The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-23 00:00:00

GREECE.

ATHENS, May 18.

The trial of the brigands who were seized at Oropo will
take place on the 28th inst. Some English barristers will
be present.
Mr. Erskine has replied to the statement of the Greek
bar with respect to the brigands having asked the opinion
of their advocatesi and expressed bis regret that he should
have given offence to men whom he respected. At the
same time he says that he wrote the substance of what
was communicated to him.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

THE FENIANS AND THE RED RIVER INSUR-

RECTION.
(By Atlantic Cable:)
NEW YORK, May 23.
Colonel Warren, the American Fenian imprisoned in
England, has petitioned Congress for redress.
An agent of Riel has arrived at Chicago to consult the
Fenian leaders concerning the obstruction of the Cana-
dian expedition. He meets, however, with little encou-
ragement. Reliable evidence shows that Riel is satisfied
with the Canadian compromise.

DEATH OF SIR JOHN SIMEON.
The intelligence has just been received of the death of
Sir John Simeon, M.P. for the Isle of Wight.

TWO SOLDIERS DROWNED AT PLYMOUTH.

Three soldiers of the 57th Regiment went out sailing in
a small yacht in Plymouth Sound yesterday afternoon.
The weather was squally, and the boat was capsized. Two
of the men were drowned, and the third was picked up in a
a very exhausted condition.

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DETRE:MI/NED AUICI.t.,-4.
Yesterday'. Morning a; Moat' detiro4„...toft "
s
committed by a ship carpenter named AleXAnder Mac-
kenzie, 44 years of age, raiding. at 3.4 .A.Eity-Siteet,
Liverpool. He was of intemperate habiti,, and, having
been out of employment, was pitiCh depreskd. Ike drove
a nail into the wall in the back yard abotit three months
ago, and said lid would hang himself on it. Abaft. one
o'clock hi the morning ha went out to the back yard
and hung himself from the riaill swinging himself
off from the steps by which the dement into
the Yaid effected'. Becoming frightened, a child went
out after some tint; and, on opening the back door,
knocked against the body. alarm was at once made,
and Dr. Pierce, who attended the sClidoiniistress who had
attempted suicide in the same locality a few dayS ago, was
sent for ; but all his efforts to restore animation failed.
The man leaves a fafrrily of six children. At six o'clock
this morning his wife left the house, and has not since been
heard of.

SUICIDE Or AN EXHIBITIONER AT OXFORD:
Mr. Grey, of Balliol College, Oxford, who attempted
suicide on Friday by cutting his throat.; dial last night at
the Infirmary, and a coroner's inquest will be h 61,1 to-day.

Last night a number of undergraduates of Cambridge
held an open-air religious serf ice in King-street, in that
;,own, one of the spirittudly destitute parts of Trinity
parish. Several ur cbrgraduates preaelatdoild the service
was kept up for upwards of two hours. The attention of
a large crowd assembled was most marked.
Two Hindoo gentlemen have gone into residence at
Christ's College, Cambridge, this term—viz., Mr. Amanda
Bosij of Calcutta, and Mr. Shripud Babage Thahen, of
Bombay. •
An aggregatcmeeting of the Jewish congregations in
Manchester was held on Saturday, at Which petitions to
Parliament were adopted in favour of the abolition of
University Tests. Dr. Gottheil, who moved the resold-
tion, regarded the Solicitor-General's bill as a proof
of departure froth the old anti-Jewish feeling which was
wont to characterise legislation. Religious dogmatic tests
in the sense in which the Thirty-nine A 'Aides were put
before candidates for the highest 116116E1.s were
unknown in Judaism, ' and every attempt to. in-
fluence the teachings of Judaism within the bounds
of a certain set of dogmas had at all .times met
with a great oppoiition, and it had never been
necessary to put any such tests to any candidates for any
of the highest offices Which Jewish congregations or com-
munities could Bestow. The petition stated that Within
the last few years persons professing the Jewish religion
had respectively retained the rank of senior' second and
fifth wrangler, who had all been deprived of their chances
of obtaining fellowships on account of conscientious ob-
jections to signing the articles.