The Express. — London, England, 1868-04-27 00:00:00

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TRH Evringe. A CO7)ICIIATIVEitOVEMENT.—A 81110 OF ROMANCE. Mews. &thorn, Bankston*, Compton, Cl:lppon. ask, Rogers, and Clark ; Mesdames 'abortion, Burke, Chippers. dais, litawllllam, Laws, do. —And INTRIGUE. Mr. Kendal, dc. Qt*EP.WR TRICATRII, LONG.ACRR. Legge• end %wafter. Mr. ALFRED WIGAN. Tat• RYEVINO, at 7, MARY JONIII. At a quarter to 8, OLIVER TWIST. losire. J. L. Toole, L Bronsh. 11. lrrher. C Windham, .1. Clayton, W. U. aterhena, and Jahn Ryder Mesita:ace hula n, I:yward, and Nellie Moore. To conclude with LA VIVANDSLIE. The fact that the redemption of the captives has been accomplished without sacrifice, so far as we yet know, of the life of • single British soldier is a circumstance calling for thankfulness. It is the fault of THU/DORI himself Viat any Abyssinian has perished. Had he surrendered the captives and the European workmen upon Sir ROBERT NAME'S demand, our army would have retired without striking a blow. Possibly such a course as this would not, for his own ends, have been politic on the part of the Abyssinian ruler. He governed by prestige, by personal ascendency, by the reputation of in vincibility. How strong this feeling was among his subjects and the bordering tribes appears from the letter of our special correspondent:—" The " peasants on our route," he writes, " fancy " that we are marching to meet our " doom. THEODOILZ, they say, is not like them ' " selves, or like other men. He always destroys " those who fight him." To have surrendered his captives on summons would have been to have cast away the charm by which he exercised sovereignty. A warrior whom the mere sight of a handful of men frOm across the sea had subdued, would be to his own countrymen a warrior no longer. Some more powerful rival might have arisen on the ruins of his reputation ; and TIIZO -1 DORE would probably have been doomed to ignominy and death. He had no alternative but to fight. Possibly he was unable to com pute the real nature of the odds against him. His army was six or seven, perhaps ten times as numerous as that which threatened him. He had • fortress which was really strong and which he regarded as inexpugnable. Had he not, too, European artillery, and men trained to work it by European artificers ? What did he know of the difference between ARM smoso guns and the engines that his workmen had cobbled up ; between the gunners of the beet artil lery service in Europe and his own half-instructed savages? A gun and a gunner were pro bably to him the same all the world over. He had expressed • delight not un magnanimous nor unsoldier-like, in the prospect which the expedition afforded him of seeing a well disciplined force before he died. This satisfaction was not denied him. He saw it and tested it. °Trial - _ and icarlortablerrs reeve, which ma formerl)r in the trotitml a monk and is BOW removed teems at thripliseiem pyi suliglto of lastelllaPere skid ii pecierlicals iEj wy extensive, oompraing lowly all lie imps , It jouaals published in London and the pro vinces; sad i abnist . every magazine or review of any worth or name. • The French daily papers, high-clue critical journals, hice the Beset des Deux Mundell, and the Beans Contemporairte, and other foreign periodicals, add to the attractions of the news-room, and on the table will be toned ra , number of papers and magazines patronised br peculiar sects and coteries which rarely meet the eye of the general public. For the advantages of this room, which are enjoyed by ladies as well as by gentlemen, a charge is made of ten shillings per annum, or of one penny for each separate visit. We have our penny and twopenny news-rooms in London also, and we know of one in which a very scanty supply of papers may be seen for sixpence. But there is not in the metropolis, so far as our knowledge extends, a single room which contains an ample supply of papers, and is at the same time pleasant as • lounge. Such a news-room would we think supply a public want, and if wisely conducted, could scarcely fail to prove a commer- Mal success. STRAND. TEN Evinoin. fOSTICRLY SERVICE —THE TIM 07 THE CLOTH 010/LW—And MARRIAGE AT ANY PRIG. It RITAIf7f7A. ... . Mrs Eersrrid, AVARICE : OR, TH R %ISM'S DA ("MITER. ?dears. Reynolds. TRAIIP. and Elton Coartenay & Booth. THE WOLF OF :HE PYHENEKI. Menem Clutrlton A Itlesrood ; Mrs. Line, Mesdames Henderson, Edwin, etc.—And JACK LONG. 91011 WATER AT WNW:4_I%WMR. _ .. TBt DAT —Morning, 4h. 50m..--Afternonn, &h. lim. TG-mossow—Yornbe, sh. 31$m--..Afternoon, Oh. Om. Fallen of MITA% MARMOT.% and DtATTI% are received null' 12 Weloe`c for inaertion mane evening. Price, 3a. ed. A SECOND EDITION of the EXPRESS, CONTAINING The Latest Foreign Telegrams ; the Latest City ; Railway, Aiming, and other Shares ; Sporting, and General Intelligenoe, le PIIOLIeNIO/ EVERY EVENING. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 27. THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF KING THEODORE. Tue smasement and indignation roused by the dastardly outrage on the second son of the Qtrssw have been partly effaced by the very different emo tions which the news from Abyssinia has stirred. Magdala is taken, the prisoners aro released, THEODORE has shunned capture by suicide. Sir ROBERT NAPIER has fulfilled in an ho nourable and glorious sense the sinister prediction of our gauche CHANCLLLOR of the EXCHEQURR. He is turning his back upon the Abyssinian army, having first, however, forced that army and its King to turn their backs on him and on his brave soldiers. The Kraus of Abyssinia has surrendered not only his prisoners but his life. Remembering the expressions of scep ticism with which the delaratious of the government were received, when on Thursday they intimated their belief that the expedition would be on its return by the end of May, it is only fair now to acknowledge that their sanguine an ticipations have been more than justified. The additional twopence in the pound of income tax will be needed ; but there is no reason to fear further expenditure for the cost of tho Abyssinian war. The last demand upon the British tax-payer in redemption of the follies of a meddling diplomacy has been made. We have for our money not only the prisoners, but a valuable lesson which future Foreign Secretaries will not dis regard. As the military preparations of the govern ment, both in this country and India, were much criticised et first, it is only right to acknowledge their thorough efficiency. Who is the British CARNOT who has organised victory we may leave to be disputed between England and India, and between the several depart ments and their heads. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTR, Sir JOHN PAYINOTON, Sir SZTILOUR FITZOZRALD, and Sir Boxcar NAPERIL will doubt less find their champions. An impartial and dis criminating judgment will probably be a true one. All have done their part, and all have done it well. But the main glory will be that of Sir RORERT Nariza. The policy avowed by the Government was that of choosing for the command of the expe dition the best man they could find, and leaving to him free discretion and full responsibility. In one of the debates of the winter Imola* a member of the late Government announced that though he would not then criticise If policy and pride alike made it impossible to surrender his captives until the decisive defeat of the 10th had shown him the impossibility of re taining them, the same motives, and that rude sense of personal dignity which is often keenest in savages and in monarchs, probably made the idea of surrendering himself intolerable. Mad man and brute as Twzonoits was in some of his moods, it is impossible to deny that in his last moments there was a savage nobility which is not unimposing. The man had a vein of courage and dignity which in better circumstances might have made a hero of him. He exhibited the despe rate valour of Macbeth. Blow wind ! come wreck ! At least well die with harness on our back He refused to be " the show and gaze of the time" —to kiss the ground before the victor's feet, and to be baited with the rabble's curse from Magdala to Massowah. With the few devoted followers, who, of all his army, remained with him, he fought to the last ; and when the choice had to be made between death and what he deemed the dishonour of cap tivity, it was made in a sense which Roman virtue would have approved. Sir ROBERT NAPIER had no alternative but to press his victory to this consequence. If he had left Magdala behind him unassailed, the Abyssinian people would have held that he was afraid to attack it. The prestige of the victory of the 10th would have been gone. His retreat might have been harassed. THRODORE issuing from his fortress might have re-organised his army, certainly delay ing the return of the victors, and perhaps, causing the necessity of a temporary occupation of the country. Temporary occupations, as we know, are apt to become permanent. This evil has been avoided. Tesonoas has met the doom he challenged and deserved, but met it as a soldier should. The heart of the nation will rejoice with the captives in their re lease and with the friends to whom they aro re stored ; and it will pay a willing homage offgrati tude and pride to the noble army of liberation and its gallant chief, who have so well justified the trust placed in them, and redeemed the honour of England. Tees news of the attempt to assassinate the Duke of EDINBURGH has fallen upon the country like a sudden blight. Fenianism, as shown up at the Old Bailey, seemed so infinitely small and contemptible ; its ehosen instruments appeared to be so devoid of the qualities which go to make conspimies permanently dangerous ; and the alliance between pot-valiance and " the eternal " want of pence " so unmistakable, that people had begun to smile at the alarmists, and to believe that the worst was offer. A rebellion led by tipsy mechanics in a chronic state of indebtedness, and who made plaintive• appeals to each other for shillings, sounded a m ere squib in the ears of English respectability. It was hoped the foul thing had been stamped out. Men spoke, too, of the Old Bailey trials and the royal visit to Ireland in the same breath, as if by some illogical process one were to aJect the result of the other. And now, just as the triumphant recep tion of the Prince and Princess of WALES was being vaunted, and just as the sanguine were building up theories in which affection for the persons of the Royal Family was to act as a poli tical panacea, this attempt to murder one of the most popular of them occurs. In truth, it seems unwise to hazard prophecies either as to the nature, the duration, or the extent of Feuianism. It is but six short weeks since Earl Mevo in the House of Commons based a long argument upon " the " remarkable feet that among the Irishmen be " Australia we do not find any of thow hostile " feelings " which have been displayed so lament ably at home. His lordship quoted, too, in the same speech, " the eloquent advocacy of Mr. D'A*CT " WORE" inCanada as • proof that the taint of Fe nianism was not widely spread. The Duke of EDIN BURGH, on his way home—sorely wounded by an Assassin's bullet , and the murder of Mr. D'Aicr WORE, form a sad contradiction to the views put Tics great American showman, Rimini's, has sold the goodwill and fixtures of his show, and has announced his intention of retiring from a business which he has almost raised into an art. No man of such eminence ever withdraws from the world without leaving many worthy and energetic disciples behind him, and BAarrom has been pecu liarly successful in training a number of showmen who carry his system into every city in Europe. London, at the present moment, is favoured with the presence of two gentlemen, the proprietors of the Japanese troupe, who have Barnumised the Strand for the benefit of their particular speculation. Stretching across the 'Queen's highway, at s certain level above the heads of the horses, is a large tar paulin placard, fastened at one end to the Lyceum tavern, and at the other end to the old offices of the Globe newspaper on the opposite aide of the way. On this flying placard is printed, in large letters, visible from Charing-cross in one direc tion, and from St. Clement's Church in the other, the single word " Japanese." How far such a placard is an obstruction in the principal thoroughfare of London, we must leave the proper authorities to determine, but the idea is copied from a well known advertisement of BARNUM'S. Some years ago, when the great showman was either " working " JZNNY LIND, the nurse of Wash inzton, or the woolly horse, he nailed a huge canvas across Broadway, on which he announced his attractions. In due time he was summoned before the law courts to give an account of this obstruction, and appeared to answer the charge in a highly characteristic manner. " What is the penalty r' he asked of the presiding magistrate. " The penalty," was the answer, "is a fine of one hundred dollars a " day." "Is there any other punishment 1 " still inquired the great showman. " None what ' " ever," was the reply. "No imprisonment ?" he again asked ; and "No imprisonment " was the answer. " Then I'll tell you what I'll do," responded the great showman ; " I'll take fifty " days of this obstruction, as you call it, at a bun " drel dollars a day, and fifty days of three similar " obstructions in Broadway at the same price. " That makes twenty thousand dollars, I reckon, " and there's the money." The advertisement was worth it. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) N° . the preparstMna of t he reserved to himself of oondemning them in sentiment _imi...thar9usbLY tires ea_ it-4Mbps it Was IA so harsh it seemed. In Riving the deparlamais carte blame& for tise ao oompliehniewt of an end, the respentability is devolved upon them of succeeding. The proof of ferniest; efficlieney," "iiia • Witte fulness, which the expedition has afforded will be grateful to the British people. They had come, not without some reason, to dis trust the administrative powers of their statesmen, and to believe in a general reign of red-tape and .1.1:1= 7 _4•41161111 Fenian'. the ma vibe 1411.11411 .- 41111 bd ilkiDebe d Idiaburil sea be bell esftar at seeeleesily. tie ewe las +es eat villlkeie to be • mere IMAD3 AND MAIM 7'l. Dear Name palate eat Naas clinspesabla ilown 4 the had bank manna labial an wadi consdandisaa 11 , .1k ‘ si a - . b e t. . 4 111 M :as Wall . t . - -4 1 ,4 ts_ Iry Inked. la the .. , a/ lid ant sad weld .• • se this temeie a/ He es.. they has& maybe sesielei se shd•bW•l eheeisties el palled sr Alai 7Biii i • h - fir. ~I6 ll AaP—oiiss 1 I 16 • um s * - I I *si m•iII.- 4 WA ti 0 1 . 7 1 V . _ _ _ ._ _ __ ___ tonnternon in ww 0 " 0 11 Crystal Passe is the large. mid eomfortable a rm - • .." "LlZreser 0 boa as it oedema In ..... 'Aid& wee formerly In the trohiesl gifiiisi Nelms. Ow Them show that the government Wanes bee fia around within a year by upwards of I,OOOASOL. and the " other seouritise," or sematereial bill., are also .beet 420,000 f. km. The altars- Ike in the former item is mainly idailiuMble to the Abyasiniaa war ; bet ea this involves directly or indi rectly ea actual export of specie, it becomes, owing to the set of 1844, of far rare eauequenoe than it really ought to be. The falling off in the second item is attributed to the depramisa o/ trade. The in- come tax returns afford decisive pros( that commerce not upon the profitable footing that it wee three years ago. The eaves of great financial companies, and the failure of great railway undertakino have among many claims done great marble, and the Doily Neat insists that nine-tenths of the extravagant expenditure that has taker; plaoe would have been avoided if parliament bad withheld its sanction to the creation of preference doe. Elm (mat. OSBORNE, APRIL 25. The Queen drove out yeaterdsy afternoon so eompaied by Princess Beatrice, and bee Majesty drove In the grounds this morning aecoompanied by Princess Christian. The other members of the royal family ale* went out. The Dake of Buckingham had an audience of the Queen to-day. APRIL 26. The Queen received yesterday the painful intelligence of an attempt upon the life of the Duke of Edinburgh, at Sydnev, New South Wales. Her Majesty has to-day received a telegram from his Royal Highness informing her Majesty that he is progress ing most favourably. The Queen, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prinee Leopold, and Prince. Beatrice, attended Divine service at Whippiogham Church this morning. The Rev. George Prather° officiated. The Ladies and Gentlemen-in-Waiting were present. The Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northoote arrived et Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. The Dean of Westminster and Lady Auguata Stanley have arrived en a visit to her Majesty. The Hon. Florence Seymour has succeeded the Hon. Lucy Kerr as Maid of Honour in Waiting. Despatches were received cie Saturday at the Colonial- Mike from the Governor of Malta. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the North American Provinces and British Columbia. RETURN OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP wavrs. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to arrive at Marlborough House thin evening shortly before 7 o'clock. THE ABYSSINIAN !PEWS. The Times observes that the special merit of the Abys sinian campaign was in the f►et that our science and organisation has defeated the antagonism which nature presented to us. Nothing like it has been attempted since Suwarrow led his forces over the St. Gothard, and we may well be proud of • general who could plan and conduct such an expedition, and of an army that could be trusted to respond to the spirit of its leader. For Theodore, viewing him in his last hour, it is impounds not to feel some pity. He was of stuff of which many an Eastern conqueror has been made, and, passionate and resolute to the end, he still fought when fighting was hopeless. The simple statement of Sir Robert Napier that the army will return immediately is the best commentary that can be made upon our motives in enter ing upon the Abyssinian war, end will be • complete answer to the insinuations of foreign critics. Sir Robert Napier, says the Daily hers, is a commander as fortunate as meritorious. As to Theodore, there were points in his character which might make ns wish that a better fate had been reserved for him. He was a man of extraordinary intelligence. Mr. Plowden de scribed him fifteen years ago, when his star was rising, as vigorous in manly exercises, of striking countenance, polite and engaging, displaying great tact and delicacy, austere, a religious enthusiast, and indefatigable in business ; but even then liable to sudden and mysterious accesses of blind fury, like Saul, the son of Kish. but with no David to drive the " evil spirit" from him. Success corrupted and resistance embittered his nature, and for years his power has been on the wane. His death leaves the field free to some other adventurer, if anyone feels encouraged by his experience to follow in his steps. Our task in Abyssinia is accomplished. The Post remarks that the nein just received by tele graph has travelled in the unprecedently short tints of thirteen days, so that detailod news of the battle and the assault cannot apparently be received for about ten or twelve days to come ; in the meantime, of course, tele grams will be received heralding the homeward march of our victorious little army. The tint engineer ever appointed to lead s British army—Sir Robert Napier—the Megrim* remarks, has amply viadicated the claims of the scientific branch to high command. The Herald finds nothing in our military annals more complete or more satisfactory. The SMr anticipates that by the end of play the expo. din= will have done its work, and embark once more for India or for England. TKO IJUSJI or The Times here that the attempt upon the Duke of Edinburgh was not merely the work of one disteinpertel mind. As this is not the first mardwoua attempt that has been made, no ewe can venture to predict that it will be the lest. Happily, the course of events every deg diminishes the ialluenoe of those fanatical leaders who eompeas see and land to obtain agents for their schemes. The weasure of Fallon wickedness is now Ailed up, and it may be predicted that, the character of the Walton being fully known, they will And few more dupes in Ireland or elsewhere. Ms news from the Antipodes Nu filled the heart of Easpisaa with bongos isdigastisa ; and for so traitorous as outrage, the Daily News coatintiso to remark, Ills pub& was wholly unplowed by sayt!ibig ig Oho toovfolso totelllgoooe. The first business which will Atpall Hoses of Oomaioas this em asa will PrlibaNSl %Of preados to her Majesty of the &Wimp wflk oaths has heard of the disholirol slim" mai blur at the estop* of the trios* witted Si&missil Odor/. Tbis auvaisses from the oast aids of tie slobs Isms *s rderfisph to remember the vile pro**, sad frantic' oat , amities which bums minds WI ssugsm LS us is I Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal High nesses Princesses Louise and Beatrice and Prince Leopold, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the court, is ex pected to leave Osborne about the Bth of May, and re turn to Windsor, whence after • stay of about a week her Majesty will probably proceed to Scotland. Prince and Princess Christian and their infant son are expected to return to Frogmen on Friday next, the lit of May. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland entertained the Marquis of Lorne, M.P., the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lord John Hay, M.P., Lord Frederick Caven dish, M.P., and Lady F. Careudish, the Hight Hon. W. B. Gladstone, M.P., and a select party at dinner on Satur day, at their house in St. James's-square. The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and the Right Hon. Chichester Forteecue, 3LP., were honoured by the oompsny of the Count and Countess do Faris at dinner on Saturday evening, at their resklence in Carlton-gardens. There were also present his Excellency the Prussian Am bassador and the Countess Bernstorff, M. Van de Weyer, the Earl dowper, the Right Hon. the Speaker and Lady Charlotte Denizen, the Right Hon. Sir W. and Lady Hayter, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., Mr. Wm. Forster, ILP., and Mrs. Forster, Mr. H. Childers, 3LP., and Mrs. Childers ' Mr. W. H. Gregory, M.P., Mr. John Bright, M.P., Mr. Wm. Harcourt, Mr. G. Glyn, ILP., &c. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and Misses Maxwell have arrived in town from Rome. It is said that his grace has accepted the lord-lieutenancy of Middlesex, in the place of the late Marquis of Salisbury. Lord and Lady Egerton of Tattoo entertained at dinner, en Saturday, at the family residence in St. James's-square, the following guests :—His Excellency the French Ambassador, the Earl and Countess of Kimberley, the Countess of Dartrey, Lord and Lady Feversham, Lord and Lady Otho Fitagerald, Lord and Lady Carew, Lord Eliot, M.P., Sir Dudley C. Marjoribanks, M.P., and Lady Marjoribenics, Hon. Arthur Kbenaird, M.P., Sir Anthony and Lady de Rothschild, Mr. 0. Trevelyan, M.P., Mr. H. Scott, fro. The following circular has been addressed to tho liberal member:—"Certain and moat Important Diri• don,.—Your attendee:De in the Howe of Ominous on Monday, the 27th April, is most earnestly requested. The debate upon Mr. Gladstone's resolutions on the Irish church will be eontinued on that day. Most important divisions will be taken upon the three resolutions, and your presence and support on Monday, the 27th, and upon the following dilys, is most specially urged.—Geortos G. GLYN." Captain Richard Stephens, the commodore of the Southampton and Isle of Wight Mail Company's fleet, fell overboard end was drowned at Cowes on Saturday. It is reported that a grand naval display will be made off Cherbourg, in the presence of She Emperor Ns pokes, shoat the 19th prox., and that the British Channel fleet, under the command of Rear-Arlatiral J. Warden, C. 8., will be present In Cherbourg reads to do honour to the occasion. Reversions to a large amount, absolute and con tingent life interests, annuities. ke., ooastituting an im. portant post of the assets of Overend, °nosey, and Co. (Limited), are announced for sale on Wednesday, by Yassn Oblanoek, Galsworthy, and Co., under diroation of the aloha liquidators. . . . A curious phenomenon happened at Bridport, in Dorset, on Friday. A high tide was expected, but a huge wave like a high wall oasis into Bridpert harbour sad flooded one end of the town, by which 40 emus of meadow hind and 8 acres of barley were under water. The sea ran through acme of the farm houses. finch a circumstance never happened before. There was se wind at the time. The were wee sees approaching, sad frightened the inha bitants who witnessed it. _ Stephen J. Meany, the Fenian prisoner who was released freer prima ea condition of leaving the trailed Kingdom, has arrived at New York. The Jardin d'Aoeliznatation in the Bois de Bon ham, has during the pest west added to its atteastioas an eztenive pulley show, both of French sod foreign pro. diretions, oolong* whiek are use very has epesimeas of Wheys, pews, ducks, guineaorvis, peaeooks, pheasants, and pigeons. There are also several rabbits, some of them rwearluibloter aims, sad others for the fineness of their *oats. Notwithstanding the very nneertain elate .1 the weather, and hequent heavy rain, the visitant have been numerous. The exhibitioa will close an Saoday next. It is understood that negotiatioes have been sensed by the Preach Credit loatiar and *sr Imam for a am Esrptioa loan of I nos amount of nappoi to be Introduced in Perim and Louisa. lime p thro sir faus espleaatione regardbe the peretes eoliths Imam, sad shags New& ei beteg a teal appeal to tbe warbels frit alma Pt!. le ems, will be moosiorr o givo thooposalbm MOMS it Imolai estraidowL The Penis advice. immillat %dam indeed f with lottery pshieboriliiii Ss bele endued for the Bees Osaal. Z.:l°.' ass. Another despatch, direct from Suez, dated head quarters, April 14 :—" Magdals was stormed yes terday. Theodore was deserted by nearly all his army, but made two desperate attempts at resist ance with a few devoted followers, and finally killed himself with his pistol as the British troops approached him. British loss, 10 men wounded." (arum's TztAinimis.) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Area 97. The applications received in this city, Hamburg, Bremen, and St. Petersburg for shares in the Indo- European Telegraph Company considerably exceed the number originally allotted to those places. VENEZUELA. PARIS, Aram 27. Official ►dvices from Venezuela state that a serious conflict had arisen between the Congress and General Falcon. Armed men, partisans of General Falcon, forced their way into the Chamber of Deputies, the members of which withdrew, after making a protest. The United States have demanded reparation for the insult offered to the government of Caracas. The American agents have granted a delay of ten days to obtain all the necessary information before presenting a definitive ultimatum. (3T ATLANTIC THLIGRAPR, THROUGH MB. INUTRIVR AGINCT.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, Aram 25. According to Messrs. Wright's report the receipts of cotton at American ports during the week amount to 18,000 bales. The export. to Great Britain during the same period were 38,000 ; to France, 4,000 ; and to other ports, 6,000 bales. Stock at all ports, 229,000 bales. Mr. Cyrus W. Field sees no reason why a year should elapse without efficient submarine cables being laid from Sues to Bombay. "It oan be dons—it ought to be done—and I believe it would yield a good return upon the capital invested." The nightingale was heard in the neighbourhood of Southampton on the 23rd inst., and the cuckoo was heard near Bitterne, in Haab, on the 22nd inst. At the Roman catholic church of St. Joseph, in Southampton, the priest, the Bev. Father Mount, an nounced to hie congregation during Divine loonies yester day morning that a beloved sou of her Majesty had been treacheroully shot at, and ho hoped that his congregation would offer up their prayers to the Throne of Mercy that the Queen may be sustained and manded in her great affliction, and the whole oseirenalica rose spentacsoady and chanted " Death)* baleen fee Regimen seelna barium," ho., with the utmost fervour. The first salmon of the season from the Avon, at Chriatchurch, in Rants, was *aught a few days sines ; it weighed 021110. The Sart Joarem Gamely says that a Mr. Mitoh4l4. of Paradise Valley, has 4,700 acres of pain growing one field. A sad accident occurred at Chicago on Good Friday. The Roman Catholic Cathedral at Bt. Nary wow lied with worshippers, sad the weight of the ma/cited* mod a portion of the lime be give was, which, miming a Istst taut, led soma one to ery " Are." • terrible penis Sennet, sad in the rash that war made for the doors four arU s hir d to death. sad 110 cc more persona were mereetititiajared, three of them having slam died. 0660txxvits, Witt Arse, 6.46 A.M. The Isms rumor City of Pads, from New York on 41eg 111, is w posing Bieediend Intim en rant* fon, giosieseera. dinner of the Cobden Club will be l i ar d ipeobeidy at Gessostak, ad the SSW MN nibs* SIX., Is urea . bp pride os the elf COLONIAL OFFICE, Aran 27, 1868. By telegram, dated Sydney, March 31, 1868, information has been received from the Earl of Belmore that the prisoner O'Farrel was arraigned on the 18th March before the Supreme Court oaths capital charge of wounding with intent to kill. The prisoner applied fora postponement of his trial, which was granted. He has been tried, and was found guilty on the 31st March, and was sentenced to be hanged. H. S. BRYANT, Private Secretary. THE COCKERHOUTH ELECTION.-(THIS DAY.) (BT TELEGRAPH.) The following was the state of the poll at 10 o'clock this day (Monday): Thompson (oonservatimo 1;;1 Fletcher 'liberal) GRANTHAM zLEcnotr. NOMINATION.-(THIS DAY). (Br TELEOKAPH.) The nomination of candidates for the represents,. tion of Grantham took place to-day. The gentlemen nominated were Mr. Tnrner (conservative) and Captain Oholmeley (liberal). The show of hands was largely in favour of the liberal candidate, sal a poll was demanded for Mr. Turner. EAST KENT ELECTION. NOMINAT.ON.-(THIS DAY.) (HT TELEGRAPH.) CANTERBURY, II minty, The nomination of cand.datea for the represent. anon of East Kent took placd at nowt to-day on Barham Downs. There was an immense gathering of people. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Pemberton, the Conservative candidate ; and a poll was demanded for Mr. Lefton, the LiberaL The election will take place on Thursday. LEOMINSTER ELECTION.-(THIS DAY,) (BY TELLGIUNi.) LEOMINSTER,IoxiaI Viscount Mahon was returned this morning with out opposition in the room of Mr. A. Walsh. Both the new member and the late member are conservatives. THE CASH OF MN REV. W. J. E. BENNETT, VICAR Or PRONE. In the Court of Queen's Bench to-day, Mr. Stephens made an application for a rule absolute in the case in which Mr. Shepherd, of Frome, had applied fora mandamus directing the Bishop of London to lira' and de termine a oomplaint against the vicar of Frame. No muss was shown on the other side, and the rule was made absolute, so that the Bishop will be directed to examine the books complained of, and use his discretion as to the appoint ment of a commission of inquiry. THE LATE SEIZURE OF COMBUSTIBLE insalis. NEWS. ICY.) ABYSSINIA. / LA'rYST INIICLLIGENCE. ATTACH BY RING THEODORE AND 1118 HEAVY LOSS. • L ' (THIS 'D Tim RFLEAsz OF THE CAPTIVES, STORMING OF THE FORTRESS, AND THEODORE'S SUICIDE. The authorities at the India-office are in hourly expectation of further intelligence in reference to the brilliant suocess of the British forces in Abys sinia. A telegram was received this morning by Secretary Sir Stafford Northcote from Abys sinia, but it only had reference to various wants in the commissariat department. Whether the King killed himself or lost his life while in action is not definitely stated in the despatches re ceived by the government ; but it is said that his two sons, who were taken prisoners, assert that his death was occasioned by his own hands. Sir Stafford Northcote, who communicated the intelligence to her Majesty at Osborne, returned to London this morning. The Times has received the following telegrams from its special correspondent with the Expedition: " APRIL 10. "The British forces are crossing the Baahilo. Magdala is about ten miles distant. The enemy is in front of Msgdala, posted in very strong positions, with escarpments and ravines, presenting great difficulties of approach. Apprehensions prevail in'Magdala lest Theodore should escape. Sir Robert Napier has demanded that the captives bo given up to him, but Theodore has not yet returned any answer. A battle is shortly expected. The weather has been very severe. The health of the army is generally good. " APRIL II " King Theodore attacked the First Brigade near Magdala on Good Friday, but was repulsed with heavy loss—aboutsoo men beingkilled. British loss :—One officer wounded, 19 non-commissioned officers and men wounded. Darkness stopped pursuit. The enemy left their wounded on the field. On Saturday Theodore sent in a flag of truce and offered to treat for uncondi tional surrender of the English prisoners. The captives have joined the camp. It is believed the remaining Europeans will be surrendered. The Abyssinian troops are utterly disheartened. Theo dore has attempted suicide. Captain Roberts, of the 4th Queen's Own, is wounded seriously. "APRIL 14. " Magdala was stormed yesterday. Theodore was deserted by nearly all his army, but made a desperate resistance with a few devoted followers. Theodore killed himself with his pistol as the British troops approached him. The British loss was about ten men wounded." [These telegrams were forwarded from Suez, id Malta line, April 25, 9 p.m.] THE ATTEMPT ON TEE LIFE 07 THE PUKE OF EDINBURGR TRIAL OF THE ASSASSIN AND HIS SENTENCE. MATTA& BOW43TREET.-:(THIS The two men named Barry and O'Keefe, who stood remanded on the charge of having in their posse.- soon • quantity of inflammable matter, supposed iert purpose of committing a felony, were brought up before lie. Vaughan this afternoon. Kr. Poland, instructed by the Treasury solicitor, ap peared for th e prosecution, and stated that the subst ance sound upon the prisoners had been examined by the analytical chemist, Dr. Sued, and though it was not found to be what is commonly called Greek, or Fenian, fire , yet it did consist of phosphorus, the princi pal Ingredient in that composition. He should examine Dr. Noad, and would ask for a further remand, as inquiries were being made, which, it was hoped, would throw further light upon the ease. Dr. Henry Minchen Hood, 72 Bererforibroad, West bourne-grove, F.R.S. and Pb. D., lecturer on chemistry at St. George's Hospital—On ‘Vednesday last Inspector IVil liamson and Sergeant Sayer brought to my laboratory a tin cylinder or canister 13 inches long and ti in diameter. It had a lid to it. They brought it in a bucket of water in which they had plunged it for safety. I took it out of the bucket, and some water ran out of the canister, which was rusty and had boles in it through which the water bad got in. I put it back in the water and removed the cover, which was merely put on in the manner of • cover or lid, and not in any way secured. Inside I found • second canister $ inches long and 3 in diameter, containing a sembtransparent crystalline substance, which I immediately recognised as ordinary phosphorus. It was • large block weighing about tilb. or 71b. I did not weigh it as it is an awkward substance to deal with. Phosphr rue is not usually sold in that form, but in sticks. I should think it bad been melted. Phosphorus melts at about 112 degrees; and if warm water, heated say to 120 degrees was put in the case, and the phos phorus dropped in in smell quantities it would be melted, and would form such • eubetance as that which I found in the can. Between the two cans I found a thin layer of grease, probably put there for the purpose of making the inner one slip in and out easily. The grease had been subjected to the action of the water, and I found some of it in the water. I know the substance commonly called Greek fire, the chief ingredient of which is phos phorus. The other ingredient is hi-sulphate of carbon in which the phosphorus is dissolved, and the compound forms a liquid. Upon being in • vessel, and that vessel being thrown against a wall the hi-sulphate would 'vapor rate and the phosphorus would take fire. I found no trace* of hi-sulphate of carbon. I don't know of say trade in which large quantities of phosphorus are used but lathe makingof Bottler matches. At any rate, they would not keep it in that form, not even fox the trade of lucifer match making. Upon removing the inner case I placed it ona stone slab, and removed the lid. Whilst I went into an adjoining room, the whole buret in • tremendous conflagration, spontaneously and without anything being done to it. There was • good strong wind blowing, and I suppose the friction of the air caused it to inflame. I broke otf a small portion at considerable risk to myself, and have brought it here in • bottle. Phosphorus will inflame at vicious Intai tillar"47 Clefit C a igni lcecirdiAg le it, but it t is circ not um e4l 4 :si c r es el F ners but The witness was cross - examined by both pro° , the questions ware immaterial. In answer to Mr. Vaughan, the witness that phor phorus was usually kept in sticky under water, in which wise it was not dsa{etmas. When carried in a vessel it was not dangerous the vessel was kept airtight, but the Friction is moment the air was allowed to get at it it became danger ens. Carried as those rasa bad it, it whit • dangerous and noxious substiutee. The prisoners were remanded. FAILURE OP THE DUNDEE VESSELS AT YRS BELL rlsaraa. Yesterday (Sunday) the Alexander, Captain Walker ; the Aretie, Captain Wells • the Narwhal, Cant. Dendrites, and the River Tay, Cathgßiraie, arrived ie Dundee from the Greenland seal . The Alemnder brings Th 11,500 wa le, which ars unusually large mot calculated to yield about 140 tons of oil. e River Tq is the first iron venni that has been met to prosecute the seal fishing, and there were considerable doubts as to her suitability. She ham, however, been found quite adapted fat the trade, sad although she only sailed about a month ago, hes succeeded in getting 000 seals, which are estimated to yield about 35 tons ot oil. The ArMis sad Narwhal leseli of the lean rowel having, by en um:pester shifting of the Me, hem shut out trap the fishing ground. There ere still WO Tweak belms t lsi to the port, whkli have not arrived, and sae of tltema Me Tay) Is reported to have 1,7C0 seek sad all the oasis are said to be elem. The .Meters wiling bon Peenbead have bens very tertaastik Mei Manias& bow 11,000 arab, the Windward 10,000. eled the Quinn 3,000. The tonal lees en tin de in I. Dundoe owners may easily be estlwatsd,as as namwessr fl voyage *titans a lore of betweenl,oo ol . and 3, 0001 . ea web Wp. Ilk