MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 4 July 1881, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

In Scotland a strong agitation hna been set on foot among the fanning popula'sion witb tbe ol ject of having the principles of land legislation embodied in tbe Irish Land Bill extended to Scotland. The movement is rp« garded as one likely to have important results in affecting changes of tenure throughout. Great Britain

Prince Pierre Bmaparte, who dii d recently at Vereallies of gont, which bad ascended to his heart, wns born at Rome in 1815, and was third son of Lncien Bonaparte. He early adopted tbe profession of arms, and first served in South America, On returning to I tely he made himself disagreeable to tbe Pope, who in 1836 bad him seized and confined for a long time in the Castle of St Angelo. On regaining his liberty be wandered in America and in Europe, and in 1843 came to France, where, in consideration of bis farther* Republican opinions, be obtained the grade of cbef de batallion. Elected by Coreia to the Constituent Assembly, he vote! with the Extreme Left. After the coup d f etat he re" tired into privacy with the title of Prince and Highness. On the fall of the Empire be sold his estate in tbe Ardennep, and went to Belgium. He afterwards visited London, were bis w^J^opened a dressmaker's shop, wbi^b failed. The couple then separated mutually, and the Prince finally settled down alone io the hotel where he expired.

The Australian news, records a re- | raarkable experience. A gentleman has narrowly escaped being frozen to death and in a place were frost is practically unknown. The Manager of the Orange S'anghtering Company went into the chamber when the re* frigeration machinery wa* at work, and the door suddenly closed upon him. He was thus subjected to the full effect of a temperature considerably below freezing point, and speed ly recognized its dealdy influence, Ten minutes passed before bis cries for help were heard, and he was then found to be partly insensible. Hia sensations of cold must have been similar to those of persons who have occasionally been lowered into Apline crevasses. Among the papers laid before Parliament is a memorandum by the Secretary of Crown Lands, to the Commissioner of Crown Lands Dunedin setting forth intentions of the Govern* ment regarding waste lands of Otago, leases of wbich expire in 1883 ond about wbich Sir George Grey and Mr Pyke made so much fuss, Tbe Country in question comprises seventy one runs area 2,681,000 arces, of which half is under 2000 feet above sea level and as garden fruit, wheat, otas, barley and root crops have b^en grown up to tbis height it is assumed th&t all land to this height is safe for stock and wlwre the soil is good may be classed as agricultural. Ths is to be laid off in farms of suitable size the higher altitude being proportionately included so as to include varieties of country in tbe same block. Hundreds are to be declared and reserves made for railways, roads, bush, coal. &c.

The crown prince of Germany is said to be one of the strongest and most expert swimmers in the German army and during the summer months ho is accustomed to take exercise early every morniog in the vast swimming school specially devoted to the use of the garrison at Postdam.

Tbe following letter deserves wide circulation. We clip it from the Otage Daily Times of yesterday : — Sir,*— Might I direct your attention

to the following facts : Dr Moffat, ol Invercargill, is now undergoing a sentence for manslaughter for a death that did not occur in his bands, and Government refused to listen to the t?rayer of a petition signed by nearly all the medical men in Otngn, Southland, and Canterbury, for his release. Then you will see by to-day's telegrams that a woman in Addington allows another lo die from want of medical assistance, and ahe is merely censured. It is evident, therefore, that ignorance and assumption will guard the liberty of the quack while an expensive education and registra* tion *fesS t '&..', are rather dangirous to the possessors of legal diplomas. There is- something wrongs—lam, &<:., J. Gillies, M. D. Leopold Rothschild, just m arried to Miss Perngin, is an excellent skater. One day he skated his name into the ice at Hyde Park, London, when another Bkater added the legend:' Pay the bearer L10.000.0^ Mrs Mather, tbiß-inventor of the submarine telescopf, has reeeiyed £2000 for her invention.