Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-17
FOREIGN NOTES.
The Case of sIrs. Niaybrioi.-othcr Int
resting Items.
~, Arc1o Ar,orfcan cable to tho D,sDatchI

LONDON, August fG.-Home-Secretary
Matthews, Mr. Justice stephen, Lord Oman
cellor. and medical experts are to-day hold
inc a conference at the Homo Office with
view 10 arriving at q decision IN the May
brick case.
The conference lasted four hours. u IS
recorded as n certainty that the Home
Office is in doubt, and II Is believed ihat
the result Of the deliberations must neceS-
sarily he a pardon or a comnutatlOn OF the
sentence.
The Press Association states that Home
Secretary Matthews VIII recommend 10 tie
Queen a communication of the death sen
tcnce of Mrs. Maybrick to penal servltu,de
for life. and that the communication OF the
sentence viii be announced after the
Queen has given formal assent.
Uome-Secrctary Matthews and cy-
perts assumed that Mrs. Maybrick was
not guilty, and ACTING upon his assump-
ton, sifted every scrap of testimony gwen,
especially ihai IN relation to her husband 3
craze for arsenic, which Is of great weight
and will. il * believed, turn the scale III
thc prisoners favor. II IS noteworthy
fact That the Lord Chancellor IS seldom
consulted i'm such cases except when re-
pricve il mcditated.
THE TITLES BILL.
LONDON. August ia discussion Of the
tithcs bill was continued to-day IN the
House of Commons. Sir William O.. YER
non Uarcourt, member for Derby, appealed
to the Speaker to say whether when the
amendment was inserted II prnchcally con
| situted a now bill II was not the practice
TO withdraw the measure and introduce 1t
as q new bill if necessary.
The Speaker ruled that the bill so trans
ferrcd should be withdrawn. The bill was
accordingly withdrawn. After serious
and protracted opposition Mr.. Smith, the
Goyernment leader. stated that tho Govern
mont would not introduce new tithes
bill.
MORE NAVAL VESSELS.
LONDON. August 1.-THE Russian Gov
eminent has given orders for the coDstruc-
ton of two more ironclads and several tor
pcdO vessels
Count Kalnoky will revisit Prince Bis
marck at Varzin in six weeks and Premier
| Crispi will shortly visit Vienna to confer
with Count Kaluoky. These facts are re-
garded as indicating the strength Of the
| triple alliance.
TIE ELECTORATE or FRANCE.
IoxDov, Aueust l6.-The manifesto sign
| ed by General BOulangcr. Count Dillon,
and Henri Rochefort is published. II calls
| the action of the Senate Court an oTgio of
I arbitrary rule, calumny, ana mendaclty,
and declares that i'll spite OF fresh coUps
! d'eia' preparing in the dark the sirners have
! continued confidence IN the electorate of
| France.
A MENACE TO TIE PORTE.
| LONDON. August l6.-The Gar has con-
| ferred the Cross Of st. Stauislaus upon cx-
| CAPTAIN GrucH the notorious abductor of
| Prince Alexander Of Bulgaria, and per-
| sisteut plotter against the present rgime
! in Bulgaria. This act of the Car Is re-
| garded as one Of open hostility to Buica-
! ia rs well "A a menace 10 the Porte, Grucn
! being Turkish outlaw.
THE TURKS FoRT1FYNG.
LONDON. August ia dispatch from
| Crete saws that the Turkish troops have
| fortified their positions at Canoa in spite Of
! The opposition Of the insurgents. Fifteen
| hundred Turkish reinforccments have ar
rived and 5000 more are expected.
MEMBERS SIGN A MEMORIAL.
IoyDoN. August 10 lightweight men,
bers of the House of Commons have sign
| cd memorial in behalf of Mrs. Maybrick.
GENERAL BOULANCRR.
PANS. AUGUST lG.-La Nation (newspa-
pcr) saws France never intended making q
| demand FOR the eXtradition of General
! Boulanger.
TIT PANAMA CANAL.
PARIS, August 16.-The Liquidator Of the
! Panama Canal Company has informed the
shareholders that the formation Of a
technical commission is about completed
and that the commission will proceed 10
examine the works The Government has
| granted the use Of State engineers, and
| there viii be number Of foreign engineers
| ON thecommission. Tins fact, it supposed.
wiIitend 10 secure for the undertaking
| supplies of foreign capital.
A cABISET CRISIS.
,,.--.......r A,,o,,cf 1c 4 Cabinet cricia
| has been caused By the resignation Of
General Mano, Minister of War, and Nj.
Lanayory, Minister Of Foreign Affairs.