The Sun. — 1868-05-01 (London, England)

FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1868  LATEST INTELLIGENCE.  (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)  AMERICA.  (Arrival of the Russia, via Queenstown.)  The Royal Mail steamship Russia arrived at Queenstown at 2.30 a.m. to-day (May 1) with 94 cabin passengers and $310,000 in specie. She landed 95 sacks of mails and 11 passengers, and proceeded immediately for Liverpool. All well. She performed the passage in eight days five hours. NEW YORK, April 21 (Noon).  The Impeachment Trial continued on Saturday and 3 esterday. The defence renewed the attempt to introduce the testimony of Secretary Welles relative to the Cabinet consultations upon the Tenure of-Office Act and the case of Mr. Stanton, claiming thereby their ability to disprove the intention of President Johnson to violate the laws. Chief Justice Chase decided that this testimony was admissible, but the Senate, by 26 against 20 votes, overruled his decision. The Senate, by the same vote, rejected the testimony of Postmaster •General Randall, offered by the defence, to prove that the Cabinet had advised the President that the Tenure Law did not apply to Secretaries of State appointed by Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Evarts announced that this ruling excluded the testimony of Messrs. Seward, M'Culloch, Browning, and others, which the defence had intended to offer. A Radical witness testified that the removal of Foster Blodgett, the Postmaster of Augusta, which had been charged as an unwarrantable action of Mr. Johnson, was made by Postmaster-General Randall without the knowledge of the President. The hill for the protection of naturalised subjects abroad was amended previous to its passage, so as to exempt from seizure as hostages foreign ambassadors and their servants, and to empower the President to suspend the commercial relations with nations refusing to conform to the requirements of the measure.  The returns of the elections in South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana are as yet incomplete, but Radical successes are indicated. Mr. Buchanan has ordered the Texas Convention to meet on the 15th ;June.  NEW YORK, April 22 (Morning). The House of Representatives, by 91 against 18 votes, refused to consider the resolution offered by Mr. Robinson, a Democrat, to recall the Managers and rescind the impeachment proceedings. A resolution was introduced providing that a committee be appointed to investigate the reports of the Managers who refrained from examining Gen. Sherman during the trial in consequence of the result of a preliminary examination. No vote, however, was taken upon this resolution. Late reports indicate the success of the Democrats in the Georgia election. At New Orleans a Democratic Mayor has been elected.  The new constitution will probably be adopted in  Louisiana.  LIVERPOOL, May 1.  The Inman steamship City of London, which left New York on the 25th inst. for this port, brings $175,000 in specie en freight.  QUEENSTOWN, May 1.  The National Steamship Company's steamer Pennsylvania, from New York, arrived here at eight a.m. to-day with $84,000. She landed passengers and proceeded for Liverpool.  SOUTHAMPTON, May 1.  The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Hammonia, from New York, passed the Needles at 11.10 a.m. to-day.  CANADA,  OrrAWA, April 21.  Whelan has been committed for trial for the assassination AlTree. It is reported thatdiscovered which proves evidence has Mr. beenD A r c y that the murder was planned by forty Feniaus, and that lots were cast as to who should execute the deed, and that the lot fell to Whelan.  Lord Monck has laid before the Canadian House of Commons the correspondence relating to the abduction of Macdonald by the United States' officers. His lordship censures Mr. Thornton, the English Minister at Washington, for accepting Mr. Seward's explanation and not demanding satisfaction.