The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1873-02-20 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

THE NIMBI DENT OF BOLIVIA. An extraordinary account of the assassination of Morales, the late President of Bolivia, is given in a letter from that country published in the Cologne Gazette. The assassin, Federico Lafaye, is of Irish ai&, and the nephew of tne late President's widow. Mk engaging manners made him a great favourite in Bolivian society; six years ago he married the daughter of one of the principal merchants at La Paz, and since then he has engaged in various commercial enterprises with considerable success. When Morales issued his pronnnciamiento in 1871 Way° fought by his side, and greatly distinguished himself in the sanguinary encounter of the I.sth of January, 1872, which placed Morales at the head of affairs. He was then promoted to the rank of colonel, and became the private secretary and confident of the new President. He asserts that the amassination was in no way premeditated, but that he killed Morales under the influence of a sudden outbutst of pension. On the night of the murder he was in a room of the palace where some officers and others were playing at cards. Shortly after Morales came in, and asked for his aide-de-camp. The latter, who was seated with the others at the card-table, immediately rose, but Morales struck him in the face and ordered the window to be opened, exclaiming that he would throw him into the street. An officer advanced to obey the order, upon which Laf aye rushed In between Morales and his aide-de-camp, and begged the President to becalm, adding that if the aide-de-camp had committed any fault he should be arrested and tried by court-martial. Morales, however, persisted in his determination, and called upon another of his aides-de-camp to assist him. A scuffle followed, in the course of which Morales struck at every one who came in his way, and Lalayetio having again attempted to interfere, the President k him down. "This insult," concludes Inlay., "so provoked me that I fired the seven barrels of my revolver at Morales; I then ran to the barracks to take steps for preserving order among the troops, and afterwards went home. This is my declaration, to the truth of which I swear bef ore God and on my sword." Lafaye is now at Tacun, in Peru, and the correspon. dent says that the death of Morales having been announced to the Assembly, Dr. Friss, an eminent citizen of Ls Paz, was provisionally elected head of the Government until a new President should be appointed. There are three candidates for thisipost— Casimir Corral, the present Minister of Affairs ; Adolphus Ballivan, and General Queller The correspondent thinks that if the elections peas off quietly, and the troops do not interfere, Ballivfan will be the mccessful candidate.  THI Bnicarroit Aqui,Bavm.—The Brighton Herald„ states that there have been added to the aquarium some Abyssinian toads, for whose swirl behoof a Wardfan case has been provided. When placed in situ they are likely toomake a sensation. The Herald adds In peregrinatbsg the aquarium one oceselowelly comes upon some unexpested form of marine life. Ike eller day, While looking at the in Tank No. ft, we grated at the extreme sme of teak, by the reek marest to the glass, what Alit AO itspaired to be fail to the water. A little ism limpaelibe, beimiven reteelsit tone that it was en bias alllkler cilimo aftarszes, In dap eremseisses like the ireist=hee vlar =utitataartoodeddy-ionelip, with the additimt et 6, benestb. On inquiry, the Mee taisatares proved to be a shoal of opossum shrimps, the peahlbseanee being in reality a bag in which, like the °pommy they carted their young It is not known bow these shrimps came into the aquarium.