The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-01 00:00:00

THE PRESJJ)EN7'S OPINIONS.

The correspondent of the Boston Post visited the
President, and learned his opinion of the Impeach-
ment trial and its personal effects, which he tells
thus :—The President said : " I have never alloived
myself to believe or feel that the American Senate
would prostitute its great power of Impeachment
to base party purposes, and I shall not believe it
until I know the vote of conviction has been re-
corded. Such is my abstract opinion of the
Senate; but, whatever their judgment may be, I
shall cheerfully bow to the authority of the Con-
stitution." " But, Mr. President, it was suggested
by Mr. Bingham in his closing argument, that
it was doubtful whether you would obey the
mandate of the Senate if the judgment be one
of colivi?.tion." Mr Johnson's face flushed, and
a slight start was perceptible as if about spring-
ing to his feet. Smiles and pleasant looks were
gone, and with suppressed indignation he said—
", The suggestion of Mr. Bingham was a base one,
but, nevertheless, one in perfect harmony with the
charges and suggestions contained in the eleven
Articles of Impeachment. Why should I not obey
the mandate of the Senate if all the forms and re-
quirements of the Constitution are complied with ?
If Senators abuse their trust they are not respon-
sible to me, but to the people, who hold the sove-
reign power. The people have placed me in charge
of one of the great departments of the Government,
with all its duties and responsibilities, and the same
people have placed Senators in another department
also, with grave responsibilities and with the
power to. try Impeachment, and render judg-
ments thereon. if Senators misuse or abuse this
great power thus intrusted to them, it is not for
the party impeached and convicted to attempt to
set aside the judgment of the Senate. The people
alone can settle with their agents for any abuse
of their great trust. Mr. Bingham well knows
that I have never failed to yield a cheerful com-
pliance with all the requirements of the Constitu-
tion. I have endeavoured, to the best of my ability,
to protect, defend, and preserve that great chart of
our liberties, and I am more than willing to surren-
der my official responsibility whenever called upon so
to do according to the forms and requirements of that
sacred instrument." The President spoke with con-
siderable warmth of feeling, and added that he had
every confidence in the honesty and patriotism of
the great mass of the people, and whatever the judg-
ment of the Senate might be the people would do
him justice. He felt that his reputation was per-
fectly safe in the bands of posterity. It is very evi-
dent the President regards the whole Impeachment
proceedings as simply a trial of the Constitution,
and one in which he feels a deep interest as an Ame-
rican citizen. There was no indication by look or
word that he felt any special interest in the result
on private account. He spoke of the trial precisely
as he would speak of any other public matter in-
volving the public interest.

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ELECTION INTEL.

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Nbßwicn.—ln the event of the h—i.aent
Thetford, Mr. R. J. H. Harvey, now one of the sitting
members for that borough, will be left without a seat ; and
I, requisition is in course of signature, inviting the hon.
rentleman to offer himself as a Conservative candidate for
gorwich, in conjuncticn with The Hon. F. Walpole, who
ansuccessfully contested Lynn in July LSO.
ABINGDON. —A report that Colonel Harcourt, of Nune-
lam, intended to come forward for Abingdon at the. next
tlection, on Liberal principles, is contradicted Tay Colonel
'..iarcourt, who says that he is not only a Conservative,
mat that he has no desire to turn out the present Conserva-
dye member.

BERKSHIRE.-Mr. Walter, who in 1865 lost his seat,
las issued an address to the electors. With regard to the
[rish Church, ho declares himself in favour of the course
;vliich Mr. Gladstone has taken, declaring that -" a
;ilevance, unparalleled in the history of any other
:ountry, must no longer he permitted to remain a per-
Detual bone of contention between the two countries."
Ile is also in favour of the removal of all religious
tests which have the effect of limiting the benefits
)f public education to members of a particular
lreed. The Hon. Auberon Herbert, brother to the Earl
)f Carnarvon; has been communicated with by some of the
Liberal electors of the county, with a view to ascertain if
le would be willing to come forward in the Liberal inte-
rest at the ensuing election. The opinion prevails amongst
many that the enlarged constituency will give a consider-
able majority to the Liberal party, and that if an advanced
Liberal such as Mr. Herbert were to come forward with
Mr. Walter, a decisive victory would be gained. Mr.
Herbert's reply, which he has promised tofo rward in a few
lays, is anxiously looked for.

NOUTII-EAST ESSEX. —At the msetin,g of the Conserva•
Lives held at Colchester, on Saturday, the candidates
selected were Mr. Du Cane, M.P., and Mr. James Round,
a member of the banking firm at Colchester. In the Liboral
interest -it is understood that Sir Thomas Westefl,
',gain come forward. and that Sir Thomas Abdy 1100eb
the second candidate.

NoRTH•WEST Essex.—Th.ve is likely to be a split
amongst the Conservatives in this division. At a meeting
held at Chelmsford, on Friday, Mr. Selwin-Ibbetson and
Colonel Brise were selected as the candidates at the forth-
coming election. Lord Eustace Cecil, who contested
the county in 1865 and was defeated, sent a communica-
tion to the meeting, in which he stated that be did not
think he was deserving such treatment from the Conserva-
tive party, as his claims were superior to those of Colonel
Brise. The chairman then put the motions to the
meeting. The voting for Mr. Seiwin-Ibbetson appeared
to be unanimous. For Colonel Brise there were 43 hands
held up and for Lord Eustace Cecil 30. The chairman
said that, according to the meeting, Mr. Seiwin-Ibbotson
and Colonel Ruggles Brise were the two persons selected
as Conservative candidates for North-West Essex. Some
persons present, howevex, declared their intention to
support Lord Eustace Cecil.

DURIIAM.-Mr. John Lloyd Wharton, of Dryburn, has
written to.the newspapers, denying that he has any inten-
tion of becoming a candidate for the representation of
Durham city at the next election.

Nr.w noss.—The electors of New Ross held a meeting
on Friday. Colonel Tottenham met them, and stated his
views on the question of the disestabllshment of the Irish
Church. his statement was not favourably received, and
the meeting determined to select some other candidate
who would support Mr. Gladstone on this question.

DROGnEDA.—n is stated that Mr. Drodigan, who con-
tested Drogheda at the last tl'ction, will come forward in
the Liberal interest, in opposition to Mr. Whitw.orth,
'M.P., whose popularity with his constituents has latterly
undergone some diminution.

DUNDALK.—In this borough there is a strong feeling
against Sir Gedrge Bowyer, in consequence of his support
of the present Government, and the hon. baronet will, in
all probability, have to fight for his seat at the next elec-
tion. Several names are mentioned as likely to be called
on to enter the field against him, including Mr. Philip
Callan, Lord Edward Howard, and Mr. A. AL
of the Nation.

THE GREAT STORM.

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The storm of Friday last is proved to have been more
destructive in its effects than was at first supposed. Not
only has it occasioned a lamentable loss of life, but many
persons have been so injured by the lightning that in three
cases serious doubts are entertained whether they will ever
recover. In various parts of Essex it is reported that so
heavy was the rain that in less than half an hour large
tracts of land were under water, and cottages were flooded
to such an extent as to be rendered uninhabitable. While
the storm lasted the signalmen • employed on the- various
metropolitan and suburban railways, and more especially
those whose boxes are placed at a great height from the
_ground, bad_ a terrible time of it, many of them stating
that in all their experience they never before witnessed
such effects as the storm produced. Many of the boxes
are fixed, as most persons know, on the tops of wooden
piles, and as the roofs are generally covered with zinc, and

the working of the signals is carried out with iron handles,
the men are on such occasions greatly exposed to the action
of the lightning. One man, who was found insensible in
one of the boxes, has not yet recovered. Most of the trains
were delayed during the prevalence of the storm, some of
them being half an hour behind time. Fortunately, bow-
ever, no accident of any kind occurred.
Among the terrible accidents which occurred, one
happened at Poplar. Mr. Kelly, newsagent and stationer,
in Blackwell-cross, was in his bedroom in the act of comb-
ing his hair in front of a looking-glass, when the electric
fluid entered the window and killed him on the spot. The
heavy fall upon the floor alarmed his wife, who was below,
who on entering the room found her husband a corpse.
The medical aid which was called in traced the electric
fluid, penetrating the head and descending downwards.
Not the least damage was done to any portion of the
furniture in the room.

Between nine and ten o'clock on Friday night three
men employed in a brickfield between Birchington and
Margate were struck down by the lightning. Two were
only rendered insensible for a time, but the third man,
named Clarke, was killed on the spot.
Morville Church, in Shropshire, was struck by lightning
during the storm, and sustained considerable damage.
The electric fluid first struck the south-west pinnacle of

the tower, breaking it in pieces, and scattering the frag-
ments of stone in all directions. One piece, weighing
201 b., was hurled the full length of the church, and
fell upon the roof at the end of the nave, breaking the
tiles. The lightning then flashed upon an iron pipe near
the vestry chimney, and passed into the vestry, where it
got into the nave of the church. Then it ran along the
stone floor of the aisle, turning up in a peculiarly regular
manner the cocoa-nut matting with which it was covered,
its pathway being marked by a scorched line. Branching
off finally towards the north, it appear& to have exploded,
turning completely over in the process a large piece of the
flagstone flooring of the church. The earth beneath
the flag was not disturbed in the slightest degree, nor
were the pews in the vicinity, though the books were all
found scattered about on the floor.

On Friday evening the lightning, which was extremely
vivid occasionally, struck a barn on the farm of Mr. G.
Allen, of Capel, in Essex. The barn immediately took
fire, and four men who were in it at the time had a narrow
escape. The barn was entirely destroyed, as well as a shed.
The wind shifted almost immediately after the fire broke
out, or the house, which was situated in close proximity to
the barn, must also have been destroyed.
From North and East Yorkshire accounts have been
received of the visitation of thunder, lightning, and rain,
but no accidents are reported. AtDoncaster, Mr. Bingley,
a gardener, who was in the open air, was struck by the
lightning, and only slightly hurt, but the windows in a

cottage near him were broken. About nine o'clock in
the morning a house was seriously injured in Gladstone-
street, Chesterfield. The roof was completely lifted up,
and slates, ridge tiles, and spars were shivered to bits
like pieces of paper. The lightning then passed through
the ceilings of both back and front bed-rooms, peeling the
plaster off the walls close to the bed, then on to the stair-
case, which was also damaged, and afterwards escaped by
the back window. Considerable damage was done. There
were nine persons in the house at the time, but fortunately
they were downstairs, and received no injury. At about
the same time, a large oak tree a short distance off was split
in two by the electric fluid.
Two more of the girls employed at the fog-signal manu-
factory near Birmingham, where the explosion took place
on Friday, have died, leaving alive only two of the six
girls who were in the shed when the accident happened.
Very little hope is entertained of the recovery of one of the
survivors. Mr. Poole, the coroner for the district, coin-
e meneed an inquest on Saturday on the two girls who were
killed at once by the explosion and the fire. Evidence
having been given corroborating the facts we have already
published, the inquiry was adjourned to the 23rd inst. To
add to the melancholy nature of the catastrophe, it is
stated that one of the victims—Elizabeth Reynolds, aged
23—was to have been married this week.

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