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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 439, 17 January 1857, Page 8

Mr. Pablo Panque, who has been on a visit up the west coast, has returned to Wellington. He exhibited his truly wonderful feats on' the tight rope at the several places which he visited on the coast; all who witnessed his performances were extremely astonished and delighted. The natives at Manawatu were so weil pleased with him, that they wish him to reside amongst them, and have marked out a piece of land which they have given him to reside upon. We understand that Mr. Pablo Panque intends visiting Sydney to make arrangements there previous to taking up his residence at Manawatu. — Wellington Independent. 'The Prussian 'Soldieey.—lt is a real pleasure to see the Prussian soldiery, such is their "youthful bloom and their stalwart ap-' pearance. " One is reminded, by many a fine intellectual countenance among them, that the youth of the higher classes are ajso obliged to serve. I have uniformly remarked a becom : ing behaviour in the military.' They are dis : creet to the citizens, and the citizens polite to them. The citizens, indeed, regard the soldiers as their own. The common mess-table is found to have an excellent effect upon' the officers ; nourishing a kindly feeling among them all, and giving the younger ones' a more decided bearin<r °What a difference between all ' this, and what I saw in Berlin in 1800 and 1806 ! What a lasting impression must the year' 1813 have made upon the whole population here! Every fourth man you' meet in the street wears a decoration, and every one is proud of it, whether he bs a Councillor o!' State or a common porter, of Frederick Perlks.

The New Bishop of London.—The Rev. Dr. Tait, who has accepted the bishopric of London, is thus spoken of hy the ' Carlisle Patriot,' in which city he has for the last few years officiated as dean:—"Dr. Tait will make an effective Bishop of London, if his duties he not found to exceed his bodily powers. In other respects he will doubtless be acceptable in the metropolis to both clergy and laity. An elegant scholar, refined in manner, charitable to the full extent of jhis means, however ample, aboye all, deeply impressed with the duties of the pastoral office and the requirements of his Christian profession, he will, we are quite sure, prove himself second to none in the high position to which it is his good fortune to be elevated. In Carlisle, as dean, he has unquestionably done much good both in the Church and to the cause of education. All ranks will miss him ; but the poor especially will lose in him and Mrs. Tait at once the most considerate and .benevolent of friends." The-^ • Scotsman' says '•—" The new Bishop of Lon-f don is, it is said,to rbe our distinguished countryman, DrrTait, Dean of Carlisle. He is a brother of our townsmen, Mr. John Tait, advocate, Sheriff of Clackmananshire, and Mr. J. C. Tait, W.S.; but, nevertheless, is a man of liberal politics and progressive tendencies."