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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 285, 2 December 1871, Page 4

Stoning the De'il. — Considerable,excitement was oecasjcmed in Kilsyth;(say.s the Glasgow Herald) by a report that the devil in person had taken up his residence in a house f n^ar 'the parish church, and which is now empty, but was used recently as a poor-house. On one of the panes in a window of this building sorßethiojr was observed resmbling the face of a black man, with teeth clenched. Believing that it was the devil looking out of the window, hundreds of the inhabitants were in a short time attracted to the spot. Some of the crown then began to throw stones at pis Satanic Majesty, and nearly all the .panes in the windows of the house were bfokfen. Strange enough — and the circumstance increased the general terror — the- pane on which the shadow rested was uninjur ad. The belief that the devil was inside he house could not be dispelled till the poli jeman had investigated, the matter., T lat functionary, convinced that there Uas some foundation for the popular bel ef, went to the door ' with 1 ' "-snitdhers " in hand and tried to force it open, but co lid not. HaviDg , procured the key from the proprietor, he entered, and on examination, of course, found that there waslno one within the building. The figure pu the pane which created so much excitement, was caused by the reflection of some carved work on the session-house of tpe church. 1. The Americans have pot a new excitement. People have arrived in NeW York who say the English Republicans, with Mr. Odger arnoug them, have dacided that at the next vacancy to tha Throne the Republic shall be proclaimed\ at offce"itr att'tbe large cities. They as- \ sert that everything is prepared for this movement, aud that it has support among naval and military officers, and they are therefore askipg for, the jttßßistauce f p£, the, Fenians. "Ali'tWse rumors^ which have attracted an attention they scarcely deserve, are based nupon an impression that* the health of the Queen has seriously given way, -an— impression -for which the Lancet declares there is do foundation, although her Majesty has had a serious attack of sore-throat. We would just remind agitators of this kind that thousands of leases at this moment hang upon the Queen's life,' th^Wby^rs have inserted her name on the well-founded belief that no famtfyjw XVWWe/;t l ei'siatent and deter-

mined habit of living iiian-\h^- House of Brunswick. A ConimoriweaUhjTiay come, probably will corae one duy; but if the English people take it from Mr. Odger'd hands, iOV\ Sfroth street {rioters' hauds, ./or from anybody's hands pending a coronafioii, we iio not understaud their character. They like fair play au-.l decency, and some respect for the dead.— '-Spectator. - Fijian Postag-e Stamp. — The Evening JPost says that some Fijian postage stamps are to be seen at Messrs. Greville aud Co.'s Commercial Rooms, in Wellington. They are of "three denominations, and are modf artistically designed and executed;! Jin fact, although smaller, they are much prettier than ours. The design is simple. The word " Fiji " is distinctly printed on a crescent label at the top, and the words " Postage — pence " on one at the- bottom. The intervening ~spa~ce is "occupied by a circle surrounded by ornamental scrollwork, and enclosing a Royal- Crown, with' the~letters§C. R. (Cakobau Rex) beneath. The penny stamps are blue, the threepenny green, and the sixpenny red. The colors are unusally brilliant. These samples were forwarded by Mr. E. Greville, who .has. recently been appointed Fijian Consul in Sydney.