The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-01-29 00:00:00

EGYPT.

THi SITUATIOX 121 TIII SHILTD•2I.

le a despatch from Suakin', dated the 17th instant,
(before the news of General Gordon a mis.lon had beau
gt,g gpmispoadent of Me Standard kale that
annotaric"meat on the part of ins British (Lavern-
moot that the Soudan is to be abaudowed tame like •
thou.rrthP elmu all therri had nulbliai all me efforts
of the pyt weeks. and produce' • loathe akin to con-
donation. He add. :—" Up to the moment of the
arrival of this news all wee going well, negottatione were
proceeding most satisfactorily .to the faunal, tribea,
and there wee ever/ eon* that even without much
maistanoe from outside toe beleagured garrison miabt
be rarcurod, and the operations for expelling the Mandt
trom the S rudan fairly commenced. Gemini Btalms had,
in ronjuoction .to the Sh.lkh Moglitrani, •laborated •
whams by which, by the ViOth of this mouth. 10,000 tribes-
men would aseemWe to march with the fens pere to aba
relief of Sitakat. Grave fears are now felt that tials
arrangement will fall ttroiteb. Toe tribes will naturally
lii that 4th detain/lied to abandoc them altogether, and
toot it would be unwise in the extreme to take pat adjust
the Yandi. when it has b.en determined that he Mall be
permitted to be task muter. It Is considered probable
not as Nob &I the sews spreads among them they will at
mai go over to Oelao• Derma. The allaOhneehtheli of
the intentions of the Ratak Government could not have
been made at a more unfortunate moment- Fortunately,
&beau Pasha's mei' are enacted rather t....1ay or to-
morrow, and their arrival may madame • reassuring effect.
Saould it not do so, all chums of relieving IMAM and
Tchar, save at immense risk, is at an end. Frani are also
eatertmied for the safety of the sardines of Kerala and
Baas, as it is oonsiditti probable that the tribe. in their
neighbourhood. who are now neutral, will attack them, in
order to olaos Menagerie in • favourablenmitian with
Mandi. Thus the beat line of retreat flora Khartoum will
be compromised. Au Zsyptian war vessel was sent to
Trinktkat, the port of Tokar as • morel support to the
garrison of the besieged pia;e, which lies to teen miles
,nland of Trtukikat. The ahip was find at during the
night by some men with riff 4, and r.sponded witsa hot
twee, eons. Ira the Morning, however, the thethied away,
her commanding Aber considering the Pheilim %lotto-
able. Tots lo • ram pie of the value of Egyptians for fight-
ing purposes "
Another comapondent rays that on the 16th inst. 170
Turks arrived at Simkins Irina Cairo. They were to be
followed itumrdiately by SOO more, thug bringing the
Turkish battalion neatly to its fell etreogt.h, nod by
Zobisties bride& of blacks, which will enable Hiker Paeha
to dispense with the Is., trustworthy part of the present
arl97. . . .

Nees was received from Khartoum on Monday to the
effect that on Sin icy 300 unie, with one nun. proceeded
on board lb.. earurr Itackat in the direct on of 8 'noes:,
in rrdrr io cl-er •any tic harrier male scroll the river
by the Arnie with the boat. whch were captured • few
day. a.m. Other tel. arms say that two .te/tOterS. with
two guns, were sent up the river to bring in the carri.on
&num., and that when they returned the evacuation of
Khartoum and the retreat on Berber would begin. lode-
Pendent of the army and the people from Summar 25.000
awrsons must leave Khartoum. After rem:flan Berber,
the fugitives will crow be W•dy Rolla by the Desert
route. limber Pwha is monde:it that thia will be a
successful operation, and he himself undertakes all
Tempooability for tranapart from Berber, which will be
effected by em x miniver, thousand camels in separate trips.