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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 105, 8 January 1853, Page 9

The Mining Journal speaks of a " startling project" devised by Mr. D. S. Brown, who proposes to build a steam-ship which shall reach America iv 48 hours ; and go to India and back in a fortnight! His ship will not go through, but on the water. Dkath of " John Dok and Richaed Roe. 3' —We are told that on the 24th of October next, these great characters —great in their fiction and falsehood—will cease, even as lies, to exist. A statute'of the last session enacts that "instead of the present proceeding by ejectment, a writ shall be issued, directed to the persons in possession of the property claimed, which property shall be described in the writ with reasonable certainty." Reasonable certainty ! And is law to be made a thing of reason ? Then what is called Justice may "take a chandler's shop, and with her false weights, vend soap and candles. We understand that the oldest attorneys contemplate the formation of a Committee, whose object shall be a public professional funeral of the deceased Doe and Roe ; a few enthusiasts, in anticipation of the mournful event, have already had their coats dipped a deeper black. | The deceased will be buried at midnight, the bells of the Inns of Court tolling half-minute strokes. '•' Service" will be performed either by j Jacobs Levy, or Levy Jacobs.— Punch.