New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-28

eourss % tie west, aud their re,uIo 70 VS. GA
dougo This plan they were obliged 70 sDsndon 20,
shofte- cut ia n. n. J.. direction TOW ara Loeo-;;
TIL. course thew pursued for several weeks an9
penetrated til within five days OF the banks OF .ne
Cuuene where their progress was stopper " =, :
reiuss OF the Chief Of Ondongo to furnish tne" NJ
guides They therefore resolved 10 reHdce tneu
steps but while nspanlDg (yOkng the oxen 10, u y
pu'pcse. they were attacked BY an oVeIwneIhihg
force The missionary panty, who' appears, con,
sisted o! about thirty persons ms1e nJsa ~,
gben they narrowly escaped with their hives, AID ul-
tm.,I s1ccee6ed IN returning to their station, New
BsEnen.
co,,o,orr AND MS TRooPs.-To show that in
,,tb Yorkshire does not monopOize the foreign
,nSvLa, I notice transaction which will occupy the
ty,bsnsi. and anuse the public. Faustin l.. Emperor
of Hsy:i gave in March, an order not to Leeds, but
20 bTuf Normandy, fof 1900 suits Of regimentas
The tract DULY attended TO- and the manufac-
tureis were up to time, but unfortunately the gOods
were cent by The Hsvre broker in two distinct ship
ments +, St. Domingo, and 1900 pantaoOns arrived
three weeks before the supplementary portion of the
outfit. Soulouque, who had fixed on grand review,
had his troops drawn up in coatless array haranS
bis brave army With promise of jackets by the next
packet ad the jackets come first, be would no doubt
have TUNED out his men ia the costume of sanscu-
iottes. Globe Paris correspondent.
A. ABYssINIAN ENBAssY.-Letters from Alexan-
ds, Of April 90 mention the arrival there of enbss-
sailors from sovereign little known to fame, but who,
il appears desi es to become famous-Tbeodore King
Of Gonda. This prince, who perhaps is descendant
Of Rasselas, rules the most important kingdom of
Abyesins, and carries on, it is said, considerable
trade with Egypt and Europe by way Of the Red Sea-
His env0ys have had q private audience with the
viceroy Of Egypt. Several representatives of for.
eisn powers at Alexandra have called upon them L.
reported that Kirg Theodore intends TO send extra
ordinary embassies to France and England this Sum-
mer
SwISDLIHG IN AUsTRALIA.-An adrot swindler has
recently succeed in victmisiug one of the Sydney
Banks out of f2O, 600. The main facts connected
tp,an I'D 1ax -
low: In the month of September last letter was re
ceiyed at the Sydney Joint Stock Bank, containing
Enclosures addressed 10 Mr.. Franclsco Miranda, pur
porting 10 come from Messrs. Barring Brothers, and
stating that that firm he'd been recommended by house
mentioned TO negotiate with the Joint Stock Bank in
behalf of Mr. Miranda, the head Of large and well.
known Portuguese firm, who was about to visit the
colonies on commercial business. Ii contained, Also
letter of credit for Miranda for 200, together
with bills drawn en- firm at Hong Kong In the
following month foreign gentleman left his card
at the Spatish COnsuls Office" Mr.. Miranda,
Petys Hotel" The consul, having previously Learned
from the Joint Stock Bank the expected arrival Of
Mr.. Miranda, called upon him, and after an exchange
OF cOurtesies, offered TO accompany him to the JOINT
Stock Bark, where he stated that he was employed
by the Portuguese authorities to purchase gold for the
Mint and showed letters from the Minister OF the
Crown TO that effect, and also to purchase land on
which to establish colony of vine-dressers. Many
subsequent incidents tended to support his pretensons
TO the position of merchant. During this time Mr..
Miranda had drawn upon his letter OF credit. lie ex-
pressed great regret that the Intermediate house
bet ween his own and that of Messrs BARN,
should have Numbered respecting the drafts upon
China; he had intention, he said, to go to that
country and, il he had the bills, it would involve
considerable inconvenience to commune them
into dollars, they having been made payable
ia pounds sterling. Accordingly it was sug-
gusted that it would be better to forward
the bills at once to the firm of Barring Brothers
through the Joint Stock Bank, which was accordingly
done aud thus, instead of fl5,OCO ne obtained in al
COO, 600, adding the exchange, which was 600 in his
favor. From Sydney he proceeded to Melbourne,
where LIE obtained g. 800 from one of the banks on
pretended letter Of credit from Messrs Coutts Co.
Circumstances soon transpired calculated to raise
doubts in the minds Of the Sydney bankers and the
Spanish consul the real chaiac of Miranda and
the chic officer of the detective police was sent to Mel
bourne to make pquiries. 1t was there sscertalned
that Miranda had paid visit to the gold fields at Bal
laa. but Of his then whereabouts nothing was known
II wa, also stated that in all probability he Was Po-
Gsh Jew who had passed under the name OF M. Ls
Prairie and that he had taken his passage for Caso
Both al sydney and Melbourne he pretended that he
could speak English very imperfecty, but it is now
well known that this mere subterfuge to iaclli-
tate the success of his designs He could speak En-
elsL fuently enough when it suited his purpose.