By some mistake, probably owing to the. darkness of tho early hour, tho person ' watering the cows turned the faucet of a barrel of cora brandy which happened to be placed near the water faucet, and the trough instead of being filled with water received apove eighty gallons of the fiery fluid. The cowd -rather liked tho stuff, and the whole number, over one hundred, got drunk and behaved in a most dis graceful manner, attempting to gore the uiilkcH and bellowing in concert, with the most extraodinary persistency. It was not until the second day that they became tractable. Mr. S. Hutchison', C.E.— We extract tho following from the Dunedin "Herald" of a recent date. The Mr Hutchison mentioned is the same who is connected with the Blenheim Gas Works :— Thanks to the enterprise of Mr Stephen Hutchison C.E., we have to notice the erection of the Caversham and Dunedin Suburban Gasworks near the Immigration Barracks at Caversham, the site covering about four acres near the Main South road and tbe railway line. The city is indebted to die same gentleman for the beginning of the large gasworks at Anderson's Bay Uuad, and he consequently has the credit of lirst introducing coal gas into New Zea'and. The new works are beiug established for the supply of tbe live Boroughs of Caversham, St. Kilda, Morn iugtnn, Roslyn, and Maori Hill. In tho first instance the works will be sufficient to manufacture 30,000,000 cubic feet of gas per annum, but the buildings are so arranged as to admit of indefinite exten sion without destroying any of the exist ing plant. Catholic Loyalty. — Dr. Vaughan, the Koman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, addressed the following letter to the Eev. Father Byan, of St. Mary's Cathedral, on receipt of the news of the attempt on tho life of her Majesty :->-My dear Rev. Father Byau,— l am sure that the heart of the Catholic body must have been violently shocked on hearing of the recent cruel attempt that has been made on the life cf her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. The spirit of the Catholic Church is a spirit of devotedness and loyalty ; and when any thing occurs to shock that spirit, true Catholics are up in arms at once. 