MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 172, 21 June 1872, Page 8

MISCELLANEOUS.

A single hair from of Louis Napoleon ia, said, to hay a been sold, re-, cently, at a fair in London, for 100,dpt. '

A rare„bopk,has been discovered .at Lambeth "Palace— a copy of tHe second volume of the famous. Mazarin .Bible, supposed to have been printed atamt the middle of the 16th cent ury

A gentleman known, as the Chevalier John Sobieski Stuart, reputed to bethe eldest grandson ofthi ',' Youn<«Pretender," has died' recently in London, aged 74. ■ ' /

A rumor is current that th» Pope intends very soon to leave Home, and to take up his residence in Austria, alleging that his pr esence is necessary to combat the scepticism prevalent in. Germany. . , Captaiu 11. il.tE the Duke of Edinburgh has completed his gunnery studies at Portsmouth, and it is rumored in navalccirces that he is likely to commission the iron plated screwship Hercules. : : Jl man once called on President Lincoln. He had shaken hands with him, observing, " Don't be soared, Mr Lincoln, I do not want an office,' * "Is that go ?" said ; 44 There, giva usanother shake."

"William Store/, a. well-known jockey was killed last week, a* Christchureh. He was riding a colt belonging to Mr Mallcck, and, having been thrown, a waggon which was. immediately behind ran over him and killed him .on the spot.

The Kenilworth arrived at Auckland oil the 15th instant, from iiji. The Parliament was opened with great ceremony. The Government propose to establish a National Bank, with a capital of a quarter of a million. The brig Carl has been released by the CossHck. A strong petition haw been got up for the reap vai of the British Consul. An attempt was Mad* to execute Franks, the murderer of Muir. The hangman made a false knot, and Franks hung several minutes after being dropped six . feet, and suddenly, began to groan and shriek. Several spectators fainted, lie was hastily cut down, and has since recovered. Hissentence has been commuted to imprisonment for life. •••We arefinibrmed. (says the Wellington Independent) that th«. Government, after carefully considering the reports and recommendations of Mr. Haughton, and the Engineer-in-chiefV have decided to construct. works for the supply of water to the Thames gold field. The plan adopted is the one known as the " low level/* and instructions have been given for clearing the line for the race, and arranging for the purchase of native and private lands,, through which in a iew places the must pass. We presume that the interest, upon the outlay will be made a charge upon theo Provincial revenues, although there is very little doubt that the work will be a directly remunerative ouc. We must confess our astonishment thai, with so many wealthy mining companies upon the Thames goldfield the supply of water lias not been taken up by public enterprise, and we cannot help expressing the opinion that th« Groverment in undertaking this work is making a concession to the Thames goldfield which , i# hardly in accordance with fcb* principle upon which the Legislature; agreed to provide money for th© assistance of works of this kind upon goldfields.