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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VI, Issue 280, 13 September 1878, Page 7

The following singular incident reaches us from Jerusalem. A Franciscan Father was spat upon in the face by five Turkish soldiers, but the good Father, a worthy disciple of the meek and humble St. Francis, bore the outrage without the least complaint. Some passersby , however, who had witnessed the scene, reported the affair to the French Consul, who at once complained to the pascha, or governor. The latter worthy official replied that he would feel less regret if such an offence were given to himself than to one of the good Fathers. It must be remarked that this pascha is a fair minded and honorable man, and holds the Catholics in high esteem. His son is a student in the college of the Franciscans, and two of his daughters are pupils in an academy taught by the Sisters of Sion. The Governor sent the entire garrison, headed by'their general, to the monastery, to make an apology for the brutal outrage offered to the Father. As the five malefactors could not be discovered, lots were cast, and the ten who had the misfortune to draw the worst lots were publicly flogged and sent to prison. — Are Maria. Eael Pekcy, heir to the Duke of Northumberland, England, has become a Catholic, having been instructed by the priests of the Oratory at Brompton. Sixty-seven conversions, among them eleven clergymen, have been reported in Great Britain during the fortnight ending June 19, — Pilot,