The New York Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1868, Page 6

ET nT ean EUROPE. The North Gennan Parliament—Its Po- litical and Legislative Diielties. | oe Female Franchise Rights in Eng land, i ASSASSINATION CLUBS IN ITALY. The Inman steamship City of London, Captain Brookes, from Liverpool the 17th and Queenstown ‘the 168th of June, arrived at this port early yesterday morning, bringing ® mail report in detail of our cable despatches, dated to her day of sailing from Ireland, r At was stated in the Italian Parliament Jane17 that the government had discovered nine affiliated 60- cleties for purposes of assassination avd robbery in the Romagnas, and that as many a8 three hundred and forty arrests. of members had been made. ‘The Cork Examiner(of the 18th of June 0 jeans isfactor; ama, hua 3 s oo tous. principle they raid down at first, the government have made the pay- 4ment of rates a necessa! anal anetens for the chise. This means that they have done the most they coula to restrict, while they affected to be en- gaged in extending, the suffrage., ‘Yhe Emperor of Russia addressed @ despatch to the Servian provisional government expressing re- gret at the death of Prince Michel, commending the Servian people for the maintenance of order and wishing prosperity to the new prince. ‘The evacuation of Abyssinia by the English was completed. The whole of the expeditionary force embarked on the 2d of June, with the exception of a *mail detachment of cavalry which remains as a guard over the commissariat stores left temporarily at Zula. a The question “can women be placed on the next register of Parliamentary voters?’ hasbeen officially submitted to the Home Oifice in London. The reply of the honorable Secretary of State reads thus:— } am directed by Mr. Secretary Hardy to acknowl- edge the receipt of your letter of the 9th of June, in which you an ar asto placing duly qualified fe- mules on the Parliamentary register of the borough of Bradford, And! am toinform you that it 1s not the duty of the Secretary of State to give legal opinions as to the construction of acts of Parliament. i may, however, observe that it is clear that Pariia- ment did not intend to give votes to women. Jam, sir, your obedient servant, JAMES FURGUSSON. Letters from Vienna state that Prince Napoleon visited the tomb of the Emperor Maximilian, GERMANY. Royal Prussinn Visit to Hanover—Prussian Railways and the War Department—Dif- culties of the Reichstag—Decimal Weights and Measures—Plight of Hesse Darmstadt— A South German Bund—Religious Troubles, BERLIN, June 15, 1868. It is generally confirmed, though not yet oMcially announced, that King William intends, on or about the 25th inst., to pay his first visit to’ bis ex-Guelph subjects, who, a8 ie Krevz Zeitung will not fail to tell its readers, are desirous of no happier lot than to behold the countenance of their present sovereign. Your readers have been informed, however, of the tyne state of feeling in that provin They know how tittle has been done to conciiiate the op- porition element and what medns have been re- soried to to gain friends for the Prussian cause. A genileman from the town of Osnabriick complained to me What their taxes have not been doubled but trebled, Our young men, he said, have gone to America and although the majority of Hanoverians are, quite indifierent about a change of monarchs, yet they cannot ily forgive the injury worked | upon their por Count Stolberg, the Governor of | Hanover, is making preparations for the reception of | hie Majesty. Some members of the Berlin royal opera will perform on that occasion; it will be | panem et circense To-morrow the King will depart on a short visit to Prince Pless, who livet on iis splendid estate of Furstenstem, in Silesia. isintended that his | Majesty enowld at the same time take a jook at® the new mountain railroad, completed since the cam- | “paivu of 1806, and running nearly on a line with ihe | 4. It Austrian Silesian frontier. Doring 1860 Prussia | coull avail herself of but one principal railway towards the east and two towards the wesi, while, with the roads since pro | jected and partiy finished, she will lave seven si main communications. ip # few years her railw hei Work Wil be so complete that no European Siate except, perhaps, England, could boast of anything | hike it, aud it may added that its construction is managed with due regard for all possible exigencies of the War I wnent, In 187] or 1872, ab ihe latest, it is calcu that @ body of one hundred 8, ‘measures not to By general cones The bai cn Be eoaereiey tine Fr It rovides for addi ements to that ‘oMcers to be u by the Bund-Council and to receive their icfcnedt and instruction from the Bund Presi | ‘wowing crack clip jency. A Postal treaty with Belgium makes up the order of to-day’ pencees The Grand Duchy of Hesse, cutin twain events of 1866, 13 ina curious Epniton. pes governed by North German Bi law, another art of it by the old Hessian code, A debtor may | r) K rere, imprisonment by stepping over the Ine into the Bund territory. “In Rhenish Hesse and Starkenburg the new law has no force; Hessian, who owes no mili duty, may marry at twenty-one years; on the omen aide of the frontier line he must wait until twenty-five. The laws pul ished by the Prunsien Staats do not apply to the left border of the Maine; post and pte t the yh departments and the pat are Prussi End ertorts are made at present to obtain control of the Maine Weser , the Heastan acher being here in order to as possible. The increase of pay to ie army officers im Hegse D; tadt, which was 0) vy the Hessian Minister of War, who on that account was disch has been General, Von Wittich, was aj f tem. Chief pro Kags Md ouls’ absence, who thonght ft to make @ visit to his English relatives. Hesse Darmstadt independence is that famous knife without handle and lacking the blade. fate of pene era TeS ‘up at one gulp seems more ferable indeed than this piecemeal demolition. jad not the whale more misery with poor Jonah? How unpleasant a position to have part of the body and dangitng and kieking in the ar! The ocratic correspondence delights in pictur- ing the formation of a South German union. ing 80 it refuses, at the outset, all compromise with the present cabinets of. Bavaria, Wurtemberg and Baden. No Hohenlohe and the like statesmen can bring about a union, and, instead of them, says the correspondence, we accept en bloc the old Reichs constitution of 1849, with nopponainatity: of government oficers, from ministers downward to tollgate keepers, and not a penny of taxation with- out the consent of the Legislature. We will abolish the present army estabilsjment, have a well instrneted militia, every private of which shall ca af | marshal’s baton in his knapsack. Wil Such institutions we will have, for the first time of our national existence, guarantees of liberty and justice. But how about the central power of this und ? Is it in Munich, or Stuttgart, or where? Thisis immaterial, as we must have an executive committee and a Parliament, which alone decides npon peace or war and elects and appoints the chief of the army by direct presentation or veto. In this way only can | the people be protected against princely ambition. | If these ideas of a South German Bund were less | radical a possibility of success might be thought of. But what-wili then becoine of the South German | sovereigns? Would not their position be altered most seriously? v Jn the official Staats Anzeiyer of to-day asum- mons 1s published for the former Secretary of the ex-Palatine of Hesse, Mr. F. W. Presser, against whom an indictment for high treason has been pre- ferred. The cause ce'ébre of Professor Duhring against Privy Councillor Wagner, the ultra conserv- ative and left hand of Count Bismarck, 1s now pend- ing. Herr Wagner has been accused by the plaintiff of literary theft, and the Professor, whio pleaded for himself, proved the charge point blank. Wagner's attorney offered to show that-his client had ouly acted on behalf of the State Department, and by order of Count Bismarck, to which Professor Dilhring replied that the defendant could not shield himself by using Bismarck’s name, and that he would call the Count to give testimony. ‘he court has taken the matter under consideration. In the forthcoming trial of reaping machines, ad- | verted to in my last, 1 find that the following Amer- | ican makes have been entered:—One of Woods, one | of MeCormick & Co., and two of Wilber, Stevens & Co., of Poughkeepsie. N. Y. Ps The agtiation of printers and typesetters against Sunday work stil continues, and promises to be partly successful, inasmuch as nearly a dozen jour- | Mails have stopped their issue on that day. Several publishers are offering inducements to new hands to continue their work and guaranteeing travelling ex- penses to those who inay come from a distance, ‘The excitement caused by the pened expressed opinion of a clergyman to the effect that the sun revolves around the earth still continues, While some consider this the —. of # crazy man, it was found that many other orthodox persons were cady to maintain the same view; thus the subject as already provoked considerable discussion, and a petition, numerously signed by the most prominent citizens, has been laid before the Conimon Council, praying to restrain this orthodox party by amending the constitution of the church and revising the exist- ing reguiations between church and school. ENGLAND. Canadian Fenian News—Ivish Fisheries Im- provement—Doing Good by Force. Jn the House of Commons, June 17, Mr. Adderly, in reply to Mr, Rearden, gave emphatic contradiction to the report of the Rev. Mr. MeMahon, a Fenian | prisoner in Canwla, having been fogged for reading @ Fenian newspaper. ° rhe second performance at the Handel “Festival took place June 17 and was as completely successful as ils predecessor. A series of artillery experiments were in progress at Shoeburyness for the pnrpose of testing the | eMficiency of the various systems of fortifications in which iron 18 compared with masonry. thousand men can be thrown within three days and ai a moment's notice in any direction of the com- pass, In 1866 the higbest number of men forwarde: nthe same time was twenty-three thousand. The | condition of laying double lives, which the law iim | poses upou companies, has been’ partly looked ove: t ne government owing to the enormous expense: ‘in all railrond affairs the condition ts compulsory of procering only such material, rolling stock, &c., as mas be approved of by the Departments of War and | the Interior. | The Reichstag is still dragging along its weary ex- | rence. There has been—some twenty-three years —a time in Prussia when the liberals were fully | inced that all the blessings—relief of the people | misery, taxation and dissatisfaction—would come wiih # parliamentary government. Even the absolute authorities seemed to think so, for they | strenuonsly opposed such a inomentous change. At lasi, after the revolution of 1848, the boon was led; the Diet assembled and the privilege of | speech Was exercised. But to be sure the public electoral system of voting for deputies was an aborn- inavion. “Let us have direct voting,” was the cry; “af you give us that we shali be completely happ: Jt waethe old story of the frogs; they attained wh they asked for, but did they better themseive By k of homor the very man , revious he ides of Match, 1s had peen the inveterate enemy of parliamentary forms, of the pe was lifted up t ate to be gilts, and he showered profusion. The p roanded and got nc of which he ran the r lion. The people of the North tion are in a similar bad Nix, ex “Enough speeches, enoug' voting, enough diets and parliatuer is the cool anawer of the gre and freedom of speecti, sme the donor of ali t net down In unexpec fared like Midas; yut gold, im t 10 ar voice inan who now wields power. “And you shall have |i art's con lent; yes, more than you bary oor | deputies of ihe Reishstag, ¥ ums of pariiamentatism; | you bit, bu Herr Simson, the his eye upon you. If you expect a furl ue reer nor atiy oiler purpose you are to Let us sce bow the Reichstag en- au vrum. Bach forenoon a ed in session, Herr Simson e requesting leave of ab. sto recrait his health at is three weeks’ Indulgence Deputy No. Lw ering place and n Cries:—"He can bathe and drink | her } ls request is therefore refused. Deputy No. 2 pleads pressing engagements at home, | asking only twelve days’ permission of absence. | No es of not an hour!" and No, 2's prayer is animousiy voted down, NO. writes to the | eMent that suffering rom neuraigic affection of bead wishes to tay «away | for fou is & — majority Deputy No. 4 announces his more Cries—“W here is the physician's | deputy rises to testify to hia colle he is Feally #0 deaf, he sald, that | ball of what is », ¢ , 1 He had accom the doctor wa: the Lippe-be whieh he is also @ memver, ¥ objiged to attend that body. aud y 10 serve two masters at once, Re ug having once pre refused jeave of absence to the said deputy, | jon, and deputy R's request was rejected, t Minster (Hanover), and his frierdy have «ube od # motion to” be dive aay, | faring vacant the reat of ar } oat being excused, absents hin itive sittings. Last days’ proceedings hstag were confined to the passage of a bill rating (he mode. of collecting revenue trom les Within the North German Confederation, adoption of decimal measures and weilgivia, The metre of platinum and the kiiegramme, in (ie possetsion of the Prasstan government, compare | in the years 1860 and 1863, with the. French proto- of typen, are pnd to Coprespond with them,.were opted and with 2! other decimal. division, noary | wae fixed wpon for We law Sty ture Ore wore hut Tew anpgnente, a 6 | tain fund | them away. President Simson did not see any reason to alter the | ‘The government in London consented to entertain a proposition, submitted by a deputation of Irisit noblemen and gentlemen, for stimulating the se fisheries of Ireland by teinporary advances from cer- ih Hs possession: which maybe dealt with without the ressity Of applying w Parlia- ment for legislative powers. Speaking of the titled humanitarians who travel Loudon seeking to snateh @ single waif from the guif of misery aad Viee Which surrounds them and of their at a8, the London Star of the 17th of June says:— The good Marquis Townshend has been most anfor- tuna'e of lite in Lis selection of case, For a long time is mixerables were all genuine, at least for all he or the public Knew; be had unexamplea and most succetsful ‘run on old and women, and hildren, who we just standiug ow the brink’ of poverty, a crime from which his strong — hand "snatched His luck seemed to turn when he led an expedition nsisting of one or two old ladies, into a gentlewan’s house, in which a young servant Was supposed, t alt er against her will, ‘The Marqnis’ rescne of the girl was uo rescue, and he was stuamoned ito the bargain. After that his idiot boy fed with the clothes witii whieh his benefactor had provided him, and, lastly, his Angelina Pike, Whoxe case of real diséress looked as if it would pass anywhere, has po better than @ Wad shilling.’ Angelina's story, it first appeared in the newspapers, might have 1 # heart of stone, She was sitting on & door step when the Marquis found her; she was thirteen and she was hungry, her parents were dead, she had once worked as a dressmaker and she now sang in public houses, Neediess to say, the Marquis at once took her before a worthy magistrate, and worthy magistrate seit her to a union until inqtities could be made about her. rhe result of these inquiries was made known yes- terday. The motherless girl appeared in the custody of her mother, vo intimated that the father of the fatherless girl was alive, and in good cireamstances, and willing to take lis daughter home, and to treat ber as kindly as she had been always treated before angry word had been spoken to her, Miss Pike, it appears, had told the benevolent Marquis nothing bur fibs. Mr. Benson gave her @ good scolding for her mendacity and craftiness, and sent her bome in ‘he custody of her mother. We shall not pretend that this story contains any moral for the Marquis birself, He would occasionally have to be deveived if bis life were devoted to discounting bills, YACHTING. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. ‘The Senson in Engl Lonpos, June 13, 1868, ‘The coming week will be an unusuaily busy time with the leading London yacht clubs, no fewer than five matches, in which vesse!s of all classes ranging be tween four and two hundred tons will compete, hav- ing been appointed for the first three days. The great | attraction of the week will, of course, be the race for the hnndred guinea cup presented by the Queen, to be sailed for on Weduesday next by vessels belong: ing to the Royal Thames Yacht Club, The entries closed on Thursday evening, with the following fine | list of yachts: SOHOONE RS, Yachts, Tons. Owners. Cambria . 188 Mr. J. Ashbury. | Baer 2 Mr. J. Malbotiand, Mi Captain P, €. Lovett. M } Glortana st A. O. Wilkinson. astarte ity MY. W. Battersby. Fiona, Mr. FE. Bontcher, | Rosebud oir uce Ch hee Sphing é ir. de T. Bar! ae Menai. ‘ Mr. W. FP. enna course will be from Gi Moise Bight vee) and hy Lower } mr vravesend round the to Gravesend or the pay decile on the allowance ae turned out | janded at Calais on their way to Turin, having been oft belng an Upper | ‘The follo ive a8 | seconds coinmiptes ously, to be detained | } , Tied the holy sac “Club, under whose auspices it was | gatta, she ran away out of pure wiifuiness, and because an | Posed of 4.086 omcers NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1868. inder:—Half a minute per ton for cutters, quarter of, minute per ton for schooners, yawls (0 saéi a3 cul- ters, cutters allowing yawls a fourth of their ton- nage. There ie no restriction as to canvas, but the first veasel within time in the winner of her Majesty's in addition to the club offer a supplementary Pp of £50 for the second of any rig than the winner of the cup. The Astarte, we believe, First Life Guards. Scarocely inferior in interest to the will be the competition ‘for the handsome. prives, vale iven on 100 the Royal London Yacht Club, to be jay, June 16, by schooners and yawls belo to any Royal Yacht Club. The have entered:— ‘Owners, + 188...,.Mr, J. Ys i Mr. J. Mi Hand. 138. Mr, A. 0, Wilkinson. 16, urse Roshi mlb gi back. Time for tonnage fifteen seconds per but one-quarter of the tonnage of yawis is to added to 7 their club measurement. wing are the entries for the Thames Yacht Club, schooner match, to be sailed on Monday, the ‘16th inst., for a prize value £100:— Facht: Tons. Owners. tr aR + Mr. J. Ashbury. ol Mr. J. Muthotiand. + 133.,...Mr. A, O. Wilkinson. be from Gravesend, round the course wi Monse and back to Gravesend. Time allowed, fifteen nee ton. In addition to the above the Royal Ranelagh Yacht Club and Prince of Wales Yacht Club will sali their opening matches of the season on ‘Tuesday and’ Wednesday respectively. The clashi of these fixtures with those of the Royal London and Royal Thames Clubs wiil be a disappointment to those who take an interest in the sailing of small craft (of which the Ranelagh and Prince of Wales are chiefly composed), but the arrangement was unavoid- play as on the Thames it is a question of tide whic would not have suited on any other day of the week that was “open.” The following are the latest returns received from the principal yachting stations up to date:— Union YacuT CLuB [Gyavesend),—Yachts at and about the station:—Luna, cutter, Mr. R. A, Danictl; Mabel, yawl, Lord de Ros; Sappho, schooner, Mr. W. ¥, Lawton; Amazon, cutter, Mr. H. F. Smith; schooner, Mr, J. Muiholiand; Allce, sloop, Mr. Limbert; Julia, yaw), Mr. I. F. Moss; Emily, schoon- er, Messrs. Silver and Reid; Maid of the Mist, cutte Mr. P. Munford; Cambria, schooner, Mr. J. As! bury; Gloriana, schooner, Mr. A. O. Wilkinson; Ne tle, cutter, Mr. J. D. Lee; Albatros, schoone: lesser. Tetley and Roberts: Minstrel, yawl, Mr. H. tin; Clytie, cutter, Mr; 3. Harwood; Water Sprite, cutter, Mr. ©. Boras; Viking, schooner, Mr, A. Call- way; Night Thought, cutter, Mr. W. N. Rudge. KOYAL Yacut Squapron, Cowes.—Yachts at and about the stution:—The Duke of Leeds; Volage, Lord Colville; Galatea, Lord Berners; Lufra, the Har! of Strafford; Northumbria, Mr. G. R. Stephenson; Ca- price, Colonel Charles Baring; Miranda, Mr. Inglis Jones; Gelert, Colonel Edward Loyd; Seabird, Count Felix du Mouceau; Maytly, Mr. Tyrwhitt Walker; trel, Mr. Philip Perceval; Hebe, Uaptain Phillunot Egedia, Mr. John Tremayne; Nymph, Sir John Ba; ley, Bart.; St. Ursula, Adam Kennard; Campi nera, Marquis of Hastings; St. Laurence, Mr. G. R. Stephenson. Among the ‘‘miscellaneous” craft—not belonging to members of the Royal Yacht Squadron— is the Gipsey schooner (Mr. C. ‘T. N. Mather), former- Wy the property of Captain’ Morse, of the New York i Pe , by whom she was brougnt over to Cowes in 1864. Royat Victorta Yacut CLUB, Rypr.—Yachts at and about the statio! Heather Beil, Mr. N, Clayton; Condor, Mr. ng; Hebe, Captain Phillimore; Caprice, » A. EB. Brooks; Stetla, Mr. F. Huddi stone; Aroulet, Mr. V. Tippinge; Mr. E. Bowlby; Otter, Mr. C. Brett; Irene, wood; Menai, "Mr. W. F, Stutfleld; My: B.-Beckford; Wave, Mr. J. R. West. A strong effort is being miadé t6 revive, on a new and permanent basis, the old Thames National Ke- gatta, which was discontinued last year in conse- mence of the collapse of the Ba hed Subscriptign forineriy held. tn order to carry out this object a highly infuentiai us been formed, comprising representa- tives of all the leading English rgwing clubs, and in- cluding, among others, the following well kaown eaticinen:—Mr, George Morrison, Chairman; Mr. |. W. Chitty, Mr. R. Lewis Lloyd, Mr. S. P. Lonsdale, Mr. H. H. Playford, Rev. R. W. Risley; Mr. F. Wil- laer, President of the Oxford Universtty Boat Clu! Mr, H. Anderson, President of the Cambridge Uni- versity Boat Club; Mr. H. T. Steward, Captain of the Leander Boat Clab; Mr. E. F, Henley, Captain of the Kingston Rowing Club; Mr. J. ©. F. May, Captain of the London Rowing Club; Mr. E. B. Michell, Jate anratcur champion of the Thames; Mr, J. G, Cham- bers, &c. In a circular just issued the comimiitee appeal to the members of the various English rowing olubs and other lovers of aqnatics for con- tributions in aid of the undertaking which has for its object the promotion and encourage- ment of ‘professional’ rowing—a branch of sport that has fallen somewhat into aorepate in this coum- ury since the unbappy legal proceedings in connec: tion with the Kelley and Sadler match. The comgnit- tee algo announce that they have addressed them- seives to the task of revising the existing laws of boat racing, the IneMciency of which has been re- peatedly demonstrated, and will shortly issue a new set of rules to be enforced at the forthcoming re- ‘The publication of the revised code is looked forward to with considerable interest, and comiag irom such a high authority there is every probability that the watermen may be induced to adopt it gen- erally in thet matches in lieu of the anomalous laws of boat racing now in vogue. The regatta is fixed for Monday, July 20, and the following will be the atl features of the programine:—Champion wed race, first prize, £100; second, £20; third, £5. Champion sculls, first prize, £90; second, £10; third, £5. Pair oared race, rst prize, £40; second, £103 ihind, £; se will he from Putney to ut two miles and a half. @ The entries for Henley regatta—the great amateur gathering of the year—close this (Saturday) evening. The regatia tisell is appointed for Thuraday and Fri- day, June 45 and 26, and, from all accounts, promises to be an unusually brilliant alfuir: but pearance of the entries, whic! announced unit! Monaay next, nitely known with regary the competitors, It is qui the two great Thames clubs—the Kingston | enter for tue Grand Challe nd it is general ti ed by college niversitic and Cambridge, an amalgamat Ysfoed oarsiuen, aad probably an Eton ¢ crew. The Oxford Eton Grand Challenge Cup all comers, Will not enter this year, Uhatabers, ti hamplon seuller of F 3 buried at N fle on Sundas last. one | Bi y be formed of the high esteem and respect | m Which “honest Bob,” as he was affectionat:ly | was hei by his fellow iowusinen from the itis computed upwards of fifty thousand 4 were present at his fuueral. it 1 proposed asuituble monument to his memory, aud a public subscription has been commenced for the pur- | pose, i FOREIGN WISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Two young lions, a male and a female, belonged tw the iate’ Emperor Maximilian, # to Londen for sale after nis execution, wer which recently ased for the private menagerie of King Victo nitel. The munteipal council of Botven, Tyro!, h granites right of domici! to a foreign Jew banker, this being ihe first time such a toleran in that country to any but tho onging t K Charen, This proves that the conte laws are already taking effect in | ‘The Marquis of Westminster haa given ene thou- sand pounds towards the erection of a new wing to St. George's Hospttalyondon, Areturn ju blishea shows that the milifia o the United Kingdom and freland int , 5,027, non-commissioned officers and 124,622 privates, Or the day of mspec- tion the number tn training was only 64,751 off and men, the Irish contingent not having been caited out last year. During the laying of the foundation stone of anew | Town Hail, in Gateshead, England, a plaiform con- taining about six hundred people broke down with | Many were mire or less injured | @ fearful crash, but no lives were lost, as far as could be learned. ‘The “Fete Dien’? was recently performed with great pomp in Paris, The Archbishop of T rament in the processio took place in the Cathedral of Nortre Dan Many persons of high political standing assisted and the military attended dress, When the cure ave his blessing from the top of the steps of the iadetetue, the multitude knelt down and the drums beat a salute, creating a most imposing effect. ‘The Parliament of the Confederation of North Germany has adopted a bill relative to a uniform regnlation of weights and measures based on the decimal system asin France. ‘The meti vill replace the foot, anda German mill will be reckoned as 7,000 metres. This measure ‘will come in force in 1872. A Russian paper announces the death of a woman named Tartar bek Nazurof, of Tif lls, at the adval age of 120 years. ‘The two steam gunboats Boute-feu and Flambaut have lately passed from the Mediterranean to the At- —that is, from@lette to Bordeaux, through tie length of the Canal du Midi. A French billiard player made the following scores yi—At Paris on the Sth, 128 caroms at_a break; the 7th 120, and on the oth 144. Communications from Pesth state that a pamphiet been written by M. Michael H b, advising Kossuth to relinquish the politica leareer, of which in g | ‘many thousands are being sold throughout Hungary. A general Hungarian exhibition is to be opened in Pesth during September, 1860, ~tniting bis tate yisit to Vienna Prince Napoleon urchased a magnificent pear! necklace for $99,000. ie is. also stated to have remained one hour kneel- ing at the tomb of the Emperor Maximilian, During 167 the British Post Office transmitted one thousand m i ers Mat on an Ave ten setters & present for one lormeriv. 1) | dorus’ road, ’ ‘The whoie toad js flanked end Selassie, and the broad Jaingie. Altogether, without taking into account Magdatla itseli, the formidable charac its earth- | works exeeeded anything which we ¢ t possibly | have anticipated irom the faint description of te | position wien had reached us, ‘and Magdala was under tho-enemy’s fire, all the ABYSSINIA. General Napier’s Report of the Assault and Capture of Magdala. ‘The Battle and Operations which Preceded It. Why Theodorus was Assailed After His Surrender of the Captives. ~~ ASSASSINATION OF AN ENGLISH OFFICER, By steamship at this port we learn that the follow- ing despatch from Lieutenanf General Sir Ropert Napier, G. C. B., G. O. 8. 1, has been received at the India Ofice, London:— COMMANDER-IN-CHIRFS’S tag HEADQUARTERS, CAMP ANTALO, May 12, 1868. ae HON. Si@—On the ad of Apri ‘when en- I ved intimation camped on the Waddela ergs from the chiefs of Dalanta that Theodore, havi: moved from Magdala and encamped on the plain o! Arogie, was preparing for an ex; ition; letters from the captives also warned me to be on my guard. Between the British force and the plain of Dalanta lay the Jedda ravine, 8,400 feet deep, As the pas- sage of this formidable obstacle, so easily dei le, could not have been effected in the face of an enemy without serious loss, I made a forced march of eighteen’ miles, crossed the Jed and established myselfun the plain of Dalanta. The mere distance in miles gives little idea of the labor and fatigue of the march; the excessively steep descent and ascent, and the great heat, were very. distressing for troops heavily weighted. . é ‘Theodore, however, did not cross the Bashilo, but plundered and burnt the villages between that river and Magdala, which has always been faithfal to and trusted him. From the edge of the Dalanta Plain I obtained a distant but clear viea of the postion of Magdala and its approaches, I was able, with agood telc- scope, to appreciate the formidable character of the whole position and became aware that I should re- quire all the infantry that I could possibly collect to make the attack effective, and that every cavalry soldier that I could bring forward would ‘be neces- sary for the investment. Even with all the force that I could hope to gather up I felt I could not com- plete the investment a sending a column to close the KaMr Burr or southern gate of Magdala, but I deputed an officer of the Intelligence Department, Meer Akbar Ali, to Mustiale, the Queen of the Woolla Gallas, to engage her to es he man she could muster to close all escape on that side. Meer Akbar All's report will be forwarded and will show how effectually he accomplished his mission. Reluctaut as I was to incur delay so near to Magdala these considerations and the necessity of havi oe suns sufticient to carry, me through the operations against that fortress obliged me to defer |* crossing the hilo for several days. { had not overlooked the eccarety, of the un- stable Abyssinian ple Lee ising the small! postal detachments and the pacific demeanor of our troops, but the various difficulties of our transport and scar- city of our supplies kept me without sufficient troops to make the posts of communication as strong as the circumstances required. Each day, however, was bringing forward some accesston of strength, and in the meantime [had endeavored by liberality and every means of conciliation to engage the petty chiefs between Antalo and the Tavassie river to main- tain their friendiy assistance in forwarding native conyors of snpplies, It pwas the only course that gave chafite of success; unfortunately, it succeeded but partially. Relieved from the pressure of onr main force, the chiefs commenced to interferg with the Abyssinian carriers of our supplies, and to make attacks on our posts and convoys; the local carriage, which had en- ablea me to advance from Antalo, was suspended just at the time when its maintenance was most im- portant; thus it happened that on the 4th of April L had on ve days’ supplies to depend upon, ‘The force had left all its baggage at Lat, one hun- dred miles in rear, taking on merely the clothes in which they marched, and carrying greatcoats, blank- eis and waterproof sheets; they had no other en- cumbrances tian a bell tent for tweive officers or twenty soldiers. The daily storms which we experi- enced rendered this shelter indispensable, The car- riage so released was sent back for provisions to the points where native transpdt was doubtful, and gave me Sure hope of ultimate retiel from my com- missariat diMiculties, but the immediate urgency was pressing. On the 2d inst. | deputed Brigadier General Mere- wether to the Tacassie to arrange with the chiefs there to bring in supplies of flour, Major Graut was directed to return to Lat and Captain Moore to Lake Ashangie, to remove obstrac- uons which had arisen at those places, Captain Speedy and Mr. Munzinger proceeded, the former to Daount, the latter to the borders of Dalanta that had been ravished by Theodore, and through the exer- tions of these officers 1 was enabled to feed my cat- tle and to obtain flour enough for eleven days’ sup- ply at eight ounces for each soldier. The native fol- lowers received wheat in the grain instead of four Relying on the admirable spirit of my force, I was prepared to commit myself against Magdala with these means. ° Besides the view which | had obtained of Magdala and iis approaches, | received most valuable infor- mation from a chief named Beitwuddun Hailo, who had recently deserted from Magdala; having engaged in some intrigues with Menelek, King of Shoa, he knew weil that his lot would be instant death on his master’s arrival. it is dificult to give hy description alone a sum- cient idea of the formidabie position which we were about to assail, The fortress of Magdala is about twelve miles from the right bank of the Bashilo, but the great altitude and.thegpurity of the almosphere exhibiied the whoie outline distinctly. ‘The centre of the position is the Rock of Selassie, elevated more than 9,000 feet above the sea and standing on & plateau called Islamgie, which is divided into several extensive terraces, with perpen- dicular scarps of basalt. A saddle connects these terraces with the bill called Fahla. Fahla is a gigan- tle natural bastion, level on the top, entirely open aud ded by Islamgie, It domineers com- y at an elevation of 1,200 feet over all ap- : the sides appeared precipitous i surrounded by @ naiural se or only ina few places and from eigh- tin height. r dd from view by the lop of Magdaia was partially The road to Magdala winds 1 Fata, subject to ts fre and to the Stones. Uue part of Lie re sie and Fahla, steep side of cent of rocks: steep that few sould earry chief, Beitwudden Haile, should try the south si ‘the re anx ngee hat Bure , from the opposite r Janta, sayntg, “Ifyou want to take Se hence, but if you w Maudala ye from Janta.” “This, however, would liav¢ impoasidie, Thad not force enough to div nd TE could Uiis vast comb of uatural fortresses | and iny elie fcommuanication. b | also perceived tha point to be taken was |+ not Magdala, but Istamal wh neodore had taken post with all bis gums, aud that Fania was the hole, y [descended to the bed of the Bashilo, noitred the crossing. tinary approach to Magdala Arogie ravine, which commences and and is bounded on its right by 3 from Isiamgie, in a serraté im by the | Islamete, | sh extends ne Basiito. water of highest point of this ridge is about 2,000 feet above the bed of the Arogie ravine. the grand features of the grougd rendered it im- possible for me, with my stall force of infantry, to hold both sides of the ravine. { considered Falla » position, and dctermined to occupy ing in different parts the names of Gunbori and Adijo, which leads to that imposing outwork, fublished on this ridge | could operate on either side of Vahla, as might: seem expedient on closer examination, Between the 4ih and 9th inst, my foree was in- creased by six companies of the Forty-tifth real ment, wider Lientepant Colonel Parish, which, though loug delayed for want of carriage, had marched from Zoujla in twenty-five days. “A wing of the Third Bombay Native infantry, under Lieutenant Colone! Campbell, was detained seven marcnes in the rear, owing to the urgent want of carriage, and J thus lost the services of an able officer and an ex- cellent body of soldiers, on whom Thad calculated for the attack. On the oth the whole force concentrated on the é<ge of the plateau overlooking the Bashilo, which Nows 3,900 feet Delow it. Major in, with the Twenty-third Punjab pioneers by @ wing of the Beloochees, occupied the bed of the Bashilo, aud repaired Theo- The signailers of the Tenth company Royal en- ginvers maintained communications. ‘The Koyal engineers and the Madras and Bombay sappers, under Captain Goodfellow, made the neces- eary provision of sand bags, scaling ladders and bags filled with powder for tae demolition of gi stuckades, dc. As the only supply of water between the Bashilo water carriers of the force were Organized under command of Captain Bainbridge, Transport corps, with two subalterns, Lieutenant Mortimer, ‘Trans: port corps, aud Lieutenant Ramebottom, ‘Transport corps, for the purpose of carrying forward regular supplies of water from the Bashilo, The bandsmen and @ patty of Punjab muleteers were also organized, under command of Captain Grymth, aid by Liewtenant Gazeles, ‘Transport comps, and furnished with stretchers, for the removal | ‘of Wounded men from the fied, ACTION OF THE 10911 0 All preparations having | APRit ommend | placed e | saw a large uumber wounded w alsoon my threat, which 1! of unrelenting pencis nt io any wae eee he Ll “ aad wer of Great. Britaia bad nia, however remote, could ceeds ie awe Sci one whom aa none pani creen any on Lieutenan: leaux was met on his return to Magdals by Mr. Rassam and the remainder of the Brit- ta wine ceed epceeeeteeaeea P Cann fore evening. further ‘conditions were not complied with, At B the request of peat Alema I had promised to ab- si m hostilities for twenty-four hours, After ‘the lapse at eee t hours Theodore had not sur- rout rendered i. Mable information reached me ‘When the leading part of the columa'had reached his army was recovering from their defeat; that Atle, Lamrires 9, front. soldiers who had been unable to return to King’s road emerges from the ypass at jala on the night of the 10th had since rejoined @ distance of 1,200 yards from Affijo feet | thei ; that ih defensive arrangements were below it. being made and that Theodore and his chiefs even. I ordered Major Chamberiain’s Funlep Aoineersl contemplated a night attack on the Second brigade, to be sent immediately to cover the h of the pass, | encam on the lower Broun . 1, therefore, pre- and the remainder of the brigade to be closed up ag | pared eagk cha enemags yeniecn: B00n as possible. I had or! ry first © assault Fahia oe sage were. qrendis distreasea by the .heat, the | from the side which fronted our camp, and was severe ascent 1 of water. screened from the fire of Islamgie and Selassie. But Shortly after Major Chamberlain had taken up his | under the altered condition of the enemy, Theodore pee the Naval rocket brigade, under Captain lowes, appeared, rising from the pass, followed by Lieutenant Colonel Penn's stecl battery, escorted Ge thie tame thal anemty pened ‘tia: guns. fro ene! nD 8 gu ym. making a at the Fahla and ilamgio, good bees, and at the position of ‘ant jo. img the distance, which was more than three thousand yafds, the enemy’s shot ranged well into the Laxey owing to the great com- mand, and probably to excessive charges of powder; Sut pe fire @ plunging one no casualties en- Almost simultaneously with the opening of the enemy’s artillery a iarge force was seen pouring down from Islamgie and the sides of Fahla, descend- ing at the steep road and the faces of the mount until they filied the whole plain of ie. Many of the enemy were dressed in red and almost bore the appearance of our own troops in the dis- be ae oP ie five hundred, princi) chiefs, were ‘The Naval brigade hastened up the road to Amjo, &hd.as each rocket tube came into position it opened on the advan Masses of the enemy, who were startled, checked and driven back at some points, but only to press forward at others, Idirected Sir Charles Staveley to bring forward the remaining infantry, which ‘by this time had closed up, to 1 the attack. The Fourth King’s Own regiment, under Lieuten- ant Colonel Cameron, closely followed by Beville’s Beloochees and the Royal engineers, commanded by Major Pri |, and the mbay beget under Captain MacDonnell, R. E., descend Kapialy the steep path leading down to the Arogie plain, with unrestrained expressions of delight at having at last their enemy before them. Opening into skirmishing order they ascended a suitable slope which separated them from the plain of Arogie, and immediately came in contact with the enemy, drove them back, spite of the efforts of their leaders, im masses, on which the fire of the Snider told with terrible effect. Several gallant attempts were made by the Abys- sinians to rally, but many of their chiefs fell, atid they were driven down the slopes of Arogie, towards the ravines on our left flank. A tag ey them withdrew up the sides of the Fahla, and, taking cover in a thicket of cactus trees, opened a teasing fire on Staveley’s right, causing some casualties, Captain Fellowes, having maintained the fire of his rockets uptil masked by the advance of the in- fantry, had been sent to support Sir Charles Staveley. ‘The fire of the rockets, together with some volleys from Beville’s Beloochees and the Royal engineers, sobporte by two of Penn’s guns under Lieutenant ‘Taylor, cleared Staveley’s. flank from further annoy- ani we, ‘The rotkets were then turned on the summit of Fahla. They were well directed, and, as I subsequent- ly learned, erndaced @ very great effect. A party of the enemy attempted to pass round the sides of Afjo to tuyn our right, but were checked by afew rockets and dispersed by the K company jadras sappers, -under jor Prendegast, Lieutenant Colonel Loch, with a detachment of the Third Bombay cavalry, accompanied the infantry in support. i ‘owards the left Colonel Milward ascended from the Arogie Pass with Penn's battery, escorted b; detachments of the Fourth King’s Own regimen’ under Captain Kittoe, and the Twenty-third pioneers, under Captain Paterson, at the time when the guns opened from Fahla and Islamgie, on iving the troops of Theodore descendin; from Islamgie Colonel Milward took up a strong - tion and opened fire from Penn’s battery. Major Chamberlain, who was holding the pioneers in hand to cover the head of the pass, moved to his left and joined Colonel Milward. A considerable body of Abyssinians bore down upon Milward’s position. Notwithstanding the evi- dent effect of Penn’s guns they continued to advance with much determination and order. Chambérlain, with his pioneers, met their attack in the most prompt and spirited manner, driving them, with great slaughter, into the ravine to his left front; not, however, without gailant resistance on the part of the Abyssinians, who closed fearlessly with the Punjabees; the 8} wounds received bore witness to the closeness of the conflict. On the extreme left the enemy pressed in large numbers towards the head of the Arogle ravine, where the had arrived, ‘The Baggage iter, Lieutenant Sweeny, King’s Own regiment, with great readiness massed the bag- e in a safe position, and the baggage gaara, con ing of two companies: of the Fourth King’s Own regiment and one of the Tenth Native infantry, un- der Captain Roberts, of the former corps, until dis- abled, and subsequently under Lieutenants Abadie (Bleventh hussars) and Sweeny, were brought for- ward, and most effectually checked the attempt of the encmy to penetrate into the Arogie ravine. © Arrested at the head of the ravine and driven back by the baggage guard, closed in upon by Chamber. lain’s Pioneers and two companies of the Fourth King’s Own regiment, whom. Sir Charles Staveley had wheeled on to their flank, the enemy suffered most severely. Large numbers were seen to fail from the admirably directed fire of the mountain uns. dy ‘heodore’s troops had advanced with the full conf- dence of men accustomed to victory. They had cast themselves off from their vantage ground, to which there was no return, ‘They had_ bee mised by Theodore that they should be eur by the spoils of the English, and it was not without a stout resistance that they were Hnally driven off the fleld, ° ‘A heavy rain continued during the greater part of the action. The eg thoroughly wet and tired, but highly elated with their victory, bivouacked for the nit, covering the road to Arogie Pass, and be- fore daylight had reoccupied their commanding posi- tion on Aifijo, from which they had descended to meet the enemy. ‘The wounded were promptly attended to under the direction of Dr. Currie, C. b., Inspector General of Hospitals. Many wounded Abyssinians were also carried off the field by our troops and were carefaliy attended als. sf brigade, which came up in the night, pied the ground which had been held after the on by the First brigade. According to the best information, the probabie number of the enemy was not less than five thou- sand, of Whom at least three thousand were the regolar musketeers and the remainder less efficiently armed. ‘Theodore distributed new arms to his troops on the day preceding the battle. ‘The loss of the enemy cannot be correctly esti- mat 349 dead were buried in front of the left of our position alone, and, exclusive of those who fetl in Staveley’s tirst thirty very badly wounded ‘Abyssinians were carried to our hospital. ‘Theodore's lie nt, Fetararce Gabsie, and many chiefs of note, we ions the slain. Nearly ali pight the calls of the their wounded friends were b number of the latter w rr s Abyssinian® to surrendered. The British loss was only twenty wounded, two mortaliy. This disparity of loss resulted from the determined and persistent attack of the Abyssinians against a better disciplined and better armed forcee— not vetier armed, however, as regarded the Twenty- | third pioneers, Whose smooth bore is hardly equal to the double barrelied percussion gun of the Abyssi- nians. Chere was no hasty flight. The enemy returned ag: iavored them. 1 issued orders to provide against the pursuit being carried too fav up the hill, which could — have ended by our retiring and giving renewed confidence to the enemy. } On the morning of the itth Lieutenant Prideanx and Mr. Fiad arrived in my camp, accompanied by Dejach Alema, a son-in-law and confidential chief of ‘Theodore, with a request for peace. 2 {replied that if Theodore would bring all the Bu- Fopeun captives to my camp and sabrnit to the Queen of Engianad | would promise honorable treatinent for himseif and his famiiy. Lieutenant Prideaux returned to Magdaia with the letter containing these terms. In ihe course of the forenoon he returned again to the British camp with Mr. Fiad, but without Dejach Alema. He brought a letter, without seal or signature, from Theodore re- fusing my terms. My letter was returned. Isent back Lieutenant Prideaux and Mr. Flad to intimate that no other terms would be granted. I considered that a fuller atonement than the snr- render of the ves when they could be retained no longer was lutely required, aud must be ex- acted; and, painfal as was the thought of the possible col paces to the captives if Theodore’s rage should hension of a renewai of the coniict which demora’ ized Theodore’s troops, and rrom which Theodor himself was not free, as Was involuntarily betrayed by Third Bombay light cavalry, 183; Third regiment Scinde horse, 181; Twellth Bengal cavairy, 96. tSecond. brigade, B company, Ti artillery, Captain Tiss, 13; Gc Royal atuilery, Captain surtn fifth brigad wenty-firat brigade Royal irteenth brigade ny, Twenty e Thirty third regiment, Major Cooper, AM: atx companies For: ty-tifth regiment, 05; wing T regiment naive 1 1 First brigade, brigade Royal artil- Jory, Lieutenant © ; | anval brigade, Cap tain’ Pellowe y Hoval Naval engineers, Pritety m Foweth Kin Ow Major ment Major 4 Bergand minere, Cayfatt Be Beni compa torn! Kine's ghnent (se Bei in and again to the attack Whenever the ground | mnseq become excited, I relied for their safety ou the appre- | wel Dest having by death, wounds and desertion lost half of his army and his bravest chiefs, 1 determined to at All had been considered and the positions for the artillery reconnoitred and fixed. u when information was brought to me that v lore had left Magdala, and that many of the chieis, with their followers, Wished to surrender. T agreed to accept their submission, and ordered Sir Charles Stavely to advance on Islamgie, relaxing no precautions that I had considered necessary jor the attack, ‘ ‘The scarcity of water rendered it impossible to re- tain any considerable body of cavaly before Mag- - dala; my personal escort, wader a native omicer, only remained, and, with @ few details of other corps, was sent under the command of Lieutenant Scott, Aid-de-Camp, to watch the west side of Maudala, where they took up a good position until the arrival of the cavalry, under Colonel Graves,* who com- pleted the investment up to the Katir Burr Gaie, which was watched by the Gallas, : The Bashilo was held by the headquarters detach- ment of the Scinde Horse, under Major Briggs, and detachments of the Third Dragoon Guards, Turd and Twellth cavalry, under Major Miller, to secure that point and provide against the escape of ihe enemy in that direction by the Minjerra ravine, A detachment of the Beloochees, under Lieu- tenant Beville, ascended by the spurs of Fahla, and occupied that important position, where they were reinforced from the Second brigade by the headquas- — wing of the Tentii native infantry, under Colonel ‘eld. The artillery was placed im position, and the pecs advanced, preceded by Captain speedy, of the intelligence department, wit a smail escort of Third Light cavalry, under Lieutenant Coonei Loch, tocommunicate with the chiefs who wished to suruender, and to prevent any misunderstanding. No resistance was oifered. Sir Charles Staveley effected an entrance to Islamgie and Seiassie through a diilicult crevice in the rocky escarps. It would be impossible to arrive at any correct es- timate either of the numbers of the armed nen Wie jaid down their weapons or of the mass of people, pen women and children, whom we found on Is- megie, . It was necessary to collect and guard the arms that were surrendered. It was also necessary to send down all the disarmed soldiers ‘and the miscellaneous muititude that fo)- lowed them to the plain below before 1 could proceed actively against Magdala. Theodore himself, having abandoned his attempt to escape, was making Pape for defence and offering us defiance in front of Magdala. By taree o'clock, the Abyssinians having nearly all cleared away !rom Islamgie, 1 ordeved the attack of Magdaia to be at once carried out, The entrance of Magdala is three hundree feet above the terrepiain of Islamgie,and the ascent is by an extremely steep and rugged path. Viewing the very difficult nature of the approach. I made the attack as strong as possible, and massed the whole of my artilleryt lire to cover it, in order to overpower the enemy’s resistance and prevent the heavy casuaities which I should otherwise bave incurred. ihe assaulting force consisted of the second bri- gadé, led by the Thirty-third (vuke of Wellington’s) regiment, accompanied by detachments of the Royal Engineers and Madras and Bombay Sappers and Miners, with means of clearing away obstacies. ‘The First brigade to be in close support, I concentrated the fire of the artulery on the gate- way and the north end of the fort, which were crowded with the houses of the soldiers, avoiding a@ much as possible the higher part the interior, oc- cupied by the Abyssinian prisoners and con-combat- ants. The enemy carefully conceiied themselves from view, so that the place seeined aimosi deserted, al- though, when entered by our troops, it was found to be thronged with soldiers who had thrown away their arms, released prisoners, and the pumerous voluntary and involuntary followers of Theodore’s fortunes. ‘The artificial defences consisted of stone wails, Joop-haled and surmounted by strong and thick bar- ricades of thorny stakes, with narrow stone gate- ways; the lower one built up in the interior, the higher one being seventy feet above the lower, and approached by a very steep uarrow path winding among the soldiers’ huts, The attack was ably conducted by Sir Charles Staveley, whose report is annexed, and lantly carried out bythe troops. ere the defences were very unscientifically constructed, and, though the attack was met. by a sharp fire from the enemy, et they could not direct it on the head of the storm- ng Vag without exposing themselves to the rapi¢ and fire of the Snider rifle, and our loss was, in uence, very small. copne ROvaL ‘engineers and Sappers and leading sec- tions of the Thirty-third regiment were long before they could force an entrance, and during that tine nine officers and men of the Royal Engineers and Sappers received wounds or contusions. t length an entrance was found by means of the ladders, near the gate and by the le: men of the ‘Thirty-third, who scaled a rock and turned the de- fences of the gateway. The enemy was driven to- the second barricade, and when that was carried all resistance ceascd. Among the dead near the outer E cacaeh f wore found several of Theodore’s most devoted chiefs. One of them, Dejach Enjeda, had urged Theodore to. Massacre all the prisoners, a course from which he was dissuaded by others. Close to the second gate- way lay the body of Theodore. At the moment when the barricade was forced by the Thirty-third Theodore gfell, as I have since learned, by his own hand. is troops immediately fled, some by the Kattir Burr Gate, which was found ag with arms that had been cast away in their fight. ig these fugitives: the ater part fell into the hands of the Gallas and the remainder, seeing the fate of their comrades and hearing the fn ge invitations of the Gallas, returned to and” surrendered. The command of Magdaia was entrusted to Briga dier General Wilby, who held it with the Thirty-third and wing of the Forty-fifth regiments. So thickly was the fortress inhabited and so great was the crowd of people that it was no easy matter to establish order. Guards were placed at the gates and such places as juired proteciion. reine fainily of Theodore were committed to the care of Mr. Rassam, who was requested to do ail that was in his power for their comfort and protec- tion, ‘The Abyssinian prisoners were released from their chains, and the very numerous body of Abyssinians whose histories and condition it was impossible at the time to investigate were collected In an open space in the ceutre of the fortress, where they could be protected, A where they quickly threw np small huts ior themselves and remained until their Gnal departure, On the 15th the Fourth (King’s Own) regiment re- lieved the Thirty-third in Magiala, and the Forty- | Alth were moved to Islamgiec to reinforce the de tachment of the Tenth native infantry, under Coio- nel Field, for the protection of the captured arms and ordnance and to furnish working parties their destruction. rhe inhabitants of, Magdatla were collected | Arogie, where alice Was necessary to pro- tect thein from the Galas, who were lying in wait vot day and night for opportunities of plundering and | destroying them. Notwithstanding the friendly tions with the | Queens of the ¢ eso litte under restraint that it was frequently necessary to fire upon them to drive them from molesting our water parties and ying off the mules, A party of them, in search of plunder, even dared to make their way into Magdala, where they were captured. by the guard of the Thirty-third regiment. ‘On the isth and lth the disarmed soldiers and | people of Magdala made their exodus from Arogie. Kvery consideration was shown them, jand they were allowed to take all their property. ‘The Arogie defile was guarded by infantry, and their procession, after’ crossing the Bashtlo, | was quarded by cavairy patrols unui they reached Wad- deba. No doubt many of these people deserved little mercy at tie hands of the pousuats of Dalanta, W had suffered so much misery from Theodore’s troops; bat, having surrendered to the S#ritish force, It was incumbent on us to protect tem nptil they reached @ point of satety, Wheace they could go to their native dtstricts, On the morning of the 17th orders were issued to, clear every one out of Magdala by four P.M. At that, hour, the whole of the captured ordnance having | been destroyed, the gates of Magdala were blown up, whole of the buildings were committed to at ‘The wounded Abyssinians who had no friends to: take charge of them were conveyed into our hos- pitals. Phe elephant | sent in advai foree recrossed the Bashilo, on coast. Thave the honor to enclose plons and photograph® to illnstrate the course of the Hons. | | | and heavier ordnance having been on the 16th, on the 18th of April the: its return to the: regret that i have not been abie to complete my despatch earlier, but OWing (o the marching tn a oT ant Colonel Towers + Third Dragoon Guarda (17%), 1 | ‘Third Bombay avait (183), Captain Macnaughtens Twelrue | Benga! (8), Major Gough, V. 0. J oar twelve-poander Arinstrong pans of the @ battery, Fourteenth bri ‘under Captain Murray g two. elgbt-inch. sere iAaatied TY, detachment of tive wenly ATU brigade, under wd pounder steel m: igad r v