ENGLISH NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 809, 19 October 1877, Page 3

ENGLISH NEWS.

The three police detectives, Messrs Dimscovitch, Palmer, and Meildejobu, and solicitor Froggatt, were again brought up at Bow-street, charged with conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice in connection with the turf frauds.. The convict Carr was further examined, and in his evidence stated that directly or indirectly ho had given money to eleven members of the police; force, and prison warders, to whom bribes bad been given. 'lhe Queen and members of the Loyal Family paid a visit of inspection to the Thunderer on August 11. Advices from Panama of August 2 state that the Pacific Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Etna was lost on duly 15th, 70 miles north of Valparaiso. It is estimated that 00 persons were on hoard, 43 of whom had reached the shore up to July 18th. Twenty others took refuge on a rook. The British warship Amethyst w<-nt to their assistance, but the bad weather prevented their rescue from being accomplished. The survivors on the rock, after experiencing horrible suffering from exposure and want of food, threw themselves into the sea to end their misery. On’y three of them were saved, and it is believed that altogether uj • wards of 100 perished. There is a strong public agitation against the execution of the Penge murderers. Mr Justice Hawkins’ summing up was considered unfair towards the culprits. M. Bouher has issue 1 a manifesto identifying Buonapartis'.s with the M‘Mahon policy. Higgins boat Boyd by four lengths in the rowing championship. The Penge convicts deny that they illtreated their victim. Their execution has been fixed for October 13th. Gambetta’s manifesto has provoked fresh prosecutions.