MISCELLANEOUS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 682, 14 May 1875, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

Such is the devotion of Mr Gladstone to Homer, that in his household, every article is measured by Troy weight.—Punch. “ Cradle, Alter, and Font” are the headings in tho Births, Marriages, and Deaths column of the “ San Francisco News Letter.” Information has been forwarded to the police of another extensive robbery of jewellery which has taken place at Gloucestcrterraoe, Regent's Park. Some idea of its value may bo formed by the subjoined list of stolen articles :—Eighteen brooches—one turquoise and diamond ; one small diamond spray ; one large carbuncle and diamond ; one pearl tie pattern ; one engraved gold ; one small carbuncle ; one Maltese filigree tie pattern; one ditto, small, and round ono small round garnet ; turquoise, tie pattern ; one round amethyst; one small oval bloodstone. pearl centre ; ono malachite ; one pale blue enamel, diamond star in contra one onyx, all gold ; one Cupid’s head ; one Indian filigree butterfly ; one Indian cres-cent-shape, silver. Six locket", one oriental garnet, nine diamond points, large diamond in centre ; one large emerald and pearls ; ono smoked topaz with two topaz leaves ; one white crystal heart; one antique diamond one small turquoise forget-me-not ; ten bracelets of various patterns, eight rings set in diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and turquoise ; six pairs of earrings, one string of Ro nan pearls, ono thick gold and other chains, two gold watches, four L 5 Bank of England notes, and Lt in gold. Towards midnight on January 6, while the Lord Chief Baron was walking home in the Bayswater Road, at some distance below the Marble Arch, he was suddenly surrounded by four men, one of whom struck him a violent blow on the head, while at the same time he was tripped up and thrown to the pavement. Fortunately his Lordship was not stunned, and he at once defended himself with a thick stick which he carried in his hand, whereupon the men ran off and his Lordship was able to walk home. He at first thought he had only sustained a few bruises, but ultimately it it was discovered that a rib had been broken. The Injury, though. painful, and causing some annoyance, has not at all interfered with the performance of his duties, and his Lordship is now rapidly recovering.— English paper. “ News reaches us from, Moscow,” says the Australasian, ‘ 1 of the brilliant welcome which Madame Adelina Patti has received there. Her life i esembles a succession of fairy tales with a great capital of the scene o' each. The Diva made her first appearance on the Ist instant in “ 111 Barbierre,” and the receipts amounted to the enormous sum of LISOO. Patti was called before the curtain sixty times had two thousand bouquets thrown to her, and at the conclusion of the opera was presented with five splendid stars of rubies and diamonds, and a superb ornament for the head entirely composed of large brilliants. I should think the Marquise de Caux possesses a larger quantity of jewels than any lady in existence.” Allowing two minutes to each “call,” the employed in bowing acknowledgments alone would occupy two hours, and allowing half-an-hour for sweeping bouquets off the stage this byplay must have spun out the performance until a pretty early hour in the morning.