The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-03-10

Inc main DOQy Is lying AT hOrti- OlSeIey
may evacuate Korti and retire TO Debbeh,
and there await help from England. At
Korti he could be surrounded. He will
probably return TO Cairo to consult with
General Stephenson and others. The first
battalion of JColdstream Guards, $40 in
number, started for Suakim. They left the
Wellington barracks amid pathetic scenes.
General Brackenbury has telegraphed from
Ussie island that the cavalry corps entered
Salamat on the 18th inst, finding it desert
ed. General Dormer and General GrenfelI
have arrived at Korti. The natives around
Gakdul wells assert that the rebels are in
strong force at Abu Hamed. Colonel Bull
ler's retreat from Gubat is considered at the
War Office to have been inevitable and a
most fortunate escape. Gladstone stated
that the policy of the Government to evac-
uste Egypt had not been changed He had
done all he could for General Gordon and
was not TO be held responsible for his
death. The Ministerial speeches in Par
Lament conceal the true situation in the
Soudan. Lord WOlseley has applied for
re-enforcements on the Nile, and wants
1000 English troops to try to march from
Korosko acfoss the desert upon Abu Ham
ed Should the Mahdi threaten Dongola,
Lord Wolseley will retire to Debbeh. The
appearance of the Mahdi near Dongola
would lead to a general rising in his favor
in Nubia and Upper Egypt. The disaffect-
ed tribes are ready at any moment to de-
clare for the Mahdi. Egyptian consols
yesterday touched the lowest price since
1878.-A dispatch from Sydney says: The
Government of this colony, as well as the
citizens, are deeply grateful for Her Maj
esty's sentiments toward the colonies.
Offerings for the patriotic fund continue to
flow in. One gentleman gives $4,000 and
several give $1,000 each yearly during the
absence of the New South Wales conting-
ent. The troopships are rapidly loading
and will leave in a week from Tuesday
next. Owing to the spread of the report
that England desired to enlist Spaniards in
the Egyptian service, the Carlists have Of
fered the English Legation 1000 volunteers.
February 2Ist.
Several persons were killed and a large
amount of valuable mail matter was de-
stroyed in q railway wreck near North
Vernon, Ind.-Luis Gonzalez, an editor,
was assassinated at Morelia, Mexico. The
Egyptian Financial Treaty will be signedin
a few days.-It is said Cleveland will give
three Southern men seats in the Cabinet
The Senate passed the Agricultural Appro-
priation bill, with the item of $4,000 for
the cultivation of sorghum.-General Sir
Herbert Stewart, who was wounded at the
battle OF Abou Klea, died on the 18th at
Gadkul wells, to which place he had been
removed. The Mahdi has ordered all the
tribes on the east bank of the Nile to as
semble opposite Gubat. General Butler,
was compelled to halt at AbOu Klea wells
and intrench his troops in position against
the Mahdi's forces, who were gathering in
large numbers on his line of retreat. VOL
seley sent strong re-enforcements to Gen
eral Butler, to relieve him from his peril
GUS position. Grave fears are entertained
that Butler may meet the fate of Gordon.
Butler reports that the firing of the rebels
continued all Monday night and that two
men were killed and four officers wounded.
Later details of the night attack on Bull
ler's forces say it was made by party of
1000 Arab sharpshOoters. No serious at
tempt was made to return the enemy's fire.
owing to the necessity of outstanding am
munition. On the British side two men
were killed and eleven wounded. Among
the latter is Charles Williams, a correspond
ent of the London Chronicle, shot in the
leg. Butler has erected three new forts
and is preparing for a siege He has dis
patched q messenger to General Wolseley
describing the situation as critical, and
stating that the Mahdi is advancing upon
his position with an immense force. The
only correspondents now left with Butler
are Mr.. Williams and Colonel Burleigh of
the London Daily Telegraph, wounded in
states that the Mahdi promised Farag 14O,-
900 thalers to betrsy Khartoum, but gave
him only 10000, and when Farag COM
planned the Mahdi hanged him. 1t is said
that the Mahdi captured $4,000 rifles at
Khartoum. The Third Battalion of Gren-
adler Guards started for Suakim to-day.
Previous to their setting out from Windsor
they were addressed by the Prince of Wales.
He felt sure they would uphold the honor
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speed and a safe and speedy return to Eng
land. After his address he shook hands
heartily with the officers. The Queen sent
an autograph letter to the officers, assuring
them of her good wishes and prayers. The
Government has c,.lled out the militia and
suspended the transfer of officers from the
regular army to the reserves. This has
created a profound sensation and general
feeling of alarm respecting the safety of
the forces under Butler, Wolseley and
Brackenbury. The quantity of ammuni-
ton and projectiles being manufactured
and prepared at Woolwich Arsenal for
transportation to Egypt is greater than that
sent out of the country during the entire
period of the Crimean war. In the Lords
Earl Granville presented the Queens mes
sage calling out the reserves and ordering
the embodiment of the militia. Her Maj
esty's message consists of two portions, one
ordering out the reserves ana the other the
embodiment or calling out of the militia.
The reserves, are soldiers who have COM
pleted their first term of service-six years
with their colors, and are then allowed
to return to civilian life. They are always
liable to be summoned to serve another six
years with their regiments. They receive,
as a retaining fee, six pence day. The
militia need not necessarily ever have been
in the army. They form the third line of
national defense and the volunteers
the fourth. In the Commons, the Marquis
of Harrington, Secretary of State for War,
stated that Prince Hassan had been ap-
pointed Governor-General of the Soudan
at the suggestion of Lord Wolseley. Prince
Hassan would be under the authority of
Lord Wolseley. The Lord Mayor will pre-
side over great meeting soon to be held In
London to secure a national memorial to
General Gordon. Sir Stafford Northcote's
motion for a vote of censure against the
Government is skillfully worded and meets
with appreciation of a section of the Lib
erals.
February 22nd.
Orders were sent to the Chatham naval
depot to ship to Suakim within two days
10000 shrapnel shells, loaded and ready
for immediate use. The Woolwich arsenal
is working night and day turning out artil-
colonial tn