The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-16 00:00:00

MRS. TREVELYAN'S GRIEVANCES.

At the conclusion of the business at Marylebone
Police-court on Saturday, Mrs. Trevelyan stepped
into the witness-box, and addressing Mr. Cooke said:
It is a very painful ordeal: for me to appear
here. I have been here several times, but I cannot
get my rights. They say. Colonel Trevelyan will
come to terms, and I want to know what these terms
are. I don't want to bore or annoy anyone, and I
also want to know about my children,who are dear to me.
I hope, sir, you will see justice done me. I may say
that,l have received one sovereign. I am really an
honest woman, and will you do what is right? Mr.
Cooke: Who do you say gave you the sovereign?
Mrsi Trevelyan: I received it at the Paddington
terminus from a railway guard on my return from
Cornwall, after visiting my daughter. That money
was from my son-in-law. Mr. Cooke : What do you
want of me? Applicant: I come to you, sir, to see
me righted about this arrangement they talk of. Mr.
Cooke: What is the arrangement? Applicant: I
am a powerless and penniless woman, sir. Mr.
Cooke: How long have you been separated from
your husband? Applicant: Since 1875. I have no
parents or relations, and not a single friend in the
world, and I want you to see me righted. Mr.
Cooke: You must give me some information, or I
cannot do so. Mrs. Trevelyan: I had a separation
allowance of £4OO a year. Mr. Cooke: Who is your
trustee? Lord Marcus Beresford. Mr. Cooke:
And who is his solicitor? The applicant gave the
legal gentleman's name. Mr. Cooke: Have you put
yourself in communication with that gentleman?
Applicant: Yes; I have been to the office and re-
ceived a rebuff, and I have suffered six weeks'
imprisonment for ringing the hell at the house. Mr.
Cooke: Have you not received a promise of an
allowance if you will undertake to go abroad?
Applicant: No, not in writing. Mr. Cooke: Have
they, not offered you any money? Applicant: They
have not offered me any. I would not mind going
abroad if it were to Germany, or Switzerland, or
Pari's, that would be very jolly and nice, but I object
to going a long way off to Australia or California, and
so sign away my rights contained in the deed of
separation. (The applicant here mentioned the
names of many perscAs in high position, with whom
she gaid she had movo while in India with her hus-
band). Continuing she said: I was married in 1857,
at the time of the Indian Mutiny, and have never
done wrong, or my husband would soon have gone in
for a divorce. I have been in prison and I have been
in the workhouse, but I don't want to be a poor,
miserable woman. I must be righted. My husband
is a largo landowner in Bulgaria. All my money and
my home has gone, and I am a penniless woman.
You; sir, were good enough to give me half-a-crown,
and Mr. de Rutzen gave me a sovereign, and I am
very thankful to you both. You are good gentlemen
and ,I am much obliged to you for what you have
done. Mr. Cooke promised the applicant that he
would put himself in communication with the
solic,itors with regard to her, and the applicant left
the eourt expressing her gratitude.

ANNEXATIONS in the SOUTH PACIFIC.
The Pacific Commission has finally concluded its
labours, and the recommendations agreed to by the
English and German Representatives are likely to
meet with general approval. The following are the
leading points of settlement. The subjects of one
Power are to have equal rights, in all respects, in the
territories of the other Power. Whatever advantages
have arisen to German subjects as a consequence of
the annexation of New Ireland and other places
recently placed under the German flag will be shared
by all English traders. Germans, on the other hand,
will enjoy the advantages of British subjects in
New Guinea. There are to be no differential
duties, nor is one Power to impede the ships
of the other. Arms, ammunition, and alcohol
are Lot to be sold by either Power. The Solomon
IslanUs, the New Hebrides, Friendly Islands, and
Navigators are to remain "open" as common fields of
action, and their independence is not to be interfered
with. The inclusion of the New Hebrides in this list
sboald be significant to the French Government. The
special interest of British trade is recognised in the
Ellice, Gilbert, and other groups, and the preponder-
ance of German interests in the Caroline and Marshall
Islands is admitted. But the questions relating to
Samoa are unsettled. It will be doubtless left to
diplomacy to find a modus tivendi between Germany,
the United States, and England. It is hardly pro-
bable that the claims of New Zealand in this respect
will be recogniseJ., The Fiji Land Commission
Report has resulted in the granting of claims for
compensation to three German subjects to the extent
of £lO,OOO. Of this sum, .£9OOO goes to one claimant,
Herr Sahl. The total amount asked for was over
£30,000, besides many acres of land. But the
commissioners most rigorously cut down these
demands.