26 OCTOBER 1867, Page 1

According to the latest telegrams the first portion of the

ex- pedition will be in Abyssinia by 2nd December, and the remainder a month afterwards—rather a late date, even if the weather remains tolerable till June. A writer in the Quarlerly who appears to possess some official information evidently believes that the port of debarkation will be Amphilla,, and the point selected for the depot Sokota, from whence the serious operations will commence.