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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 110, 22 January 1881, Page 2

A Beioht Sncninr.-rWhat prospect there is of curing larrikinism under the socalled humanitarian system may be judged of from the following incident;, which is re* corded by. an Australian journal :— A| boy of Beven years Wai recently committed at Melbourhe~td~the~tftiuiug ship Yernon; his juvenile weakness being drinking, stealing,! and smoking. After being [.» taken I into custody, he was allowed a, smoke before meals, and the authorities, ratjier than see his constitution injured' by his wilful abstinence,allowed him the; consolatory pip*' 1 It is stated that m tbecity of Sydney thereis but one J.P. who venturee; without ; fear or favor, to deal out the law to the larrikin class, and the result is 'that he is far from occupying a bed of roses. '•■A Pohtioxl ELTsim—dßleotion day m m San Francisco deserves, a .word of notice, as being the very quietest and most .orderly day of the year, says the American correspondent of the Auckland. Strald. No liquor is allowed to be spld, and as you walk along the streets there is nothing to be seen except closed shops and a group of quietginen at every second corner, with aJittle table on which lie the election' tickets. You wonderwhere the voting is going on, when- a jfaee. appears at a small/Window, and you see m*n walking quietly and unobtrusively , through an ; opendoor, where, m a room used for. the occasion thi i rotes are recorded. BTo drunkenness, no riot, no sound ; it is as though a huge national funeral was m process of celebration. In fact, the election law of ; this State is the' best m .'the United States, and the polling m thediiferent wards is *tt immense improvement on tne grand hustings system. ." ',■■•■''' • \ Thus Chbistiaiuty.— -The Archbishop of Paris has received a letter from the Hon.' 0. Wood on behalf of thj Council of the English Church Union, "representing twelve, bishops, 2500 clergyman, ancf-15i800 laymen," expressing, indignation at the -per* secution of the religious orders m France. The Union, it says/c annot remain silent: on. hearing of monasteries being violated, chapels desecrated, and men of piety and good-works turned into the street. It begs the Archbishop to oenvey to the victim* its warmest sympathy and its assurance the "whatever, and however serious, the;differences unhappily existing between us on other points, we are m this case heart 'and -eouLwith them m their noble straggle for tbe sacred fcanse of liberty and religbn." The clerical organs express gratification at this mark of sympathy from Bnglisi* High Chfcrohmen. • .;-•:{-■'• i : Sovrnrnro xjxs a BAK.-^The sum of £1400 was offered to", and jpsfused by, the owner of a rim at the recent sheep show of the Australian s Sheep. Breeders' Association. h«W at. Melbourne, where many Other valuable stud merinos were ' exhibited-, the ' aggregate worth' of, whibh amount to several thousand pounds. The animal m question,: say* .'The Colonies and India, was bred by Mr W. Cumming, who paid £900 for ite.sire. It would bsv very interesting if some of these prise sheep could be brougltt to England to compete at some of our agricultural shows, j but the disUnce precludes the idea being .carried out, unless the owners were prepared tblsejil their exhibits. In the same-, way a few prize cattle from Canada would ' -ftrm »n attractive additionto the forthcoming cattle show at the Agricultural H»TI, Jthfeugh the risk of Norember would privent§i>j entries of the kind being" made. Duringithe sum! mer iribhthsi hoiTeVer, Canadar m^ght" well scad over one or twaof her specimen cattle, to show agriculturists here what the colony can produce. ; it, Ca« dr'Poos 4vx Ho»»srPl*iirrt;— Queen Victoria (says a h«me paper) was bom, net exactly m pove«iy L but ;the next door to it. Her mothermarried her father four years after the death of her first husband th<r Prince of Leiniagen. The Dake, prior to the marriage hadTbeen living: at Brussels. lii ft house rentedTor^lsoo dollars a year from an Ipglub; fdmiral, and made frequent excursions intOv Germany. They were married at Coburg on May 29th, 1818, according to the Lutheran rites, and the marriage was .re-solemnised at Sew according to thbse of the Ohurob of England. They remained but •short' time m England, and then went to Auerr-' bach, where the Duchess had been residing: as guardian of bra son and regent of the principality. When the Duchess became enciente, Alderman Wood' (grandfather of Sir Evelyn, the Zuliland hero), .who wi^ twica Lord Mayor. of London, andean;eminent Liberal .-was. .from natrptic feelings desirous, that a child probably destined to be a sovereign should be born on : British soil, and therefore tried to induce. the trustees of the Dnke'a estate, then insolven>, to advance enough money to return. ' They de.clined, and he himself advanced it. It w«s' not repaid for years. The Qoeeo, it is said on account of this generosity 'created him a baronet. ; ' " • . Extbaobvihakt Sbootik©:— At Brooklyn (New York) Dr. Ruth and his wife.have been giving a remarkable exhibition'of pistol and rifle shooting. Mrs.- -Ruth is about thirtj years of age, and a brunette. After practising a" short time 1 - the doctor- put two cartridges m his gun and aimed at the ground. The first charge was delivered on the ground m front of a glass ball, . The disturbance of the earth caused the ball ;to fly upwards, when ihedoctor unloaded his spent cartridge and discharged his piece, shattering the- ball into a thousand fitg ; ments before it could reach the ground. This wonderful feat was several times ire? peatea. His wife aimed at a- Suspended glass ball, the gun being thrown; ovte her left shoulder and her back' turned to the object, the shooter Aaking her sight' from a small mirror placed an the ertd of the steck. This shot, which required wonderful strength and steadiness, was made with accurate precision.- Then she took a sniftß hore tffle and; fired at gfess.balls flung inithe air, sinking first ten 'but of ; 'fifteen; and afterwards eight out of twelfe. Dr BbLh placed a card over the sight of hi* pistol, and wpea.te'lly. broke, glass, balls suspended from a stick held at arm's length bj aa atteuciant, He ihatWr^ g\m b^Ua «s. fftst W

.they were thrown m the air. Finally be held tfie butt of the rifle at .the back of his neck, and shot the balls as they descended. Mre -Ruth fired at a bit of card held m her hut* band's mouth, hitting it two inches from his nose j then she shattered- a small- piece of glass held between his fingers and, filially ■Whit a small mark on a piece of card Held by Dr Buth, the lady delivering tne sho* while holding the gun upside, down; .' ;