The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-03-03 00:00:00

OORDOM'S LAST LETTERS.

The terrible story of the edge of Khartoum Is toll
lath. &Lot bro. laat lettews, pu'llished M
day in • Bine Book. Gmrdon's despatches (recmivo4
Novecnb•r 1), on undato,i, and tbe beari,.x
date of 13th of July, 1884, Intimates that Kbortoom
worn all right and would hold out for four m oath..
Throe wens lane Sir Burly' Baring I. r wards to Lord
Granville, letters received at Idamowah from Gordo.,
dated up to August M. Most of the annals of nom&
hats been made punoc. Gordo ire%rted a viot.ry
over the Arshe, in which he raid : ban (th.ak
God!) succeeded in Mk* Arab map and killing
int) oummaaderM-ohief (R.LP.)" Es inform Sit
N. Baring of him determination to take Barb.,, sod
send Goiania Stewart to consult with him. In an
undated halm nosivel at tin some time and
addressed to Sit IL Baring ami Naha& Pads,
Gordon Ilea/ (idler information respecting his Mtn.
tioos in sending away Stewart. A fortnight later
Gordon l evidently uneasy about his prospects, &ad
inliter the f.Uowing vigorous despmoh, which was
apparently addreeoed primarily to no Khedive, though
copies were gaol sad to Sir v&yn Baring sad Notes
Poch& The lotters were In cypher, and the origin*
was dated September 9, the copies Warns dato of
Beptembee 19. They were brought to Lord Wolesley
at Googol& by a unessoger on November 28:b :
There Is money sad provisoes in Khartoum for four
months, attar which we obeli be wilharramed. At Benaar alio
there Id doors mooch, and the °Jabot garrison and the
ealghbourhoed coothoutlly lighting the Inhah toots again.'
the hise !WWI Although we *eat you mammy who/ it
wee hoopoes bhp to send Colored Suwon to Berber On account
of the many thing.' that have occurred here, pit we atterwards
law It to sand him and %hi Freeoh and Natalia Consuls In
small steamer to Dongoia to communicate concerning to.
Soudan. We dotal ,e 1 two large stoneware to accompany them
to Berber, so as to tame the sonny by commanding them,
and to hoop the way claw for them to {am by Berber towsros
Dongola. How many bowl have we written asking for rein.
foroemonts, rslt.ng oar serious ationtion to th• Soudan I
No a.swer at all has come to us as to what hes been deCided
In the matter, and the hearts men have become weary of
Colo delay. While you are eating, drinking, and resting on
good beds, we, anti those with us, both !soldier. and servo.ts,
are watching by night and day, ondeavogring to quell the
movement of this false MaholL Uf course you tak• ns intend
for suppressing this rebellion, the mriouo cons. quences
whith are roma* of vlctori,Ato fOr you, sot the neglect
thereof wit not do. In two do's' time Colonel Stewart, the
Vice-Governor.Gonerid, and the two C tOol, will alert from
bore to Bother, and front then.* to DoegoLa. The nem why
I have now sent Colonel Stewart is b canoe you hot.: h en
Cent all this wide sad have swgiectod es, sal loot time., b-
out doing any good. If troops were Sent., al soon ai they
reach Berber this rebellion will cease, and the inhalnuate
will return to their foem.r occupation.: It Is therolore h Ted
that you will looten to all that is told you by Stewart and
the Consuls, sad look at it escously, sad mod troop, so wo
, bar* asked without any delay.
Tim mat important of all Gordon'. Despetches was
004 addressed to Lord Wolmley, dated Khartoum,
Nov. 4, 1884, and received at Gongola len 'aye I itor.
It gave • description of the situation at Khartoum,
sad the loading Incidents of the nig*. It run al
follows

--io-isi-Mtn• in yesterday from Debbah. Eitchener, dated 14.. h
October, cypher letter from Lord Wulmlay, 20th September
lest, winch I cannot &cypher, for Colonel °mean tool the
cyp:wr with him. No ether communications hay. boon
re:aired here since lllst, letter which arrived llth Septembee,
• week after Colman Stewart's steamer loft this On other
gide are names of Suroprans who went with Colonel Stewart
in steamer. At linemen-h. railing your orders, are htir
steamers vri•h nine gum We can hold out 40 days with ea.,
after that it will be diMcult. Terrible about lose of steamer.
sent Go.onel Stewart, Power, and lberbin down, telling lb ni
to give you all int rotation. With Colonel Stewart wss the
J °won of all onus. from let March to the 10th S. tibebo.
The steamer carted a fun and had a good locos on board.
The Mandi is her', about .ht m les away. All north sid•
along the White Nil. is fres of Arab.; U,.y are on south and
south-west and oast of town some way o(; they an q
gene., le all right and knows of your coming. With elosnere
us my Journal from 10th September to date, with all details
and map of Bert. r. We have °manorial fights wi h Arabs.
sayi he will not dihl during this month. X buram.
With hot are all the Europeans nuns, Sc ; rumoured el
ars berm. Masminaan. Blatin la thee,' Lupton, Matadi says,
has surrendered. El.oce lOtla March we hire had up to date,
exclusive of !Cliche/ages 14th October, only two despatch.
one. Dongola, with no dale; one from Suakin, 51.11 May ; one
of some (T mime) import 27th April. I have sem out a crowd
of passengers In all directs,., during eight months Get the
newspapers to gay I received Inter. throuih Kitchener tries
Sir S. Baker, my meter, Stanley, from Cour°. Do not sen.l
any more letter. petrel.; it is t o great • risk. Do not write
In cypher, for I have none, and it Is of no Import, for X Miff
knows everything, and you need not fear him. I should take
the road from Alphabet to Metenuneh, where my steamers
wait f r you; Loonteles, Greek Consul General ; lianswen,
Austrian Consul, all right, Stewart, Power and Serbia wont
down in the Abbas. A I came from Mitaekis the 31st
July from Mown The messenger had a letter from Kieg for
ow, but Mandi capture t it. Please elfin° that I his
Majesty. If J menet is lon with Stewart wo hate no record
of even. fr nt the let March to the 10th !leptons'', • icaist •
Journallkept by doctor. Your expelt ion is !fur relief of
gairbon, whlib I failed to accomplult. I decline to aaree
tint it hi for 6141 pos,sally, Stawart-s our al wag Sliest,
illustrated with alt the Amara lotto's of Mandi to me, On.
You may not know what has pasted here. The Arabs cam '4
outside Khartoum oa the lfth Mach. We atta.ked them on
15th N trch ; got defeated. Lod lost heavily, else • gun. We
then from that date had continual !thirst-hes with Arabi.
Stewart was anoint, wounded in arm. On one occasion when
river rose we &Ore oe Arabs In three or four engagemont.,
and Seed their town Sat up to Sensor two expeditions,
had anotbilifilght, and metalware defeated with heavy loss;
the square wag always, broken ; thie last Molest was on the fit
bemember; sloes than we have hail comparative quiet. We
Seed 2,0.10,000 rounds. The Palace was the groat place le the
Snag. Aram have the Knapp. here, and have often hulled
our steamers. Arabs capture, two small mirages at Barber,
and one on Si... Nils We have built too new 'no.,
steamers Tbe steamers had bulwarks, mkt were struck wth
ballets 1,00 limes each on an average, and three time. with
shot each. We defended the linei . with wire entandle-
meats, and lees shells ea mines, which did great iteocution.
We put Imam matches to Ignite them. The sold. s me oily
1.11 • month In arrears. We issue paper moneys and ail all
the cloth In megasioes. All the captives with WWI are •e I
the nuns, to avoid au Arab marring., are ustemeibly married
to Greeks Slatle is with 12abdi, and has all his proleity,
and is well tussled; but I hear to-day he Is in Males. A
mysterious Frenchman is with Ilandi, who coma from
Wagon. We hare got a decoration made and dlariboted,
with a grenade In the mot. ; three classes--gold, oil or,
pewter, Kitchener say. he has rent letters all 1 got none in
reply. I have mot out during the lug month at to is t
Steamer with this leaves to-morrow for Metsmineh. Do not
let any Tepmtlan soldier. c me up here; take commaml of
neasiere and turn out Egyptian leilabeen. If capture
of @teener is carobs's el, tnt French Consul General that
Mandi ha. the cypher began. II thin. Flamm Filen.ll, tele-
graph clerk, was with Stewart You should sends party to
the Sege to Investigate affairs, and take the steamer.
On the beck of a letter was a plea showing the die
position of the Mandre forces round Khartoum rad •
11.1 of the Greeks who were with Colonel Stewart.
Thee. are numerous despatches relating to the Niandi
and the state of affair, in the Soudan. In the saw
Mfg, MI Will be observed, General Gordon and M.
Webb' both state that things werenot prospering with
them. When he met out foe Khartoum, however,
General Gordon recognises that their relative positions
are to longer the sans*. On November 2, Lord
Wolselsy was Jammed by 81r N. 13,ring that •
messenger had oome in, bringing the following int r•
motion :
Mabdi's troop. suffering Iron, bee.. ; food very dear ; Arabs
deserting, but KordOlon rneu (Attilal to hint. Gordon sing to
Mahal inviting hint, if Is wore the real Maladl, to dry up the
Nile and woe over. Flee hundred regular. recently went
over to Gordo.; the revalue still with *dab are dame-
tooted.

Telegraphing from 'Corti n December 31, L3rd
Woleoley forwards Gordou'e =towage. Korpectiog
this there appears to have been hitherto some misoos.
oeption iu the pubitc mind. Le reported is the news-
PaPere •1 tits time it was wad to be, "Khartoum
all right. Could hold out for her'." In Vie vttnal
oopy the last phrsee is not to be found, nor is there
any ntlerence to it elsewhere. Os the other hand, the
confidential messages mint by Gordon throw vary
different light on the situati .n. Toe following Li
Lord Wolseley's despatches eteleaso.—

K ru. December 31,
.• Tho munisoger who on the Binh of Ocii.bin• an. 1 • ith
on* of lb. ny C IO•O of my owl., dated 110th of
September Lod min of October, to Osnoni GordoO. toO
Just returned him Us brings only a pls. of popim the
sue of • postage $601015, 00 which 16 written :—•
kbtrtosla
ill right (dignal), C. 0 Goe.o3s. December If, Init.'
•• It L. geoulos, as I know Clordon's writing wwIL Our.
don aid lion thil back of IL
° General Oerdon told mimingw to give is. following
ml7l.o7are:—tieme29d on three Adel, Onldurman, a•lum and
Hoggi-111L Flatlng goss on day and night; enemy cannot
Mk* lii ezoopt,by steirv.sg Its OS ; dr not cater your
troop. ; corny are orfoufrum ; ben g plenty of froofs d you can • we eUll bold Omdurman on the left Wit and the
fort on lie eight bank ; the mali's people h ors thrown op
efirLitworks within flo shot of Om lurm. lb. Illikd I
lives out of gun oho.. About lour we. kr Ego the Mandl'i
people attack. Om twinoss arid disabled oins Mauna mm
disabled ass of Ilatull'elrUnt Mr., days atter LOD.. nil
mini..,' on lb. floath, and rub.lj were ra amen back.
SW. Bey and Ital. Bey in. cholool in the
"..(Piscret and Couldential.)
"Our troo s In Khartoum ars milfering from lank of
loud we stia ha. is ; seam Frain and CZoit usWe want you to Man qulokly ; you should corns by
llstarnmeli or Berber ; make bi thew two roads; do not
leave Berber in your ..or; Imo miry In your front, and
whom you ban taken Berber, mad nap word trout Berber.
Do this without letting rumours of your apps...h woad
abroad. Is Khartotun thews see so butewe nor Paw, soi
little meat. All food le very mar."
There la no liutbir occreepondeam relating to
General Gordon which him not already bees pabliehed_
except the following rowan from the Viceroy, IA Haag Many, to 81r Harry Parkes, oar Ambaseedor at Pddag, white will appropriately does ale naelan-
°holy story :—" &dap deeply &filleted by the some I
have Put received of the untimely earl of-Gordon, is
old sad troatad I. lead, mid ambit, Imola, and
companion In arms, to whom Ohlsa owns • dold
lacellai&ratitode, I hasten to arptees to Fog. is bii
lits{est topeoesstatlve, my is ills WI
'hash greet &NM Min hie