THE Thames Advertiser. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1874.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1844, 31 August 1874, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1874.

The long string of bye-laws published by the Borough Council for public information have, . with .one-one or two/' 'hot 'very''important 1 ' altera-, tions, been adopted. It is no doubt necessary for some,, of these laws. to be passed, but we' noticed among them one, which we consider ill-advised and oppressive, vk,;that T wHch regulates the formation 1; ■arl'd! 1 : mirtnien'ahce !; of'' 'the' public causeways., This bye-law compels!'the owners or occupiers of property first to pay half the costsf formation, and then to keep in repair the causeway in front of their, residence or, place, of.business. This obligation is ! "a seriousHak upptf''the" people which, in our opinion, cause, a-large amount of discontent and anoyance.' The Council 'should becareful not to pass any bye-law. which! can only be exceptionally applied. A. living i in; Pollen-street, should be no more liable than B. who : occupies a tenement in any of the unmade streets •of-the iiborough. ;.If, the:Jawois;.to,be carried out it should be in its in-' tegrity, of the-propriety or possibility; of doing so we have our doubts. Public, causeways are a public convenience, ■and should be' made'and : Kept 1 in repair, by levying the, rate empowered under ' the Corporation's^ the uiijust method proposed in. the bye-law. 1;? ; It 18 not to be supposed, with the heavy liabilities already incurred by theCauucil, and the expensive staff of

well-paid officials attached to this infant municipality, that a fraction of the rates could, be expended on the footpaths. T The people have hitherto most liberally subscribed:,to wards the cost of these works,; and would no doubt do so again, in order to supplement any gi-aut '■ the Council may vote in this , direction, but there is a vast difference between a voluntary contribution and au oppressive impost. Storekeepers and hotel proprietors have a beneficial interest in the approaches, to their places of business, and it pays to make-them as attractive-as-possible, but a very, large number;■ v; qf.., : our citizens reside''in private 'dwellings, and, to. their case, this principle 'does;'. not apply. Very many, .occupy houses and allotments as tenants. At whose .- charge are .these improvements to be made, at the tenant's or the. landlord's ? In our opinion it is premature to intro-. - duce .a, bye-law which, however suitable ;'";■.- to'the main thoroughfares of a city like Auckland, is wholly out of character in a mining district,like this. The - Council should be' careful not to in- ■ crease .taxation, but: if it be necessary to do so, the burthen of it- should be as equally distributed'as-possible. . We have also noticeda r 6anvas'being, made of . thV •borough'"'*for another - voted for the undertaking.'''. : To-this .'■'■■;•' 'proce'eding i-wev also> take .exception. Messrs (Ju'dg'eon ; a'nd Craig's tender was ; . accepted. These gentlemen• are''.pre--.-,sumed^to;jjei shrewd, lnen, of 1( fcusiness, and well understood :the:. nature of ithe be performed; they. : Jwerd isiip-; ■'''.'• posed, to .have , recmyedMnstruct&ns .;:- from;j,"tfee'Town.Clerk^^nol.',"of; course : ■ '-'.' signed an or; contract/deed, They were to all ■ iiitentrand : purposes yy committed'to'-.' tbi'' Satisfactory•comple" ; . : ; tiion .of? the work,,and;iif^they.failedfin \ "the'a'ttempVth^e:'roil ; ahould have/been-• returned to ; them 'for- .arid - : correction'/ 'But i: riot J ? a VI perifiy* s of- : the 1: ?. ■ public money shouia have been added : to'th'e -price". pf l: the l original;, tender*' '. ;y What wbuld'be said if Bome'.ofv;the road contractors applied for ' an unfinished cpntract\to. ; be v dbubledl or failing to» do- tlie*specified work, the Council;.voted, their. Tbwn.Clericvthe additional;;mbney.t6 ; completeiit satis* factorily■? ; - f : ' lf;-Mesßrs>6udgebii: i ' , and '.;,.' Oraig-'weve" 'capable ; 'bf ; ' compiling the assessment roll they 'were ! bbiind ; in honour to doit properly ;;-bufe'if there,: is orily : "bri'e' maii ,:i iu ;! the ;pTa ; ce whose " ability is,.|eqiial;to the task, and these: gentlemen .proved' themselves incapa;' bles instead/ of, experts,jthey -wereVnot: : entitleji to, be paid tfpr .a work which is practically useless. We are' not in a^post-= tion to allow the small revenue., of ..the ..;. borough to' be *inj udibiously ■ or 'bare'lessly spent, ; arid; >that; were 1 originally voted for this work does ■ riot in any wayjustify this additional expenditure. ; ' : Ji; y <y■-■<,'■ ■-■"

-We bog ; to draw the attention oi the Postmaster to a matter o£' which, at, little troubled may ,be effected with great advantage to the community. The. '.p, ! s;;. *'Hauraki * : .isUn)ibnn'ced'td'mte, , " ; 'daily''"' morning trips, from Grahamsto,wa'to Aflcklandj : leaving at, 9,0 clocks and-the.,■ mails 4y-,this: opportunity are annoanced.tp.clwe at 5 o'clock on the:previous.erening."'"No«r,'with all defer- . ence to therPostmaster,we scarcity think" this is business-like.' >1£ the ! mail 1 had been announced to close at 8 a.m., one hour before the steamer's; : sailihg [time, lit [would have seemed . | more like'a convenience to the public, enabling . ing or up to.8 j a.m., .iristeacTof;. closing the mail bags sixteenhoiir3 before; the...steamerjleaTes.ii.f' ;the ; steamboat:proprietors 1 aregood enough to .•': accommodated to the' tune of two trips; each v way per diemVit'ia only fair; that, the "Postal •: authorities should give the public --whose'. per,vants they are—the7full' "benefit '. of such,' ex* .;■• tended communication..'.. By the,arrangement we suggest buMneffl-rpepple;. ; answer; their daily correspondence per 'Crown each evening, and letters will arrived in Auck-:'. land in"- lime for delivery the-next; afternoon.. Closing the-maU'W5;- instead of the next morning at B,will render this impracticable.". ! 'The sitting of the Assembly which*was fixed for Saturday was'adjourned- until to-day (Mon-' day), when; Ms Excellency the [Governor will; prorogue •' The Northern me'mbers .were to leave; yesterday: in the Cpionial;6pyemment.!Sfeamer;.. < .liuna' ■; and-the 's.aiTarahaki,"- but it ' the" sailing of bne of these'' would;be.delayM : ' until alter the prorogation this afternoon!' The : •Luna' brings the Northern portion of the Suez mails, ''and:may ; be expected'in'the : Manukau this evening..; The portion'-will I '-'no'.; doubt arrive by to-morrow's steamer.

When, the] Volunteers were assembling for church parade brass"-baud-of -the; Thames Scottish,'under. mery, played several appropriate •selections in Browa-street, -The,'.'church .call", was .played 'witibfeMelienVe^ 20 members, and the;inanner ,inwhich; tliey performed ; yesterday;-, 'as'on preyions occasions, was extremely creditable tothe bandmaster and members. The band: of the Naval brigade also turned!but7to;the';pafadevin equally good#prcpi" afid. their, playing showed no decline in effectiveness or excellent' training.;

'•■ ( parade-fof the company,-band, and'ca'detV'took place yester-; day to the Were' accompanied" by ; their-comrades \iof j! the.; Naval Brigade ,and' No. 2 gMraki-; The 1 other' ; Volunteer - ;c6mpanie3^ : were;:also. invited, but were unable,; to.be present. ■■ There;' was a splendid muster madeV up as follows:— ; Scottish Company,,.6o;• band, ,20.; cadet 3,; 20.' ''Mafßrigade,' 70 1 band," 20. No. 2 ' H.R.V.r"'3(M : -total;' J 220.' : The Rev.; James Hill .honorary chaplain.! of; the Scottish, , preaciied a' special,.sermon on :the' ; sion, taking for ; h'i<; : teifv",Render; : us»; ■Ctesir'the'-thinga-;that- f are Ccesar's.lauduhtd-. God the things that are God's." The parade"{ marched to' returned ; left-in-front; both bands ,'playirig J ialterhataly.; : , Major Cooper was in ;cdmmaßd^fand ; ; cirefullyV inßpected'each v co(npany.'oh; ; faUing-in.' --Before'; ,the : parade was dismissed; s squareiwas ' andtheMajor complimented thecorps' present.,: for their Scottish and Navalsshowed[.•'the largestiatteh- > dance at'drill and parade*,;aud greatest: proportion of good shots of;any :two : companies/ an'C^evZealand. KHe ; Baid 1 also' that vNo'^L2;, ; ILR.V. h'ad;l6hg had anaine' for having 1 some;;; of the be3t shots in the colony, and he was glad £ to see them again ooming to: the : fronton' reguv; slarity afc.drilli fdr ments in a ;Volunteer -we're: regularity ■attention to drill,-and good -shooting. Murray, oa.behalf of the Scpttwh,.^hankedthe % "and'Np, r 2 courtesy in'acoompanying thera' to' Church, -and, v he promised 6a behalf o£the. Scottish, a; (^mpUin^twb.ea'o^wa;M fl M« ; ftr'::^;

Notices of .nominations of candidates for the office of: Borough Councillor, to rill up the •vacancies "caused by the- retirement of three members ; ,,will require to be delivered at the Borougn'Couricil Chambers 'before four o'clock' to-day, The nomination takes place at noon to-morrow. , The retiring members are Messrs Kennan, Kilgour, and Anthony. Mr. Kennan intends to offer himself for re-election, but the intentions ;of the others'have not been made public, so that the only candidates at present for the three vacancies are:—Mr Wm. Rowe, Mr Duncan .Macnab, and Mr Richard Kennan, No doubt this number will be increased by the addition of several names, as the hour for sending nomination'papers arrives. The papers have to;.,be, signed by the person named as a candidate, in token Of his assent, and by three persons duly qualified to vote at such election, The monotony of affairs in the Exchange Buildings oa Saturday evening was enlivened by a fracas between a mining manager and a speculator. The dispute had no reference to shareitransactions.- :It appeared to be a purely personataffair; and ended without either "combatant sustaining much injury; A large crowd collected ;in a few minutes, kbut. the friends of ■the.-'combatants interfered, arid did not allow :the'qiiarrel'tb proceed,': <••->'•;-•■-;-• It is not often'that : a' prosecution' 1 under the" Medical PrActitioners Act such as that heard at the Police-jCpurt on Saturday is instituted, possibly on account, of 'the rarity of any. person not entitled or qualified setting up in the b'usw ness.of.a medical practitioner.; j-The-lawjis,; however, very stringent, and allows.a .penalty' of not exceeding £50 for the offence "of assuming the title' of. i medical practioner in.this country without being registered.'' No qualification wbich'a maa may hold' frees : him from, this liability,, unless, lie is in .receipt of. full pay for services in her Majesty's sea or land forces.' Even a medical man'who'may arrive in charge of emigrants, or in-any .other; way, would be liable.to this penalty.if hie assumed the title or ! duties'of his profession in this country without' first' seeking to;be become .duly registered. It was ,proved in evidence that the defendant had • held' the'loffice!: 'M .'assistant'surgeon 'in the Armed' Constabulary. The Gazette containing bis -'appointment to that office and; his resigna-' tion were in evidence, and within the knowledge.oji the •.Resident. Magistrate he had per-, formedduty in that : capacity, : but neither that" nor the plea that he; »as ignorant of .the law, having only recently 1 arrived■ in this countryfrom'' Fiji, were ; o'f any avail to him. The Act was: imperative,' and leffno choice hut tpinflict a'penalty, v. ■':■_'.- . Mr %. H..Power writes to point out an error in.the in wbicu'heis' made to say that defendant had passed through • %;,%nkr3pteyj,pqurt.:. It -was defendant's brother who passed'through the Court, arid d.e-' so-much of the debt .in.questiqn>j,wasjje from Beere, Bros, In refei'eu'ce to another case against the same de-

fendant, Mr Bower, writes:—.''From your report it appears the-'ie'ason' for the question as tothe right of title was-'not "stated, thereby layitgHn&tress oh the question only to' an utter disregaraT'oE-the motive 1 far asking it.- s : The facts were the summons used the name-of 'James Kilgour,'the bM of particulars ( ,Dr, Kilgbur- .showing; thereby,. a discrepancy, the Court struck out, the-'Dr.'in bill of particulars, which ended the matteiY l '- T -[.We are afraid Mr Power will aeyer make a lawyer]. ,■'■ ...-.- .

: . 'The Kauwaeranga School Board and the head mistress o£ the girls* Bcliool : have not' been working in harmony f.r some time past, andit' has been more than hinted that the 'educational interests of.the ''district : have' suffered proportionately. The result will be-'seeri in aa advertisement elsewhere, signed by'the' Chairman of the School Committee, asking for the services of a competent teacher for the school.

We understand that several member3-of the committee had ah interview'with the Board of Education in Auckland on the subject oh Fri-

<3ay last, decision wMch readfer'ed'this step necessary was arrived at.' As iaany exaggerated ' reports are ■ likely to gain' currency respecting Mis Colclough's dismissal, that lady has c'ominunicited the iacts ! tous, ; '\vhich in her defene'e' we feel justified ■■ia - publishing:— "To the Editor:—.Sir,— Fearing that a-garbled statement'of facts may get into the paper, which would only-Aroundand injure me and do no one any good, allow me to inform you that I iliad official notice yesterday ' that the Board are of opinion that I. should leave Kauwaeranga School (getting ; monetary compensation--" of course) because of the unsatisfactory relations hetween me and the Committee.'" No charge is made against me or could be proved; for His necessary hrst to see me in a position to pay my debts before it is decided that Lnever mean to do it. Out of Kauwawanga School for some lime I this would be impossible, My receipts during afulLyearwere£22l, and the losses and; expenses of the .bankruptcy £100, therefore it will not ruin the 'I hames all I can haye.made out of !them,-and they might let me alone and see if, iwith better pay and brighter- prospects,, I am not something more honest than many of my neighbours, who'fail without a thought of pay--ingVr,lt, willsuit.memuch_ better'.'tovgi than to remain, now I have money to, go, which was ; what I wanted, the pay during wet weather

and all the approaches to the ; school cut up, is mothigh., .Our largest.ckss—the; infant class ._jg very, very, thin, "for 'days'; together.' 'The j little things"cannot get'out in'th'e mud and wet, and our poor pay suffers, so, though! was beginning to We up;'having learnt a lesson ' from the past, it would take me a good ; deal of "time to save much, "Excuse my troubling you, but I am sure, 'knowing all,: you will not ' out -me up,' especially as L could refute any charge : -a'gamstmy v character.on:tbe clearest evidence, ■ and consequently ; the School. Committee, could ■only- give the celebrated reason for disliking f 'Jr ;Fell, ! for that'.is, in, substance : what the ;Board inform &c, Mar?'A. iCOLOLOrjaH.''

] >; A work of a very high order of merit hasj : just been completed 1 by- Mr John Oalder, i'andj ': inay be'seen-in hisStadiq. - It -is an. oil paint-; ing of very great -pretensions, and will be'dis-j posed of 'by subscriptioni 'Thei subject is the! "Gorgeof theKauwacranga.Creek," ;

■■'■ Tbe ; Auckland ''Evening ' Stv says:—"Our; : attentioii'Haß beeri' directed to two which appear in this i: Gross, ".The, -one is Big'ned ! ty'Mr W.^ Kirby, the other by> Mr George Shines, Both object, and not un-' reasonably, 'to the language of: the. Thames, . Advertisee inoulpating;tliem, and .denouncing! them for complicity in the late.popular demon-i stration which eventuated in of effigies on Saturday evening last. We happen; to he in a position to know a little about that demonstration, and we do not- hesitate to> say that neither-Mr Kirby,'Mr Staines,, nor.Mr; ;'Greenway,.wcre'in' anyiway concerned; in' the, demonstration, 'i'he fact that :the triumphal' car/bearing fcpolitical heroes, issued from Mr ■Kirby's yard has seemed to connect. Mr Kirby ■ ; with the affair in the most direct way,and we! admire the pluck of the accused in making no attempt; to disown sympathy or shelter himself, \ As for Mr George Staine3, it is quite true that; ;he was opposed to the burning of the effigies.; ': Conflideriiig it as he stated not to one but many, Wbeing undignified and;low./.'.'Mr Staines inj "£aet,"as appears from his letter, is a supporter; of Mr Vogel; and;it was adding..insult to in-, .jury toithna'representhim'as belying his prin-l ciples,'i'and "doing '.at /the! same time an act; 'which he considers beneath him as the cbatn-', pionof tho people. Mr,.Greehway, who has borne the charge in silence, to a'sp wholly .innocent, norhave means of discovering whether his sympathies.were with or against r the'eremation, •■• But Mr Staines has discovered •the origin of the whole thing, and says the editor ;'. of .this' journal provided the/sinews of war/ - Mr Staines should know that nothing taketh 1 place.inthe city that our- hand hath not.done it/and why should Buch;a - thing as a proces-/ sion of six thpusand people have eventuated .had .we. taken upon ourselves to frown it.down, . We cl'not. see, howover, why the'pebp'o should not,amu<e .themselves if they,please ■; ; with: a little harmless fuii that breaks no .bones, :/and we cordially endorse the opinion of Mr " Staines, that the editor of this journal and v'others"should be-similarly served; and we ■pronusethatweshallnot interpose"purautho; to prevent it!!!: We /believe our* editor ; the excess • : : of, sUlpturj&ous no t r stif|o /obmbxw* {^oi^/xi^

: Mr J, Crispe notifies to the Eararama constituency that the electoral roll being found defective, he will .resign his. seat, but intends offering himself for re-election.

'We are glad'to learn that Mr McDonald, the' engineer of the 'Hauraki,' who met with an .accident to his hand on the trial trip of the steamer,-.is progressing favourably .under the skilful treatmeut of Dr Philson, A portion of his thumb has been amputated, and the wound

is healing so well that the doctor hopes to be able to dispense with amputating the second joint. If the favourable symptoms continue, jUr McDonald will be enabled to resume his .duties in a few weeks.— Herald.

Major Gordon, in his report, deak with the question is capitation money individual or corps property? '• He says, in allusion to the discontent of the,WaiukuCavalry corps, arising out of a 'decision given by hiiri.yith respect to capitation: —"My answer was'in conformity'with the 24th clause of. the Volunteer Act, 18.65, which provides capitation for the benefit.of the corps, 'Subsequent'y certain individuals left their corp?, ; a'nd then petitioned the Government for the issue to them, individually, of what they termed

'their capitation.' The Government received .their request favourably, and ordered the pay'ment to these individuals of the amount they ;claim; and in default of its receipt, they how jthreaten aga'nst the major commanding the district or the ofScers.coiiimaudiiii; their late corps i ■ • I would ask that the point in dispute be deferred to the Attorney-General, for, if from no other reason, volunteer companies will bocome extinct, if they, can, as the Government has now decided, claim, individually, the capiItation granted by the Legislature for the benefit |of the corps'collectively. ' My views' of the linatter, and my reading-of the Volunteer Act 'on this subject, have been confirmed by the irecent'perusal of-'the Attorney-General's opinion jaccorded on a similar case-which occurred in 11867,1' J. ] T i, ! '■' .VY ,;,,:• ■.'

; It is reported, says a Levuka; ; correspondent, 'that a;party,of eight gold diggers have recently arrived from • New Zealand with a view of

: :t prospecting" bo'someof .theislands for the precious metal.' It is said that they intend to, jtry; some part of VitiLevu; .but it; will be an !enterprise of very great difficulty, even should ; their efforts prove successful,' which 'is extremely doubtful. In the first place, unless they take ; with them' an abundant supply of provisions :arid ! other ; 'Btores,';they' will, should they be at; any distance from the l coast, be iutterly unable to obtain 'anything exceptcocoanuts, taro, and y'ains,:and Jhese'; they would: have;,to purchase from'the natives,;- There "are no means of: con-: veyanceof- any* kind; nor anything like roads i thrdughbut,the whole; district..'.. ;Eveh horses, jif they had'anyj'.'or' could .possibly obtain ; them,'' : would be of•'ntT'uße,'.. asjthere.."are", no-

thingbut native..tfaoks through tiie l bush, and these are so rugged and'unfwmed that in many places the natives' themselves') have to.'crawl up the steep acclivities, arid; it .would be utterly ! impossible for anyio'ur-fobted ■ animal,' except 'perhaps'a dog, to'pass along them. 'Secondly, ' every inch of ground bslongs t6,vsomie..tribe .or !family, and they.wouldriot.pri'Xriy 'considera; tion allow.a stranger, especially a. white man;. !to dig or settle upon it; and to which theKeart jof the country/where, gold, i£ 'discovered at all, 1 icould only.be expected to be found, ■ the inhabitants cannibals, ..totally beyond restraint except by their own whom'tliey ; implicitly obey, and wholly beyond the pale or iinfluerice of the '.slightest degree of civilisation..

If such, an enterprise as is reported has been entered into there cannot be the remotest doabt but that ;it : ; Vill; prove .an litter failure, even should the live3'of the men"engaged in it riot be. sacrificed,'.',..'•.;!.;-.■:;.*.: ;.< '■ .■:•...>.-.'■ ■".'

A'. London,; correspondent. writes:—'' The tales of scandal concerning • the Upper Ten inEngland are legion;' These things always become numerous about the time of the' London season,' arid no doubt there are grdubds.for most of the stories.. This year they •. are particularly, numerous, 1 The Prince of Wales is said to be deeply in debt, and anxious to'apply to Parlia,-;' mentfor ; ,rellef. • It may. be possible, of course,, because he 'has had to doso much public work that even if-h'e'were not very extravagant he' might, easily.have becoirie involved.. .Then.a certaia Marquis of great repute is-siidto have eloped with, hi 3 wife's maid; at any rate he : and the maid have not been seen for some days. Next comes a Duke, whom I should'have' given precedence'to, and who is said to hay.e . given mortal offence to the Prince of Wales, the [causa tetorrPnia in this' case also being a • lady'of high: rank. The Figaro tells a, most extraordinary story of the daughter of a banker who was engaged to be married to a man bearing no less a rank than that of Marquis...; The; lady, a banker's daughter, discovered that her suitor was marrying her for her ■ money, and broke off the match. The Marquis, however,, coatrived to decoy the girl into a disreputable den, and the scene that occurred there could not, .of. course, be set down on paper. It wasof such, a nature that the young lady attempted ■ self-destruction to preserve, her honour. An alarm was raised, and the police entered in time to bring the girl alive to her father's house, i where she lies in a dangerous state. Jt is like ■ i old times revived this sort of thing. ■ What i grand material for such an author as Mr Key- ■ : :/■ '■' ■ ■■ ■•■'* •--

The co-operative bakery which waß started at ■Wellington in' March -last has been a great sucarid, should'; give' encouragement, tb;the .establishment of other, similar concerns.throughnut the colony. The secretary of that society lately communicated with'the society of.a 'similar. recently;;established .at' New Plymouth,:and gave spme'iinportant, information as to the progressof .the -Wellington l conccrii.' The causei-of '■'- the Wellington' society :bein'g; formed" "of . tho masters that oh arid after a certain date, they were to charge :9d per 41b. loaf.-.i The society was formed, and (says the secretary) commenced baking bread on the 23rd March. 'Sirice'.whicli time',we have baked 5i,000 21b loaves, which we sold at 3|d. The bakers re-duced-their price- to' 3d,'trying to run us out of 'the traded "but'.'are losing ground by, it. We have 270. shareholders,, and.B6o .shares taken up; . The' price, .343,: is; rather too low, but-it pays.: -We give full weight, and have weekly' payments/ but - ! no 'accounts , to'•; run lotfger.thanJamqrithV jlf your, il mi;': cost you overii;l3:l6sper ton;arid under £li. 10s, you ought to 'charge. 7|i 'per 41b loaf.- : If; over £}i:M, .s,;■ #6. 10s, 9J'; 'and; so-on, for eTCfy'£r, 'more :o'r'-je'ss,.per.tori. Ours.'is.a large concern, we. pay good wages, and have the best inen iri the trade. ■■ ..--•■■ ■-._. .•■..-

•■• A correspondent' of- the 'New York Herald writes as follows:—- ,( Here ii 'a good story which has not yet found its way into print/ but for : the truth of which I can vouch, Lord George Gordon,' a young 'man of four-and-twenty, wishing to marry a certain young lady, .went quitereceutly to ask the permission of his father, the Duke of Argyll'. The duke, a pompous little man, replied in effect, :'.My son, since our- house has been -honoured by being united with the Royal Family, I have; thought ; it' right to delegate a decision on all' such; matters to your elder brother,, the Marc;.lis of! Loine. Go, therefore, and'consult biro?. The: Marquis of Lbrhe, on' being applied to. said ■ .'.My dear brother,'in a case of. importance like j •this, I should think it right to ask the dec! ion' of the Queenj'/theiead of tho lloyal Family, j irito ; married.' The' Queen, 'on' the matter heiiig laid before her, declared that, : since:her,terrible bereavemeut, she had been in; the habit of taking no steps without consultingtheDuke of Saxe-Cqburg, : the brother of her decease! .husband., to the Duke,, then the case! was referred, and from him a letter was received' tellinghis dear sister-in-law that recent'political; events had induced him to do nothing, even as; to the giving advice, without tho express con;; ourrencepE the limperor William, before whom! he had laid'the matter! The Emperor William'! wrote a long letter, declaring that though he* was surrounded by counsellors there was only } one who had on all occasions proved himself. correct, loyal, and faithful, and without whose. advice he (the Emperor) would give no decision.'

I'herefore he had referred the matter ;to his faithful Ministor, Prince Bisinirck.' And it is narrated that when Prince ISisinarck was made acquainted with the subject, he roared out;

' Uott in Himmel, -what a fuss about nothing I let jhe. boy marry whom he pleases so! long as.