Show LETTER FROM ENGLAND nothing is talked of here but the transactions and behavior of madame Brin villiers 11 so wrote madame de sevigne to a friendie friend frien din in a letter dated paris may 1st ast 1676 an english lady writing today might make the same remark in reference to mrs maybik Mayb riek though the tee interest in that unhappy woman to la of quite a diffie different rent kind from the feelings which the param paramour ur and co colleague of the infamous goden st croix provoked the rhe case against the marchioness of Bric villiers was too clear and the horrible nature of her numerous Bum erous crimes were too well exposed to admit of anything besides sides a shudder that a monster of her sort should have had an existence but in the daughter of Bax baroness oness roque boque the evidence of her guilt is not so clear the testimony being very conflicting and it was almost universally anticipated that she would be acquitted the jury however after forty minutes deliberation returned a verdict of guilty the clerk asked thearson the prisoner if she had anything to say why sentence flen tence of death should not be pawed passed upon her whereupon bhe atom an and said whatever my guilt may be in connection with brierley 1 I 1 am not guilty of this crime she was sentenced to be hanged the jury were hissed from the court room after mrs May bricks removal from the dock and the judge was hooted by the large mob which had cong congregated legated around the courthouse while his carriage was being driven sway since the verdict was announced petitions have been pouring in upon upon the home secretary playing for ora or a reprieve indignation meetings are being held all over the country and resolutions condemnatory of the jurys burya decision are being these have also been forwarded to the home secretary strange as it may seem the petitions are signed very largely by professional men and persons of position of both sexes the ladies somewhat preponderating nde rating in number from toe state bdate of public feeling at present one would think that mrs maybrick was an I 1 indispensable personage on th the earth and that her confine confinement meRt in gao was a great loss to En england glands humanity there is one thing certain she will not be b hanged on august as intended the meff medical ical opinion is strong in her favor r that her hus husband an did I 1 not die of poison son administered by her but rather er that he died naturally the pan of life shortened probably ly V by the frequent use of arsenic in his medicines there is much circumstantial evidence against her especially her admitted P criminal connection with brierley her alleged bad treatment of her husband and her desire for a judicial separation her corres correspondence mage s on brodu ed in court made a point against her er W whatever alever ciny maybe the outcome of the matter mis May brichs bricks name will long be remembered and public opinion will continue in her favor as long as she remains under the terrible sentence of death if the case of toxicology am S still be proved against her her it name will go down to future generations classed with the already long list of female prisoners poison ers france has also been busy trying to prove boulanger the associate of ad adventurers and persons of disreputable character as a systematic embezzler of public money as spending I 1 in n th the e prom promotion otio n of h his is 1 intrigues and corruptions corrupt ions at least of francs a year while his legitimate income was only a year as an allyon ally of communists and anarchists as well as of imperialists and royalists and of every desperate disaffected character he be could reach and as a plotter with his fellow conspirators of a coup which would have made him military dictator of france these charges were not proved in the way we are accustomed to see such things done under uncle sam the absence of the accused and his friends was accepted as practically a confession the charges preferred efred by the general were very full and complete verifying every count in the indictment if all these allegations are founded in fact it would seem to a foreigner that boulanger was nothing more than a sham hero and a grasping politician reminding one of the avaricious place hunting adventurers that follow and disgrace the territory of utah the welsh people are watching with considerable interest the progress of the tithes bill 1011 in the house of commons it seams seems that the government intend to put it through it is another coercion act the tithe on many farms exceeds double the rent the nonconformists are very indignant over the measure as they are well aware that it has been got up by the clergy and the lay they absolutely refuse to support an extravagant and alien church in fact some of them have gone so far as to declare publicly their intention of refusing to take part in the presentation resen tation of addresses to the dreen queen during her coming visit to pale ha hau U in the vale of llangollen Llan gollen the postmaster gene ral sent an invitation to the nonconformists to present an address to her majesty and he received the following forcible reply through the columns of the banner no no says the writer this is too much for flesh and blood and too much also for the christian spirit of the bible we do not know what is intended throughout the counties but we would feel ourselves humiliated before the whole world and before our own consciences also were we to submit to lick the dust of the government and throw our influence in favor of the continuance of the old tyrannical church and her supporters by a quasi worship of its earthly head on her visit to our counties if her majesty is allowed to go through the counties without being hooted in consequence of the rascality above mentioned she may feel thankful of course it is understood the above sentiments do not express the feelings of all nonconformists for mists as many of them are preparing to make the visit a pleasant ne yet the article can be pointed to as another demonstration of the growing antipathy of the crown in the hearts of the people the present government bears an unenviable reputation for fer coercion at present and if they pass the tithes eli bill in its present form it will be another evidence that they are not the friends of peace nor the promoters of loyalty the policy in ireland was a hard one anti and through it the name of mr balfour has become a malediction in the mouths of irishmen the same principle is recognize in regard to the tithes bill through which the means are sought of imprisoning nonconformists unless the pillaging demands of the old alien churl church are satisfied lord Salis Salts burys policy and that of his colleagues is one of the cruellest cruel lest injustice producing discontent disaffection and disorder it is hardly probable that the bill will pass during the present session the first mohammedan edaa mosque in england has been erected in boking woking surrey county it is spoken of as a magnificent building with a large dome there are edans and christians at present but the mosques and its votaries vot aries are going to try and still further reduce the number of he athens in these islands in paris the buddhists are busy erecting a temple the durham county miners have accepted the very fair offer of ten per cent increase and thereby ended what otherwise might have been a very serious strike the pitmen of biddick are now on strike though over some slight misunderstanding regarding the en linemen at the pit it will likely be easily adjusted in london there are 2500 dock laborers on strike the strike spreading to other parts tramp ENGLAND aug 15 1889 |