ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 55, 17 July 1868, Page 3

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

I : " : ' ' ' — «— ' .•'■ ■'•■■■■■■ ; (From the Home News,) \ Tho official records of tho New York Inebriate Asylum shows that sinco its estahllshmont, about 10 years ago, tlioro havo boon nin ong tlio applicants /or admission 31) clergymen, 8 judges, 3*lo merchants, 28c physicians, '24o gentlemen, and 1000 "rich men's daughters." I A copy of ICllot'n Indian 11 1 bio was rocontly piirohasod In Now York for a privato library lor MOO dollars, It was thp first blblo ovor printed lv any language In America, , Aftdr three years of printing at Cambridge, Musca-ohu-iotifl, lt appeared In 1(103, and wa» dedicated to .Charles the 11. It Ih? tho only imnnumont.of a tribo that no longor exists, and of iv liuiguago no longer spoken, Punch gives a nolo of warning to tho hero at Miigdala ■ — » As soon as N|r Ttobort Napier arrives in England, ho will, of caui'so, bo sorvod with a summons, at tho Inntnnaoof Mr ■ Peter Taylor and Co,',' to attend at Uow-strooi, and answer' for having killed King Theodore Wo ndvlsfl sir ilobort to g» back* to India, ; unions ho wlslios to suiTor for having vindicated tho honour of tho Quoon of England and prosorved tlio 11 von of hor white flubjouts," Tho American papers speak of tho' discovery of a whisky spring, near Nodaway, In Missouri. Tho liquid flows from botweon two rookH„nnd looks liko highly coloured brandy, bnt it tastes and smells like puro whisky, and has' tho samo intoxicating oHeot, Tlio local paper in which we iind an account of the discovery says that " sovoml lawyers, physicians, and nowspiipor men wore preparing to go out to tost the discovery, hut the aspect of rain deterred thorn," that is. to suy, thoy did not wish Io mix water with their whisky. The t-purgeonhi stylo of dancing, male with male, has received the approbation of tho Unman Cnthollfl Archbishop of Montreal, Mo had interdicted the polka, ami two of his officers, anxious for tho removal of tho edict, In view of a forthcoming military hall, danced the dance hi) foro him, in ordor to show him what It was. At the end of tho diinco the clerical dignitary expressed his pleasure, and thus gavo permission------- You can danco tho polka that way with each othor as long as you like," A lorriblo disaster ban oeeurrod at Llnti*, In Austria. A' largo vessel heavily' laden, In descending tho Danube, struolc against the pioro which support tho wooden brldgo aoross jtiic river thero. Hundreds of persons hastened to look at tho boat, which rapidly began •to sink. A fow minutes later a loud cracking sound wart hoard i tho piers gavo way, nnd tho brldgo foil, Fifteen dead bodies wore In a short tinie taken out of tho water. Ho jfar hack as 1817 tho munlolpal council had decided on reconstructing the bridge in stone, but tho cxooullon of thu plan was delated. A notahlo not of Imperial clemency is reported from VJonna, Tho Emperor I-Vniicls Joseph, in im autograph letter addressed to Qonoral ICuhn, tho Minister for War, bus directed that tho retired officers of the Imperial army, who in consequenco of the events of 18*18-1) lost their right to pension, shall new ho placed ou the pension list under tho samo regulations «« all other officers. This mcasiiro appllos chiefly to tha Hungarian officorn who '''tools part in tho revolution of 1 8:1(1, mid may bo thus regarded as offiaoing thp Inst rnco of the old divisions between Hungary aiid Austria, : Mrs Itlcknby, " tho woll-dreflsod, handsome lady " (as she Is do-crlhod in. the polico rono'rts), oliargod with, having married four husbands, was brought up again on May 0, nt tlio Southwarlt Court, tfinno additional ovldenco was taken, and Mr Illhton, who appoarod for tho accused, npnllod for a fnrthor remnnd to sco tho result of an action she had commenced, against Dr JJlaokmoro, tho alldgod fourth husband, for alimony, Oil the other sldo It was stated that the prosecutor had petitioned for a dissolution of hls marriage with tho prisoner, Tho magistrate' commuted her for trial, accepting ball, Senator YntCH.of Illinois, writes a letter to tho pconlo of hls Htato, lv which ho aokuowlodflos that hoh-ifl boon guilty of. drunkenness, but only periodically. When,.- undor tho in. fliionco of drink' he has always kept away from, tho Senate, llo ■'.« frankly confesses the weakness which has borno him down," and ray's 'that 'during twenty-sovon years of public lifo he han " often yielded io temptation, und as Lofton Buffered thoj pangs of unuttorablo

remorse, Ills sin, ho declares has been its own punishment, ami lie Implores in earnest languago, tho forgiveness of his followoltlzens. Tho wives of two Cornish minors, anxious to join their husbands In Nova SeoMa, wrote to tho Queen to ao<pialnt hor with their povoi ty and their ilculro. Her Majesty, having as-ortnlnod' that thoir statements were correor, oomniandod Uli), tho sum-needed, to bo furnished to the itov, J, 0. Wulff, rector bf irogilHt for their U4Q. ( 7 -' ' . Ab tho result of a long correspondence which lias. beon going ou for somo timo, the Harvard (U.rt.) University have aurecd to row - Oxford in three mile race on tho river 'Ouse, in 'August or Soptemher, IBU9, on the terms {imposed by- Oxford," viz,, each boat to 'curry *a coxswain. It is understood that thoro will shortly bo a moating of tho 0.U.8.C, whon tho mattor will bo discussed, Tho only jdlmeultlea tlio Oxonians havo now to contend with are, that the Americans have fixed upon tho long .vacation for tlio match, aud that tlio pronont'oflkors of tho 0.U.8 C. will probably lio out of office In 1809, nnd consequently cannot bind thoir successors, As, howovor, ,iho feeling of tho university is in favour of tho accoptanco of (ho .challenge, (hero need he no hesitation ou the part of tho 0.U.8 C. in 'taking up tho gauntlet which has been so jiluckily thrown down by the students of 'America, ' Tho Whip lias an officio. Tie, has six or aovon clo'rlui-and scouts. Ho )ui„ a private :pro*iß, lint, abovo all, ho ha. ono responsible 'deputy, who Is tho real. WhliMvhoso efficiency 'is the basis of every majority, upon whom ho '.depend*, who In reality Is what Colonel Taylor or Mr Q.yn only sooms. The present holder of this post has held it, if wo mi-Hake not, between 30 and 40 yours, It is not a highly paid oillco. Yet upon the diligence and perfection with which its duties are fulfilled depends perpetually the fateof Ministers, : Understand tho ; Whip , ] does not, liko tlio Patronage rJoorotary of tho Treasury, ko lv and out of ollico with Ministers, rThe Whip who drummed up 00 too ; fcw for Mr Disraeli this year Is the saino who the year boforo last drummed up II too fow for Mr Gladstone 110 has no political foollngs, or shows none Ills ono ; object In life is to got a good mnjorlty for iwhiitt-vcr Government. ls in, At night, ho is at the House; in the daytime he is at an .ofilco In King stroot. Thonoo proceed almost ovory day olionlars to ovory supporter of the •Government, tolling them what thoro is to , watch for in tho Government interest,; Jiojflldofl theso eh'dulars there are many special .moßßap'Qii on which hu has to acud hia bcouU. 'In fact, thoro aro few places in Lon on where iinoio himlnosu lo done, or dono quicker, or nt ; greater pressure than in this little King stroot .office. . ' ■ ' ■ . ; ; Tlio telegraph is capable of being used for very singular purposed. A letter from {Madrid, publlnhad in a flpaulsh provincial impor states that on tho 23rd of April, "ot "half-past 7 o'clock in the morning, a fow ; hours boforo expiring, the Duke- of Valencia (Marshal Narvae/,) had tho consolation to irooolvo tho apostolic hlosfclng and general absolution, which hls Holiness t'lo IX., hoarof hls condition, hail sent him from Komb by a lel-graphlo despatch." Of tho lato minister the Gitonth toil*, the following story ;— Whon the marshal felt that hls end was approaching, and tliat ho was about to die, he called for a confessor. The priest exhorted his penitent, amongst other thing", to forjjivo his 'enemies,' "My enemies I" ejaculated Nurvaose, « I am not awaco that I havo nny." *■ lfl vory man. must havo out-mlcs," explained tho prlost, " no mattor how Ohrlstlan-liko and •blamolosH hls life may havo boon." " lam porfootly nwaro that I havo had many enemies," but, happily they nro all doail, I have always been In tho habit of having them shot." Emigration from Ireland goes on at an Immense rato, unuil'octod by royal visits, political discussions, or tlio promises of ({(-formers, It Is stated that a thousand persona ombarltodat QuceiiHtown for America on ono day nlono last week. -'Their destination appears to havo beon Boston. It Is to ho hoped for tliolr own salcos that they Intend to go fnrthor a-flold In search of n liomn than ;Mnßsaohußottfl. A pimgraph recently appeared in tho Amorlcan papers to the effect that a largo number of mechanics and labouring men had quittod Boston, uuahlo to obtain employment, and had mado for California. Trade throughout New I-nghmd In notoriously lv a must doplorahlo condition, Tho Pacific Htates probably offor tho greatest opportunities to' emigrants, but, of course, the emigrant ships will not jcavo tho nearer ports If they can help It. Tlic difficulty of ohmining ouiployment In any of th<? settlod, Htatos Is now fnr greater than tho |'bor people who dream of Amorlca ns tho golden land over Imagine, ' ; 'y-4 ■Mr Punch,', at all ovculs, lakes pains to acqulro Information aiiout Australia. Kero is a passage from Mr ■"■hlrley Brooks' " Ks<enco of Parliament," giving an account of the dcbatori ported elsewhere i— ln Au-trullu is a (Mlony called Viotoria, It is tho mont southern colony of tho Austrid'an Continent It hi just abovo Tasmania, wiiich is an Island, now named aftor Abel Tiuiman, Its discoverer, In 1 042, bnt formerly o/illod Van Demon* j Land, from being haunted by ovil Dutch spirits. Viotoria has a capital, which Is culled Molbonrne, mimed after tho jovial Prime Minister. Tho colony used to bo united to Now Month Wales, but how keeps Separation day as a jubllco, whon tho jolly colonists goto Mordlalloe, Yiu» Venn Hosorvolr, Ifern Troo Guliy, and even Hchnnppcr Point (or lot's bo gentool, and say Mornlngtoi'}, and havo roystcrlngs. A governor called Darling, became the darling of tho mass of colonists for favouring protective vlcws,and carrying Ids pitrouagc of these vlows too far, ho was recalled. Tho ; Victorian Houso of Commons voted him ,£20,000, to make up for?tlio Ipi^of his placo, and it li against riilo for governors to 'toko provincial rownrds; Ho tho voto was changed to ono for Lady Darling, This is held equally objec-

tlonablo. Tho Lords dobated tho subject, and (he Colonial Minister doea not seem to know what to tell tho present governor to do. Now Lord Salisbury was for enforcing the authority of the Crown. "Tub Country D'Ax/rfiYnAO v. Long." —A bill was fllcd In this case by tho Countess d'Altayrao, who waa r-e**nHy plaintiff in an notion against Lord Wlllonghby d'Kreaby, praying that tho defendant, Mrs Long, should bo restrained from parting with a number of diamonds nnd vnluablo family jewels, whioh the countess had deposited witli her by way of security for loans to her from time to time' by tho defendant. Tho countess was willing^© repay all tho' sums which had been ho advanced to her, with . reasonable Interest, but she alleged that tho defendant would not render any account, and -was moving about from placo to place with these jewels in hor possession, and would not give them up on boing pnld what wns duo tn her. A motion wai made on May 6 for nn injunction to restrain Mrs Long from dealing or, parting with tho jowels, and also that bhe might bo ordered to deposit them in tiio Court of Chancery for snfoty. lt being impossible to discover Mrs Long's address, !ca"o had been given to substitute Bcrylco of notice of mation upon a person living hear tho Strand, with whom sho wus in communication. The vice-chancellor (Malms) made an order in tlio terms of tho notico of motion, but said there was somo doubt whether there was jurisdiction. In the court, beforo the appearance of tho defendant, and upon mere Bubitltutod service to ord r a deposit of tuo jewels at tho oilloo of l-tccords nnd Writs as nuked by tho plaintiff— Mr Glasso mentioned a ease of a valuable diamond .necklnco, before Vice-Chancellor Wood,' in which he thought snob nn ordor had been mado, and tho vie.'chancellor said ho thought thero ought to he such jurisdiction In tho court, and ho had very Uttlo doubt thoro was * ho accordingly mado an order for a deposit within four days Tho followiu .? Vienna story of poisoning seems moro liko tho ooncooiion of a romancemaker than tho narrative bf a real event. Count Giistaviifl Chorlnsky, an officer In jtho Austrian army, married nn actress, Mathilda Uueir j but, after four years of wedded life, thoy snpnratcd— apparently from no serious fault nn her part, sinco hor husband's father immediately gavo hor a homo. Shortly afterward* the count was wounded in battlo, and was invited to come homo to ho nursed j but ho refused to enter his father's house until his disenrded wife was turned out of doors. Tho poor lady loft for Munich, and thoreoho lived In rotlromont. Wonowflndanow character In tlio Btory— Julia de Kbergenyi, a canonoeg. That title Indicates ono who, though still remaining in tho world, proteases to dovoto ..horsolf to religion and goed works under tho Banoiton of the Church ■ but In this case Julia heenmo tbo femmede Uuison of the Count Chorlnsky, nnd -die probably doped to become his wife, Tho first wifo, liowavor— tha discarded actress— was still alivo. Who plotted tho subsequent actions will never, perhaps, be clearly known • bnt a lady from Vionna visited tho wife, obtained an Intcrviow with her, nnd in soma way seems to havo won her temporary confldenco, as thoy had apparently arranged to go together to the theatre, Hut when the carriago arrived, tho two ladles had disappeared, and tho wiio's door was locked. The next day it was broken open by tho polico, and tho poor woman was found dead— -p ilsonedbvoyanidoof potassium, Thero was nothing to indiai ta suicido * no- j thing to siiRKCAt robhory > nnd of courso suspicion fell on the strango lady. Tho husband was arrested, and on liim was discovered a photographic llkcno-is of tho suspected visitor | and It eventually proved to ho the count's mistress, Julia do Kbergenyi, who had vlsitod tho count's wifo— this timo Kosamond tracing Queen Eleanor to hor bower. It was also ascertained tbat tho husband had contemplated . marrying tho oanonoss, and thus a motive for the murder wns suggested. Julia has boon sentenced to twenty years' strict Imprisonment, with a week of solitary confinement onco a year. Tho Baronnoss Julio Kbergenyi has not appoaled from tho above judgment, but her father has dono so, being authorised by tho Austrian law. Tho lady offered her defender, Dr Nondu.l 600 florins, which tbo latter refused, The chapter of tho Canonesac**, to which tho prisoner .belonged, has pronounced hor solemn exclusion—an act which hud never boforo ocourred sinco tho community was founded,