AT KHARTOUM. 47 eminent is already powerless to interfere with it, and the General is, therefore, only making a virtue of necessity. Half of the taxes are remitted, because the people are totally unable to pay.

“ General Gordon is evidently determined to carry out his orders to effect the evacuation of the Soudan, without risking the lives of another ten thousand men. The Egyptians and Europeans have the utmost confidence in him and his measures, and foresee that he will spare the useless effusion of blood.”