The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-21 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.

The Royal Mail steamship Africa, from Halifax
and Boston, arrived at Queenstown at 6.45 p.m. on
Saturday, with 174 cabin passenners, and $15,243
in specie. She landed 126 sacks of mails and eight
passengers, and proceeded at 7 p.m. for Liverpool.
All well.

NEW YORK, May 8 (Evening).
A resolution has been referred to the Judiciary
Committee of the House of Representatives in
favour of an amendment to the constitution to
authorise an export duty on cotton. A resolution
has also been passed instructing the Judiciary Com-
mittee to report a bill prohibiting the admission, as
a State, of any territory wherein the franchise is
denied on account of colour, and declaring such
denial to be unconstitutional.
Mrs. Davis is still at Fortress Monroe. She is
permitted to remain with her husband from reveille
to sunset every day. Secretary M'Culloch had a
long interview yesterday with Mr. Davis.
President Johnson has ordered the release on
parole of ex-Senator Guin, now confined in Fort
Jackson.
It is generally believed the President will veto the
bin admitting Colorado State into the Union.
OrMa.hony has issued circulars declaring that the
Eastport expedition was proposed by Kilian, who
continued an useless expenditure after he (Oala-
bony) had ordered the recall of the men, and that the
launch of an Irish ironclad upon American waters,
to co-operate with the expedition, had been pre-

Tented by red tape formalities.
Capt. Grace declares the Eastport expedition to
have been planned by O'Mahony and Killian, in order
to sell the bonds. Roberts, Sweeny, and O'Mahony
subsequently caused the failure of the expedition
because of Killian's popularity. Several circles have,
after an investigation, acquitted O'Mahony of all
}dame in the Eastport fiasco.
The Peruvian, Quebec, China, City of Boston,
and Borussia have arrived out.

NEW YoRK, May 10 (Evening).
To-de:y the House of Representatives adopted the
amendment proposed by the Reconstruction Com-
mittee by 128 against 37 votes.

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of
Mr. Smythe as collector of New York.

The Senate has concurred in a joint resolution
relative to the attempted assassination of the Czar
of Russia.

A bill has been introduced in the Senate provid-
ing that the President cannot remove any officer
appointed by consent of the Senate, except members
of the Cabinet.

It is believed that the House of Representatives
will reject the constitutional amendment reported
by the Reconstruction Committee, a number of the
Republiean members having declared themselves
opposed to it.
President Johnson, replying to a recent address
presented by a delegation of Methodists, said that
great misapprehension existed with reference to the
present condition of the South, and that the irregu-
larities there were grouped together in order to con-
vey the impression that they illustrate the condition
of the country. Individual conduct should corre-
spond with what was professed. He believed that
if a proper spirit of government was persevered in, a
good feeling would soon be restored. The interests
of both sections demanded a strict compliance with
the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws.

The President has approved the West India
Telegraph Bill.
It is believed that the Grand Jury of Norfolk
will bring in a bill of indictment against Mr. Davis
and the other leaders of the rebellion. Judge
Underwood charged the jury yesterday, urging the
necessity for the punishment of treason. Secretary
M'Culloch has advised a relaxationitof rigour to Mr.
Davis in his imprisonment.

Fort Goodwin, Arizona, has been captured by
savages, and the garrison, 124 in number, mas-

sacred.

The cholera is abating in New York Qbarantine,
and the steerage passengers on board the steamer
England have been permitted to come into the city.
Stephens, the, Fenian Head Centre, is reported
to have arrived here to-day by the steamer Napo-
leon, from liavre.