MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Issue 76, 30 August 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tlio national foto in connection with tho Purls Exhibition, hold hut Sunday, passed off with immenso colut. Dosidcs tho oitizons, who turnod out in myriads, Turin was thronged with visitors from all parts of thooountry and abroad. Its population was ostimatod to havo rison from two millions to throo millions. Houses ovorywhoro woro doooratod wtoh ftags processions paraded tho strcots, attendod by bunds of music, and tho oity vrai illuminated. Throughob fcho night dancing and morryinulcing woro kopt up in somo parts far beyond midnight } the o.ifos nnd rostnurants romainihg opou till nftor day* King Alphonso has docidod to crcot n ohureh near tho royal palaoo containing a a splendid mausoleum in memory ot tho lata quoon, Tho church U estimated to cost 5,000,000 posita. llofcrinß to tho rumor that an action for criminal llbol would bo ooratnmoncod against it, tho Tiraaru Herald snyss— ' Thora arc, wo know, a class of news- | papors cvor ready to mako tho most of ovory opportunity of damaging othor ( persons, by opging on anyone who thinks ho has a griovanoo against them. It is a 1 ohoap amusomonfc, and currios favour ( with ilioso in whoso behalf it is dono; j but it is a Tory disoroditabo trick, and f is tho moro so iv tho proscnt mtauco .1

if, as it is alleged, thcro is a likelihood of tho mattor in quostion coming boforo tho Courts. Wo nbsolutoly deny having over nccusod Mr Martin of dishonost prnctioos, Thoro is not n word in our artiolo which could boar that inlcrprc* tation, ualoss it wero maliciously foistoJ upon it. Thoso who bavo chosen to ropreaont our remarks in a libellous way [roforring to tho Now £mlaudor] aro tho libellers, not wo, and if tho mattor goes any furthor wo shall take caro that tho blamo is niado to foil on tbo right shoulders. Wo havo no quarrel whatover with Mr Martin, and wo objoot to a quarrel boing raisod for us by misohiovous busybodios, without whose intor* fcrenco nono would havo arisen. Tlioro was rathor a discreditable scene nt ono of tbo Kolly nnd Loon Minstrel j performances in Melbourne last w ok The Ago snys s— Tho act ended with a distribution of gifts, which tho se of tho audience- who from tho advortiroments. bnd expootcd any tangiblo results mint ■ bavo been rnthor disjustod with, Tlio on tho seals wero numbcrod and corresponding numbers having bcon placed in a hat, ' Professor Hoodwink ' stated that tho person wlnso pcogra ntn) boro tbo numbor first drawn would rocoivo tho Qrst prizo, ' n suite of furniture. On tho numbor boing drawn tho holder of the corioe ponding programme was invited to stop forward, and did so eyeing already with thoglanoc of a proprietor a bandsomo suite of furnituro displayed on tho stogo. Groat, however, wai his disgus', and enormous tho laughter of th c . audience, when tho professor gravely presented him with a toy sot of furniture in a small box. Thoro was only ono other prize, a piooo of plato, and tho pro* fessorwas careful to explain tint though of course tho previous distribution was a joke, this ono would bo bomfule, and a handsome silver dial) cover and plato was hoKl up by on assistant. Tbo drawer of the lucky numbor was a young lady in ono of the front scats and naturally after tbo first hoax, sbo was not inclined to como forward, but sont up her pro* grommo iustoad. Mr Kolly, however, insisted on tho winner coming to tho platform, und at longth tho young lady did so, when tbo silvor dish cover having been ruisod, tho lady wna presoutod with a dolf plato. It is neodless to say that sbo retired in confusion. Thoro was at first some laughUr, but tho ropetion of tho joko in tho enso of a Italy, and especially Mr Kolly's insistnnoo on her coming forward, wero immolhtoly felt to bo in tho worst possible taste, and tho joker was warmly and deservedly hissed. A rulo has been pnssod by tho Victoria Racing Club Using jickeys' fees at the. following rates : —Winning mount on tho flit, 5 guinoas, I ising mount on Ihe flat, 3 guineas ; winning mount in hurdle rnco or steeplechase, 10 guinoas : losing mount, 5 guineas. This is the rulo in Knaland, whoro miny jiokoys bavo from 2JO to SJO mounts in a soason, and liko wiso havo rotainora of from £600 to £1000 per year tVom different mnstors. Horo (s-iys an Australian paper) wbcro most of tho prinoipnl jockeys do not hove .nore than 30 or 40 mounts during tho year, tho ii bo 70 foes would not keep thorn 'n food and clotho* ; and ns tlioy havo boon adopted, it is to bo hoped that owners of homes will follow the English example, tuul pny j jckoya for having (1 s»", second, or third cull upon thorn' Originally, jockeys in Australia roooived 10 por cout of «ny slake they might win on the fh», anil bolicvo that stcoplochaso j >ckoys luivo boen in tl.-o habit of rocoiving 20 per oont Thoso oxacLions woro no doub'. too much ; and as vhoy wero never recognised by any clul>, I believe tho new rulo was Intro lucod in ordor that owners engaging jockoys, without making any forms with them, might not be imposed upon. A »coulinr statement is reported by tho looal Toloizraph as hnving boon made at tb" Mo!bo irno Hospital by a little girl whie'i appears to point to harsh treatment upon tho part of .^o no person or o'hor. Tho child, who is twelve years of nffo, wns admit tod to tho institution suffering from j immod fingers, through nn nccident which befol her at Cameron's tobncoo works. Sho assortod (hat sho had to work from 8 o'clock in tho nnrning until 12 o'clock nt night, and this was corroborated by a man wiio accompanied her to tho hospital. At tho Christobureh Magistrates Court yostordav. J. M. Connoll, who assaulted B. D. Thomis, a limb of tbo law, in tbo public streets on Saturday, wns sentenced to two months imprisoninont with hard labor and ordered to find lureties for his good behnviour at tho oxpiralibn of that time. From his apponranoo in Court Thomas scorns to havo boon very heavily punisliod. Tho nffair arose out of a bankruptcy case. Connoll asserted that ho took a man namod Moss, about to becomo a bankrupt, to Thomas, and that Thomas in undertaking to put Moss through tbo Court promisod to sco that Oonncll's claim was paid, but afterwards rofusod to pay him. Thomas said ho had mado no such promiso, nnd that Connoll had not tho slightest claim on tho cstnto of Moss. Cqnnoll, who was vory violont in Court, said ho had como all tho way from Wellington to assault Thomas. Tho rotirod bsiliops hayo not boon iv« vite 1 to tako pnr.; in tho Pan Anglican Conference. Dr Jonnor, late Bishop of Dunedin, strongly protcstod against this in a letter to t'tc Times. Tho PunAnglican Synod was oponod on Wed* nesdny nt Lambeth Palaco, noarly U):) prolntos from all christoudom being in attendance. Tho Communion was recoivod at tho hands of tho Primate, and tho sermon pronohod by tho Archbishop of Cork. On tho previous Saturdy 31 American and Colonial bishops wont to Canterbury by spcoinl invitation. On Wodnosdayßo bishops woro ontortainod at a banquot given by tbo Lofd Mayor at tbo Munsion House. A lioman priost, who won 2.78),000 lire in hie- Stato lottery, on being bos trayod by a oonfodornto baa boon corns pellod to osoapo to 3witKe*rland. Tho Procurntor%Gonoral of Naples has soquootrated 150,000 lire doposits by Pcnnatti in tbo bank.