The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-17 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PAR LI A ,GI 'N 2

MARKETS-71715 DAY.

CORN.
The weather continues extremely fine for wheat, but
moisture is greatly needed fur other grain.

The trade generally is firm.
come generally higher.

The country markets

At Mark-lane this morning the supply of home produce
was light, that of foreign wheat good.
English wheat sold at. the full terms of Mondry last.
Foreign wheat held firmly, but the demand quiet.
Barley in steady request at late rates.
Barley, beans, and poas, are quite as dear.
Oats tend against buyers.
TALLOW.

The market is firm. Spot and June, 44s 9d to 455; July
and September, 43s 6d to 43s 9d ; last three months, 433
9d to 445.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE.
Tito market continued generally quiet, without much
chango in prices.
SUGAR.—The demand is Aill dull, but in what is doing
rates aro not lower.

Coffee sells slowly at 61 to is decline on the rates of
last week.

Tea.—Large public sales of China teas are in progress.
Common Congous are 11 per lb lower.

COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, June IJ.—Sales 15,000 bales. Market firm
and advancing.

LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING.

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THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.
THE MISSING DESPATCHES.
The Gazette of this evening contains the missing de-
spatches of Sir Robert Napier, the purport of which have
alreadyappeared in The 'Sun.

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JUNE 16.
Chaplain's Department—Chaplain of the Fourth Class the
Rev. Joseph O'Dwyer to be Chaplain of Ow Third
Class.

ADMIRALTY, JUNE 12.
Mr. William Henry Kent has been this day promoted to
the rank of Acting Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, witty
seniority of 30th March, 1863.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 18 ... 11 181
Do
Rotterdam ..
Antwerp — ... 23 371 ... 25 42}
Brussels
Ilamburgia — ... 13 9} ... 13 1.?1,
Paris
... 25 15`
Ditto
Mraseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... .1201 ... 1201
Vieuue — ... 11 771 ... 11 84
Trieste - 11 80 ... 11 85
Petersburg
... 31i ... 32
Berlin
... 6 261 6 27}
Madrid..
4
•.• 81 ... 49}
Leghorn
Leghorn . 27 50 ... 27 tiO
Milan 27 50 ... 27 60

A RECENT I\IARRIAGE AT ST. PETER'S, PIMLICO.
—On Saturday, Juno 13th, the R3v. F. K. Harford, of
Westminster, celebrated the marriage of his friend Capt.
Henry Carlton Arymar, with Sarah Rosalie, widow of tho
late Walter Stanbrough, Esq. The bride was given away
by Mr. Gustave Dore, also a friend of the bridegroom, who
enjoys the reputation abroad of a keen amateur of li era-
ture and fine art.
Another address from the Grand Orange Lodge
of Ireland, prepared at its half-yearly meeting,
boasts of the large number of the nobility and
gentry, and " resolute young men," who havo
lately joined the ranks of the institution, and of
the "noble exhibition of Protestant life and.
union" witnessed in many parts of the em-
pire. The address complaini of the injustice
with which the Orange Society has been treated.
by successive Government=, and the "perversion.
of the laws to the manifest injury of Protestants
alone."

Tile Revolution, the America' organ of Woman's
Rights, notes the fact that the Congregational
Church of Harlem, Rev. S. Bourne, pastor, on the
report of the committee appointed a year ago, have
recently so amended the . standing rule of that
church that women are now eligible as officers.
The vote was unexpectey larsr3. it. required a
two-thirds vote, but it Was four to one. The
women of that congregation may now be pastor,
deacons, trustees, as well as devout members.
During last year over half a million of money.—
£540,884 was transmitted to Ireland from
America by emigrants to their friends-2202,911
of the sum being in the form of prepaid passage
orders.

The Austrian Emperor, desirous of remunerating
the barristers who undertook the perilous duty of
defending his brother Maximilian, offered each of
these gentlemen a large sum of money, which they
steadily refused. The Emperor has, therefore,
sent to each a magnificent • service of plate of the
value of 50,000 florins ; and to the priest who ac-
companied the captive to the place of execution a
jewelled cross of equal value.

A letter from Warsaw, in the Posen Journal, says :
—" The sudden disappearance of M. Kletchewsky,
editor of the Sunday Courier, with his family, Las
caused some sensation here. The cause of his flight
is singular. He had married a Russian lady belong-
ing to the Greek Orthodox Church, and the religious
ceremony was performed according to the Catholic
rite. By the legislation of Russia such marriages
should be solemnised at the Greek Church, under
the penalty of banishment to Siberia. The police
having heard of the affair opened an inquiry, and
M. Kletchewsky, fearing the consequences of his
infraction of the law, left the country with his
household."

A NEW SENSATION.—DESCENDING NIAGARA FALLS
IN AN INDIA-RUBBER BOAT—Charlespckford, of this city,
the sixty-hour skater, has conceived the idea of making
the perilous passage over the Falls of Niagara in an
India-rubber life-boat of peculiar construction. A few
somesuggested
E a
sittesrenl f
gteonhtliesmnei min,. nd, and
Nvas
communicatingupon weeks ago the idea
it to pro-
posed by them that a purse of $30,000 be raised to induce
him to make the undertaking. Ile accordingly perfected
his scheme, and the contract for building the boat has
been let to the Goodyear Rubber Company for $l,OOO.
The boat will be an oblong, with a mean diameter of eight
feet, six inches thick at the top and sides, and three feet
thick at the bottom. A shaft of the same material will
extend from side to side in the centre, on which will be
swung on a pivot a seat, to which the adventurous occu-
pant will be fastened'. OiOening'at the top will be an aper-
ture sufficiently largo for him to get inside, after which it
will be filled with air and closed up. It is calculated that
-sufficient air can be retained to sustain life about twenty
minutes. A smallcablo will be attached to the ball, by
which it will be towed after the descant shall have been
made, for which purpose parties will be stationed below'
the falls. The model of this novel craft is now in WS
city, and there is no doubt that the attempt to carry this
startling project into execution will be made during the
present season. Should he succeed, Mr. SidwY Doty, of
Pontiac, will also undertake the cane feat,—.Detroit (Mich)
Free Prem.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This DAT.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at I'2 o'clock.
THE CASE OF MR. M'MAHON.
In answer to Mr. REARDEN,
Mr. A 9DERLEY said there was no truth in the report
that the Rov. Mr. Al'Malion, now confined in a canadian
prison, had been flogged for the offence of receiving copies
of a newspaper which had been forwarded to him.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS BILL.
Mr. KNATOUBULL HUGESSEN; in moving the
second reading of this bill, said that on a previous occasion
he had fully explained the details of the measure, and
had hoped therefore not now to trouble the house with
a lengthy statement. There were, however, difficulties
thrown in the way of passing the bill. Petitions had been
presented against it as adding to the local taxation. Many
thought the burden rhould be laid upon the general
taxation of the country; whilst others again urged that
the present method worked well. The hon. mem-
ber appealed to official documents, to show that the
expenses of collection, &:!., a.nouuted to 30 per cont. on
the turnpike revenues. Under this new bill
powers were conferred on the ratepayers which,
had hitLerto rested on an irresponsible body of pet &pas.
By the termination of two trusts last year the exp Poses
of nearly 670 miles of road were thrown upon the n tea of
the parishes, and he could cite many instances to show
the unequal bearing of the present system. As to
the objection that the debt should be defrayed out of
the Consolidated Fund, he did not think it was founded
on justice. The bondholders could not have a permanent
claim on the tolls. They lend their money on a contract,
well knowing that the contract was terminable at any time.
Tho present system caused a double set of expenses in the
same district, and it was to the interest of the officers to
keep the tolls still in debt. Then, again, the representa-
tives of the agriculturists said that the capitalist and the
bondholder would escape payment under the bill. The
hon. member then showed how many anomalies would be
removed if a district rate were adopted as he proposed.
Replying to the obj .ction that the bill gave tao much
power to the Home Secretary.
(LEFT SITTING.)

ErilllT OP THE PUBLIO JOURNAL&

Commenting on the further despatches from Abyssinia,
the Times .declares that the capture of Magdala was the
ictory of science over untraine*And,uninstructed valouP.
I'hc Abyssinians were, in natural gifts of courage and
strength, no contemptible foes. But they did not possess
the arms of precision and power which multiply indefi-
nitely the fighting force of an army, and they were
equally deficient in the lessons of discipline which enable
a general to make the most of the materials under his com-
mand. There has been a dramatic completeness, the Times
contilires, about the Abyssinian Expedition which must
loug, make it a favourite episode of history. We entered
upon it with reluctance, and now that it has been attended
with perfect success we may remember with satisfaction
our profound disinclination to undertake it. We could
not avoid the obligation, and we have discharged it. If
the single idea of the duty we owed to our fellow-citizens
and the emissaries cf the Crown impelled us to the expedi-
tion, some equally irresistible force seems to have driven
Theo ;ore to his destruction. It was the old conflict, so
often renewed, and always with the same result, between

civilisation and barbarism, the nice adaptation of means
to en Is and the aimless and profuse expenditure of untu-
tored strength. Theodore was a representative of the
East in all its passion, its abrupt intensity, its igno-
rance of mechanical advantages. Sir Robert Napier—
methodical from beginning to end, preparing with deli-
beration for all the possible chances of the campaign, yet
at the fitting moment rejecting every appliance which
could impede the fighting efliciency of his army, massing
his men in due proportion at each point, yet so that they
should be brought together'when each-had done its part
in the preparation for the general encounter, never
unready, never impulsive, arranging beforehand every suc-
cessive step, but quick to seize any opportunity of swift
action, or to remedy the mischance of any broken link
in the chain of events represented the perfection
of Western discipline and science. It was in per-
feet consistency with the contrast thus presented—
it may almost be said that it was an inevitable
development of the drama played out in Abyssinia—that
Theodore flung aside all the advantages" the natural
position of his stronghold gave him, and risked and lost
his fortune in an open fight. We cannot boast of the
retnlt. It could not have been otherwise. Put civilisa-
tion face to face with barbarism, training in front of law-
lessness, order against capricious tyranny, and there can
be but one sequel. But the issue may enforce anew the
lesson that, since the crushing of a barbaric Power is thus
inevitable, we ought to be careful above all things lest our
dealings with any such should compel us again to engage
in a contest in which our antagonist must so c:rtainly be
crushed that we have not even an unmixed satisfaction in
victory.

What will the Lords do, anxiously asks the Post, as
regards the questions which arc to be solved by an appeal

to the constituencies? Will they decide, as they may, to
postpone the consideration of the Suspensory Bill for six
months? It is not a very momentous matter. Six months

hence such a measure will not be required. Within that
space of time a bill proposing to give effect definitively to
Mr. Gladstone's resolutions will probably be presented
to the Lords. Now, therefore, it is for them to ponder
what they will do if the verdict of the country is recorded
against the Irish Church Establishment. Will they shape
their course in accordance with the opinion which may
be expressed in the forthcoming election ? The new House
of Commons may not pass a bill subjecting the nation to
" the tyranny of railway directors ;" but what if, not-
withstanding its " breadth of basis," it should be no
more attached than its predecessor to " the great
principle of Protestantism ?" It is not an answer to declare,
however emphatically, that it would be utter folly for the
pCers to surrender their functions with the contingency in
view. No one is dreaming of a surrender of the functions
of the House of Lords. . But, then, it is a:•ged that the
House will hereafter have duties to perform of greater im-
portance than ever. The constitutional check is likely
to be more necessary. Does it become the Government—
or the supporters et the Government-- to talk in this sense?
Who, by their own showing, is responsible for the
" breadth of basis?" Who educated Parliament to legis-
late upon expectations which it is at length admitted may
not be realised? The logic of politics permits not of eqnivo-

cation. It is not in the moral competence of a Govern-
ment to play fast and loose with its professions. The
constituencies have been enlarged, and the rights of
voting extended, not to strengthen " the great
principle of Protestantism," but in order to re-
frame the constitution by enfranchising ra4epaying house-
holders, lowering the suffrage, and changing the principle
of parliamentary representation. The " breadth of
basis" has been secured, if at all, as it always must be, at
the expense of the branch of the Legislature which inter-
roses hetween the Crown and the representatives of the
people. Practically, the power of the House of Lords
will beless next year than it was thirty-six years ago.
What ;1:e peers may compass in the immediate future,
must consist in the prevention of hart}, uninstructed
legislation. They must bend their will to the will of the
people, but they may insist in point of duty that the
country be fairly comultcd.

The iieraid believes that General Grant will be the
ve,:t Pre,i,lent of the United States. The General is likely
to be guided by hits iwn sense of duty
.rather than by the
dietat:on of his party, and will be strong enough, proba•
bly, rather to rule than to be ruled by them. Ile will not
owe his 10. ace to them, but they their victory to him. And
it is hardly likely that they will again have that over•
whelming majority in ConLress which has enabled them
to overbear President Johnson ; or that if they had,
they would dare to use it against a man who would
nevcr lay himself open to attack by imprudent speeches,
who knows when to hold his tongue, and who would be
likely, if forced at last into open collision, to have the
people on his side. General Grant will be more powerful
than his predecessor ; and will probably restore to the
ex,cutive all the prestige, ascendancy, and authority of
which it has been robbed during the -incumbency of Mr.
Johnson. He will, the Herald trusts, be equally disposed
to use his power for the protection of the gallant and un-
happy people for whose subjection he, above all men, is
responsible ; and for his own credit, as well as from the
natural generosity of a soldier, he will be desirous to sig.
nalise his term of office by the restoration of confidence,
security, and liberty of the unfortunate Mates of the
South.

The Daily ;Vacs says Mr. Longfellow's presence in Eng.
land is an event which deserves far more than the passing
notice which has been given it. As the roost popular.re•
presentative of American literature, his visit affords
another opportunity for the exercise of that internationa
courtesy and hospitality by which the literary relations of
the two countries have hitherto been harmonised
The splendid reception given to Mr. Dickens during
his late visit t 3 the United States has itself laid
the literature of England under an obligation of
hospitality which we should not be slow to recogniso
and discharge, even had we no higher motive in endeavour
in g to reciprocate the friendship of a kindred nation. But
Buell hospitalities forcibly remind us of our kinship. Just
as Mr. Dickens was recognieed by the Americans as
belonging to them, so Mr. Longfellow is claimed by us as
one of the great writers of our common English tongue.
lie represents among ns something more even iliac
American literature, for he represents that community. (.4
faith and feeling, of tradition and of language, wind
makes it impossible that the literature of the one country
elionld ever be foreign to the other.
That " the dead-leek continues " is now, the Standard
esotes, a stereotyped item in every telegram from Victoria.
The appetite for that energetic young colony for dead
leeks is apparently insatiable. The dead-lock has now
continued for some Revco or eight montha without inter.
mission, and the crisis of which the "dead-lock" is simply
the climax has virtually endured for about three years.
• During all this time there has prevailed a kind of
provisional government in Victoria, upon whit;
the coining and going of governors seem to have prodneet
bo sort of effect. The very thin rein with which we pro
fess to I:eep the Anstralian colonies seems in the case of
Vie..oria to have been utterly powerless to cheek or to
e.ontrol the actienvf the local democracy. There is al
present no visible slgn, indeed, of any connection between
the British empire awl the colony of Victoria ; and for
all the honour or advantage which either we or they
derive from the union the " painter" might have been
In p
cut three years ago. The action of the erial Govern,
urnt is altogether imperceptible in the working of the
teeonial system. The communications between the
Colonial Ofilee and the Governor in Melbourne are indeed
reeztdarly- maintained, but apparently they serve only to
end/Ater the lea] controversy. We have done everything
on our side which advice and remonetrance can do ; but
bath advice. and remonstrance are thrown away upon the
majoritywho presently direct the affairs of Victoria.
They are in possession of the power, and
n,
dthleayw.seeTiiiice
Teason why they should not uee it—law o
situation remains unchanged, and the crises continues
alwn s. The majority of the Assembly have resolved,
y
not only that Sir Charles Darling shall have his money,
bet that he shall have it in a manner most offensive to the
Lnperial authorities and most injurious to the Upper
I louse. Anil they have made up their minds that nc
(government shell be permitted to exist, except the Coverri(i
nicet ef Mr. -afacculloch, which began the contest, and
which is henna to continue it.

I'der/rapie deems the experiments at Shoeburynem
I:hely to yield an amount of advanta,re to the public which
we Lttle dared to antiei,iati, if the official Programme,
which was in the hands of the Commander in Chief, of
John Paliinjon, and of their many distinguished
comprudons, as they proceeded in a special train yesterday
um :oiling to Sontlif;ml, had been carried into effect without
tt:terati.in, many busy official pens would have this
mornin,.; proclaimed to the world that the Plymouth
ltreak water Fort Target was unmatched for strength. out
do:ng all tats many predecessors which have already
received their quietus upon that fatal rehearsal.
The Telegraph noticsWith regret that no salvt
Will 1; red sinitiltaneothiry from the five guns in petition oX
the gruunfl. Wfidt would have been the effect of such 0
salvo upon the-Plmouth target, damaged as it was by the
impact of the eight shots which it had already received from
the Rodman and 12-inch gnn, it needs no prophet to tell
We have no hesitation in saying that to-day's trial will at
once put an end to the waste of any further money upon
the Plymouth Tort, upon Fort Cunningham, at Bermuda,
and upon iron fortifications in general. The rash empiri,
cisin of the hitherto trusted advisers upom whom Sir John
Faking has leaned, has now been openly nianifestcd the Public. tt