THE RBBELLION IN THE SOUDAN.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1124, 4 March 1885, Page 5

THE RBBELLION IN THE SOUDAN.

(Renter's Special.) London, February" 26fch. , The battery of nine-pounders, with the necessary equipments, supplied by the War Department for the New South Wales Artillery, has been despatched to Suakin. February 27th. In the House of Lords to-day the Marquis of Salisbury proposed a vote of censure on the Government in connection with tho Egyptian policy, declaring that the abandonment of the Soudan would be dangerous to the safety of Egypt and the British Empire. The debate on the motion was proceeded with for some hours, and then adjourned. ■' February 28th. , The House of Commons rejected Sir Stafford Northcote's motion of censure on the Egyptian policy of the Government by a majority of 14. In the House "of Lords the Marquis of Salisbury's motion condemning the. Egyptian policy of the Government was carried by a majority of 121. Sir Stafford Northcote received 248 votes in support of his motion, which was to censure the Government .on their Egyptian policy. Among those who voted with Sir Stafford were 14 Liberals and 42 Parnellites. The " Tirnjss V considers the result of the division^as^a' crushing blow to the Ministry.,

- . Ist. The result of the division W Sir Stafford Northcote's motion of censure in the House of Commons and on Lord Salisbury's in the House of Lords will not cause the Government to resign. The Parnellite* supported the motion of censure. ' .•**