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Seldom has a General had more decisive and gratifying intelligence to communicate than that which Sir ROBERT NAPIER has just sent home. The captives are rescued ; that is the most important point to dwell upon, and the people of this country will rejoice that the primary object of the expedition has been attained. King THEODORE is dead, and has paid with his life the penalty of having insulted England, and perse cuted the unfortunate foreigners who were thrown into his power by the force of circumstances. The extraordinary character of this news is yet further increased by the intimation that the British sus tained no loss of life, and there were only about ten wounded in our array. It is strange to think that when the Chancellor of the Exchequer was speaking to the House on Thursday last on the subject of this expedition, and men tioning that the affair would probably soon be over, it was even then concluded in the most satis factory style possible. It appears that all the ar rangements were planned and carried out with the most perfect precision, and they reflect the highest honour upon Sir R. NAPIER. He evidently appre ciated the vast importance of using despatch in his movements, and pressing on whenever he had fairly got the start. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE has re ceived two telegraphic despatches from the Com mander-in-Chief of the Abys3inian force, and the various items of intelligence which they contain succeed each other with startling rapidity, and recall to mind the more brilliant and exciting days of past history, rather than the more tame doings of our prosaic times. On Good Friday au engagement took place near Mag dala, between our troops and the army of THEO DORE, in which the latter was defeated with heavy loss. During the two succeeding days THEODORE sent into our camp every European that he had in his power, both captives and employ6s. Sir R. NAPIER demanded that THEODORE should surrender himself, and gave him twenty-four hours to decile. This telegram concludes by stating that the KING'S troops are completely demoralised. The next telegram also contains some astounding in telligence, for on Easter Monday Magdala was taken by assault under cover of Arm strong steel-guns, eight-inch mortars, and rocket battery. In this assault THEODORE was killed, defending to the last, and our loss was small. The ascent to the gates is said to have been most formidable. THEODORE was greatly disheartened in consequence of the severe losses he had sustained on the tenth, and some of the chiefs had surren dered the most formidable position of Shilasse, and many thousand fighting men had laid down their arms. Notwithstaning these preliminary advan tages, it is evident that it was hard work to carry the place, and such an achievement will enhance the reputation of all who assisted in the great work. THEODORE retired to Magdala with all who remained faithful to him. It seems a just retribution that he should have met his fate there in the very place where he had so long confined the unfortunate Europeans, and he certainly affords a warning to all the contumacious tyrants who may come after him. His conduct has been cruel in the extreme, and it seems difficult to account for his perversity except under the suppo sition that he was greatly incensed by various ru mours. At any rate we hope and believe that a lesson has been given that will not likely be for gotten, and that in future the subjects of our Sovereign may dwell in greater safety in those barbarian lands now that the supremacy of England has been asserted so completely and effec tually. It must be adMitted that THEODORE pos sessed some striking qualities ; he possessed great determination, and died with a spirit worthy of a better cause, and was doubtless a hero in the esti mation of the uncivilised people he ruled over. Had he been able or willing to control his passions he might, even with his opportunities, have effected a great deal, but it is always most unwise and unsafe to allow prejudice to attain so great a mastery over the mind. We must bear in mind that Sir ROBERT NAPIER and his forces did not fight their hardest battle when they attacked THEODORE and stormed Magdala. Their chief difficulty lay in the nature of the country itself, and it was in over coming these obstacles that so much recognition is due to our army, and so much credit belongs to its General. The march of our troops from Annesley Bay to Magdala is a trophy of military skill, and will remain a striking record in the annals of his tory when the more immediate incidents of the affair are forgotten. After the painful and weari some march was over there remained the dreadful idea that THEODORE would remove the captives and consume valuable time in making our forces pursue him. This has happily been dis pelled, and the result the best thing that could have taken place for all parties has taken place. We are saved an awkward task in disposing of the ICING by his exit from the scene of his vices and bis struggles, and our work in Abyssinia is all the sooner accomplished, as Sir 11.. NAPIER puts it. " The army will return immediately." And why in deed should it remain ? Its mission has been nobly fulfilled, its work effectively accomplished, and its honours well won. All that we desired to do in Abyssinia has been done, and those who wished for some more lasting connection to be made between England and that diataut spot must be diaappoiuted, while those who have been amusing themselves by declaring that an increased territory was an ulti mate object will be effectually answered by the speedy return of our troops. In looking at the matter, as it now stands, we may remark that the brilliant and striking success of our arms in Abyssinia furnishes a complete con tradiction to those who have been busy, throughout the whole of the affair, in circulating unpleasant hints, and declaring that the whole thing would be a failure, and so on. The climate was against us, the captives would never be rescued, the expense would be enormous, the country did not care for these outlandish wars being entered upon, and so on. A more complete discomfiture has seldom been met with than has befallen those croakers, and it is well that it should be so ; another proof has been afforded of the courage and constancy of our forces, and, what is of equal importance, of the skill and efficiency of our General. A more com plete and finished piece of work than this Abys sinian expedition it has seldom been our lot to wit ness, and it is not saying too much to affirm that it could not have been Letter accomplished. This gratifying intelligence comes happily for the Minis ters, who are just now rather roughly assailed, and the rescue of the prisoners of ➢lagdala is a bril liant triumph for the Conservatives. This Abys sinian affair was in some respects the most vexa tious legacy left to the new Government when Lord RUSSELL retired; the task of decision was an ardu ous one. The honour of the country was at stake —English subjects were in peril—and yet there were not wanting hints of the difficulties in a rescue, and the expenses of the affair, joined to the extreme doubtfulness of the issue so far as saving the pri soners was concerned. Lord STANLEY has carried another triumph, and may well be congratulated upon the success of his work. When the noble lord announced his intention to the House of Commons of proceeding to extremities in the event of THEO DORE refusing to liberate the captives he was met with general approval, but there were not wanting those who declared he was mistaken in his policy. These may now recognise their error, and, although it is impossible to control circumstances, and events must be left to the doctrine of chance, this Abyssinian Expedition may prove au example for all statesmen to copy, and a lesson that the timorous and hesitating may derive profit from. We had unfortunately of late years been too much in the habit of letting things alone, and the influ ence of England was materially affected thereby. The past year or two has done much to retrace our steps in this particular and retrieve our errors, and the good work must be continued. The fact that England has extended the majesty of her power to the wilds of Abyssinia, and rescued with a strong hand her captive subjects, will strike terror into many a tyrant, and the effect upon our position abroad cannot be overrated. It can no longer be said that from mo tives of expediencyor ideas of compromise we leave our fellow-countrymen to their fate ; and this part of the affair must not be overlooked amid the general rejoicing which the intelligence of to-day will give rise to. Public opinion will ratify the wisdom of those who, in the day of doubt, chose the better part, and recognise that we have them to thank for the brilliant success that has attended our arms, and the happy exploit that has de. livered our friends from a fate that was worse than death. The news which we published on Saturday from Australia comes in startling and painful contrast to all recent intelligence from our southern colonies. The reception given by the colonists to the Duke of EDINBURGH was unprecedented in its warmth and its demonstrativeness. No pains were spared to do him honour, while gold was lavished with a readiness only possible in such an auriferous coun try. Melbourne especially distinguished itself by the magnificence of its festivities and the splendour of its preparations, but every colony was equally cordial and equally prompt to bring its best to greet the young sailor Prince. The enthu siasm everywhere manifested by the colonists was the more remarkable, because Australia is separated by so wide a space that it might reason ably have been supposed that the sentiment of per sonal loyalty would not be strongly developed, and that, if the Prince received a mere courteous and ceremonious welcome, it was all that could be looked for. On the contrary, the Australians wel comed him as if he were a long absent and dearly loved monarch, and have thronged to greet him from every quarter.:Business, and politics, and do mestic engagements have all been at a standstill as the Prince passed from colony to colony. Even the great political difficulty, which has for so long para lysed the people of Melbourne, was suspended by the great occasion, and amity was for the nonce restored between the members of the Council and of the House of Assembly. The Duke of EDINBURGH, we have good reason to believe, was much gratified by the cordiality of his reception, and the ties be tween England and her far distant children were materially strengthened by his visit. It is difficult no doubt for us in the first shock and consternation of learning the attempted assassination of the Duke to realise adequately the horror and indignation which must have filled the minds of the colonists, who had been spending their time, their thoughts, and their money so lavishly in the Prince's cause. That his confidence should be thus abused, and his pleasant and friendly inter course with them should be turned into an occasion of danger and suffering, must have caused them the greatest vexation and disappointment. We can fancy the intense eagerness with which news of the PRINCE'S health would be watched for by the popu lace, and the fervent rejoicing with which they would learn that he was at last out of danger. The wound was evidently a serious one, the ball having entered the back and followed the course of the ninth rib, traversing altogether a distance of - twelve inches and a quarter. Most fortunately it did not prove fatal, and the ball was extracted two days afterwards by the surgeons of her MAJESTY'S ships Challenger and Galatea. Since then his Royal Highness seems to have progressed as favourably as could be wished, since on the 28th March he was able to go on board his ship, and it was thought would be sufficiently recovered to return home the week following. The name of the assassin is O'FARELL, and he was fortunately captured on the spot, not,however, before he had fired another shot, severely wounding a gentleman near. The crime was committed at a public pick-nic given in Sydney harbour in aid of the Sailors' Home at Clontarf, Port Jackson, and the cowardly nature of the at tack is shown by the Duke being shot in the back. England and Australia may both be thankful that the attempt was unsuccessful. Had the shot proved fatal Australia would have bitterly mourned so tragic an issue of her festivities, while England, besides sympathising in the maternal grief of her QUEEN, would have deeply regretted the death of the frank and popular young sailor prince. Happily that grief has been spared us. Our Royal Family of late years has especially endeared itself to the people by mixing freely among them. Its members have laid aside the formality and exclu siveness which in the days of the GEORGES hedged round the Court circles, and kept them aloof not only from the intrusion, but from the sympathie LATEST INTELL IGENCE. CONCLUSION OF THE WAR IN ABYSSINIA. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1868. of mankind. Our QUEEN has set the more timorous or pompous sovereigns of Europe an ex ample of simple and pleasant holiday-making, which some of them have been glad to follow. She has broken through the old conven tional insular prejudice, which kept an English King or Queen in this country as if those who had so many interests involved in Continental affairs were bound to know nothing of other nations ex cept by hearsay. Tier sons, too, have been brought up in a manner very different from that of older reigns. They have studied at the public colleges, they have not only explored their own country, but have actually crossed the broad oceans, and made acquaintance with shores on which certainly no English Prince set foot before. The Prince of WALES in his extensive travels has been able to compare the fading relics of Eastern splen dour with the fresh young civilisation of the West, and that southern hemisphere —a world in itself-- which he has left unseen has just been visited by his brother. It is a matter of deep regret that the free and friendly spirit in which the young Princes have everywhere mingled with the people should in this instance have met with so ungenerous a return. We must not, however, attribute any blame or want of vigilance to the Australian authorities. Such crimes are always possible, and their results can only be determined by the decrees of PROVIDENCE. In the French capital, in the midst of every State form and courtly escort, in a street thronged with gens crarnzes and guards of honour, an Imperial visitor narrowly escaped from a similar attempt. Such criminals, if not always madmen, are at least monomaniacs. They are infatuated by one idea, whether it be re venge for a fancied wrong, or a miserable craving for notoriety, and they are for the time being reckless of the consequences. We hear that a de fence on the ground' of insanity is to be set up ; but, unhappily, we cannot exonerate Fenianism on that score. Like the Clerkenwell outr kge the Fenians could not have devised a surer method of disgusting men of all shades of opinion with them and their dastardly scheme. We knew long ago what Fenianism was worth, and what were its chosen weapons. Treachery, assassination, secret attacks, incendiarism, all the worst and most con temptible and cowardly crimes are its fitting agents. We have just had conclusive evidence how little influence it has really gained among the warm hearted and quick feeling Irish people, and they, in the midst of the sorrow and indignation with which they will learn the tidings of this last and worst manifestation of Fenianism, will be heartily thankful that at least they have been spared the disgrace and humiliation of such an outrage being committed on their own shores. The visit of the Heir-Apparent to what was supposed to be the very stronghold of Fenianism, accompanied, as he was, by his charming Princess, shows a confidence in the people which has proved not misplaced, and we can only rejoice that no catastrophe or shadow of annoyance has interfered with the accomplish ment of so graceful and generous a project. The Duke of EDINBURGH, we may hope, will shortly recover from the effects of his wound, and we may look for his return among us—a return that will no doubt be as cordially greeted by the English people, who rejoice over his safety, as his arrival in the Australian seas was welcomed by her MAJESTY'S loyal subjects in the southern hemisphere. DEA7II OF THEODORE. FOREIGN-OFFicE, April 26. The following telegram, dated Alexandria, April 25' has been received from her "Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt : "The following telegram just reached me from Suez : " ' Theodore defeated near Magdala. Surren dered all captives and artificers. Retired into Mag dala. Magdala taken by storm on the 13th. Theodore killed. Troops suffered very little Fourteen thousand men laid down arms.' " Secretary Sir Stafford Northeote has received the two following telegraphic despatches from the Com mander-in-Chief of the Abyssinian force (Without Date.) place before Magdala on Good ‘‘Ar :F e ri n d g a a y ge b m et e w n e t en to ot troops and the army of Theodore, in which the latter was defeated with heavy loss. " Casualties on our side — Captain Roberts, 4th F w o o o u t n , d w ed o . unded in the arm, and 15 rank and filo " No one killed. " On the two following days Theodore sent into our camp every European that he had in his power, both captives and employe's. " Theodore has not yet surrendered himself ac cording to my demand. " He has been given 24 hours to decide. " The King's troops are completely demoralised. " ROBERT NAPIER." " April 14. 2. "Theodore's army much disheartened by the severe losses of the 10th inst. " A portion of the chiefs surrendered the most formidable position of Shilasse (?), and many thou sand fighting men laid down their arms. " Theodore retired to Magdala with all who re mained faithful. " Magdala taken by assault on the 13th under cover of Armstrong steel giins, eight-inch mortars and rocket battery. " Ascent to gates most formidable. "Theodore killed, defending to the last. " Our loss small. " Army will return immediately. " About guns and mortars taken. " ROBERT NAPIER." We have received the following telegrams from our (7imes),Special Correspondent with the expedi tion " April 10. " The British forces are crossing the Bashilo. Magdala is about ten miles distant. " The enemy is in front of Magdala, posted in very strong positions, with escarpments and ravines, presenting great difficulties of approach. Appre hensions prevail in Magdala lest Theodore should escape. " Sir Robert Napier has demanded that the cap. tivcs be given up to him, but Theodore has not yet returned any answer. A battle is shortly ex pected. " The weather has been very severe. " The health of the army is generally poi. " Arm. 12. " King Theodore attacked the First Brigade near Magdala on Good Friday, but was repulsed with heavy loss—about 500 men being killed. British loss—One officer wounded, 19 non-commissioned officers and men wounded. "Darkness stopped the pursuit. " The enemy left their wounde3 on the field. " On Saturday Theodore sent in a flag of truce and offered to treat for unconditional surrender of the English prisoners. The captives have joined the camp. "It is believed the remaining Europeans will be surrendered. " The Abyssinian troops are utterly disheart ened. " Theodore has attempted suicide. " Captain Roberts, of the 4th King's Own, is wounded seriously. " APRIL 11. Magdala was stormed yesterday. " Theodore was deserted by nearly all his army, but made a desperate resistance with a few devoted followers. " Theodore killed himself with his pistol as the British troops approached him. " The British loss was about ten men wounded." [These telegrams were forwarded from Suez, via . nalta line, April 23, 9 p.m.] Another despatch, direct from Suez, dated Head quarters, April 14 : " Magdala was stormed yesterday. Theodore was deserted by nearly all his army, but made two desperate attempts at resistance with a few devoted followers, and finally killed himself with his pistol as the British troops approached him. " British loss, ten men wounded." (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) HEAD-QUARTERS, BP.ITISII ARMY, MAGDALA (date not given). All the European prisoners, numbering GO men, women, and children, have been delivered over to, Sir Robert Napier, and are now on their way to Zoulla, All Theodore's' army have been either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. The representative of the New York Herald in London yesterday received the following telegrams from the Special Correspondent of that journal with the Abyssinian Expedition : " (No. 1.) " (No. date. Probably April 7.) " Reports having been received from spies to the effect that King Theodore intended moving, Sir Robert Napier instantly crossed the Jeddah river, and established his heal-quarters on the plain of Talanta, 20 miles from Magdala. Many animals were lost while crossing a terrible ravine, eight miles wide, 3,500 ft. descent, 4,500 ft. ascent. The troops marched over King Theodore's road, which is 30ft. wide, Sir Robert Napier made a re connaisb.ance of Magdala this morning. He sighted the King's camps and defences. The fortress ap peared to be impregnable. To-morrow we expect to be at the Bashilo, ten miles from Magdala. A letter has been received from Rasura, dated yester day, warning use to beware—that Theodore was moving." 14 (No. 2.) " Bashilo, April 8. " A second reconnaissance was made before Magdala this morning. Theodore has 28 guns mounted outside. Sir Robert Napier has sent him a letter demanding the release of the captives. Meanwhile the army is concentrated on the river. Scaling ladders and torpedoes are ready for an attack upon the fortress." (No. 3.) " April 10. " The army is now concentrated before Mag dala, in position, six miles from the fortress. Theo dore's camp is in view, on a tremendous height. Attack soon." ii (No. 4.) " Magdala, April 13. --- - "The truce ended this morning. King Theodore had not surrendered. Fallas Sclasse Islanv,e (?) surrendered at once without fighting. Theodore had retreated to Magdala. He planted five guns at the base of the ascent. When General Napier came in sight the King opened fire. The English replied with 10-pounder Armstrong guns and 7- pounder rockets. The King left his guns, barri caded the sally-ports, and opened with musketry. He gave no signs of surrendering. The bombard ment lasted three hours. An assault was then ordered. The fortress was carried after vigorous resistance. The Abyssinian loss is 68 killed and 200 wounded. The English loss is 15 wounded, rank and file. King Theodore was found dead, shot in the head. His body was recognized by the Euro• peans who had been released. Some say that he was killed in battle, and others that he committed suicide. His two sons have been taken prisoners. The fortress presents many evidences of barbaric splendour. Among the trophies taken are four gold crowns, 20,000 dollars, 1,000 silver plates, many jewels and other articles, 5,000 stand of arms, 28 pieces of artillery, 10,000 shields, and 10,000 sp-ars. Th e European prisoners will depart for the sea coast to-morrow. The army will depart imme diately." AMERICA. NEW YORK, April 25. According to Mcssrs.Wright's report the receipts of cotton at American ports during the week amount to 18,000 bales. The exports to Great Britain during the same period were 38,000, to France 4,000, and to other ports 6,000 baits. Stock at all ports 229,000 bales. VENEZUELA. PARIS, April 27. official advices from Venezuela state that a severe conflict had arisen between the Congress and General Falcon. Armed men, partisans of General Falcon, forced their way into the Chamber of De puties, the members of which withdrew, after mak ing a protest. The United States have demanded reparation for the insults offered to the Government of Caracas. The American agents have granted a delay of ten days to obtain all the necessary information before presenting a definitive ultimatum. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. PLYMOUTII, Monday, 10 a.m. At 7 o'clock this morning four ships of war, sup posed to be the Minotaur and three others of the Channel Squadron, from the westward, were in sight, hull down; they were under easy steam, pro ceeding apparently for Portland. Wind southerly ; a strong breeze. FRA: NICE. see o'clock.—The market BOURSE, April 25.-11 closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month._ 69 25 Credit Alobilier End of month 2lO Credit Ponder _1172 50 Eud of month — Bank Shares Italian Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred — RAILWAY Account . 865 ~ 1185 Orleans .. Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 5761 Western 554 Eastern Sardinian Austrian . Lombard. North of Spain Saragossa Itoman 5:15 3721 73 AN IRISH RESIDENCE FOR TIIE PRINCE OF WALES. —A. Dublin contemporary says it is rumoured that inqui ries have been made as to the probable cost of renovating, enlarging, and decorating the mansion of Castleton, near Celbridge, as a royal residence in Ireland. The Prince drove through the picturesque demesne lands on his return from Carton, the boat of the Duke of rinster, on Wodnes day. HOLMAN HUNT'S NEW PICTURE. Another great work of art, in many respects the greatest of any he has yet produced, Hobnail Hunt has now added to the series of his masterpieces. The picture is at present on viewin the Messrs. Game bart and Company's Gallery, at No. 1, King-street, St. James's. It is of considerable dimensions and of extraordinary elaboration. For what must be termed chromatic effect, it may take rank with " The Light of the World," for luminous beauty with the "After Glow," for profound impressive ness with the " Finding in the Temple." As the latest, and, in very many particulars, the most re markable evidence of the daring originality of the artist's genius, it shows him to us as he is now— namely, at his best and at his greatest. Begun at Florence and finished in England, this extraordi nary painting has occupied him, as we arc given to understand, about two years in iti pro duction. For his subject he has agsiin had recourse to the imaginings of the most sensuous, as he is also one of the very greatest, poets of the century—Keats. But since the period (1818) when, in his twenty-first yen., he gave us his bodying forth of Keats's " St. Agnes," the ripening of Hol man Hunt's powers has, in truth, been something marvellous—comparing that youthful picture of his with the present one, this wonderful product of the artist's capacities, which are just now in their full maturity, this bodying forth thus, in his forty-first year, of Keats's " Isabella." To the author of the " Decameron," of course, rather than to the author of " Endyinion" and " Hyperion," the love-bra heroine of that profoundly pathetic story of the Pot of Basil owes her existence originally. - Yet by means of the exquisite sheen of poetry through which English readers have long since learnt to contemplate the terrors and anguish of her affecting history, now that that history has been sublimated by the bewitching verse of Keats, Keats has . made her and her sorrows far more his own than they ever were Boccaccio's. To Keats, therefore, rather than to Boccaccio, Holman Hunt has gone for inspiration. To Keats and to Natuie—to Poet and to Reality —guided in his quest throughout by the unerring instinct of his own rare genius as an artist. As when in the " After Glow," the moment selected by the Painter was (as indeed the very title of the work itself indicated) immediately after sunset so hero in this still more remarkable picture of the "Pot of Basil," the moment chosen is immediately glimmeringbeforesunrise. In the former the glory was fading or down in the West, whereas in the latter it is faintly dawning or glimmering up from the Ease —there in an Egyptian, here in a Florentine atmo sphere. The " After Glow," it will be remembered, was an out-of-doors picture—the " Pot of Basil" reveals to us, on the contrary, the interior of a luxurious apartment, or rather suite of apartments. Narrowed though the glimpse afforded us down that suite of apartments is, by reason of the re stricted width of the canvass, the distance suggested by the perspective is something really astonishing. We see at a glance that the grief-stricken maiden has left her bed at the earliest glint of morning and wandered into the adjoining room, which she has made the sanctuary of her despairing love, the spot consecrated by her to the preservation of her ghastly treasure. Lorenzo's h ead —secretly dug up by her from the forest dell to which her lover had been lured, and in which he had been murdered by her two brothers: the mouldering relic (unknown to them) being afterwards brought home by Isabella, and buried away in a beautiful vase (or pot, as the old legend calls it) under the Toots of a Basil, watered by her tears ! In that one sentence lies the whole pathos of the story. Upon the form, but more especially upon the features of Isabella herself, the whole re sources of the painter of this wonderful picture have been lavished. Clad as the beautiful maiden is, merely in her night dress, the symmetry, and even, in a partial manner, the warm flesh tints of her lovely limbs, of her whole lithesome shape in its ductile and flowing outlines, are discernible through the semi-transparent texture of the delicate white drapery. Her feet are uncovered. Her left arm is clasped right round the capacious orb of the basil pot. Her right hand is pressed upon it tenderly, yearningly —AS she stands, there, beside the depssitory of her cherishe I but dreadful secret, gazing upon it askance, gazing into it rather, as though, in spiritu d. vision, her sight could pens trate to the very heart aa I innermost core of that fair-seeming and blooming trophy of her undying tenderness. She gazes, as (before the exhumation and decapitation)— "She gazed into the fresh thrown mould, as though Ono glance did fully all its enrets tell ; Clearly she saw as other eyes would know Pale limbs at bottom of a crystal well." Her eyeballs tearless, now, as if her heart and brain had already rained away all the tears at her command—shine luminously with love and anguish, as only (it might have been thought until now) eyes of lovers and mourners actually living and in the flesh could shine. They are the glory, the " bright particular stars," the wonder of the whole picture. Looking at them, it is almost incredible to think that they are mere painted semblances of woe. A soul shines through them, as it does, in truth, through all the sentient lines of the grief-worn, mobile we had almost said, breath ing countenance. Examining the picture for the first time the attention is absorbed, is swallowed up, is wholly mastered, as it should be, by a contemplation of the central figure, the one human form upon the canvass, the form and features of the fair Florentine maiden of Keats and of Boccaccio. Afterwards,when the glamour exercised by the pain ter's genius over our imagination has had its swing, has been fully recognized, and when we turn to a consideration of the various accessories of the nu merous details introduced into this extraordinary picture, we perceive that there, too, in those seemingly trivial details and minor accessories of it as a work of art, there is not one amongst them but has its peculiar and affecting significance, there is not one amongst them but what is a wondrous achievement in its way, but what is a very marvel of executive skill in the painter's art. With a full assurance that we exaggerate nothing when so speaking, we here quite confidently assert, for ex ample, that never yet' has there been pourtrayed upon canvass, in Italy or England—anywhere for that matter— such a basil plant, such a jar or pot of majolica, such a cabinet of inlaid m ood, or such a water-pot of opal glass as stands in front of that piece of furniture. The realistic effect of each and all of them fills us with astonishment. Of the green flowering basil plant we could pluck a branch—and smell to it While the ma- jolica jar or pot, out of which It is growing, bears all the appearance of an actual specimen, of the ceramic art in its vitrious gloss and all its gor geous colouring. Exception may be taken to the grimly death's heads, symbolically introduced here and there into the design of it, as rendering un likely its selection by Isabella for her strange pur pose—unlikely, because so directly suggestive to her brother of the " wormy circumstance" of " the thing" "vile with green and livid spot," of the poor head with its " wild hair" calmed with a golden comb, hid away within there under the roots of the sweet-smelling 'basil. The very piece of furniture, even, which iu the .picture forms the pedestal or pediment for the pot of basil, as it is here depictel by the brush of Hol man Hunt, is such in its absolute verisimilitude, in its solidity, in the sheen of its polished sides, that it might be wheeled aside, one might think, as readily to one part of the picture as to another. 'rite embroidered coverlet, too, is just as marvel lous in its verisimilitude —bearing evidence of the haunting memory of Lorenz) in the heart of Isa bella, of whom, in the happier days of her love, the English poet sings— Hot- Into strings gave the echo of his name ; She spoilt her half-done broidery with the same. Regard should be had, moreover —by every visitor to the Messrs. Gambart's gallery, or rather to the studio set apart there especially for the display of Holman Hunt's latest and greatest work of art— especial regard should be had, we conceive, to one other of those marvellous subordinate portions of the picture, in the delineation of which the artist has given the last and crowning evidence of his peerless capabilities as a realist in art. So tritua. phantly has he painted the mere smooth, solid, shining woodwork of the piece of furniture sup porting the basil pot —as well as the watering pot of opalized glass, already mentioned by us as stand ing in front of it —together with the reflection of that opalized glass watering pot in the shining sur face of the cabinet--that one is almost fain to lift up and carry away the watering pot, and then expect to see the reflection of it disappear from the side of the cabinet These, however wonderful, are merely subordinate parts, it should be remembered, of a work of art, especially commanding our admi ration for its pathos, its passion, and its vital and perennial beauty. It is a work pre-eminently worthy of one of the greatest painters of the age — an artist who ought years ago to have been what he is not to this day —a Royal Aca lemichn. It would now at last be a graceful, and, at the same time, a strictly just and reasonable act on the part of the Royal Academy to elect him—if only by right of this one pictuie, and without requiring him to pass through the preliminary or intermediate grade of Associate—R. A. by acclamation. gist Cunt z,„ HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 25. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday aftcr- noon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Chris tian, drove out this morning. The other members of the Royal Family also went out. APRIL 26. Her Majesty has to-day received a telegram from his Royal Iligline3s the Duke of Edinburgh, in forming her Majesty that' he is progressing most favourably. Her Majesty, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, Prince and Princess Christian, and Princess Bea trice, attended divine service at Whippingham Church this morning. THE SUSPECTED lENTANS AT BUCKINGHAM" PAI ACE At Bow-street, this day, the two men named Barry and Keeffe were placed at the bar, charged with having an .explosive substance in their pos session with intent to commit felony. Mr. Poland attended on the part of the Treasury th e prosecution. Mr. Poland said on the present occasion he should only call the professor of chemistry, who had examined the tin case, and then he should ask for another remand. Dr. Henry Low said—l am a Fellow of the Royal Society and lecturer on chemistry at St. George's Hospital. On Wednesday Inspector Williamson and Sergeant Sears brought to my laboratory a tin case, 13 inches long and 6 in diameter. It was brought in a bucket of water, and removing it from the bucket a quantity of water came out of the canister, in which some holes had been made. I opened the case by removing the lid, which was not secured in any way, and then found an inner case, on opening which I found it to contain phosphorus. This second case was 8 in. long and 5 in. wide. Mr. Poland—You have examined the case and you are quite sure it was phosphorus ? Witness—Yes ; the box contained a large block of phosphorus which would weigh about 51b. or 61b. It is worth about 4s. a pound. I can not tell how it could be purchased in the block. It is usually sold in sticks, and it must have been melted to have run in so solidly. The substance melts at 112, and if it had been placed in the box and then immersed in hot water at 120 it would dissolve into the state I found it. I know the mixture ordinarily called Greek fire. One of its chief ingredients is phos phorus ; the other is bi-sulphate of carbon. 'The phosphorus becomes a liquid, and when this mixture is thrown against anything the bi-sulphate of carbon evaporates, and the phosphorus takes fire. I found no trace of bi-sulphate of carbon. I don't know that phosphorus is used in any other trade but by lucifer match makers, and then they would not keep it in the form in which I found it. When I removed the second cylinder from the water, I placed it on a stone slab while I went to the laboratory, but es soon as I turned round the whole burnt into a flame, and I had great difficulty in extin guishing it. This occurred twice. The friction of the air was quite sufficient to make it take fire. Mr. Vaughan—ls phosphorus itself explosive ? Witness—Not explosive, but highly iutiaminable. Mr. Vaughan—Do you know any trade by which such a large quantity of phosphorus could be re- _ quircd. Witness—No, I do not. Mr. Vaughan—Nor any other thing of a lawful nature where so large a quantity would be re quired ? Witness—No, I don't. I don't know bow it could be purchased in the state I found it. It is sold ordinarily in sticks about the size of a tobacco pipe. Mr. Vaughan (to the prisoners)—Do you wish to ask any questions ? B ia4y--Yes. Was the phosphorus in the state you recovered in an explosive state ? Witness—l have stated that it was not explosive, but highly inflammable. Barry—Then I say I am charged with having in my possession an explosive material. How can you keep me in custody after that? I know nothing further about this matter than that. Keeffe said he was simply asked by a party its Tottenham-court-road to carry a parcel as far ae Buckingham Palace, and that having done so he was taken into custody by the police, and never told what he was charged with until he was brought to the Court last Wednesday. Barry—Do you think we are two persons likely to carry out any such nefarious design ? Witness—That's not a question. It's an opinion Sergeant Langley was then called aad examined in corroboration of the evidence given by Sergeant Campbell. Mr. Vaughan—Am I to understand that further investigation is being made into the case ? Mr. Poland—Yes, sir, and I expect to have evidence to show a further development of th e case. The prisoners were then remanded. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION 0. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. THE PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH• COLONIAL OFFICE, April 27, 1868. By a telegram, dated Sydney, March 31, 186 8, information has been received from the Earl of Be'more that the prisoner O'Farrell was arraigned on the 18th March, before the Supreme Court, el l the capital charge of wounding with intent to kill. The prisoner applied for a postponement of his trial, which was granted. He has been tried, and was found guilty on the 31st of March, and was sentenced to be hanged. IL S. BRYANT, Private Secretary. REJOICINGS ON THE RESUL7 OF 7 11° ABYSSINIAN" WAR.-(THIS DAY.) This afternoon the glorious news of the terrain: l " tion of the war, and death of King Theodore, vacs confirmed by order of her Majesty's Govern rnent by firing the Park and Tower gutt, Thousands flocked to each place, but tu greatest order prevailed, and at the end of the firing the multitudes gave way to their fe e e ings in no unmeasured terms by crying 3/1: " God save the Queen and her family." The achieved by the British army, it is understood'be celebrated on a similar scale as that after tP, / Russian war, viz., by a general illuminatio n an display of fireworks, &c. 11 011 .„ 441; k o , tt„ lio,i