MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 3 June 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tbe sum of £7000 has recently boon loft;to tho Londou School of Medicine for Womon by tho lato Mrs Oakos, of Sydnoy, Anstralia. Tho success of tho movement for the Modioal 'Education of \yomcn in this country may bo regarded now as practically nssurod, the ono remuinintf obstaolo, want of moro ample funds for immedinto use, having been removed by this cfiloiont und timoly nid. Tho objeot to which, through years of intense and courageous suH'ering, tho stodfast efforts of donor— horsolf gifted in no small dogroo— woro diroctod, was tho removal of all restrictions on tho higher education and praotical usefulness of womon. In fow ways, perhaps, could that object have boon moro effectually promoted than by this munificent bequost to a still struggling cause. Tho difficulty hithorto oxporioncod iv establishing a hospital whioh will givo tfyo wornon-doa-tors nn adequnto clinical teaching, or in gaining access for tliom to tho wards of somo alroady established hospitals of suffi- , ciont ropute, will now bo pormanontly surmounted. In negotiations of this kind tho quostion of means io' everything, and wo shall find prejudices whioh wero but half subdued by ni-gumont whilo the womoni doctors were poor, vau ishing nt onco boibro 1 1 tho suu of thoir prosperity. 1 Tho'Roy Henry John Ded woll was nc- , qu'tttod on March 15 of tho attempt to , murder tho Mastor of tho Rolls, tho evit donco going to provo that thoro was only t powdor; and no bullet, in tho pistol with ' whioh ho fired,— -that only a bit of papor on whioh tho prisoner had insoribod the , sentence, ' unfaithful to tho truo intorcstti 3 df tho Cjrown of England,' was dtaohargbd from it,— and that Mr DodwolVs motiye was simply to manufacture an ooonsion for D a now public statement of bis wrongs, j and ono in whioh ho might got the oppor* r tunity of cross-examining ' tho Master „ of the ' UolU as ta'his dealing with his r (Mr JDpd well's) oaso. Mr Dodwoll, after being noquittod of tho attempt to murc-or. was clmrgod with n common assault, which the jury found to have taken placo ; but on tliis eliargo also they . acquitted thcprisonor.on tho ground of insanity. Tho iucoheront oharuotor of his dofenco proved him unquestionably of a thoroughly unsottlcd mind. MrDodwoll, . for iiißtanec, producing to tho Court a writing-do.sk, snid, " There was other ovidonco in Grcok, fro in the Medea, showing that ho w«» taking his sovoro f trials iii submission to the will of God." • And it was quite ovidont that though ho know whut he Iliad or had not done, Ito \ hall not tho slightest notion of tho nature R of evidence, oi* tho kind of thing that wiiul'l produce nn effect ou nn English j.-iry. In thai respoot, however, probably ihosl unoduoatod popple roaotnblo him. But tlion IVtrDodwoll did not dcvi.ito I'roin tbo right way into tho usual ruts of fallacy, but into wild nnd incoherent , excursions, ito brought tho Marquis of Loviio into Court,— would; have produced nu Kic- Chancellor, if ho could,— and till to provo that 'ho had written certain letters wbich did itot boar on bin enso. Tt was ovidont Iv, too, a doop satisfaction to tiim to have fired off that's^ rip of accusing papor at Sir 6oorge Jossol, In tho course of the trial of tho Nihilist at St Petersburg, according to tho Yionnt Tagblot, nil extraordinary scene ouourred in tho Court, One of. tho accused, a ninn namod Misoohkin, complained of the merciless ill-usngo and torturo to which ho had beoon forced to submit during his two years' detention, lie said that of tho 180 prisonors foity-throo had diod from natural causes, twelve had committed suicide, and twonty-oight had gono mad. A controversy then arose between tho Judgo and tho nccusod, during wbioh tho latter, stigmatised tho proceedings as f-tyoing unworthy tho namo of juslice, and ra, oroly a misorablo faroo. At thoso words thjj Judge jumpod up, and gavo order ,tbu.t tho prisoner should bo at onco 1 'removed. An olfioor of tho gondnrraos . floi_.od Mi soh kin, but two othor prisouors rustiod. to tho aid of tha latter, and a (fight onsiirfd, Misohkin continued to rail against tiio Court nnd Judges; but at last a gag was forced into his mouth, and ho, with his fellow-prisoners, was draggod'out of tho ohambor. A torriblo . tumult onsuod in tho ' Cpurt. Many womon, somo being wivos of tho prisoners, fnintod or wont into hyntorios, nnd loud cries, cursing tho tribunal, wcro hoard, Tho dofondants, officials, spectators, and gondnrmos liooamo involved in a riotous strugglo, but eventually a dotnehmont of ooldicrs cloarod tho plooo. It is furthor slated that tho Russian journals havo " privately" boon onj'oinod to mako no romark on his extraordinary ocourronco, Tho groat world has boon much in* 'forested this wook in tho marriage of tho Earl of Itosobcry with Miss Hannah do ', 'Bothsohild. Lord Rosob^ry is n than who, if ho had a' littlo m6re porsistoUco and porhaps judgment, or hud had tho good luok to bo poor, might rise to high political distinotionj and Miss de Rothschild is popularly credited with three nn.i a half millions, a sum which would make her the tichoat single woman in Europe. Tho marriage, which was attended by tho Prinoo of Walos, whilo tho Premier gave away tho hrldo, is a really romarkablo event in Jewish history, ns marking tho disappearance of a social barrier which has survived the abolition of legal disabilities* Throo daughters of tho most conspicuous, though not the first, of Jew** ish families havo married Christians, but this is tho first instance in which a lady of that faith hub be como v peeress. Tho t

Jowish organ rceent'y biniented tbe event; but!) if not an un«.om..»'>n ono o.i tin « ..m, Uncut, wealthy Jews, hs thoy rise \o tiio ! cosmopolitan class ceasing to einertaiu the old iribnl ideas which have no Imi^ been nt once thoir strength and theii* weakness. Thoy will, like other men t find that there is no solvon^; of prejudice-., like perfect toleration for Ihem. O yo sons and daughters of men, when will you giro up worshipping false gods i 1 During tbo marriago servioe recently (says an Enelish . paper), whon Miss Hannah do Rothschild was being transposed into the Counter of Kosehory. mid the whole congregation u\.s Kn^dHHj devoutly in prayer, the Prince °^^^^^H trick io slip mi lino an ordinnry^^^^H conscious of being late. Tbe motnern^BH| was espied tbe publio forgot, it 'wus n (congregation assembled in tho t'huivb of Engbind, nnd rose on tnusso to its bv-fc. causing quite n disturbance in the midst; of tbo solemnity, and begun curtseying and whispering until H.R. It. found sbeltor ' no.'ith the ample shadow of I.:uiy Coutts Lindsay's wing. In historical romances of the Itnrr'snn A ins worth typo it is common to havo among tho dramatis persona, a giant and a dwarf, who generally havo a singular friendship for euch othor, Invnriablv tho giant has a tre bid and the dwarf a deep basso. A.' snigul r specimen of theso euii'Hiaty - assorted friendships camd' beforo the Resident Magistrates' Court this morning. Two men w .to charged with assaulting the police; One was tt regular giant, towering high iti the air; tho Othor was a funny little turn; whoso eyes aiid nose were jnst visible nbovo the top of the prisoners' box. It nppearod from the evidence that tbo gitinr, got into trouble, when thedwnrl vnlimtlv enmo to bis ns;.Uintn.e, nnd kicked the nrrosting cons'able with considerably m- ro steal than discretion. Tiio giant, ea>l,' down, pleaded not guilly in a voice which, while it would nofc have attracted at ton.' tion in nn ordinary-sized man appeared siVinll nnd weak when coming from such n tremendous carcass ; fho dwarf. li:rbthonrted nnd merry, -frankly ndmittod, in tones like the hnsV pipes of an or.rnn, that ho was guilty of the ohttr^o laid af, liis door. Mr Crawford, in passuv,' sentence, severly lectured the big man. When ho come to the other be com • menced — " As I' 1 the boy; what. nj;<» v; hoP Mr, Baker, after a deep scrutiny.' hazarded " twenty" tis n guess. " Thirty or over" said Inspector Atchi"son, and there was a roar of laughter from d vai f and oudieitco at tho funny mirtiko of tho Resident Magistrate. However the littlo mun got ofi' lightly after all* Tho People's Willinnt," otherwise I'm Rigid Hon. \V." E. Gladstone, liU others, has bis fuiills ; but siuoly the bounds of fairs newspaper criticism m.vpisicd when, in n reeont issuo of lbiiicli, bo is spoken of in tbis wise : — Who it Catiline, Cloon, nw.l Clodidi, With Cicero's gift of tbe <:>\b,, UVs arts and arms cq telly odious, Through Cburoh mid State, Engine,.. to stub. Cord-sharper, *,rco»fellor. *tiimp-ppat.«-r, Ru«« agent, nnd i»oini>h fni-icj Who io thiol, liar, Jesuit, traitor--That V\ r . O. Yet the sumo paper, writing not ten yenfs ago, and speaking of hi" defott it tbo hands of Mr jQathorno Hardy foi tho mei.ibership of Oxford University. could call him — Tim I.OMO scholar, whom Oxford f.-utyh^l And hU count ry parsons spuivdTo VVannngn, in n notice of Bishop^ Selw'yn's donth relate:, tho following .—-At tho timo ho was unpointed to that position (Bishop) in New Zealand which he soa'> j and fervently tilled, there htid been littie or no amount ol inforination given to the world in respect to the Vnori langane.e, ns it was not till lfi:V/ thut n translation into tho Maori language of the New Testament had been published, which wus accomplished by the Ministers of thr Cburoh of Erglnnd nt Paihin, in thei. ay of Islands. There had, of course, been published in 1823 i bonk which was drawn up by Professor Lee. from informs i'>.i and observations obtained by him IV. in Horn.nnd Wailt nto, Maori chiefs wbo vi-ited Kngland in thai year, i urpotti.i,' o l.r a grnmnvr of the Maori ltiiii.'ii'it.e, hit tlu. use of that volume to ant-one loiniiiij,' the Maori longuiL'O tvouU be sure to confound ( them in their first attempt to obtain any in 'or .nation whatever as to the oon*u t uetior. oi. tho rules by whioh tho Maori language' is cuided. With these two books tin; Into Bishop began his stu ly of tbo Innguago of tho peoplo over whom ;u. was to oxoroiso tho duties of a 'Christian teacher and 'Bishofi, rind to whom,' in their own language, ho was to unfold the truths of tho overlasting God. "Tho voyage in thoso days occupied four months in passing from England to those shores, and in that timo, and With such help os tho indomitable Bishop had in tho two books wo havo named, ho had so far mastered the Mwori language thu I, on tho morning of th« first Sabbath whicl; ho spent in New Zealand ho occupied Iho pulpit in the cburoh nt Pnihia nnd preached to n Maori congregation in their own tongue, Thoso of the European publio who woro in tho congregation on ihat occasion— who, from a long residence in Now Zealand, wove perfectly compe. tent to 'judgo on tho subject— spoke iv tho most glowing terms of the vero ablo and clear manner, nnd tho porfeet com mand of tho Maori lnnguago which tho lato Bishop exhibited on that occasion . Some of the old chiefs asked wherethe now teacher of God hod learnt their lanungo so roou ho had not been ono week in New Zcnhmd, and ho could speak better than some Europeans who had boon with tho Maori people for many year.*.