The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-28 00:00:00

TRIAL OE THE TURKISH _PAULA.

The second sitting of the court appointed to try the
prisoners concerned in the murder a the Greek girl at
Varna took place on the Bch. At the conclusion of the
first day's sitting one of the prisoners, named Moustafa,
attached to the service of the pacha, was unier exami-
nation, and his interrogatory was proceeded with at the
,:orninencenient of the second sitting. The appearance
of the prisoner was now much changed ; his military
uniform had been taken from him, and he wore a
of prison dress and was in irons. The president,
after recommending him fur his own interest to reveal
,he whole truth, proceet:ei as follows with his ex-
tininatinn :—" You have stated that Hussein, having
heard that the carrying off of N6,141a, the Greek girl,
was known at Varna, Lad decided on having her Assassi-
nated by you ?" "Yes ;he said, If the pacha hears
of it he will kill me,' and he then gave me orders to

the girl and tbrow the body into the water."—
Where did Hu-rein tell you this ?" "Iu the court.
Fard."-44 Did any one kno.y what he told you I" " I
•annot say."—" Was there no one present ?" "Yes,
~he aide-de-camp Mehernmed, but I do not know whe-
ther Hussein spoke to him of the affair."—The
prisoner then stated that be went to seek Vacil and
the young girl. "I told her," he continued, "that
wo were going to take a walk. She said that she would
not go on foot, and I said that we had a carriage at a
short distance. We quitted the village. It was then
night. While we. were going along I told Vacil that the
girl must be killed or drowned." President : " Wbat
reply did Vacil make I" " Nothing. I explained to
him that. Hussein wa", alarmed at i-!.s having become
'&nown at Varna that-he had carried off a Greek girl ;
• that he had been told that search was being made for
her, and that be wished to get rid of her. We then
proceeded on our way. A shorter distance further on
we all three sat down. Vacl took a rope, with which
we were provided, and made a noose at the end of
it. I then took the rope and threw it over the girl's

neck."—"You declare that it was you who threw the
rope over
the neck of the girl, but that Vacil male the
nOose ?'"-to` Yes."—But did nob the girl see you pre-
paring the rope I" "No, it was quite dark."—"Wtaat
did the girl say when you threw the rope over her neck ?'
" Nothing ; for the moment I had done so I threw my-
self on tier, and pulled the rope tight, and she fell
motionless to the ground without uttering a cry?'
--44 When you saw the girl was dead, what did
you do 1" "We stripped off her clothes, which we
made a package of in her cloak. While taking off
her clothes. I held her by the feet, and .Vacil by the
arm."--`• What did you do with the package ?" "We
put it on a horse which we l,ad in waiting, near the
place, and went away." -Arid you left: the body lying
on the ground tiakett ?"- -"I picked up some grass and
branches of shrubs, arid threw over it."—" When the
body was found, it had some bayonet wounds on it.
How were they male 1" " I do. not keow."—The pre-
sident then coueuenced the interrogatory of Mehemmed
Aga, the aide de-camp of the pacha. " Where did
you first see the girl Netida ?" "In the street one
evening.”--" How long was this, before you left Toul-
tcha?" " Ab.tut eight or ten days."--- " Did you speak
to her ?" " I was going to the ateube with an order
from the pacba. As she appeared to be coming to speak
to roe, I risked her .-,Let,, she wanted, to which Phe re-
plied.tbat she had some busoleF.3 with the paella, and I
then continued Loy road." The interrogatory of this
prisoner was coiAinutd on some unimportant details,
but it was lemd impossible to get any satisfactory ans-
wer from trim, and the prisoner said : " Mehemmed will
not reply sincerely to any of the questions which we put
to him, and it is therefore useless to continue the inter-

rogatory. Let the prisoner be removal." The sitting
tLen closed, and further proceedings were adjourned to
the 12th.

THE BISHOPS OF LONDON AND DURHAM,

The Right 1101%. and Right Rev. Charles James Blom-
field, D.D., succeeded to the bishopric of Lendon in the
year 1828, when he was translated from Chester to. the.
former see, as the successor of Bishop Howley, after-
wards translated to Canterbury.
The now venerable Bishop of London is by birth of
hOmble origin. He was born at Bury St. Edmunds,
about the year 1788, and was the son of Mr. C. Blom
field, of that town. After an edneation at the grammae-
school. there, he was sent, with his brother, Edward
' Valentine Blomfield, to c tilege. Ws are unable to-
pursue the university career of the future Bishop ; and
can only notice that he .was consecrated Bishop of Ches-
ter in 1824. Long ere he reached this. high preferment,
however, he was known for his ripe scholarship and
classical e.cquiretnents. We have heard that, after leav-
ing the university, Chmrles James devoted 'several years
to echolesiie tuelf,D. Hie 'brother Ed-Ward. whoewee-e—
-re hmate,lL
raaxtdr (,f !arp..:114,25, • f
the,year 1816. Natalie's . erred.; (leantioar , and dying
isoon aftereefeft tee ed s. see wpo•timaious work ; this
werk the present prelate, then the Rev. C. J. B.nrofi-ed,
caused to he published in 1817. Matthias Greek Gram-
mar is still eweented a highly valuable classic in schools.
As an author Dr. Blemfield is well known to scholars
by his edition of Aschylus. The preferment. of Dr.
Blbmfield in the church from °fleeter'. to London. we •
have elieady noticed.
The gross yearly income of the Bishop of London is
stated as averaging 18,0001. We find that it is set down
in the CieeicatOnide for 1836 at " 15,133/. ; permanent
yearly payments out of the revenues, 1,204/. ; net yearly
income, subject to temporary charges, 13,9291." The.
Clerical Gulde:addri the subjoinee roma, ks :—" It is ex-
pected there will be a decrease in the future average in,
come arising from fines upon reeewals of leases for lives,
and 'from and manorial profit, to the. amount to=
,gether of 1,725!. ; and a further decr(^age from-intended
augtneutaeiona'of the livings," The present Bishop, in
fact, has prOved himself a liberal dispenser of his patron-
age., .The ecclesiastic:a p:eferioente in the pafriinage. of,
the Bishop of Loedoeceene4.tof the Precentorship, Chan-
cellorship, Treasorership, and all the prebends of
Cathedral, two Ascedeaconries ; and extends over about
100 rectories and curacies.
Dr. E. Maltby, Bishop of Durham, succeeded Dr. W.
Van Mildert to the see in the year 1836. He was pre-
viously Bishop of Chichester, and was translated from
Chichester to Durham in 1836. The bishopric of Dur-
•ham was formerly. the richest in the kingdom. The pre-
bends have be& fre.queutly styled the golden prebends of
Durham: The Bishops of Durham take precedenc.e next
after the Bishcps of London. The ecclesiastical prefer-
ments belonging to the see consist of canonries in the
cathedral, thee° archdeaconrie-e • with- about .70 rectories
sod curacies, The Uterical Guide. for 1836 thus sets
,clown inCotee of the Bthlwp of Durham :—" Gros,
yearly. income
inc,uding preferments, 21,9911 e. perma-
elent yft4o37. pftYments out of, the revenues, 2,925/. ; .net
yearly income, subject to tenePorary.cirarges, 19,0661."
Dee aver:age *whale of the bishop was stated in` the
flonse- of Coioenooe, in the course of: Wednesday's, de.
hate, at 16,00/4 -

Adetter f/orp Copdobageo, in the ,Hanattrg Nltc:
:Avg "The nimiber vessels whiob, p4.,:sed the S:iann
the month of June was 2,277, of:which, 3:,215 came
from the Notate= Ocean, and the remainder from the
Baltic:"

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