15 MARCH 1884, Page 1

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

-VICTORY has again declared for the British arms. In pursuance of a just and merciful policy, which we are ashamed to see some of our contemporaries condemn, General 'Graham informed Osman Digna of his intention to attack, and called on his followers to disperse. Ha was answered in true Arab form, in a letter, signed by twenty-one Sheikhs, who -courteously wish that God may help him to the only true faith. With simple directness, quite Biblical in tone, they tell him that " God has sent the Mandi to kill those who hate Him," aid especially " you, who never know religion till after death "