NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2570, 3 April 1877, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Cfbom the home news.)

Heads of Intelligence.

There is nobreach in diplomatic->e!»• tions on the part of Europe with the Forte, though the Plenipotentiaries hare left Constantinople. The Porte: is making a great show of executing the reforms promised in Midhat Pasha's Constitution/: :;

The Porte has issued a circular, declaring that it will give to its Christian subjects, by the new Constitution, the reforms for which the European Powers demanded guarantee.

Turkey is ,negotiating a peace inder pendently with Servia and Montenegro, and has asked the mediation of Austria. Parliament -was' opened on Thursday, February 8, by the Queeninperson. -The weather was perfect, and her Majesty on her way to Westminister met with an enthusiastic reception from the thousands who lined the streets. In the evening there were debates, both in the House of Lords and House of Commons, on the Address in Reply to the Queen's Speech. In the former the mover, and seconder of the Address, Lord Grey de Wilton and Lord Haddington, and Lords Granville, Derby, Beaconsfield, and the.Duke. of Argyll were the chief speakers ; in the latter.Lord, Galway, mover, and Mr Torr, seconder of the Address, Lord Hartmgton, Sir Stafford Northcote, and. Mr Gladstone,- ■ J" : Dinners were given by. Lord Beaoons* field and Sir Stafford Northcote, and Lord Granville and Lord Hartington to their chief supporters in tooth' Houses of Parliament, on Wednesday, feb.,7» ' More than half of the Queen's Speech is devoted to the foreign policy of the Government.

The Chinese Embassy has arrived in London. . -.- V- - - .

A Privy Council meeting was .held on Wednesday, Feb. 7, after which, the Chinese Ambassador. was pre.jen.ted tQ Her Majesty, , ' .; ' London is more full than is generally the case at this time -of year. ': '•" In France the ambitions of the Bonaparlists havo been:excited by the attitude of the official Republicans. /, . . The Italian Parliament has resetted th.c attention drawn by British residents ia Italy to the outrages of Sicilian brigands,' The Duke of Marlborougb, the new Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, was eater* iained at a public banquet at' Dublin on Tuesday (Feb. 6.) - . • S On all hands it is'affirmed- that a brisk correspondence is going on between Eus« sia and Germany, and some assert tb,a( Russia wants to kuow whethep, in case qf war and of viotory—rwhiqh in h.er case are still believed to be the same thing-? she could enjoy the fruits of victory. To this question Germany alone can reply, an 4

[Russia troubles horself with her alone. It would be a lai'ge field of speculation, to consider in what sense Germany will reply, and such, speculations are less tempting now than ever. It may, however, be safely said that Turkey quite comprehends the danger of the prolongation of the status quo, which is ruining her finances and hampering her reforms. A direct satisfaction •which might be offered to Eussia, is therefore, being sincerely sought, such as. would allay public excitement and justify simultaneous disarmament by Russia and Turkey. That satisfaction must be found before the armistice expires, if a fresh explosion is to be warded off.

The Rev. Arthur Tooth has been committed to Horsemonger-lane Gaol for contempt of Court, in disobeying the judgment of Lord Penzance. There is much excitement among the Ritualists in eonquence. A statue of Burns was unveiled at Glasgow on Thursday, Jan. 25, and an address on the poet delivered by Lord Houghton. A new important Blue Book on Turkish affairs, containing a full account of the policy*of the Government up to the meet ing of the Conference, has just been published. The cattle-plague has appeared at Hamburg, and restrictive orders of the Privy Council have been imposed upon the imposiation of cattle from Belgium into the drifted Kingdom. . 'The Pope has been very unwell, but is now better.

An Irishman has been sentenced to two months' imprisonihent by Mr Knox, of Marlborough street, for attacking one of the suite of the Chinese Ambassador.

A formidable Russian squadron, consisting mainly of ironclads,: is to enter the Mediterranean in the spring. -The Grand Duke.Constantine, it is expected, will hold the chief command, with Admiral Popbff for his chief of the staff".

When Lord and Lady Salisbury passed through Athens last week they did not forget the treasures from Mycenae. However, though they came to see them, accompanied by the King and Queen of Greece, the Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess, Dr Sciiliemana could only show them about. l-20th part of the whole. The rest is stowed away, the Archaeological Society not having as yet obtained a suitable locality where the whole collection could be properly exJhibited. Dr Schliemann is engaged in having the principal objects photographed, but it seems that no one else can for the next,few months be allowed to seethe regalia of the House of Alraces. Dr Schliemann intends to bring out his book on the " Discoveries on the Site of Ancient Mycenaa" in English; to be published by Mr John Murray .;• "

Obituaby of:'the Month.-—Viscount Milton; Sir J. B.Crowe, X.C.8.; Lieut.Gen. Sir-S. R. Wesley, K.G.B. \ the Hon. J. A. Yincect- de Saumarez ; the Hon. Louisa 3L Borrowes; the Hon. Lady Menzies; Lord Loftusj Viscount Gage ; Lord Ongley ; Viscount de Stern ; Sir E. Gunynghame ; Sir HardmanEarle, Bart.; Countess of Limerick; Capt. J. Hall, E.N.; Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby; the Eight Hon. P. Erie, Q.C.; Countess Howe; Lady Simpson; Dowager Marchioness Townshend; the Hon. G. M. Fortescue ; Lady Emily Ponsonby; Lady Pleasance Smith; Mr Merry, late M.P.; Lady Georgina Milner; Admiral Sir. A. Clifford ; the Hon. A. Strutt.

(COMPILED FBOM ENGH.ISH PAPJBfi S.)

In the House of Xords on February 9, the Archbishop of Canterbury moved and obtained the appointment of. a Select Committee to inquire inio the prevalence of habits of intemperance, and the manner in which they had been affected by recent legislation and other causes...

In the House of Commons, questions relating to the closing of public-houses in Ireland on Sunday, the number of troops the Indian Government has within the dominions of the Khan of Kheiat, theposition of the officers of the Royal Marines and the Engineer Department of tie Navy, the' employment of British officers in the naval or military forces of Turkey, the small-pox epidemic, the complaint against the captain of H.M.S. Newcastle, and other matters were answered by the Government. Viscount Galway brought up. the report on Her Majesty's Speech, and it was read a second time. Dr Kenealy complained of the treatment to which the Claimant was subjected in the prison at Dartmoor, but the Home Secretary denied all knowledge of it, and the,matter.dropped, it large number of bills were brought in and read a first time. ' i

Our (Telegraph's) Pera correspondent telegraphs that the Sultan yesterday (Feb. 9) went in great state to the Valide Mosque. The aspect of things in Constantinople, our correspondent reports, is generally regarded as more ihopeful, the Sultan appearing to be disposed to support the new Grand Vizier thoroughly. No further changes have been announced, and none are now expected. Fifty thousand pounds sterling is announced to ha-ve keen the cost of the Pelhi assemblage, inclusive of twentytwo thousand pounds for military charges, a sum already defrayed by economies in the Budget. The charges falling to the ghare of Home Government are estimated at. ten. thpijsand pounds. ' ... - .Russia, the Telegraph's Vienna correspondent states, is reported to be about, to mobilise three more army corps, destined, in the event of hostilities ensuing, to operate on the Upper Danvitte, Qn the subject of Midhat Pasha's dismissal the semi-official La Turquie of the Bth instant observed that his removal from office was decided upon because there had ceased to be any community of ideas between him and the Sultan, and because his conduct tended towards curtailing the po^er of the Sovereign. His banishment from' the Turkish dominions was effeoted with a .view to preventing excitement in the public "mind, and, says La Turquie, does not involve any prejudice to the , nevv institutions of the country. - . . The Grojos, of Friday, February 9, in comment!jig an the fall.of Midhat Pasha, affirms that "theiend of the Turkish Empire in Europe has come," and holds that "all that ie now wanted is patience, and that waiting is not difficult, since war is Impossible with' a State which will perish more quickly by the effect,of its internal/crisis than through a foreign army/- Itisnpw, the Golqs morp £o t}ie ftdvaptage of Russia, as, well a3 of fbe Christian's, to wait and see how the course of Turlush^decay will shape itself, than to prolong the process of dissolution. by interference. . '•[. . The Bouroq,niari Government has dismissed to tl^eir Uon^es the men belonging

to the reserve who had been called out for military service.

Sentence of Uvo and a half years' imprisonment arid a fine o!' 80 maiks, or in default three months' ini;-.risonnu--iir, his been pronounced on Card ir a I Ledochow.' ki by the District Court of luowrazlaw, for having violated tho Prussian Ecclesiastical Laws and offered resistance to the authority of the State. The Cardinal is also found guilty of high -treason.

Louisa Matson, 28 years ol' age, described as of no occupation and well educated, was on "Feb. 9 indicted at the Middlesex Sessions for obtaining a quantity of poods from Messrs Jay, of Regent street,-by false pretences. There were other counts charging her with attempting \o obtain credit by fraud from Mr Whiteley «nd Messrs Howcll and James. The defence in regard to Messrs Jay'a case was that the prisoner had an autiual income of her own, and that the goods would undoubtedly have been paid for. A verdict of guilty on all the counts was, however, returned by the jury, and the Assistant-Judge passed sentence of 12 months' hard labor. ""

Four men, three of them brothers, named John, William, and Henry Cole, were yesterday brought up on remand afc the Thames Police-court, charged with violently assaulting and causing the death of a young man named Whale. On the 9th January the' deceased was with the prisoners at the Cotton Arms public-house at Bow, and, as a result of a disturbance which arose, went out and fought with John Cole and afterwards with William Stunt; the fourth prisoner. While so engaged it is alleged that John Cole hurled a brick at him, which struck him over the right eye and knocked him down. He was taken to the London Hospital, where he became raving mad and ultimately died. Two of the Coles, William and Henry, were discharged, while Stunt and John Cole were remauded until today (Feb. 10). At the Wandsworth Police-court on Friday, Feb. 9, William Walter Lampert, an ironmonger, was summoned, on behalf of the Croydon Union with refusing to have his child, Jemima Lampert, vaccinated. The defendant pleaded guilty, and gave as a reason for his refusal that " the Great God •of Heaven and Earth would keep the child better than vaccination," and that he could not feel justified in having the child vaccinated in opposition to his own conscience. Mr Bridge, after vainly trying to persuade him to obey the law, fined him 20s and 10s costs.