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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 646, 10 March 1870, Page 4

There are now sixteen cardinals' hats at the disposal of the Pope. The Grand Cross of Pius IX. has been conferred by the Pope on the Earl of Denbigh and Lord Petre. The widow of Abraham Lincoln is about to marry a Chamberlain of the Grand Dnke of Baden, Count Schneidenbutzeii. Edwin iVI Stanton died at Washington on December 23, aged 55, of general debility. James Renforth, the champion sculler, has sent a letter to Mr Robert Claxton, of Newcastle-qn-Hunter, New South Wales, in whicli he offers to allow Hickey L2OO for expenses to row a match on the; Tyrie, for LIOOO a side, over a course of from foiir to five miles. Renforth asserts that he is sure the Australian will he ; li'andso'mely treated by all Tynesiders, in proof of which he instances the reception given to Walter Brown, the American. ; We have to believe -that 'the purport oi Mr Ashbury's reply to Mr Bennett's .£IO,OOO letter, with regard to the proposed Atlantic yacht race, was that he declined to exceed the plate, that .'he entirely waived the question of the four inland courses, and tinconditionally agrees to race the Dauntless from Cowes to New York any time in March, or from March: 1 to 15. Mr Bennett being now in New York, sotne little time may elapse before his final answer is received. ' A country paper, advertises for sale a pew whicJi •■• commands a view of nearly the whole; congregation." . ;;;.'■; ■: ; Politeness is like an air-cushion — there may be nothing in it, but it eases our jolts wonderfully. . i •■'