MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 15, 5 July 1864, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

■':• A FEW days . AGO,;"ai < : double-hiiinped '■' backed.,; .Baetrian- camel,- in the collectionof Messrs. Sariger, at the, Circus, p. Pprtland-street^Maiicliesteri^gaYe, birth to a fine'-male'caffi' -This is "believed' "to be' only the second instance of the birth of a" camel of this species in England^ _ _ '— - At the -parish- ! church of St. ; Aniie, Limehoiise, Kamariera Te Wharepapa, one of the New Zealand chiefs ,now, residing at ; the,Strange,Es'?Home, Liine''nolise,'was:mWried to'Ehzabeth Reid, of the parish r of MaiyJebone.r^TJ:ie j llev.;E.\Day», 8.A., was : the' officiating" clergyman. _ ( .. „. . ; 1 --One of the las^acts of the Duke of Newcastle, as Secretary^of the; Golonies 5 ; has .been to confer the vacant" see i of Tasmania on the Eev. 0. <H. Bromby, Incumbent of"St Paul's and Principal) of , the, Normal ; Gollege,V oneltenham. ' Mr.- Bromby; has for many years devoted himself to 'the work of popular ■ education ■ and-: the 'gf the, working classes,: and isknown by many educatiojial. works. The bishopric was founded 'in ■■1842, i and : comprises Tasmania and Norfolk. Island... rilts jincomc consists of £1000 from v the Golpnaajlf ffairids, and £400 from (he Colonial Bishopric's ' -Fund. Dr. Bromby belongs to the moderate 'party of |he Church. | . '■' .] Pleasures op a>t Editor.— Editing a paper is a very pleasant business. If it contains too much political matter, people won't. have it If if contains too little they won't have it. . If the type is small, they can't read it If we publish telegraph reports, folks say they aro nothing but lies. If we omit them, they say we have no enterprise, or sirpprcss them for political effect. .If we; have in a few jokes, folks say we are. nothing but a ratfclehead. If we omit; jokes, they say we are an old fossil. If we publish original matter, they blame us for not giving selections. If we publish selections, folks say we are lazy for not writing more, and giving them what they have not read in some other paper. If we give a public man complimentary notices, we are censured for being partial. If we dp not, all hands say we are an uncouth bear. If we insert an article which pleases the ladies, men become jealous. If we do not cater to their wishes, the paper is not fit to have intheir house. If we attend church, they say it is' only for effect. If we do not, they denounce tis as deceitful and terribly wicked. If we remain in the ollice and attend to business, folks say we are too proud to mingle with our fellows. If we go out. they say we never attend to business. If we don't pay our bills promptly, folks say we are not to be trusted. If we do pay promptly, they say we stole the money. — UYew Yorlc Tribune, The melancholy scene of the late Sheffield inundation continues to be visited by hundreds of persons daily, the greater number from distant parts of .the eouutry. At Matin. Bridge, Owlerton, and Hillsbro' a few parties .of men are engaged in the work of repairing buildings that had been partly washed down; but the attempts at re-con-struction have been, so far, very limited and partial. Lower down the river, and in Sheffield itself, mow activity is observable, and several of the forges and manufactories have recommenced work, as far as has been practicable. The scene of desolation at Ncepscnd and Hillfoot is even more distressing than it was shortly after the flood, from the dreary solitude that reigns in localities that were formerly busy and animated. From ealcuktions-,that have been made, it would seem that tlie flood reached,' and injured more or less seriously, not fewer than -1000 houses. In the district of Necpsend alone, out of 600 bouses, 400 are now empty. The total damage to property, from the scene of the accident to a point below the borough of Sheffield, where the destructive power of the flood may be said to have ended, is calculated at £250,000; and this, of course, is exclusive of tenants' and proprietors' claims, which will amount to an enormous sum. The relief fund now amounts to about £36,000. A "Bute Look Oft." — In a lecture which Dr. Frankland recently delivered at the Royal Institution, lie- stated that our planet lias been undergoing a gradual diminution of temperature. He went on to .say- that Uiis cooling process is still going on, r.ncl that when it has arrived at a certain degree stupendous cracks and rents will take place in 'the granite which constitutes so large a portion of the shell or crust of our globe, and the pleasant and fruitful earth on which- we, -live will become even as the moon; such, Dr. Frankland says, is the fate in store for us. He believes that^the moon has gone completely through her coolvng, and that tlie ocean which once (lowed over its surface has been entirely swallowed by the cracks occasioned by the cooling. The gulfs formed by the cracks he- calculates as fourteen and a half million cubic miles in capacity — room enough and to spare for the unfortunate moon's ocean, supposing, the quantity of water to have been the same in proportion as that on our earth. It is a melancholy prospect ; but Dr. Frankland says : — "If such be the present condition of the moon, we can scarcely avoid the conclusion, that a liquid ocean can only exist upon the surface of a planet so long as the' latter retains a -'high internal tern- I perature. The moon, then, becomes to us a I prophetic picture of the ultimate fate which awaits our earth, when, deprived of an external ocean,- | and of all but an annual rotation upon its axis, _-. it shall revolve' 'round the sun an arid . and lifeless wilderness— one hemisphere exposed to the per-; petual glare of a cloudless sun, the other shrouded n, eternal -nig\it."—C7iambers' 1 Journal. E.AEFLIXG FOB A YOTT> r & WOKiS IN AMERICA. — The Troy Whiff says that several young men, fascinated with the personal charms of a female attached to the sanitary fair now being held in that city, have made complete arrangements to liave her set up in a raffle, and have her transferred to the holder of the lucky prize ticket. The parents of the female, who have hitherto sustained most respectable positions in society, have consented to the arrangement — so has she, with a coolness and nonchalence most remarkable' in one whose beauty is most charming, whose character has hitherto been spotless, and whose face is stamped with the purity of an angel.; When spoken to- on the subject there is no visible emotion manifested beyond that deep and.inde^ scribable look of resignation which wie have rarely seen equalled -'hitherto in the Jineaments^af' the human. 1 face. > The /committee of arrangements; have assented to the arrangement. Thus far the. matter "has keen' kept' rather ,,.g.uiet^vosy—^fefl°: ■publicity i TiaiH% i 'bVen%ive'irtotius strange project; except those who had chance.sl.to obtain- thS-Jfacts. from an " inside view" of the committee and. their doings. The female is to be at the absolute and unconditional will of thosewho draw her— her lot in life to be determined and. disposed of absolutely by the person who holclsHhe. winning ticket. We. don't know the exact »ge,oi\ the female whose, future is thus "to be literally determined. by ttie' of the die." Judging < from -her. rface we should not take her, to be ■ over ;20 years old, and perhaps, younger.: ;i She is a native of. Aheugenial clime of Italy— having been, as we learn, born there — but is. .of. American? parentage. jWe have been put in, possession; of her name, but now only disclose the initials---P. N. B. v-HerJiatheriwas a native of Ppmppy,,Onpnclaga .-(Jountyy "and 1 is now a most respectabic-lopking gentleman with r flowing beard,' whoso age borclora . f oii fifty. H( was originally a carpenter and 1 joiner, andjbrmerlj workedin Uticar " - Subsequently lie "waiT a cartus< cutter. jJEIis fortunes rose as h&grew /older, 'a|i( ho went 'to Europe some years since, spending oon Biderable-^imo in Italy.;' ;; v '"'•• '= '• i' ! - ; oi •}■ >rV"u..7r.u-.-t^ ■ ! ii',-.ivi..u.u '■

I^g^t^*CPn)^a^te^ii,jie*TmiQu^ of work m^ the^erection of Christ Church, Ealkirk,-•ifie-fbHovring^rS^tlSj^naSJe^df ~ tne "Icontractors, -which will be foraid to be rather incongruous whea taken in.c { Qnnection^thj.t;heirjti'ades. Law, coh.r tracts'for the iriasbn work ) BfacJc, for the carpenr ter work; Draper, for the slater work ; King, for jthe phunher^ : 'w..orb j. [MiUe^'f of j .and Bell, for /-the. painter' work.— -Vide *Sc<Stsmari, .W :.n--.-<V r^r? I'^f^y .V.'.TJji^gentleman 1 walkiiigl^tb. two ■ s stepped' ! ,Bn?. .'','^bgsfie'M^liopp, !,%at t flew I" : ','s'aidl-jbtfi,, ;< -^wHicb ol>yotifdcoppedvthat>?"