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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 260, 3 November 1871, Page 2

Mr. H. K.PnKCBLL, the English batristflrv And one: of] the: ,Tichborne case, who recently arrived^ .in. (Melbourne in order to proseoute certain inquiries and obtain evidence on his side, has found it n eceseary, in the course of hie proceedings!

to ask the Castlemaine bench of magistrates for leave to convey to Eogland, for use in the Tichborne trial, the books of the local police court, containing the names of the prisoners and the charges brought against them during the years 1858-60. Of course this request was accompanied by an offer to enter into bonds within a certain time, as well as to pay all expenses in their respect. The Bench forwarded Mr. Parcell's request to the Solicitor-General, who has decided that it cannot be granted.

The youngest daughter of the AgentGeneral for South Australia, Caroline Birch Dutton, born in that colony, has carried off the highest honor in the recent general examination for women in connection with the University of London. According to the Cologne Gazette, the Prince de Joinville refused recently to become a candidate for* the presidency of the French Republic as a short cut to the throne." But," said the Prince, "if I were King, I should know how to govern well. The means are very simple. I would have a Constitution of two articles ; the first article should enact that every Frenchman should be a functionary ; the second that every Frenchman on reaching the age of five should be decorated." Dbawing a Lion's Tooth. — A lion at Glasgow Las been under the bands of a dentist, who succeeded in extracting a diseased tooth. The sick lion was successfully secured, to prevent injury to the operator, who had the additional security of the bars of the cage intervening between himself and his patient. By means. of a well-applied gag, the jaws were fixed, so that the instrument could be introduced without fear of injury to the doctor's hand. He' completed his task, but not without some damage to poor Leo's jaw. The Architect says that the Pacific Hotel at Chicago, now in course of erectionj and which is expected to be open next spring, covers an area of nearly an acre and a half, with dimensions from east to west of 350 feet, and 186 feet from north to south, and a height of 104 fact. The cost of the building will be about eight, hundred thousand dollars. The hotel is built of Amherst (Ohio) sandstone, and al! its great facades present a very striking efiect,' and bid fair to add a noble feature to the architecture of the city. Amongst the large number of people flocking to Sandhurst to share in the good times, was noticed the other day on the road from Castlemaine an undertaker, who was going there with all liis stock-in-trade. First was the hearse, wilh a cow fastened behind; next came a mourning coach containing the undertaker's family and such household effects as, could not be accommodated inside the hearse. The procession caused great fun along the road, as showing that undertakers hope to thrive at Sandhurst as well as the gentry that buzz around the Beehive. His Honor Sir Alfred Stephen, Chief Justice of New South Wales, when engaged the other day laying the foundation of a public school at Wagga Wagga, caused a good deal of amusement by a little slip of the tongue. The incident is thus reported by the Advertiser : — " The stone was slowly lowered to its place; and his Honor having ascertained that it was plumb, said in a loud voice — ' I now declare the foundation stone of this public house — (roars of laughter, in which his Honor heartily joined) — I mean of this public school, to be well and truly laid.' " The following particulars of a proposed scientific visit to New Guinea, have been furnished to the Sydney Morning Herald:— "On board H.I.M. Russian steam corvette Vitias, lying in the harbor of Apia on the 20th August, is a wellknown Eussian naturalist, M. von Maclay, who is on a scientific cruise. M. von Maclay proceeds from here direct to New Guinea, where he intends to land on the north-east coast, between the Astrolabe and Humboldt's Bay, to spend at least a year in New Guinea, and if possible to make himself acquainted with the interior of the island. He is accompanied by only two servants, a Swede and a Polynesian from the Isle of Pines. Though the Russian ' corvette has orders to convey M. von | Maclay to New Guinea, we are aware, from anthentic information, that this voyage is a purely personal scientific undertaking of this gentleman. The corvette, after landing M. von Maclay, will proceed on her cruise." A Contemporary states that in connection with the recent laying of the foun-dation-stone, of a Wesleyan Chapel at Nottingham, a document was specially prepared for the benefit of " Macaulay's New Zealander." In the cyst underneath the stone, laid by Sir F. Lycett, among other matters, was enclosed a post-card, bearing on the address side the following : —•'To Macaulay's New Zealander, or any other person it may interest, in or about a.d. 2960," and on the other the following inscription : — " Greeting ! In this, a.d. 1871. We, Lace Manufacturers of ] Nottingham, whose productions are placed under this memorial-stone, to interest the future antiquary, are paying to our work- ; - men an ..ayerage „. of £4 per ■ Week ,each man; a new Levers' twist machine costs us about £600; the; price of cotton yarn ranges from Is. 6d.{No. 50) to 20s. i(No. 150) per Ib. j the^ price of. silk j prepared, from 16s. to 50s. per lb. There are about 4000 machines engaged full time,'. that is, twelve to twenty hours per '/','d.Bjy in the production of laces and edging of various kinds, and plain and fancy nets." : ;

An exchange remarks that it is high time that the newspapers put their foot upon the present system of publishing one's genealogy through the medium of a marriage advertisement. The union of Jones with Miss Smith may be an interesting item of news, without the public caring to know anything about Jones' ur.cle or his wife's grandmother. It is a strange coincidence that while people drag their rich relations into print, they observe a remarkable reticence with respect to the poor ones. A great deal, is made of the barristers, country gentlemen, and baronets; but the butchers, bakers, and candlestickmakers are judiciously kept in the back grounJ. This is not as it should be. Let the rule be, all or none.