Show MRS maybruck queen victoria stands between her and any form of mercy Was LinKton D 0 sept 14 intimate friends in this city and at his in wilmington delaware former minay ter to england thomas F bayard and who are in a position to bom a knowledge of the circumstances give an emphatic denial to the stories bent to this connary by certain london correspondents pon dents to the effect that both directly and by inaction mr bayard while officially representing this country in london antagonized the efforts that were made during bis tenure of office toward securing a pardon for mrs maybrick on the contrary it is maintained that both of filially fici ally and personally within the bounds by which he was limited by diplomatic usage the ambassador ex did everything in hie power in behalf of the alleged murderess and the archives of the ghate department it is declared contain abundant evidence in support of this assertion the friends of M bayard point to the fact that even lord chief justice russell who h a firm believer in the innocence of the american woman has even with his great social prestige and influence lias been unable to secure even a mitigation of the prison routine to which the unfortunate woman is subject the facts known here in relation to the maybrick Mav brick case bear out the positive assertion that have been made from time to time ty people who are on the inside of official affaire in london that it is queen victoria herself who elands between the prisoner and the exercise of clemency that both the present home secretary and liis two have vainly endeavored deavo red to induce her majesty to recognize by the exercise of mercy the strong on this question that exists in the united states and that eo lone as the queen remains in her present mind upon the subject brini abent mrs release will be futile it can be further added that the reports that the prince and princess of wales sympathetically disposed toward the woman are founded on fact |