MISCELLEANEOUS.
The Argus says -.— Jv.-liy, who is awaiting trial in the Melbourne Gaol. is ranidly regaining his health. Hebe.-; now so far rpporprod that he bns been removed from the Lo- pi t-H ward and pi iced in nn ordinary cell. The bram !o which he exhibited at the outset has almost entirely deserted him. nnd he hi* new become monse an I dispirited. Ue rppear-; .it last !o realise his r.o-i'ion. A cons'a?it ' watch is kept uron him. an I during the night a lamp is kept burning in lii- red so that any a'.t 'irspt at suicide may bi» fnulrated. He is ct v e ! 'ullv attend 'd by Pr Shields, the Government medical officer. Among tlie list of Emli h properties locked np in Chancery are the T.'.wnlcy estates. The property is said to Iv wo>-th ! oOOOOOOOOIo's and the Sink of England is supposed to have ov»r £05 000.000 in its vaults to th.-" erp.lit of th-'s-j e<\ it<\s, being the aeeu-mdMe'l rents, of a century. Col nel Richard Townley. last of the Earls or" C!aro:iee:ri, died abiut FO year* aco, and being without issue or known next of kin, Ids estates were throw, into Clianeery, pend : ni the determination cf the ri-h's of claimants. Thp A m^-icm heirs are represented by Colon-"-' J-.ques. nbo, according to a let'er received h" Joseph .T. Dv Pr-it, of San Francisco, from his mntiier, Airs Eiiziheth Dv Prnt, of New Orleans, has just taken ' possess sion of the three estates of Townlev. Corby, and Ashton, under the Act cf Ma;nia Charla.' Through the Inking of this step, it is claimed that tbe Govern* ment or contesting claimants will now be compelled to assume the aggressive. Young men who go courting should be careful liow they treat anonymous \ tters re fei ring to the character of tbe>r sweethearts, lest ti ey should be called upon, like Mr Edward Rush, of Collane. County Mayo, to offer an h»mb!e apolorry and pay into Court £1000 for . breach or promise of marriage. Young Rush was ' paying his attentions lo a ycung and pre f ty Iri.-h cii'l, named Mary Sweeney, and some eviWl'^poscd person is sad to have forwarded him an anonymous letter casting an imputa'ion on the moral character of hs affl-iticid. T! ere and j then he broke eff tlie match, as doubtless j many others wonld have dene too, but he ! ha"! since been called upon for a public a polonr. wleeh he has tr hesitatingly I given, ard as the !«!y put her d-m^'g-s j at £100! ihe b?-« pnl a cheque for 'bat amount mo C<-u> f , feclisi;: 'hat 'their happy linen h".d been frustrated by Mir j vie produc'ion of an an. nymous san j
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 20 October 1880, Page 2
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457MISCELLEANEOUS. Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 20 October 1880, Page 2
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