... 4T1IE: -LEEDS RIE Pt(CURtY 0-4- TFRIDA , Aygust 25th, 1882. I .. . . I Tnjilanding of the British troops. from the transports in the Suez Canal, and the preparations, for their, advanceinto the country, being almost completed, tt. their advancoixto the country, being almost completed, 1 or thoadvanced guard moved off from Ismailia yesterday t or morning in the direction of the enemy's ...

... ITHIS MORNING'S NEWS;' tO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. MERCURY-OFFICE, Saturday, 5 q-v st THE WAR IN EGYPT. e (TIMES TELEGRAM.) ISMAILIA, Friday, 2 ?? El Magfar, soveral miles beyond Nefiche, the enemy, with ten guns and a large force, opposed us for the entire day. 'The British had but two guns in position. Our right wing consisted of mounted infantry and Household Cavalry, e the centre of guns, and ...

... Win. Turner, forty-five years of age, a collier, was executed yesterday morning at Xirkdale Prison, Liver- pool, for the murder of his wife at Skelmersdale, near Urmakirk, on the 23rd June. The crime was one of unrelieved brutality, the prisoner having gone home, put on a pair of heavv clogs, and announcing his intention to kill her, proceeded to kick the unfortunate woman to death. He Nvas ...

... POLITICS- AND :SOCIETY. LEEDS, Tuesday, August 22nd. Celerity, certainty, and decision continue to dha- racterise the movements of Sir Garnet Wolseley. Yesterday morning the great flotilla under his com- imand entered the Suez Canal, and steamed towards Ismailia. ., The Canal authorities refused to allow them to have pilots, and in. consequence one of the vessels, the' Calabria, ran aground. ...

... THE, WAR. IN. EGYPT.a ;N ADVANCE OF BRITISH TROOPS. P - - ~~~Sq IOCVEMENTS OF THE REBELS. hi al DESERTION OF ARABI'Sf£ w OFFICERS. bf N to PILLAGING ATj RAMLEH. c to CS7ECtAL TELEGRAMS To T1IE STANDARD OF THIS MORNING. ) tb - ' TUihr znE SPECUAL. CORRESPONDENT- WIT1 - SIR GAR.NET WOLSELEY.) iN IS3IAILIA, Thursday Morning. N * -he reconnoitring force to-day will be composed oi the following ...

... THIS MORNING'S NEWS, ^TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS Ii A e srEROU2Z 7-OFF CE, Thur~sday!,,oav welTHE WAR IN EGYPT.! ei, (Tarfs TE Gr.) rALEXANDRIA, Wednesday, 6.10 ?? Paeha la arrived this morning and at once had an interview with the Khedivd: He is now with Sherif. Osman n Bey Orfi, formerly Judge at the tribunals, has been ir named Prefect of -Police of Alexandria. L An Austrian man-of-war appeared ...

... SEVERE GALE ON TEE WHEST COAST, A BARQUET STRANDED AT BLACKPOOL. A severe gale prevailed at Blackpool duriang Sundt night and yesterday afternoon, the wind beicsg S.W.? About five o'clock yesterday morning Captlili Bie,,er- staffe, of the Blackpool lifeboat, was on the lash- on the South Pier. when lie suddenly discerned a barqui close in shore under the cliffs, near Uerie Toens Cabin, and ...

... A. VOLrNTEER'S WEEK AT ALDERSHOT. ?? -1 Ia . _ . 'W ece u campinag -grond ion Rushmoor early onca Saturday evening, anal pitched our tents by bugle-call. thj Meanwhile guards and sentries were posted, fatigue be( Parties formed, orderlies sand pickets told off, n h tic countless preparations for consumnsig the day's dinnerI of and commiencing the week's work were entered up on, ab amid the ...

... A7,,1 ilSP r-IO^ ) d (lFrom}1 t/se Globe.) ; Everybody is famihar with the advice offerod to the apublic by an enterprising firm of manufacturers to see 4 that they get the particular commodity which they ask ov for. Seeing, says the old proverb, is believing; in .e and so lt may have been-once upon a time. But in these re, a days of acute competition, when adulteration is not only ...

... D I S CO N T B N T. (Momb the Globe.) 'When the enchanted fish in thle Arabian Nights answered the question whether they were on duty, they always finished their mysterious reply with the assurance that they were content. They were, no doubt, enchanted fish: otherwise, considering tbe precarious posi- tion they held between the frying-pan and the fire, their contentment must appear at ...

... I -- W THE LEEDS MEPICURY- A U , t I , . - 01 se SIR GARNET WOLSELEY has forwarded a|m lesprtch, to the Secretary of State for W'ar relative to the reconnaissance made on Thursday. lie states tlat it was necessary to push forward and occupy that part of the Fresh-water Canal at which it could be most tl seriously damaged, niamely, about seven miles west d of Ismailia. After some skirmishing,- ...

... rxsj.I~ J5Lr2-J5L.Lv . The twelfth arinnal prize meeting was continued yester- 2 day on the Range at Urpeth Hioughs. Fine weather U prevailed all day, the lighttduring the forenoon being all TM that could be desired. There was a laige attendance Of Volunteers, including the representatives of the Yorkshire rt corpa, ad some of those-notably Private Pilling and ri Private Xelsey-nnsat have ...