The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-13 00:00:00

THE ABYSSINIAN TELEGRAM.

TO TUN ZDITOR OF TRE ZIPRZRE.

Sin,—Having by the mail of this morning
received the Levant Herald of September 4, containing the
paragraph which Mr. Banter's corrrespondent has had the
hardihood to refer to as the excuse for his mischievous
telegram of the 3rd, I venture to ash your permission to
quote it as conclusive contradiction of the statement in his
message of the sth that the Herald had first published
end then contradicted the news in question as having been
•• received by the British Embsasy." The only allusion in
the paper to the subject is the following, under the head-
ing of " Reported Release of the Abyssinian Captives :"
" It Is reported in Constantinople that the mission of the
Armenian bishop, Isaac, w►o wee sent to Abyssinia about
four months ago by Mgr. Isaiah, the Armenian Patriarch
of Jerusalem, to endeavour to effect the Mesee of the
European prisoners, has proved anaemia), and that at his
intercession King Theodore has liberated Consul Cameron
and his companions in captivity. We have made inqui-
ries regarding this rumour, but have not yet been able to
authenticate it."

This, es I have raid, appears in the weekly edition of
the 4th instant, but may probably have been reproduoed
from the daily Bulletin of the 3rd, which I have not re-
ceived, and, if so, formed absolutely the only authority
for the falsehood—simply telegraphed to Mr. Reuter on
the sth in attempted palliation of the original blander of
the 3rd. I think I need add nothing in further vindica-
tion of the Levant Herald. As to the morality and trust-
worthiness of the correspondent, I leave your readers to
form their own opinion.—l am, &e.,

THE EDITOR OF THE " LEVANT HERALD."

Reform Club, Sept 12.

P.S. Since writing the above, I have seen the Constan-
tinople telegram of yesterday in the Dail,y News of this
morning. It confirms my surmise that the paragraph
quoted had appeared in the Bulletin of the 3rd, but offers
no further tittle of justification for the statement that the
rumour had been originally published as having reached
the embassy. The " contradiction " in the 'Midi* of the
sth may be safely imagined from the wording of the para-
graph itself, and, I feel confident, but little mends the case
for the correspondent.
[ln justice to Mr. Renter we most observe that the
question thus raised cannot be decided until the Levant
Herald of the 3rd inst. comes to hand:l

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. —About 700 tons
of pig iron hat just been despatched from South Stafford.
shire to be sent out to Abyssinia. It is understood that the
iron is intended to be out into shot on the way out, and
that crucibles fur that purpose will be taken on board with
it. The pigs are those known as the Birchilla Furnace
iron, and they were sent from Bloomfield, near Tipton, by
railway to Victoria Basin. Though not a the beet quality
of iron they are not of the worst, and will stand the turn-
ing to which, after they have bean mist, they will have to
be subjected. Yesterday, the following vire* forming
portion of the steam transport fleet for the conveyance of
storms and troops between Bombay and Mainowah, were
in the Kersey, and nearly reedy for sailing :—Thelgisgland,
Queen, Californian, West Indian. Kangaroo, and City a
Dublin. Orders were given to four of the transports to
go to sea last night, viz., the Kangaroo, West Indian,
England, and Peruvian.