. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. Wolseley,handed over, by Colonel Thynne, tothe new Egyptian authorities, whoplaced them in apartments at the GardeMeuble, guarded by British troopswithout doors, and by Egyptian troopswithin, to preclude rescue or there was no chance of the formernow. The Cairo street cry of the preced-ing July, May God grant you victory,0 Arabi! was now no longer heard. In the same prison the State pri-soners, to the number of eighty, hadbeen lodged on the 4th of October. On the afternoon of the 5th Arabiwas first brought before the Court, on EOMEIVABD
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. Wolseley,handed over, by Colonel Thynne, tothe new Egyptian authorities, whoplaced them in apartments at the GardeMeuble, guarded by British troopswithout doors, and by Egyptian troopswithin, to preclude rescue or there was no chance of the formernow. The Cairo street cry of the preced-ing July, May God grant you victory,0 Arabi! was now no longer heard. In the same prison the State pri-soners, to the number of eighty, hadbeen lodged on the 4th of October. On the afternoon of the 5th Arabiwas first brought before the Court, on EOMEIVABD BOUND. 49 charges of rebellion and treason, andthough absolute secrecy was observedduring the earlier proceedings, nonecould quite foresee his ultimate doom. The most of our troops were nowunder orders for home, or India, and the Duke of Connaught and his staffproceeded on a steamer excursion upthe Nile. The lower classes were stillstrongly imbued by a hatred o£ theBritish. They failed somewhat torealise, even yet, that defeat had befallea. BAKER PASHA. the only interest we had in Egyptseemed to centre in the general reorgani-sation of the country. Sir John Adyewas now returning to England, and wassucceeded by Colonel Dormer as chiefof the staff. The British troops werewithdrawn from Tantah and Daman-hour, the mudirs of both places havingexpressed their belief that no disturb-ances were to be apprehended; and 31 Arabi and the National cause, andfound with surprise that our soldiers,if conquerors, curiously enough allowedthemselves to be hustled in the streetswith good nature, and submitted to theextortion of pedlars and the impudenceof donkey boys. Among that section of the middleclass, brought by their commercialaffairs in frequent contact with Euro- 50 CASSELVS HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN. peans, wrote Mr. Cameron, of theStandard, a better feeling , with tliem, overcomes anyhalf-hearted promptings of patriotism,and their fatalism leads them to acceptenh
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