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MULT U M IN PARVü. Twelve of the Parisian theatres have closed their doors. Some mortars captured at Magdala have reached trosport; also Abyssinian dogs of a curious variety. On Saturday, the Booth's Charity case in the Vice Chancellor's Court, was again adjourned to the lltn July. His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse went to Aldershot on Monday, attended by Major Von iiesse and Baron Von Rabenau. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Elphinstone, left Windsor Castle on Tuesday morning for Chatham. His Excellency the Councillor de Almeida Areas, the Brazilian Minister, had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Foreign Office, on Saturday. The Princess of Wales has been pleased to send Mr. C. Godfery, a handsome pearl breast-pin, with a kind note recognising the worth of his Mildred waltz. A telegram has been received from Her Majesty's ship^Scout, announcing the arrival of that vessel at Victoria, Vancouver s Island, on the 12th of June. Gold-bearing quartz, yielding fourteen dollars to the ton, has been found on the Tobique River, a tri- butary to the St. John. The development of gold- mining in Nova bcotia. continues extraordinary.- Canadian News. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Crown Prince of Denmark, with Viscountess Walden, Gen. foir 'Hiamlvnollys, Lieutenant Colonel Keppel, aud ^a,p nin Land, attended divine service at Westmin- ster Abbey on Sunday. Professor Jowett preached the special sermon on Sunday night in the nave of Westminster Abbey. There was an immense congregation, and large num- bers of persons who were unable to obtain admission attended service at the neighbouring churches. Mr. R. H. Home, author of "Orion," is about to return from his long sojourn in Australia, to his na- tive land. The Duke ofEdinburgh, we believe, wrote a very kind letter to the poet, regretting his inability to offer Mr. Horne a passage home in the Galatea.- Athenaeum. The poet Longfellow has arrived in London. On Saturday he visited the studio of Mr. John Watkins, !n Parliament-street, and gave sittings for several photographic negatives. Mr. Rassam, Dr. Blanc, and released Abyssinian captives have also sat to Watkins for portraits. A return was issued on Monday morning of all sa- i|*ries or pensions payable from the Consolidated to persons holding offices or incumbencies in >>est Indies, amounting in the year to £ 20,300, Jj'ded as follows :—Jamaica, £ 8,100 Barbadoes, Antigua, £ 3,850 and Guiana, £ 3,100. Among the Assyrian tablets at the British Museum fiave been discovered records of earthquakes. These jjl'e not supposed to have been recorded for any scien- ce purposes, but as annals of omen and augury, each earthquake recited being accompanied by an enumeration of the events supposed to have occurred In consequence. The Royal Commission on Military Education held its first meeting, at the War Office, on Saturday. Present:—Earl de Grey and Ripon (president), Lord Eustace Cecil, Lord de Ros, Lord Northbrook, Sir ChartesRusseI), Bart., Lieut.-General Sir Duncan Cameron, General Lefroy, Colonel Haythorne, Lieut.- Colonel Chesney, the Rev. W.C. Lake, and Lieuten- ant Hozier (secretary). ro. The Bank Holidays and Bills of Exchange Bill, as amended by the select committee, authorises the creation of special bank holidays by Royal proclama- tion, and provides that bills due on such days, or on days of fast and thanksgiving, shall be payable on the following days. It likewise abolishes days of grace after the 1st of January, 1869, as regards all bills drawn after that day. GREAT FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKE AT JAMAICA. -The rains have set in, and work has been stopped on alLthe estates throughout Jamaica. The rain descending in torrents occasioned much damage and nsmfn"' *n tl10 interior the weather had been un- nrnin \evere> ^hole cane fields and much housed oWtC6r haylnS been swept away. On the 8th a severe K of, an earthquake was felt at Kingston, but no serious damage was done. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street. The Ministers present were the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the /?> ^.on- Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Diike ot Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, ^°rthcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, lhe Duke of Richmond, and Lord John Manners. CneRTS-MARTIAL. The Royal Commission on Courts-martial met on Monday, at E Committee- *°om, Huuse of Lords. Present—the chairmar, Col. Wilson patten; the Marquis of Ilartington, the Right Hon. Lieut. General Peel, the Right Hon. J. R. Mow- rTay> the Right Hon. Russel Gurney, Q.C., tho Right Hon. T. E. Headlam, Lieut. General Henry Eyre, ~aptain the Hon. J. C. Vivian. M.P., Col. Lowder, •» and Mr. S. Whitbread, M.P. The Secretary, J. L. Wharton, also attended. PENRAX PLACARDS AT PRESTON.—Late on Satur. evening a placard, bearing the heading "I. R. 611tage from the supreme council of the Irish Re- Public to the Irish people." The placards, which I\ve since been posted over or torn down, contained JJengthy exposition of what are represented to be "eoppressions of the Irish people, and wind up with a somewhat inflammatory appeal to them to unite work together for the freedom of their fatherland, ■•■he placard was subscribed, "Bv order of the exe- cutive .council. Dublin 1S68. Gad save Ireland." The CongregationaTTsts of TT^eter have just laid the first stone of a new place of worship in aeollspieuous part of the town. The style of the building," we are told, "will be early decorated, the exterior walls being composed'of lime stone, Bath stone, and red sandstone. It will consist of nave, aisles, and tran- septs, and at the front angle will stand a tower 155 feet higii." The ceremony was attended by the Mayor and ex-Mayor of Exeter; and the latter, while avow- ing himself a "devotedly attached" member of the Church of England, expressed iiis wish to see the different churches of the Reformation united in one community." The larare sum of £900 was subscribed on the spot towards this new edifice. NEW SOUTH W AT"ES. A complimentary dinnei was given ou Saturday night, at Willis's Rooms to Sir John Young, the late Governor of New South Wales. The chair was taken by Mr. Wentworth of New South Wales. The Duke of Buckingham was present. Sir John Young, in acknowledging the toast of the evening, gave a glowing account of the prospects of the Australian Colonies. The Duke of Buckingham returned thanks for a complimentary toast to the House of Lords. His Grace expressed his conviction that the future of the Australian Colonies had a tendency towards democracy. He saw in that, however, no danger; but, on the contrary, an increased strength, power, and attachment to the old country. RAILWAY SHAREHOLDERS' ASSOCIATION—The following recommendations amongst others have ^een submitted by the Western Railways' Sharehol- ders' Association to the Right Honourable the Presi- dent of the Board of Trade, to require :—1. That the reports of directors of a railway company shall be forwarded to the shareholders at least fourteen days before the date of the meeting. 2. That a list of the shareholders of every railway company (distinguish- ing those qualified to vote, and those eligible for the office of director), shall be printed annually, early in January, and sold to the shareholders at a nominal price. 3. That the time forthe receipt of proxies for all railway companies shall be forty-eight hours be- fore the hour of meeting. RARE BIRDS IN LONDON.—For several years past a pair of zebra parroqnets have haunted the garden of Lincoln's Inn, where they live on the most famil- iar terms with the sparrows, and are never seen ex- cept in company with them. During the winter months the parroquets disappear, but whither no one knows. On the return of spring they come back and rejoin their old friends. This year for some time one only was observed, but now both are visible, with a brood of five young ones. If any one be curi- ous to see them he has only to walk into the garden and disturb the flock of sparrows that will be seen feeding upon the grass, and on their taking wing the seven greenbacks will at once be distinguished. It is to be hoped that these beautiful strangers will be- come naturalised. PROTEST AGAINST DR. COLENSO.—On Monday af- ternoon a deputation from the English Church Union waited unon the Archbishop of Canterbury to pre- sent the f-Jlowiiig declaration, signed by 20,150cleri- cal and 1 commiinicaiits of the Church of England W e e undersigned clergy and lay communi- cants of the Church of England, having in mind that ,Dr. Colenso has denied that large portions of the Holy Scriptures are the Word of God, has charged our blessed Lord Jesus with error, and has denied that He is the proper object of Christian worship, hereby solemnly declare that we renounce all Chris- tian communion with Dr. Colenso until such time as he repents of these his errors." His Grace assured the deputation that the report of the Upper House of Convocation on the subject would be iu the hands of the public in a day or two. C Af. the British Museum the inscriptions and frag- ments of the late consignment from Ephesus are un- packed, and are much approved. The inscriptions are chiefly of the Roman Emperors, and in Greek. A girl of 13, named Elizabeth Barnes, nas neer committed for trial at Penrith on a charge of swind- ling. She had obtained various small sums of monej on the representation that she was a pupil of a Mrs. Rumley; that that lady was about to leave the neighbourhood; and that her scholars wished to present her with some trinkets as a token of then affection. DEPARTURE OF THE HON. C. F. ADAMS.-On Sa- turday, the Hon. C. F. Adams, the late American minister to the Court of St. James, and suite, left Liverpool in the Cunard steamer China, for New York. Mr. Moran, the present secretary of the American Legation, will until the arrival of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, assume the functions of minister. The Newcastle Daily Journal reports the case of a seaman named George, Malone, who was summoned at one of the local police-courts for refusing to work on a Sunday. He alleges that the work he was re- quired to do was not a necessity, but the bench held that he had no right to judge of that, and sent him for a month's imprisonment. The report adds that he looked very much surprised on receiving the sen- tence. THE PALMERSTON MEMORIALS.—It is finally set- tied that the inauguration of the Palmerston memo- rials at Romsey shall take place on Tuesday, July 21. There was for a time a little difficulty with the com- mittee as to the arrangements proper to be made on this eventful day, so that the celebration should not jar with those regretful associations which would be natural to Lady Palmerston however, the difficulty in this respect has been removed by a generous con- cession of her ladyship. The arrangements proposed are-the closing of the shops; an assembly of the public bodies, the memorial committee, the corpora- tion. and the rifle corps, will proceed to Broadlands to meet the Right Hon. W. Cowper and the guests of Lady Palmerston, and from thence to the Abbey Church, where (the memorial window having been previously unveiled) a special service will take place, and a sermon be preached by the Bishop of London. At the termination of the service a procession will be re-formed and proceed to the market-place, when the statute will be uncovered, and an inaugural ad- dress be delivered by one of the colleagues of the late lamented statesman. The park and grounds at Broadlands will be thrown open, and the band of the Royal Marine Artillery will perform there. In the evening the vicar will illuminate the western window of the abbey. INAUGURATION OF THE METROPOLITAN COBDEN MEMORIAL.—A popular and interesting demonstra- tion took place on Saturday afternoon, on the oc- casion of inaugurating the Cobden memorial statue which has just been erected at the entrance to Camden Town. The committee had arranged that the statue should be unveiled on Saturday afternoon, and the event was so popular that the surrounding neighbourhood was gaily decorated with flags on the occasion. A spacious platform had been erected in front of the pedestal, covered' with crimson cloth, and in the enclosure in front the band of the North Middlesex Rifles were stationed and they performed whilst the company assembled. At half-past three a procession, consisting of some three or four hundred of the subscribers, formed at the Vestry Hall of St. Pancras, and proceeded to the platform where the ceremony was to take place. Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P. accompanied by his colleague, Mr. Thomas Chambers, Q.C.M.P. with the Chairman of the Com- mittee, and other members of the Committee, headed the procession. The address of the Committee stated that this is the only public memorial in the metropolis to the memory of Richard Cobden. After the vast assembly had dispersed, Mrs. Cobden, accompanied by Mr. Claremont, the church-wardens, and other friends, walked round the statue, and ex- pressed her high gratification at the fidelity of the likeness. The design of the structure, 26ft. in height, is Italian, consisting of a deep plinth, 8ft. square. Upon this is a richly-moulded pedestal, with side panels of artistically carved cornucopias of bold masses of fruit and corn, emblems of plenty. Sur- rounding this is the statue, 9ft. high, carved from a block of Sicilian marble. WILL OF THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD.—The will, dated the 11th of August, 1865, of the Right Rev. Renn Dickson. Hampden, Lord Bishon of Hereford, late of the Palace, Hereford, and of No. 107, Eaton- place, who died on the 23rd of April last, was proved on the 24th inst. by the Rev. Edward Renn Hampden, rector of Cradley, Herefordshire; Charles John Hamp- den, barrister-at-law and Grenville Hampden, the sons of deceased, the executors. The personal pro- perty is sworn under £ 35,000. The bishop directs his executors to pay and consider as part of his just debts all such sums of money as he may have promised or engaged to pay towards the building, repairing, enlar- ging, or improving of churches and schools and rela- tive thereto, and he relieves them from the necessity of requiring strict legal proof of such his promises or engagements. The testator bequeaths to his daugh- ter Henrietta his hotise, No. 107, Eaton-place and all the furniture and effects therein such French, Ger- man, and Italian books at the Palace, Hereford, ns she may desire to have; and a policy for £2,000, with the bonuses and accumulations thereon, in the Scot- tish Widows' Fund Assurance Society. To his son, Edward Renn, the furniture and effects at the Palace, Hereford the leasehold land forming the kitchen garden to the palace, and the greenhouse; the house at Eveline, Oxford; and the piece of ground on which the Hampden Monument is erected at Chalgrove, Ox- fordshire; and to his three sons, Edward Renn,Charles John, and Grenville, equally, all moneys receivable under the two policies on his life for £1,000 and £ 4,000 each in the Law Life Assurance Society. His manuscript books and writing, and the copyright in any books published, are left to his son and daughter. Edward Renn and Henrietta, and the residue of his real and personal estate is given equally between hiE said four children. HORRIBLE END OF A MURDERER.—On Easter Sun- day evening, 1862, thetownland of Melkagh, countJ Longford, was the scene of a horrible tragedy. A man, named Michael Corrigan, and his wife resided on a small farm, where they kept a mill. Another family, named Ross, resided in an adjacent farm, and a dispute having arisen between them about a field containing two acres, the latter were dispos- sessed, and the ground was given to Corrigan. The Rosses-of whom there were two brothers—deter mined to be revenged, and combined together for the purpose of taking the lives of Corrigan and his wife. Corrigan was met on his return from the fields by James Ross, who discharged a gun at him from be hind an old stone wall. The shot, however, did not takeeffect, and Corrigan pursued hisassailant througi, the fields. A hand-to-hand conflict between them took place, and Patrick Ross came to the aid of his brother, and the two eventually murdered Corrigan, completely breaking in his skull with the butt-ends of their guns. At the same time Mrs. Corrigan was shot in her dwelling-house, but she survived for upwards of a week, and swore to Patrick Ross as being the man who bad shot her. Notwithstanding the most diligent search by the police, both the Ros- ses evaded detection, and were not heard of until Patrickwas arrested two months ago in Cincinnati fy When arrested he attempted to put an end to Ins existence by cutting his throat, but through the skill of the physicians there he recovered. Three constables were despatched from Ireland for the pur- pose of identincation,-and to bring Ross home for trial; but the latter, having a horror of being pub- licly executed, determined to kill himself sooner than return. He refused to eat anything, and he literally tarved himself to death, and on the 3rd of this montii died in prison in Cincinnati. A NEW "ACT OF UNIFORMITY."—The Earl of Shaftesbury has presented a bill to the House of Lords, the object of which is apparently to give ef- fect to the report of the Ritual Commissioners, or, in tho language of the title of the bill, "for the better enforcing uniformity in the performance of public worship in the United Church of England aud Ire- land." The.taxi of the bill was published on Friday. By the fourth clause it is provided that every minis- ter, when "saying prayers in any church, shall wear a surplice with sleeves, and shall be at liberty to wear over the surplice, as at present, a plain black silk scarf. If he be a university graduate, he may also wear the university hood and if he be not a graduate he may then if he think fit, wear some decent tippet of black. No other kind of ornament is to be permitted. Neither incense nor lighted candies are to be allowed, except for the purpose of giving light, and if any minister disregard these re- gulations, the churchwarden, or any five of the parishioners, being also members of the Church of England, may petition the bishop to restrain the of- fender until his diocesan has made a public inquiry into the matter, or appointed a commission for that purpose. It is proposed, however, to give the pe- titioner or respondent the right of appeal to the arch- bishop, who may order the petitioner or party pro- secuting to give security for the costs of the defend- ant in error. The bill also gives the right of final nppeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Coun- cil. In the event of any minister offending against the provisions set forth in this bill, the Earl of Shaftesbury proposes that, upon his conviction, the bishop shall, for every offence, be empowered to in- hibit the offender from saying the public prayers for the space of three months, and a substitute shall be provided, whose stipend, if necessary, is to be provided for by sequestration of tho income of (ha ehuroh. ARRIVAL OF RELEASED ABYSBTNIAN CAPTIVES. We have to announce the safe arrival in this country of several of the released captives besides Mr. Ras- sam, viz., the Rev. H. A. Stern, tho Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Rosenthal, and the Rev. Mr. Flad all in gpod health. AN APPLICATION BY THE AMERICAN GOVERN- MENT.—In the Admiralty Court, on Saturday, before the Right Hon. Sir Robert Phillimore, jadgment was given in the case of the Mary, otherwise the Alexan- dra. In this case an important question was raised as to the right of the United States of America to put certain interrogatories to Mr. Prioleau, merchant, of Liverpool, who claimed the vessel which had been seized by the Government on the ground that it had been used by the Confederates. The defendant al- leged that certain interrogatories, if answered, might render him liable to penalties under the Foreign En- li stment Act. It was urged, on the part of the United States Government, that parties required the interro- gatories to be answered. His Lordship, in giving judgment, reviewed the practice at equity and com- mon law, and thought the practice of this Court should be modelled on the courts of equity. He al- lowed the interrogatories to be ministered, and if any answer was objected to, it must be sworn by the de- fendant that he believed it would subject him to penalties under the Foreign Enlistment or some other act.—Judgment accordingly. SAD CASE OF DROWNING NEAR DERBY.-On Sa- turday afternoon last, a sad case of drowning oc- curred at Swankestone, six miles from Derby. It appears that, on the afternoon in question, Mr. Richd. Maddocks, butcher, Litchwich, Derby, proceeded with his horse and cart to Barrow-on-Trent on busi- ness. On his return to Derby, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he called at Swankestone Inn, and whilst there he got into his cart and drove his horse into the river Trent for the purpose of giving it some water. One of Sir J. H. Crewe's keepers stood on the bridge and shouted to Mr. Maddocks not to go any further in the stream, but his caution came too late, for all at once horse, cart, and Mr. Maddocks suddenly disappeared under the water. Several gentlemen who were fishing in the neighbourhood, who bad witnessed the accident, at once jumped into the river to render assistance, but the part whero Mr. Maddocks and the horse were drowning being between 20 and 30 feet deep, they had to proceed with great caution. The body of Mr. Maddocks was re- covered in about eight minutes, and great efforts were made to restore animation, but without effect, and it was carried to the Crewe and Harpur Arms, to await an inquest. The horse was also drowned, aud it was several hours before it and the cart were got out of the bed of the river. Mr. Maddocks was in his 69th year, was in an extensive way of business and was held in high esteem. His sad end has caused quite a gloom in the neighbourhood. DESTRUCTION OF A BALLOON BY FIRE.-The Aero- nautical Society's exhibition at the Crystal Palace which is a decided failure in itself, suffered further on Saturday afternoon by the total destruction of the balloon Captif, brought over from France to enable timid Englishmen to ascend to a height of 1,000 feet and be held by a rope at that altitude, for the payl ment of a guinea. It was an immense balloon, with a canvass covering, and a car that would seat 13 or 14 persons. It was constructed on the old Montgol- fier principle and was inflated by means of gas from petroleum. It should have ascended on Thursday and Friday, but, owing to a hitch in the steam engine employed to coil and uncoil the rope, did not. On Saturday afternoon, however, inflation was complete and preparations were made for an ascent. The breeze turned the balloon over too far, the fire beneath ath caught the canvas, and in less than five minutes the unfortunate proprietor, Mons. Delamarne, was writ- ing his hands over thetotal loss of his property. The sight of the balloon tossing about—a huge ball of fire -was very grand while it lasted. Much commieera tion was felt for its owner, who will have to bear the entire loss. Mr. Coxwell, the celebrated aeronaut, seeing that the people around were inclined to be merry rather than sympathetic, although he was pre- sent as a mere visitor, leaped upon a chair, made a speeoh, urging the claims the hapless foreigner had upon the spectators, and commenced a subscription on the spot. The Duke of Sutherland and others took the matter up, and the secretary to the Aeronautical Society speedily issued placards inviting aid. SINGULAR ROBBERY IN MANCHESTER. — A few days ago, the fine art gallery and fancy repository in Bridge street, kept by Mr. Whaite, was the scene of a daring and singular robbery. The mode which the thieves adopted in order to get into the place was extraordinary, and set all the usual precautions for the safety of property at defiance. The premises ad- join a small thoroughfare named Wood-street, which has not a good reputation, and the houses on one side of the street are built up against the lower wall of Mr. Whaite's warehouse. In one of these houses a number of lodgers reside, one of whom is a brick- setter. It was from this house that the thieves effected an entrance. A part of the back wall, about three feet square, was cut away, and disclosed the wall of the warehouse, through which a similar hole was made, the skirting board removed, and then nothing remained between the thieves and the rich and varied contents of the rooms. The state of the rooms showed that the thieves had made a long search for money in the first instance, and that when they found no cash, they broke open nearly all the cases of fine goods, and helped themselves to their contents. About 40 costly opera glasses were stolen from one case a number of brooches, ear-rings, &c. from another 150 yards of bright coloured silk from a third whilst card cases, ornaments, and a great variety of other goods were taken from various parts. The front shop is separated from the general repository by a massive sliding door, which is secured by a bolt. The robbers were unable to make their way through this obstacle, and were thereby prevented from at- tacking the safe, or stealing any of the numerous and valuable articles with which the windows and count- ers are crowded. The stolen property is valued at upwards of £ 200. The police were sent for, and they immediately made a search in the house from which the entrance had been made. Suspicion fell, as a matter of course, upon the inmates, but they professed the most complete ignorance; and one man, who admitted that on the night before, he slept within 2ft. of the broken wall, said he was drunk and had no knowledge of it whatever. The police found a bottle containing aquafortis in the house; and they also found that a great number of gilt articles in Mr. Whaite's cases had been tested with that acid.- No arrests were made. THE EXTRAORDINARY BIGAMY CAQE AT DERBY. -The examination into this extraordinary case was finished at Derby on Friday evening, the bench end- ing the defendant Fernando for trial, and refusing to take bail.-Mary Ann Smith was then charged with aiding, abetting, and counselling the said Cecil Anthony Fernando, to contract the second marriage. —Mr. Leech opened the case, and then called the first wife, Eliza Fernando, who said I am a native first wife, Eliza Fernando, who said I am a native of Aberdeen. My maiden name was Eiiza Shaw. I was 24 years of age on the 24th of last February, When fourteen years of age I came to Edinburgh. and two years afterwards I met with my husband, Mr. Cecil Anthony Fernando, there. I was then em- ployed on the stage. I went to Dublin on the 11th November, 1861. In six months afterwards he fol- lowed me there, and we then began to live together as man and wife. At that time I had a child by him eight or nine months old. I had been brought up as a Protestant, and Fernando was a professed Roman Catholic. After he came to Dublin, I never went to a Protestant Church, and for 18 months prior to my marriage I attended a Roman Catholic chapel regu- larly every Sunday. I was during that time a pro- fessed Roman Catholic, and have never been in a Protestant church or professed the Protestant religion since Fernando joined me in Dublin. Some time after our arrival in Dublin, I was introduced to the Rev. Father Jones, and in December, 1863, we applied to Father Jones to marry us. In that month I was re- ceived intp the Roman Catholic Church and faith, aud was baptised, and also took the Sacrament. Iwaa married by Father Jones at Milltown Park, Donny- brook, to Fernando, on the 25th of January, 1864. iwo witnesses were present. I continued to live with h ernaudo during that year and a portion of 1865. In lfc(>5 I accompanied him to London. I ha/i three children by him, all born before our marriage two are dead. I lived with him in Loudon as his wife i opji r*11 i About the month of December, i»M>, Fernando introduced me as his wife to the pri- soner, who was on a visit to her aunt, living next « • 0 lntr°duced me by saying, "Miss 18 .my wife, Mrs. Fernando. I only A K°r,f,g ?r mn,e weeks. In July, 1867,1 hit nf Clee UU* husb^d's request for the benefit of my health. I came back to London in three weeks afterwards and I found my husband had gone and taken the child with him. Mr. Harwood conten ried that her evidence was inadmissible, and de- clinod to cross-examine. Mr. J. W. Newbould hav- ,ng again produced the certificate of the marriage of Fernando to Miss Snaith on the 14th of February last, the case for the prosecution was then closed. The usual caution having been given,—Miss Snaith said 1 can only say, what I said before, that I married Mr. Fernando thinking he was perfectly free to marry me. If I had thought Miss Shaw had been his wife I should not have married him. I acted under the advice of two lawyers. I wrote a letter to the effect that if he got rid of his mistress I would marry him. Mrs. Fernando Mistress You mean Mrs. Fernando. —The prisoner then signed her statement, Mary Ann Frances Fernando."—The Bench committed the female prisoner for trial, and agreed to take bail herself in £100, and two of £ 50 each.—Her sureties were Mr. Harwood, solicitor, and Miss Suaith. of Bodtgo, aud ete left tttefiewrt witt tarfriendfl. PUBLIC MEETINGS IN PARIS.—Paris is beginning to feel its way in the practice of the new law per- mitting public meetings (not being religions or poli- tical) without the authorisation of the police. As many as a thousand tailors met together the other day at the Elysee Montmartre. Two meetings are authorised to be held at the Salle Pilodo one to- morrow, to discuss the best way of improving the education of working men and the other on Mon- day, te consider the question of employment for women. Ladies are particularly requested to attend the latter meeting, and to take part in the discus- sion. The line between what is and what is not "political" is so impossible to be defined that the Government will always be able to dissolve any meeting to which it may object. At present how- ever. the eulogists of the new law say that a meet- ing is an admirable thing, but that a "club" would be intolerable. THE NATIONAL DEBT.-At the close of the finan- cial year on the 31st of March, 1855, the funded debt amounted to £752,064,119; the unfunded debt was £23,151,400 and the estimated capital of terminable annuities £26,763,244, making the total amount of the national debt £ 801,978,763. A year later, at the corresponding date in 1856, at the close of the Crimean war, the amount was £829,579,7!,)8; at the like date in 1857, £ 831,722,963: in 1858, £ 826,134,640; in 1859, £823,934,880 in 1860, £8W,079,310; iu 1861, £ 818,048,896; in 1862, £ 817,389,290 it was in 1863, £817.559,322; it was in 1864, £ 813,230,134; in 1865, £ 808,289,398; in 1866, £ 802,842,949; and in 1867, £ 800,848,847; and on the 31st March, 1868, £ 797,031,650 —viz. £ 741,190,328 funded debt, £ 7,911,100unfunded, and £47,930,222 the estimated capital value of the terminable annuities, which in that year amounted to £ 3,447,270. Since 1855 the increase of debt in- curredfor the Crimean war has been wiped out, and the proportion of debt payable by terminable annui- ties has been materially increased. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.-The Duke of Edin- burgh arrived at Clarence House, London, on Satur day, from Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness rode out, accompanied by the Prince of Teck; and in the evening, attended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke, went to St. James's Theatre. The French opera-bouffe "La Grande Duchesse Do Gerolstein," was performed, Mddlle. Schneider taking the principal character. Amongst those present were the Prince De Joinville, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh, Lord Bristol, Lord Carrington, Lord Somerville, Lord Castlerosse, Lord Vivian, Lord Torrington, Lord Graham, Baron de Stern, and other distinguished visitors. It was not until the close of the first act that the house became fully aware of the presence of the Duke. The curtain had fallen upon a capital scene, but was raised in compliance with the applause of the house. M. Raphael Felix, the director, approached one of the stage boxes, leading Mdlle. Schneider by the hand, and, After a profound obeisance, the band played the "National Anthem." This waa the signal for the most unbounded applause, which the Duke acknow- ledged, without showing himself to the whole house. The audience, not satisfied at this, renewed thew cheers after the curtain had fallen a second time, but the Duke had at that moment retired. The Duke returned to his box and remained until the close of the performance. On Sunday morning the Duke travelled to Windsor by the ten o'clock train, and there being no carriage in waiting, walked, accom- panied by one attendant, through High street, byway of the Castle Hill, to the Palace, the sentries saluting as the Duke passed by. His Royal Highness came back to London shortly after four in the afternoon, and was subsequently seen, riding in an open car- riage, with the Prince and Princess of Wales. THE POISONING OF A RACE HORSE.-This case again came before a full bench of magistrates at Barnstaple on Saturday. The defendant, George Woollacott, a groom, having been unable to find bail, was brought up in custody on remand. Ho was charged with havingpnlawfnlly and maliciously killed a mare, called Little Sally, the property of Mr. Sipallridge, by administering poison on the 3rd of June. The circumstances of the alleged poison- ing have already appeared. Corroborative evidence was called on Saturday. It was further shown that the prisoner had an interest in winning the Yeo- manry Cup at the Barnstaple Races. The mare he was riding (Little Fairy) belonged to Mr. Henry Hooper. He had agreed with Mr. Hooper to pay for the keep of the mare, and have half of what she won —hence a motive for getting rid of Little Sally, her antagonist. Dr. Herapath, of Bristol, who had ana- lysed the contents of the stomach,which had been sent to him by the police, said the whole of the internal sur- face of the stomach was covered with mucous mem- brane,and was coloured,even black in parts. The veins contained hardened clotted blood. The walls of the stomach were intensely inflamed, and there was every indication of corrosive acid poisons having been used. At first be thought that he detected acid poison of a highly corrosive character. On his submitting the stomach to chemical tests, he discovered hydrochloric acid, which might have caused the death of the horse, producing the same pathological appearance as those found on the post mortem examination of Little Sally. He had examined the contents of one of the bottles found in the prisoner's house on his appre- hension. It contained an intense red fluid, very acid which proved to be a mixture of spirits of red laven- der and hydrochloric acid, nearly one half of each. William Hancock said be saw the prisoner at the stable, and saw the corn in the manger. He remarked at the time-the morning of the race day — that he did not think the horse was right. The prisoner re- served his defence, and was committed for trial. Bail refused. POST-OFFICE STATISTICS.—A return recently fur- nished by Mr. Chetwyud, receiver and accountant general to the Post-office, shows that from the 5th of January, 1830, to the 31st of March, 1867, the re- venue collected by the Post-office increased from more than two to more than 434 millions sterling. The receipts for postage by the returns in 1830 were i.2,184,607, and the commission on money orders nil (as the money-order office did not become a branch of the Post-office until December 6, 1838); in 1840 the postage receipts amounted to £ 2,385,567, and the commission on money orders to £5,196; in 1850, the former amounted to £2,094,825, and the latter to £ 70,524 in I860, the former rose to £ 3,192,825, and the latter to £ 117,829; and in 1867 the receipts from postage were returned at a total of £4,843,544, and from commission on money orders at £ 16S,029. The registration fees are paid by means of postage stamps, and no separate account of such fees °is kept. The system of registering letters commenced on the 6th of January, in 1841, when a fooof Is. was charged for each letter. But this was reduced to 61. on the 28th of March, 1843, and to 4d. on the 1st of August, 1862. The rates of commission first charged on money orders were 6d. for any sum not exceeding £ 2, and Is. 6d. for any sum above JB2 and not exceeding £ 5. In November, 1840, the former rate was reduced to 3d. and the latter to 6d.; and in 1862 an extension of rates occurred, when a charge of 9d. was levied for any sum above 95 and not exceed- ing 9,7, and one of Is. for any sum above the latter, and not exceeding jElO. Three times the above rates are now charged for money orders to Alexandria, Bahia, Buenos Ayres, Constantinople, Gibraltar, Malta, Montevideo, Pernambuca, and Rio Janeiro and a fourfold charge obtains to British Guiana, Canada, Cape of Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Hon- duras, Natal, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, New South Wales, New Zealand, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Queensland, South Australia, Tas- mania, Victoria, West Coast of Africa, West Indies, and Western Australia. WILL OF THE MARQUIS ^SALISBURY.—The will, with six codicils, of the late Marquis of Salisbury, was proved on the 25th inst., by the relict of decease l', and the Marquis of Salisbury and Lord Eustace Cecil, the sons of the deceased, the executors. The per- sonal property is sworn under £ 300,000. The testa- tor has devised all his real and copyhold estates, and the leasehold estate known as Ilford Hospital estate, Essex, to trustees for the purpose of being settled upon certain trusts to secure and make good any de- ficiency in the jointure of 25,000perannumto which his wife is entitled under settlements then to raise and pay £20,000 to his son, Lord Eustace Cecil; and after the death of his (testator's) wife to raise the further sum of gl,500 per annum for such of his daughters by his said wife as shall then be unmarried, but so long only as they shall remain unmarried, with remainder to the present Marquis for life, and after his decease, upon trust, to secure to Georgina, the wife of the present Marquis, a jointure of £ 4,000 per annum, and to raise £4,000 as fortunes for the younger children of the present Marquis, with re- mainder to James Edward Hubert, now Viscount Cranborne, the eldest son of the present Marquis, for life, with remainder to his first and other sons successively in tail male, with divers remainders over. Power is given to the Marquis to charge the estates with dE30,000 for his own benefit. The testa- tor bequeaths to his wife a legacy of £5,000 and cer- tain plate, china, linen, carriages, and horses to his son, Lord Eustace Cecil, all his river Lea navigation bonds dated prior to 1865 to his three sons, Lords Sackville Arthur, Arthur, and Lionel, certain house- hold property, reversions, bonds, &c., specifically mentioned in the will; to his four daughters, Lady Mildred Hope, Lady Blanche Balfour, Lady Mary Cecil, and Lady Margaret Cecil, 9500 each; to Mr. John Ross Dagg, £ 2,000; and to his solicitor, Mr. Richard Nicholson, £500. There are also some pecu- niary legacies and annuities to his servants. The residue of the personal estate is given to his son, the present Marquis. The testator has appointed his wife and Lord Eustace Cecil guardians of such of his oliildrea as he hM power to appoint guardians for. The celebrated singer, Pauline Lucca (Baroness Rahden), has just passed through Paris on her way to Switzerland, for a short period of repose. About 6,000 tons of salt beef, valued at £241,500 sterling, have been imported during last year into Liverpool from the United States and Canada. The total receipts of the French Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers of Music for 1867-1868 amounted to £15,376, or an increase of £8,560 on the preceding year. A Geelong paper states that in that town some fish, said to be colonial mackerel, have been retailed at the rate of 18 for Is. They are said to be somewhat similar to English mackerel in appearance, and de- licious eating. The municipality of Vienna, has just voted twelve prizes, four of 4,000 florins, the same number each of 2,000 and 1,000, for the best plans of a Town Hall for that city. This competition is open to the architects of all countries. Dr. Clermont, of Lyons, has recently published some researches of his on the ferro-arsenical waters of Vals, from which it appears that they may be use- ful in the case of weak stomachs, that cannot bear a strong dose of arsenic. A cantonnier named Malaohaul has been sentenced by the. Assize Court of the Lozere to twenty years' imprisonment with hard labour for a premeditated murder. Instead of acting as one of the guardians ot public safety, he waylaid an old man of 73, a haw- ker, named Vignes, knocked him terribly about the head with a big stone, left him for dead, and robbed him of 882fr. M. Replovsky, deacon of the Russian Church at Stutgard, has presented to the post office of adminis- tration of St. Petersburg a letter-box, organised in such a way that the person who deposits a letter in it receives immediately a ticket showing the year month and day of the act. A commission appointed to.examine the invention has found it perfectly and well suited for the object proposed. MURDER OF A COURIER. The courier of a Russian family was barbarously murdered on the 14th inst. at the fashionable watering-place of Ems. His body was found early in the morning lying on the second floor of the Hotel du Prince des Galles, where the family in whose service the unfortunate man was, occupied apartments. His head had been struck twice with some weapon, probably an axe, one of his eyes had been torn from its socket, and the marks of nails were visible on the neck. Sus- picion points to some one connected with the hotel. No motive has been assigned for the crime, as the money and watch of the murdered man were found on him. THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL.—A correspondent of the Independance Belge says that the bull of convoca- tion for the Ecumenical Council will be issued on the 29th inst. It is said, he adds, that the Pope in- I tends to send invitations to the principal bishops and dignitaries of the non-catholic churches-the Greek, the Anglican, &c.—so that they may take part in the deliberations, and appreciate for themselves the points of dogma and discipline which separate them from Rome. The Correspondance Italienne says that the Pope will announce that the council is to open on the 8th December, 1869. One of the questions to be submitted to it is the absolute freedom of the church from the state. The Correspondance Italienne is assured that even among the higher ranks of the Roman clergy there is a party favourable to the widest application of the principle of liberty, and that this party has been increasing in numbers for some time past. Its members maintain that the posi- tion of the Roman Catholic Church is much better I in Belgium, England, and the United States than it is in France or Austria, and they intend to urge these .views in the Council. AUSTRIA SHAKING OFF THE ROMISH TRAMMELS. The Debaite of June 28, referring to the Papal allocu- tion on the subject of the "Confessional laws," says —"The Government does not attach any particular importance to this allocution, and considers that an energetic protest by diplomatic means will suffice to meet the case. It is believed that Baron Beust in his protest reminded the Roman Court of the limit within which it may claim to influence the internal affairs of the empire, and energetically repels any infraction of that limit." The Temps of June 28 pub- lishes the text of the Papal allocution upon the laws recently passedin Austria. It commences as follows Venerable Brethren, We certainly would never have thought that the convention made nearly thir- teen years ago between us and the Emperor and apostolic King of Austria, to the great joy of all good people, we should have been to-day forced to lament the miseries and misfortunes of the grossest nature which, through the deeds of hostile men, now afflict and torment in a most deplorable man- ner the Catholic Church in the Austrian empire. Indeed, the enemies of our divine religion have not ceased to make every exertion to destroy that conven- tion, and to do the greatest wrong to us and the Apos- tolic See. Having described the purport of the laws passed by the Austrian Parliament, the Pope goes on to say:—"You see, consequently, venerable brethren, with what strength we must censure and condemn these abominable laws sanctioned by the Austrian Government, laws which are in flagrant contradiction with the doctrine of the Catholic Church, with its venerable rights, its divine authority and constitution --with our power and also that of the Apostolic See, as well as with the Concordat and natural jus- tice itself. In virtue of the care of all the churches uaving been intrusted to us by the Lord Jesus Christ, ire raise our voice in your illustrious assembly. We iondemn by apostolic authority, the laws which we enumerated, and everything—whether in generals on particulars-which in these laws or in matters which belong to ecclesiastical right has been decreed or unjustly attempted in any manner whatsoever by the Austrian Government or by its subalterns, who- ever they may be. In virtue of this same authority we declare those decrees to be null and void, and of no effect whatever, either now or in the future. As to their authors, and especially those who flatter themselves that they are Catholics, but who have not feared to propose, to approve, or execute the said law and decrees, we conjure and supplicate them not to forget the spiritual censure and punishment which the ecclesiastical constitution and the decree of the secumenical councils inflict as ipso facta incurred by the violators of the Church's rights." The pope then proceeds to praise the Austrian bishops for their op- position to these laws, and to encourage those of Hungary to make a similar resistance. OUTRAGE UPON AN ENGLISH VESSEL BY A SPANISH "REVENUE BOAT.-The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 17th, ontains the following A very strange and ap- parently unwarrantable outrage was yesterday com- mitted by a Spanish guardacosta upon a vessel sail- ing under the British flag. The schooner Fanny, P. Travo, master, left the Bay of Gibraltar yester lay at eleven a.m. bound for Oran, with a cargo of tobacco. At about half-past three p.m. as the Fanny was stand- ing to the south-east and distant three miles from Europa Point, she was stopped by a Spanish revenue boat, named the Renidora. The Spanish captain and four men of his crew went on board the Fanny and demanded her papers. These examined, they pro- ceeded to open the hatches and to search the schooner. After delaying the vessel on her course for some 10 minutes or more, the ship's papers were returned, and the captain and men of the guardaoosta left the Fanny, which resumed her voyage. When she had sailed half a mile further on her course, the guarda- costa returned and again boarded her. This time six of the Spanish crew were put on board the Fanny, and the captain was informed that his vessel must be taken to Algeciras. Suiting the action to the word, the helm was taken from the helmsman, the course was altered, and the schooner's head was put to- wards Cabrita Point. After another quarter of an hour had passed, the people of the guardacosta again decided that they would not interfere with the Fanny, and, giving her up to the captain, they informed him that he might proceed on his course. Once more, they returned, and, again boarding her, drove the captain, who was steering, from the helm, and again made for Cabrita Point. The captain went below, and a few minutes afterwards one of his own crew went into his cabin, and told him an English gunboat was coming to his assistance. This remark was overhear j by the Spaniards, and being borne out by the appear- ance of a small steamer rounding Europa Boint, the men of the guardacosta for the third time abandoned their unlawful prize, and, taking to their own boat, made for Ceuta in all haste with sail and oar. The crew of the Spanish vessel appear to have been well aware that they were acting;improperly. Before leav- ing the English schooner the Spanish patron begged Captain Travo to assure the captain of the English gunboat that none of the people of the Fanny had been ill-treated, and the British flag had never been hauled down. The steamer which was taken for the English gunboat proved to be the Italian steamer Cor- sanghetto, leaving our bay for Galatz. The Fanny, fearing further outrage, returned to Gibraltar. The above proceeding needs but little comment. It can hardly be justified, and will no doubt form the sub- ject of special inquiry." The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 19th says:—" The schooner Fanny, J. Travo, master, which was on the 10th instant subjected to detention and unlawful visitation by a Spanish guard- acosta, has again sailed for her destination, Oran. Being somewhat apprehensive of a repetition of the former anoyances, the captain of the Fanny requested Srotection, and was escorted ont of the bay by Her lajesty'a ship Skylark, Lieutenant Commander Col- lins, R.N. The two proceeded in company till the Fanny was out of harm's woxl when the Skylark to- turaed to Gibraltar." Lord Westbury has laid before the House of Lords a bill to facilitate liquidation in certain cases of bank- ruetcRarranP-ament, a.utlwinding.up. THE LATE BIRMINGHAM BANKING COMPANY.— r he official liquidators of the late Birmingham Bank- mg Company have issued summonses to the share- appear before the Master of the Rolls on tne oth of July to show cause why a call of £ 10 per share should not be made upon the contributors to the company. Ri-PORT OF THE IRISH CHURCH COMMISSION.— The report of the Irish Church Commission, the pub- lication of which has been mysteriously delayed, is supposed to make ample provision for the Church, and yet to leave £ 200,000 available for other purposes. The report pioposes, rumour adds, to reduce the number of Irish bishops to four.—Express MANSLAUGHTER AT MANCHESTER.—at- ru. Police-court, on Saturday, John M'Cormi.-k a ll bourer, residing in Primrose street, was chared with having caused the death of his wife, Mai-v M'(?»r JTv by violence, on Sunday, the 21st ult. The deceased was confined on Monday, the 15th ult. *^<1 0n thn bunday there were two women in the house whom the prisoner wished to leave, but his wife not con- senting, he knocked her down, and kicked her in the back and side. She was taken to a friend's house in George street, where she died on Friday. The pri- soner was remanded to Thursday. LORD BROUGHAM.—On Friday, Lord Brougham took his seat in the House of Lords, in order, we be lieve, that he might be present at the expected divi- sion upon the Irish Church Suspensory Bill. The ceremony was remarkable from the circumstance that the noble Lord and hie two supporters, Lord Daore and Lord Vanx of Harrowden, represented all the Ranches of the illustrious House of Vaux. Harold De Vaux, Lord of Vaux in Normandy, had three sons, Hubert Ranulph, and Robert. From Hubert descended the Barons Vaux of Gillesland from whom, through the family of Monlton the Barony passed to the Dacres. Ranulph, the second son, was ancestor of Vaux of Tryermayne andCatter- len and in the female line of Lord Brougham and Vaux. Robert, the third son, was ancestor of Elias Vaux, who married the heiress of Harrowden, and from him descended, in the female line, the present Lord Vaux of Harrowden.—Carlisle Jcmrnal. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.-The Gazette con- tains a despatch from Lieutenant General Sir R Napier, dated June 1. It reviews the main operations of the Abyssinian campaign at great length and enumerates the services rendered by each branch of the service. The document is of great interest. Seve- ral pages of the Gazette are devoted to a record of the services of the officers who distinguished themselves by their ability energy, and gallantry. The following are the concluding passages of the despatch —"All ranks and classes have been inspired with the same honourable spirit, whether in military labour or in conflict with the enemy, and have borne themselves as if success depended on their own individual exei* tions and devotion. I beg permission gratefully tri acknowledge the confidence placed in me by Her Majesty a Government for India, and the unhesita- ting promptitude with which all my requisitions have been complied with. I am deeply sensible of the support and encouragement which I have receiv- ed from His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in every stage of the expedition." The despatch and subsidiary reports fill 31 pages of the Gazette. SHOCKING GUN ACCIDENT.—A MAN'S HEAD Br.ovrti OFF.-ou Monday afternoon a shocking accident attended with fatal results, occurred near Wem* Whilst a man named William Kelly was sitting in the kitchen of the Trench Farm, a large farm in the occupancy of Mr. Dickin, eating his dinner, a lad named Williamson, a farm labourer in the same em- ploy as Kelly, came in and took up a gun which was standing in a corner of the kitchen near the fireplace. By some misadventure the stock of the gun, which was a common fowling-piece, caught the leg of the table. The gun exploded, and the sight that pre- sented itself was something horrible, the entire right side of Kelly's face and head being blown off. Medical attendance was sent for, but the doctors de- clared that death must have been instantaneous. The gun had been used during the morning by another of the farm servants for the purpose of shooting birds, and negligently omitting to draw the charge he carelessly placed it where it fell into Williamson's hands. The affair has created great excitement in the locality, and the poor lad who was the cause of the accident has, so it is stated, gone out of his mind and was discovered attempting to drown himself soon after the melancholy occurrence. PETITION TO 'THE QUEEN FROM THE WOMEN OF IRELAND.—The following memorial has been pre- sented to Her Majesty the Queen. The prayer is said to be supported by upwards of 145,000 signatures:- We, the undersigned women of Ireland, have seen with deep affliction that it is proposed to disestablish and disendow the United Church of England and Ireland in Ireland. It might not become us to enter into the constitutional reasons against this proposi- tion, which rather belongs to others. But as women, sisters, wives, and mothers, we desire to raise our voice against an act of spolaition which will deprive the parishes of our land of a centre of charity and civilisation, which will rob thousands of our poor of instruction in health and consolation in sickness, which our husbands and brothers feel as a cruel iu, dignity and injustice, and which will probably de- prive our relatives, our children, and our children's children of the maturing care of the reformer) church, and even of the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ in many parts of our country. We therefore pray that your Majesty will be graciously pleased, in the exer- cise of your royal prerogative, to preserve unto the bishops and clergy of England and Ireland, and to the churches there committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law appertain to them. And your Majesty's devoted subjects will ever pray. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—A special general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Tuesday, at the London Tavern, under the presidency of Sir Curtis Lampson. The report and accounts having been received, the Chairman mor^d that a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent on £600.000 first preference stock for the nine months ending the 30th of April ult. be declared. He congratulated the holders of the stock on the fact that they were to receive a full dividend, although the earnings of the comnany for the last two months had been less than could have been reasonably expected. It had been caused by the dulness of trade both in this country and in America. He trusted that the time would arrive when a closer amalgamation of the two companies would be carried out. Such a policy would be mutually advantageous. He had no hesi- tation in asserting that the proprietors had a very valuable pronerty. Mr. Cyrus Field seconded the motion, which was carried nem.. con. Dividends on £ 41,897, second preference stock, at the rate of 8 per cent per annum for nine months, and on £ 617,750 ordinary stock at the rate of 4 per cent per anuum for nine months, were adopted, and the dividends declared payable on and after the 1st July. Mr. Cy- rus Field stated that under the £20 tariff the receipts had been £ 505 per day, under the.£10 tariff £579 per day, and for the six months ending May 1, of this year, under the five guinea tariff the receipts had Deen £ 693 per day. He trusted that a further reduc- tion would shortly take place, which he felt certain would be followed by a large increase of receipts. The cables could transmit six times the number of messages that the company were now forwarding without necessitating the outlay of any additional working expense8. The proceedings then termi- nated. KING THEODORE'S SON.—An Alexandria letter of •Tune^21 says :—"Dejatch Alamaio (meaning, in Eng- lish, "has seen the world") is the legitimate heir of the late Emperor Theodere. Immediately after the capture of Magdala, Dejatch Alamaio was, with his mother, brought into the British camp. The Queen, by name Terru Wark (pure gold), was the daughter of Ras Oobie, the former Prince of Tigre, and, on her father's defeat and capture by Theodore in 1854, was induced to marry her captor at the early age of 12, principally as a means of securing honourable treat- ment for her father Oobie and her two brothers Gioongwol and Karsa. This, however, did not pre- vent Theodore from keeping her father a prisoner until his death, while her brothers lingered in cap- tivity in the Shete prison at Arb Amba, and latterly at Magdala, where they were released by the British expeditionary force. The last three weeks of the Queen's life were spent somewhat unhappily, in con- sequence of her having taxed her husband Theodore with harsh treatment and unkindness towards her father. This led to recriminations, and on one oc- casion Theodore, in a toweringrasre, asked her if she did not know that he was the 'King of kings,' and thereupon attempted to strike her but upon reply that he dared not strike the Queen of the King of kings, he withdrew. She had been suffering in_health for some months before the arrival of the British in Abyssinia, and soon fell into a decline. Her death took place at Haik Hallat, and she was buried at Chellikot. A few days before her death she sent for Captain Speedy, and desired him to request His Ex- cellency the Commander in Chief that her fon should be placed in his charge, Basha Fellaka (as Theodore bad named Captain Speedy), being an Amiliara Christian at heart, and had always been liked by her people. This seemed to coincide with His Excellency's views, for on his arrival at ZoulIa the young Prince was handed over to Captain Speedy, and has been with him ever since. It is amusing to hear the boy call Captain Speedy Abba Fallaka-that is, Father Speedy. His affection for him is excessive, and he teems most unhappy when separated from his tutor for ft fipgle moment."