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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 208, 5 September 1867, Page 3

The Princess of Wales has pronrsed to lay the foundation-stone of the new St. Thomas's Hospital, if the slate of her health permits. On the occasion of the visit of the Belgians to Windsor, as arranged by the reception committee, her Majesty will entertain them at a grand banquet. The. New York Times says that 4819 dogs were taken into custody, under tbe United. States Dog Law last summer in New York, being caught perambulating the. streets without a muzzle; only 278 were redeemed within the required 24 hours, and the rest were drowned in the canine bath-tub at the foot of Twenty-sixth-street, East-river. A New South Wales paper has an account of a "'desperate encounter" between two constables and an aboriginal whom they were desirous of arresting, which in its high sensation style leaves the novels of Captain Mayne Reid far behind. The narrative makes the police fire some 18 shots at the black fellow at short range, he returning their favours with "boomerangs, nullah-nullah, helenan, and tomahawk," weapons of which he seems to have had an unlimited supply at hand. He at length smites one of the police from his horse, springs on him with "a demoniacal yell," and is just about to tomahawk him when he is brought down with a bullet through tlie lungs. Slightly checked by this, his eyes flash fire, he gives an exultant taunt, throws himself into the river, arid escapes. "'[ He is c afterwards seen while undergoing ft surgical .operation' performed by other bl^ke,, who are cutting out the bullet .witfi .glass bottJis, and is .finally ftwapt-ad.-^EhgHsh paper.

Oue man asked another why his beard was brown and his hair white ? " Because," he said, ''one-is* twenty years younger than; the other." , Why is a thief your only true philosopher ? Because he regards everything from an abstract point of view, and is open to conviction. - : -Smith asked Brown what the high price of butter was owing to ? "A considerable part of it is owing to my grocer," said Brown.