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EGYPTIAN News.
SKETCHES OF GENERAL STEWARDS
MOVEMENTS ON THE DEs-
ERTS OF THE NILE.
Metemneh GarriSOned by 49,
900 of the NIahdi's Most
Trusted Followers.
a Young NapCIeOnic Prince
Seeks His Fortune in the
Shadows of Pyramids. .
teamers Sent Down
the Nile to Meet the
Advancing British.
ENGLAND.

in an almost fainting condition, fror
lack of water. Col. Charles WilsC
orjlered a small detachment of cavalry
men to obtain supply of water freT
the river by cutting their way throug
the enelny's forces. This dangerou
movement was accompanied with les
loss than might have been expected
and enough water was obtaired to re
vive the troops and enable them t.
continue the attack.
| OPERATIONS OF STEWARDS ARMY
| L0&DoN, January 29.-Gen. Wolsle,
telegra phed from Karti this morning
that he has received reports from tht
surgeons at Kubat, stating that Stew
Itart is doing well. No attempt has
been made to extract the bullet. 1t en-
tered the thigh and is now lodged il
the region of the groin. The hospita
for the wounded and disabled of Stew
arts command is pitched on the bank
OF the Nile and ali are housed in coZy
tents and comfortable beds have beer
obtained from the natives. In view
of the many hardshipS and
deprivations which the wound,
ed and disabled men
had suffered by the almost constant
moving they have been subjected to-
both Are making wonderful progress
| toward recovery in many cases
! About tWo-thirdS of the injuries are
very bad. Among this class a great
number OF surgical operations are still
necessary and as many as possible OF
the wounded are sent back to Galkdul
Wells. Supplies in the vicinity of the
post at Guabat are plentiful.
News concerning the operations of
unfriendly Arabs along the Red sea,
continues to grow more serious.
BLasSawah is almost in state
ct siege with gloomy prospect of
relief The Arabs make attacks in
force almost every night upon Suakim
and during the dark the firing against
the garrison is almost continual The
garrison is greatly strengthened by
the arrival Of 400 British troops.
News is received of q desperate at
! tack upon the Galaboe garrison in
which 100 of the garrison and 800 of
the enemy were killed
AdYices received at Hamdab last
night concerning the expedition
which left there for BerbeT, Monday
last, under Gen. Earle, state that the
regiment arrived at Kobel Elabak
cataract yesterday. Before reaching
the cataract, cavalry scouts two miles
in advance exchanged fire with,hostile
natives and Arabs, who made an at
tack. They were soon driven back by
| the cavalry ard camel corps. Soon
! after, these two corps captured a vii
| lage, and q number of cattle and
sheep were taken.
MUTINY AND MURDER AT SEA.
LONDON, January 29.-The crew of
| the British bark Wellington mutinied
off CornWeIl and killed the captain
and severely wounded the mate. The
captain and mate, in defending them
selves, wounded three of the crew.
The mutineers, being too shorthand
ed to manage the ship, the sea being
rough, to avoid having the vessel
wrecked, signalled a passing steamer,
and were toWed into Plymouth, where
the mutineerS were at once placed un
der arrest.
GORDON's STEAMERS.
LONDON, January 3O.-A dispatch
from Gubat says: Four steamers sent
down the river by General Gordon
have not been to Khartoum for a
month. They have been waiting for
the Biiti5h ii the island above Me
hemneh. The vessels are covered
with heavy boards of hard wood out
side, and thin iron plates inside. They
present a battered appearance, being
pitted with bullet marks, and their
tunnels thicklY indented with bullet
marks. The vessels resemble floating
| houses rather than war ships. The
steamer has several hundred plucky
blacks aboard. They are commanded
| by Turkish officers, who have their
wives and families with them. The
British are improving their defenses,
| having learned that force of Arabs
are coming from Berber to attack
them. The troops have been puG on
half rations until supplies from Gak-
dul arrive.
| PRINCE NAPOLEON IN EGYPT.
/ LONDON, January 30.-Prince Louis
| Napoleon, son of Prince Napoleon has
arrived in Upper Egypt. 1t is stated
he intends to take part in the Cam
paign.
THE GARRISON AT METEMNEH.
LONDON, January 30.-A dispatch
from Korti states Metemneh is garri-
soned by 1900 Of the Mahdi's troops
-nder command of Oliver Paine, an
ex- communist of Paris.
FORTY PASSENGERS KILLED.
LONDON, January 30.-A dispatch
this afternoon from Sydney, New
South Wales, stated the express train
between Sydney and Wagga Wagga,
while running at a high rate Of speed,
was precipitated into a creek by the
weakness of the bridge upon whi Il
the train had entered. Forty persons
were killed.
PRECAUTIONS FOR THE MUSEUM.
! LoNDon, January 30.-Many extra
policemen are placed about the British
museum buildings. In the courts
where antiquities are displayed, the
exhibits have been rallied off, so thai
only narrow passage is left through
the middle of the courts for sight.
SeerS.
ANOTHER DYNAMITER ARRESTED.
LONDON, January 3O.-It was re
ported late this afternoon that thu
Scotland yard authorities had arrested
dynamiter at his lodgings in West
minister district and found an inferna
machine concealed in. his room.
MORE ABOUT CUNNINGHAM.
LONDON, February 3.-Yesterday
Mr.. Poland, crown solicitor, said Gun
ningham was charged under the ex
plosiye act with having caused tn
Tower explosion, and if his gull
should be established, he was iiatle t.
imprisonment for lie with hard labor
If he should be found guilty of onl,
having explosives in his possession
; with intent to use them Illegally, h
was liable to twenty year.
imprisonment at hard labor. if h
should be proved as having dynamit
in his possession under circumstance
warranting the belief that he was il
: tending to use it for illegs
: purposes. Tne crown, if it coul
s prove Cunningham as the crimins
Y who actually caused the explosion
It the Tower, had a right TO have th
y charge as made against the pris0nt
e withdrawn and have him tried instea
: for high treason, for attempting I
> destroy the queens arsenal and mil
l. tary stores. The solicitor closed b
/ address by stating he hoped to be abl
II upon some future occasion, to produt
s evidence to show that one of the wor
effects of the panic produced by tt