The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1883-07-07 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

POLICE SCANDAL AT ?ERA.  A. remarkable affair, which aptly illustrates the state of society in Const*ntinople, bee (a corregoonient says) just been hushed up. On the information of the detective police IA Pera, a number of persons were arrested a few weeks ago for making counterfeit coin. The evidence for the prosecution showed many diecrepancies,and one of the detectives, becoming alarmed, declared that the noensati n was falls, made with the object of extorting money, and that the base coins and implements had been concealed in the houses of the accused by the detectives themselves. This revelation caused a gewral panic among the detectives, and other ecandale were divulged-Upon this the Sultan ordered an investigation, which brought to light the fact that the police of Pere have for the past four years been systematically in partnership with professional cruninale, that there has been a regular division of spoil between them, and that the police have given facilities for robberies and murders both before and after the fact. It was also uhewn that a profitable business in false accusations has been systematically carried on, the detectives finding the subjects, the police arresting them, and the detectives negotiating tr.eir ransom. As an instance of the profitable character of tire business, the correspondent mentions that on searching a box belonring to the doorkeeper of an exalted official connected with the polica, 2,000 Turkish grid pieces were found, beeides a number of valuable articles of jewellery. The investigation was ',unwed to the point where it was about to compromise a person of great wealth, recently acquired, whose Palace friends found, means to obtain at, order for the suppression of the inquiry. It I. said that these very friends urged the Sultan to begin the investigations, well knowing that at • certain point the person in question would pay liberally to get the proceedings quashed,  A farmer's wife and her three children attempted to cross the Great Western Railway at ilorabri go elation just as a train was drawing near. A pore ter, seeing their danger, rushed &crowe the line, but the affrighted woman, instead of allowing Ler. slf to be pushed back etruggled with him, and a' i flee were thrown down by the engine. One girl wa- caught by the guard and thrown add.' without isue.aining much injury. The °there were all disg,..ed for about 401 t. beneath the locomotive, having been caught by the firebox. Marvellous to state, all were resceed alive, and will, it is believed, recover. According to evidence given in the Edinburgh Solemai Court, Georhina Erowu,wife of a miner, had beaten her little stepdaughter,eged 12, shout the head, face,hoily, and legs, using sometimes a piece of rope end sometimem a piece of WOO , • r the sweeping I.rueh foe this purpose. She also shuck the kirl with a pot on face, and burnt her left aim with a hot poker. The sheriff thought the charges somewhat exaggerated, and eentenced the womiin to 10 days' imprieonment, and to find bail for 1:,5 for her goo I behaviour towards her stepsdaughter during the next six months, or suffer other 10 days' confinement. E,tensive damage has been wrought by floods in Scot nd. Traffic on the main line .4 the Caledonian Rail WAS interrupted on Toesday night, and the Len' don mail delayed by the flooding of a cal. ert ; and on We.lnesday morning part of the line between Dundee and Arliroath was washed into the sea.  The Bishop of Worcester (who has visited the Church of ll.dy Trinity, Hordesley, to inspect the Ritualistic ornaments. with a view to their removal) gave his decis:on on Wednescay. His lordship orders the removal of the candlesticks, on the grounl that the light torn the gas is sufficient, but eith regard to the large cross which hat stood over the altar for many years, he suggested that the advocates for it. removal should apply to the Consistory Court for a faculty so that those Ritualists in favour of it not heins interfered with should have an opportunity of being heard.