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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 43, 19 February 1880, Page 5

Two bagfl-ball clubs, compqacd entirely of deajT ti^MVe teen pUyiS in Olid. Th.y ,say.it r i« the aaddest thing in the world. r &o thech/b ihat'geta'b^ten .tre&rikj 'it the umpire and calling him a <• hide-boaud, liljlivored, bjack-hearted liar" with their the crime of £orj&ry MJJlbnor Mt : Justice am sorr»o l *fcy : «i«ti despltjß^wfi^ fa?;t)feen--Baid W'^Ojßry seiaibh from the tKirpublipjpPMem incl^qed to d,6 wbat'tßin^ifllOg^ more^osOeaa than r abetting'ifi' ihfcMMivStf 13f T^bip offence by thh f ability % fls* whffr m<ti*» are taken f rom VTer>bo&y>n^jta^B|fe 'If the public wilt hot take measures to protect themaelreji. it seems (difficult. to' see how the layr can do ao. It seems to me that this time has now arrived, dr at any rate speedily' fill arrive, vrhen those entrusted with the administration of justice will hare to use the very extensive pdwirs committed tosfitm with far grater seVerity "than has hitherto been tfiee&e\ ' la thi 6}A ? ebuhtry, v ii*)rtiu . are doubtlGis aware, not io Teryionjf»fp tht punishment for >f the crime of f o9geirr ' #as that of death. Thank God tbaf h»/ bean done away with/ but t till it is very necessary that the operatibns of commerce should be protected;?' • - ■/•-.-'; The Duke of 9.e4ferd has a frifivajaea! against the Government which (eaya Vanity Fair), being a money grievance, and fa«-b»inf a rich man j he feels all the more keenly. Ia ) his generosity he has reidrnsd'Wtui eoontry j teneii'ts 50 per" cent. b'tthW^reni^ fhich amounted altogether to W abm excMdfnr £50,000. Of this £50,000 he madi tliifm in absolute present, whicli was a fino 1 dyli'-lrk* thing to do. "Bui the'tat-latterer is IV *r&i personage who is not mdvea by things" swSTe aad dukclilce ; odd the Duk© 1 %hb' ; ' io geheroualy diminished hi 4 year's income Ky noV flndi that tho'B oar d of Ifilaod Revenue insist on his making the State" I '■» present of the income tax on- that sum; "The; Duke protests strongly that ie fonnis no paft. ot his income since he has not got it, "aadj that, therefore, he should not b« taxed for! it; but the Board Teply that it is inetm* 1 since he has recdved'it.arid'that tfie fMct ofj his having given' it away again has n'dlhiiSgi tb dowith the matfer." r S67£ha Duk¥h&s s roi pay the ta«, a 'fafct whioh 'Shouid' Ve^nly borne in mitjdVall sfeneroU¥ v lktfdlor t dsi ?T tr