MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 11 August 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

I "• Tbe Paris correspondent of the Times telf graphs as follows : — The crowd which witnessed the expulsion of the Jesuits 1 from their establishment in Eve de Sevres, was almost stapified by the pro* ced'ire emyloyed. In Paris, where the individual is drowned in the mass, tne tbinff is less serious. But in tbe provinces it will have a far deeper effect. France will he divided into two camps separa« ted by ;;n unfathomable abyss. Thoseonly who have lived in the provinces cau-^d form any idea of the efFect of the op*: pressive measures. It is expected that_ the Jesuits will immediatelyjjpjjly to the' Judges, complaining "of a violation of their rights of property and donoiV riles, and praying for an order of re« instalment, pending the trial. The (Jot* ernment will contend that tbe ordinary' tribunals have no jurisdiction in such dis> * putes between individuals and the State, and 1 that the Councils of State can •lonedeterminate tbe validity of the expulrioiv The Government, however, is in manifest difficulty with other unrecognised orders, as it never calculated on their refuting to app% for recognition, Now, as. they* have firmly resolved on linking- their fate* with the Jesuits, the Government nraft %

wmmem I either shut its eyes to a violation of the decree, or repeat, on a much larger scale, tosday'a proceedings. ' . . • It U crrfaioly a remwkable thing,' says the Wagga Wagga Impress, 'that an elector should travel 1,000 mi'es: for . 'the purpose of eMrcisiHg Mi right of voting. Such, however, is .the wonderful \power that Mr Berry holds over * Victorian electors^that a gentleman residiflg on the Lacblan passed through Wajga on Thursday, for the express pur- . pose of voting a^aJpst the honourable Iv psntleman. I ' Keading, *RWas|, &nA 'Rithmetio fin - "florae up country Otago schools are being Ibreateued by a powerful competitor as -Regards their fascination for the youthful •^raind, A count.y teacher, writing of one * of his truant pupils, says :— • He bates the three R's ; bW there is a fourth, that .he loves with a love thnt never grows j .- cold, and that is, Rabbiting.' *' Lately, in that romantic spot, .Akaroaj a.J.P.,»amed Fenton, said on the Bench, "that being; an unpaid Magistrate, he did not consider hi m- | v self bound to strictly adhere to the law., ; =====