NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5228, 20 October 1885, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

The St. Louis authorities seem bound

that no loophole shall be left for Maxwell, the murderer, to crawl through. The list of the Grand Jurors will be presented to his counsel, in order that they may have the privilege of challenging the men who will find the indictment against him. Too many criminals in America hare escaped the gallows on the strength of legal technicalities. The St. Louis people, no doubt, have fresh in mind the case of Kring, the wife murderer, who balked justice for seven years and finally died of consumption in his cell. Lawyers from all-parts of the States are offering to conduct Maxwell's defence, his case hariog excited great interest amongst the legal fraternity.

On dit that three weeks of domestic bliss with his wife and his mother in-lavr at Balmoral has set Prince Henry of Battenberg reflecting on the "-vanity of human wishes," and tbs fallacy of idle ambition. The Queen rules her " dear Henry " with an iron hand encased in a velret glove. At Braemar the other day, the young man was ordered to appear in Highland costume. He protested, well knowing what the effect would be, but the Queen was firm, and bs a consequence, H.BH.'s appearance threw the entire Court in paroxysms of laughter, renewed again and again. Princess Beatrice was openly annoyed, and it is said remonstrated with Her Majesty in no measured terms later in the day. However that may be, Prince Henry doffed his kilt at once, and appeared at dinner in a more rational costume.

A Sun special from Montreal of the llth Sept. Bays i—At 6 p.m. to-day Count; H. Wilhelm Browne, of Berlin, who arrived by steamer this morning from New South Wales, shot himself in front of the St. Lawrence Hall. The Count, who owned a large estate in Germany, left home early last spring to visit New South Wales, Australia, and South America, leaving a young and beautiful wife behind him. At Bio tTaniero he received a cablegram that his wife bad fled with a young tradesman, and was supposed to be either in New South Wales or Canada, He left for the former place, and failing to find the guilty couple, came here, where he found his wife and her paramour living at one of the bptels. He visited her and entreated her to return, without avail. He then wept to his hotel and bad dinner; after which he walked coolly out on the •idewalk and discharged a revolver at his Irft ear, the bullet going through the ear. He was taken to the hospital, where he is 1 dying.

New Yoiig, September 25.—The Herald's .Paris special says of the mas< eapre pf Christians in Anam?wThe

superior ot the College and the whole hof of Chris', iana have been slaughtered pell mell. Some were thrown into the let with their hands tied behind their backs. Some of the missionaries tried to make a stand with -tnusketi, bat were toon defeated. Churches, schools and dwell* ing houses were everywhere barned, and the Christians who escaped had to walk for days without food or shelter in order to reach places of refuge. General de Courcey promised to send a gunboat, which came to Quinhoaafter the pbee was burned down and never fired a shot^ owing to the absence of orders.

The Pall Mall Gazette warns intending emigrants against South Austrrlia, which, its says, is passing through an unexampled period of depression. * Admiral Miot, the French commander in Madagascar, has asked for reinforce* ments, and the troopship Scaniindar it about to leave.Brest for Tamatave with a force of 700 men. The French squadron at Madagascar will also be increased, raising Admiral Miot's command to 5900 men and 17 men«of« war. '

Sir Charles Larcom, who distinguished himself in the New Zealand campaign of 1863, has been appointed Assistant Secretary to the Governor of Malta. ;i1 "I Mr Darnell intends to send one of his staff to the United States for a few weeks, to stimulate contributions to the Parliamentary Fund. v- v. ■ ■ jBoycotting is increasing in Ireland now; and it is being carried to greater lengths than ever. Persons obnoxious to their neighbours, because of honest independent action, are unable to dispose of their produce ©Ten at a sacrifice in their market towns, and the entrance of a boveotted individual to some of the Roman Ctthoiie churches in County Cork to join in Divine serrice is made the signal for the congregation to arise en masse and quit the building. Occasionally the priest remenstratcs with the people, but sometimes he denounces the boycotted party for ihow* ing himself. ■'■-■),'