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Lyttelton Times, Volume LIX, Issue 6868, 5 March 1883, Page 3

Four Presbyterian preachers in Philadelphia have lately adopted the custom of wearing gowns in the pulpit The summit of the Are do Triomphein Farts has bad a group placed upon it which, if accepted, is to be executed in bronze at a cost of £20,000. The work is intended to crown and embellish the famous arc, and represents a female driving a triumphal chariot drawn by four fiery steeds. In one hand is a table of the Bights of Maa, and in the other the flag of liberty. The effect is said to be most disappointing. The now Customs tariff in Germany has been the means of largely inoFoasiagsmuggling. During 1872 and 1878 the average annual cumber of suits for revenue frauds was 10,019. In 1878-79, the year when the new tariff went into effect, the number ofsuits rose to 11,4f8, and increased until in 1881-os it rose to 18,461, or more than 80 per cent over 1678 79. , . .. A number of students attendmg the University at Edinburgh hid a torchlight procession one evening last month; They visited the houses of several of the professors and indulged in considerable cheering. They finally made a bonfire of their torches and marched in a body to the Gaiety and Boyal Princess Theatres, hut the police were prepared, and they failed to obtain admission, although it became necessary to play the fire hose on the crowd, at which they beat a hasty retreat.