MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 14 September 1881, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Sir G-eorge Grey's Law Advocates Bill provides that ' every male person of the fall age of twenty-one years of age, of whose good fame and repntati )n and of whose learning in law any one or more Judges of the Sn» preme Court shall be satisfied, shall be entitled to be and shall be admitted and enrolled without fee, and to practise es a barrister or advocate shall be admitted generally to the practice of the law, and shall be entitled to all the rigbtt and privileges thereof under any law in force as aforesaid ; provided every person shall, previously to such admission, be examined in law, and the judges of the said Court shall from time to time prescribe the time, practice, manner, and extent of such admissions, and thereby decide upon the com 1 * potency for admission as aforeasaid of every such person.' The Bill further provides ' That every male of good moral character may manage, prosecute, And defend any action, Bait, or other proceeding 1 in law whatsoever, civil or criminal, y od behalf of any party to such action*, suit, or other proceeding aforesaid, if such person be so specially authorised by sucß party in writing or by personal nomination openly inthe Court in which' such proceedingmay be pending.' As an instance of the extensive trade carried on between America and Eng« land in cattle, we may mention that by the Missouri steamer, which arrived at Liverpool in June, 1016 head of cattle were landed form Boston,, being the largest importation eTer made in a single vessel. The importation was a> notable one in several respects. One animal died on thepassage, and this was through injuries received prior to shipment. The cattle were shipped by one individual* We may mention tbat the Missouri is specially fitted for the cattle trade* to which fact the safe delivery of so large a number of cattle is- to be ascribed. She nevertheless had on board 2000 tons of general cargo, including 10,000 quarters Indian corn. The passage was accomplished in elevendays, the Missouri leaving Boston on June 13th. At *Ye fancie fay re ' held in the Albert Hall, London, in June, one of the first things the Princess of Wales purchased was a magnificent bouquet^ for which she gave a couple of sover# eigns or so. Having inspected the various stalls, she was on the point of departing, when one of the ladies, whohad been most indefatigable in disposing of her wares, and who was evidently a personal friend of her Royal Highness, stopped her. 'What! are you going already ?* ' Yes,' said the Princess. * Ob, tb9n, do give me your bouquet, and wait a moment and see what I will do with it.' Her Royal Highness complied with the re* quest at once j whereupon the pretty woman — promptly announced to the crowd of male admirers standing around her stall that flowers from the Princess's bouquet were on solo at ten shillings apiece-—' only a limited number to be disposed of.' In less than two miDntes thirty gallants bad each one in bis buttonhole, and thirty golden half-sovereigns had been added to the funds of the charity. The pecuniary results of the fancy fair tvhich was in aid of the fuuls of the Cbclsea Hospital for women, are vory

satisfactory. The entrance money amounted to £4300 in four days, or more than £1000 per day on the average. Tbe stalls realised £3240, making a total of £7540, and though the expenses are nece^arily heavy the charity will benefit to the extent of at least £5000^ Three young men were sent to goal for one week, without the option of a fine by the Sydney Bench, for fighting at Bushcutter's Bay on Sunday, in view of persons returning from church. The Gomoor'General of India receives the very modest salary of £25,000 per year, and allowances amounting to another £12,000. A contract has been made at Hull, England, to carry 60,000 imigrants from Norway and Sweden to the United States. The idea of giving additional representation to Auckland on tbe basis of its Maori population is said to have emanated from Mr Lundon, who once boasted that he could obtain as many native votes as lie wanted for a bottle of rum a-piece. On dit that if the Government had agreed to the proposal, Mr Sheehan would have stood for Farihaka, and gone in for tbe female s off rage.— Free Lance. Pope, the actor, who was very fond of the good things of this life once, when expatiating at table on the excellence of ham, said— 'Ham said, is the same improvement upon bacon that steel is upon iron : in fact, sir, ham is the poetry of bicoD.' , Mr Justice Richmond lectured lately n Wellingion in confutation of Mat erialiism, Of all all the Governors who have been in Australasia, none retired from our shores with greater wealth than did Sir Henry Barkly. It is said that he amassed, by land speculation alone, over £40,000 during his seven years' reign. Scott-Siddons, the divorced husband of the astress of that name, is in Yarra Bend madhouse, Melbourne. The unfortunate man has drunk himself into chronic delirium.