The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-02 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

The latest arrival of American papers furnishes the fol-
lowing items of intelligence :
President Juarez, of Mexico, the members of his Cabinet,
Senor Eomero, late Minister to the United States, and a
number of others, had a narrow escape from a terrible
death recently. They were sailing on Lake Tezcoco in a
pleasure steamer, when the boiler burst and the boat was
disabled. Senor Romero was thrown into the water, but
saved himself by swimming.
An Havana dispatch announces the return, by order of
the Government, of General Alvcar from active opera-
tions. Alvcar's regiment has been decimated by disease
and battle lcsses, and needed a complete reorganisation.
The Captain-General has issued a decree annulling the
article of his last proclamation relative to the right of
Spanish cruisers to search neutral vessels in the waters
about Cuba, for the reason that the United States has
been prompt in arresting the filibusters. Late on Monday
night a detachment of marines made an attack on a camp
of filibusters about four miles back of Hoboken, and suc-
ceeded in arresting fifty men, who were removed on a
tugboat to Fort Lafayette. The raid was planned by
Marshal Barlow.

The Powell Expedition is heard from. A St. Louis
despatch states that letters, dated July 4, have been
received at Green River, announcing that all the party
were well, and that the Rapids had been passed through
with the loss of but one boat.

A Mrs. Houghton, wife of a farmerliving near Brooklyn,
Mich., attempted to murder her two children and commit
suicide recently by the use of laudanum. The discovery
was made in time to save the lives of one of the children
and the mother. The latter was arrested, but gave no
reason for her act, only " that she wanted to die, and to
have her children die with her."

An attempt is making in Bourbon County, Kentucky,
to raise a fund for the purchase of a home for Jefferson
Davis in that, his native, State. A gentleman of Louis-
ville has offered, if .550,000 or more shall be subscribed to
the fund, to give a splendid building site for a house, with
ten acres attached, within four miles of Louisville.

Mr. Gladstone returned to town on Friday after-
noon, and although weak and looking very unwell, is in a
fair way to recovery of his health.

Favourable intelligence has been received of the
rising of the Nile. The inundation this year is expected
to be most abundant, and all the necessary precautions
have been already taken in Upper Egypt.

The Chester Guardian states that as the Holyhead
midnight train was leaving Chester on Thursday night, a
passenger unknown fired two shots at two poiutsmen in
different boxes ; the shots missed their mark, but were
found.

The meeting of the British Medical Association in
Leeds came to a close en Friday. In the section devoted to
surgery, Mr. T. Nunnely delivered nn interesting address
on that subject, and in the State medicine section
there was nn animated discussion on hospitals, in which the
question whether largo hospitals were beneficial or not was
discussed, Sir James Simpson, Dr. T. K. Chambers, Pre-
fersor Gairdner, the chairman, Dr. Farr, and others being
opposed to such institutions.

A BRIGHTON CLERGYMAN' LOST ON THE ALPS.—
Captain Ramsay Phipps, writing from Grindelwald,
gives some details of a fatal accident, by which the Rev.
Julius M. Elliott, of Brighton, was killed by a fall from
the Schreckhorn. Mr. Elliott was travelling in Switzer-
land with the Rev. P. W. Phipps, with the object of
ascending several mountains together. They were accom-
panied by Franz Biner, of Zermatt, Mr. Elliott's guide for
the last four years, and by Joseph Lauber, of Zermatt, as
porter. On Monday afternoon, July 26, they left Grindel-
wald to sleep at the cave under the Kastenstein, taking
with them Peter Baumann, of Grindelwald, as an additional
porter. On Tuesday morning last they commenced to ascend
the Schreckhorn, and the first half of the ascent was
effected with comparative ease. As the rocks became
more difficult, Baumann and the Rev. P. W. Phipps put
on their rope. Mr. Elliott, however, declined to put on
his, as he thought it was unnecessary. He ascended very
rapidly, and went on some distance in advance with his
two guides. When Mr. Phipps and Baumann reached the
Col at the top, Mr. Elliott, with Liner and Lauber, were
about half way up the final p,ak ; they were just leaving
the snow, and were cutting the last steps to reach the rocks
of the summit ; tht y were in great spirits at their success, and
the two parties shouted in congratulation one to another.
At this moment it appears that in springing front the snow
on to the rocks Mr. Elliott slit pNI and fell. Lauber was
on the rocks, but not firmly placed, and could render nc
assistance. Biner caught him by the arm for the instant.
but failed to hold him, and being unroped Mr. Elliott
glided rapidly down the steep snow slopes of the north-east
face of the mountain, rolling occasionally over until be
disappeared from their sight some 1,000 feet below, near
the Lauter-aar Glacier. Ten guides, under the direction
of Peter Michel, were sent off to use their utmost efforts
to discover the body of Mr. Elliott. They took with then
provisions for three days, and pverything that could bi
nizgt'llt9d AI 9 115 ft,

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