NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE week has been historic, being marked by one of the most successful feats of war ever performed. Late on Tues- day night, Sir Garnet Wolseley broke up his camp at Kas- sassin Lock, and marched to attack Tel-el-Kebir, the Egyp- tian Plevna. At seven o'clock on the night of Thurs- day, forty-three hours afterwards, he occupied Cairo unre- sisted, having, in the meantime, stormed Tel-el-Kebir, de- stroyed Arabi's army, and received the submission of Kafr Dowar, and of all who were still in arms throughout Egypt. No success so complete, so final, or so dramatic has been achieved in war since Sedan, and none has been secured with so little loss to the victorious side. The scene in Egypt has changed with theatric rapidity. Arabi, on Monday a dictator, was on Friday morning a prisoner, arrested by the Cairene police ; the Khedive, on Tuesday morning a powerless captive, was on Friday again master of Egypt ; and the British Ministry, on Wednesday preparing reinforcements, is to-day heavily burdened with the difficulties of disposing of a conquest. The British people, which half expected defeat, look on phlegmatically, not disposed to illuminate, but, nevertheless, with an inner con- viction that the stars in their courses have this time recognised British merit as it deserved.
