MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 14 April 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

♦ The Bishop ofGuilford died suddenly in Ryde, at the parish church of AH Saints, under painful circumstances, on Sunday, December 21. He fell dead while kneeling at the communion table. Very remarkable changes hare taken place during the forty.ye.rs* reiga of Queen Victoria. She has outlived by several years every bishop and judge whom she found seated on the benches in England, Scotland and Ireland. She has witnessed the funeral of every Premier ander her eseept Lord Beaconsfleld and Mr Gladstone. Not a single Cabinet of her uncle or predecessor's day now survives. Some estimate may be formed of the reckless waste that is the habit at Constantinople from the following fact. Ab« dul Medjid insisted that all the ladies of | his harem should be covered with jewels I and that there should always be a fringe of diamonds round their wide trousers. When be died the outstanding bilis of the h*rem amounted to the modest sum of £25,000.000. It will possibly be a consolation to the British bondholder [ to know how judiciously and right loyn'ly liis money was expended, and to the British husband to compare his bill 3 with those of the Commander of the Faithful —Truth. The Loudon Telegraph says: The sufferings of Ireland lave produced in this country the kindly and generous feeling which Englishmen always entertain in the presence of real affliction. There is every disposition to forget tbe * wild and whirling words * of half-fed and fevered crowds, and to rem°mber only the cry of men, women and children for irork and fuel and food. The following railway, if itconld be transported to new Zealand, would glad* den the heart of Mr Oliver, Minister for Public Works : The debt of Illinois has been reduced to 800,000 dollars and will be extinguished, it is claimed, within a year by the payment to the State of the dnes of the Illinois Central Railroad. Tlih railroad has proved a perfect bonanza to the State. When the bill for the creation of this road was before the Illinois Legislature, Senator Douglas affixed a provision by which, instead of paying taxes, it should pay in Hen there* of 7 per cent. of tts gross receipts every year. The sum received by the State : from the railroad has b?en gradually increasing and has wiped out the State debt. When this is gone, as it will be within a year, it is thought (hit the road will yield a sufficient revenue to caary on the ordinary expenses of the Government and fbus do away with the necessity of levying any State taxes. The following is the captain's story about the Chandernagore expedition :— The vessel was fitted out st the ex* , pense of the Marquis De Roys, in France. It was originally intended that tbe expe« dition should sail from Havre, but the French Government objected. Ultima* tely 82 emigrants embarked from Dutch territory, sailing on September 14th They took an enormous amount of machinery for distillery pnrposes and a sugar refinery, also stores for twelve months. The person in charge was an American named M'L'ughho. The expedition split up into fwo parties, and one, seven' teen in number, landed on ai *^j^^fc named Ganglin, 240 miles fro»Jfl^^^| land. While ljing at New Ireland, a success&^^^^^^^H arose, and having lost the ship was forced to co^^^^^^^^H In addition to the Chtnfl^^^^^H steamers are coming oa'i^^^^^^^^H Port Bretton. of 1250 H^^^^^^H from Barcelona on Jtux^^^^^^^^^H 750 Spaniards ; and a smi^^^^^^^| abou 1 350 tons, called theJ^^^^^^H will follow shortly »l?o from^^^^^^H I Mr Wm, SiiaT, MP. for^^^^^l leader of the Hone Rule pa^^MHj issued an address in answer to Lord Beacou*fi<?ld's le'ter to the Duke of Marlboroush, charging the Premier with placing false issues before the electors tending to exni'e the worst passions of the ignorant. He invites tbe Irish people to answer the instilling missive by returning an overwhelming majority p'edged to a settlement of the great Irish national question. The repressive policy adopted by tbe Cape authorities towards the natives o' Basuto land threatens serious complies Hods. A proclamation hss been made that the order for a general disarmament, which bad been suspended for a time to enable the people to appeal to the Home Government, will be immediately enforced. The Baantors regard the pro codings with embittered feelings, and affitrs in tbe district were recently considered highly critical.