MISCELLANEOUS.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 432, 23 February 1875, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

A L*n. lon correspondent of tV Otqgo Tim.es * ri» e< ;— Y->u *ill douhtl m» rememr>pr the niteris'-ii* letter from "AB sieged rte-irff-nf " pTjH'ix'tel by the Daily News <hirimr the nie<re <>f P-tris. Tup writer of then wa* M Lqhouchere, a g^nt'e nan of Urve property, who '•■« sat in Pirlia'"enr f">* Mi Mle^ex, and ii« one of the proprietors of Mw Z>a% Afeuu. He 'a* la<e'v imposed upon hmia.'lf the tHi»k of weed mi out unacruoulous »nee tUtnr* fnui tde Stock hZxcbange bi' etpo*ina them in th« Pr •<■». The j >iirnnl lie h»n selected a* lii weapv. is The World. And Mr Elnnind "y it »»s i"« it* e-lii or as well as one ■>• ii 1 * proprietors Firgt of all Mr Lahoueber** nt»ncked one Abbott. • »ot<»r* li.v* j ibher in Atl-ntu* ohhle s'tHrea Abhott, in r#*vt> te, perpctratol a m l«l kind « f »*suulf, in whic • tlirre «h| more buster tban MnUliinjj el-e, U'ton Mr \, lK>tic>lier<>. This brought th«* matter ino the P i'i<v Court, Hnd under the full tinze of the public, the result, beinif tlw»» X hht-tt had in su3 >end payment a few days lator. But M • L-tbou^here «as not S'lt'.sliel with such coin. tarn' iveU s hhII fiy as I Abbott H'* next asmM'ed one Alp^in'lt-r M E»ven. afi .-nipial a eit, and aUn a cabi^ swu ito\ ii * i .>ucli extHit'dtnily B» rung and plain 1 m<.ju>iue (hat tUe Stock Kxe'ian/e dtood I Aghast, and t»iH M'Ewen must- brin; >in sction igiinst the I paper for libel-"-* step which ihe Worhl drhVdvh in: tot<ke I —or ho mut»t follow Ahboit'a example and nunpend pa • me r it. After wnrerinsi for aom* t-imn he chose the latter alternative, and is now a bankrupt with litbilit.ie* estimate! at £400.000, of w)iic>i three fourths are smd »o b* It 18 a Uold and liHZtriloa? cr>isade om wltich M* Lubo - chere lift* ente*e I, bat hitherto he has shown great skill uml courai>e. Hia doing* natural! v have excite 1 "groat"fn"tore*t in L»ndon coinmeriiinl circles. A aooil d**\ of atte-ition has hitch bren at.»r»cte.d to, and amusement o<u<«ed by, what we fairly term a literary ni'iii^,, who is j'ijhtlv to be n^en phing- hi< vocation i<i iLe sli< p window of Mr Camck, the bo >k seller, of Piinoer^^e^t, 1 Dttnedin. Li c niO"t other show win low-i of thetortii, t tins geurou of the ,v«?nr, the window of Mr Carrn k nwaruiß «ith flics, and ahout seven o'clock, «he-i th-y Imve con eluded the labours of the dny, and are nettling d >wn upon th- books in coteries of four* a«id Hvea to ili-ctm the fate of the n»tion, ur, may be, to mdul c m a little quiet yosj*ip or hurmlees flirtation, in which they are no w-nse than their biped neighbours, out c.o>ne< Mrs M>tHd fro-n her hole to pr*>vide for the festivities of the evening. Viands have io be piovided lor a large — but *mall an > tender — family ; and the way she eels to work t> catth the fliea is Hort'iy the suly of a buff>n. Sne does not. ru^h bold I \ noon her unrfugp ctin^ victims, who, as i-> w»l known to the loT«m' of natural history, sleep with th. ir p>eu nide open, vi •' c gradually " sneak* "up to with n • few inches of them, when -he suddenly makes a spriiu aril ii on them. She u-u»llysiuo*edsin fixing at least** couple, wh'fb find ttienipe Yon impaltd upon her daws. She tWen bites them iv th« bead, putt toem together, an J f »llo*»« up her game nutil ulie t»i» (put* m funeral pile. By this time, ; it being past I lie gloaming, ah« give* up tier work, and o»rriet tier fpOilf, on* at • tune, to fcer secret cavern bd r >w tbe window, where heryounu on«» ar« anxiously expecting her, and where do doubt nil toitHivt partake of ttwur (tavorjr ra> pact. But not a bite docs the elder mouse ta\e SBtil ewj trace of a dend % has been r* rooted to ber hole. Instead u( interfering with her sport, Mr C»rrick rather encourages it, and il ft>rin» a bigitiy-dirertiag d^eu« td hiuuelf and othen to w*t«b the action of the annum !■ question* s"t "•- -"* * ' - w - • . XT* 1 '

tike to tins' litei-irj ch**e, we htrc no doubt the pioprtetifl 1 • of the establishment trill phoitt.t fi d ir nfcce#*arv to introduce a colnnj* of oils to put down what will probably otherwn» become >i n<i «*nnce. The L nidon Builder i ninln tlitt the time will won oom<> wlimi the qm'rfion of the extreme limit to whioii cities em l)e ex'«iH«"l will b* ti'vei. li>ndon hi" now nn e»tuu.iel popilati n ot 3 43U7>i», and Mir qie^iiou +\w> s'M by ih« Builder r\ws Worn the Mtim-ita tint 6O»,0OD,0 0 fubu; ft»i t «>l' c«rb in c x-icl tt«B «re expired in L >u ion er« r t we-nty-fi>ur - «'ir>* by !iui»»n bs'n g« uluiie, aii'l thii. 14,000 ton* ot coiil are t'% 'v ri»n*ttmeil il>crt*, » (*Pt»at |>oru >n ol wliiVh i-» cast iro ihe a> »no»iii»ere m I lie jj irfciullv volh tiliss'd firm of a nukf Bi' I «rt anally for Hie «lw*>tlet-i» in 1 ) 'don, Mud iiiilbf 'in 'til\ f»«" tie tiieor c-> of ihi* croikrrs, ibt»iv «>•(» M,i hm o li* tiv b mti' t»• rii.v con■tatitlv n p'a.'Miv th* vitiate I atniiiB|)liero of tiic atiee c. L'iiklo i ii hv b • etifMilt)! n\e iuM-'ly vrit i, i i 'ill pi<>'>i bilitjr, no pen-e ti^ c c anae n (lie life ■'iip|.M<rtin< \y>wer o\ her M'lnosj.h^re. Ti>e rej?i-»trati'»ri «»t birtli* in < death* in E iqlan I i* co Imp mzlily mile tutit Mm fsti'irvtea of popilaii tn b-igeri t. er.-i/n neirlv Htjrcp with flip uc val c •tint from the ceiiiMH reuri't, »ml miium re j B' mt ion tins h* yet given no *is»n of nnj me'i) i^d ratio of deaMia fol'omuj ih^ t»r>iw't •ot L<m(tou In thia connection Vw f«ct urn. be oteil t 1 at. L)inlon ctiiiaiin a* imiu i pop-tUti >n »• ihe er.'nt.'pD next iiuiicipul rities of Or at Britain Hn>l Ir. laml, ml t. iot, iici'imling t> the I iti at edumute*, tli»* p^pilut ion of L>n 'on U uOvHjin m a larger ratio til in. tliat, of tUf other ci i>*«