, 1876-03-20
Tho Creat London Scandal and tho Son.
sation It LAS Caused in
High Lilo.
Overthrow Of the italian Min
istry---Vesuvius Be1ch-
ing Fire.
The italian Forger Who Counterfeited
the Kings Signature.
Progress Of the Prince of Wales
on His Roturn Voyage.
An Article from tho London "Times"
on the French Parliament.

on the French Parliament.
AFRICA,
DY CABLE
LONDON, March 10.--Lettors from Gordon, tho
African explorer, 10 Dec. %, 1876, ato rooeaved.
He snnounces that ho haa subduol tho hostile
t.ibo which destroyed einsus'a party. After
tbie, he proceeded By land to Dulll. found the
Forta Rapida woro not nartgab!o, and nado
dctour on the left bank OF tho Victoria Niie With
the object Of renching Magungo, On the Albert
Nyauxa, whence he intan1ed to return down tho
Nils to DufIlL Ho expected to complete his OF
plorattons in July or August, aftor which ho will
ruturn to England.
Gordon reports that on finding tho rapids In
psssable be conveyed his steamer, which is 90
foot long, snd two atoel boats. overland to
Dufli, and decided to put tho boats together
again thero. Gordon in tho meanwhile proposes
to march 10 Mroo1, tho Capital Of Kabasega,
and thonoo to Magungo. Aftcr rotu1niug to
DuiIn ho propoHea to march westward to Makra-
da.
Sp1Nos .FnoM coL@ 0onDoN's E1PEntTIoN-A
TnouDLoUa TAsR TWo~THInpa rEnrohIKp.
Ht.o York 7iusts.
Intelligence has Just been received from Col.
Gordon, which states that up to tho 18th Of Do
G1t0U1E 4ASh A1tAt141 0tASAS0o A*1A bDoAA ASAAAS@
Ut Lardo, Rogoots, Dedden, Korri, Moogi,
and othcr places. Moogi WAS named aftcr
. sub tribe Of tho Barrls, and they had on two
occasIons attacked md destroyed parties pasB-
lux through their country. At thia station Col.
Gordon was Joined ,,t by "a psrty ,on1gg coming IN
u. Linaut, who had accompanied tho expedi-
tipp as Interpreter, bnt died from foycr shortly
before thiB), who had met Afr. Stanley Ut
MTesas. and Who carried diapasches from that
nitigssed savage as ovor. putting to death ten
to twenty people daily. Subsequently Col.
Gordon crossed from the right to tho loft bank
Of tho Milo With = fosco Of thirty mon. Tho
Moogi tribe beat theit drums, and collected to
tho number Of about throe hundred, aud aB Col.
Gordon went further inland they attacked bis
party but Here repulHed. Two days lator
Linnut was scnt with forty-nino oflleete and
mon to drlve baok tho hostilo nation. 1t boinG
fcarod that they might molest tho steamer, which
Va IN narrow passage botwoen long Island
and the right bank OF tho river. They started
carly In tho morning, md In tho AFTERNOON
number OF natives ware seen running In pur-
au,t Of some Of the party, who had probably
with two spoar Wounds through tho mock and
back, and only four OF tho party returned. At
this time Col. Gordon had only thirty mon md
= numbor Of woman and children With him. and
ho therefore 1osroatod to the uo1t station down
tho river. After this ssd affair the steamer got
on some rocks, which caused q delay Of three
Nceks, when tho force started for Lahore. a
miles higher up tho Nile; and on tho 17th OF
October, when about miles from Dufflt
HEARING a RUSHING BOUND,
Col. Gordon ctsps to tho edge OF tho ,preoiplce,
and saH tho river TuahtnE down ali intltuc OF one
in sfx at hbout ten knots an hour. It waa ayi-
rapids into the Lake Abort. This was 4 greas
blow to the Colonel, who would have great trou-
bio to organize portago for 2 mi1oB, and for
lhls service hc aont for htty camelB. At this
time. to make matters worBo, tho Arab doctor
conTerso With tho natives by means Of stgns and
ths old Of dictionary. 10 returned to Duillt,
and. finding it unhealthy, removed to now ata-
tlon Q miles OF Oh tho Unyama River, whore ho
was only two days from Fatko. Tho Nuedir Of
himsalf placed in communication with tho
world eftor four years exile. Col, Gordon
has, aa Governor OF Equatorial Egypt. with
a1G 1 ne5sy psshea o ba h
dstachnenta at hia military postr Of tho strength
proportionAto to the exigenciea Of tho cnAe. Ho
now considers that his road ia made, aud that
more than swo'thirls OF his work Ia done. Col.
Gordon describes the country through which ho
haa passed "a
MISERABLE, 1AIr.pnowNsD LAND"
exposing tho explorera to noxtouB vnporn from
decayinE Vegetable nattor, .ho buhbles rising to
Tho grass. growing to hoiEllr OF foot often
lmpodol their progress, nud tiloy celebrated tho
9Th Of November by burning down vast GUAM
lily. destroying at thu samo stmo millions OF
anuoyanco. Tho destruction Of tho grass laid
tho ruAd opeu, ind gavo them an op-
portun!ty Of executing retributlvo vengesnco On
The Moogis. Three couInns OF about 200 tnou
and Ke1ri respectively; but tho Moogia did not
appear. On second occasion 1.b00 COWS wore
beoured, and It is hoped that thoy will now be
submissive. Whom the dispatch left Col. Cor
a a9n va IN Tho snSTsa 81 Ls s0ea s1pao
has had to coutond with in tue management Of
The steamer, 4 yoaaei Of 10s tons,. namcd the
Khediye. tho ordera bad ofton to DO given 10
Trench, thsn Interpreted into Arabic, and lastly
lnto The native language. The Colonel sta.es
that The, worst and most eyit-tlsposed Of all tho
t1ibes with whom ho Ind then come ia contact
noro tho Madi, who psreiatontly refused IL
oTestuses.. declaring. We do not want
ind md No '; Do not want to 500 tie the rseha." ool
aordon's future plans arc to advance, vlA Far
sito, to Anfuls, and thence descend on Mseung<
on tho Albert Lake, returning BY way VI the
htle back 70 pptlt. AAzuugo balongs to K.bs A..
opesation. Whi1e as DufiiI, Col. Gordon e4
ptessed hops tlAt Mr. Stanley might colnn 1t
Eith his letters from Fatiko, as thu Colone
would hAyo been able 10 have put him In thl
WITH more easo than be- would otherwise be sbl'
% do. Btanley, however, did not appear, M.
lhe1o is no intelligence OF their hkylng yet met
TIE FRZNou EXPEDITION.
NV Yonz, March 10.-Tho Heral1's cAble say
lhe French expedition exploring the Deaert Q
Sahara has rolutned to Touggouzt, after \ Af
leeu daJs' march from Nhodamea,
ITALY.
4 MINISTERIAL C1tHIo.
RonE, March 1o.-Tle Mlulstsy has resigned
Tho King has iptrusted to Rigoor Dsprotis, Q
r Sbn t.al, nef n.
LONDON. Marfh 2o.-Tho Standards nom
correspondent says tho Ministry was ousted o
account Of tho railway purchase scheme.
vEsuy1us plI1N',
LONDON, March ia telegram from Nsp1a
reports that the long-oxpected eruption OF Ii,
Yesuyius commencod Frltay night Lana
flowing towards pompeii. 4 la.9o column q
sApor rises from the basement, and rejects ID
Tire beneath. Vast quantities Of lara sxs throw
uaH6 .it 1.S1