CABLE NEWS, ♦ THE EGYPTIAN CRISIS.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 65, 15 September 1881, Page 2

CABLE NEWS, ♦ THE EGYPTIAN CRISIS.

WAR IN TUNIS. SERIOUS CONFLICT AT ZAGHOUAN. RESIGNATION OF A JUDGE. i RKDTKB'S TELEGRAMB. | Alexandria, 13th September.

It has transpired that a meeting of the Council of Notables, which had been summoned by the Khedive, to suggest a course of action to be pursued at the present crisis of Egyptian affairs, was held to-day. The demands of the military were discussed at length, and the action of the officers met with general disapproval. It waa ultimately resolved that Cherif Pasha should be requested to reconsider his decision of yesterday, and to accept the Presidency of the Council. He was at length prevailed upon to accede to the wishes of tin Council, and he is now engaged in the formation of a Cabinet. Paris, 13th September. Telegrams are to hand from Tunis reporting that the Arab insurgents made an attack to-day upon the French position at Zaghouan, about 50 miles to the south of Tunis, in great force, completely surrounding the camp. Desperate fighting ensued, and continued for several hours, with heavy loss on both sides. It is further stated that the Arabs have broken down the aqueduct which supplies tho City of Tunis with water. Great alarm continues to be felt throughout the principality at the attitude of the native tribes. London, 13th September. Lord Justice Bramwoll, Baron of the Exchequer, has resigned his seat on the Bench. His Lordship is 72 years of ago.