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MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any tra vellers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the above-mentioned. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 18G8. It seems as if we were not likely to hear the last of Mr. EYRE'S prosecution for some time to come, for nothing w:11 sati,fy the Jamaica Committee but persisting to the uttermost. Yesterday the case was heard before the Court of Queen's Bench, and the proceeding was to compel the magistrate at Bow-street to hear and determine a charge of high crime and misdeatnour against the late Governor of Jamaica. Mr. POWELL appeared on behalf of Mr. VAUGHAN to submit to the Court the grounds upon which he conceived that he had no jurisdiction in the matter. After some discussion of the technical points had been gone through, Mr. Justice BLACKBURN said they thought that the magistrate must hear the charge, and then, if he thought proper to commit the accused for trial upon it, he must do so, returning the depositions into that Court, where the case would be tried before the next sitting of the Grand Jury in the next term. This will, in all probability, be put into effect, and the same plan be followed that was acted upon in the case of General NELSON and Lieutenant BRAND. It is possible to raise the question on the record, and carry it to a Court of Error and the llouse of Lords; but it is believed that the magistrate will abide by the decision of the Court, and hear the case. The Court, after their judgment had been given, added that he was quite right in seeking their direction, as there had hitherto been no case under the Colonial Governors' Act. It will be seen from all this that there is no chance of Mr. EYRE escap ing a good deal of annoyance, to say nothing of expense and loss of time. It is really too bad for the Jamaica Committee to go on after this fashion, and, in spite of all that hasbeen said and written on the subject, to persist in bringing forward the case time after time. We have no doubt that the result of the trial of Mr. EYRE will be the same as in the case of his friends, General NELSON and Lieutenaut BRAND ; but at the same time why should he be subjected to the trouble and irksomeness of the affair, in order to gratify the prejudices of a faction? Some of those who compose the committee in ques tion have nut done themselves any honour by th 3 course they have pursued ; and the more we con sider the case as a whole the more fully convinced must we be of the injustice done and the injuries inflicted on Mr. EYRE through the harsh manner in which Lord RUSSELL prejudged his case before his defence was heard. An English Minister has seldom lent himself so com pletely to the aid of a faction, and we hope it will be long before such another instance is afforded. It would be well indeed if some definite understand ing were come to on this subject, and if it were not so easy for those whose peculiarities of opinion and prejudiced notions lead them in a contrary direction :o the popular opinion, to prosecute, or rather per secute Cl° have been valued servants of the Crown. [he least to be expected, after all this fu: s and fer ment, is that the Coloni d Governor for the future will be more slow to act when promptitude is earnestly called for, and that, instea I of think ing what steps to take to save the country in trusted to their charge, they will have to weigh each word and scrutinise each act, lest, after they have received the thanks of those around them, and earned the commendation of the Government which sent them out, some second DANIEL may come to judgment and indite them on the ground of committing grave offences. NELSON is reported to have said when entering on an engagement, " A Peerage, or Westminster Abbey ;" but our Colonial Governor's must reflect THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINb, MAY 0, 1868. when the news reaches them of surrounding sedi tion whether they will take the risk of a desperate rebellion tamely dealt with or put it down effec tively, and expect to be arraigned in a Court of Justice, for to this pass our philosophical Re formers and wise demagogues are bringing us. The House of Lords was yesterday occupied for some time in discussing a matter of considerable in terest—the case of Sir CHARLES DARLING. Lord LYVEDEN began the debate by animadverting on the conduct of the late Governor of Victoria, and desired to know from the Duke of BUCKINGHAM what course he would take in the matter. The Duke said that the subject was indeed an important one, inasmuch as it concerned the free institutions of the colony, and also the colonial service itself in its dignity and independence. It seems that those who promoted the discussion on one side wish the Ilome Government to interfere rather summarily in the matter, hut notwithstanding the animated speeches of the Marquis of SALISBURY, Lord GREY, and the Duke of ARGYLL, the replies to them very fully proved the falsity of their arguments. There can be no doubt that a greater mistake can not bo made than to strain the authority of the mother-country too far, and inex pedient and inadvisable as the vote in ques tion is, there is no harm in discussing it, or that can at all equal that which would accrue from the Colonial-office interposing to stop that discussion. Fortunately the present and late Colonial Gover nors have abstained from adopting so inadvis able a step, and the conclusion arrived at is the best that can be come to under the circumstances. The Lord Chancellor's speech set the merits of the case very properly before the House, and the noble and learned lord showed the erroneous view taken of the matter by the Duke of ARGYLL. The Legislature of Victoria had a perfect right to pass this measure if it chose to do so, and this country was not called upon to interfere in the matter to put its veto upon it until such time as it had passed both Houses. It is well alike for this country and for Victoria that we have such a Colonial Secretary like the Duke of ARGYLL, or the consequences would indeed be serious. He talks of the present policy as " vacillating and uncertain," but his plans would occasion inextricable cDufusion, and finally defeat their views by injudicious in terference and unwarrantable prohibition. The Lord Chancellor said most emphatically that we often witness among ourselves events very similar to those now taking place in Australia, and that the case would certainly be far more serious than it is if the Government of this country take upon it self to meddle with the Minister of a Colony, and dictate terms to them as to what measures should or should not be presented by them to the conside ration of the Colonial Parliament. We must avoid, above all things, being hasty in any course of action with our colonies and dependencies abroad ; and it can safely be affirmed that the policy now pursued by her MAJESTY'S Ministers is a far safer one than any of the extreme measures advocated by those noble lords who take upon themselves to criticise it. Mistaken as the whole matter of this present to Sir CHARLES DARLING and his lady has been, two wrongs will not make one right, and the co:o -nists will be far more likely to remedy their faults if left to themselves than they will be if those in authority at home commit the error of judgment of opposing their objects with undue haste, and fet tering their right of free discussion. Next Tuesday there will be great excitement and anxiety throughout the United States, for we learn by the cable that the Senate Court, at its rising on Thursday, agreed to adjourn until Monday next, and to take the final vote on the Impeachment of the PRESIDENT on the following day. We shall therefore have the news in this country on Wed nesday, and shall learn what success will, after all, attend the long-projected scheme of the Radicals. There are already indications of possible discom fiture. We find by the intelligence brought by the Scotia, from New York on the 29th ult., that Mr. SUMNER proposed an amendment to the rules of the Senate, providing that a majority shall determine the final judgment on the Impeachment trial after two-thirds shall have decided the question of con viction or acquittal. From this it would seem that Mr. SUMNER at least has doubts about the requisite preponderance of the Radicals. Many might be inclined to thwart and oppose the PRESIDENT on Union points who would be averse to so wholesale a revolution as his con demnation and deposition. The whole of the last few days of the trial have been occupied by the speeches of the several counsel, who have an swered each other's arguments and addressed the Court in turn much after the fashion of a Parlia mentary debate. The amenities of American man fitly represented among our ners are not, however, sober and courteous M.P.'s. Mr. BRIGHT, indeed, i s a i m ing at the introduction of a bolder style of we may one of these days l ang uage, and possibly see him fulfil his endeavours. THADDEUS STEVENS has been distinguishing himself as usual by the intemperance of his language and the violence of his hatred against the PRESIDENT, whom he styles " the offspring of assassination." Mr. STEVENS contends that President JOHNSON is only serving out LINCOLN'S unexpired term of office, and he argued with more show of reason that the Senators who had voted for the reinstatement of STANTON could not acquit Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. GROESBACK, for the defence, made a vigorous address, based more upon the legal points of the case than Mr. NELSON'S, which it will remembered dealt with the general principles, and took its stand upon the reason and justice of the matters in dis pute. Mr. GROESBACK claimed that the Senate was a court governed by the principles of law. Mr. STANTON'S case did not come within the Tenure-of- Office Act, since he was appointed during 11 , 1 r. LINCOLN'S first term of (ace, and had been only commissioned to hold the office during the pleasure of the PRESIDENT. Referring to the PRESIDENT'S speeches, Mr. GROESBACIC denied the right of Con gress to abridge the freedom of speech, a privilege which, most assuredly, its members are not inclined to relinquish on their own Eccount. Another speech for the defence was made by Mr4lEvAnTs, who declared that unless the Senate was a court governed by laws, it was an altar of sacrifice to partisan hatred. Aud so the war of words has gone on day after day with little chance or prospect that either side will influ ence the other, or that all the legal ingenuity and eloquence employed can succeed iu putting a very different construction on facts which every body knows. It is, perhaps, the strongest argu ment iu favour of the PRESIDENT that his adver saries, however persistent and desperate, cannot succeed in bringing forward any new or striking charge. We hear of nothing but the old story about Mr. STANTON'S removal and the intmnperate provincial speeches, whereas if Mr. JOHNSON had really attempted to subvert tho liberties of the country, or to aggrandise himself at the expense of the Constitution, there would have been plenty of charges to bring forward against him. Words, however intemperate or discourteous, constitute no grave political offence unless they are uttered in wilful disrespect to a ruling Sove reign, and such the American PRESIDENT certainly does not claim to be. It would be ludicrous if it were not so serious to find Radicals like STEVENS and BUTLER, who are certainly not in the habit of measuring their words or weigh ing their invective; suddenly professing such scrupulous anxiety respecting the language used by the PRESIDENT at torchlight mass meetings in the country. Mr. GROESBACK, in• alluding to this part of the business, plainly alluded to the provocation given to the PRESIDENT at that time. It was more than suspected that the Radicals endeavoured to excite and irritate the speaker into imprudent speeches which they speedily made the most of against him. The PRESIDENT'S tour in the North was just on the eve of election, the last election in which the Radicals succeeded in carrying the ma jority. Mr. JOHNSON was reckless and imprudent, convinced of the dishonesty and selfishness of his adversari, s and of the evil effects of their policy, and certainly did not scruple to express his feel ings unreservedly, and occasionally with that in temperance of language into which American states men of all parties are too easily betrayed. It must be remembered in his extenuation that all kinds of abuse had previously been levelled at him on ac count of his merciful dealings towards the South. Of late the quarrel between the rival parties in the North has absorbed all interest, but a year or two back the great question at issue was the treatment of the Confederate States. No language was too strong to denounce the statesman who stood firmly in the breach, who refued to sacrifice the whole of the gains of four years of bloodshed and sacrifice at the bidding of a few political fanatics ; who re garded his conquered countrymen not as slaves to be crushed under foot, but as members of one great and united nation, and who held that any military triumph would be dearly purchased which sacrificed the civil rights and liberties of the people, and sub verted the main principles of that venerable Con stitution which Americans had been taught to revere and to cherish. It is scarcely fair to either party in a war of worth. to read their angry and acrimonious addresses in times which, if not calmer, are at least different. If we were to turn to the debates of the first Re form Bill, or on the third reading of the Commons, we should probably be amazed at the vehemence of the language and the bitterness of the anta gonism. In the same way, though in a far higher degree, the American Senators of to-day can hardly rightly estimate the feelings which two years ago prompted the obnoxious speeches. But the truth is, as we have often had occasion to declare, that the real issue of the trial lies in the respective strength of the parties, not in anything proved or disproved in the case. Conclusions are foregone on both sides, and the question does not lie in the force of the argument or the evidence of the witnesses, but in the doubt whether the Radi cals can muster two-thirds of the Senate. So far as matters have yet gone it is likely they will fail to do so, and consequently that the PRESIDENT will not be convicted. If so, and he is allowed to finish his term of office, the public interest will im mediately turn, in true American fashion, to the coming Presidential contest. We learn from Ottawa that the Cana dian Parliament has adopted an address of indignation and of sympathy to the QUEEN on the attempted assassination of the Duke of EDINBURGH. The Canadian House of Commons has passed a bill providing for the family of the late Mr. NI‘GEE, a grant which the country will willingly endorse. There seems to be little doubt that WHELAN is the murderer, though the testimony of the detectives, who report that they overheard a confession to his accomplices in gaol must be received with reserve. LATEST INTELLfGENCE. (REUTERS TELEGRAM.) HUNGARY. PESTH, May 9. In yesterday's sitting of the Lower House of the Diet the treaty of navigation with England and the treaty of commerce with the Zollverein were in troduced. To-day a conference will take place between the Aliuisters and some of the leading men in the House of Count Andrassy on the question of the Landwehr. General Klapka and General Perezel have been invited to be present. HALIFAX, May 9. The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of New York arrived here yesterday. All well. CALCUTTA, April 13. At the first Opium Sales of the new financial year, the prices realised were 133 rupees above Mr. Massey's estimates. FRANCE. BOURSE, May B.—Three o'cloek.—The market closed as follows : 4i per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 69 224 Credit Mobilier End of month 2lO Credit Fonder 1470 End of month — Bank Shares Ital'an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan 19 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — RAILWAY Orleans Northern 8. Account ••• 865 1190 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 575 Western Eastern • • — Sardinian Austrian 557} Lombard 363k North of Spain 7l Saragossa Roman 43 MISS NEILSON'S READINGS.—This charming and talented actress gave a reading at St. George's Hall, May Ist, which was attended by a crowded and enthusiastic audience. her success in this most difficult undertaking, viz., to rivet the attention of a London audience for two hours and a half by means o f h er own dramatic elocu tionary powers, unaid e d b y t h e acces sories of the stage was of the most compl e t e an d gra tifying d e scription. Her alternation from playful ev Her eiglerie to deep p athos was re markable in the "May Q ueen ." Juliet, in the balcony scene was such as to isrsuado us that her impersonation of the character on the stage would be a most interesting performance. She possesses in an eminent degree the qualifications for success in the higher role of female parts, especially in the romantic drama. We are informed that she is likely ere long to make her reappearance on the London boards. A JEWEL ROBBERY.—On Wednesday last, be tween one and two o'clock, the house of the Countess Teleki, 41, EAton-square, was entered, as it is sup posed, from the adjoining house, which is at pre sent untenanted. The servaWs wore at dinner, and the countess had gone out on horseback. The thief is supposed to have entered the house by one of the upper windows, and to have descended to tue bed room of the countess, where be found two caskets of jewels, some bank-notes, and money, and thou t o have returned to one of the upper rooms, where he broke open the caskets, took out the jewels, and returned as he had come. The person in charge of the empty house had left it during the precise time which elapsed between the jewels being seen and missed, and is therefore unable to give any information as to who may have entered the house in his absence. The thief was evidently a stranger as more valuable and convertible property lay close at hand, and might have easily been taken. A large reward has been offered for the discovery of the jewels. During a quarter of a century Ilorniman's Teas have had an immense sale, and as they are nowBd per pound C'heaper in consequence of the Reduced Duty, the demand will doubtless be even further extended. Sold, secured in Packets; genuine are signed &oilman and Co., London. tattiCESPONDENOE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, May 8. So there is to be no peace manifesto at Orleans after aIL The Constitationnel formally announces the fact. The im pression prodUced by the announcement is unfavourable. The following explanation is given of this change of pro gramme. It is said that M. Rouher, fearing that the Emperor would do more harm than good by making a speech which, not being sufficiently definite, would be sure to be wrested into a menace of war, urged his Majesty to refrain from speaking. After some deliberation the Em peror called the Minister of State to him, and said that he (the Emperor) would comply with the Minister's re quest. At the same time Napoleon urged M. Rouher to be on friendly terms with Marshal Niel, " whose activity and capacity had made the Imperial Government suffi ciently strong to be peaceful with impunity." This incident derives additional interest from an article which has just rppeated in the Journal des Debuts. In this the writer reiterates that its former article respecting the disagreement between M. Rouher and Marshal Niel is true, in spite of the denial of the Constitutionnel, and adds that there is in the army a party "imperiously warlike," that it is composed of all grades and ranks, that it has not given way and will not give way, that it waits the signal of war with impatience, and fears that France will be injured iu its military pres tige. " Nevertheless," says the Debuts, " let us be re assured, let us recover confidence. There is every reason to believe that the friends of peace have got the upper hand in the Councils of the State, where unanimity has been re•establislied, ad, 'thing that it has ever been dis turbed." This last sentence diminishes the effect of the positive statement with which the article. set out, and the account given of the martial ardour of the army proves at least one thing— . that a large army is an edged very dangerous to play with. The Liberty declares that M. de Saint Paul has retires. This is an event of some significance. When some months ago the Marquis de Lavalette left the Cabinet because of the :inperor's determination to interfere in the Roman question, M. Rouher—who is closely connected with the marquis by marriage, and has ever since then been manoeuvring to get him back into power—succeeded in getting M. de Saint Paul retained in his subordinate but influential post at the Ministry of the Interior, and as he was an old official, and the present Minister, M. Pinard, is quite a new hand, M. Rouher's friend was able to carry things on for the advantage of the Ronlier-Lavalette interest. The retirement of M. de Saint Paul is not explained; but the fact would seem to be a rebuff for the Minister of State. It is asserted that some correspondence has passed between our Government and Prussia respecting the proposed address in the Zollverein Parliament respecting the unification of Germany. Prussia was told that if that address were voted it would be considered equivalent to tearing up the Treaty of Prague. Bismarck is said to have received these representations in a very friendly spirit, due, so the Paris journals hint, to his un easiness at the discontent which prevails in Hanover. However that may be, the address has not been voted, and so that cause of trouble is removed. The dispute with the Be•y of Tunis is now said to have arisen Irons his refusal to submit to the arbitration of the mixed commission on the claims of the French creditors which he himself had proposed. M. Michel Chevalier and M. Bussire have been mere sinned against than sinning in the matter of the Credit Mobilier Company. 'They still hold the shares for issuing which they have been condemned by a court of justice, and the difference between the value of the shares when they were purchased and their value now represents a loss of £20,000 to M. Chevalier and of a larger - sum to M. Bussilre. There was rather an animated scene at the close of the debate in the Senate on the Press Bill. M. Rouher replied to a long speech against the bill by M. le Roy de St. Arnaud, and contended that the Empire ought not to be bound by the stringent law of 1852, for fifteen years of order and tranquillity shewed tioit greater liberty might be given to the press. lie uttered his peroration amid tumultuous applause. " Let us," said he, " unite to-day in a sentiment of confidence in the dynasty. Let not storms frighten us. We enter upon the natural con dition of a Liberal Government ; let us enter upon it resolutely and we shall maintain ourselves there firmly. Confidence is not, as has been said, .rashness ; it is will, courage, faith, and success." The Minister then descended from the tribune amid a storm of bravos, and was surrounded by senators who congratulated him upon his speech. There was a great tutery fur pitting the question to the vote, and consequently several senators who had inscribed their names to speak, on being called renounced their right. But when the President said "La parole est 4 M. Sainte-Beuve," there were cries of " Silence ! Silence !" for sonic senators wished to hear the first of living critics. Others, however, continued to talk and make such a noise that it was impossible to hear the first part of his speech. Throughout the course of it the tumult wars renewed, greatly to the disgust of the more Liberal members and somewhat to the disconcertment of the speaker. As he went on the impatience increased, and nothing was heard but " Au: voix !" "La cloture !" Sainte- Beuve, however, was understood to condemn the law, not, of course, for the reason that M. Maupas and the Ultra- Imperialists hail condemned it, but because it did not go far enough in the Liberal direction. Cardinal Dosniet got up when Sainte-Beuve had ended ; but he met with no better reception than his predecessor. The question was then put to the vote that the measure should be sent back to the commissioners,for further deliberation. Out of the 117 members who voted, 23 only were for the motion, and 94 against. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald says the announcement that the Emperor would not make a pacific speech at Orleans caused a most unfavourable impression. All M. Roulier's declarations are of no use. He is a man of great ability—so great that he can always find good reasons for saying the very reverse of what he had pre viously said. Therefore his placebos go for nothing. The correspondent thinks that those persons misrepresent Napoleon who describe him as vacillating. If he seems to be so it is because he does not, like his subjects, constantly publish his sentiments and intentions. The correspondent believes that he is steadily, though silently, pursuing the object which he has long set before him. It would be interesting to know what this object is. The Florence correspondent of the Times describes the extraordinary faszination which the Prince of Prussia exercises upon all those who come near him, and attributes it to his never losing an opportunity which comes in his wa y of giving pleasure to other persons. He has won all hearts in the country, and will long be remembered. The Inthpendance Beige confirms the statement that Prussia, finding an agreement with Denmark about the Schleswig question hopeless, has now arpealed to Austria, at the same time informing that Power of the conditions which Prussia deems indispensable. By the recent death of the widow of John Leech, his two children are left destitute. A strong appeal is being made to the Premier to continue to them the grant from the Literary Fund which was bestowed upon their mother. A collection is being made for Mr. Alfred Nicholson, the oboe player, who has been laid aside by illness, and is in embarrassed circumstances. The Athenoeum states that from the fifty-three candi dltes who aspire to the honour of the Fellowship, the Council of the Royal Society has selected the following as Vie fifteen whom they recommend the society to elect :-- J. Ball. H. C. Bastian, M.D., Lieutenant-Colonel J. C.uneron, R.E., Professor R. B. Clifton, M. W. Crofton, J. B. Davis, M.D., P. M. Duncan, M.D., P. Griess, A. G. V. Harcourt, Rear-Admiral A. C. Key, Rear-Admiral E. Ommaney, J. B. Pettigrew, M.D., A. J. Stone, Rev. H. B. Tristram, and W. S..W. Vaux. The election takes place on June 4. It must be confessed that the public will require enlightening as to the merits of a good many of these gentlemen. A communication appears in the Journal of the Society of Arts, from Mr. Edwin Chadwick, intended to controvert certain statements made by Mr. Grimston in his pamphlet on the postal telegraphs question. Mr. Grimston ques tioned the propriety of putting into the hands of the Government such immense patronage as that which would be given to them by the proposed change. Mr. Chad wick, on the other hand, objects to the policy of allowing the directors of a joint-stock company to re tain such a power as their position gives to them. He points out that by a little pressure a railway director can always snake sure of a seat. Calling attention to the fact that one-fifth of the House of Commons are members of the board of some trading company-, he contends that a Lord of the Treasury has not nearly so snitch patronage as the director of a large celnpany, inasmuch as the actim of the former is much restricted, and probably will be yet more narrowed by competitive examinations. Mr. Grimston denied that any important district was without telegraphic communication. In answer, Mr. Chadwick enumerates no fewer than thirteen towns of over 4,000 in habitants, which are from four to more than thirteen miles from any telegraph station. The most striking example is that of Whitchurch, whose population is over 4,000, while the nearest station is Crewe, 13i miles distant. As to putting the penple in the hands of the Government, a cypher system might easily be arranged, and the public would have the satisfaction of knowing that their com munications were in the hands of a Ministry responsible to Parliament, rather than under the control of au irre• sponsible trading directory. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The spring general meeting of the National Rifle Asso ciation will be held at Willis's Rooms on Thursday, May 21, at half-past two p.m. ; Field-Marshal his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, president, in the chair. The Field-Marshal Commanding-in• Chief has been pleased to approve of the proposal submitted to his Royal High ness by the council of the association, to offer the follow ing series of prizes, to be competed for at Wimbledon, by non-commissioned officers and privates of her Majesty's regular army ; and the Secretary of State for War has kindly complied with the request of the council that the competitors from the various regiments should be provided with routes to proceed to Wimbledon : The Army Prizes and Challenge Cup.—Total aggregate value, £205. Presented by the National Rifle Associa tion, to be competed for by non-commissioned officers and privates, being marksmen in her Majesty's regular forces. Two competitors from each regiment or battalion. First Stage.—£lss, divided into fifty prizes, as follows : One prize of £lO ; four prizes of £5 ; ten prizes of £4 ; fifteen prizes of £3 ; twenty prizes of £2. Distances, 500 and 600 yards. Number of shots, five at each distance. Rifles, regulation three-grooved Snider. Ammunition, Government. Position, regulation. Sighting shots, two gratis at each distance. The prizes will be adjudged ac cording to the highest aggregate scores made at the two distances. Second Stage.—A cup,. value £lOO, and a prize of £lO to the best shot. Competition restricted to the winners of prizes in the first stage. Distance, 600 yards. Number of shots, seven. Rifles, ammunition, position, and sight. ing shots, as in first stage. The cup shall be held by the officers of the regiments, it at home ; and if abroad by those of the depot battalion to which the regiment is attached. In each case the com manding officer shall be responsible for the safe custody of the cup, and for its return to the secretary of the National Rifle Association by the Dth June of the year following that in which it was competed for. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. About a fortnight ago the House of Commons ordered a Copy of the estimate prepized by the India Office shewing the expenditure on the expedition to Abyssinia,. Lord Clinton, Under Secretary for India, has therefore issued the estimate, at the same time stating that the informa tion available for its preparation was very insufficient, although repeated applications had been made to the Government of Bombay on the subject. From the mate rials at hand, however, it appears that the charges in India and England to the end of May will probably amount to about £5,000,000. An estimate prepared in October last, and anotter framed in March of the present year, gave the total cost at £5,351,600. Of this £1,039,000 was to be disbursed by the Imperial Government, and £4,312,000 by the Govern ment of India. The preliminary estimate made on Octo ber 1 amounted to 22,000,000, and this, according ,to General Jameson, might fairly stand as a nea r IT _ proximatien to the expenditure up to December 31. From the Ist of January, 1868, the monthly expense was calculated at £370,000, which, excluding £50,000 for the pay of troops, would have to be paid by the Govern ment at home. It was found, however, that many of the items, sea transport especially, bad been greatly under estimated, the transport alone (calculated at £150,000) having been nearly £400,000 a month. The number of bag gage animals procured for service in Abyssinia was, by the latest returns, 45 elephants, 8,000 camels, 16,950 mules, and 5,000 bullocks. The force consisted of 3,213 fighting Europeans, and 7,711 natives. Other 1,500 natives after wards joined the expedition, raising the number of men to 12,424 of all ranks. Taking every circumstance into consideration, General Jameson calculates the monthly expenditure at £589,250, and this from January 1 to May 31 would amount to £2,946,250. Add this amount to the £2,000,000 spent up to December 31, and five millions sterling are very nearly accounted for. General Jameson adds : " Provided the expedition terminates on the 31st Nay, it would not be safe to ask for less than three millions, and there are charges which cannot at present be estimated, such, for instance, as the railways, telegraphs, &c. If continued beyond the 31st May next, it would be safe to estimate a further charge of £600,000 for every month beyond that date." The Lancet has been given to understand that all the medical and sanitary arrangements connected with the Abyssinian force were made at Bombay by Drs. Arnott and Gordon, Inspectors-General of the Indian and British medical services, under the eye and with the approbation of Sir Robert Napier himself. The sanitary measures at Zoolla and along the route taken by the troops were entirely carried out, as far as the Indian and major part of the force was concerned, by Indian army medical officers, Drs. Lumsdaine, Lalor, and others. Mr. E. 13. Hartopp, who has represented North Leices tershire in the Conservative interest since 1859, will retire at the close of the present Parliament. Mr. S. W. Clowes, also a Conservative, offers himself as Mr. Hartopp's suc cessor, and promises to oppose " rash and violent changes, while allowing full scope for well-considered measures of political and social progress and improvement." He is in favour of a large measure of education, and of the union of Church and State. At the same time he deprecates " practices of ritual and assertions of doctrine lately seen and taught within the Church which appear to be at variance with the principles of the Reformed faith." If supported by the Rutland interest, which is very strong in North Leicestershire, there can be little doubt of the return of Mr. Clowes. Mr. Frewen, a Con servative of the Ultra-Protestant stamp, who has three times contested the division without success, has been again mentioned as a candidate, but unless the new county voters think better of him than the £5O renters and the freeholders, his chances of a return in the face of the Duke of Rutland's influence will scarcely be as good as those of Mr. Clowes. In the Wick Burghs Mr. Laing must be prepared to fight with a formidable opponent. Mr. George Loch, to whom a requisition was presented a week or two ago, has now formally intimated his intention to become a can didate at the neat election. He has issued his address, in which he assumes that the disestablishment of the Irish Church is a measure demanded by every principle of right and justice, and says he should be glad to take part in the removal of a cause of offence to the great majority of Irishmen and a source of weakness to the Protestant religion in the sister island. The Liberals of Sunderland, believing that they can carry two members, are casting about for a colleague who is prepared to fight their battle, in conjunction with Mr. Candlish, M.P., and in opposition to the Conservative member, Mr. Hartley. Mr. T. C. Thompson, late of Sherburn Hall, Durham, has intimated his willingness to stand. Before, however, coming to any decision, a committee has been appointed to obtain the political creeds of Messrs..Gourlay (an alderman of the borough), Thompson, Eustace, and Sir Wilfrid Lawson, and to re port to the general committee. A large public meeting will then be called. The Liberals of Durham also threaten to oppose Mr. Mowbray, the Judge-Advocate-General. Professor Conington writes to the Times to complain that the university authorities at Oxford took a most un usual course by failing to give the accustomed printed notice of the meeting of Convocation which took place on Wed nesday, when it was resolved to present a petition against Mr. Coleridge's University Tests Bill. Mr. Conington says that, had he known of this meeting, he and his friends would certainly have attended it and spoken against the petition. Dr. Trower, late Bishop of Gibraltar, will administer the diocese of Lichfield during the absence of Bishop Selwyn in New Zealand. The Bishop of Natal has lately printed a translation into the Zulu language of the first part of the " Pilgrim's Pro gress," which he has prepared for the use of the natives. The work is highly appreciated, and he is proceeding with the remainder. This should cover a multitude of sins in the eyes of his Low Church opponents. The Spectator has a leader headed " Sir Roundell Pahner's Renunciation." Pointing out that he was ou the very threshhold of the highest legal functions of the country, and that he has deliberately renounced ere prize which was within his grasp rather than violate his conscience, the .S'reetatov says that "it is a great thing to have a brilliant and successful politician among our foremost men, whose mind not being open to new conviction, can so easily iorego the most splendid rewards of life for the sake of the )41 conviction which it has not lost." Such a spectacle is rare indeed, and it is one which may save many a man from political cynicism, by furnishing him with a satisfying Answer to the gnertion " Who will chew us any good ?" During the recent Easter services in Constantinople, the simultaneous occurrence of the Easter Day observed by the Greek Church and that observed by the rest of Chris ton.7em (a very rare event) was signalised in a very satisfac tory manner. The G reek and the Armenian bishops entered the churches together, and pronounced words of friendship and union from their pulpits. As these two Churches have hitherto hated each other with a bitterness worthy of contending parties in the English Church, this fact is very remarkable. It is also a political event of great impor tance, as it will strengthen the opposition among the Christian subjects to the Turkish rule. THE QUEEN'S BOOK IN GAELIC.--It haa both intimated to Mr. Angus Macpherson, through boy GM@ the Duches3 of Atli°lc, that it is her Majesty'a pkultre that Mr, Macpherson translate the Qttetle4 beek Wei .4170 , 4 A 44 f t 4l 'll, 1114 CiluiTar II EIS MAJESTY. OSBORNE, May 8. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. Iler Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove in the grounds this morning. The other members of the Royal Family also went out. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 8• The Queen and suite arrived here from Osborna at half-past six o'clock. LITE LSAT URE. .4 Noble Woman. By J. C. Jeaffreson. Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. This new work of Mr. Jeaffreson's is one of his best. The story is interesting throughout, and the characters of the two rival heroes of the tale, James Stapleton and Herrick Kingsford, are capital deli neations from first to last. The " Noble Woman" who gives its title to the book is Geraldine Kings ford, the daughter of Herrick ; but right worthy though she is of the commendatory appella tion bestowed on her, the interest of the story does not depend upon her, save at the very close of the third volume. James Stapleton and Herrick Kingsford, the country doctor and the county banker, the one honest and straightforward in character, but somewhat uncouth in manner and ungainly in appearance, and the other elegant and attractive in person, plausible and smooth-tongued, but self-seeking and treacherous when occasion seems to require, are the real centres of interest through out the whole story. In the first chapter we find James and Herrick, notwithstanding the dissimilarity of their characters, fast friends, and the conversa tion on both sides is full of mutual confidence and congratulation, but a few pages farther on they are utterly estranged for ever. The reader, of course, will not be slow to guess the cause of this disunion. After the fashion of that sapient justice, extolled by Quevedo, who, in every difficult case that came before him, wishing to come to the root and cause of the dilemma, was wont to en quire " Who is sbe ?" the reader will at once divine the fair cause of a very unfair antagonism. We have said that the characters of the two principal actors are well delineated, and they are consistent throughout, Herrick Kingsford from the moment when we first discover him smok ing his cheroot and admiring his finger-nails, until the impending downfal of the unstable castle-build ing, erected with so much craft and treachery and with so much apparent cleverness, is the same weak: and frivolous, vain and unprincipled fortune-seeker while James Stapleton, on the other hand, is equally simple and outspoken, ready to serve his friend or sacrifice himself in the days of his early love for Bessie Clay ton, or in the days of his sou's devotion to " the noble woman," Geraldine Kingsford. Another very excellent character is old Cornelius Kinderbeet the supposed uncle of Bessie Clayton, who dearly loves a practical joke, and whose last will and testa ment deals retributive justice to the rime)" loving Herrick, and disappoints the expectations which the old man had, by way of a joke, encour aged him to indulge. Mr. Jeaffreson, like some other writers, has fallen into the fashion, so fami liar to the readers of fhackeray's delighful collo quial narratives, of introducing us to apparently ac tual places and bringing supposed real personages en the scene. Alfred Powditch, ILA., who proves a seasonable friend to Geraldine in her hour of anxiety, and who is spoken of as one of the living brethren of the brush, is just one of these. TO hospital of St. Anthony's, and Sir Benjamin Lor rimer, lier Majesty's Sergeant-Surgeon, and Sister Catherine, the hospital nurse, all remind us of the surrounding 3 and associates of Philip and Pen' dennis. But if, as the a Inge tells us, it is 13Wft li to learn from an enemy, it is assuredly permissible for other writers to imitate the example of so true a friend to the novel writers and novel readers as the historian of Greyfriars and the delineator of the little sister. It is only in thc33 incidental allusicns to actual characters that we recognise resemblance we have spoken of. The story itself i 6 'trite original in its way, and is likely very greatly to increase its author's reputation. the PAUL BEDFORD'S FAREWELL BENEFIj We cordially approve of the design of the patrons of the above benefit, headed by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, to do something t o wards ministering in his declining days to the comfort of one of " her Majesty's servants," and an 01d favourite of the public, the veteran Paul Bed' ford, who is about finally to retire after 5 0 many years of arduous toil. The Benefit is fixed for Saturday next, the 16th inst., at one o'clock , at the new Queen's Theatre, and the programme Is most attractive. The worthy beneficiaire himself will appear in a scene of the " Flowers of th e Forest," supported by Mrs. Alfred Mellon in he r original character of Lemuel, and by a s trong A.delphi caste. As we cannot afford spa ce to name all the " stars" who will shine, by consent, on this occasion, we will merely mention that th e , lovers of the drama will enjoy the oppo r tunity 0 ' seeing a representation perfectly unique in Mr' Sothern's impersonation of Othello, with Mr. Buck; stone as lago ; and that a General Reception . ll conclude the performances, in which the gre at Paul will be surrounded by all his brothe r and sister artistes, who will join the c horea of "Auld Lang Syne ;" the solo being sung by Mr. Santley. We are informed that the boxes and stalls are already nearly all taken. Al isii „ Glyn, in the sleep-walking scene, from " Macbeth , and the recital by Mrs. Sti r li ng o f T en nyson , ° " Charge of the Six Hundred," are so far excer tions to the general character of the programme' that we may venture also to particularise thes e attractive features in the bill of fare. LEGACY OF £2,000 TO CHARLES DICKESS. The will of the Rev. Chauncy Hare Townsend' M.A., late of 21, Norfolk-street, ,Park-land, 13 ea Park, and of Lausanne, in Switzerland, was prov e : in the London Court by Miss Angela Georg ie c i Burdett Coutts, of Stratton-street, Piccadilly, a e the Rev. Thomas Helmore, master of her I ‘ l3- jesty's- choir at the Chapel Royal, S ° James's, the joint acting executors and tr e !, - tees ; Charles Dickens, Esq., of Gadshi"; place, Kent, is appointed literary executor. 1 ; i 13 0. personalty in England was sworn under 116)0vnr The will is dated August 6, 1863, and the testat' s died February 25, 1868. He bequeaths to Ch orl t e o Dickens a legacy of £2,000, and begs of l'i re a publish, without alteration, so much of his notes 3 " 0 , reflections as may make known his opinions ° Il r be ligious matters, which he verily believes vieti lu h . o i l conducive to the happiness of mankind ; for W" l ts purpose he bequeaths to him his manuseriP correspondence, and private letters and nl era o. randa. To each of his executors he l eave s one htlo, 0 , dred pounds to purchase soma memorial of h l e , To her Majesty's Council of Education in t he p 0 partrnent of Science and Art he leaves such t), 1 '-ciet pictures and water-colour drawings as the Pr es ' 0 o f may think proper to select ; also his collec tie o o, caul, coins, box of precious stones, box of ca ul , to and the an.ient gold watch formerly beloug' fl i" to j his father, which, being stolen by the eele h 7 ioo . Barrington, was the cause of his transp ort 3 o f 'Elie rest of his pictures, curiosities, art iei , e v e!) antiquity or vertu, he leaves to the W ` 6 M i le MusJum. The gold watch usually worn by 0 , 0 0 he leaves to Miss Burdett Coutts ; hi s other ; if° repeater he leaves to Charles Dickens. T° nro he leaves an annuity of £5OO beyond all other r vision. There are several other a nnuitie 3 ee o f fr legacies to friends. All bequests to b ° be 3 . 9' duty. The residue of his property, as in3 ' sr for the plicable to charitable purposes, he lea ves - uv a tie° support of schools in or near Loudon for ed . .c:Bita of the humblest and simplest kind, under the rsi Ja e Lion of the Bishop of London. rrhe ultimates 10 ' t ee or surplus that may love s disposal remaining he disposal of his executors. ..