The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-25 00:00:00

THE " LOOT" SOLD BY AUCTION.

It is already well known, says the Daily News corre-
spondent, that the booty captured at Magdala is not
remarkable for variety or value. The " loot" consisted
chiefly of old matchlocks, crooked swords, spears,
crosses, shields of tough bull-hide, or the still tougher
hide of the rhinoceros, and books in old Ethiopic
character. Trashy as the collection was, however, the
articles fetched fancy prices ; one might have supposed
from the bidding that the buyers were in league with
Madame Tussaud or Barnum. The shields fetched from
£lO to £l5 ; that of Theodore was knocked down at
k 45 10s. ; although it was in no way different from the
otbcrs, being a well-worn bide, ornamented with silver.
Suitable presents were made to each of the regiments
before Magdala. ; a valuable collection has, I believe, been
made for the British Museum ; and the books, or the ma-
jority of them, will he sent to England for sale, as they
will find a better market there, where the connois-
seurs are more numerous than they are in Abyssinia.

HE DIVISION ON THE SUSPENSORY

BILL.

The division on the second reading of Mr. Gladstone's
Irish Church Suspensory 13i11 was taken in a House of 575
members. The numbers voting were 31 fewer than in the
division on going into committee on April 4, and 26 fewer
than in that which took place on Mr. Gladstone's first

resolution on the morning of May 1. The Liberal ma-
jority of 54 is seven less than it was on April 4, and 11
less than on May 2. The Conservative minority is twelve
and seven less respectively.
In the division of Saturday morning eight Conservatives
voted with the Opposition, viz. : Lord Bingham, Mr.
Butler Johnstone, Mr. Earle, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Leader,
Sir J. N. M`Kenna,, Mr. M`Lagan, and Colonel Vande-
leur. On the other hand, six Liberals voted with the
Government, namely : Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Ore-
morne, Lord Elcho, Sir J. Matheson, Mr. Saunderson, and
Mr. Wyld. Sir Bounden Palmer was again absent.
The following Liberals who took part in the division of
May 1 were now absent :—Mr. H. E. Adair, Major
Anson, Mr. M. T. Bass, Mr. H. F. Berkeley, Mr. C.
Butler, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Colvile,
Mr. Dunlop, Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. S. Gurney, Mr. E.
W. Hamilton, Captain Kearsley, Mr. Lamont, Mr. A.
Mitchell, Mr. Moncreiff, Mr. W. Morris, Sir J. Power, Mr.
R. G. Price, Mr. H. Russell, Mr. R. B. Sheridan, Mr. J. B.
Smith, Mr. H. H. Vivian, Mr. Waring, Captain White,
and Mr. G. Young.

The absentees from the previous division who now voted
with Mr. Gladstone were—Sir R. Bulkeley, Mr. E.
Ellice, Mr. Fitzwilliam, Mr. Fordyce, Mr. Gaskell, Mr.
Bulkely-Hughes, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Sir T. Lloyd,
Mr. M'Evoy, The O'Conor Don, Mr. Parry, Mr. J.
Ramsay (new member).
The Conservatives voting with their party on May 1,
and now absent, were—Mr. Bagnall, Mr. C. Bailey, Mr.
H. B. Baring, Mr. H. Barnett, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Conolly,
Mr. Davenport, Lieutenant-Colonel Fane, Mr. Floyer,
Mr. Getty, Mr. R. Gilpin, Sir D. Gooch, Mr. Hope, Mr.
Hornby, Colonel Stuart, Sir- G. Stucley, Colonel Sturt.
Admiral Walcott, Colonel Williams, and Mr. Wise.
The Ministerialists then absent, and now voting with
their party, were—Mr. H. Baillie, Earl of Bective, Vis-
count Curzon, Major Dickson, General Dunne, Mr.
Dupre, Viscount Ingestre, Mr. .D. Jones, Colonel Low-
ther, Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Pugh, Mr. Sandford, Lord H.
Scott, Mr. A. Thompson, and Lord H. Thynne.
Mr. Antrobus, a Liberal Conservative, who in the
former divisions voted with the Government, was now
absent. Mr. J. Ivatt Briscoe, the Liberal M.P. for West
Surrey, who on April 4 went into the lobby with Minis-
ters, but was not present on May 1, was again absent.
So likewise was Colonel R. M. Riddulph, the Liberal
member for Denbighshire. Sir Montague Cholmeley and
Colonel Packe, the Liberal representatives of North
and South Lincolnshire, who did not vote in the previous
division, were Once more absent. Mr. Brocklehurst, Mr.
James Brown, Sir George Colthurst, Mr. Fort, Mr. Pim,
Mr. E. L. Pryse, Mr_ 'Dn.ylby Seymour, and the Messrs.
Mackinnon have voted in neither division since the
struggle on the Irish Church commenced.
Mr. Barrow's absence from the division is explained by
the fact that the hon. member is seriously ill.

The Dublin police are to receive one week's f uil
pay, as a gratuity, in consideration of the extra duty
thrown upon them during the royal visit.
COLLEGE OF PEECEPTORFL—A meeting of the
council of this corporation was held on Saturday last. The
diploma of Associate was conferred on Mrs. Shillinglan, of
Castle I)onington.

UN's-El:airy- OF EDINBURGH.—Mr. Gladstone,
m.P., has consented to allow himself to be proposed for
the office of Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh.
Sir James Y. Simpson is chairman of the committee en-
ga;ed in promoting the election of Mr. Gladstone.
THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE DUKE
OF EDINBURGH.-A photograph of O'Farrell, the Fenian
miscreant who made the cowardly attack on the Duke of
Edinburgh in Australia, has just been received in Eng-
land, and is being published by the London Stereoscopic
Company. There is nothing repulsive about the linea-
ments of the scoundrel.

A LONG MINISTERIAL CRISIS. —A telegram, of
April 26, sta'e3 that at that date Governor Sir Manners
Sutton bad not keen able to obtain new advisers capable of
carrying on the government of Victoria. Mr. M'Culloch
and his core igues resigned their offices on the 13th of
March, so that the crisis had lasted more than six weeks,
and continued.

OUTRAGE IN CORK. —On Saturday, at three
o'clock in the afternoon, a number of armed insurgents
entered Ashfield House, at the south-west of this city, in
the absence of the owner, Captain Warren. They de-
m aided the surrender of arms in the name of the Irish
Republic. Having got a sword from the terrified domestics,
they decamped through the shrubbery.
THE LAW OF NATURALTSATION.—Lord Stanley
has appointed the following commission to consider this
important subject :—Chairman, Lord Clarendon ; mem-
bers—Queen's Advocate, Attorney-General, Sir H. Philli-
'more, Baron Bramwell, Sir R. Palmer, M.P., Mr. Card-
well, M.P., Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Mr. Vernon
Harcourt, and Mr. Montague Bernard.
For some little time past the judge of a metro-
politan county court has been unable to sit, having been
arrested at the suit of a creditor. We do not state parti-
culars, because the scandal is sufficiently widespread
already, and we here desire only to call attention to the
fact that there appears to be no power of removing a
county tour_ j lge who, by reason of his liabilities, is an
unfit person to liil the office.—Law Times.
O'FARRELL'S CONFESSION.—The telegram which
announces the execution of O'Farrell states that shortly
before his death he withdrew the statement made at the
police-court that he, had been selected from a number of
Fenians to perpetrate the horrid deed, and had committed
it under orders. Either, therefore, his first statement was
false, intended to intensify the fears of the excited
population, or in view of the scaffold he retracted a fact
inadvertently disclosed. The former opinion appears to
prevail in Australia.

SEWAGE NUISANCE AT BARKING.—A memorial,
Signed by the vicar, the churchwardens, the medical men,
and most of the inhabitants of Barking, has been prepared
for presentation to the Home Secretary, setting forth the
"grievous nuisance and injury inflicted on the inhabitants
of all the towns below London by the Metropolitan Main
Drainage, and praying for an injunction against the
Metropolitan Board of Works, to restrain that body
from discharging the sewage of London into the River
Thames."

LORD BROUGHAAL —There was a rule amongst
the Scotch judges and the senior members of the bar when
on circuit, that they only had the privilege of drinking
claret; the juniors were limited to sherry and port. The
circuit was at Ayr, and Brougham happened to sit just
under the salt. The claret came down to him and then
crossed the table, but each time it did so Brougham filled
his glass. This had been observed by the president. "Do
you see," said his lordship to his friends on the right and
left," " that young impudent fellow Brougham helping
himself to claret ? If he tries it again I'll speak to him."
Round came the claret, and Brougham, as usual, filled a
bumper. " Maister Brougham," exclaimed his lordship
ore rotoulo, "that's claret !" " I know it is, my lord, and
excellent." was the reply,