MISCELLANEOUS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 253, 25 April 1888, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

La^t Sunday, Bates, the ciicketer, was examined by Mr C litchefct, the eminent oculist, who pi onounced the in]iu % > to his e}e to be permanent, and stated that he would nevei be able to play in the lield ajrain. I belie\e Bates has? no means of livelihood apart fiom his protession. The \'oi k-hne Club will, ol courfcC, ghe him a benefit, and if anything could be done foi him on \oui side it would eeitainly be most acceptable. x\n interesting relic ot Burns, the poet, is to be sold by auction next week. It, con sists of about 80 sheets of manu^enpt in the handwriting of the poet, and contain^ seveial of lii<* poem-., including " Holy Fair,"' " Address to the Deil, ' and "Halloween." The riovernment aie stated to have ]ust purchased 10,000 levolvers ioi distiibution amongst the London police. Bt utal assaults on membeift of the force bv burguirs are a^ain becoming common. Tließev. Fathei \\ . An^elm (billet t, who died suddenly last week, and was buried on Saturday at St. Michael's Priory, Hereford, was formerly rectoi of St. Johns College, Sydney, lie \\a= born at Preston in 1824, educated at the English Benedictine Church, Donai, took the habit of this order in 1843. and was oidnined priest in 1850. He returned fiom Sydney with Archbishop Vaughan in 1883, and up to his aeafch acted as private secretary to that prelate in conjunction with other clerical duties. Madame Adelina Pabti will sing twice in England before .starting on her next Continental trip, namely, at the Albert Hall on November 20 and December 11. For these performances she will be paid the largest sum .she has ever yet received for two appearances.