MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 201, 3 January 1873, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

The O iental Bank Corporation loses £13,000 by tlie fa lure ot Gledstaues and Co. ;

Mr. Stanley has been offered, and has accep ed, (he sum ot'£10,(JO0, to deliver a course of lectures in ihe I'nited States, describing his discovery of Dr. Livingstone.

An ingenious gentleman ii Australia, has proposed tiie handling over great criminals to the surgeons, to be by them subjected to vivisection or dissecting alive, tov the bjueftfc ol scieac.}.— *Cjlonus," in ' iiruci Herald.'

Getting . the Ckumbs. —Mr. Thomas Luther Shepherd now that his arduous work in viewing the Maerewlienua goidfield is over, is to be sent to to report on the sale of bind to Mr. MDonaM on behalf of Mr. Bastings. Mr. Shepherd is also to aid M «ssrs Haggit and Mouatin drafting a new Goldtields Bill.—'Eeiio.'

Many of our readers will read with regret the following from the 'European Mail :'—" Ds. Finlayson, of Kdmbu:*gli. the well-known LJui.ed Presbyterian clergyman, was found d:«id in his bed on ()cfcober 17th at Carapbelton, where he had spoken at an induction service on the previous day." His congr g tion presented him with £3OOO ten d-iys previous. Denominational Schools. Bishop Neville is going to imitate fcish >p Morau. fn his Synodical Address lie alludes to the necessity of providing '• perhaps for schools." We nope the laity in. the Episcopal Church are sufficiently sensible to put a stop to such an absurd proposition been carried our.. Bishop .Neville has surely enough to do in looking after Church matters, without troubling himself about schools.—'Echo

j A telegram we published in our last ! issue announced tlie death of the Viscountess Beaeonsfield, wife of Mr. Disraeli. In the the late Vieounte9S is thus referred t« : —'Bjacousfield, Vicountess (United Kingdom), created 1838. —Mary Anne Disraeli, only da usjhter pf the late John Evans Esq, M.P, of Brancefotd Park Devon. Married, iirst, Wyudha'fii liewis, Esq., of Cast le, secondly, 1839, the Right Hon. benjamin' i'israeli, in acknowledgement of whose official services this viscounty was conferred in 1368."

; The death of Dr. jVlerie i) AuDig..c uc-' jprives modern French Proteslauusm of | its. most illustrious ornament. Distinguised alike in Theology and Literature, he held a place which gave him irresistible claims upon Scottish sympathies ; and he filled it in a manner which gave to those claims a mightily enhanced effect. For upwards of forty years lie lias been the head of the Theological School at Geneva. A staunch upholder of Calvin's teaching alike in respect of doctrinal verities and of ecclesiastical organisation he had necessarily many affinities with the descendants of JLiox. These he cherished with sedulous care and intelligent familiarity. He was thoroughly well acquainted with the movements of opirihm in this country, and concerned himself ai.xiousTy with all that affected the interests of Presbyterianism. J\ T ot that he had in him anything of Sectarian narrowness, or that he was disposed unduly to exalt Presbytery at the expense of iVotestantism. His historical knowledge aided his catholic temper in preserving him from such a bluuder. The great work by which he is best known is the History of the Keformation, which abounds with separ ate felicities of expression, and will remain a monument both of industry and skill. His death in all its circumstances seems to have much resembled that of Clalmers, for whom lie cherished a profound admiration.—' North British Mail.'

Horace G-reeley presents the following as a sure means of destroying the prosperity of the most promising town. '--If you want to keep a town from thriving don't put up any more buildings than, you can conveniently occupy yourself. If you should accidentally have an empty building and any one should want to rent it, ask three times the value of it. Demand a Shy lock price for every spot of ground that God has given you stewardship over. Turn a cold shoulder lo every mechanic and business man seeking a home with you. Look at every newcomer with a scowl. Bun down the work of new workmen. Go abroad for ware? rather than deal with those who seek to do business in your midst. Fail to adver~ tise, or in any other way to support your paper, so that people abroad may know whether any business is going on in that town or not. Wrap yourself up within yourselves with a coat of impervious selfishness. There is ao more effectual way to retard the growth of a town than, actions like those enumerated, and there, are people in every town who are pursung the same course every day of. their lives, and to whom the remarks are respectfully offered for their conside ration.

Polo. —It is satisfactory to know that the officers of our "creek" regiments are keeping up their spirits as well as enn be expected under the abolition of purchase and the prospect of a scientific army. Wlien it was rumored a short time since that the Life Guards, had taken to Polo, it was feared by the uninitiated that it might be perhaps some wild kind of dissipation to which the good fellows had be.-n driven by the cutting reforms of Mr. Card well and his relentless Controller. Mammas grew anxious, and many a. tender heart in Mayfair and Belgravia throbbed with terror or pity at the thought o£ the possible effects of Polo on dear Algernon or Sidney. Tire mystery is unveiled at last. Every body knows now what Polo is, and nothing could he more innocent or satisfactory. Polo is simply a. fame at hall played on horseback ; it is. in fact, equestrian hoekej't-; and a number of others of the Bhi'S and 9th Laiv C-M's have played it in : Windsor Park in thu presence of'tin Prince and Princes of Wales and a distinguished company. £t is certainly excellent sport, but thex'c are several reasons why itimi3t necessarily be confined to a limited circle. It can be playi-d properly only by expert horsemeu •vith horses or ponies more or less trained to their work ; and it may not always bo easy to find a piece of ground suitable for the exercise. One of tlie combatants the other day had his he id broken, and it was observed that before the game was over several of the ponies begun \o limp. A. rider who would willingly run the risk of a few hard knocks for himself might not be able to aflord.tko luxury of having a good pony lamed or marked/