There is no certain news of any importance from Egypt,
except. that the Turkish battalion intended expressly to " stiffen " the Egyptian Army has mutinied at Assiout, demanding three months' pay before proceeding to Assouan, whither it was ordered, and even tired on its Colonel, Colonel Grant, who seems to have displayed the utmost coolness and gallantry. The Turks, who were to have set an example to the native Egyptians, were as insolent as they were cowardly and submissive when attacked. What has really happened at Khartoum and Dongola we do
not yet know. All sorts of contradictory reports, all of them apparently equally untrustworthy, are flying about. Dr. Schweinfnrth, who sends a sensation telegram to the Pall Mall Gazette of Thursday concerning Gordon, representing him as defending his house against increasing numbers, and as having suffered unexampled horrors, does not receive confirmation in any quarter. Pilgrims, who represent truly that Berber is in the hands of the enemy, declare that at Khartoum the invest. ment is not even very close. But all the accounts received must be regarded with distrust.
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