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New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 262, 10 May 1878, Page 17

One of the seven Turkish pashas taken prisoner at Plevna, a young man, but rather corpulent, was drinking tea with some Russian officers, when the cup slipped from his fingers and ho fell back dead. He was buried with military .honours by the Russian authorities. - The Lord Mayor of Dublin gave a banquet oivFeb. 12, at which about 500 persons were present : — In proposing the toast of the Queen, the Lord Mayor referred to the death of the Pope, describing him as having been charged with the government of the Universal Church. The speech of the Lord-Lieutenant was almost entirely statistical, and bad reference to poor laws, crime, and education. Ho admitted that last year things had not been so prosperous as -before, but nevertheless he believed the progress of the country to bs steady. In respect even of drunkenness the Irish statistics compared favourably with those_ of England, and he hoped a moderate measure would be passed in restraint of that vice. The encrouraging circumstances of a year of depression was that the poorer classes had increased thsir deposits in the Govern ment savings banks. His Grace abstained from any reference to thnational crisis, but the toast o£ '• The Queen" was received wit* marked enthusiasm, the company cheering again and again. — Ocrrln. land M(i\l. • 1.