The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-19 00:00:00

THE AB ESSI N lAN CA MYA /G.V.

INCIDENTS OF THE ATTACK ON DIA(;DALA,
Another letter, written by the special c‘.rrespon.
dem of the rcayll'ecs, gives some additional interesting
particulars relative to the fall of Magdala, and the engage.
meet which preceded that eveut. Theodore's object lo
making his first sortie front the fortress is now obvious.
Ha had several thousand men. klagdala was crowded with
women, and he wee very short of rroviaioste, the two Lats.
being strong rtuons fir his not wishing to stand
He sew the pioneers, abut GO") strong, at the head of the
Arrogi defile, with a good deal of baggage on toulen
to
their right and left, aid determined to destroy them be.
fns Vie <Alla forces, wil' he fancied were all un the
Ems' i'o, should air:• But it it clear that in ti,em
respects he committed a grave mistake, which pr,cinitate.d his downfall.
Theodore seems to have been very much iropreYse,l with
the nov.lty nod ens earance of the missiles Gn d by the
rocket brigade. He picked up the came of one sa:.l to i.,ve
passed within two yards of his own head, and exclaimed
to Mr. Flail, " Ifow au I to tight with people who "g
such weeps on as the.- " The Snider bullet way Ytill
mne terrible in its effects, its rapid fire mowing down tie
foe t.y elczens, and encouraging knots of 0:17 SOL,. re
to advarce with calm confidence upon masks cf the
enemy. The wounds it inflicts are extremely serer
the Israel of the bullet having its lead hollowed :.w ~ 4
'oft, and expands upon entering the flesh. (ine rn Ur
said to have tired as many as 180 rounds, and dtg.t,j
summed our correspondent that he fired over twcwy
five teitatel.

During the fight Vie Earmean captives sutie-,I
anxiety. At tni•lnight Thewloie scut fur Mr. and
admitted that he had been beaten. At dawn he rat
Meagre. Prideaux and Flat, and toad them that tad
thought that be Lad been a man before, but now h.. !.
that he had his superiors—that the ',Attie of the ph -.IOU
evening had ruined him ; half his army was gone
Lis bravest killed ; what were left were women ; a,.1
and Prideaux must reconcile him with th,
Balancing all probabiliriis, the t dal number of Ynyt.
aiiiien dead from this first engagement could fat
short of .7./O; and the loud of women c0u1d..,!:.r the
battle, he distinctly h..ard in the British camp,
from :ialasee and Magdala.
With respect to the horrible butchery of the
why were slaughtered on tl.t: kith, the cori.l,or..:iat
says:

•• Theodore mustered them together, and toid hie soldiers that he could h.. leio.:er feed them, so lb., cart
be killed ; ' and now,: he added, ' let me see how
you can despatch them. and by that I can jo ti.ne
you will take to dispose of the English.' flie Jah
captives more than once were threatened with tb.. :•cne
fate, but after the action of the lath they w‘ 'o to
reply 'lfwe go over the pea-cipiee all of you aid `un-dly
follow.' "
In reference to the actual defence of M..; :Li cor-
respondent says:
"Although Theodore more than of
cannon on the mountain, he bad taken noi, 1... irto
Magria!a itself. It is very hard to gores aI. ,t. f..r ••
(a nded the fort, or ire!, e I wa re at any time wit i,re.
Pos-ildy he had 6,1,10 a.r I:),009 on the loth ; •o of
these we are now pretty curtain were killed and a,
ma that day, and many deserted; not le— nazi
:001 layed down their Orion on the 1:;th de
Magda's', and there were at least 6,000 men capahl- of
hr.:ring arms that day on the mountain. PerbAo as
many as 600 remained with the King in M igdala to the
last, or nearly the last ; but only from 40 to lito took, at
the critical inowent, soy active part in the defence. fo
such a mere speck lia,l Theodore's host dwindled. The
rapid defection of his men was the offspring, of the terror
produced lay the slaughter, and of the complete superiority
which they were I,uditrally taught we possessed in lace, dile
cipliue, awl weispuii.."
The correspondent e,timates that the nornbtr of deal in
the fortress may bare Lees in all about '2O ; and in the
assault seven of our men, including Major Pritchard, 1... E.,
were wounded.
The discovery of the Ludy of Theodore is desciihed a
• follows :

THE LEEDS FMB ARTS EXHIBITION.

ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
(71101 OCR OWN OORRESPONDINT.)
LEEDS, MONDAY NIGHT.

The Midland train which brought the Prime to
ss oodhnford arrived punctually to its time at 5
clock. Long before that time crowds of people
from Leeds and the villages near lingered around
the station approaches, and some adventurous
.pirits clambered up into lofty trees or hung upon
the parapets of the railway bridges. About live
furlongs off, like a black mound running athwart
the fields, some thousands of persons were seen
lining each aide of half a mile of the straightest
part of the route to Temple Newsam. The high-road
from Leeds was rendered impassable by vehicles,
and the county police onduty inside the station yard
had enough to do to keep out the people. A troop of
the Royal Horse Artillery with four 13-pounder
Armstrengs were stationed in a meadow the other
side of the railway, and a troop of the Yorkshire
Hussars Yeomanry (the Prince's Own), with Mr.
A. Fairbairn, the Mayor, as captain, occupied the
station-yard. Sir T. Morley and Mr. C. H. Jones
were upon the arrival platform, representing the
Midland directors. About the platform and station
there was not a scrap of decoration, and not so
much as the usual bit of red cloth for the Prince to
walk upon. The Prince came by an ordinary train,
anti as the ordinary passengers kept their heads
out of the windows with the hope of seeing
something connected with the royal saloon,
they in several instances must have narrowly
missed being brained by the abutments of the
bridges they passed. On the platform the one or
two county policemen who kept the peace began to
wax frantic as the train approached, and performed
several remarkable feats, such as imploring
several gentlemen who were squeezing them-
selves hard against the wall to fall farther
back. Mr. Earp, the company's district
superintendent, however, got everything into
decorous order by the time the train stopped.
The Prince was received by the Earl Fitzwilliam,
lord lieutenant of the county, and the son of Mr.
Ingram, the Prince's host. From the same train
there stepped the Duke of St. Albers, Lord Frede-
i Cavendish, General Sir W. Knollys, and the
royal suite. His royal highness entered a
carriage with Lord Fitzwilliam and Mr. Ingram,
ami, preceded by the Yorkshire Hussars,
drove off at once. The Armatrongs in the field
; r... 1 a royal salute, much to the gratification of the
.i.,.,:tators, and to the intense discomfiture of the
un:raitted horses of the escort. As soon as the
Price got clear of the station yard, the people
tivired upon a cheer. but in a very faint style,
if they were afraid of giving offence • once
I:I i!li• road, however, the cheering commenced in
art, ,t, and continued so until he had reached his
'nation. Other carriages followed, containing
T!,.• Prince's attendants. In a stand near the rai1%,3%
%,3% 10r1d:.3 a brass band was stationed, and they
Itrinley Richards' "God bless the Prince
..; ‘Vales- and the National Anthem until the

r: :Lte was at least two miles off. Everybody was
• .ti.i at the immense concourse of people,
linlo•ring little less than 15,000. They
eud to have made their nests in every
they covered the banks even when they
with prickly furze, and they clung about
•' • J 'lndic-gate until the toll-keeper wrung his
•—.ll-i in despair, and forsook his post in disgust.
T!;.• Prince reached Temple Newsman about twenty
...,.tes to SIX.

i weds s% as illuminated during the evening.

(by TELEGRAPH.)
LEEDS, TRISDAT APT/R:1100N.

in Prince I f Wales arrived at the Exhibition
twtt,,,m 12 ant I, and was enthusiastically re-
, o sttee.i, aro filled, crowds having come
is :rams from the country.

1:1:1*.1.V.TII.E.1:1:VK CiFINDIALONDON,

Alill CHINA.-(THIS DAY:)

Tit, tvnth annual meeting of the proprietors
• h.•! I tine afternoon, at the bank, 65, Old Broad•street,

ID the chair:

r...• r.i...rt, said:—" The net profits for the year, after
h. cm; charges and providing for bad and doubtful
_ .

•• • • f..• that period, ;Mount 106,3351. 45. fid— or 14
i• • • • • t. on the bank's capital ; of this sum 43,000. has
• • prelintwolialf-yearly dividends, add 47,8821. 176.10 d.
—t•••1 to meet looses arising out of previous year's
t; Lot., leaving a balance of 13,452/. tie. Bd., which
• . i•; • rot.: have placed as a special reserve against the
i• old accounts, which they consider it ad-
,,i i,• to carry forward to the end of this
r • abe n they expect to be able to make
.':tare adjustment and full provision for them.
• i• crate of Eastern trade and exchange, fol-
the crisis of 1860, continued much longer than
• .;•I ....re been foreseen, resulting in diminished business
• I piot;tr for the last half of the year, and causing, as
a more unfavourable winding up of the pre-
•. ri rra outstanding' than had been anticipated. But
• ,tird reaction from extreme depression has taken
•u.l the hank is now reaping the benefit of this im-
i.t with every prospect of its continuance, so that
I directors have good reason to look forward to an in-
. • .n,, prolitalde, and cafe business in the future."
; • ,•i. r I INAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
Ito a considerable falling off in business, and said
: .t the ainount of the reserves was amply sufficient to
. •• i all the liabilities. The result of the last half-year's
r. -uo doubt disappointed the shareholders ait had
• • r. etors. That was partly owing to the stagnation of
. L it the principal cause was the unfortunate arrange-
. to which he bad before alluded of the fear months'

•• •• ••. The n:counts showed the result of that, namely,
ofritlerable diminution in profits. The lows of
1.• two list half years had all been written off, the
t •.1 loss for the year being about 13,0001. The working
• t• 'ties in the previous half-year were about 15 per cent.,
• lin the lost 'milieu they were rather less ; and he
old not hold out any hope of a reduction below 14 per
• et. The directors had dealt with the bad debts of 1865
•-•1 loo; sui far as they could. There remained some
. .

.netts which could not yet be accurately adjusted, but the
hoped that ere longthey would Walnut extinguished.
L. e .tau. 1 the business had greatly increased, and they
now look forward to a good year. So far as the
;tors knew there was not a single shilling in jeopardy;
n.l he never knew the India and China trade to be in a
~under state than it was at present.
Mr. Iti.owN wished to know the amount of the losses,
being the best for the shareholders to know the worst.
Ile thought the accounts ought to have contained some
information on that subject.
Mr. BUII.EIt4oHNRTONE. said his confidence in
the directors had led him recently to invest N,OOOl. or
10,030 f. in that bank in addition to his previous interest.
lin still felt perfect confidence in the dimple's, and in the
stability of the bank, but he should oertainly like to know
the amount of the losses. (Hear, bear.)

The Clint/MAN, in reply, said the directors would have
I ..en very glad if they could have given an estimate of she
I. d debts of IKGS and 18416. All he could say, however,
that the reserve fund wu more than sufficient to pro-
% de for them. and the board expected that by the end of
thia year they would have extinguished everything of that
k.nd without touching the reserve, haying pad a dividend
the meantime. The overdue bills amounted to 150,0001.
11.. :.tided that in consequence of the increase of business
"hick he had before mentioned, the directors thought it
14..mb1e that after paying the usual small dividend on the
July next, they would see their way to an increase
• f the dividend.
_ _

T .. report was adopted, and the prooeediap terminated
the usual manner.

I,Nipps-Waltham Church has been restored at

“*. rsper4 of 1,000/. Some line old oak rafters have been
t"1--a,1 to view by the restoration which have been con-
r.-0,1 by loth and plaster for 200 years.
t! r. Thomas Cooper writes to the Lincoln
•”. The Nottingham papers of Tuesday say lam
d. I can assure you I don't think it is true. I don't
t• • dtr dying any day last week, though they say I died
hot Friday. t Lord, lord,' as Falstaff says,
• 1., a the world is given to lying:'
.!! F:10 ..tYltrN BILL—It will be seen from our
of th...proceedings last night in tbe House of Lords
t • :4: tointsterial bill oneducationhas been withdrawn.
1.. N':-INN Cif A FEL. —After next Thursday,
tLct.t; '..o.day, when there will be an early oelebration of
ILI) Communion, there will be daily prayers in
I.lr.'olh'eine Chapel at A a.m.
Al.mtittLTY, MAY 18.-s-APPOINTMRNTS. Staff-
s osroan;ler Robert B. Batt, " in command," to the Fox.
i
.a.utettant Ernest Rite to the Excellent ; Surgeon Wm. G.
"In t° the {VW ; and Assistant-Paymaster E. H. W. S.
Cala to the Victory.
PATRYT-OYPICE MURLC/4, SOUTH Iif,XSENGITON.
Nure.uer of vactors for the week ending /day 16, 2.434
Toull
112th Igal' nun'taa an" Um fin[ of the Museum fns daily
It 18581. 1,298,147.