THE SOUDAN.
Cairo, September 20.
Further intelligence has been received from Khartoum confirming the telegram received from that town on the 17th inst. The latest despatch states that General Gordon twice inflicted a defeat upon the rebels, and repulsed them with heavy loss, compelling them to retire and raise the siege of Khartoum. The retreat of the followers of the Madhi took place on August the 30th, since which time General Gordon has held complete command of the approaches to Khartoum aDd the surrounding country.
[Specials to the Peess Association]
London, September 18,
Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, will discuas the question of Sydney defences before the Adnn» ralty next week.
The Admiralty bare declined to take the Queensland gunboat Gugunda out to Queensland.
The captain and mate of the yacht Mignonette were brought before the Central Police Court to-day, and were committed for trial. The third survivor has been accepted as a witness for the Crown.
September 19. The semi-official journals on the Continent assert that the Emperors of Austria, Germany, and [Russia are not hostile to England's claim on Egypt. More deaths from cholera have occurred at Marseilles and Toulon.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4899, 22 September 1884, Page 2
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