MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, 4 January 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

I ■ A yoinu: frickor in Tnsinania fcj)^s*tt' to bavo b«eu ißakinp; bis nvirk us a O^W^. Tbo gentleman nllmlod to- ift thofolh^bj iiitf jiarauriipU Iroin tbo Il<^art;* iwiS. Morourv is tho b»otl>or of M iff ßttildy, <»ll4ts of tho coinbinwl toarft nlmnij to piny in Now r A>n\mn\. Our contemporary say* : — " Wiling Bdiloy , like his brother, shittox hh n trundlor. His pittl* i.^ fi>od. bis dolivory eusjr, hi* pMiw tfrrifio ; and on Bnt.iriiiiy, in tho tniikU Oriultim v. CJlureitco, ho cut a piece o»»t of Jlniifhwaite's tinker, bowled tho solo ule»n oit of Qitiiiu's boot, cut Grunt's temple,; severed the heel of Youuk's understand* mi, ami blurkened both of* JJowlnnd's e\ert by his terrihlo shooters." Young iJiiilcy is said to Lhvo v yood broik to »ho 011 or oil. Wo hlioiii 1 think ho conl.l break aii}(hiij{. nutl would sutrgoU that liUteauj ou|i;ht to prorido a hur^i'Oti as |^^^^HVof Kuss : »n mnnoy t > Osmnn .^BBSPant become '* wvulthy beyond of nvariee," if that sturdy fSSl^wbuid listen to tlto roieo ot the ranpiooviio chnrmor and sell Vlerna, The wd liu.isiaa pfaalhr to the bayonets— l meal* " tho goldou koy." that iintruoiein which opened tbo gates of Varna and bought tho erosßing of tho D&nubo in 1828— ha* been by »o means forgotten in the present wa«\ It wan Rmsnan gold which kept Abdul Korim Pasha Rupino so long on tho heights itboro Alexinatz last yoar, nnd enabled tlic Scrv'nns to boast that they hud kept tlio Turks at bay '"f four long nxjnths. It was Knssian gold which hvibi-d the olt) mtii in Juno Ittxt to permit so fiicilely iho linsstftn i.,orp«»sing of llio Danube, and bis " pliitfi?i|^igo old reprobate as bo is, was a bineer iinpos* ture than bimsolf. Itusichuk was bought when iv July last the Czurcwitch marched so confidently *o the Loin. Tho plnn whs that ' a few thousand '' Russian s-mliers should bo Hiicii (lo. l iv n sham rvup Jo main from tho land side, coupled with a bom bard mci t from Giurgevo, mid thit place .should fall <i la Nicopolis. IgnatiofTa garrulity spoiled Iho sehomc. A correspondent of tbo Vieiina Ncuo Fr.ii Tresso got scent of it, nnd wired a hint to ihe iurkish Ambassador nt Vienna, who promptly communicateil with Cnnst.anti> nople, and the c >mman<l of Itus^ohuk flhangod hands the very dav before that fixed (or the army of tho CYirowitoh to tukc up an environing position in roadiness for tho assault. Tho now mtii has boon found as incorruptiulo as Oamnri Poalin. Mehemot <\li Pasha was ro m or «d because of suflpi'iions at Constantinople that ho might bo succumbing to tomptation. Nothing was prorod against him, and I fancy ho was puro enough ; but ho is a foreigner ; it wns known that overtures had been made to him, nnd ho was pur« ruling a Fabian military policy. Tlioso wcro sepnrato fiiot.«, not necossarily links in a chain, but thoy sufficed to bring about tho recall ot perhaps tho best soldiers of Iho Turkish sido in tho prosone> war. The Dnncdin Star is diasntisficd with the arrangements mudo regarding Proas telegrams. It says:— Whon tho cheap ratos woro brought into opnration tho evening journals mado strong roprosontntions of tho unequal operation of tho tariff, and memorialised that ono hour in tho morning — it was loft to tho deport* mout to suggest what hour would b. tbo most convenient for it— should bo given for tho transmission of mossages for evening papors nt cheap rates ; but" Dr Lomon scoutod tho proposal, which would havo only boon a meed of justico to vory prolitablo customers of tho depnrtmont. The ovening papers havo a inisorablo allowance of 600 words ; whilo thoir morning contemporaries will now bo accorded tho uso of tlio wires at cheap rates for h>© hours a day, without any limit as to tho quantity of tho news that mpy be forwarded. As if wo woro not sufficiently handicapped already, tho dopnrtment insists on charging full prices for message* that, owing to a break in, or interruption to tho wirc9, do not reach in uutil tho day following their dolivory for transmision, when their practical utility is lost to us. Aud this is considered fair. I Mr Brandon, a governor of tho Wol-

■raHHK chief amusement wuh atuiint; in a small ycclit, placod at his disposal by ft member lof tho Hoynl Yncht Squmlnxt, and ou 'which lio ftow tho white onfti^u atttiot^^B 1 peak, with i\ burgoo of red, whiits nnd f blue. They sny that tbo [iupcßi.il party i wore bo- plcusoil with Cowe« as. A bo seriously tnediluliutf tlw jwrchaso of somo hunt in its vicinity, oi« whkk to build n mnritiu rosidtMiee, pondinc th«» InvoitrnWo turn of tho yr\ut«\ in French polities. 'Majk Wliutwns forcfiiiftjloitcd; i^a ji^ra^rajjh j appearing in tliis»lumn somu^vocks n^o» —and iiitMcdiatclg stolen Vv>' a fji^lvclnss literary ci»itcrnpor«ry—i» now nn nccom* plishod Inct. Air Delaiiolias tonJerod hi-i rcsinniititxi an Editor of llt« Tmuos, »rliid» lias li«tM) wc«ptcd, nnd. tlia- pout bus boon' bestowwi »|ior> MrCliom»rj\ Mir Delano rctnaiiM on duty to<-nf tintc 1»» succcssoc into the ittj'iMprii'M ot tho posUion until ChristMtiH, when ho finally retires. Tlirst the urtiitlomnn. now moniin^ olliocnftor '.VT yoar'* hard work was a litvivfii-boriu editor i» universally nllowcil. Tliorn nro, -however* yet veteran* to bo foitnd wh > ld»»l«n> tli-.it in ccfhiin (juiilitif.s ho wns. -turpasswd by bis father, whom h<> sueP^ittdiM -Iho'cdit«r.il I'h-tir. Mr ClieiH-ry $^ g<nitlenviiii Ot cMM-llont iv Hi y mid. 'ultftinaw'lits. Icmii; vcis.ml in tint iraihtioin ofJftittiini! hoiktK'M^iiiri*. It i* pr<)Ui»bl« 4 Lliat Ibe diplomatic mul sorinl pi>rti>n ot' tli»<U»tioa, witlv the plfiisu 0.-4. tluMflroia .^•etwin^, Hill bo NOiiuM»liit siraniji.' uml disustplul to him ; luit thc^; can b.> lwu'w;il r and (kouutli'Hii onj.jycii, by|;Mr Arthur Wilkor. The' Now York corrpsppiwWnt of th'> Mdbonrtio Ar^us : — Tho irn-ns strikes in thu cpal rt>uioiiM luivo filial with tinoomptolo of the workmen, wl.'o. ro.suno work at" tho pnebN olSorrd in Juno. Tho fffuct has tuuu to loroe thoprice of e>.»»l ton very lo>v ptiiiit — lo.vvimy wilU ,01m cxcctUiwi. tiw±\ k Imi.s- ever y bfifoWß bcoiv. iitfuers'l " boSTtl«3;w" JH^SfotT****"* hut »j no moans st-ry mjii«i\ Tho " bull ittovctnciit '" in stocks. Itu* ospenonerd a, chi'trk, and prioon Imvo {alien ahoul ID to \"X por cont., Ixit tlvo iikvc»tnu;ut stocks ruuuiiu still hi(*h. hocfitno then? is not oroyloytnont inorxlitiary commiTt.-u for alii uvailai) c capital. (r.»M j.s li)2l >n\y, and havH been as low hs 102 f v tlto lowest point siiu.v; Juno, 18^2.