The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-18 00:00:00

ENGLAND AND AMEJUCA.

A Reuter's express, dated New York, May 4, says :
" The comments of the London press upon the rejection
of the Alal ama, claims treaty by the 'United States
Senate, and upon Mr. Sumner's speech upon that subject,
have attracted much attention here, and have created some
surprise at the great importance apparently attached to
the action of the Senate. It was generally believed here
that the rejct!on of the treaty had been regarded as a
foregone cono:usion in Great Britain, as it had been here
ever since the Committee on Foreign Relations in the
Senate reported unanimously against it ; and the speech
of Mr. Sumner was not regarded here as being of any
special importance in view of the fact that Congress had
adjourned, leaving the whole subject in abeyance until
next December, there having never been any allusion
in either house, or in official quarters, to the proba-
bility of the President calling aspecial session of Congress
in the interim to act upon matters appertaining to
the settlement of the claims. It is now reported that
Mr. Motley, who leaves for England on the 19th instant,
will have no special instructions from his Government in
r.lation to the Alabama claims subject, it being
regarded as more desirable that the Governments
of both countries should await further exPres-
e!on or development of sentiment upon the sub-
ject through parliamentary and congressional debate.
Mr. Sumner, in a recent interview with a correspondent
of the New York Herald, is represented to have expressed
the opinion that there is no danger of a war between the ,
two countries arising from the affair."

The new docks at Hull are to be opened on the
28th proximo.
The Queen is now at Balmoral. There is a
rumour (says the Liverpool Mercury) that she intends hi
returning to Windsor to Tisit the Isle of Man.

Le Figaro of Monday reports the death, at Dresden,
of the aunt of the Princess of Wales, Princess Marie of
Schleswig-Holstein.
A Cork correspondent telegraphs that Mr. Murphy
has definitively declined the mayoralty, and that the feeling
is now in favour of Sir John Arnott.
One Bridget Hogan made her 130th appearance
before the Limerick magistrates for drunkenness. She was
sent to gaol for a month.
The report that Mr. Brady, a land agent, Was fired
at and wounded in Cavan—put in circulation by a Dublin
journal-- turns out to be unfounded.

The body of Lady Firth, wife of Sir Charles Firth,
of lteckmonwike, was found in the river Wharfe, near Bol-
ton Abbey, on Monday. She had left the Devonshire
Arms Inn at Bolton Bridge for a week the previous day,
but it is not known when or how she came by her untimely
death.

A. petition will shortly be lodged against the return
of Mr. Guest, member for Youghal. The ground of the
petition is that Mr. Guest, in the recent contest, employed
persons in the capacity of canvassers, Mr. Weguelin amongst
the rest, who were in the recent petition adjudged guilty of
corrupt practices.

The volunteers of London spent their holiday on
Monday at Panshanger, Tooting, and Windsor. At the twofor-
mer places reviews were held. At the latter, Colonel
Richardson Gardner entertained the North East London
volunteers at dinner. The teetotallers had a grand fete at
Beaufort-house grounds, which will perhaps be remembered
in connection with one of the great reform meetings.
The death of Frances Countess of Albemarle took
place on Monday at the Hotel do l'Europe, Lyons. The de-
ceased countess was daughter of the late Mr. Charles Steer,
and married May 4, 1816, Augustus Frederick, second eon
of William Charles, fourth Earl of Albemarle, who after-
wards became fifth earl, and died in 1851. The countess
married, secondly, in 1800, Colonel the lion. Peregrine
Francis Cust, con of Brownlow, Era Lord Drownlow.

A very melanchly accident occurred on Saturday
afternoon at the Sowerby railway station. Mss Porter
sister-in-law of the Rev. C. J. Ensilell, vicar of &ridslaud,
was at that station, intending to proceed home to Southport
by a train then about due. In crossing the lino the dress of
the young lady was caught by an express train which came
up at Um time. She was knocked down byThe engine, and
killed on the spot,

The news from Oxford on Monday mentions the
sudden flight of the Chief Proctorial officer of the University,a
man named Soanes, who is charged with forgeries of a very
serious character; the names of several senior members of
the University having, it is alleged, been signed to
bills. For many years past rumour Lad pointed to
Soanes as a forger, but it was not until his sud-
den departure that the real truth came out, when
it was found that his defalcations were extensive. Consider-
ing the suspicion which attached to Soanes, it is though►
6trange phould hayg been permitted to escape,,