The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-03-09

bic and prudent. Even without the
determination to smash thc NIahdi,
the Sual>im expedition wos ncccs-
sary to secure the retirement of the
troops. IL the House thought the
Government had failed in its duty,
the latter would chcerfully accept
the verdict, but if they believed it
had acted with good intentions and
with palpoblo errors of Judgment, he
hoped they would give expression TO
their confidence and thus strengthen
the hands Of the whole country in
the face of the world. Mr.. Glad
stone was greeted with prolonged
cheering at the close of his speech.
On n motion by Mr.. Gladstone
the following day, to give the vote
of censurc discussion precedence
over all other business, the Parnel-
lite members became noisy, and
upon ruling of the speaker against
them William O'Bricn, editor of
United Ireland, shouted out, "NNe
will remember this in Ireland" For
this he was named by the speaker.
and motion Of Mr.. Gladstone to
suspend the named member passed
by PA TO 20. The speaker ordered
O'Brien to withdraw, whereupon he
arose, Strengthened himself up to
his full height, and eNclaiming with
great precision and sarcasm, Ger
tainly, sir; | will Withdraw from the
House with more pleasure than |
entered it," strobe out.
At caucus of,Conservativc Peers
and Commoners, that evening, the
Marquis of Salisbury was fervcntly
cheered upon declaring that he was
confident of the defeat of the Gov
ernment, and that he was ready to
assume the responsibilities of office.
In the House of Lords Baron
Wentworth moved an amendment to
the vote of censure that had also
been moved there. The amendment
declares Her Maiesty's forces should
not occupy the Soudan longer than
necessary. and, in the interests of
Egypt and the British Empire, it is
undesirable to prevent the Egyptian
people from exercising their right to
select their own Government.
The Marquis of Salisbury's motion
Of censurc was adopted by the
Lords by 1S9 to 6S. Lord North
cote's motion of censure was reject
ed by the Commons by 302 to 2SS,
| giving the Government Il majority
| of ID. The vote was taken on the
9th ult. Mr.. Goschen and sec
ton Of the Wings, together with the
Parnellite members, voted against
the Government.
Latest advices indicate that the
Ministry has decided TO remain in
office.
THE sOUDAN WAR.
A number of Gen. Gordon's des-
patches have been published in Lon
don. From letter dated Dec. 18th
il appears Gordon never said he
could hold out for years, but on the
contrary he declared that food was
scarce and relief should be sent to
him at once.
The Marquis of Lorm has depre-
Gated, in letter, the British adj
vance against Khartoum. now that
Gordon is dead. "The British, -
be contends, "should be satisfied to
take up a position on the Nile to
block the Mahdi from advancing in
to Lower Egypt"
The Italian force at Massowsh
will be raised to 5000 effective
troops and eighteen cannons. Forti-
tications there are being greatly
strengthened by the Italians. The
Italian Government has sent $780,
600 to Massowah for the purchase
of camels. This action indicates
that Italy intends to take steps for
the relief of Kassala. The second
Italian expedition to the Red Sea,
| under Col. Lertenitz, arrived at
Assab Bay the last Of February.
A nun taken prisoner at the fall
| of Khartoum, in letter confirms
the statement that El Mahdi's troops
massacred the soldiers of the garri-
son and many peaceful citizens,