LORD RONALD GOWERasked the Tinder Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any information regarding Sir Samuel Baker has of late been obtained; and, whether any steps have been taken by the Khedive to rescue him from his supposed perilous situation?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDSir, Colonel Stanton reports from Cairo, under date March 5, that the Director of the British Indian Telegraph Company had received a telegram from Khartoum to the following effect:—
Yesterday, the Governor of Soudan proceeded up the White Nile with nine boats, taking from Fashooda 500 soldiers, and I hear his object is to go to Gondokoro to meet Baker Pasha—Sir Samuel Baker—in order to supply him with provisions and whatever else he may require, also to ascertain his news, which will be communicated later.