London vid Bombay, 20th June.
Two hundred and seventy Catholic officers and men of the Mediterranean squadron, now at Civita Vecchia, marched to the Vatican, attended Mass, and were received in audience by the Pope, who presented them with silver medals, and exhorted them to be ever faithful to King Edward and loyal to the flag, which freely allowed them the consolation and pleasure of visiting the Head of their Church.
On their way the British Navy-men met King Victor Emmanuel, who stopped to watch them, and returned the officers' salute.
The city was bedecked with Union Jacka—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.