NEWS BY THE JAIL.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2610, 21 May 1877, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

(rr.OM THE HOME NEWB.)

An English deputation waited on the Pope recently, for the purpose of presenting His Holiness with an address ofthanks for the elevation of Monsignor Howard to the Oardinalate. The Pope, 1 in reply, is said to have spoken in high tercis of the English nation. The Pope has received a letter from the ex-Queen Isabella, announcing to His Holiness the approaching marriage between his godson, Don" Alfonso, King of Spain,,-and-the. eldpsjk daughter of the Duke4f!Montpeasierv ' -■- '- A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette at St.*TEetersbufg, writing on March 10, says:—" The severo sentences passed on the youths and women who took part in the demonstration before the 'Kazan Cathedral .have."produced a very painful impression here ; and the feeling against the-Government has been still further increased by the banishment of the two advocates who defended the accused. Their uames, which are now in everybody's mouth, are Nekladoff^ and Bardorsky ; the former has been banished to Nertchinsk, in Siboria, and the latter to Kiatka. I need add that this punishment of two men who did nothing . more than their duty has been inflicted simply by the secret police, without accusa'.ion or trial' of any kind. Such is the Government which talks of justice and liberty for Bulgaria I" . ' ' The Hanls Chronicle publishes a letter ( from the son of the lateTichborne witness, Boele, contradicting the statement which has been made with respect to His 1 father's death. Mr H. G. Bogle writes that the statement* that his father confessed tlie Claimant and aied with his name on his lips is entirely false, for he ;was with his father at his. de^th, aniif he had done such a thing ho should have known it. He adds :—J< I; have never known him, since the last.trial, to confess the Claimant; but, on the contrary, to doubt his being Roger." A correspondent sends to Truth the following historical parallel:—ln 1761,

Mr Pitt resigned the Premiership, having just created his wife a peeress. In 1868, Mr Disraeli resigned the Premiership, having just created his wife a peeress. In 1776," Mr Pitt created himself Earl of Chatham and Viscount Pitt, and held both the Premiership and the Privy Seal. In 1876, Mr Disraeli created himself Earl Beacons field ani Viscount Hughenden, and held both the Premiership and the Privy Seal. In April, 1778, Lord Chatham delivered his last speech in the House of Lords. In April, 1878, Lord Beaconsfield. Absitomen.

An Egyptian war-vessel cruising off Suez for the purpose of capturing slavers has been-burnt at sea. Thej*e were 420 persons on board, of whom several were Englishmen, ~ but 400, including -all the Europeans, were saved by the Agra. The dreaded Colorado beetle has at length reached Europe, haying, it'is stated, been discovered in a living state at Bremen, upon goods brought from New York. Her Majesty's Commissioners of Customs have given orders that precautions shall be taken to'prevent its conveyance into England from the Continent.

The decease, at Paris* is announced of the Baroness Duporii-Delporte. jJ^tLe age of ninety-six. S'je had been formerly one of tlie stars at the Court of Napoleon I. She was a neice of Maret, who was created TJ)uo:deß^;ssanp. -Her husband, Prefect of under the First Empire, was appointed by Louis Phillippe peer of France.and Prefect of Jlouen,

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INDIAN BUDGET. Lord Lytlon has delivered a speech on the Indian Budget in the Legislative ! Council, and, with reference to the present | famine, contrasted the estimated expense. of JC5,2&0,C3 for a larger area of distress, with the actual outlay of £6,750,000 entailed by the previous famine in the smaller area of Bengal. On the:subject of the security of the" frontier, he staled his belief that that security was only • attainable by the friendly presence and 'salutary influence of upright English gen* tlemeri among the barbarous neighbours of the empire, and not by military expe* dilions. < , NOBTH SEA DISASTEBS.. Under the presidency of the Lord j Mayor, a preliminary meeting Was on ' March 25th held at the Mansion House ' for the purpose of forming a committee ! for the uistribution of the fund—already j amounting to over £5,1O —raised for the relief of the sufferers—97 widows,^Jlß I children, and 17 aged persons—by the disasters in the North Sea., . Jf ■ • ' EASTERN QUESTION. " A telegram of dale, March.2B, fiom Vienna gives the gist of an interview had with General Ignatieff by.' a, member of the editorial staff of the Presse. Gene* . ral Ignalieff, on the subject of his visit to England, is reported to have stated himself to have become again convinced that England's policy pursues an objectnamely, the peace ot Europe—which, in point of fact, it will not attain. Most of the Buss/an newspapers censure the Englsh Press severely, for the attitude it has taken in regard to the negotiations, --but they chiefly accuse the British Government of having had only one object from the outset namely, to leave Russia - the choice between :dishonour; and war. If war should break out,, says the Agence llusse, the responsibility will lie with England alone. THE CLAIMANT. On Saturday night, March 24,: there were meetings in Chelsea, Hackney, Hammersmith, West Broupton, and other metropolitan districts, held by members of- the Magna Charta Association, for the purpose of making arrangements for holding,a "monster .demonstration" in Hyde Park on Easter Monday in favor of the release of the-claimant," ! 'At Chelsea a letter from Mr Guildford Onslow was read, in which he said, " Having heard that a monster demon* slration is to be held on Easter Monday on behalf of the poor suffering prisoner in Dartmoor, I would suggest that each man should wear round his hat' Release Tichborne,' in brood printed letters."

St. James's, hatcham.

A disgraceful outrage has been commil(.ed by some person at present-un-known, at St. James's, Hatcham. On the panels in front of the chained screen were four paintings, representing scriptural subjects, executed by the vicar, the .Rev. Arthu•■ Tooth. On Saturday night, or early en Sunday morning, some one gained access to the church, and covered them all over with a very thick boating of black paint. . . ■. ■.

ILLNESS OF MB CHAELE3 MATHEWS. . Begardingihe above the following letter appeared on the;26th March : —Sir, —, Petit Donhomme vit encore ! Only a short time agoT had to express my surprise at finding-that I had completed the first volume of my autography, and I am! still more amazed to-day, on arriving in town, to read that I am " lying in a prostrate 'condition at Bristol.!' .While flattered, of course, by the interest I appear to have Jj^ excited, I cannot but think it hard that a>* man canaofc. be:." % little- seedy;". fat an hour or so, without being startled by such seasationaUphrases as ■" total collapse," " led off the stage in a fainting state," " prostrate condition," and so on. There is many a man who, when too ill to finish his dinner, is all right again ;by supper time, and this seems to have been my case. Yesterday I was as well aa ever, acted as usual at night, rame up to town to-day, play at Brighton to-morrow, and am stillivour, and the.public*, most obedient servant. —C. J. Mathews.

JPOO ri\CALL.— ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE.CtfP.

. Tbe final tie w»s played on Saturday Mavch 24 at Kennington Oval between.the Wanderers, and Oxford University. Waddington, by a good long shot, secured the first gaol for Oxford, and Heinrich, of the. Wanderers, made matters even.up'to when time was called. It was then agreed . to play on for half an hour,' during -. which time Lindsay, of the Wanderers, secured another goal for his side, and won th« match.. : , ;-,--:■ -, ILLNESS OF THE PRIKCE OF WALES. ■*" We are veryglad to be in'a position to state authoritatively that his Royal High* ncsVtho Prince of Wales is much.better. The Prince will, it is believed.'prbWbly "be In a condition to leave England on hfs . yachting tour in -about a weekfrom tlni. date. It. will be.'satisfactory to the country generally* "to know' that" the ,Princess qf Wales, who has rcpcntljr been too indisposed to attend any of the Court functions, is not going abroad on acoount of her health. Her Jioyal Highness* journey is undertaken expressly to visit the King of Greece. The health of the ~

Princess is, we are happy to know, restored.—Whitehall Eeview.

CAPTAIN STETBNS OP THE BAEBACOUTA.

The trial of Captain Charles E. Stevens, of her Majesty's ship Barraeouta, commenced yesterday morning on board the Duncan flagship, at Sheerness. Captain Stevens pleaded not guilty, and handed in a written statement to the Court, in which he asked that the fullest investigation should take place into his conduct. The charges were eight in number, one of which contains 30 alleged offences.

The whole of the evidence given yesterday was in support of the first charge, which states that the accused gave an order to the paymaster of his ship, Mr Gain, to advance £30 out of the public chest to- entertain the Governor of Fiji, and not to enter it in his cash account, after his application for an advance of £100 being refused by the commodore.

Mr Gain, in the course of his evidence, and in cross-examination by the prisoner and the, Court, said Captain Stevens came to him on June 7,1875, and said he wanted aa advance of £50, as the application to Commodore Goodenongh for a grant of money to meet the expenses of mess and the jy^fetainment to the Governor of Fiji and^Sft'suite, had been unsuccessful. 'Witness said he could not take the money out of the box, and the prisoner replied, " Gain, I must hare the money ; £30 will do." He replied, " I cannot give it to you unless you give me a written order and a. receipt before I take it out of the box.' 1 "The order and receipt were given, and Stevens said, "You need not enter this in your account." He understood the captain to mean the cash account, and he did, not enter it» Witness asked the prisoner for the amount several times, and-on August 3 received an order to deduct the money from the latter's pay. The defendant snatched the original order to advance £30 from him. The captain asked if all were ready, and seemed pleased on being told the £30 was in the box, as witness had replaced it out of his private funds, for fear the commodore should, ask to see • the cash. Stevens signed the account for June, which did not shbw.au entry of £30. On further examination he said it was unlawful to give an. order for the advance of £30 without having received superior: authority for it. . . :■■ [Captain Stevens was subsequently found guilty and dismissed the service,] "'. TtTBKISH LOAN OF 1354—A HAEB CASE.

'■ The following: letter appeared in the •'Money Market V column of the Daily /Telegraph.. March 29 :•—" Sir—-I have read with jnlerest the letters on this subject tbat you have been kind enough to insert in The . Daily Telegraph, and I trust you will allow, me space to submit my case to the: compassion of those numerous member's of-the House of.Commons who read your paper. I. am the widow of one;of her Majesty's, officers, 1 with four children, apd I found myself in October, 1875, with the little all.of my fatherless children invested in the Turkish 3854 Loan. My children's: money was placed: in this loan hot as a speculative investment—-for the 'price we paid; was: than English Consols, and the interest we get is only! per cent.; more ;than we could have obtained on mortgage of real property in the United Kingdom— but because it was considered a sound investment for the following, reasons: 1. The money was raised and spent to enable the'"Queen's ally to keep tis armies in the field against the Queen's enemies, 1.2. Lord Clarendon, the then Fdreigtt Minister, recommended the loan to the public in official memorandum from the. Foreign Office, dated Aug. 15, 1854. (This has already appeared in, your JBolumns.) fortified with this, I now en;treat the members of the present Gi-oyern-ment, asrthe successors of those of 1854, to give, this question at least fair-play,: and to support our rightful claims.-—I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Claba Isabella Mocklee, Widow of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Mockler, 4th West India Regiment. 2, Grendon-villas, Teignmpnth, March 23."

(fbom *hb bp. chbonicai.) " rrANCE AND THE POPE.

Londok, March 81.—A dispatch from Paris says ? The professed summary of letters from President MacMahon, which recently appeared in the Daily News, promising^ support to the Pope if Italy should attempt any further encroachments upon the authority of the Holy See, is declared to be entirely false. THE HOLY SEE ANSIOTJS-FOE "WAE. A telegram to the Daily News from Borne represents that the Vatican is elated at the prospect of war, and ardently hopes the Russians may gain some preliminary advances in which case it has persuaded itself that the war would become general. Reports hate reached Cardinal. Simeoni from Central^Russia intimating" that an Internationalist outbreak is imminent in RussianrPoland and the contiguous Russian^ pi brinces. Preparations for the movement hare been long-going on. '~-■.-%'"-.<■ -„ ' THE-TITBKISH FLEET. , • : ■ The correspondent of-the Daily Tele^ graph saysY ;t.haye just inspected.the Otto*an in the Bosphorus, .and: find the^Sftditioh of- the" Sultan's nary really splendid. The Vessels are fully manned,' and the discipline is as good as possible. Admiral Hobart Pasha has been formally appointed commander;-of .the Black Sea squadron,* which comprises fifteen ironclads. The forts on the Bosphorus are also ready. Reports from the-armies are satisfactory. Mahomet Pasha, "Wait AidderCJamp ofxthe Sultan, has left the capital to inspect the *troops and; munitions of ■war in Anatolia, and superintend fi.nal arrangem en ts along the Asiatic frontier. WHEAT ADVANCING STEADHT. Liveepooi,, April 18.—A leading-grain circular saysi— "The: steadily growing advance :in wheat is based on considerations distinct from political, and ..is progressing even upon .pacific, instead of warlike anticipations.' Now,; "when there appears scarcely a faint hope of a peaceful solution of Eastern affairs, it has become still more decided. The weok commenced with prices one shiliing per quarter higher; afterwards two shillings higherj and yesterday an advance of two aud three shillings was noted in many of the leading : places of the Kingdom, accompanied, with a large amount of business,;both for consumption and speculation/ The same features and transactions would have been more important but for the disinclination of holders to offer freely. Maize was also excited at an advance. At this market to-day there a good attendance of Jopal and country miilers. and .dealers, and a moderate business was done for consumption at 3d advance, on white wheat and 3d on red wheat.... Flour was Is per sack dearer.' Corn was taken to a good extent at

gradually rising prices, the market closing Is 6d per quarter higher than on Tuesday."