THE SOUDAN.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4965, 8 December 1884, Page 2

THE SOUDAN.

Caiho, December 1. No intelligence has been received here to confirm the report that El Mahdi is dead, as stated by the Mudir of Dongola. [Received December 8, 2.15 p.m.] Cairo, December 6. Detachments of the 19th Hussars, Ist battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, arrived at Dongola, and proceeded to Debbah. The Rebels "Within 3 Hours' March of Khartoum. A messenger from Khartoum reports that when he left, the Mahdi's followers were only three hours march distant from the city; he also states that Gordon's steamer has been harassing the enemy, and capturing their provisions.

[Specials to the Pbess Association

London, December 4. "" The new Oriental Bank proposes to issue 80,000 £25 special shares. On receiving £150,000, the liquidator of the old bank will assign the assets. Two hundred thousand salmon ova will be forwarded to Tasmania in January. London, December 5. Several members of the crew of the ship Berengaria, which went ashore on the coast of Essex, and a passenger named Grey, have been rescued. The captain, second mate, pilot, and eight of the crew are still reported as missing. Twelve Chinese men-of-war have been ordered to the island of Formosa, to take part in the operations against the French there.