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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 29.

MR. MASON has published a letter to show that
the assassination of Mr. LINCOLN was not, as Mr.
Srairroe has said, " planned and set on foot by
" rebels under pretext of avenging the South and
" aiding the rebel cause." This was a very proper
object for any friend or agent of that cense to pro-
pose to himself, and the position of Mr. MASON LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 28.—Notice
marked him out for the task. If he has not sue- is hereby riven that the Queen's Drawing-room, Innotinced
oeeded it may be because, the facts being imper- so be held os Tuesday, the 16th of May nut, by her /loyal
fectly known, the attempt was premature But if
Highness thnentilPriarbuss Heitzurs:
io.
bialfaotabeaert.Majesty, is
postponed.
of
Mr. Mason had not the means at hand, se it was It is understood thys:t the Prince ayud Princes.s of
hardly possible he should have, of at once disprov- Wales ars to visit the Duke and Dachas of Sutherland at
ing Mr. STANTON'S grave but hasty accusations, he Duirobiis Castle in August.
has certainly lost a fine opportunity of exPresaing The Duke of Somerset will bold levees for the
sentiments suitable to the occasion, and has said reception of officers of the Royal Navy and Manses on the
something which his friends and he himself in his following days, at half-pest two p.m. :—Tburoday, May 4 ;
calmer momenta will regret. For our own part, Thursday, May 11; and Thursday, May 18.
we are quite content to wait for further light on The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa
this painful subject. In common with the rest of Cavendish have arrived at Devonshire nova, for the mere
the world we assumed when the news came that hem Liamote Cull., Ireland'
The Marchioness of Salisbury had an evening
Mr. Lisoout had fallen • victim to the spirit of
Ply lilyt.night at the family residence in Arlington-strut,
political revenge. It was a natural assumption, to be
etelfirmed or corrected by subsequent iniormatlon. 'NO (L'iraki) under,"-
sad that Viscount Palmer,-
Mr. STANTON says he has evidence of the fact in ton is suffering from gout, aid is obliged to discontinue his
his hands. He may have; but knowing the excite- attention to public Maine,.. His lordship bas left tows
ment amidst which he wrote, we do not accept his for Brooket Hall.
statement as • final decision of the question. The marriage of Viscount Chelsea with Lady
Mr. Mamie might, therefore, reasonably urge upon Bratrix Craves, defined on account of the death of Lord
rteinetoo, will take place privately at Coombe Abbey on
the English public the propriety of suspending
their judgment upon this mysterious case, and if he sh°l64ll of May.
Albion
farewellr dinner.r. was given last night at the
had done so simply and temperately, pointing out
the want of adequate motive to the commission of F.B.Z,
oilevrka'o, eof his doetmet`parture from to England. Heir%
such • crime on the part of the adherents of his sequence of an invitation he had ived from the eel;
cause, we should all have recognised the justice of gareremeiee to °maise a chemical laboratory in thii Uni
the claim. He has, however, seen fit to take varsity of Berlin, and to undertake the chemical chair in
another course. His object, he states, is " only to that university. Mr. Warren os la Rue occupied the
chair. The dinner was attended by a numerous oampasy
" repel a calumny." We shall presently see whether
his letter is of • defensive or an sggremive cha- °_,f2te friends, supporters, and former pupilsof the lemma
oc de
ratter. One thing will strike every reader of it—
Paris: tehhe Duke de Chartres, the Collage etChemistry,
1 includingrinccdeonde, he
the
Mr. Mr. MASON has not a single word of regret for the We (Athenaeum) are glad to find that the " Dort,"
death of Mr. LINCOLN. In this respect his letter by Stanfield, and "The Interior of St. Stephen's Church,
is unique among the compositions of various kinds Vienna," by Roberts, wan bought for Mr. Tile, M.P., and
that have been published on the subject during the are sow in his collection. The price of the two pictures
last few days. Mr. STANTON, who if he has mu- was about 4,000 guineas.
taken!), connected Mr. LINCOLN'S assassination The French government has despatched a scion-
with abettors of rebellion at least fell into ti6o mminiiai°n to Mount JEtee, b make inquiries on the
the error most natural to a person in his root into t. he °Mr" of the last eruption. The members of
situation, is accused by Mr. MASON of deli- of the' mountain, ssion Ps" and thfowten returned days sad tonigeatania ht. on th
wieths'irit
h
berstely inventing the statement to that effect harvest nbnevations sad
in his telegram for a calculated purpose. Mr. Mason The Press states that the Edmund' committee
says :—" He has adopted that theory which he will meet on Tuesday for the last time. "We have reams
" deemed would be the most useful to set before to believe," tars the Press, " that, whilst Lord
" the country." This is an imputation of the Bough= is completely exonerated, a very severe warm
basest motives. But it is weak and pointless com- will be passed upon the share his brother, Mr. William
Brougham, had in them) unfortunate Oar:sections. It it,
pared with what immediately follows. Mr. MASON
moreover, whispered that the Lord Chancellor will receive •
correctly observes that the assassination of Mr.
reprimand, on which even he can put but one construe.
LINCOLN could not "aid the rebel cause." The tam..
same, however, was truly said of the Lake Erie DEATH or Ste SAIIIJEL Ccoraae.—We regret to
piracies and the St. Alban's raids, which announce the death of Sir Samuel Cunard. which took place
Mr. DAVIS acknowledged, and also of the at 6 p.m. yesterday. This melancholy event had been fore.
firing of New York hotels, which one of the sees for some little time by Sir Samuel's (needs, by whom,
perpetrators of that deed confessed. Having as well as by the public in general, his ices will be mesa*
by this reflection, as he supposes, disconnected —rife B
the partisans of secession from the murder the Right irinf: itoutta
George z.nrurripate. of the
rick willd Esrf
of
of Mr. 'Armour, Mr. MasoN proceeds to point of Carlisle, E.G., P.C., of Castle Howard, Yereihire•
out that the parties who stood in • position to profit Haworth Castle, Cumberland ; and Grasvenor-pkice:
by the removal of the late President were Mr. 10,:elpotaewasf. grittilLoher hia
and lastr.y.s.Court of Probate
shed Ihr ,to
JOHNSON and Mr. STANTON, who could not carry Gray's-ins, the 'pint action executors. The personalty was
their schemes of plunder and rapine into effect at 186- sOldKiletris lordri.eiTerPeos will bean
bbt11:1:f date August 23, 23'he
the South while Mr. LINCOLN remained at the age of 62, somarviee many annuities are December,
head of affairs. It is in this sinister way that Mr. his brothers,i sisters, nephews,_ nieces, and
MASON pays the only tribute to Mr. Li/mote's ecateweL,Te'iroi.Trer ealeTeLfeleedt. ai.eset: of blear,:
memory which his letter contains. The late Pro- servants, each ; and lemeres to his other meant. free
'adept has been murdered, and the new PRZEIDMIT d duty.
founded ,Prarrdstimad;ifeerA,.......„4" support that a the sabot
gaios by it. This is how Mr. Malbw states and mire' tbs-fion. Edwar:.Gry,sl,7." fian imitheLdAhl;
leaves the matter; and it would have been difficult wife, may select any object which might not improperly be
a isirk:etfrom the fpastleydestilteu, as memorlalos siforeec:tiz;
to carry insinuation farther. We deprecateand
being forced to form an immediate judgment and satiated by friends who am enumerated by hie lordship
irw.illirt.ar a tr tres in his sta is to ben to
in the present state of our information, bet it cer- tt. binala
tainly seems more likely that Mr. Litroomi was with right of selection. Than re e l bles
2 nd
Afee te
ersbequest::
shot by • fanatical opponent than that be was got All the furniture and effects, sculpture, wittier, bale,
rid of to make way for Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. °tete' er(rde: eertu, hd-,:tasCas,, tie Howatrod,b4Nrpridortit
MASON points out that Wrixas Boom, who is trust as heirlooms for the person inheriting the title sad
estates
viipi1a,...373.7 thereto bids sext brother, the Hoe.
and believed to have committed the murder, is of
now i
a Carlisle
English descent, and has practised his profession— We (John Bull) learn with pleasure that the
that of en actor—chiefly in Northern cities. Boma, Qum has bees ersciosaly give a doestioa of
we believe, is as much an American as one-third
ande ant".Bl.llatad".. 14°6146,1. pleased
ec to
iv"/"Mint• at
or one-half of the young men in that country, ' Komi, aina.ll°.nb:rns2ll.74. ..re,:gthat
the population of which is so largely sustained by .beet i. the hospital. It is Prwtstwad to moue
none tag
immigration. He is said to have been an eve- i7usteetlfrtheesee• fr°°:.,,juzdasiera r Mr. litreeedirie
trial favourite at Mobile. In the absence of direct work will enewarage others to do se too, for warty raol3ol. is
testimony we should have inferred from his con- 'tole dtnerht...,,he dra,L_eeetshilyltraaZd there is little more thee
duct that he had graduated at New Orleans in
me person c
some,hapel feesommlb:obefit
at
the pre-Butlerian era. Mr. MasoN considers that take this put of the west. The object cif the home le to
his origin and mental training were little likely to k
oa Pgisitatin. tirir baaleb atfeeleetle mewed for
ork mid to amiss fa pteg them eel
engender the slightest sympathy with the South. in seem remunerative 00011$1•611.