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The question which Mr. WYLD last night put to
the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs was
one which is deeply interesting to many, and indeed
is important in its political significance. The hon.
member inquired if it was true that the King of
ABYSSINIA had refused to comply with the QUEEN'S
request that he should liberate the captives, and
-whether, in consequence, the English engineers,
who were to have entered the KING'S service, had
returned to England ? and, thirdly, what further
steps were to be taken by the Government to
obtain the release of Mr. RASSAM, Consul CAME-
RON, and the other captives ? Lord STANLEY
made answer that it was impossible for him to say
whether the KING had signified his refusal, because
they had as yet no answer from him on the subject,
but it was certain that some time ago the QUEEN'S
letters had reached him, and also that the prisoners
were not released. As for the engineers, Colonel
MEREWETHER suggested that they had better come
back, and the Government consented to the pro-
posed arrangements, believing that under the cir-
cumstances it would not be safe for them to go into
the interior. On the 16th of April Lord STANLEY
wrote to the KING, stating that the long " detention
of these prisoners caused him great regret, and say-
ing that unless they were liberated immediately the
presents which had been prepared and sent out
would not be delivered. Beyond this no further
information has been received."

This Abyssinian question was one of the most
troublesome among the many inconvenient legacies
which their predecessors in office left to the pre-
sent Government, and we confess it has come
to a pass, at which it is much easier to dis-
cuss the difficulties of the case, and to lament the

fate of the prisoners, than to propose a plan of
action, or to discover a remedy for the evil
that exists. Earl RUSSELL managed as I,adly as
possible in offending the KING, by not sending an
answer to his letter, and the unhappy prisoners
themselves seem to have been guilty of great. im-
prudence at first, but all that does not meet the
difficulty of the present position. How are these
men to be extricated, for their painful confinement

has become a matter of great moment, and it seems
as if we ought not much longer to have an answer
delayed. The inconveniences of proceeding to
extremities are too well known to need recapitula-
tion, and the loss of an expedition against the KING
would be great, and it might even fail of attaining
its immediate object of releasing the captives, be-
cause the irate KING might cause their destruction
before the arrival of succour. But how can we go
on much longer, allow this state of things to con-

tiiiue, and submit to the insults heaped upon us,
and the injuries inflicted upon our fellow-country-
men and the subjects of our Sovereign ? Besides
all these considerations, there is another which is of

paramount importance.
Consul CAMERON is the representative of England
in the place where he has suffered so much indignity
and inconvenience, and it is not at all suitable that
he should be thus treated with scorn and contempt.
If we cannot protect our Consuls in these remote
regions, we had better not send any out there ; but,
at the same time, having done so, we are bound to
see that they return in safety. It will never do to
have a precedent established by these men pining
away in captivity, and being destroyed by the fury of
theirpersecutors. Lord STANLEY has displayed much
discernment, and exhibited so firm a spirit of deter-
mination in many difficult questions already, that it
is not unlikely he may see a way out of this matter,
consonant with all dignity and suited to the exi-
gencies of the case. We hope he may succeed in
effecting the liberation of these unfortunate cap-
tives ; but if he should fail in doing so by friendly
persuasions, we feel convinced that the noble lord
will see that the time has come when other expe-
dients must be resorted to, and that the honour of
England cannot permit her to remain for ever
passive when her subjects are maltreated, and all
remonstrances on their behalf set at defiance.

All who take an interest in American politics,
whatever their particular views, will learn with

satisfaction the release of JEFFERSON P&vls from
his long and tedious captivity. Even admitting
the illegality and disloyalty of the secession of the
States—an admission which a large party in this
country have always been disinclined to make—it is
absurd that the offence should be visited specially
upon one man, however prominent his position.

JEFFERSON Davis was indeed the most conspicuous
statesman of the short-lived Southern Republic, but
he was merely the representative of the feelings and
wishes of his people. He was their chosen leader,

their elected President. The Confederacy was
never under his absolute control and guidance.
He never filled the office or exercised the authority
of a Dictator—in fact his Government was too
constitutional for a time of trial and disturbance.

The final break up of the Confederacy was
mainly due to the refusal of the planters to ac-

cept the suggestions of JEFFERSON DAVIS and
General LEE ; and, had he been the man
to carry out his own convictions in defiance of other
considerations, he might never have seen the inside
of Fortress Monroe. Whatever his administrative
capacity or his foresight as ruler, the career of

JEFFERSON DAVIS is identical with the Southern
cause. It was at its acme in the palmy days of the
Confederacy when it was overcast with the drooping
fortunes of the Southern armies. Why, then, should
Mr. DAVIS alone Iv) made to suffer for the errors,

if errors they were, of millions? Ile rendered, no
doubt, great services to the Confederacy, but Gene-
ral LEE rendered still greater. Another PRESIDENT
might have been chosen, but after JACKSON'S death,
it would not have been possible to have replaced the
Southern Commander-in-Chief. Yet LEE is living
in retirement, free and respected, while DAVIS is the
object of constant and virulent attack. Thanks to
President JOHNSON, his position has, indeed, been
of late considerably improved, and had it not been
for the ascendancy of the ultra-Radicals, he would,
no doubt, have been long since released on bail.

This is what has at last been actually done after all
these tedious delays and repeated disappointments

The Court of Richmond has released Mr. DAVIS on
bail to appear in November next. We may hope
that this is a preliminary to his being set at liberty
altogether. The Government of the United States
has many dangers to fear within and without, but

very certainly the freedom of JEFFERSON DAVIS
will not enhance them.

The Supreme Court has discussed the appeals of
Georgia and Mississippi on the ground of want of
jurisdiction, the real state of the case being that
Mr. CHASE has no wish to embroil himself with the
Radicals in view of the approaching contest for the
Presidency. To interfere with the action of the
boasted Reconstruction Bill would be to identify
himself with the policy of the PRESIDENT, and to
forfeit the support of the Radicals. Mr. CUASE, it
is pretty well known, has a mind to try his fortunes
at the White House, and is therefore very glad to
get rid of the troublesome petition from the South
on the excuse of a point of law.
According to the news brought by the Bremen
from New York on the 2d, the Democratic party is
steadily gaining ground, their candidates for the
Mayoralty and for the city Judgeship at Baltimore
having been elected by large majorities. The

Judiciary Committee, we learn from the same
source, were to resume the impeachment investiga-
tion on the 3d of May, but the interest attaching to
their proceedings seems to have died out.

The Mexican news is all uncertainty. The New
York papers affirm that a despatch has been received
from the agent of JUAREZ, which stated that MlRA-
max was dead, the Imperial forces disbanded,
MARQUEZ completely defeated, Queretaro cAptured,
and the EMPEROR in concealment. All this must
be received with reserve, but there seems little doubt
that MAXIMILIAN'S brief dream of power is over.
Mexico has little to hope from the triumph of
JUAREZ, since it seems that OPTEGA has found ad-
herents, and that CANALES, who has declared in
his favour, was besieging .Matainoras. The pro-
spects of that beautiful and fertile but distracted
country are as hopelessly overclouded as ever. The
people have become so accustomed to a condition of
chronic warfare and rebellion, of intrigue and plunder
that it would be difficult for the wisest and
most judicious ruler to maintain his ascendancy
over them. If ho tries a just and constitutional
administration he will be defeated by those whose
interest it is to scheme, and agitate, and conspire.
If he attempts tp govern with a strong hand the laud
is full of soldiers of fortune, who will answer the first
appeal to arms. Mexico may serve as a warning to
its great and powerful, but no longer united neigh-
bour. America is distracted by factions, and torn by
the intrigue.s and straggles of rival place-hunters and
bidders for power. She is far removed, indeed,
from the anarchy and desolation of Mexico, but she
is no longer what she was, and it behoves all who
really have the fortunes of their country at heart
to exert themselves to restore and uphold the
wavering doctrines of Constitutional freedom and