It will be observed that General Gordon anticipates no diffi-
culty in sending troops from Khartoum to Dongola. It is probable, therefore, that General Wolseley will find none in sending them from Dongola to Khartoum ; and from Wady Haifa to Dongola a regiment is already en route. We hear of no change in the predetermined order of the Expedition, and the boats are still being forwarded; though Lord Wolseley, in order to be sure of being able to traverse the desert rapidly, if need be, has ordered the formation of three camel corps,—in all, 1,100 strong. The men have volunteered from English cavalry regiments ; and if the horrid beasts do not kill them with fatigue, or drive them mad by their ill-temper, the force should be a most efficient one for a sudden rush. At Cairo, however, Lord Wolseley will be in possession of the most minute information ; he has the Staff on which he always relies ; his requests are always obeyed at home ; and he has a peremptory interest in not failing. Nobody works like the man who, conscious of original power, is told by a whole service that he owes all his successes to luck. There is no reason whatever for expecting failure, and most of the pessimistic criticisms come from men who cannot bear Liberals to succeed, or who are pledged up to the lips to the Suakim-Berber route, which would have involved a railway, and the retention of the Soudan.
