THE SOUDAN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 7, 6 June 1885, Page 2

THE SOUDAN.

THE NURSERY RHYME OF THE NEXT GENERATION. Air : " Who killed cock robin.' 1 Who killed Charles Gordon ? I, said the nation, With my vacillation, I killed Charles Gordon. Who saw him die ? No friendly eye : Only his enemy, He saw him die. Who caught his blood ? I said Khartoum, My bosom 'B his tomb, I caught his blood. Who made his shroud ? Spurned by the crowd, None made his shroud — Honor's his shrou.i. Who'll be chiei iii< mmer? I, said Saint George — '.'■ Champion of England • I'll be chief mourner. Who'll be the parson ? I, said Hypocricy, With •• exub'rant verbosity," I'll be the parson. Who'll die his grave ? I, said the slave, He. died me to save, ' I'll dig his grave. Who carried him to his grave ? So noble, so brave ; Deserted, betrayed, None carried him to his grave. Who'll sing a psalm ? I, replied Fame, (Crimson'd with shame), I'll sing a psalm. Who'll toll the bell? I, 6aid John Bull, Because my heart's fall, So, brave Gordon, farewell. —Bristol Times and Mirror, March 14 1885. ' GOLD IN SOUDAN.

The special correspondent of the Sydney Afoming Herald, writing from Handouh on the 21st April, says : " The Australian contingent had scarcely found themselves among the rocks and ffulliog of the hilly lands around Suakim when their instincts told them the meanin* of splendid quartz veins which were found among the rocks. On close examination the quartz proved exceedingly promisinjf, and some fine reefs have been distinguished, but the best indication is the precious meial itself, and several of the Australasians have picked out specimens with gold showing freely. I have also seen a beautiful piece of ore, and one of four infantry officers told me the other day he had found traces of silver. Pieces of. likely quartz are found all over the rocky countay, and there is a strong temptation to throw over campaigning altogether to follow up the indications which our British comrades seem to have no suspicion of. I do not anticipate that payable gold will be found m the level country, although gold dust may be scat, tered over the wide-spread sands of the khors. It is m the mountains that the best prosnects are to be obtained. Then is a fine field here tor Australians. They are trained to a similar climate, and their peculiar energies would find ample scope m the trade and ventures of the Soudan. A great deal depends on the railway, but with or without it mining wouUTeren. tually civilise the country."

( ELECT U IO TKLEGRAPff. — COPYBIGHT.) (BKUTEK'S TtLKGRAMS.) Cairo, Tliqratfar. News is to hand that a party of rebel' Arabs have occupied Korti, which place was formerly Lord Wolaeley'a head-quar. ters on the Nile. ■ ;>;