26 MARCH 1864, Page 3

- There is a rumour from Egypt that the Dutch

ladies who fitted nut a. Nile expedition to relieve Captain Spoke, and passed him on their upward voyage, have come to grief. Te old lady, it is rumoured, is killed, and her daughter and lady's maid taken to wife by black chieftains. Captain Spoke, however, does not believe the rumour, which is somewhat vague. He thinks, we understand, that the negro tribes would respect the women, though they might kill the men.