Peace is concluded between Egypt and Abyssinia, on terms which
make the miserable war between the Khedive and King John a drawn battle. The old frontiers are to be restored, and the Bogos country will be given to Egypt ; and on the other hand, Abyssinia is to be at liberty to have an agent at Massowah, and to have free communication with foreign countries, except that the importation of powder and guns is limited to 50 lb. of powder, ten guns, and 5,004 caps,—an arrangement not likely to be long satisfactory to warlike, powder-loving Abyssinians. Colonel Gordon is net, however, yet free to begin his often-postponed task of putting down the slave-trade in the Red Sea, for an insurrection has broken out in the province of Darfur, and he is busy suppressing it. The Alexandria correspondent of the Times writes that a gentleman acquainted with Darfur speaks of it as "a valuable prize "to Egypt, that it contains 5,000,000 inhabitants, and is rich in camels, homes, cattle, and flocks. But it is agreed that all the trade is of the nature of barter, or that the only money consists of pieces of Man.
cheater goods, which pass current as dollars ; and there seems reason to believe that the orthodox idea of Darfur, as compara- tively barren, varied by rich oases, is correct. Of course Colonel Gordon will succeed. I-Ie has unlimited authority in Central Africa, and has exhibited his usual moral power over half-civilised people, the poor looking to him, we are told, as their saviour.
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