, 1876-09-02

in consequence ofthe recent disturbances IN
Barbados various charges had been banded
about on both sides, the most serious OF
which were that Mr.. Hennessey had personal
w encouraged agitation against the Assem-
bIy in favor OF confederation, and that be
had made certain observations in a speech
to which exception was taken. With regard
to the first of these charges, Mr.. Hennessey
entirely repudiated all responsibility for
the agitation and although in respect.
of the second he might have been some
what indiscreet, he had triumphantly &C.
quilted himself of the more serious charge
brought against him, and when the distur-
Dances broke out he appeared to have
acted with promptitude, energy, and great
courage, and his conduct left nothing to
be desired. Her Majesty's Government,
upon full consideration of all the clrcum-
stances, had determined to deal with the
matter upon their own responsibility, and
not to appoint q commission OF inquiry,
which would only cause q renewal OF con-
troyorsjeg, heartburnings and recrlnlna-
tions. Mr.. II mn sey had cleared himself
of the graver charges brought against him.
and Her Majesty's Government had come
to the conclusion that i: was not their duty
to remove him from the Governorship OF
Barbados. After some observations from
Sir G Bower, Sir J, Lubbock, Lord f.
Cavendish, and Sir II. II. Holland, the
subject dropped,
The petition to the Queen from the Bar
balos House Of Assembly, praying for the
recall Of he Governor, arrived here by tie
Me, bu. after wha5 has occurred it Is not
expected it will have much weight.
Al regards the main ISSUE, Il will be seen
taa5 the Government hold tho Governor
b1ano,ass and though ehey may, for diPIo-
matte reasons, d0d hin another appoint.
meut by-anl-bya, they will hardly recon-
monl the prayer Of the petitioners, be-
clQsa such a procc ding would be tanta-
mount to the dismissal Of Mr.. HenneSsey
from Her Mliesty's service. To have been
of any uso the petition should have been
sent home a month ago.
THE BALKAN MYSTERY has excited con-
siderable interest since our last, and the
evidence which has been given before the
coroner has all the characteristics Of a sen.
s@ati3aal romance. Mrs. Braves history
has been sletched with q Vividness which
would do credit to any ofoug leading move
lists, and IL seems that hers has been q
hayward life. Married frat to Captain
Ricardo, an officer in the Grenadier Guards,
she beclma possessed Of ample means.
Har married life, however, seems not to
have been q happy one, and before Eve
years have elapsed we find her on such
bad terms with her husband that she
leaves him for a while, the alleged rea-
son for this separation being that he was
addicted to drink. His constitution gradu-
ally gave way, ana at his death Mrs. Ri
carIo bec1me possessed Of 0 fortune of
from $1,000, to 4,00OL a year. As time goes
on she meets Dr.. Gully, an eminent homo
opathic Doctor Of Taunton, and, according
to the evidence of her mother, Mrs. Cam
bell, wife of a West India merchant Of
that name, becomes so infatuated with
him, although he is q man between sixty
and seventy, that her family break off all
correspondence with her. To use her
mothers words, she did not think that her
daughter was criminal, but as the acquain-
lance was undesirable and was much talk
ed about, she thought it better that IL
should be broken off, and it was because
her daughter failed to fall in with this view
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