NEWS OF THE WEEK.
GENERAL STEPHENSON having declared his distrust of the Nile as the route on which succour should be sent to General Gordon, Lord Wolseley, who recommends and prefers that route, is to proceed to Egypt at once to superintend the carry- ing-out of his own advice. The expedition itself will, it is said, be commanded by General Earle, with General Redvers Buller as -the chief of his staff. It is to consist of 7,000 men, while 7,000 more are to remain behind in Egypt. The Nile boats are being rapidly prepared, and Lord Lansdowne is to send from Canada a corps of Canadian boatmen to assist in passing the rapids of the Nile. In the meantime, General Gordon has, it is declared, inflicted a heavy blow on the besieging forces of the Mandi. Between the 12th and 14th of this month he succeeded in repel- ling them with heavy loss.
