ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAILS Via Suez and Panama.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIII, Issue 590, 29 June 1868, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAILS Via Suez and Panama.

TnE s.s. ‘Ahuriri,’ from Auckland, arrived in harbor on Friday afternoon, bringing Auckland papers containing telegrams of news by ll»o English Mail via Suez. On i I it- following morning tho s 3. ‘ Taranaki ’ arrived from Southern Ports, bringing the jnrv.-:'. received via Panama : and, later in the day (3 pm ) f the « •». ‘ Taw! Ashl.w ’ made her appearance from the South with the mails both via Suez and Panama. Wo append a summary of tho news, which is of a highly important character. [VIA SUEZ.] GENERAL SUMMARY. London, April 21. The Queen held a drawing room at Buckingham Palace on the 30th March. She visited Lord Derby on the 17th April, and then proceeded to Osborne, ller Majesty leaves for Balmoral in Mav. Tho Prip.ce and Princess oi \A ales have visited Ireland, and (ho proceedings connected therewith were a complete success. The Princess, on landing, was presented with a white dove, and the genera! cry was, “ Como and live with us ” The dav following, tho royal pair were present at Punchestown races, and visited Alexandra College; on tho ISih April tho Prince oi’ Wales was invested by tho Lord Lieutenant 'with the order of a knight of St. Patrick, with great ceremony. At. a banquet given afterwards, his Royal Highness made a very sensible speech. Reviews, balls, and addresses followed each oilier in rapid succession. Powerseourt was also visited by the Prince and Princess. Nothing couldj exceed the enthusiasm of tho people. The L'rince goes to Belfast in the autumn. 1 Air I'catherstonhaugh, the DeputyLieutenant of tho county of Westmeath, ' is shot dead near his own house. : Lord Diiii'erin lias intimated that if the I Episcopal Church is disestablished, lie will conti ibute the same amount to the churches on his estate as they now receive from the Government. lathe debate on Air Gladstone’s resoluti< ms JOS speakers took part. | Tiie Home News says that Air Disraeli was under the excitement of stimulants when replying to Air Gladstone. A violent quarrel has taken 'place between I'dv Disraeli and Lord Cranbourne, who ins b en elevated, to tho Lords as j Mai runs of Salisbury, in consequence of Ihe dealli of liis father, j Sir A! orton Boto has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Lord G.dhigh, who is ninety years o:J, lies severely ill. | Renewed attempts have been made to! P'.-envutc Governor Eyre. Gie qur-Mions with reference to the Alabama claims are progressing favorably. i Sir R. Palmer’s motion f.,.p the 12th of! .nay is to the Gleet “ That this Housej '■igreis that Iho proposed si rant to the late! G )vcrn..r el A ietona slum d have been re-. commended by message to the Victorian' i.egtslat are by the present Governor with' ' !i ' ram-,ion and approval of her Majesty’s: G- omramenl.” ! A memorial from bankers, merchants, an 1 others e runeeled with .Australia, was presented to the Duke of Montrose on the u!n April ; ami among those present were Messrs Aim by, 1). Larnach, ,E. Wilson, it aierhou-e, Voting, Cook, Purdy, and! herd .Alfred Churchill. The memorial! prayed far a fortnightly mail via Gallo, and suggested that an oilieor be scut to the colonies empowered to arrange matters flic Duke expressed himself favorable to '.he scheme, and if tho colonics agreed amongst themselves the Imperial Government were prepared to olfcr every facility. Air Whitmore, ALP., lias declined the Governorship of Tasmania. Air Pope Honnessy is the probable Governor of South Australia.

A message was sent from Valencia to San irancisco by cable, and was replied to in (wo minutes—distance 1-1,000 mi!es. Dr Harding has resigned the Bishopric of Bombay. Au appeal is lodged with the Privy Council in Colenso's case. Bishop Sclwyn has raised great trouble in Lichfield, where ritualistic doctrines and pivotices are condemned hr him. in Lord Jersey’s case the Court ordered the money paid in to be returned to him, and the suit was dismissed, each party paying costs. A la iy named Lyon brought an action against Mr Home, a spirit-rapper, for the restoration of £Gu, 00. A London policeman has bceu sentenced to IS months’ imprisonment for robbing a dying clergyman whilst taking him to the hospital. I’wo men were apprehended near Buckingham Palace carrying a hamper containing combustibles, with the intention of setting fire to the Palace. 10-ks, a clerk at the "Wolverhampton County Court, absconded with f'luOJ. Lieut. Bullock, R.N., was killed in a drunken fight, at the west end of London. The Tichbome case is postponed, until the 20th of May. Julia Matthews is playing with great success at Liverpool. The Great Northampton Stakes were won by Mariner. The personalty left by Charles Kean amounts to £35,u00. Mrs Kean has a life interest in £25,000, and the principal goes on her death to the daughter, the latter receiving £IOO a year during her mother’s life. Allies Weatherell, the Todmordcn assassin. lias been executed.

FOREIGN TNTELLIGENCE. There is an apprehended difficulty between France and Prussia on tho SchleswigHolstein question. The insurrection in Crete is almost over. Tho atrocities by tho Turks v.vre greatly exaggerated. England and Italy have taken steps to . protect the dews in the Dauubinn Principalities. The troops leave Rome in a few days. Riots have occurred in the coal districts in Belgium, which led to conflicts between the troops and minera. Capital punishment is abolished in Saxony. Tax-rates are modified in Russia. '1 Imre is a change of Government in S :;in. John APPhcrson, !he last of the Tonnando’s crew, has been liberated, after nineteen month-,’ imprisonment. The Viceroy of Egypt is dangerously ill. Over a thousand mendicants were found dead near Alostnganem, in Algeria. A Fenian plot in New York has been discovered to blow’ up the Parliament of Ottawa. Tho steamer Sea Gull was burned on Lake Aliehigan ; fifty lives were list. The steamer Alagnolia, on the Mississippi, exploded. Forty persons were killed. The evidence in Johnson’s case is concluded. IISDIA. The chief officer and seven seamen of tho ship Living Age, which was burned at sea, had reached Bombay. Hie Ensign, from Leith to Bombay, was burned oti Cochin; the crew were saved. A collision occurred between the Ethel and Agamemnon, at Hooghly Point, with cargoes valued at £100,UA); several lives were lost. A cure for leprosy Ins been discovered at Bombay by a physician. A native of Calcutta oilers £3,000 to establish scholarships in the Calcutta colleges. Twelve natives were killed and injured by a railway accident. Freights at Bombay have a downward tendency. Ships load at from £2 to £2 5s for cotton. Arrivals.— Glee Alaideu and Sparkouhoe, from Australia. There is no Ceylon, Calcutta, or China commercial news of importance. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Tb.e latest, papers are to the 25th April. Diree ■ xpeditions had started forthegoldilehls in tho interior, headed by an experienced Australian digger. The war with the Basutas continues. A deputation from the Free State waited o;i the Government, and asked for reannexatiou to tho Capo Colony. The Governor of Natal has offered a reward £I,OUO for the discovcty ot a payable gold lield. COAIAJERCIAL. The demand for discount at tho Bank. is fair. In Lombard-street there is not so much inquiry. Alonev is more plentiful, and the satisfactory appearance of tin; Bank returns will (end to make brokers work at lower quotations, but the nia rket, j rate is called at 2 per cent. Short loans on Government securities aro done at from Ito le per cent. The Stock Exchange market presents! a favorable appearance. Iho income tax has increased from Jd to tld, to pay tlie cost of the war with Abyssinia. The budget was well received, The Funds arc firmer and stock is wanted. There is no decided improvement in trade, but it is hoped that late prices cf

of wool would be maintained at the next sales.

Colonial Government securities are firm, and engage a fair amount of attention. .Now South Wales 5 per cent be ter, at 97 to 08 ; Vich'ona 0 per cents are quoted at 112 to If 3 ; New Zealand G per cents, at IUGb to 1071 ; Queensland G per cents, at 105 to 10G.

Cousols are at 93 j to 23 i- for money and account.

Colonial securities are in fair demand. The English, Scotish, and Chartered Bank dividend is LQ ; Bank of New south Wales shares are quoted at 4 1- to •1G ; Hobson’s Bay Rahway Company, 50; Bank of Australasia, 55: London Chartered Bank, 21:1; Bank of New Zealand, S:i premium; Bank of Otago, at a discount; Bank cf youth Australia, 29 ; L niou Bank, -19. The Railway Loan tender of £ k'o,ooo for Tasmania at G per cent, invited by the Bank of New youth Wales, is likely to be taken up readily. The Australian Mortgage Land aud Finance Company has declared 10 per cent dividend, carrying £IO,OOO to the reserve. The Board of Trade returns for February show commerce steady. The Oriental Bank bins resigned the London agency for New South Wales. Gold deposts have been discovered in Peru equal to those in California. The Guaranteed Securities Asssociation is to wind up. The March shipments to Victoria show hm increase of £17,580 ; to Sydney, au increase of £2,287; to Queensland, a decrease of £4,037 ; in South Australia, a decrease of £4,913 ; to Tasmania, an increase of 43,131; to New Zealand, a decrease of £33,136. Sugar is very firm, and the demand active. Brown Manilas have advanced 1 s to Is 6J. Rico is firm, and a large business has been done.

j T ho public sales of hides were limited j in extent, but went off with good spirit, | most descriptions realising good prices. Suited Australian, also first heavy, Melbourne, 61b., at 5d to 5 id ; first light, saino price. First heavv Brisbane Leather: Australian is lower, best sides, 10.1-d to 10Id ; second, 9;d to iOd. Metals ; Tin on the spot, £93 10s to G 94. Copper : I? air sales have been made oi hurra at iron, zc/o to £77. Iron is mij uucreu —.Scotch pig is quoted at £5 Ss 3d. | Oils: Linseed oil is in request, and ■ 'Tlßj'lr ‘ f t *!in e*an,: i.f j Rape, £35 13s to £36; olive"is unaltered Sydney, dark to fair, £ls 5s to £lB sa; crude sperm, £93 to £IOO ; palo seal, £3B. Sheepskins are brisk, and terms advancing. The tallow markets arc flat, with buyers at £4l. Wheat is Is dearer than the previous month. LONDON WOOL REPORT. Since the March aeries some bu-iness business has boon done in Cape wools at firm prices ; the market is steady, and as manufacturers are known to be steadily supplied, ; a good competition is expected at tho May wool sales, which commence either on the 7th or 14th Arrivals up to date comp-iso Sydney 16,915 bales; Port Phillip, 65,615 bales; Van Dieman’s Land, 1,251 bales ; Adelaide, 12,991 bale*; New Zealand, 7,634 hales ; Swan River, 18 bales; Cape, 9,311 bales. Total bales, 121 035. A further 70,000 to 80,000 bales may be expected, making the probable to‘al 200,0u0 bales. There is no decided improvement in trade, but, the feeling is better, and the future is viewed with more confidence. Approaching sales will bo held simultaneously with European wool fairs, so that large quantities will engage tho attention of the trade. At tho same time, it is still hoped that the prices of late sales will be maintained. LATEST TE LEDRAMS. London, May 9. Tho Prince and Princess of Wales have returned from their visit to Ireland, where they were most enthusiastically received by the people ; they visited Carnarvon on their return to England. Tho news of tho attack on the life of Prince Alfred occasioned great sensation in England and India. Tho British Parliament passed addresses to tho Queen of sympathy and congratulation. A new debate on Victorian affairs, is impending, on Sir Roundel! Palmer’s motion condemning th c recommendation ofthe Darling grant by the Governor with the sanction of the Crown, as contained in a despatch to tho Duke of Buckingham. Mr Qla.Ltone has given a notice of motion to tlie eifeet that the the House of Commons refuse to grant supplies till bis resolutions on the Irish Church question are disposed of. On the 4th May, Mr Disraeli announced that his Administration had tendered their resignation to the Queen, but her Majesty had declined tho acceptance thereof, and had authorised a dissolution. The same night explanations were made in the House of Lords. Largo meetings have been hold through* out tho country in support of Mr Gladstone. Mr Disraeli has raised the Church in danger cry. Earl Derby, in (he House of Lords, spoke in condemnation of Mr Gladstone’s resolutions in a fiery speech. On the Bth of .May Mr Gladstone’s last resolution, —“ That an humble address bo presented to her Majesty, humbly to prav that, a will bo graciously pleased to place at the disposal of Parliament her interest in the temporalities of the archbishoprics, bishoprics, and ecclesiastical dignities and benefices in Ireland, and in the custody thereof,” —was carried in tho Houso of Commons. Tire Government intimate their intention of offering an energetic opposition to tho bdl to ho founded on Mr Gladstone’s resolutions. Tlie Fenians Burke and Shaw have boon found guilty and setenced, the former to fifteen years, and the latter to seven years. A reduction in the Prussian force is contemplated. Tho submarine cable from Malta to Alexandria has been repaired. Capital has been subscribed for the construction, of a now Indo-European telegraph. A race for 2,000 guineas came off between Moslem, ami Formosa they ran a dead heat, and the s*akes wore divided, but a protest was entered, and Moslem walked over. Conservative candidates have been elected, for Bristol, Grantham, South Lancashire, Cockermouth, and East Kent. The second reading of the Abolition of Rates Bill was carried Obituary.—Bishop of Hereford, General Booth, Colonel X. M‘Gowan. THE ABTSSINIAN WAR. Tito Abyssinian war is over. A decisive battle was fought during a violent storm of rain and tminder on Easter Monday, at a place called Duna in Anagec Valley ; the next day the English occupied strong positions before Magdala. Theodorus sent Lieut. Prideaux and his flag with two of the European captives, offering to release ail tha rest. Sit Robert Napier, in reply, demanded an unconditional surrender of all the prisoners, promising on that condition to protect Theodorus and his family ; this tha Abyssinian monarch refused to submit to that night, and endeavored to escape, but agents were offered a very large reward to

capture him alive or ili*ai1 } ami Theoclorus then returned to Magdala. Next day half his army of 5000 men surrendered. The captives, one and all, were released, the; German missionaries bringing with them! their Abyssinian ‘wives and enilm-ru. At daylight, on the folio wing day, M igdala was stormed, and the troops entered with little ditllculty. Upon their entrance Theodorus shot himself through the body, and was found close by the rear gate. The Abyssinian garrison welcomed theinvaders. The army was about to commence its return journey in bailie array. The Afcysoiui&iio bad 5000 killed anil 1000 wounded; numbers of chiefs fell in battle, their scarlet robes being excellent marks for the British Uiilemen. Capt. Roberts, of the 4th Regiment, and 17 others, were wounded, but not a man was killed. The expedition has cost five millions of money. Sir Robert Napier has been gazetted to the order of the Bath.

Private letters from Abyssinia state that while Sir Robert Napier approached -Magdala, Theodoras ravaged the Galas country with fire and sword, and killed 300 chiefs with his own hand; scarcely any booty was found at Magdala except weapons; in the palace there were pianos, harmoniums, musical boxes, and Brussels carpets Magdala } as to be given to the Queen of Gallas or to Wugshum. The battle of Anagee was precipitated by a mistake of Colonel Phare. It appears that Sir Robert Napier sent him forward to see if the pass was occupied by the sappers, and the Colonel reported it was, although the sappers were not near it; teams with the baggage and ammunition were then sent. The Abyssinians in Magdala, seeing valuable teams advancing, sallied out in great Slumbers and nearly captured them; Siri Robert saw the state of ali'airs at a glance,! and at once ordered up troops, when thej b ittle commenced—the 4th Regiment entering the action after a harassing march} without food, but with enthusiasm. The! execution of ihe Snider Rifle was truly aw ful, and at lust the troops charged wMi the bayonet, and drove the enemy' in all diree-j tions. Chamberlain’s regiment getting' a large body of the Abyssinians in a sort of cttl de sac, from which few escaped. The fortiiications of Magdala were remark ably strong, but the defence was spiritless ; the enemy could not train their cannon,

rind the Civ was therefore harmless. The rockets seemed to astonish Theodoras, who could not understand them —and from the time when these aerial missiles were sent, a superstitious dread was created, and. all was over. The closing scene of the assault on Magdala is told as follows by the correspondent of tl'.e Times of India :—“Napier could see that the defence of the gar risen was nut likely to be desperate ; when either shell ur rocket fell among tin g’-oup of hou-os near the toll-gate, where tiie defended forces might have been expected, a rush of women and children from the spot was all that could bo discerned. He humanely forbade artillery to bo advanced, as the butchery of the defenceless women would have bean wholesale. The

guns wore silenced, and the assault was formed about ) p.m. iu the following order ; —The Ivoyal Engineers and Bombay and Madras Sappers went fust ; then the 33rd Regiment ; after them the 13th Regiment; and the -Ith (King’s Own) was iu reserve, with the Reloochees supporting. The batteries, which also moved forward, now and again cleaved the neighborhood of the gate way witli shells; the storming party advanced elose to the natural fall of Air.ha before tiring a shot, and then the Sniders opened tire. On the approacli of our columns Theodoras sounded Ins last rallying cry, and gathered his men round him

for one more desperate cilbrt, for the bullets come whistling thick and fast over our heads ; but our squadron closed on their centre and all that was over. A party had taken refuge behind the gate, from whence it kept bring on the engineers who were busy belaboring the fabric. On either side of the gate was a loopholcd wall, flanked with a strong fence composed of horizontal pointed stakes, through which it was impossible to force one’s way, and the slip of a foot involved a fall eighty or on hu dre-d feet. A narrow track fit only for goals, was discovered, and a few daring fellows scrambled along the narrow strip and hauled along the scaling ladders, crossed the fence, chased the Abyssinians from behind, and assailed the door while the S3rJ swarmed rapidly after them. Some woodwork then gave way, whereupon i’ was discovered in wliat strength of the entrance lay. The doors were double, and the space of twenty feet between them was strongly built up with large stones ; inside the gale lay a group of dead and wounded, mostly chiefs, lint another and narrower ascent had yet to be forced, which was defended by strong doors at the top, and was commanded by loopholes and battlements all round ; up this the 33rd swarmed in single file or climbed over huts, houses, ami walls into the fort, bayoneting and and shooting every armed man iu the way. Now Magdala was taken ; the firing had ceased ; Theodorus lay dead beside the inner gate. The captives were crowding round the hands and feet of their deliverers, snd the women chanting notes of welconic* 5

[VIA PANAMA-]

The Panama Company’s steamship ‘Rakaia,’ S. H. Wright, commander, arrived at Wellington st 3.30 a.m. on the 33rd June, having left Panama on the 24th May. Amongst the list of passengers we observe the name of Mr Crostwait for Napier. Onr dates are as follows; —London, by mail, May 3 ; by cable, May 11. Nw York, May 13 Panama, May 34-. We take the following summary of intelligence from lire Panama star and Ileruld, May 24 :

GENERAL SUMMARY. An important meet in lc of the magistrates of Wcsimealh lots taken place, when a large subscription was raised for the discovery of (he murderer of J. Ivxtherstonhangh, E-ij., J.lk, D.L., of Braeklyn. Tin; Govern incur reward is iffilO. The trial of (he T'.-ui;tns for the Clerkenvvell explosion has been concluded. The case of alibi set up by Barrel: signally failed, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty against him, and acquitted the other prisoners. Barrett delivered a' long address when the usual question was put previous to passing sentence, alter which the Lord Chief Justice condemned him to be hanged. The i-v ironrl s ac,j n;;tea .;;;■ IVDes:;:oToViOtliV Desmond, Nicholas English, Joint O’Keefe, and Ann Justice; they were charged with tim murders of Martha and Humphrey Evans, William Glutton, Sarah Ilodgkiusou, Minnie Abbott, and Martha Thompson, at the Clerkenvvell explosion. Besides those, Burke, Casey, and Shaw are now on trial for treason felony. Kossuth has resigned the seat in the Hungarian Diet, to which he had been elected. i'ruiu Japan we hear that the officers and crew of a Trench vessel had been assassinated by the. Japanese at Osaco. The matter has since been arranged, and the Japanese pay an indemnity. At tile Cape of Good Hope it is said that goldfields of great richness exist between the Zambesi and Transvaal. These fields are described as sixty miles in length and twenty in breadth.

Tiie Irish Church question continued to create great excitement in England. On May 7th a meeting was held in Si. James’ Hall iu favor of the continuance of the Irish Church establishment. The attendance was immense, and the proceedings very noisy and turbulent. The Archbishop of Canterbury and York addressed the meeting. Ultimately resolutions in favor of continuing the Irish Church were carried. On the ~tii May Mr Gladstone carried his Ist, 2nd, and dial resolutions in the House of Commons. The third is as follows:—“That an address he presented by the House, to her Majesty the Queen, humbly praying that to prevent by legislation at this session, or hy creation, new personal interests, through the use of the public patronage, she would he graciously pleased to place at the disposal of Parliament her interest in It he. temporalities of all the dignities and bcucilces [of the Church of Ireland.” I Mr Whitbread, member for Bedford, moved a resolution to withdraw the annua! grant ol TdO.UUO eacli to the Homan Catholic College at j.Maynooth and to the Irish Presbyterians (the : It-yium Dunuhi) after the disestablishment of the. Irish Church, which was agreed to. The entire domain belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company is to he ceded (o tin; Crown. John Bright and other members of the Liberal party in England have united in a petition to the Hon. Gathorn Hardy for the commutation of the punishment of the Ivnian prisoner Harr,-!, who was recently convicted at the Uhl Bailee fur com-

plicity in the Clcrkenwell explosion. The petitioners urge th.c point that an rJi'.-i in the case uf llarret was conclusively proved. i Dublin, May T Gen. Nagle and the other Fenian prisoners, who were captured on board the JaennT bucket, brin's Hope, some time since, and imprisoned, have been released from eoiuineiiumia having previously given the authorities the pledges required. They celebrated their freedom yesterday by calling on G. ]•’. Train, who is in gaul in this city.

London, May 0. When the news of Tie attempted assas-ination of the Duke of F.d.uhurgh had rea died I'nglainl, Iho Home News says:—“The information wasp kept hack for sum,, hours in order to let it be |, broken considerately to the Queen, and we are i glad to he able to say, on belter authority than is usually appealed to in matters atfeefiuj Royalty, that the Sovereign received the intelligence with becoming composure, and that her first thought was that if might be also cantion-ly (old to the I’rinccss of Wales. That illustrious and beloved lady, whose health makes it specially important that slip should not he agitated, was informed of the incident while landing with the iVinee at) ■ Holy head, while on their return from Dublin. We are glad to say that the news has had no ill effect, ■ and that the Princess, even iftcr enduring a long; i speech in Welsh, was able to come on southward, i ninl has since visited the theatre. Of course, ad- , dresses to the Queen have been voted by parliament, and are also pouring in from all other constituted bodies.

London. May 7- —Evening. It is reported that the Princess Louise, (he fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria, has been contracted in marriage lo Chrisliau Frederic William diaries, I’rinee Loyal and ! heir apparent to the throne of Denmark. The same journal adds : —-The burning indignation which the attempted assassination of the Duke of Edinburgh excited throughout the whole of , Australasia has certainly met- with a like expression here. ; hut it is hoped (hat the whining appeals i for mercy that have been heard at home will, ifmade in this case iu Vew South Wales, he, as they ought, disregarded. The Fenians think the cud justifies lire means, and to attain their ends they do not scruple at crimes which, if permitted to go unpunished, would dissolve society into its original elements, when every man would execute, ins own vengeance. Oil societies dare not submit to; such tyranny, and new ones cannot afford it if they i place any value upon security and progress. This! 1 country, however, has confidence in the loyalty of | New South Wales, as well to the Crown as to law; , and order ; and no doubt is felt that the violated! laws of the province will he vindicated in the only! ! effectual way in which they can be vindicated as a [ terror to all evil doers of the I'enian stamp. In the House of Commons, Mr Disraeli, in a i splendid speech, moved—“ That an humble address 1-e presented to her Majesty, to convey to • her Majesty the expression of the sorrow and in- < dignalion with which this House has learned the iiatrocious attempt to assassinate his Royal Highijness the Duke of Edinburgh, while on a visit to | her Majesty’s loyal Australian colonies; and to 1 1 oiler heartfelt congratulations to her Majesty on I his Royal Highness’s preservation from mortal • in;nry j mid to assure her Madestv of the svnrnathv 11 of tins House in her Majesty's present anxiety, -land of their earnest hope for the speedy recovery r' of his Royal Highness.” Mr Gladstone seconded , the resolution which was unanimously carried. . The general impression appeared to be that OTarrell had acted as the agent of a Fenian organisation.

Mr Charles Dickens has arrived in England from America. Mr Selfe, 'he Westminster Police Magistrate, who has been absent for some months on a tour in New Zealand, has returned to England, and took, his seat, in Court on the Ist May. The Irish Government are gradually releasing the Fenians who have lain in prison under Lord Lieutenant’s warrants throughout the winter. Dominick O’Mahoney, who was arrested as the supposed head centre of the Cork district, has been set at liberty. Two ironclad frigates have been launched this week. One, »f <he;-c, the liepolse, cisn.-fnicted by’ Mr Heed for the British navy, is to carry 12 gnus

[of large calibre. A diJ.iirr.c-h' u coinpeiiy, inclu-j jdiug i’riuct! Arthur, assembled iy vdim-M the ! ceremony of christening. The other launch wa> ■that of the K*> ll itr Wi'cmm, at the Thame* Iron ■'Shipbuilding Coinpany’s wor);s fit Blackwall, the largest and strongest ironclad Gloat. LATEST ITIOM ABYSSINIA. Loudon, May S. The Times of this morning has later and official intelligence from the English expedition in Abyssinia. General .Napier is eXp. civai tosiarl for lh.: llr.d Sea I'o.isl with ids entire army about the 25th May. The city of Magdala, the seat of Theo- ■ dorus’s palace, was burnt by the British forces. (Uncial despatches lime been received at (lie Indian Office, from General Napier, dated at Talanta, Abyssinia, mi the 21sl of April. After the capture of Magdala, dO guns and mortars belonging to the Abyssinian monarch were M-slroyeil and the town raced to tin; rock on e.ldeh it stood. General Napier reports that ihe (J.iivii and heir apparent to the thron • are in the camp. The army trains were well up with the advanced guard of the returning forces, M hen the Queen's forces took possesion of the fortress and works at Magdai.i they immediately destroyed over thirty large guns, with some few mortars which had been used in defence of the place or to impede the English advance.

Tiic gates and loophciled bastions were mined and blown up* with gunpowder. The town proper and 1 In* more interior fortiiied 1 points were tired, and every building used as a : dwelling in the [dace, in, including the royal palace, was burned. The, Church was spared. The work of the razzia was corapletcted on the ■ 17th of April. ' The widow of Hie late King Theodoras and her ■ son, heretofore heir apparent of the Abyssinian' throne, were protected by General Napier and e-- , carted truin his cam]) to the Tigrc country. Having discharged his duty and accomplished • his errand ot liberation for the captives in the nm-t complete manner, General Napier mustered his army as g oa parade, the command “limn' face; march!” was given, and (lie British troops left Magdala on the I Slh April on their route on ivi turn to the lied Sea Coast, i Napier hoped to reach Zoulla by the last days ; of May, from which point the road is comparatively aitsy to Senate ami A a ie--!ey Bae. i The wounded men were doing well—most of I them convalescent, and the army trains kept well 1 up. The special correspond. •idoftiic Herald, attached ■■ to (i ae,aid Napier’s expedition in Ahvsshda, tarnishes interesting despalhes, dated at -Magdala on s tiie hit h of Auril. The i•(v:iv*. J Tlu'dtlonis was lairavl in 1 1 ;i*! 1 dmnili at olliclul respect Loing shuwu .* lu Ins remains. * The young prim e Theodoras, his son, will liej

CUIly l'U',l to C; lUI !,c .-.aie.lteil .. j G.ilii.l ! i!■ IVi -ii-.llvclii<-:' v, liu aH-,1 ihi* * >iii-.-uV army in its iinreb iH-oiuli Ti'_r:c, Mill bn ilulv crowned King of Abyssinia, thus introducing:! new' dynasty. Napier's army wa< to march for India ami home within two days ul the Herald's special report. VERY LATEST NEWS. !:’,;h May—lo am. News has been received hum Ka'rupe and the United States up t.i th, ei.-niii.- of toe PMi Mav. 1 lie impeachment eoauuittee was ;u give tl.eir deeisiDii ye-term,y, bal tie 1 pi'Me.-idin ;s Wi’re sas pended nntil Smnrday, v.h.m tbw will finally deelare whmher ! le'ih e-|,h ;,; 1,.-..-.lilß ~r no! yiii!';.. '.he iiieantiiue there is area 1 , ea.alem.ml peiidmy tie.' result. I’nrney has resinned the Secretaryship of the Seine.'. Lord liroifrham is dead. Great nuts base ta'r.eu place in vmvms parts nf Ifmedand witli di-mu')-! rat i. ms e,f mv.l ailinaiVtv against the head; nf the (Mth.Te Cluuvh. re-uhinc moreover in the wuuu.iiiig nf a great mimW nf people and the destruction of various pablie build.mgs. Consuls 0-1 1 -S,