GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 56, 26 October 1878, Page 3

GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

Major-General William M'Bean, V.C., Info commanding the 93d Regimen! of l-'oot ;tho Sutherland died ill the llorbes Hospital, ShootcrVhill, Woolwich, ..;, Sunday last. His career Ims been ofti'ii cpiotoil as n remarkable example of promotion in the Army. I''n'in a drummer i" the 93d Regiment In. rose step by stop until lie attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in coininand of the regiment in which ho had spent his life. < 'lll v in October last, when promoted to Jlnjor-Ueiieral, was ho severed from tho corps in which he had served for more than K> years, and to which he was thoroughly devoted. Last week, after undergoing a hazardous operation in Loudon, lie was told that he could not survive manr days, and he expressed a wish that he'might be taken to the hospitnl at Woolwich, in order that Ik might "die among the soldiers." lie was a man distinguished in every rank, and was idolized by his regiment. His lirsl commission was awarded him on the 10th of August, 1834, when he was serving in the Crimea under the late Sir Colin Campbell, and he was promoted from ensign lo lieutenant in the same year—viz., on tho Bth of December. ( hi tho loth of April, 1838, he was made] captain, and received tho brevet rank of; major on the 10th of August 18G0, an I brevet lieutenaut-eoloncl on tho l-Kli of July, 1871. dn the Bthjjf June, 1872, he was promoted to bo major in the Army, and on the 29th of October tho following year. His war services include tho Crimean campaign to the fall of Scbastopol, embracing the assaults of the 18th of Juno and Bth of September; also tho expedition to the sea of Azolf and the capture of Kertch and Yonikalo, for which services ho received the medal and clasp, tho Mcjidie, and tho Turki hj medal, Ho served with even more distinction in India during the mutiny in 1857-58, and was at the relief, of LuoklWW with Lord Civile, at, the defeat of tho Gwalioi' contingent at Cawnpoi'o and pursuit to Scraighat, affair of Allogunge, tho battle of Jkrcilly, the actions of Pusgaon and Russliinore, and at tho evacuation of the Fort of Mithowlie. For his services iii India he earned his Victoria Cross for distinguished bravwy, his brevet rank, and the modal with two clasps. A few years ago, when his regiment was quartered at Woolwish, Qonfira] (then Colonel) M'Hean was very popular in the garrison, and although ho ha , chosen to die like D private j-.il.tier, the highest honours will M |uiid to hi. remains. At 8 o'cloek this afternoon the bodj Will leave the tlttbe* l|..spi!il, and l.e oonvoyod with full military Ikii • 11 led by various I tnd pla< iolbujh uiu ie, aiid followed by bundral 1

i of . : ! . ucl men ■ branches of Hit '■. rice, t i the !' , taken from th«?rc to Kilinl urgh for in! Londwi Times •! in ■ All ;■ sociation has been formed ill I. • the pm|i ■• i i promoting the study and disscmin ition if Anglo-Israelitism. ' The chair was oe- , cupiod by ('anon Brownrij : 1 iwn mi ! . Country Journal. As an illustration of the way in which i Mr. Kerry's hordi r duties li ously affected the. interests of Victoria, it may be stated that from one station in Riveriua, Uniong.nl, the Messrs. I^earprietoi no li -i than 24,<K10 • fat sheep have lieen consigned to the Sydney market, whose destination, under other circumstances, would most certainly have been Melbourne. This is only one instance, near at hand, in which Victorian prohibitive protection has operated 1, -iiiWi" st '''" trade and industries of the pojBT; of Victoria. In ort'er to maintain i hijrpopularity with the industrial elassi -, ;.J§ht and left, crippling thelioiling-down ■ esfftlilishmcnts, virtually prohibiting the exportation of preserved meats, and raising the piicc of meat for homo consumption at least 30 per cent.—Town and Country Journal. l/eder Vassileff, a peasant of tlic Government of Moscow, was twice married His first wile bore him, at 27 accouchments, children as follows: Mi times ■> 32 7 times :! :>1 i times •!- Hi His second wife bore :- - At H accouehmeiits ... IS Total —S7 Of this number S3 were living in 1572, when the father was 75 vears old. These facts are perfectly verified. The family of Vassileli'is well known, and it has been the object of ( ioverninenl favours. Mr. Gladstone, who, like Lord Brougham, c in deliver a spe icli aboul anything, from Homer's Iliad to hoi potatoes, lately freed his mind upon the subject of cooking, lie presided at a lesson at the '■- ■.-.!i.;i "• lgton ">: !i K>l o! < .1- f in l eloquently discussed the topic of ox-tail soup. Singularly enough he made a historical mistake to begin with, for he said that ox-tail soup was introduced by clerical refuges who came over there at lb I .::;■• of the Krench revoluii n, ;ud who requited tile hospitality with which they were received bv imparting to the lCiiglish people the secret of that savory preparation. Thisstatement.il appeers, was inaceuraie. ludigtiantlv '"The Descendant of a French Kefuge'" writes to the I. mdon Times to say thai Mr. Irlad-Mone was <|iiiic wrong : and t > claini ihal oup is "a I'rolesl.-iul dish," hroii"hl ~ve,- l,y the I'iencli Huguenots. Simultaneously another Correspondent was writing to the same newspaper the same thing. These good pc .pie, he says, were satisfied if they could keep ;, roof over (.heir heads, a clean fireside, and the pot-au-foii going.- New Vork Tribune.