The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-03-10 00:00:00

TILNIM/ANOII IN THIC AT T Of VII SOUDAN.

Some time ago temperance peonle were exerJised fin
the hearing id the shipping of 10 000 gallons of rum
for the army in Erypt arid the Sou lon. Tasty may
be comforted to hear that it is Vdi y sparingly used, and
Vast sobri sty characterises the tape lition.
reports from 1.1 mgola, doted Febutary 4th, sent t
Mr. Malin., ot Birmingham, by his "visiting deputy,"
Joseph Palm r, the latter says :—Triere Is oots
rem ukahla fact which I cannot refr in friok mention.
hit is, th 3 almost entire eh .erica
strong d ink in all forms a sil shapes, from the present
expeditiou. Very tilde has been used as ye'. It
cannot be purchased at ths towns up the Nile south of
We ly Malta, fit the n .tives are p,ohibated from
seta gay to our was. 010 or twi COV
in which men gut liquor by looting and w •re Int x.
ostd. but they were severely punished. NVith the
abs nee of ;link mime la any scarce, sod the sick rata
I, not • I ogs aver•ge. Durin4 the sital:pox epirlemio
In the R 'beset liegiment ot one abetainer
succumbed. Our' Ni. arsperandom " Lodge of 0 iod
Templets, attschrd to the R .yal S base: Regiment, is
',Nattered all along the Nile—put bring here among
the garrison of 100 mess. f whom we Lave lately
, initiate" five mole to membership : part at K iris,
' part at Dibbeh, and pelt at the (root. Toe bodge
stndowers each if its secloos t carry • ritual int to
hold special 1.401 sessions and initiate new members.
the attendance of members has been vrry good,
c meet tering all the meetings bane to be bell in the
open air on vie sandy desert. A fee of our brethren
were in the a 'ranee gond which first reecho I I /ebbab,
and at night they retire i to • remote pant and opened
senion in a sheltered a Roar when they beer" su.ipicious
sounds beyond, found the slops alive with et, althy
Soutanes*, gave the alarm and averted a surprise
assault. We correspond with Egypt's' Fast Lodge in
the Oarsman Highlanders at Cairo ; the "Faithful
ald T. uo " L Age in the S >nth St " Wiginseot
an I the " ()award Bound" Lodge in the Won Kent
aegis:vat. all of which are at the front. We hear
kiergeantM.j ir Parker, of tba garrison, Alexandria,
haa recently aostitated • new lodge on board IL M.*.
M insroh, at Alexandria, while Wan seilor brethren
ars in the Navel Brigade at the front. In concluding
his report, V. D. Palau 111&{§:—Talciag the while
into consideration, I really believe that at the clime of
this campaign our order will have good reason to be
prou I of its menhirs and their work during the long
and arduous j iurney. All members seem united
together firmly and determined to make the work of
our srler a nieces-, I only hope aud pray that we
may all be stared to return to our native land to reap
Vie benefit of • few months' foliar:de, for which we
are ell so anxiously yearning after twelve lamas'
C tap do up the Nile.
MIVATE LETTER FROM GORDON.

A private letter received st Csiro on Tuesdsy night,
fron General Gordon, date I November 24, says thst
be is so diseppointed with the conduct, 1 Euglool
t .w ads him that he will return there. bot vii
go to the Congo.