The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-11-27 00:00:00

Tit MAI PILOPRIT.

Kahomet Minuet, the Kehdi, ie • Dongo'awl, or native
of the Provinos of Doug de. Ile claims to be •
descendant of the original jioghali, end through him of
Kahomet. In 1870 he brume a Sheikh or FAL and he
then took op his home in the island of Abbe. near lane.,
on the Whits Nile. Ru 4 fame and sanctity by dedreei
spread far and wide, and Kahemot Actemet became
wealthy. collected dieciple,, and in ‘rried several wives.
About the end of Key, 1881. be bet"' to write to his
brother Takla (religio lief.), and to beech that he was
the listed( foretold by Kehutnet, end that he bad • divine
mission te reform I elem. to eetablish a univers equ oar,
• universal law, • univereal religion, and • community of
he) t. 01.01.1") ; a's, that ail who did not believe
In him should be destroyed, be they Christian. Keteoior
modem, or Pegs,. This information, along wth that
collected from other quarters, alarm rd his Eclelleocy
Tel-euf Pasha, and Vie result was the expxlition of the
3rd of August. 1881. In person the Malta to tell, slim,
with • black bawd sod light brown oomplegion. Like
mod Dougolswis, be reads and writes with digeulty.

Dentin GUNBOATS OLDZILIO TO Tat MD CIA.
Orders have been sent to it il Sir William
Hewett, Gtounandersinithief on the East fedi. Stat on,
to support Zgyptisa interests in the Had Bea. The
squadron under his comussad wilt b ritaforoed by gun-
boats from the Itediterrsinean Squadron. Toe Egyptian
Government has not yet come to cur decision as to the
eteps to be take in oonsequenoe of the disaster. Sr
Evelyn Baring is operne I ti the edeption of 'malty
'Reasons under the toluene of pink. To. prualeet
opinion lu ion rnmenta circles favours the plan of fortify -
tug Khartoum, and holdmg the chief points os the Sue
Nile. All mown se the neoessity of immediately magma-
ins the rood busmen Stuakir sod Birder, thus main-
taining communication with Kmartinua. Tee Goverainnet
I. staffed to bs in favour of despatching • strong force to
Khartoum with this object.
At the Mimeos of the Acting-Govern w of the Soudaa,
Gummi Harder Puha. sad Colonel Cotters', all of whom
ate at Kherionat, the Khedive has ordered the sw.cgat on
of all the milittry poste on the Blue and White Ni...
raising the garisou of Besmear and Klartoum to 4,000
each. It neceasu7. the troops at Bateau will be with-
drawn to K,utouin.
The Tempe says the Maihre troops were siegealsed and
oeireuland.ei by a Fresithmsu named Svilisr.
Toe Prow publishes a I fro • Miler Seckeniorff.
side de .amp to Ricks Pasha. dated Sept mber 27th,
describing the wearth from Klotouin, ex omelet fear...
to the want of wet r, and ata,ing Ist the II Ada bad
15,000 go id breechloaders, 14 guns, and excellent c tvalry.
Toe writer adds,
_" In case of defeat oit • s of ours
will return, and Khartium and the mit.ra Boud tn be
irretrlevribly lost." A letter from the shawl.° Consul et
Khartoum says Hicks Pasha's expedition carried no
apparatus for sinking wells.
A correspondent. disguised as • D ant who woe
an eyrwitases of the slaughter, ens the following sociount
of It :
The HUAI advanced from Kock/an with • form esti-
mated at 303,000. One-half of Bioko Pukes fore* was
advancing on El Obsid, the other half waiting to check
the "(eh& at Kea. s.soof Ii Obeid. On N 'rusher 604
the Rah& met the first half, which was soon af tere• ds
jolued by the other, the entire Egyptian force numbering
about 7.000. A square was formed, sad the rebels lord •
great many men In attackinr It, /Nestles weot os 1111
the 4th of November, when the Habdi at last brought no
some well armed trout from Kovlisfen, and Hints
Pukes army was destroys I. O. I; t•opees sad some 50
men us supp ieed to have everined- Kit wtotaa and Deem
are now in great darigir.—Pieses.
Hick. Pasha had ten thousend soldiers with him and
two thousand camp followeri The Arabs are laid to ham
numbered tiro hundred thousand. One report lap t)at
the Matadi sent Dervishes to treat with liieks Pashe's
sutUve ofile-re, Name, "We, like yr.. are Ifirissulm tna
Why fight! Surrender r Tuft meessagere were received
with a volley. Theo the battle commenced. On Tours-
day an extraudinsiy council was held. Thi Kinister of
to. Interior, Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir IL Bering. and the
Adjutant-General were present. The Council eel until a
late hour. Th. result has not transpired. Toe 4,000 soldiers
now scattered among the small forts no the Nth. are to be
easontrated at Kbartoons. There are 2,000 1b... now,
and from 16.000 to 93.000 altogether in the Soudan. A
Commission went on Friday to try Hahnsood NA. Jails,
who commanded the troops when Ooauatiader lifemorteff
wee killed. —Day Nem
The defeat of Hicks Pasha has .cued. remarkable
Amer, of °Whales TOToothOlt the Games end Awhile&
Prise with regard to lagland'e powtioa In Iran* The
my pipet, which • short time dime not only approved
of, bet absolutely insisted ea, the evacuation of Egypt he
rk.tieh trootta now OPOOte, 'Tea more strenisousty ttian
they formerly advoested, the ides of • siesta giddier being
withdrawn, and stars agree that it la Esglasit's lamer,
tive test to safeguard kept end protect It from the Peril
by which it is menaced.
The INecked,
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