MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1317, 31 October 1883, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

• •■'-■' ' ■" " ■•'■-•-.»• : — - The London Times of the 16th August cautains -the^following under the heading " Mr J./E. Redmond in Australia " : — ■•' Mr Alfred' Webb,' the Treasurer^ iof the o, Irish : (National League, has received 'from' Mr J. E. Redmond^ M.P., who is, atipresent in Australia as > delegate from the Irish National. League, a long letter, in which he says during the four months that have '(elapsed since '.< his 'arrival in the Colony he-has visited the pldncipal towns in -South Attstralia,i l New»So.uth Wales, and Queensland/ and has held 70 meetings, attended by creeds, and presided over by Ministers of the Crown, members' of vboth Houses ofParliament, mayors of cities, and Justices of th'e Peace.; In addition to the £7000' already forwarded . to the,- National League, Mr Kedmpnd says! he expects to be able to continue sending in the future £ 1000 fortnightly, and sums up^the^festfrt of his' work as 'the establishment " of .'ati'' ; /fendur^ng and widespread t ' organisation',. /from .which continued support, may. be expected in the future, and contributions of £10,000;; pit . £12,000 to the funds of the, Notional League.' Mr Redmond ' expresses anxiety to return to his Parliamentary work, but 'feels it his duty to remain, in Australia' till he has completed the work he has. undertaken. In, conclusion he expresses the hope that, the , Parnell Testimonial Fund will ,nos,. be closed, as j the Australian National .League Con- > vention,'- consisting 1 of) delegates from j each of* the Colonies; lines of ; the late Ameri*p4ti?^jb;ny*3n^i.on| which is to be Held in Melbourne next September, ! ynU iaU^tlif}', matter , , up and wifl 'contribute generously.^, ', ; ; 'Mr and iMtPS^Jonesiwere starting for church. , '« W,ait, .deary" lady, | ,** I've' forgotten sort etnih^ ; wdh't you go up and get my gpats 'otf th** 'bureau ?" j .'VYourgoats/'iepm^ what new |, Wangled thingls thati?A' iVoltllsJipw yon," j remarked -the- wife* and* she, sailed xipI stairs an*ddqwnagftmWitlteiEl'*pBlt l ? of ktds on her ha>hds: •' There they are," said jshe. '" W,hy, .1 call those things kids," said the surprised husband. " Oh, do you ?" snapped the wife. " Wejl, so did I I once, but they are so old now I'm : ashamed to call themanythingbutgoats. ; i hen they went on to church. The next day Jones' wife had a half-dozen pairs of new gloves ina handsome lacquered box of th latest design. An American contemporary, in giving an account of the burial of the late Captain Webb says : — " Half-way between Niagara Falls and Suspension i Bridge, wf-ll back in the cemetery well named Oak wood, and in a heart- ; shaped plot of ground known as ' Strangers' Rest,' the remains of the great swimmer repose. .No one was present to do his memory honor. There were no tears shed by loving friends, no regrets by friendly neighbors, as the remains were lowered into their resting- place. It was a mere (performance of duty by the sexton and .undertaker, under orders from the Board of Health. It was a sad picture, doubly pathetic, when the life and deeds and daring of this champion are considered — a man for whom half of England, and more than that of the United States is mourning. There ; was no shroud, no clothing to hide his bloated form. In the same rough pine box in which the body v r as shipped from Lewiston to the Falls it was carried. Imaginative correspondents have written of * neat suit of black,' of 4 clothing appropriate and well-look-ing,' aud of a 'stained coffin.' But the fact is that the greatest swimmer of the world was buried in the same condition as it was found floating in tin quiet waters of the Niagara below Lfwiston, except that the scarlet bi-fcpch-clout with which he entered the treacherous waters had been torn

away. Looked at as the people at the Falls looked at this interment it was pathetic and pitiful !" Mrs Janet Carlyle Hanning, sister ot the late Thomas Carlyle, is a resident of Hamilton, Ontario, and is described as "a small, slight lady, with a gentle and benign expression of countenance and the keen, bi'ight eyes which betoken that clear-sightedness peculiar to the Scotch people." Mrs Hanning has lived in Canada thirty-five years. , The Oakleigh Shire Council, in Victoria, has had its property distrained upon and sold by the sheriff. The sale was held to satisfy a warrant of execution . taken but by a man named Alexander Wilson, who had obtained a verdict for £450 damages, with costs, against the Council, in consideration of injuries he had sustained through falling into a culvert in the shire. The costs ■incurred in connection with the suit brought, the total amount of the Council's liability to about £700. Unfortunately for Mr Wilson, all that the sheriff could secure was a safe, a copyipg-piress, a ballot-box j and aheap of blriestone rQad,m,etal. The proceeds l©f .the/sal© -',oJJ<thig .collection,- was extfefnejy .sin all compared wijfch;the suiu c1aimed. .",.,,;: .'.-, v. ( ; , : Thererare more millionaires in. San Francisco,' ; says the, San Francisco; Argonaut, thah in any other American cityi' It is a curious- fact and without one exception, : that none spring from the , .wealthy, class, and -that only one drought any money in San Francisco. Only one is a graduate of a learned university ; only seven were educated to any • profession, and all of these lawyers. ; Twenty of- the list were in their .youth of the i uneducated, barefoot class, t'whoseiearly struggles were unaided hy-relatives or Mends. Fortynine.ofHou"rc,inilliohaires are American by birth, <18 are Irish,- 8 are- Jews, 5 are German* 4, are; English, and' 1 French' [Only ,'thiFeeff were born in the South. Only?! seven have ever held' political positions, there being one governor, three (United States senators, a member of Congress^ and two members of Assembly; in . the list. Outside of the Roman Catholic Church and the Synagogue, but one is a member of church or professor of religion. To four of these men we est imate £8,000,000 to each. Five will range from £4,000.000 to £6, 00*1,000, ,;tw.o£2;00l> ) 000, and five to £1,000,000. each, thus giving to 16 persons over £60,000,000, and to the remainder, say £30,000,000 atotaliampng the residents of rr Sari Francisco of £90, ooo.ooo: The. Of ago JOaUg Tittles reports Mr 3'.^ E. Redmond's Dunedin, lecture pretty fully. The following, are the i closing remarks of Mrrßedmond's last lecture: — "He concluded by saying; My last words to-night will be addressed to my countrymen-swords of encouragement and hope. I believe in my heart, and soul that Ireland's long political night is well nigh over. Ti*ue, her plains and her valleys still lie shrouded in darkne'ssj but the watcher on the tower sees a. break in the far east and a ruddy glow on the mountain top, and he knows that the God of Day has arisen, and that anon he will flood every nook and corner of the land with His bright, glad Light, and the darkness and the things of darkness shall disappear.' — (Loud cheers.) When that moment comes that moment for which our forefathers so long and vainly fought, and wept, — there will go up to heaven a cry from an emancipated people that will be echoed o'er the ocean and wafted by. the four winds to the corners of the world — that will be chorused in America; and re-echoed here under the Southern Cross, — and the sea-' divided Gael, wherever they may be, will hear that ciy, and will rejoice ; for they will know — their glad hearts will tell them— those who sow in tears shall reap in joy, has at last rewarded the tears and sufferings of a faithful people, and that Ireland — our Ireland — is free. — (Loud and prolonged cheers.)" To this the same paper offers the following . comments : — Honor to whom honour is due., Mr J. E. Redmond's peroration last evening was probably the most masterly piece of eloquence which has been hoard in Dunedin. We doubt whether Sir George Grey in his best moments has ever approached it. It is a pity that so .much talent should le thrown away upon professional agitation of a cause which has become thoroughly disreputable. The National League were wise in choosing a gentleman so eloquent and so wary as Mr J. E. Redmond to represent them in Australasia. As we Ventured to predict, , he spoke on both evenings with moderation, and kept well within the bounds of Constitutional agitation. " Soft- words," however, to quote a homely proverb, " butter no ' parsnips " ; and Mr Redmond made'no allusion to the fact that Mr Davitt," Mr Healy, and other prominent members of the National League have publicly declared that its object is to secure national independence for Ireland. Nor did he tell • his audience anything about the unexplained expenditure on the Land League balance-sheet. Whilst these points remain unexplained, it is not worth while to notice the rest of Mr Redmond's arguments. Mr W. Redmond is not so " canny " as his brother. In a weak moment he allowed the cloven hoof to peep out in the remark, "They were not in a position to fight for justice to Ireland." This is the gentleman who had to run away from his native land to escape being arrested for the use of seditious language at a public meeting at Cork ; hence his remark that "some of them were likely to be imprisoned." Gokged Livers, — Bilious conditions, constipation, piles, dyspepsia, headache, cured by "Wells' May Apple Pills." sd. and Is. boxes at druggists Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents for Australasia.