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[The following paragraphs are extracted from the London society papers aud other journals ] • Much regret has been caused in South Devon by the announcement that tho Marlborough Harriers a- e to be given up. They are the eldest pack iv Devonshire, and are believed to be one of the oldest in England. Hares have become so scarce in the South Hams district, that it is no longer worth while to hunt the -country. What queer notirns on legal subjects Women get into their heads ! A lady, alluding to the oilers of maniage which it was alleged that Mrs Bartlett had received, was, met with the remark ''Ot oourie they were after the sixteen thousand ppunda." " Oh, she got damages, then," was the rejoinder. The Jt German Emperor now drinks a large glass of the finest Imperial Tokay every day after dinner, this wine having been recommended to him as an excellent tonic. The Emperor of Austria has sent him a present of sev er»l dozens from the Imperial cellars. There is some splendid Tokay in the cellars ut Windsor, , which has been lying .tjfyqre for »onae 30 years, a^d it. was the finest wine that, could be bought* when it was,, imported, by the Queen. Thia.Tokay mnt pwohaned for Prince Albert, who was'very fond of it. and dr*nk it^lwaya a4j» tfiwbrt ,witie. The famous vase which was purchased the other, jday, at, the Morgan' sale. in New ■XoTrkior l s>P > 00 Is now declared to be a •^delusion and esnare. v> It was supposed to have been bought in China out of the collection of Prince Iwang Yey, but it is asserted that it was really purchased at a shop in Pekin for £40, and» having been transported to America, that it was sold totheiate Mrs Morgan for £2400. If this story be correct, another disheartening shock will be administered to buyers of old china, who now find snares and pitfalls at every step. ■ I recently announced that the entire herd of Aberdeen-Angus polled cattle at Gavenwood had been sold to a firm of Canadian farmers. They have since purchased the whole of the well-known Eothiemay herd of the same breed from Mr Taylor, of Glenbarry. The total consignmen,t will number nearly one hundred head. Lord Wolsey has brought out a fifth edition of his soldiers' handbook, and it seems has changed his opinion of ■pedal correspondents, whom, in former additions, he stigmatised as being £he curse of the army. As it was these said "cusses" who have written him into celebrity, it would be hardly right for him to still cherish resentment against them. It appears from statistics that Ireland is exceptionally prolific, as compared, with any other country, in the matter of twins, the proportion being 17*6 to every 1,000 births. Mr Gladstone seems to have competely overlooked this imporant fact, which may possibly have had more effect in causing chronic discontent amongst the inhabitants than Saxon rule and Irish landlords combined People, talk of the dangers of town, but who ever heard of the dangers of a farmyard? Yet, in the future, grave precautions will have to be taken by those who love to watch the pigs and feed the fowls, for the other day, so it is reported, a man at South port died in consequence of a scratch on the thumb from a cock that flew at him. This is a species of fowl play intensely undesirable, Kerry cows ought to come into fashion, for they give far more milk than others, , and they are very hardy and cheap to keep. The little Kerry cow which Lord Bosebery sent from the home- farm at Mentmore to the Islington Dairy Show last winter gave fourteen quarts a day after' calving ; and I heard of another heifer of this breed which was giving seven quarts a day nine months after calving. Divorces are getting quite fashionable in Scotland. The Dumber of decrees granted | last year by the Court of Session was the I highest on record, being an increase of j fourteen over the nnmber during 1884. The average number of decrees between 1564 and 1874, was thirty-five ; but in the following five years , the average, rose to fifty-nine, while last year there .were no fewpri than e,ighty-five. Iv forty-sevon oas^s the wife was the petitioner. ,A great sensation has 1 been excited in Court circles ,at Berlin by a rumour wbjfcoJit.. has arrived from Naples, via Viqno&t that 'the widowed Princess Frederick Chajrie3 of Prussia has contracted ft morganatic marriage .with Captain^ yon ,Wageiiheim, , oue of, her equerrie*. Th*,, Prift^sa has bean in Italy fao-the last seven .months, and,; she is now at( Sorrento. There is ■ no reason why anybody should express surprise if the Princess has thought fib to change her condit : oa >after ten mouths af widowhood, as it is nolori'v.i^tbat her first .marriage wa^ a most uuh.ippy oiie, and her relations wit-h her la 4 -? husband'' had been decide dy scrnined'o- many years before his deith. Tf was on*v the urgent entreaties of the *>nperior William that preventedja separation about two years ago, ifrhen the Princess retired to Dessau. Princess Frederick Charles, who is now -in her forty-ninth year, is the younger sister of the Duke ot Anhalt and the Dnchess of SaxeAltenberg.- She was married at the age of seveuteen to the lato Prince Frederick Charles, and has four children — the Princess Albrecht of Saxe-Altenberg (formerly 1 Princess Henry of the Netherlands), tha Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenherg, the Duchess of Connaugh|t» and the .Priuce Frederick Leopold, who is still a minor. The Princess is a very clever and a most charming woman, and highly accomplished. , The letter of th,e foreman of Mrs Bartletts jury throws a .strange light upon the doings of the twelve hi camera. One man thought Mrsßirtlett guilty; the others were convinced that she was innocent ; so, in order to save her being re-tried, the man who thought her guilty found a verdict that she was innocent, and the eleven who believed her to be innocent solemnly declared on their oaths that there was a grave suspicion against her. The eleren, no doubt, acted as they thought best for her. But, if they really were convinced of her innocence, why scud her forth with a damning verdipt of "not proven?" I have always thought myself that in criminal notioni*, whilst unanimity should be necessary to convict, a minority of two-thirds should suffice to acquit. This would put an- end to this Very questionable sort of transaction*, and *>ivti u hmo'h life or liberty being sometimes at the mercy of one pigheaded juryman About a month a^o a London physician had' a telexr.im fro u iip \. ite ut of anoMe patient at CCan*--,n n*--, ' ' " r 'i " foi consultation ; fee £l,< 0 • -'reat doctor replied, "Anxiou* ••■^-. Cannot como." Her ladyship seem* n> have thought that tbio was bat a m*y ai ranYing a better bargain, for «he incre«s«°d b>>r otfer in four gucoeswve telegram-*, till te last read, "Come at once. £5,000." Whilst fche five telegrams and the ;ie plies werobein^ »ent backwards and forward-*, the* 1 ''nnxiou* oases'' consider able? died' or jrot W.tter ; so our doctor in hi-* last reply, wired "Coming." After he had f J eea hint patient at "ffratken, rof • ; lady inquired wbat was th« <il«o ? H«*'««d, ''* AH ta« • Riviera doctcfrsi* with ('English! clients met d fixed the fee for<a consultation — th» co aultanto coming expresriy fr> >i Lori In at #1,000." A cheqaa for £1 QUO v. as accordingly presented trt him Calling on his way to bifl train mx. day, merely to say jrood-bye an<i inquire »fter his patient, the lad\ handed him an envelope, "not to b<opened till by-and-bye." The doctoi aaid, "I have had my fee. This visit i* not profeuional, but complimenta y;" but; Doing told to put the enrelope in his DOdcefc he did so. Later on, he found it contained! a cheque for- £500— a sum which had tfo particular i>lari<. > t.. telegraph bids. Nor is this all. Fuj vlwquw owno on lugceiaive d*ye, cucii
united value being £3.500, all signed by her ladyship ; and at the bank, letters were received preparing the cashier for | their presentation. The doctor wrote, svyinir he s had had. his fee, and could take -no more. He offered to return £4000, or distribute' it among useful institutions. As fche mOuey was left in hU hands, he 'adopted the latter cflurse, with the result that £1000 was given to the Medical Kxamiuatiou Hall £1000 to each of two hospitals, and .£lOOO tooueof the medical institutes
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2182, 3 July 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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