Note 200 — JOURNAL.

At this point General Gordon refers to the newspaper cuttings he has made and pasted in on the opposite page. The first reference is a comment on a telegram in the Standard, dated Suakin, August 30th, which runs as follows: “The Jaffariyeh overtook not far to the south of Suakin the three dhows recently captured by the rebels. The latter on being overtaken ran the boats aground, and escaped inland. The crew of the Jaffariyeh subsequently burned the dhows.” The italics are General Gordon’s. (b) refers to a further telegram headed “Rebellion in Arabia,” and dated Constantinople, Sunday night: “Fighting still going on in the Hedjaz between the Ottoman troops and the Arab tribes which have revolted against the authority of the Sultan’s Government. Matters must be considered somewhat serious by the Porte, for the Government have decided to despatch to the seat of disturbance further reinforcements of Imperial troops to the extent of some two thousand, &c.” In an account in a London paper of the departure of Lords Northbrook and Wolseley, General Gordon has marked certain penny-a-line passages, and in all cases where “Gordon Relief Expedition” occurs, he has drawn his pen through this and all expressions indicating that the Expeditionary Force comes to his relief.—Ed.