FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 82, 10 March 1885, Page 2

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Despatches from London, dated February • 7r.fiay,;il^tpiLord}Wojß#tey telegraphs that the rebels b,ad become defiant sihbe the fall of Khartoum, and the situation looked serious. „ y• • • . , A message was received^ from the Mahdi, stating that General Gordon had become a : {Mussulman, and that all English officers had better follow his example. The Mahdi had no wish to fight the English, but unless they embraced the true -faith he would not leave one m the Soudan. Colonel Wortley, who was m charge of the only one of Colonel Wilson's three steamers which succeeded m reaching Gubat from Khartou^i, the two others having been wrecked',, has furnished a detailed, report. HeV-saw the rebels thronging through the streets ot the captured city, /and sa^ flags flying out. There were many signs of rejoicing, but no particular excitement was created i among ;the diflferent tribes undeVOsinan Dfgna'scontrol. ' As' to ihe iieVs of the fall of theiciiy; they were convinced long ago that the Mahdi could ham the city m force a't'any time; B# wished Generol Wdliseley .wiftß given supreme icontrol of the „ By order of the uouncil on February 6th an or^deh Wa6 telegraphed to Lord Wolseley that he should ascer- ; ta.iii if. possible, , befpre^ taking decisive action whether General ! Gordon was dead or alive, and if B tijll alive, Lord Wblseley was ' lnsWuct'e'd ' tb > endeavour to^terinin&te } the campaign without fur"ther fighttn*. >ThewQenettl^iiked for spooific'oidesi ac toi viat he should do

if General Gordon were found dead. After a very prolonged and animated discussion, the Cabiuet replied that the campaign should . , be i prosecuted until the rebellion was'Vnppressed. .The decision of the Cabinet; m giving Lord "Wolseley a carte blanche caused great satisfaction. Ten thousand British troops \at stations m the Mediterranean are available for service in' the Soudan.- These include eight- Mgiinents of the line thirteen batteries b% Artillery, and five companies l^ 'engineers. The Wa'fpffice reports no troops can be spared irbro' .lreland. > A Cairo telegram of Febraary Bth> re«. ported that a Council of War was held at which General Stephenson was present. He r advised a fetreat'bf the troops from Meteftrtieh and Ifcprti,, and the concentration .of th? en(ire force towards Berber, aha WterHhV capture of Berber to await 'the^pe^^otf^oming to Suar kirn before making an advance on Khar.* 1 toum. This would involve delay- till the autumn The hot weather, which hegins m March, <¥fIV iriake it impossible for the English forces to stand the marches. General^W-plseley .has adopted. General Stephenson'a T advice to send a strong force to Suakim. It is reported that the,l|i6bV"t«;oop>;"wHl garrison Suakim, while » force of 6000 Bruish will advance upon 3erber- .The^^expedition will be composed oT drafts from the Indian, ! r,egiiB t eutß MCftco.limatiaod; British tijppps.nb^.'jri Kg£P£ Who will be replaced by ; ; draf.tsrfrom.Epgland and the Mediterranean;. , ........ .. ; < The GtfveVmnent-has^ecidfedto maintain the fifHl'stretJktl* of the garrisons m: ' Egypt. *V } ?.l IJ ';*?:? "?:7**l .\ !i>r The ltuUn' Gpyerqmenit, afeaVid ,Veady to embark^ > from ,#om,bny . "a f 6'ice of Ghoorkhaiinfa'ntTyVandSikh^ancers. ; Londonde3p>feiheso|l9thFel)ruary say, that an m the War Office that,jGeneral 'Gqi'don is still alive, and engage 4-& m some inaccessible Jpj&f. o|. the city. The Grenadier Guards have been ordered tri ;; lK>ldvtheo3selve's m _ readiness for foreijsfn service. Great activity prevails at CKa'&afe, Woolwich and Aldei-shot The guard^ ;^efe^ leaves about Saturday = teJ'eb. lS^'ifnie^b^tialidfis bf troops, orfrom England/ Malta, Gibraltar,: *v.A Ind]a, at, Wolseley "s request. T|us;S^pM/ ff ree alter reaching;-Suakimlswy-qperafe betwee»- .that placer and Ber,ber^to. secpie possession of tht route between those points, and then effect a conatolete junction with the British forces on 'I^Nile, both above and below Berber/^'Ainong the troops ordered from England'axe'the 20th Bußsars, 3rd battaUon R&rßrigaab; battaUon of Scots Fitsiliefis. f^ttaKqri 'of CoMstream Guards^4a^.^saua^ron of -the sth Lancers. •»■'!■<< «-•'•>,"• , i ■ Gen^^^y J> ( cJ^s;to\pertoit non-cou>fea*a;#6ttoi.t eD R al B >&W. i^ nfc V and will Stop all newspaper correspondence. In consequence_.the correspondents i«tom i rom> Qubsit to Kprti, : . .-. , The ! 'ofiFeb> 9 stated that the. Cabinet -Tiacl'flecidednhat the. defeat of El Mi|Ti^ i! v^s. neeesssry- to^ vindicate England^''''-'"".. ; ' ; ' '" '■ ' ' The jfc|adiy^ : <if 'Egypt believes that if Englaq|^ep';nof .take immediate steps to crus&Jhj? Mahdi, Vf influence may seriously^ tMealteJci; tbje'.stiibility of the Britisbjemp. we. in^fadia. ...''.'■' A despatch qiMeb* %Q says that Gene- ' ral Wdlsaleyfjasks'that an advance from SuaMm'-be^inade within a month. He sees nn'neceßß'ii^ 1 for- waiting until the ; autunrife?' rf "' ; ' J •-' •*••:,. Gen6Hal" { WdlsgleyV with, the British torces, started from Korti on the evening of thelOjih.Fe.b.jto cross the, desert to GubatV^.iQn^y^ppttion of liif regiments remai^.aV^ortd v . Generjil Earle's.advance (Oft Jl^Vl^Br .ppiiinier^ced'on the IQthalso. 'Ik> ■t^-'iiii-.y.'-^.ii ' i.!. f,,--. : -j'; \ i..< _'■■•;••,- A waxiieowesponden.trJtelegraphed op Feb. . /bf < tbp^gbt near Dulktf'.'lsfeidV' art- the; Nile, y in ;which , Generaip^afrlfe' dhd f ■Lieutenant-Colonel ; Eyre WlffcrWeil'/-: The Arabs had fortified a pass, and kiiiH? a small fort on the left bank, of, tiierij?er: *When General EarleXMces^e^he^: the^rjass thie^ were s^ec^Bdlp'^. galling fire ;from' ; someY^eM,' Ig)aiiß',whiph1 g)aiiB',whiph the enemy had ' place^ir>,a^.cpn^^^Bg position. General Eftrleihai:nfl acgtilleryV and ordered! the trodpscto charge,' It was npiore of a icraniblet-than^* charge, ubut the Arabs were driven from the 'heights at the point of the bayonet, and fell back slowly to&adjS' the' rivel\ : Mi that then remainl^to^': ci^tured was a 'little fort, the rjyer <) 6ank!, ? .'' As"', the'-British column advan^d .ft, .' was : , ft^et ' by i steady and well §u^&(Lss,t§,fpom ..behind sand and wathflg .yhjch . composed^ the forts, and . manyrsaaq of ib^.^il^clang party were killed*) GjaaeralvEarler again ordered his men 4d* the char^ei. and put himself at the hefod of the column.' He was killed during'jjhe' charge. ; The fort was ultimately 'captnredv but a*- a terrible cost. In adai^oJa tb' : Geiieral-Earle and Lieut- <. ColonSC'^yreV/t^e; officers and -height men^were^Jplled and 5.5 nien wounded. Maj<^-jGeJeVal,! : Brackenb'uiy succeeded, Genejalj^^e.V, ..,-;'•';'' . . . Thjg^^ftoftdon jDaily News of Feb. 11 appearfid.au deep: for the deaih. of General <>ardou. ; ,'i ' . ; :