Zanzibar.
OUTWARD.—S.S. Fazilka ... July 22 | HOMEWARD.—S.S. Mombassa ... July 21
Queensland Line of Steamers Between London and Brisbane.
Calling at Colombo, Batavia, Cooktown, Townsville, and Rockhamptom.
The S.S. .................. will sail from Suez on about ..................
From Port-Said £2 less Homeward, and £2 more Outward. Second class, two thirds of 1st Class Fares.
Agents at PORT SAID, for the London, Calcutta and Persian Gulf Lines, Messrs. Worms & Co.
Agents at PORT SAID, for the London and Queensland Line, Messrs. Wills & Co., Limited.
Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son and the Anglo-American Hotel & Steamer Company, CAIRO & ALEXANDRIA.
For further particulars. Freight and Passage apply to G. BEYTS & Co. Agents, Suez. 31-12-905
(HENDERSON BROTHERS,) LONDON, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.
Booking Passengers and Cargo through to Ports in India, Europe & America
First class passengers steamers. Sailing fortnightly from Suez.
Saloon Fares: from Port-Said, to Gibraltar £9; Marseilles £9: Liverpool (all sea route) £15; London (all sea route) £ 12 London via Marseilles £15.5.0. Passengers embarking at Suez £2 more, 10 % reduction for officers of army of Occupation and Government employés. Through tickets issued to New-York (via Glasgow). Fares on application.
Agents in Cairo, Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son. Port-Said, Messrs. Cory Brothers & Co., Ltd.
For further partienlan of Freight or Passage apply to G. BEYTS & Co., Suez. 31-12-905
Established 1836. Capital £1,000,000. Reserve Fund £650,000.
THE IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE united with THE ALLIANCE ASSURANCE, Co., Ltd.
1, Old Broad Street, LONDON—Estabished 1806.—Total Funds exceed £10,000,000.
31-12-905. Policies issued at SUEZ by G. BEYTS & Co., Agents.
Mail and Passenger Steamships. Regular three-weekly Service from
HAMBURG, via ANTWERP & MALTA, to ALEXANDRIA and vice-versa,
admitting
goods from all chief German Railway Stations on direct Bill
of Landing to
ALEXANDRIA and all chief ports of Egypt, Syria, etc., at
favourable through
rates of DEUTSCHE
VERKEHR (traffic).
EXPECTED AT ALEXANDRIA.
S.S. Lesbos July 20 from Antwerp.
S.S. Androos July 20 from Hamburg bound for Beyrout.
S.S. Lemnos July 31 from Hamburg bound for Beyrout.
For tariff and particulars apply to ADOLPHE STROSS, Alexandria, Agent.
15-2-905
(Société des Entrepôts d'Alexandrie)
Bonded Warehouses
IN ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO, PORT SAID, AND SUEZ.
Special Departments for clearing and forwarding and for a luggage and parcel Express Service.
Goods delivered against cash for account of shippers. 1-6-906
CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA TELEPHONE.--Rates as follows P.T. 5 for each 3 minutes, or fraction of 3 minutes; P.T. 10 for over 3 up to 8 minutes communication.
PUBLIC CALL-OFFICES : Cairo, Central Office, Opera Square, and New Bar; Helouan, Central Office, Maison Purvis ; Alexandria, St Mark's Buildings, Egyptian Bar, I. Castelli & Co.; Ramleh, Central Office. San Stefano Casino 30.4.906
CAPITAL: L. 2,500,000. RESERVE (ENVIRON) : L. 862,000.
Gouverneur: Sir ELWIN PALMER, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.
Siège Social au Caire, Succursale à Alexandria, Agence à Assiout, Assuoan, Benha, Beni-Suef, Chibin el Kom, Damanhour, Fayoum, Khartoum, Kéneh, Mansourah. Minieh, Port-Said, Suakin, Sohag, Tantah, Zagazig, Mouski (Caire) et Londres (4 et 5, King William Street).
La National Bank of Egypt reçoit des dépots à termes fixes, fait des avances et ouvre des comptes courants sur titres, valeurs et marchandises. Elle s'occupe de l'achat et de la vente d'effets sur l'Etranger, de l'escompte, ainsi que de toutes opérations de Banque. 31-12-904
CAPITAL: £10,000,000.
HEAD OFFIOE IN CONSTANTINOPLE. CHIEF AGENCIES: LONDON & PARIS.
BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL TOWNS IN TURKEY.
Agencies in Egypt : ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO, & PORT SAID.
Advances on Merchandise and Securities in current account and for fixed periods. Purchase and sale of stocks and Shares on the London and Continental exchanges, letters of credit issued, valuables received in safe custody. Drafts, cheques and telegraphic transfers issued on the principal towns of the world. Foreign exchange purchased, bills discounted, bills, invoices, annuities and dividends collected and every description of banking business transacted. 18-4-906
First-class Hotel. Situated in Rosetta Avenue, the finest quarter in the Town. Two mintes from Railway Station. Close to Conservatory and the Opera House. Lift. Electric Light Throughout. Perfect Sanitary Arragnements. Magnificent Ball, Reception, Reading, and Music Rooms. Bar and Smoking Room.
HENRI CHAMOULLEAU, Proprietor.
45
FINE TERRACE ON THE AVENUE. - SPLENDID GARDEN. - OMNIBUS MEET ALL TRAINS AND STEAMERS. 28-26
NEW FIRST-CLASS HOTEL, OVERLOOKING THE HARBOUR & OPPOSITE CUSTOM HOUSE
Open all the year round. — Well-appointed Bar.
MODERATE CHARGES. SPECIAL TERMS FOR RESIDENTS 1190A2-5
Full South, Electric Light, opposite Esbekieh Gardens, Large Verandahs, Moderate Charges,
CHAS. BAUER, Proprietor.
The Hotel is beautifully fitted up and is in the most central part of Cairo. Terms for pension fare at the rate of ten shillings a day. Special terms for officers of Army of Occupation. 24,882-31-10-5
By the 10.15 p.m. train between Cairo and Alexandria and vice-versa a sleeping car is attached every night. Supplement 30 P.T.
Restaurant and Sleeping Cars on Luxor trains:
A Restaurant car and a sleeping car are attached to the 8 p.m. train from Cairo every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and to the 5.30 p.m. train from Luxor every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
Railway and Sleeping Car tickets can be obtained any number of days ahead at the office of the International Sleeping Car Company in Cairo Station. 1st class Cairo-Luxor P.T. 200. Sleeping Car supplement P.T. 75.
Weekly departure during Winter Season by the
Luxurious First Class
Tourist Steamers VICTORIA, PURITAN & MAYFLOWER.
Regular weekly
Departures to the SECOND CATARACT by the S.S. INDIANA.
THROUGH BOOKINGS
TO KHARTOUM, GONDOKORO AND THE WHITE NILE.
Steamers and Dahabeahs for
private charter. Steam Tugs and Steam Launches for hire.
FREIGHT
SERVICE BY STEAM BARGES BETWEEN CAIRO AND ALEXANDRIA.
Working in
conjunction and under special arrangement with the
"Upper Egypt Hotels
Company."
For details and illustrated programmes apply to "THE ANGLO-AMERICAN NILE
STEAMER and
HOTEL COMPANY."
OFFICES IN CAIRO: Sharia Boulac, "Grand Continental Hotel Buildings." 31-3-06
BREMEN.
EXPRESS MAIL STEAMERS
FROM
ALEXANDRIA, PORT SAID, AND SUEZ,
TO
NAPLES, MARSEILLES,
GENOA, SOUTHAMPTON, ANTWERP,
BREMEN,
HAMBURG, AMERICA,
EASTERN ASIA, AUSTRALIA Etc.
For Particulars see Advertisement below.
Alexandria-Brindisi-Venice-Trieste.
Weekly Express Mail Service. Steamers leave Alexandria every Saturday at 4 p.m. arrive at Brindisi, Tuesday a.m. in time for express to Paris, London, Naples, Rome. Arrival Trieste Wednesday noon connecting with Vienna Express (Trieste-Ostende through carriage) and expresses to Italy and Germany.
Fortnightly Service: Alexandria-Brindisi-Venice-Trieste
(Departures from Suez) To Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hong-Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Kobé about July 5 and August 4. To Aden, Karachi, and Bombay accelerated service about August 18. To Aden, Karachi, Bombay, Colombo, Madras, Rangoon, and Calcutta about July 20.
East African Line.
To Aden, Mombassa, Zanzibar, Beira, Delagoa Bay, Durban, about July 4 and August 3.
Syrian-Cyprus-Caramanian Line.
Steamers leaves Alexandria on or about July 3, 17 and 31.
For information apply to the Agents, Alexandria, Port Said and Suez, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld., Leon Heller, Cairo Agent, 4, Sharia Maghraby, (Telephone 192), Cairo; F. Tedeschi, Helouan.
Special passage rates granted to Egyptian Government officials, members of the Army of Occupation and their families.
31-12-905
OF LONDON
Established 1821.
CAPITAL PAID UP AND INVERTED ONE MILLION STERLING.
Annual Income . . £895,000.
Total Funds . . £5,200,000.
Agents far Egypt and the Sudan - HEWAT & Co., Alexandria.
24336--17-6-905
LONDON. Founded 1710.-Total sum insured in 1902 £487,600,000.
Agents : LEON HELLER, Cairo, and BEHREND & Co., Alexandria. 16-1-906
The undersigned agents are authorised to issue policies on behalf of the above Company at moderate rates.
IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANK, Alexandria. OTTO STERZING, Cairo. GEORG. MEINECKE, Suez. 3112905
072 Established 1720. - Agents: BANK OF EGYPT, Limited 189103
Incorporated A. D. 1720.
Chief Office: ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, E.C.
FUNDS IN HAND EXCEED £4,500,000 CLAIMS PAID £40,000,000
21281-216905
KHARTOUM: CAIRO Office, Sharia Kasr-el-Nil.
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. Six days White Nile Tourist Trip dep. Khartoum Tuesdays. Steamer plans may be seen and passages booked at all Cairo Tourist Agents. - Special Steamers for private charter. - Trips arranged and transport of goods undertaken to all places on White and Blue Niles within navigation limits.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. Shipyard for construction of sternwheel steamers, barges, stream, motor launches, etc. Contractors for supply and erection of all classes of machinery, buildings, irrigation pumps, etc.
SOLE AGENTS FOR Dudbridges Oil Engines from 1 to 25 B.H.P. as supplied to Sudan Government. Seamless xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
PURVEYORS OF THE FINEST COLONIAL
MEAT, GAME, POULTRY, BUTTER, FISH,
etc., etc.
The Company have opened a shop in the NEW MARKET, CAIRO, Nos. 39 & 40, where the goods imported by them can be inspected and purchased.
Telephone No. 1. 5. xxx-xx-xx
SUBSCRIPTIONS.– Alexandria, Cairo, and the Interior of Egypt (including delivery in Alexandria or postage to subscriber's address) P.T. 231½ per annum, P.T. 116 for six months, P.T. 80 for three months. To other countries in the Postal Union P.T. 273 (£2.16s.) per annum.
ADVERTISEMENTS.– P.T. 4 per line. Minimum charge P.T. 20. Births, Marriages, or Deaths, not exceeding three lines, P.T. 20, every additional line P.T. 10. Notices in news columns P.T. 20 per line. Contracts entered into for standing advertisements.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS and ADVERTISEMENTS are due in advance. P.O. Orders and Cheques to be made payable to the Editor and Manager, Rowland Snelling, Alexandria.
London Offices: 86, New Broad-street, E.C.
THE "EGYPTIAN GAZETTE” IS PRINTED ON PAPER MANUFACTURED AND SUPPLIED BY THE
LONDON PAPER MILLS Co., LIMITED (SALES OFFICE: 27, CANNON STREET, E.C.)
An English Daily Newspaper, Established in 1880.
Editor & Manager: R. Snelling.
Price: One Piastre Tariff.
Yesterday afternoon's startling news from St. Petersburg is contradicted in
to-day's tele- grams. Such a capitulation of the Tsar would have been an
admission to his subjects and the world at large that Russian bureaucracy is
the failure it has long proved to be in the eyes of the civilised world. In
the universal judg ment of the civilised world it stands convicted of lese
humanité; it is an outworn, belated anachronism, which lags, superfluous and
noxious, on the stage of human affairs. It has tried to borrow from the
civilised world the material fruits of modern progress, while denying to the
people the intellectual, moral,
Before the war began politicians in all countries used to speculate on the effect which defeat might have on the Russian mind. On the whole, perhaps; the impression which seemed to have most to say for itself was that reverses would evoke the passion of loyalty, and that the things which make for division would be postponed until after a final victory. Possibly if the reverses which Russia has sus- tained had been due solely to the fortune of war, this expectation might have been fulfilled. As it is, however, those reversés are, largely due to faults which might have been guarded against,-faults which, if the Russian system had been what it professes to be, would have been. guarded against. In theory, it has conspicuous. advantages in carrying on war. It has unity of purpose, promptness of execution, and above all, untiring vigilance in preparation. In practice, it has proved to have none of these things. There have been irreconcilable differ- ences of opinion in the Government, extensive corruption in both services; want of initiative and of training in the officers. The system which should show its best side in time of war has broken down at every point. It has failed to give that security against attack from with out for which a nation will sacrifice so much. The machine has proved incapable of doing its proper work; consequently it behoves Russia to discover some alternative machine to take its place.
It was obvious that the news was greatly exaggerated, and the appointment of a reaction- ary as Minister of the Interior, announced in this morning's telegrams is significant. Was it to be expected that the Tsar would suddenly divest himselt of an authority which he himself probably, and a great number of his subjects certainly, regard as specially divine? The most daring theorist, if he were seated on the Russian throne, might hesitate to bring down about his ears the vast fabric of Russian ad- ministration, and there is no reason to suppose that, in this sense, the Tsar is a theorist at all. He is more likely to refuse to make the changes, deinanded of him, and take the chance of being able to suppress the insur rectionary movement. There could be no likelihood of the provisions of this so-called. "Magna Charta" being permanent Constitu tions grow and are not made, and any hasty scheme of government reform is as hopeless in Russia as it would be in Turkey, for. corrup tion is everywhere visible in Russia. But even constitutional Governments are not free from corrupt habits, so the corruption made visible in Russia may continue with any new, Government which may be created. Yet there has been little done to prevent corruption in. any department; and this is one great cause of discontent.
The great mass of the people are unfitted for constitutional government, but the intelligence of Russia is unfitted for autocratic control. The struggle of to-day is one for control between the spirit of autocracy and the spirit of intelligence. Should the latter succeed, then the people will be fed and ruled with some degree of intelligence; should auto- cracy prevail, then a greater veil of darkness must be drawn around Russia, and it will continue to be what it is, "a land of tyrants and a den of slaves."
The "Daily Telegraph" learns from St. Petersburg that as a result of an interview on Monday with the Minister Yermoloff, and on his earliest representations, the Tsar signed a case demonstrated a Russian Magna Chart. This directs M. Witte, as President of the Committee of Ministers, to further extend the reform laid down in the Ukase of the 27th December last. It orders that the people shall be invited to co-operate with the Government, leaving M. Witte to determine the manner of such co-operation. It commands the restoration of order throughout the Empire by peaceful methods, and the' pensioning of those who were made orphans or cripples on the 22nd ult. The Council of Ministers afterwards die caused the new situation, M. Witte throwing the whole weight of his influence on the popular side. It was decided to release the captives' to-day, and to free the Press. General Trepoff is to be sent to Manchuria later. A representative council is to be created in a fortnight. (Reuter.)
(Official). The report of the "Magna Charta" is incorrect. It was based on the following circumstances: The Council of Ministers rejected a motion submitted by M. Witte to record its opinion regarding the incidents on the 22nd of January, and to adopt measures in order to prevent their recurrence. M. Witte, whose motion was on the minutes, there upon submitted a memorandum to the Tsar, who approved it. The Council held an extraordinary sitting on the 31st January, in order to discuss the memorandum, when the question of an enquiry into tire incidents of the 22nd January was considered. The Minister of Finance was empowered to prepare a scheme for social and legislative reform with special re to the labour question. (Reuter.)
The town-is still in a state of siege. The strike has begun in the adjoining villages. (R.)
(Official). The Emperor, Empress, and Dowager Empress sympathising deeply with the families or those killed and wounded on the 22nd ult. have placed £5,000 at the disposal of General Trepott in order to assist those who are in need. (Reuber).
Four hundred Siberian railwaymen have struck work at the Krasnoyansk depots. (R.)
Maxim Gorki has been released. (Reuter).
Maxim Gorki has been released. (Reuter).
M. Buligin, a reactionary and formerly assistant to the Grand Duke Sergius, when the latter was Governor of Moscow, has been appointed Minister of the Interior. (Reuter).
M. Buligin succeeds Prince Mirsky as Minister of the Interior. (Havas.)
M. Mouravieff, Minister of Justice, has been appointed Ambassador in Italy. M. Manonkhine will succeed M. Mouravieff. (Reuter.)
The Marquis of Linlithgow has been appointed Secretary for Scotland. (Reuter.)
M. Henri Germain, Chairman of the board of the Credit Lyonnais, is dead. (Havas).
M. Germaim, President of the Credit Lyon is dead. (Reuter.)
M. Gustave Lefebre has been appointed inspector in chief in the Museum Service at a salary of L.B. 400.
Sir William Willcocks has published a work under the above title, a review of which will appear shortly in our columns.
Sheikh Hasson El Banna, inspector to the Ministry of Justice, has been named Moufti to the said Ministry.
has been fixed for the 24th inst. It will be held in a large bell-room now under construction on the site of the Esbekieh Lake.
The dance which was given at Mena House on Wednesday was a very successful one. Most of the army officers in camp were there, aud dancing was kept up with great vigour until midnight.
On 3lst ulto. 13 vessels passed through the Canal, 9 of which were British, 1 Dutch, 2 German, 1 French. The day's receipts were frs. 358,562.22. During the month of January the total receipts amounted to frs. 11,134,693.54.
The Kov. W. Dickius will (D.V.) give A Meditation on "The Recital is the West" on Sunday morning next, at 10 o'clock, in the Sailors' and Solidier Institute, Alexandria. Sacred songs and solos will be sung.
On Wednesday night an entertainment was given at the Luxor Hotel by Mr. Scott-Leslie, assisted by Mr. Norton. A fairly good audience was present and the performance gave much satisfaction to those who attended it.
The Ordinary annual general meeting of the voters of St. Marks Church has been postponed to Thursday, 16th mat., at 5 p.m., at H.B.M. Consulate. In addition to the matters already advertised for discussion, the meeting will be invited to decide on the matter of the proposed Church House.
Last night's small dance at Ghezirkh Palace was unusually brilliant, there being a very large and fashionable gathering. The whole of the tables in the restaurant were occupied for dinner, and there was another full room for supper. Both Mr. Baetuer anf Air. Muller are to be Congratulated on the success of the function.
Captain Greig, I.M.S., has kindly consumed to give a lecture on "Sleeping Sickness" at the School of Medicine to-morrow at 4 p.m. Captain Greig has just returned from Uganda, where he has been serving on the Commission sent out by the Royal Society. The lecture will be illustrated by maps showing the distribution of the flu which causes the disease.
The number of visitors to the Museum during January last was 2,019, of whom 340 paid for admission. 371 persons visited, and 172 Pompey's Pillar. The pillars of the Averon College visited the Museum in company with their teachers during the month. The other schools of the city will shortly be asked to send their scholars in turn.
The Moslem Benevolent Society of Alexandria, El Orwa el-Woska, will have a benefit performance at the Zizimia Theatre on Friday next, 10th inst, when Le monde on Ion sennuie will be given. The Khedive has graciously consented to give his patronage to the performance. The great utility of this native institution is too well known to need any commendation from us. It is to be hoped that next Friday's performance will be well supported by Alexandrians and that the receipts will considerbly swell the funds of this excellent society.
Bulkeley, Ramleh.
Ten minutes from Alexandria. First-Class in every respect Very moderate charges. Bulkeley is the fashionable English quarter. Visitors fron Cairo alight at Sidi Gaber Station.
24480-24-5-905
G. AQUILINA, Proprieter.
Largest 1st class and most comfortable Hotel in Alexandria. Central position. Under English management.
The Italian Consular Court at Alexandria was crowded this morning on the occasion of the demand of M. Attilio Ninci, commercial director of the Societe des Sucreries et de la Raffinerie at Alexandria, for a separation from his wife Olga, nee Constaufiaides, on the grounds of her adultery with Judge Constantine Dimaras. President of the Hellenic Consular Court at Alexandria. M. Ninci was represented by Maitre Colucci and his wife by Maitre Colucci. M. Ninci sat by the side of his counsel but the lady did not put in an appearance. He went on and endeavoured to show that, if the Court should grant a separation, it should be pronounced on the grounds of the misconduct of both husband and wife. Counsel then argued that no such separation should be accorded, as M. Ninci had condoned the offence by agreeing to be reconciled with his wife after he had ascertained that she had committed adultery. Counsel cited an article of the Code applicable to such a case. He insisted that in any case should be granted, and then proceeded to read further correspondence from M. Ninci to his wife from which he deduced the conclusions : That the husband was a man of utterly depraved tastes, that he had maltreated his wife, that he had neglected her when ill and in every way had by his callous conduct to the sin of his wife, who had only succumbed to the Judge alter having been grossly neglected during her illness by her husband. After the reconciliation at Helouan marital intercourse had been resumed, M. Ninci returned here, but as soon os be knew that the Judge had come back to Alexandria, on accident occurred in consequence of which M.Niuci returned to Helonan aggressively maltreated his wife. Reconciliation was now impossible and counsel concluded that both husband and wife were equally to blame and said that it was the wife who made a complaint to the Consulate and asked for better treatment or judicial separation. It was only that M. Ninci brought the present case. Maltre Colucci rose to reply at 12.30 p.m., but the further hearing of the case was postponed until 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The outward Egyptian pilgrimage this year ended practically yesterday with the departure of the Khedival Mail Line's S.S. "Fayoum" from Suez. The Khedival Mail Line has this year instituted the plan of shipping the Egyptians separately from the foreign pilgrims. This system has received the approval of the Government. A correspondent writes on the subject of the Mahmal theft:—Thirty thousand pounds is rather a Urge sum to send to Mecca and Medina. Does it all go with the Mahmal? If so the thieves at Abbassich were merciful the amount is so considerable that I should think it might be made the basis of a bargain whereby in consideration of its continued payment annually the Bedouins should cease from massacring and pillaging unoffending pilgrims. Surely some such terms might be arranged with a view to putting on end to present and prospective perils. Under existing circumstances we are putting a premium on crime and outrage.
The antiquarian season seems to have opened fairly well end Dr. Naville and Mr. Hall's work at Deir-el-Babari has so far been successful enough for them to announce that they have uncovered the perform of the pyramid of that Mentu-hotep whose temple they discovered last year, and whose hawk name was Neb-kheru-Ra. They have also found monuments of two other kings of the eleventh dynasty, one of whom possessed the hawk-name Ra neb bapef-t (t), and the other that of Ra a., betep. The last-named, at any rate, is a Mentohotep, as is probably the first. Both are, perhaps, to be identified with names found in the tablet of Kamak; but in any case the final t in the first name requires explanation.
Official intimation has been received here to-day that Lord Cromer will arrive on Saturday next by the first morning train. I learn that Sir Horace Pinching has expresses his satisfaction at the excellent stats of the town from a sanitary point of view. There are the cases of small-pox hen and in the neighbouring villages.
LA TRAVIATA.
The stage of the Abbas Helmy Theatre was last night the scene of a triumph the like of which it has rarely, if ever, witnessed before. The great artiste, whose visit Alexandria has been look- ing forward to for some time past, was the object of a tremendous shower of applause from the moment she entered on the scene, and during the whole time that Signora Bellin- cioni occupied the boards she kept her audience, as it were, under a spell. La Traviata, which was the piece selected for her first appearance here, is not by any means one of the best of Verdi's operas. It was, however, by such paths as Traviata and Rigoletto that the composer came finally into his great kingdom. The opers is essentially a one-part piece, and as such gives an infinite amount of scope for effective singing and acting to the interpreter of the leading role. To judge by the support given yesterday evening to Signora Bellincioni by the rest of the company, it is just as well that this is so. La Traviata was Signora Bellin- cioni and Signora Bellincioni was La Traviata. The other performers were distinctly in the background, which is much to be regretted. The weakness of the tenor, Sig. E. Chiericati, which was especially apparent in the first act, without an artiste like Bellincioni to play Violetta Valery, would have inevitably damned the production, while the baritone, Sig. Badini, did not rise to the occasion, and gave a com- paratively poor interpretation of the role of Giorgio Germon. These defects, however, were fully compensated for by the prima-donna. Signora Bellincioni was nothing less than superb; if it is possible to imagine the singing of a most exquisite bird on the wing in the twilight of a summer's day, if, in a word, one on recognise the beauty of movement com- bined with the beauty of voice, which belongs essentially to the meaning and signifi- cance of the singer herself, then
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begins to understand something of the beauty, the purity, the complete sense of significance which attaches to such vocal accomplishment. Apart from her glorious singing, her acting was one of the finest things to be seen now-a-days on the lyric stage; the pathos of the part was brought out by her to the utmost; the tragedy of the last act was interpreted in a manner that only very great artists can interpret it. That the public recognised her worth was plainly evident by the thunders of applause which greeted her at each fall of the curtain, when the audience became almost frantic. Signora Bellincioni, as befits a veritable artist, was exquisitely dressed. To adequately describe her costumes would take. up more space than we have at our disposal to-day. They should be seen to be admired. The chorus was not all that we could have wished, but the orchestra did its work well.
Mr. Theo. V. P. Angier writes in the London press that for the time being the considera- tion of the subject of the Suez Canal is limited to the strong case which the shipowners and merchants of our Empire and the rest of the world, including France, have against the management of this monopolist company. The charges against the company include: (1) the deliberate breach and autocratic disregard of the solemn compact entered into, signed by the late president M. de Lesseps, and confirm ed by the shareholders in general meeting in 1883; (2) the unreasonable and oppressive demand for special tonnage measurements of all ships for the sole purpose of Suez Canal taxation, thereby putting every ship to the ex- pense of obtaining a Suez Car.al certificate, while dock dues all over the world are taxed on the ordinary tonnage on each ship's register; (3) the fast and loose administration of its arbitrary rules for measuring ships' tonnage for the basis of taxation; (4) the levying of dues heavy enough to produce 26 per cent. profit on the immensely inflated capital, constituting a serious and unjustifiable handicap on the world's trade, and falling most heavily on British trade; (5) the concurrence of the seven British directors in these proceedings without consulting the British shipowners and mer chants whose interests they were admitted on the board to represent. The question, he thinks, has also a broader commercial, political, and strategical aspect. It is self-evident, he claims, that the capacity for traffic of the existing canal is limited, and the progressive increase of the world's tonnage requiring accommodation is unlimited. In these circumstances he sub- mits that common prudence dictates the provision of a second canal, which should be as soon as begun ossidble.
The White Star liner "Republic" left Alex- andria yesterday afternoon for Naples and New York.
The Ellerman S.S. "Bulgarian" sailed on Wednesday evening direct for London, with general cargo.
The Ellerman S.S. "Alsatian" sailed from Malta on Wednesday and is expected here on Sunday morning, with passengers, mails, and general cargo.
The S.S. "Alexandria" is leaving this after-
noon for Malta and Liverpool.
The S.S. "Fabian," now loading, will sail for Liverpool in a few days.
The Khedivial Mail S.S. "Ismailia" will leave Alexandria on Wednesday for Pireus, Smyrna, Mitylene, and Constantinople.
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Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and Norway paid a visit to the British troops in camp at Mena House on Wednesday last, sad breakfasted at Mena House in company with General Slade and his staff. The Marquis di Rudini leaves Cairo for Massowali next Sunday or Monday. Fakhiy Pasha returned to Cairo from the Sudan yesterday morning. The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, who are now proceeding to Upper Egypt, will return to England in time for the Newmarket Craven Meeting, which commences on Tuesday, April 11. Earl Howe has been granted leave of absence from the various Court ceremonies and entertainments before Easter, which it is his duty to attend as Chamberlain to the Queen. Lord sad Lady Howe are leaving Cairo next week for Assonan. Ex-President Stein, of the Orange Free State, is doe at Port-Said on Sunday by the North German Lloyd "Kronprinz." He is accompanied by his wife, his sons, and Miss Botha, daughter of the Boer celebrity' of that name. A large number of distinguished tourists are arriving at Alexandria on Monday next by the North German Lloyd's SR. "Schleswig." There are over a hundred first-class passengers. Sir John and Lady Evans, who arrived by the "Republic," are staying at the Hotel d'Angleterre, Cairo. Mr. H. W. Seton-Karr has returned from India, where he has been engaged in an initial prehistoric-archeological exploration of port of the Indus valley, and has discovered what probably paleolithic implements on the Kohistan' tan range. He has now proceeded up the Nile. M. Quellenec, the Engineering Adviser to the Suez Canal Company, left Port-Said on Wednesday by the Measagerias Maritime* S.S. "Congo" for Marseilles. Among the latest arrivals at the Hotel d'Angleterre we notice Major and Mia. Loot be, Capt. Sherbrooke, Admiral and Miss Dale, Major and Mrs. Kennedy, Capt. Greig, Dr. V. P. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. L M. Smith, Mr. C. a Thompson, Mrs. Geo. C. Colburn, Mr. Clarence Beckford, Miss Katherine Howell, Mr. I Goo. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Cock born, Mr. | G. J. Healey, Mr. and Un. C. W. Chitty, Mrs. G. A. and Miss Western, M. and Urns de Knoll. Mr. William Fraser Rae, the author of a very interesting work on modern Egypt, has died at Bath of pneumonia at the age of seventy. His "Egypt To-day: First to the Third Khedive," published in 1892, attracted much attention, and was recognized not only as a profoundly interesting book but as an admirable treatise on one of the most vital subjects of our foreign policy. The "Business of Travel," a book in which he displayed tho rise of Cook, was an excellent exposition of the modem facilities which have changed the intercourse of nations.
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"C" Comp. R. Berks vs. R.M.A. The above teams met at Mustapha on Wednesday last. The R.M.A. soon got down to work, scoring two goals in the first two minutes of the game. After this, however, the R. Berks carried all before them, scoring three goals in rapid succession and adding another in the second half was of a very even character, and both side played a good game. Result: R Berks, 4 goals, R.M.A. 2 goals.
R. Berks Regimental Team vs. St. Andrew's. These teams met on Saturday at Mustapha. Saint Andrew's won the toss, and elected to kick up the field. The opening stages of the game were confined to midfield, but the superior combination of the regimental platers soon brought them into the "Saint" Andrew's territory, and the defence had some anxious moments in consequences. Play was again transferred to midfield, and occasionally the visiting forwards would get away, but were always weak at finishing. A series of corners looked dangerous for the Saints, but they eventually cleared. A little later, however, Hutton got through the defence, and put his team one up. The Saints tried hard to draw level, but at half-time the score remained:Regiment 1- Saint Andrew's O. Playing downhill in the second half, but with the sun against them, the Saint hoped to reduce the lead, but everyone seemed to fall away in disappointing fashion. The game throughout this half was really only a case of shooting for goal on the part of the Berks, who were all over their opponents, Jossy scored the second goal shortly after the restart and a third came from the foot of Hill a few minutes later. Still the Saints were unable to find their bearings, and it was not until late in the second half that they managed to get within range of Adam. Cowie tested him but he saved well, and it was no surprise when Haber and Josey got well away, and the last named finished by scoring a fourth goal for his side. Saint Andrew's could do nothing after this, and retired defeated by four goals to nil.
To the editor of the Egyptian Gazette. Sir, Your leader entitled "What is needed" is a brilliant and vigorous defence of the Government's non pass policy, but I scarely think that it finally disposes of the questions discussed. To me it is neither conclusive nor convincing. I cannot pretend to view with the writer in dialectical skill, through it is easy to point out several factors which his argument fails to notice. In the first place, he leaves out of account the climatic conditions here, which are infinitely more favorable to life than those existing in England, for instance, where we have eight months of winter and the rest not infrequently of rain. Statistics show that the death rate there amongst infants is largely due to diseases occasioned by the inclemency of our climate. There is another point which he leaves out of consideration, and that is overcrowding in our great cities. The evil of overcrowding in Cairo and Alexandria cannot be compared in extent to that of London and Liverpool. Furthermore, the English mother-I speak of her because she is best known to me-is quite as careless, if not more careless, of her infant than the Egyptian in the matter of feeding. It is a common thing amongst the poorer classes in England for infants to be reared upon fried fish washed down. Whatever the native mother's faults may be, she does not give her infant to quiet its fractions moments. Yet, despite inclement climate, overcrowding, and gin, the rats of infant mortality is considerably lower in England than in Egypt. I therefore maintain that something can be done and should be done to arrest the excessive mortality amongst infants in this country. I am not very sanguine, I confess, that my words will meet with any response from the authorities, who seem far too engrossed in farming brilliant budgets to give heed to the warnings. I am etc. Humanity
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Recolte nxxmelle: Eu commerve a achere dans l'aores-midi et cela a contribue a raffermir les cours. En cloture nous acons au une legere reaction, mais quand meme nous resions en benefice de 7/82 sur la coture de 1 heure.
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N.B.—Cette liste est relevée des Registres de l' "Alexandria General Produce Association"; nous la publions afin qu'on puisse la comparer avec les arrivages du mois de juillet de cette année.
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Graines de coton.—Soutenues
Fèves — Fermes
HULL
Graines de coton.—Calmes, sans changement
Fèves.—Soutenues
LONDRES
Graines de coton.— Sans changement
COTON AMÉRICAIN
LIVERPOOL
Futurs août-sept.:
" oct-nov.:
Disponible :
NEW-YORK
Middling Upland:
Futurs août:
" oct. :
Arrivages du jour, balles
Contre même jour, l'année dernière, balles
Pointer : bal. —,— contre bal. —,—
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For ENGLAND, by the S.S. "North Gwalia", sailed on the 21st January.
N. E. Tamvaco, 2,457 tons cotton seed
Pour MALTE at HAMBOURG, par le bateau all. "Leros", parti le 22 janvier :
Diverg, 460 sacs riz, 320 cris. qufs, 123 colis gorome, 60 colis senné, 43 colis divers
F. C. Baines & Co, 32 balles coton
B. & O. Lindemann, 553 „ „
Peel & Co. 200 „ „
Carver Bros, & Coy. Ltd, 565 „ „
E. Mallison & Co. 61 „ „
Mohr & Feuder!, 92 „ „
Chorarni, Benachi & Co. 100 „ „
G. Riecken, 129 „ „
1,732 balles coton
Pour PORT-SAID, par le bateau italien "Bosforo", parti le 22 janvier :
Papadopoulo, 6 balles tabac (Aden)
Divers, 7 colis divers
POUR BOMBAY
E. Mallison & Co., 30 balles coton
Pour PORT SAID et KOBE, par le bateau autr. "Salzburg". parti le 23 janvier
POUR LA SYRIE
Depot Bière de Graz, 47 barils bière (Port-Said)
P. Debbas, Acais. instruments de médecine (Jaffa)
POUR KORE
Peel & Co., 200 balles coton
Pour LA SYRIE, par le bateau grec "Marie Reine", parti le 23 janvier :
Divers, 100 sacs zobib, 28 balles sacs vides, 56 colis divers -
Pour CANDIE, par le bateau grec "Athènes", parti le 23 janvier :
Divers, 197 balles peaux, 15 sacs balles vides, 573 barils vides, 720 colis sacs et caisses, 61 sacs sucre, 220 sacs riz, 10 saou fèves, 26 colis divers
Pour CONSTANTINOPLE, par le bateau grec "Vassilissa Olga", parti le 23 janvier :
Divers, 8 balles coton, 531 pacs riz, 35 barils vides, 8 colis divers
Pour TRÉBIZONDE, par le bateau ottoman "Alexandria", parti le 25 janvier :
Divers, 1,039 sacs riz, 20 suos graines de coton, 19 colis zembils vidas, 9 colis divers
For PIRÆUS and CONSTANTINOPLE, by the S.S. "Ismailia", sailed on the 25th Jan. :
Various, 1,404 bags rice, 660 bags sugar, 22 bags henna, 512 packages vegetables, 37 packages empty zemnbils, 37 packages soap, 18 packages sundries
Pour CANDIE, par le bateau greo "Byzantion", parti le 28 janvier :
Divers, 2,224 sacs riz, 48 sacs sucre, 55 balles peaux, 91 barils vides, 24 colis divers