The Porte's negotiation with Lord Dufferin for the conclusion of
a mili,e-ry convention , which is, we trust, never to come into operation, continues, and the last demands said to have been made on England are these,—that the Turkish troops should land at Alexandria, and that Arabi is not to be proclaimed a rebel, but only summoned in a fatherly way to lay down his arms, and submit to the Khedive's authority. We should not suppose that LLord.Dufferin will agree to either demand ; but he has quite rightly referred home for instructions, which may, perhaps, be a little delayed in arriving, as Lord Granville, who is at Walmer, may find it necessary to go up to town before replying. It is amusing to seo the Sultan's desire that Arabi should be dealt With mildly. Of course, it is awkward—first decorating a man for his actions, and then proclaiming him a rebel for the very actions for which you decorated him; but that is an awkward-
ness subjective to the Sultan, and ought tot to be allowed to interfere with the English object of getting Arabi discredited among the Mahommedans by Mahommedan authority itself.
