The Sun. — 1867-09-21 (London, England)

FRANCE.  Three o'clock.—The 41 per Cents 9B 25 Do. end month  It has been said " it was not true" that Mr. Cameron went into the interior of Abyssinia against the instructions of the Government, or that he was accused of delay in forwarding a letter of King Theodore to the Queen, and a despatch from Earl Russell, dated February 2, 1861, is quoted in proof of these statements. In that very despatch, however, although Consul Cameron was instructed to " watch" proceedings on the sea coast or in the interior, he was cautioned against becoming " the partisan of either of the contending parties." The wishes of the Government are stated in the following despatch from Earl Russell to Mr. Cameron, dated Sept. 8, 1863 : " I have received from her Majesty's Agent and Consul in Egypt your despatches of ,the 20th of May last ; and I have to state to you that her Majesty's Government do not approve your proceedings in Abyssinia, nor your suggestions founded upon them. I have only to desire that you will abstain from all interference in the internal affairs of that country, and that you will remain at your post at Massowah, whither you were ordered by my despatch of the 22d of April last to return and reside."  3 per Cents. 69 20 Do. end month 69 17i Credit Mobilier Do. end Month 230  For Account. Orleans Northern 1162 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 895 Southern 537 50 Western Eastern Sardinian — Austrian Lombard 385 North of Spain — Saragossa — Roman  In a subsequent despatch addressed to Colonel Stanton, dated October 5, 1865, Earl Russell, in reviewing Mr. Cameron's conduct, says—" He went to the country of Bogos, where he employed himself in reconciling some rival chiefs, sending on the Emperor's letter to the Queen to Massowah by the Abyssinian messenger." The despatch concludes thus :—" It appears, further, that the chief cause of the Emperor's anger with Consul Cameron was this journey to Bogos, coupled with the Emperor's suspicion that Consul Cameron had intrigued to set the Turks and Egyptians of the frontier against him, and aggravated in some degree by the return of Consul Cameron to Gondar without any answer to the Emperor's letter to the Queen. It appears from King Theodore's letter to Mr. Rassam, sent home by that gentleman in his letter of Sept. 5, that the King alleges that Captain Cameron ' abused and denounced him as a murderer,' in consequence of the vengeance which he took on the persons who killed Consul Plowden and Mr. Bell, and that when he had treated him well, and asked him to make him (the King) a friend of the Queen, Captain Cameron went and stayed some time with the Turks, and returned to me (the King)' ; and, further, that when the King spoke to Captain Cameron about the letter sent by him to the Queen, ho said he had not received any intelligence concerning it. There is no reason to suppose that Consul Cameron incited the Egyptian forces on the frontier to commit aggressions on the territory of Abyssinia. It is far more probable that the enemies of the British name in Abyssinia should have infused unjust suspicions into the mind of the Emperor. But certainly Capt. Cameron, in going to Bogo3, acted without orders, and incurred the displeasure of his own Government." Therefore, it is added, if released, "he will be employed hereafter in a different part of the world, and will never have occasion to return to Abyssinia."