Prince Victor Albert Jay Dhuleep Singh is a lieutenant of the First Royal Dragoons; ho is a capital swordsman, fencer and boxer, and he, with other officers of his regiment, nearly got into' a bother at Aldershot, for getting up a prize fight near the Long Valley at daybreak, which was stopped by the police. The new Maharajah is a godson of Her Majesty, and, with his only brother and step-mother, now comes into an income of .£25,000 a year, which is likely to in crease.
The last survivor of the Battle of Water loo is doubtless removed by the death of Donald McDonald, at the age of 100. Mc- Donald was a native of Sutherland, and enlisted in the 78th Highlanders when he was only 15 years old, his captain being John McLeod, from the island of Skye. The veteran, who was up to the cloae of his life in the enjoyment of all his faculties, took much delight in recounting his adven tures.
Several applications have been made to the Minister of Mines from different parts of the Colony that Mr R. A. F. Murray, the Victorian Government Geologist, might be requested to visit them, and report upon

their auriferous reefs. All these applica tions have had to bo declined, as Mr Murray desires to be back in Victoria early in February. As already mentioned ho proceeds to tho Thames after completing* his investigation of the Reefton mines, and with bis examination of the Thames work ings his duties in this Colony end. Ho may possibly write his report after his re turn to Victoria, and then send it oij to tho Minister of Mines.
