GLEANINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1664, 6 March 1883, Page 4

GLEANINGS.

Qvtfrt £3000 was' received at Sandhurst as fees for publicans' licenses (for ISB3. It is proposed that Bismurek\s sy.stom of compulsory insurance shall be introduced into Victoria. Oai'TAl.v May, of Harditi County, Ko'ntueK, aged 101, lias proem ed a licence to marry a lady of 10. Tin; value of gold coins i.ssued during 1882 from the The Victorian branch of tlio Koy.il Mint w.ts £2,3l!),000. Tin: omViul Journal de Home states tliat the pioceedings are to be commenced for the canonisation of Sir Thomas More and Cardinol Fisher as martyis to the faith. The Albany (IT.S.) Ironworks Company have reduced the wages paid by them fiom 10 to 25 per cent. The woikmen, numbering several thousimK accepted the i eduction without objection. Pkixck Bismarck's Illxess. — The neuralgia from winch Prince Bistnaick has bee n suffering in the head and face lately has now become so aeveic that lie is scarcely able to articulatp. Privy Councillor Fredericks, a physician frequently consulted by the Chaucelloi hcietofoie, delivered Ins opinion tli.it the pain aiose not itnpiuhably fiom the teeth. Piince Hismarck. though he has nc\ei yet undcigone .i dental operation, was quite willing to submit to one now if it were nece.ssaty. On c\an ination, however, by an experienced dentist, no trace of any fault could be drsco\ureil amongst the teeth, and accordingly Prince Bismaick, who himself calls his malady "tic douloureux," has escaped being expeiiinented upon for the, present. The " Sick Max" ok Kruori;. — There are many signs (writes a Homo paper) of the last approaching dissolution of th p Turkish Umpire. Anstiia, Russia, and Germany aie beginning to wi angle among eaeli other as to the manner in whu h the Ottoman territory is to be divided. ITonce the noise about the visit ofM.Gici.sfo Prince Hisirmick and his mat Led attention to the Pope. (Jermany does not want any part of the Sultan's dominions. 33ut if Austiia pushes on to the Bospborus Piinco Bismarck is resolved to advance all the way to Trieste. Russia will not be satisfied with extension merely in Asia. Franco, the nation which should not be confounded with Bourse i ings is pacific. She is indifferent to what goes on in Tunis and Egypt. But wore Germany suddenly to extend herself from ilie Baltic to the Adriatic we might expect the tfienoh to put in a claim for the pi ovinees lost in 1870 71. It us theiefore to be feared that the disruption of the Turkish power will be a signal for military strife on the Continent. JSniKxirc's QrvitßKj, with Mvrseilles. — "Sweet is ie\enge, especially to women," and a sweeter revenge than the ox-Empress Eugenie has wrecked on the city of Mai^eillesit would be difficult to imagine. In the palmy days of the Empuc the municipality of Maibeilles piosonted Napoleon 111. with a large piece ot land near the harbour, in the hope of occasionally attracting the Couit to the great historic haven ot the South. The Empeioi accepted the gift and built a palace on the bite, which Avas> only just finished at the time ot Sedan, About till co ycais ago it occur icd to the municipality of Marseilles to revoke theii gift, and claim, not only the land but tlie palace, as their own. In biingmg their action to lecover it fiom the exEmpiess, they filled their pleadings with wholly inelevant abuse, not only of herself, but of the whole Napoleonic breed, seed, and geneiation. French chivaliy, however, wliich had dcscitcd the Town Council of Marseilles, was still faithinl to the Judges 1 Bench. The case ignoininiously bioke down, mid the exEm press was declared the rightful owner. Shenowwiites to M Rouher : "In defending my light before the tribunals I was chiefly actuated by respect for the French magistracy, for to suppose my cause lost beforehand Avould have been to assume that passion or personal interest could influence the decrees of our country's justice. But now that tho&e rights have been acknowledged, T will not keep the land which the city of Maiseillcs once spontaneously gave to the Emperor, and w hich it now disputes. I consequently bog you to take the icr/uisite «teps for an ing the city, in my name, tho park and the mansion of Phaio, wliich the Empeioi elected at his own expense. In thus acting 1 believe myself to be guided by the ideas of those who aie no moie ; and I hope that you, who wcie their devoted fnend, wiil approve my conduct." AdVI.NTUKI N OB A HITNU.WUAV AcTOll. — The Wiviur Xnlmif/ is responsible for the following strange story witli reference to the return from New Zealand to Pestli of an actor who was vciy popular in Hungary some twelve years ago. Accoiding to the Wuittr Ztvlmtr/ the actor was doing his twelvemonth of militaiy duty in a regiment of Hussars at Vienna, when he saved the life of a lady whose horse had run away in the Taborstrasse. The lady, who was known in Vienna as " Lady Say ton," felt &o grateful to him that &he obtained his exemption from further service, and induced him to accompany her in her tra\cls. After some time " Lady Sayton"' went to E»ypt, and thence by way of India, China, and Japan to San Francisco. Upon landing there she w r as attested, and it then appeared that. h«»i' ical name was LeonotaPiicc, and that .she had been in the service of a California)! milhonaiie,'from whom she had purloined enough money to make the grand tour. The Hungaiian actor was anested at the same time, but he had no difficulty in proving that ho was in no way an accomplice. After being set at liberty, he obtained employment in San Francisco as a messenger, a shopman, a pastrycook, and a groom in a circus. He afterwaids got engaged as a clown, but, the manager of the circus becoming bankrupt, he joined a party of emigrants to New Zealand. He followed for some time the humble calling of chimney-sweep at Otago, and lie has at length returned to his native country as poor as when he left it. Tin: Nk;ahu4ua Canal Project.— Wo take the following from tho Panama Star and Ho aid of Nov. 23rd :—" Capt. S. L. Pbclps, who has lately passed over the Isthmus on his way to the United ' States, reports on the Nicaragua Canal project as favouiably as ever. The work, he says, presents no serious difficulties, no cutting, no masonry of consequence ; but he does admit there w ill be considerable dredging. The outlet at Greytown he consideis will be easily prepared for navigation by the construction of a breakwater, and dredging the mouth of tho river. The syndicate to push the project through is already formed, and counts among its members some of the ablest financiers in tho United States. The financial matter does not promise serious difficulties, as he estimates the probable cost of the Nicaragua Canal at about one eighth of what the Panama Canal will cost to complete. The effort will be made the moment Congress re-aasembles in December to obtaiti a guarantee of 8 per cent, per annum from the United States on the cost of the canal, which is calculated to* be not over 100,000,000d015, A measure to this effect will be one of the first to be considered after both Houses' are organised and ready for tho serious work of legislating away the millions now in the Treasury. Great confidence is felt tha,t the measure wilt pass both Housea, though there is a doubt expressed in other quarters as to how it will be ,re-, ceived in ,the Senate. In the United States the highest officials in the Government are said to be in favour of an American guai-anteo for an American canal. If tho bill on which the Nicaragua projectors base tboir hopes - becomes law there will be a ( chance foi: American ongjneers and contractor^, , who, complain of the slowness and.effectiveness of >york ontne Panama to .show wlVt^Jwy^n^o/'^h^^onaitlpnao^siicceßjsmjqpth.aweßjorojfl^ow'jbf^qua't,,. The portion, is, Who will lie firflt to join jlie. s faWpQO|a,ns,?'' , ,