CLIPPINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2017, 11 June 1885, Page 4

CLIPPINGS.

Yw \ irs thicatens anothei "alaimmg emotion." Itislngli time foi Visuviu-j to ho vaccinated. M i n in gi -j.it places ai o tin ioc sei v ants —servants of tlie sovereign <u state, sci- \ mt-. ot lame, iml si ' • nits of business Pi ofi-vm>ii B\t( made the following Inali hull m hit spirch at tlio imctiuu ot tlie Bntish Association, lit- was talking about tin- eon octm-frs of timeUeepei -., ami he toll Ins ain'icnce that none of tlit-ii watches kept exact tune "for,' said lie, "some of tlirin lose oneway and some lose the other." "June. 1 -: not, that ye be not judged,' is rendered in the Afghan Testament, " Do not do justice, lest justice be done to you." Statistics show that triplets occur only once in 7000 births. A poor man with 699!) cliildicn would have occasion to feel very uneasy. Tiik Boston Advertiser says : They say there were 23(50 Smiths at the recent re union. The Smyths did not go. We should like to know Ynot? " I am making a display of fall goods," remarked the fruit vendor, as he threw down a lot of banana skins, orange peel and apple parings. The bibulous person who said he had a " blight prospect " before him was told that it would always be there unless he swore o(T or chalked his nose. Tii vr which impels yachtsmen to sail tosen in spite of cautionaiy signals, and so imperil the lives of all on board, may bo safely termed ul-yaeht-cy. " Selection." — Brown (a* he was lea\ - ing our Art Conversazione after a rattling scramble in the cloak-room): "Confound it ! Hot my own hat, after all !"— Punch. Tiik Free Kirk of Blairgowrie has been bitteily disappointed by the will of its late " elder," Mr Borrie, a retired Dundee mci chant. Mr Borrie has left £-2000 to build a Wesleyan chapel, £10,000 for its endowment, a free house for the use of the minister and about £1*2,000 to the We»leyan body. It is remarkable theie are no Wesievans in or near Blainjowrie, and the testator was never connected with that denomination. Mr Irving in America. — Mr Henry In ing's ad res* at the Harvard Univeisity was given on March 30 to the greatest assemblage ever gathered together in the great theatre of the Memorial Building. Over 2,000 persons were present The occasion was looked foiw aril to with the greatest intrest. Mr Irving arrived on Sunday evening, having been met at Worcester, forty miles down the line, by a deputation of students. When he entered the building ho received an ovation from an audience brimming with enthusiasm. All the faculties were represented, and the president occupied a prominent position. The address treated of tlie art of acting, its elements, aims, requirements, practice, and rewards. It was listened to -a ith profound attention, and at the close there was a loud demonstra tion of approval, the applause listing many minutes The deliveiy of the addios occupied an hour and a quarter. The event is regarded in ISevv York a« the most maikel point of idvance oF the stage hitherto known, and is considered to be the gicatest honour ever paid to an actor in America. Gicat praise is given to Mi Irving for his work, inasmuch as the address is thought to be the best exposition yet given of the practice of the actor's art. The principil new spa pets praise it in their leading articles. Tilh BLULOOAT BoYft AT THE MWSION HonsK. — In accordance with annual cus torn on Easter Tuesday, the scholars rf>f Christ's Hospital, to the number of 732 in all, marched in procession on April 7th fiom their school in Newgate street to the Mansion House, to receive their annual Easter gifts at the hands of the Lord Mayor. With tiie Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress were the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs, some of the aldermen and high officers of the Corporation of London, and governors of the hospital. The boys were accompanied by their beadles and nurses, and were in charge of Colonel Sec! ley, the warden of the hospital. As they passed the Lord Mayor in the saloon, each received from Ins Lordship a new coin, or coins, fresh from the Mint, according to his status in the school; fourteen} Grecians received each a guinea, seven junior Grecians half a guinea, fortythree monitois half-a-crown each, and 6SB of the rank-and-tile a new shilling each. In this way nearly £(50 was dispensed. Before leaving each boy hid two hot-cross buns and a glass of wine or lemonade. Imperial Federation'. — The London Chamber of Commerce has sent to Lord Dei by, Secretary for the Colonies, a peti tion in support of the scheme for the federation of the colonies. The petitioners declare their belief that " a very widespread feeling exists that it is to tlie advantage of Great Britain and her colonies that the bonds of union between them should be strengthened, and that the adoption of a well-consideied scheme of Imperial federation would largely eon tiibute to this end," Further they *.tate, that while they " would sincerely wish to see the colonies, as well as the mother country, peifectly free to adopt such fiscal systems as each may deem most suitable to its own circumstances, they believe it is possible to amve at some method of combined federal action whereby the unity of the Empire may be assured, ellectual safegnaids piovided for the laige interests involved, a feeling of j loyalty to each other and to the Thtone ! puserved, a splendid future ensured for that ' Greater Britain beyond the sea*,' conjointly with tlie development of the resomces of each colony, and an extension of the commerce and industry of the mother country." In conclusion they urged that the Government of each colony should he invited to express its views on the subject. PnK('KDi:\CB of Btsiior.s.— The Dublin Ga/ette cont.iins the following order, settling, for the Hist time, the question of piteedence between the Protestant and Roman Catholic Archbishop* and Bi«hops in Ii eland :—": — " Victoria R. Her Majesty, having been pleased to approve of a, rule of precedence applicable to Ireland, by which for the future all Prelates of the Protestant Episcopalian Church in Ireland are to have precedence, as hereafter set forth: — AYe do hereby older and direct that all Archbishops of the Piotestant Episcopalian Church, nnd all Roman Catholic Aichbishops in Ireland take the precedence which belonged to Aichbishops of the Established Church of Ii eland before the passing of the liish Church Act 1869, nnd aie to take rank mfrr sr accoiding to the dates of consecration as Archbishop or translation as the case may be, the Primates of both Churches having prior precedence amonj' such Archbishops. We do further order and direct that the Bishops of the Protestant Episcopalian Church in Ireland, and all Roman Catholic Bishops in Ireland, are to have in Ireland the precedence which belonged to Bishops of the Establislud Chinch of Ireland before the passing of the Irish Chinch Act of 1809, and to take rank into- sc according to the dates of consociation, and we aluu declare that the foregoing rules aie not in any way to interfeic with the rights of precedence secured to the Aichbishops nnd Bishops of the late Established Church of Ireland by the 13th section of the said Act. — Sim.ncku."'