MISCELLANEOUS.

Timaru Herald, Volume IX, Issue 342, 5 September 1868, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

What is Kentish fire? The question is one which nobody likes to ask, because everybody thinks he ought to know. We trust that some zealous Orangeman will spare a moment between the delivery of hie oratorical volleys to initiate the Gentile world into the nature of this mysterious substance. We read ih:fhfe'reptfrt* of the Orange meeting, held recently m the metropolis that the moat impassioned harangues were greeted -with rounds of Kentish fire. We presume the demonstration was intended to denote satisfaction, and, judging from the context, we should presume that it consisted m some word or guttural utterance,, or some normal noise. But why should stamping or chipping, or shouting be called fire, and if so, why Kentish fire ? We look m viiin for an answer. In an account of a No-Popery meeting held the other day at " Xewton-in-the- Willows," we find that a Mr Bingham was so inspired with an outburst of Kentish fire as to give birth to the astounding discovery that the cheers of Ids listeners would be "caught up by the angelic hosts ; while earth, heaven, and sea,. and all created nature, would become choral with them." We have heard before of the music of the spheres ; but we never knew till now that the melody to which this music was attuned was based upon Kentish flse^ ,1\ may be> true; but .if so, we ., fcate *nb i desire jto^ be present 4t the terreitro-celeaftal /concept.? Daily Telegrajik. '' ■ ~ rrr ' *" Tueodobb'sCbowks and Robes.— Thearticles brought from Abyssinia by CoL Fraser, as a present from the British forces to the Queen, are more splendid than from the jehardct£r > of the country could have been imagined. ' The crowns — for there are two, one for state wear, and the other for common use— are both remarkable. They are made of gold, and the state crown is so hfcavy that it, would task' the endufaifce'of an ordinary -man for any length of '■ tJme.-Mir' height it is about 18 inches, and the gold is inlaid with precious stones. The commoner crown is lined with dark silk velvet, but the colour is much faded. There are also two robes, worn on state occasions, being. in44oi ofi^d tinsel, worked m floss, and lined with brown satin. The other robe is not of so costly a description, and rumour avers it was intended as a presentjfprpur Queen. The seal, .which. Jk&u. the name and title of TheodoreTTs supposed to have bees manufactured in /Londrin. :' In dition to these are the royal slippers, whiol) are covered with gold' sealed, a'chahce'bro tight from one of the churches, and the; crown wjani by the high priest. . , .