The Sun. — London, England, 1868-06-01 00:00:00

EPIBIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times calls attention to the debate in the House of Lords on the abolition of religious tests. That there are many people outside the universities who desire to see all such restrictions abolished is very well known ; and it is equally notorious that many others are prepared to oppose the change. Generally speaking, we may say that Liberals would be on one - side and Conservatives on the other. But what are we to say of the universities them selves ? How far would such reforms be acceptable at Oxford or Cambridge? That was the question discussed in the debate, and left apparently undecided. It is not to be disguised that the opinions of mere mem bers of the university, and still more of graduates, would be decidedly opposed to the required reforms. It is beyond all question that if the graduates or members of the Unix ersity of Cambridge could be fairly polled a large majority would be opposed to the removal of the religious tests which are now complained of. But that is not exactly the point which the advocates of things as they are would desire to establish. The important opinions are not so much those of country gentlemen or clergymen as those of the professors, fellows, and tutors who reside in the university, who conduct its daily business, and who know its actual wants. This is the real " university opinion," which Lord Kimberley claimed for the Liberals on one side, and the Bishop of Ely for the Conservatives on the other. It is our belief that both claims were pro bably justified, though Lord Kimberley's case was by fay the stronger of the two. Lord Kimberley's first petition was from upwards of 100 actual fellows, or late fellows ; of colleges in Oxford ; his second from 80 resident mem bers of the university. These numbers, it will be seen, are insignificant compared with a constituency of 4,500, and yet the weight they actually carry is eitraordinary— in fact, decisive. In all Oxford there arc but 105 tutors and lecturers, and no fewer than 60 of these were among Lord Kimberley's 80 ; so that the teaching power of the whole university appeared in the balance against the tests. In four of the best colleges at Oxford the entire educational staff was on this side of the question ; in four others two-thirds of it, and out of the whole eighteen col leges comprised in the university there were but six in which there was not a majority of thes3 opinions in favour of the proposed reform. This as regards living and work lug Oxford is conclusive, and yet we have no doubt that if the graduates or members of the university were to deliver their votes, a very large majority would be found on the other side. The truth is that at Oxford the Liberalism of the resident body represents the force of a strong re action. Up to the year 1854 the abuse of endowments in the university was so enormous that those who saw most of the consequences were prepared for anything in the way of change. At Cambridge the need of reform was far less, and the reforming spirit there fore proportionately less active ; but though it is probable upon the whole that the Bishop of Ely's claim could be sustained, the minority on the other side would be exceed ingly strong. The moral of the whole argument appears to us to be this—that a change demanded on broad public grounds in behalf of the whole nation, and not only not resisted but actually invited by the most eminent of the very class whose privileges it would supersede, will assn. redly be accomplished with little delay, and prove to be for the benefit of all. Dealing with the decision by the French court com pelling the directors of the Parisian Credit Mobilier to make good the loss incurred by the shareholders in sub scribing for the issue of new capital, the Daily News observes : Too often men of high position and unquestion able character have without reflection allowed their names to appear on a prospectus, thinking the permission to be little more than " a mere matter of form." Late events have shewn that there is at least something else in volved, and it is now beginning to be understood that the prestige of a great name can no longer be used in obtaining subscriptions to a company without incurring a corre sponding liability if from mere simple negligence matters should go wrong. In a similar manner the speculative directors—thoz,e who hold the leading-strings and influence that large section of a board who are averse to take trouble or understand anything—also find themselves in a disagreeable position. In ordinary times their task is easy. It is no difficult matter to prepare a satisfactory balance-sheet which may pass muster at a general meeting. Figures are proverbially deceptive in the hands of those who are quick to manipulate them cleverly. The plan has been practised with nearly invariable success for at least twenty-five years, and probably much longer. There is every appearance, however, that this system has received, if not its death blow, at least a very rude shock, from the decree we have mentioned. It is, of course, impossible to say how far the directors of the French Credit Mobilier have individually profited by the premiums on the many enterprises and loans which they have been instrumental in bringing forward, but in any case, if the recent decision should be upheld, they will have lost far more than they have gaii:ed. In an unfortunate moment they sanctioned the issue of a fresh amount of capital at a time when the com pally was practically insolvent. In order to further _this object accounts were published, which have been judicially pronounced to be utterly deceptive. The French courts lesn slow than our own, have at once fixed the responsi bility upon the managers, and held them liable to meet all damage for the alleged misrepresentation. The amount is ruinous even for wealthy bankers —as much as £2,400,000 sterling. A portion of this sum, perhaps a fourth, might be eventually recovered from the assets of the Credit Mobilier, but the loss even then would be disastrously heavy. The Post preaches a sermon to the Conservatives from the text of the East Worcester election. The lesson our contemporary teaches is twofold. It contains instruction which both parties may turn to good account ; its moral covers the whole field of the controversy upon which they are entering. The contest has been a sort of exercise ground for the Liberals, and it has given the Conservatives an opportunity of proving their policy and of testing their tactics. Mr. Lyttelton's friends have every reason to be satisfied. They have vindicated Liberal principles, and they have returned to the House of Commons a repre sentative who, we venture to say, will do honour to their choice. On the other hand, the Conservatives, as a party, may have gained for the future more than Mr. Laslett's supporters lost between the nomination and the poll. Rightly understood, their failure should teach them that in dealing with Englishmen honesty is the best policy. They should learn from it that they are in a false and dangerous position. The Government will not be bound by a statement made only ten weeks ago. The Irish policy which they proclaimed was mere political pie crust. Indeed, they are superfluously careful to explain that it has been burnt and broken in the oven. Nor does it appear to occur to them that if their promises have be come, so to speak, food for the sparrows, the intention which they revealed remains intact. The Standard, though mistrustful of news as to victo ries by Russia in Bokhara and Afghanistan, thinks that there must be something in the late news attributing fresh activity to the Russian agents on the north-west frontier. Our contemporary declares that if on the present occasion it shonld prove to be the fact that Russia has resumed her ambitious policy on her southern Asiatic frontier—that the late victory over the Bokharians was fought near the city or in the territory of Bokhara, and that the signal and unexpected successes of Shero Ali Khan in Western Afghanistan are a part of one and the same great plan for a general advance in the direction of Cabul—then our last telegram about Bokhara is a piece of news which cannot brit have a deep concern for the English reader. The most careless or the most cynical of the new school of politicians must allow that, as representatives and guar dians of the people of India, if in no other character, it is our duty carefully to observe every movement of Russian policy in Central Asia. We (continues the Standard) dis claim altogether the character of alarmists. We have ample confidence in the security both of our moral and of our military position in India. We look forward without the smallest misgiving to the distant prospect of a possible encounter on the banks of the Indus. We do not desire to attribute to Russia any greater power or ambition than she really poasesses.We trust in her own good sense to perceive that in throwing open Central Asia to commerce t - and to civilisation lies 'the true Muscovite policy i of the world. We trust, perhaps, more i; I Le la hen rter f the mountains, the hardness of the rocks, and the barren gto ness of the deserts which lie in the road between Russia. and India. But it would be a foolish affectation to pretend that it is not our business to watch the movements of Russian policy in all parts of the East. We have the highest respect for our neighbour, and as much confidence in his peaceful disposition, yet it is only common prudence to keep an eye on him when he flourishes his weapon about, and is so very profuse of pacific assurances. The Telegraph commends the report of the Neutrality Law Commissioners. Taking the Foreign Enlistment Act, the commissioners point out how it must be amended to suit altered circumstances, and to enforce the obligations of neutrality. First of all, they would add to that enact ment a prohibition against preparingor fitting out a naval or military expedition within this country , destined to act against any foreign Rate with which we may be at peace. The next recommendation is that :any persons within the Queen's dominions who shall fit out and despatch a vessel intended for the prohibited employment, or who shall partially equip her with the view of finishing that equip ment out of the country, or, shall even aid such acts, shall be gnity of a misdemeanour. With the instance of the • Alabama before them, the commissioners re commend that if there exists " a reasonable and probable cause for believing" that a particular vessel is being bUilt or otherwise prepared in a way contrary to the specific law, the Secretary Of State shall have power to issue a warrant, upon the strength of which the Commissioners of Customs may search ' tile•ship, and may detain her until she is either condemned or released. The power thus given to the executive in England is also conferred on the governor of any of our colonies. The case will then be heard before the Court of Admi ra lt y , w i th the usual right of a ) eal to the Privy Council it being also provided that the i vessel may be released on the own ers ' giving security, that it may be condemned if the c h arge b e esta blished, and that it may be released and indemnity allowed, should the legality of its ilystination be proved beyond doubt. These recommenda t,:,,ns, if carried out, will, the Telegraph thinks, prevent ati3 tiliag like Alabama disputes occurring hereafter. 1 1 .112 ABYSSINIAN CAMPAVAt. The Post is favoured with another communication from its special correspondent in Abyssinia, who writes from Zulla. Nothing further is told of the storming of Mag dala, the defeat of Theodore's troops, and the death of the King, but there are a few items which will be in teresting to our readers. THE JOURNEY FROM ANTALO. I most say a few words concerning the last 200 miles of our journey from Antalo to the coast. We were assured that, Antalo once passed, no further precautions need be taken against the Gallas and such like rapacious ruffians who had hitherto infested our track; but it is a mistake to nolloa before one is out of the wood, and our experiences as we proceeded convinced us that the lieges of Kassai, King of Tigre, were equally as dangerous to the welfare of baggage as the savages in the vicinity of Magdala. On a future occasion I shall take leave to comment upon our commander-in-chief's policy in dealing with these men. At present, without detailing reasons, I can only say that had he negotiated with the 'neighbouring chiefs in that spirit of independence which iu all coun tries and under all circumstances whatsoever should never be laid aside by a British general, much life would have been saved, much propertyredeemed, much bad lan guage suppressed, and the prestige of the British nation mate rially enhanced. My own companion ,with unsuspectinnood nature, in solitary state, convoyed my baggage, as well as his own, from Adabagha to Mai Uyhiz, whilst I dal lied in the rear to chew the cud of contentment and a cigar after a tough breakfast. He was attacked, but by a well-judged, not to say heroic display of firmness, he succeeded in discomfiting a body of fifty unscrupulous thieves, and brought off our joint property in safety. DEPARTURE OF MIR TROOPS. The commander-in - chief and the whole of the force from Magdala arrived at Antalo between the 9th and 12th inst., and it may fairly be calculated that they will all be at Senaf4 by the end of the month. From that point embar kation at Zulla is only a 'work of three days, and,.unless unforeseen impediments from weather should occur, the shores of Annesloy Bay will be finally deserted by the third week in June, and the Abyssinian expedition will only live as a memory of the past. THE FAILURE OF THE RAILWAY. One enduring monument of our folly, our short-sighted extravagance and our official incompetency, shall we leave behind us. I need hardly say I mean the railway, which, commenced as long back as November 1867, has not yet been and never will be completed. Is it a credit to our military engineering department that their combined efforts have proved unequal to laying down thirteen miles of tramway over a dead level in six months? Before even the pioneer force left Bombay an eminent firm of English contractors offered to construct the line before the Ist of January. I have the best authority for stating that had their offer been accepted a saving of nearly half a million would have been effected in our expenditure. But no ! red-tapeism wattoo rampant ; departmental jealousy revolted from civilian interference; and here we are, on the 14th of .May, on the point of quitting the country, and our much-vaunted railway is still two miles short of Koomayloo, and all tho labour and money expended are simply wasted. LAW AND POLICE. ---.40.-.----.-..... LEPORTANT DECISION TO MERCHANT SEAMEN.--In the Court of Queen's Bench the case of Cross v. Hyne was heard. It was a case submitted by the justices of Sunder. laud under the following circumstances. The respondent had shipped for twelve months to serve 'in a certain ship, and after he had completed about one half of his agreement certain disturbances took place on board, which resulted in the captain being placed in irons. The vessel was taken to Lisbon, and the master, on a charge of attempted murder, was sent home, and the consul directed the respondent to return to England for the purpose of giving evidence. He did so, and on applying for his wages the appellant re fused to pay, on the ground that he had deserted ; but the magistrates made an order for the amount claimed. The learned judges held that the decision of the justices was right, and they were prepared to hold that a consul had authority to compel the attendance of seamen in this country to give evidence on criminal charges, and the seaman acting under the orders of a consul was not a deserter. ACTION FOR PERSONAL INJURIES.—In the Court of Common Pleas a rule for a new trial was asked for in the case of Wilkin v. Fitter. At the trial it appeared that the defendant was a carcase butcher, and the plaintiff, for the purpose of buying some meat, went into his shop, and wlillet there fell down a trap-door, and for the injuries he then sustained the jury awarded him £6O damages. The principal points that had influenced the court were a statement that the plaintiff knew of the existence of the trap in question, and that the plaintiff was not asked to come into the shop. The court held that the question was one eminently fitted for the decision of a jury, and refused the rule. £1,500 DAMAGES FOR A WIFE.—For the last few days the Court of Divorce has been occuPied in hearing the ease of Bland v. Bland and Stormont, when it was proved to the satisfaction of the jury that the adultery alleged to have taken place bad actually been committed, and they therefore "found for the petitioner, with £1,500 and costs against the co-respondent. THE LAW OF'FINDING.—In the court for hearing Crown Cases Reserved, the case of Reg. v. Glyde was disposed of.. The trial took place in Sussex, before the Lord Chief Justice, when the prisoner was indicted and convicted of stealing a sovereign. The prosecutrix was returning home one dark night when she lost a sovereign;which was found by the accused. The prosecutrix returned in the morning to look for the missing coin, and happening to meet the prisoner asked him if he had seen the money, and he replied in the negative. The jury found the pri soner guilty of larceny, but the learned judge doubted whether an intention to keep the money, even supposing be did riot intend to give it up, was a felony. The court thought not, and quashed the conviction. DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—At Scarborough, the life of Mr. IV. S. Constantine, a tradesman of that town, was attempted. It appears that he occupied pre raises of which a Mr. Lee, who lives in an adjoining house, is the owner. Lee had been greatly annoyed at Constan tine fa:ling to pay his rent, and some words had passed between them. Not long ago Lee threatened to stab his tenant with ia knife, and on Saturday went into his shop and demanded the rent. Being told that it was impossible to satisfy his demand just then, he was seen by Constantine to be fumbling about his pockets, and fearing foul play, the latter ran through a glass door which he had just closed, when Lee fired, a pistol, the bullet of which struck the victim of this outrage in the breast, but fortunately the injuries are not fatal. Lee then went into Lis own house, and put the pistol to his head, declaring he would do for himself as he had done for Constantine. The servant girl knocked the pistol away. It was a double-barrelled one, and one of the barrels was still loaded when the police received it. Lee, on being apprehended, asked if Constantine was dead. On being told he was not dead, he said " Oh, I'm sorry for it, for I meant it." Constantine is in a precarious condition, and the examination of the prisoner is deferred for some days until the result appears. A Goon CIIARACTER LOST.—At Bow-street Police court, Abraham Peel, an assistant letter-carrier, was charged with stealing several newspapers and a book parcel. It seemed from the statement of the post-office authorities that the prisoner had hitherto home an excel lent character. He had been twenty-two years in the army (47th and GOth Rifles), and was diehrged with a )ension of ls. ll i t t d. a day and a good: conduct medal. He was now staff. sergeant at the Militia Barracks, Shrub .and-road, Dalston, at 14s. a week, with free quarters, consisting of three rooms. In that capacity he had some ltisure at his disposal, for which he had found occupation by engaging himself as an auxiliary letter-carrier and assistant sorter. He was paid 10s. a week for three ..ours' work per day. He bad thus an income of 30s. a week and lodgings free. He had, however, wielded to temptation, and sacrificed the reputation of a life for a book and some newspapers, worth together but a few pence. The evidence showed most con clusively that the accused had committed the offence with which be was charged, and the magistrate remanded the case for inquiries. CHARGE OP CHILD MURDER. At Hammersmith, sabella Davidson was charged with this serious crime. A woman with whom the prisoner lodged having given evidence, the depositions were read over, and it seemed that a child was found with a wrapper so tightly drawn over its face as to cause death. Suipicion fell on the pri soner in consequence of her altered appearance, and on bein' charged with the offence, she said " Oh ! shall I be hung ?" The case was sent for trial. The death is announced of Sir John Liddell, K.C.8., M.D., F.] .S., after a long life of active service. He was born in 1794, and was educated at the University of Edinburgh. He entered the navy in 1812, and served at the battle of Navarino as flag-surgeon to the Asia. He was for some years inspector of the Royal Naval Hospitals at Haslar, Malta, and Greenwich, and in 1854 was ap pointed Director-General of the Medical Department of the Royal Navy. In 1859 he was nominated an honorary physician to the Queen. He received the rank of K.C.B. on his retirement in 18G4. He was also a knight of the Order of St. Anne of Russia and of the Greek Order of the itedeemer. LOND(*, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1868. ROMAN AFFAIRS. (From the Roman Correspondent of the Westminster tkzette) ROME, May 23. The Pope keeps his birthday with so little ceremonial that I quite forgot to mention it last week when it occurred (on the 13th) ; but he entered his seventy-seventh year in unbroken health. . On the Ascension, he went according to custom to St. John Lateran, where he assisted at the High Mass, sung by Cardinal Patrizi, who holds the title of Arch-priest of this church, at the end of which, preceded in procession by all the cardinals and dignitaries in attend ance, venerated the Heads of SS. Peter and Paul preserved here. Afterwards he was borne in the sedia, gestatoria to the Clementina Loggia, and gave the . solemn blessing with a voice clear and sonorous as ever. The crowd not only filled the vast area in front of the basilica, but spread over the esplanade leading to Sta. Croce. The people cheered, and the cannon saluted as usual. He attended the funeral of Cardinal d'Andrea on Tuesday at S. Giovanni de Forentini—when I thought him looking remarkably well—and pronounced the absolution. The ceremonies were much as usual, the Sistine singers attend ing. The cardinalitial hat hung at the foot of the coffin, but there was no scarlet berella on the cushion. The attendance was not large. The remains will be buried at S. Agnese fuor la mura, which was one of the churches under the Cardinal's patronage. As I returned from it down the Via Giulia, I found a crowd at the door of his residence, the Palazzo Sacchetti, where a grosso was being distributed to all the poor who presented themselves, as funeral alms. There has been a post-mortem examina tion of the body, and the lungs were found to be completely destroyed by consumption, and the medical men present wondered how he could have lived so long. The energy of his character had, however, made him think him self stronger than he was, and having been ordered to try the waters of Eaux Bonnes in the Pyrenees, he had arranged to pay a visit first to Sorrento, and that contrary to the phy sician's advice. The day before his death he had taken his drive as usual, and had even got down from the carriage and walked some little distance. In the course of the evening he felt faint and sent for his doctor, whose apartment happened to be in the same palace. He advised him to lie down, and as he did so he said pleasantly, "sard cosi, the si muore." (This is how we shall lie down for our last sleep). And he never spoke again ! Of course, you will see from this account of his end, that there was no question of his being able to receive the last Sacraments. He had had an audience of the Holy Father on the Tues day, two days before he died, when they had talked over his intended journey. The Rogation Processions of the clergy are on Monday from S. Adriano to Sta. Maria Maggiore; on Tuesday, from Sta. Maria Nuova in the Forum, to St. John Lateran ; and on Wednesday, from S. Lorenzo in Damaso to St. Peter's. The little orfalini in their white cassocks go first'; then the Religious of the Third Order of Penance in brown tunics and blue cord ; next the discalced Augustinians habited in black; then the Capuchins with their flowing beards and brown habit ; then the Jeronomites in brown ; the Minims of S. Francis de Paula in black; the various branches of Franciscans in their distinctive habiliments; the Augustinians Carmelites, Servites, Domi nicans. Then ;he clergy of the fifty-four parishes of Rome in cotta and stole; the col legiate clergy, and the Vicegerent in his episco pal dress, his carriage follows the procession, which is preceded by three banners ; they sign the Litanies as they go along. On the third day the clergy thus assembled elect their chamberlain, or prior, for the year in the Sac risty of St. Peter's. The Cardinal-Vicar gives in a list of three names, from which one is chosen by a majority of votes. On Tuesday was kept the feast of Sta. Pu denziana and of S. Ivo, avvocato de' poveri, who is regard tetu 3 elhn d aneitija a ovzswn s fiaeadiri t he patron of lawyers; it is keptt dedicationhe as su c such in o t the e. university sist it a eyoai p t hs b. held, ebpa pronounced, he r o eoes f q.soni evsutnolehtiuti bouquet. Last toehecSl each is attended ret i ahe e dataa n tnote z aLd. fnai Latin dtt tnheh i ixn n Ee rpb C c ea ya a withernptdt panegyric glrnel St. aortCe memberspaLt orrhufd present Luke Last Friday was St. Isidore's day, which is kept by the guild of apTiculturists at the chapel of the Irish Franciscans. On this occasion ears of corn are mingled with the branches of sweet scented shrubs with which the churches of Rome are strewn on festivals, to typify that nst e a yo r f s ro tarhEesevererlabourer.nng continueslvai visitors i England oMgr.heaeyke. orns thunderstormhm magnificentaov neal e tyfht:i. wes h3T S fa t aorr . dl sb l hto s oe i ont d fwel o eope r au ra e rvte was The prophets of war circulate a report this week in evidence that the French Govern pates es Generalin t heir pn m a o n n t t i c i w p r a o t t o e n l s a , t t e o l y the to m effect thatparticipates t ic i h th o e o Mnister on i ld,hy of War here to inday, inquire provi de lvhete hr accommo dationfor 10,000 men. Whether the Govern- ment here expects it or not, they do not relax in strengthening the army. Following is a translation of the circular letter which Cardi nal Barnabo, Prefect of the Sacred Congre gation of the Propaganda, addressed a few days ago to the bishops of the United States : " The si g nal marks of filial devotion which reach the oly Father from the faithful in all parts of the world constrain him to desire direct and public acknowledgment to be made from time to time of the satisfaction afforded him thereby. The bishops and the population of North America have singular claim to this token of re g ard , for at th e momen t w h en th e enemies of the Church have stretched forth their hand to despoil the Vicar of Christ of his temporal sovereignty and all authority over Christian nations, they have come forward not only to support the Holy See by their writ ings and their gifts, but also by offering their own sons to enter the lists against the adver saries of the Church. The Holy Father, to whom similar proposals are made from the different countries of Europe, would accept them willingly and with gratitude if the bare ness of the Pontifical Exchequer did not pre vent him. However, as the bishops of the United States offer also the means to support the contingent they propose to send, his Holi ness accepts what they propose as a token of the Catholic charity and devotion of the clergy and people of the United States. The Holy Father, consequently, expressed his will on the subject to the General-in-Chief of the army at an audience of the 9th inst., and requested him to draw up the programme for the orga nization of this new corps of volunteers, and which I send you enclosed herein, praying you at the same time to use your endeavours that the men selected for the work be such as are endowed with the piety of manners becom ing the defenders of Holy Church." The corps is to be called the Battalion, of American Volunteers. The men forming it are to engage for three years, not to exceed a thousand in number, and to be all Catholics. Dr. William Al‘Closky, for seven years past rector of the American College, is to be con secrated to-morrow at the Chapel of the Col lege, Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky. do not know if attention has been- already called to the fact, but two of the ladies who had the chief hand in the marriage present to Prince Humbe r t, w hi c h it was tried to make out was a demonstration from " the ladies of Rome," Duchessa Lanti and Contessa Garotti, are both Americans and sisters. The adhesion of the Doria-family may be justified by the re lationship existing between it and that of Victor Emmanuel, but neither can this Princess re present the ladies of Rome, as she is half Eng lish. A solemn iriduo was commenced at the Minerva yesterday in honour of the Dominican contingent to the martyrs of Gorcum canonized last year. The Dominican martyrs of Japan, pronounced saints at the previous canonization, are commemorated at the same time. The celebration of the Feast of Our Lady, under her title of Auxilium Cliristianorum, observed here from the 22nd to the 24th May, in memory of the return of Pius VII. to Rome in 1814, after his five years' captivity, is deferred at the Minerva in consequence. All the windows in the Piazza are festively draped, and the façade of the church is adorned by an illuminated painting. The decorations of the interior con sist entirely in a profusion of chandeliers and a handsome banner, illustrating the acts of the saints commemorated, between each pillar. Mgr. Stonor celebrates her Majesty's birth day by a dinner at Spiliman's to-morrow, at which the principal English Zouaves are in vited. I have just received a letter from the north of France, giving a gratifying account of the way in which Lieutenant Guillemin's obsequies were celebrated. The remains were first taken to Paris, where a solemn office was held at S. Sulpice. They were afterwards removed to Aire, in the department of Pas de Calais, and the service there attracted deputations from almost every town and village within many miles, the people pressing round the cata falque and kissing with devotion every object connected with the proud defender of the Holy See. DEFEAT OF THE EXTREME RADE,' ALS. --.►-- (From the Anglo-American Times.) The furious onslaught of the War-Horse party is likely to produce an effect little intended. The unbridled violence with which they have rushed at the Republican Justice who presided in the Court, the Republican counsel who defended the PRESI DENT, the Republican Senators who had the pre sumption as Judges to form independent opinions, has disgusted all moderate Republicans, and has probably hastened the formation of a party which sooner or later was inevitable. There is no true sympathy between men like STEVENS, WADE, BUT LER, and BROWNLOW, and men like CHASE, GRANT, FESSENDEN, and TRUMBULL, and this is now clearly recognize 1. Slavery is dead, and can no longer form a principle on which to build a party. Recon struction will soon be accomplished, and it will be necessary for parties to divide on other measures. During the trial, opinions have been attributed to Mr. CHASE which he does not hold, indeed, which he has expressly repudiated. Ile stated that the New York Independent, which real him out of the Republican party, had no authority to speak for him. That his platform "is universal suffrage," "universal amnesty," "the maintenance of the public credit ;" adding, that if he had the control, he both could and would resume specie payments at once. In the formation of a new party a Protection or Free-Trade plank in the platform is indis pensable. The leading of such extremists as STEVENS and BUTLER is towards destruction, and unless the Republican party can shake itself clear of the Jacobin party it cannot stand. This has been clearly seen by Mr. CHASE, .who has acted with the knowledge that the Impeachment Trial would end in a split. No party could be maintained who drove from its ranks its most intelligent and most eminent men, because on a solemn judicial decision they did not act at its dictation, heaping the most virulent abuse on their heals. No person had a more intimate acquaintance with all the circum stances than SALMON P. CuasE. He knew the character of the Managers, he knew the sentiments of the Senators, he knew both politically and legally the weakness of the case against the PRE SIDENT, and he also knew that so long as the War Horses led that he would be nowhere. What has happened is what he anticipated. Not only have the Radicals driven from the ranks such men as himself, TRUMBULL, FESSENDEN, EVARTS, and others, but they have changed the tone of some of the most influential journals of the United States, among them the New York Times, New York Even ing Post, Bjston Advertiser, Providence Journal, Springfield Republican, Chicago Tribune, New York Nation, Bridgeport Standard, Buffalo Com mercial Advertiser, ['artier' Courant, Cincinnati Com:nercial. These newspapers do but repre sent a large portion of the most intelligent and the mast influential citizens in the United States. Mature reflection may prevent the for mation of the new party, and it mty die like many other attempts, or more probably perish in the obscurity into which their defeat will throw the War Horses. If SrEvEeis and BUTLER are to exercise an over-riding influence, then the formation of this party is certain, for men of intel ligence and independence could net submit to such a thraldom, nor could the moderate citizens of the United States endure to give their support to a party so ruled. When the mail left it was rumoured that even the slate of the new party had been made out as follows :—CHASE, for President ; TnumsuLL, Vice-President ; SEWARD, Secretary of Sate; FES SENDEN, Secretary of the Treasury ; ANDREW JOHN • SON, Secretary of War ; MOLITTLE, Secretary of the Interior; and General SAM. CAREY, Postmas ter-General. The PRESIDENT, it is said, will sup port the new party with the power of his patronage, throwing himself completely into their arms ; but whether they will benefit by this action is an open question. Changes are so rapid in the Uaite I States, more especially in times of such agitation, that it is not easy to predict what the intelligence may be of the next few weeks. Bit we may see some such programme actually brought forward by an independent party, or an amalgamation between the Conservative Republicans and the Liberal Democrats. WilkeeS Spirit writes in great wrath of the treachery in the Senate, and the Editor, who is in Washington, and possesses many advantages for obtaining information, pledges him self to the truth of what he states, that " the Democratic platform will be so amen led as to recognize the national progress of the last seven years, and to suit the progressive temper of the time. Oa the 4th of. July next that programme wid be enunciated in Tammany Hall, in the city of New York. Its main planks will be a denunciation of the principle of human slavery, and an accept ance of all the legislation of the period on that sub ject; the repudiation and extinction of the Confe derate debt; the equality of a11.m311 before the law; and, impartial suffrage. It :is shrewdly calculated that, in view of such a programme, the alienated Democratic element, which now constitutes the Republican majority, having become disgusted with a party which is incapable of Government, or even of defending its own life, and perceiving, moreover, inother and vigorous hands, a platform covering their old principles, will atonce flock to the new standard, and leave the Republican party to sink to ruin." GEORGE WILKES, who is the personal friend of BEN. WADE, sent a postscript to his article by telegraph, denouncing Chief Justice CHASE, who he declares to be still devoti ng hi mse lf to the corruption of Senators, having, on the preceding day , " dined " the two from Vi rg i n i a . Al so a fter "dining" Senator ANTHONY, that he h a d f or three hours overwhelmed him with legal assurances against conviction, being aided in the disgraceful task by that " soulless shadow" EVARTS. General SICKLES, he adds, has recently learned that his removal was at the ex press demand of CHASE. The Democrats keep dark their intentions, though they are working to present an acceptable platform, which will require to be a strong one to hold its own against that of the Chicago Convention. Out of all this confusion one fact is prominent, and that is the utter discom fiture of " Glorious BEN. WADE." GEORGE Mucks on this occasion, notwithstanding his knowledge of coining events, has backed the wrong horse. Even the collapse of Lady Elizabeth, when running for the Derby on Wednesday, was not a more coin. plete break down than that of the War Horse favourite. Never did apples of Sodom more tempt the eye and turn to ashes on the lip than on this occa sion. Never did " A Coining Man" loom larger and more deceitfully. The prizes were within his grasp ; the war horses were neighing and screaming with de light ; his Cabinet was appointed, the spoils appor tioned; the Acting Presidency was all but certain, and though he only aspired to the Republican nomina tion for Vice-President, yet his eager followers declared that they would carry him over the course as PRESIDENT. Saturday, the 16th, came—a bitter day—a day to be remembered. Friday came—oh horror! the nomination of the Convention was Mr. SCHUYLER COLFAX. Tuesday, the 2Gth, followed and closed in black despair ; the PRESIDENT was acquitted, and BEN WADE stood on the floor of the Chamber occupying a place to which the Democrat ALLEN G. SHERMAN has been elected, and which he must surrender, perhaps for ever, on the 4th of next March. But yesterday, he aspired to rule the world ; to-day he must seek a retirement where he may brood over and mature his little Kansas scheme. Poor BEN. WADE! we all thought you were the " Coming Man," but we find . it was an optical de lusion, for, in truth, you are the " Going - Man." We have yet to learn what the effect will be of the Chicago ticket, for the thorough defeat of the ex treme Radicals and the nomination of so good a ticket, may tend to reunite the Republican party. THE HOOSAC TUNNEL. Thirty miles west of Greenfield, in the north west corner of iSlassachusetts, rises the Hoosac Mountain. At its east base flows the Deerfield River through a small but beautiful valley, with steep hills rising around to a height of 1,000 feet.. Two miles from the west base is North Adams, in a fertile valley, overshadowed by thJSaddle Moun tain, the highest peak in Massachusetts. The Hoosac tunnel is intended to continue the railway direct from Troy to Boston, by Greenfield, and the work was undertaken in 1850 by the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company, the State of Massa chusetts aiding with a loan of $2,000,000. The Railroad Company failed in 1862, and upon the State fell the burden of the task. In 1866, by an Act of the Legislature, the general supervision, both of the tunnel and of the Troy, and Greenfield Rail road was imposed on the Governor and Council, directing them, at least once a year, to visit and in spect the works, a visit, judging by the last, which is made a pic-nic, at which the members get jolly, the . boys who saw them crying that the liquor law was recently repealed. The same Act appointed Benj. IL La Trobe, of Baltimore, consulting engineer of the tunnel. A contract was made to complete the road to the eastern entrance by July 15, 1868, and it was leased to the Fitchburg, and the Vermont, and Massachusetts Railroads at an annual rent of $30,000. The read is now graded nearly to the Hoosac mountain from Shelburne Falls. The rails will be laid through Charkmont now that the frost has left the ground. We may here mention that in 1867 the gross earnings of the road were $534,511 ; the running expenses $193,122, leaving a net profit of $41,422. The length of the tunnel is 25,031 feet, or nearly five miles ; the dimensions being 24 feet wide by 22 high for a distance of 2,400 feet. From the east portal nearly 5,000 feet are finished through what is termed mica slate, with fine seams of white and bluish flinty quartz. For a short space near the entrance only does the water drip, further in the tunnel is dry and well ventilated, presenting a carious sight as the 170 men employed are approached, their lights shining at various altitudes, giving the semblance of an urinated village in a narrow ravine. A correspon dent of the San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press writes an interesting account of this work, more especially describing the liiirleigh Drill now employed in the tunnel. There are eight air-engine drills thundering away in various directions, at from 200 to 300 strokes per minute, each striking from the hard rock a meteoric shower. This, a mile within the mountain, added to the blasts of the escaping compressed air, produce an extra ordinary effect. Beyond the 2,400 feet from the east entrance, the tunnel was at first 15 feet wile x 6 feet high, but this has bee❑ enlarged to 21 by 81. The mountain presents a sort of saddle aspect in profile, the highest point, the west summit, being 1,710 feet above the tunnel, and the east summit 1,219, the direction being almost due east and west. The work finished in March, from the April report of the State engineer, W. P. Grainger, was as follows : East end heading ~ %Vest shaft—east heading West shaft —west heading West end ~, ~, West cad arch ~. Well No. 4 ... ... Ailvance. Total. • 112 foot 4,951 feet ▪ 31 „ 1,396 „ • „ 694 18 ••• _ ~ 653 ~. 17 .„ ... 22 „ 612 207 „ 533 „ Depth of central shaft DISTANCE YET TO GO. From east and heading to central shaft 7,83G feet From central shaft to e.tst heading we-4 shaft.„ 8,3i11 „ From west heading west shalt to well No. 4 232 „ From well No. 4to west ending heading ...... 861 „ Fromn bottom of well No. 4to grade From bottom of central shaft to grade Mr. Charles Burleigh's drill at first proved a failure by reason of constant breakage ; but discerning the remedies he has rectified the errors, and the ma chine has already saved the State $lOO,OOO. The drills are attached to carriage frames over 20 feet in length, six feet high,.by eight feet four in. wide, one on each side the tunnel, fronting the heading. When in operation the frame is raised so as to rest its entire weight upon jack screws. On the forward end of each frame four or more drills are attached, with universal motion. Each machine is a com plete engine, working independently, and receiving its power (conlensed air) through a 11-in. rubber hose. Weight of machine about 400 lbs. It contains 80 pieces. The machines are of 3-horse power, and when in perfect order, with a pressure of 50 pounds to the inch, are capable of dealing from 250 to 300 blows per minute. Considerable repairing is re quired, but by a quick method of adjusting the ma chines, and an extra supply of the same, all serious delay is avoided. They can be operated by steam. Air being quicker than steam, thirty pounds of the former is there considered equi valent in effect to forty pounds of the lat ter. It is more than fifteen months since these drills were introduced into the tunnel. In four weeks one machine, without repairing, working but about six hours out of the twenty-four, including the time of changing the drill-points and positions, has made 2,250 feet of 2i-inch hole. Alvah Crocker, chief superintendent, reports that, " not withstanding the size of the heading has been in creased, from 6x15 feet to Bix24 feet, the actual progress for the last seven months has been 116 feet, against an average of 55 feet during the last seven months of hand labour. By hand drill, in the enlargement, two men average about 8 feet of 1k -inch hole in 11 hours." In 6 hours the ma chines drill holes enough to employ the balance of the 24 hours in blasting and clearing away the rock knocked down. By hand labour ps per cubic yard has been the cost of excavating rock at the heading ; it is now accomplished at less than eight dollars with the aid of the machines. This machine is so constructed that the piston bar is the only part of the machine which receives the shock resulting from the blow upon the rock. This piston bar, to which the drill point is directly attached, is made from a solid bar of cast steel. It is provided with an automatic feed and rotating de vice, by means of which the drill is partially ro tated at each stroke, and advanced toward the rock as required. The machines vary in size -from 50 inches length, and cross sections of 12 x 15 inches to 84 inches, and cross section of 14 x 16 inches, and will feed forward, without change'of drill points, from 30 to 81 inches, according to size of machine. The tunnel, the managers say, will be finished in five years, for when steam takes the place of the Deerfield River it is expected that 150 feet of head ing will be made per month, which will be 40 feet above the average of the last eight months, the cost being $10,000,000. When the Tray and Green field Railway is completed, which it is thought will mainly 18 x 27, and worked through the solid rock to a depth of nearly 600 feet. A sad accident oc curred there some months ago, by which thirteen workmen lost their lives, and every attempt to recover their bodies, which lie under 300 feet of water has as yet failed. The contractors threw up the undertaking, which the State is now prosecuting. It is doubted whether the central shaft, if ever finished, will be of use as a means of venti lating the tunnel. Cold air descends, and that at the bottom is 20 degrees colder than that at the top of the shaft. Nothing but a huge fire kept con stantly burning could make the air ascend, and it is considered that as in the Mont Cenis Tunnel, which is 40,000 feet long, without a shaft, the best means of ventilating will be found the rush of trains through. 'The West tunnel is 9,747 feet west from the Central Shaft. The IVatchnian and Reflector, writing on the an, nexation of Charlestown to the city of Boston, says :—" There was a time when Boston was ahead of New York in population and commercial im portance. If Boston had then been endowed with a territory as large as New York, and if, instead of being surrounded by small communities under petty municipalities with toll-bridges fur barriers, there had been early adopted one comprehensive system of improvements under the same municipal government, she would not now have been so far distanced in the race as to be second even to the second city of the Empire State. Had the Hoosac Tunnel beery completed forty years ago, when Col. Baldwin, of Charlestown, recommended it upon a careful survey, Boston would have made more rapid strides." MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. (From the Anglo-American Times) The cable messages have this week been of un usual interest. The Chicago Republican Conven tion completed its ticket by naming the Spe;tker of the house of Reprosentatives, Mr. Schuyler Colfax, for the Vice-Presidency, a nomination which will strengthen the Grant ticket. It was pretty well known that Wade had lost his chance, the delay in the Impeachment Trial having been fatal to his prospects. The running lay between Senator Wilson and Speaker Colfax, the former being strongly supported by the New England States. Every day's delay was injurious to Mr. Wade's interests, as the reaction against the gross proceed ings of the politicians and office-seekers to coerce the Republican Senators who had signified their in tention of voting against the Impeachment charges was hourly increasing. The nomination shows the intention of the Republican party to throw over its more violent members, and had Mr. Wade been sel ected, we feel sure that the split now threatened would have been inevitable. Amongst the resolutions passed by the National Republican Convention the most important is the unanimous denunciation of repudiation. This settles the question as far as that party can settle it. -The rise in Government bonds is marked, Five twenties on Thursday evening almost touching 112. This with the acquittal of the President has strengthened the Unitel States Securities both at home and abroad, but as far as the bonds are con cerned the declaration of the Convention is of far the greater importance. Mr. Seward, impressed, we presume, with what was the general belief till lately, that there would be a thorough change in the Government at Washing ton, and desirous of leaving no great foreign ques tion unsettled, has been busily engaged with the British Ambassador, Mr. Thornton, and has nearly completed treaties to settle the Alabama claims and the rights of naturalized citizens. The latter is supposed to be based on the terms of the treaty negotiated between the United States and Prussia. It was when the last mail left so nearly fini s hed that the President, it was thought, would be able this month to submit it to the Senate. The delay is owing to the British Ambassador, who could not but regard the Government at Washington as in the highest degree insecure, and had no fancy to recommence his work with a Wade Cabinet. The vote of the lfith, followed by that of the 2Gth on Impeachment, will settle the question, and enable Mr. Thornton to act with confidence. The Pall-Mall Gazette undertakes to explain what Mr. Bright meant by his somewhat testy denial of the statement that he is au adherent of American principles, but we would prefer to have .that gentleman's own explanation. We certainly were surprised at the calOatic manner in which he repudiated what Mr. Lillell said on Thursday evening in the House of Commons. The Pall-Mall at the same time undertakes to correct English igno rance of American affairs, and instances " the confu sion betrayed when the public are informed that the nomination of Mr. Colfax as Vice-President by the Chicago Convention is a sign of the declining power of the Radical party, whereas there is no Radical in all America more thorough than Mr. Colfax." But the nomination, notwithstanding the Pall Mall Gazette, is an indication that the extreme section of the Republican party did not sway the Convention, or Wade would hive been the rialu chosen. Colfax was selected not so much because he was advanced in his Republican opinions, as be cause he combines honesty with intelligence in no ordinary degree. The /bites is certainly wrong, as alleged by the Pall Male, in condemning President Johnson for the re-appointment of Gen. Thomas. If Stanton resigned, as he had so long threatened, and from doing which he has been restrained with difficulty, Lorenzo Thomas would naturally and without further orders from the President take possession of the War-office. But we do not know whether the President may not, on learning the de cision of the Senate on the second and third Ar ticles have, directed Thomas to take possession, in which case the Times would not be far out. Can the Pall Mall tell us what the position would have been if Stanton had continued " to stick ?" Duels are iu fashion, as another has come off near Baltimore, in which both parties were wounded. The affair was between Colonel P. IL Green, of Misspuri, and Daniel G. Wright, of Baltimore. On the 13th May the Arkansas Admission Bill was called up in the Senate. When debated in the House Thaddeus Stevens stated that there were hn portant reasons which he could not then mention why the Representatives should at once pass it. Se nator Trumbull opposed any departure from the ordinary practice, which required its reference to the Judiciary Committee. Senator Johnson took the same view, and said it would look to the coun try, although he did not believe such was the inten tion, as if the hasty admission of Arkansas was de signed to influence the vote on Impeachment. Se nator Dixon contended that nothing should be done which would admit of such a question being raised. Senator Edmunds favoured a reference to the Com mittee, and added that Republican Senators should do nothing that would render them liable to sus picion. Senators Morton and Harlan declared that there was no intention of taking such advantage of the admission of the Arkansas Senators as was sug gested, and then the Bill was referred to the Judi ciary Committee, and its early consideration pro mised. In both Houses it was urged by the De mocrats against this Bill that the object was to bring in the Senators of the Southern States to vote on Impeachment. On the 14th May a bill was introduced into the House of Representatives which has been christened the Omnibus Reconstruction Bill, containing as it did so many States, and being as it was, forced through under the operation of the previous ques tion—to admit North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and Alabama to representation in Congress. These States are to be received after the ratification of the proposed fourteenth amend ment to the Federal Constitution, and upon the fundamental condition that their people shall never disfranchise any recognised as citizens by the Con stitutions framed by the Convention, nor exact in voluntary labour except as a punishment for crime. The provision was introduced that the debts due to loyal persons of Georgia, before June, 1865, shall stand good. The President is instructed to make official proclamation within ten days after the rati fication by the several Southern Legislatures of the fourteenth amendment. The House refused to strike Alabama out, though that State had not complied with the Reconstruction laws, and the bill as passed goes to the Senate for concurrence. The Nation discusses the five Governors elect of the Reconstructed States, of whom four are North ern men, W. W. Holden only being a South erner, as he was born in North Carolina. Mr. Bullock, of Georgia, is a Northerner ; Mr. War mouth, of Louisiana, was born in Illinois, and served during the war. He is described as a ready speaker, who had been an active politician among the negroes ; Mr. Harrison Reed, of Florida, is also a Western man, and was one of the Direct-tax Com missioners fur that State. General Scott, of South Carolina, is a Westerner of the Westerners, a clear-, headed, practical man, in the prime of life, a good soldier, as sensible in political ideas as he was in the field, and the Nation will be disappointed if he does not prove au excellent Governor. At the swine time it records its repugnance to these elections of Northern men for high places in the Southern States. The South ought to furnish her own rulers, and nothing but trouble can come of the elevation of that class of the people, some of them the most odious in the world, who have gone South to push themselves into offices that at home they could only sigh for. The vote for Bullock is less than that for the new Constitution, the latter being ratified by a majority of 18,000, while the Governor's majority is about 7,000. The Senators from Georgia will be Republicans, for the Legislature is no! . , as was reported, Democratic, and four Republicans and three Democrats go to Congress. Florida's three Representatives and two Senators will also be Re publicans, Virginia being almost the only Southern State on which the Republicans cannot, at least for the moment, count. The Nation thinks it foolish to suppose that universal negro suffrage has for any very long time added ten States to the R3publican strength, but it believes that the party has perma nently secured two or three. The Times has come out as ao advocate for a tunnel between Dover and Calais. The nature of the soil through which it would penetrate may be conjectured by that on either side of the Channel. Three miles west of Calais borings were made, and white chalk found to a depth of 270 feet, followed by 480 of grey chalk. On the English coast bor ings were made at St. Margaret's Bay, near the South Foreland, and white chalk was found a depth of 210 feet below high water, followed by grey chalk 260 feet deeper. The chalk in both in stances, we believe, rests on green sand. This formation is considered highly favourable, the only danger being what geologists term a" fault." The sum required to complete the work is put at £10,000,000 ; the time, ten years. It is thought that a preliminary drift-way might be the pioneer under the sea, at a cost of two millions, by which any break in the strata would be detected, atid the remaining eight millions saved ; but if found practicable the additional expenditure of the £8,000,000 would complete what the £2,000,000 had commenced. The Emperor Napoleon has been considering a project to effect the connection, sub mitted to him by a French engineer, which we be lieve consists of a series of bridges resting on arti ficial izlands at certain distances across the Channel. A third scheme is an iron tube to be laid along the bed of the sea for the railway. The tunnel plan has been reported upon by an eminent English engineer, who seems to consider the work by no means diffi cult, chalk being the easiest material to bore through. Elsewhere we give a sketch of the great work in the United States, the Iloosac Tunnel. Lord Stanley has appointed a Commission to consider the Law of Naturalization, consisting of the following gentlemen :—Chairman, Lord Claren-, don ; members, Queen's Advocate, Attorney-Gene ral, Sir R. Phillimore, Baron Bramwell, Sir R. Palmer, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Mr. Vernon Ilarcoust, and Mr. Montague Bernard. A writer in the _North Ame rican Review considers that a naturalized emigrant taken in arms against his native country should be held to have repudiated his new citizenship, if not in the service of his adopted country. The subject is discussed in a leader of the Times, which arrives at the conclusion that the Commission will pro bably find it simpler to construct an entirely neiV code of naturalization and allegiance than to pro ceed by the old method of consolidation and amendment. Au immense meeting was held at Lewiston, Maine, Tuesday evening, May 12, to protest against the acquittal of Andrew Johnson. Speeches were math by various gentlemen, and resolutions en thusiastically adopted expressing the most profound regret at the probable defection of Republican Senators, and commendatory of the course adopted by Senator Morrill, of Maine, whose course was at one time considered doubtful under the influence of his colleague, Senator Fessenden, and which led es in error to couple him with those likely to vote against Impeachment. D. J. P. Fessenden, a brother of the Senator, was one of the signers of the call for the meeting. Those who think prohibition killed in the United States are very far wrong. The Radical temper ance men of Massachusetts met at Boston, May 13, and took up the advanced position, by which they either force the Republican party to adopt their the)ry and give effect to their wishes, or desert it, establishing a party of their own for the campaign next fall. There were 1,300 delegates re presenting 20G cities and to Judge and Sen ttor Pitman, of New Bedford, was chosen permanent chait man. Lloyd Garrison made an excellent speech, one evidently prepared with care, which was refreshing when contrasted with the deluge of small talk poured over the meeting by every parson who uudertpok to speak morality, and their nam° was legion. A long string of resolutions were adopted, two committees formed, and of course the hat was sent mind to collect money, $3,000 to $lO,OOO being wanted for political purposes. The Italian brigand chief Manzi has received ag ransom from his captives no less a sum than 435,000 f.. (£18,200 sterling.) The Naples and Florence Observer says :-•••••'‘ Grave suspicions are afloat touching the death of Count Crivell►, the late Austrian Ambassador to the Court of Rome ; in" deed it is believed that not only he but Baron do Bost have been poisoned. From what we are able to learn it appears a conspiracy had been organized by the priest hood to put these gentlemen out of the way, clerical venge ance having been sworn against thorn for the prominen t part they had taken in the laceration of the Concor dat. Can it be possible that Cardinal d'Andrea is yet an" other victim to clerical fury, arid that on the eve o f de parture from Rome the p,oisonar has been busy with hi° l also ? Mr. Frederick M. B. Bertram has written to cor rect the idea prevailing in England that Mr. Norton is the inventor of the tube pumps found so useful by t ll6 Field Force in Abyssinia. He says " that Mr. Norton i 8 only the purchaser of the invention for Great Britain, and that the inventors to whom the merit is really due sr° Messrs. Hiram John Messenger, Stephen Brewer, an a Byron Mudge, all of Cortland, in the State of New York' United States America." Two hundred and fifty Swiss emigrants arrive d in Boston on Monday, May 11, on their way to the We st ' Professor Agassiz stated at a hearing before the Legislative Committee on Education that he once receive d a wild bull of Lithuania, now so rare that the last of its ro c ' are preserved by a l aw ma ki ng th e i r d es t ruc ti on a eaPit 9 ' , crime in exchange for twelve bull-frogs. "Many a "' et; chant ship saili ng f rom th e p or t o f B os t on ," sa id he, " 11 , 8 ; carried my alcohol cans all over the world, and broug ht me back without cost the rarest specimens. I have friends among the fishermen, too, who for years have worked f°' the museum, never charging a cent for their labour, barely repaying themselves for the cash paid out." John H. Surratt was brought up on the 1 2th May, but the trial was postponed till the next term of the court, on the motion of his counsel, who made a strenaol attempt to get bail. Although long confinement in IP ° d has injured Surratt's health, Chief Justice Cartter refuge to grant it, an 1 ho therefore remains in prison. A tablet, in honour of the late Thomas D'Arl s M'Gee, has been pl ace d oppos it e th e spo t w h e re ho v( % killed. The inscription runs as follows Here fell, °,, the 7th April, 1868, by the assas s in's hand, the 13 -‘ ) " . Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee." Births. BRISTOWE On the 30th ult.; at DenroArk-hill, the wif e° Of Thomas L. Bristowe, Esq., of a son. 10° DLTRRAM—On the 29th ult. ' at 6, Cromwell Hous es, Countess of Durham, of a daughter. KILBURN—On the 3th ult., at Camborne House, Bichnionthe wife of Edward D. Kilburn, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. h „ r s PHILLIPPS—ViviAN—On tho 30th ult , at Putney Church, Henry M. Phillipps, Esq., of B ec kenharp , to o Louise Vivian, niece of Win. Vivia, Esq L Boehanl odge, Barnes, Surrey. r ot PERRY —DREVA R —On the 28th ult., at „ Church, Kent, Thomas Perry, Esq., of B e lmont, . 0, Tro. County, to Harriett St. Lawrence, third daught er Trevar, Eq., of Ilighbury. Deaths. ~.it COPE—On the 28th tilt., Wm. Cope, Es lute of Elt us " l Hall, Not, ad 57. °Pe' S'l" FRENCH —O ts n the ge 29th nit , at Ifit •er House, EP' , 50ff°11‘' Thomas French, Esq., aged ~'3. gi' 6 FENN—On the 28th ult , at 2 Eldon-squaro, lleadiug, - Elizabeth Fenn, aged . 75. ' r ev', rAItRATT—On the 23th ult , at Effingham Ifouse, Su r . Lieut.-Col. If. M. Parma . , J.l'., and Deputy-Lieuten3 of the county, aged 78. Lesirir RABBETH—On the 28th tilt. at at 2, Sandwell -place, hatn-road, Mr. John Itab . beth, aged i 9. u ~ a. a , camp , O OO SAUNDERS —0 u the 28th It t - , '0 B or t-stre e It. Saunders, E. , q., formerly Captain in the Fri'ca sort's Own Rifle Lrigade, aged 32. Lond)n : Printed and Published by WiLLIA.3.I .A.ND,;12., of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tail SU N CO ol Strand, in the Precinct of the Slim in the 13 ' bliddlesex.—Monday, June 1, 1868.