Show BAD FOR THE BRITISH in the Sou soudan dau where el mull di is crowding on closer and closer ca causing i sing the english government I 1 to make ener I 1 I 1 1 getic efforts I 1 foreboding a protracted and perilous campaign I 1 I 1 I 1 pt bar western abad press to the thell ile r nill id LOMON feb IO 19 general brackenbury bracks abury the troops under the late general earle lias has telegraphed from island that the cavalry corps entered on the hist finding it deserted the cavalry were then athen about five miles in advance of abi infantry the horses and camels had got safely through the 1 pass which had been prepared for defense but also abandoned on A bythe by the enemy gen brackenbury doubts doubt if he lie can concentrate there before the owing to the necessity of crossing croe sine mounted troop to tha tho other side of the river an estimate of the time necessary y to do this gen brackenbury says must be very uncertain because of the difficulties presented by the nile at ita its present stage gen bullers Bu llera retreat from bubat is considered at the war office to hae have been inevitable and a most fortunate escape gen buller will reach gak dul wells to day and will return with his entire force to corti feb 19 gen dormer and gen grenfell have arrived here her e the natives around gandul wells assert that the rebels are in strong force at abu hamed LONDON feb 20 acl the ministerial speeches in parliament yesterday conceal the true situation in th eso dan lord wolseley has applied for rein reinforcements for forcen cements lents on the nile and it is reported that he lie wants 2000 english troops to try and march from koros ko across tho the desert upon ab abu u hamed where general brackenbury has been ordered to remain until a simultaneous inu iraneous advance with general Gr grahams ahama forces from shakim m can be made upon berber should the threaten Dongo laLord wolseley will retire to Deb debbah bali Itis it is feared that he the appearance of the mahdi at dongola would lead to a general rising in his favor in nubia and upper eydt egyptian troops are eche echo cloried 1 between et assouad and wady haifa the disaffected tribes are ready at any moment to declare for tho the Alu mahdi lidi consola Con sols yesterday touched jo lowest west since 1878 A sir stafford motion for a vole vote ef censure against the govern benl was skillfully worded and meets with the approbation of a all I 1 sections of the liberals A number of government supporters will ba be absent absen t on the tile 0 occasion of a division on this motion the fate of the ministry depends upon the decision of the irish party which side th ahey will support or aport whether they wil will er abstain abst al n from r om voting komi feb 20 general ajr me rc bro hrab battle abille aille of abu klea d died loud on n the irth at gandul wells well to which place he had been removed the burgeons surgeons state general stewarts stew arts wound woun d was of such a character chai acter that his recovery was hopeless from the first I 1 LONDON fob feb 0 20 O the third battalion of Gre grenadier hadler guards started for shakim today to day previous to their settin betting gout out for windsor r they were addressed by the prince of wales HB lie said he remembered the theddy day thirty one years ago when this same battalion departed for the crimea and nd lie distinctly recalled the bravery y with which they bore their part in in that great struggle in the cam carn fa caien agn upon which they now enterer he felt sure they would uphold the honor of their country in eion sion he lib wished them god speed and a eafe and speedy return to ln england after his address the prince shook hands heartily with the officers while tho the men raised en thusia cheers the queen commemorated mem orated the occasion by pending ng an alit autograph letter to the office officers ra she assi assured ired them of oilier her good wis wishes hes and prayers after the impe inspection ati on wag was over 11 the le guards marched inar 11 I 1 from the castle to the southwestern Southwester ii railway ali the e streets through which they passed were brightly decorated with hags and banners crowds of people thronged thron ged the walks and cheered as in march arched edby by atthe at the station they quickly entered the train and were brought to waterloo station london immense crowds were collected hero here and the tile arrival of the train was greeted with tremendous cheering tho the wives of the soldiers were admitted to the plats plat form to bid their husbands good bye and the pathetic scenes of yesterday when the coldstream Cold stream guards took their leave were again enacted when the lut list partings pai were over hie the train moved out from the stagg station amid renewed cheers from the mul and proceeded proceed dd to Grave gravesend send at all the stations along the way crowds assembled and enthusiastic si astie cheers greeted the train it w was as ft a constant ovation from windsor to gravesend Grave send the men touched by tho 1110 leave laking taking qu quickly though akl y rallied soon in remarkably high spirits Ps singing war bong song after war song with a stirring effect at Graye send an enthusiastic reception awaited them thein and they cm em barked on tho the steamer which takes them to egypt to inspiring strains of music from bands and to the sweeter music of cheera cheers from the throats of thousands of their fellow country men LONDON feb 2 00 A dispatch from word states that el cl mahdi has ordered all the tribes on tho tile east bank of the nile to ae assemble opposite iu u bat tho the government ha out the militia and suspended the transfers of officers from the regular army to the reserves this action has hail create created to d a profound sensation and there is a general feeling of alarm respecting the safety of not only tho the forces under tinder gen buller but also under wolseley and brackenbury the opinion is widely expressed that the war office hag has received moro more startling information from wolseley titan is conveyed in the telegram of hernoon in relation to buller being hemmed in at abu klea wella wells I 1 A ilief dispatch has been received from corti dated yesterday in which the retreat of general duller butler from bubat is further explained this dispatch tays el on the alth Ins instead thad been engaged for three days in the work of collecting an army outside khartoum for advance advance against the english in bubat he ile was loading a steamer with puns guns and ammunition on the ath dinst he ile dispatched two liswith with three I 1 thousand men and four guns down the right bank of the nile to erect a fort opposite the E english camp at bubat it has been noticed that the quantity of ammunition and broje projectiles atiles now under tinder process of manufacture and preparation at woolwich Arbet ial for transport to egypt ia is greater than the quantity sent out of the tile country during the entire period of tho the crimean hanwar war this fact induces the belief that the government ia Is preparing for a long ca campaign A dispatch from corti corti says G gen eif buller who began to retreat from days agoras compelled to halt at abu klea wells and his troops in position therein order to safely defend himself a against a i list el Mil lidi who is gathering in 1 large rge numbers on hia his line of retreat and continually menacing tho the british forces special dispatches indicate that general wolseley will have to send strong reinforcements to general buller if the latter is to be rescued from his perilous position grave fears arc are entertained that buller may meet the fate ate of gordon unless speedily succored |